What does Elon know that we don't know in regards to oil prices? He ain't selling that many cars if oil stays under $50 a barrel, the demand just won't be there.
While I agree that the preponderance of USA car-buyers are in fact that stupid, i.e. basing their purchase choice on an incredibly volatile price index, I would argue that the intersection of said morons with the set of people who have seriously considered an electric are is vanishingly small.
That's my first reaction: it's one thing to set up a virtual environment and pen-test it; rather another to test systems which are currently making sure nuclear plants are running properly and fully failsafed. Maybe I'm just paranoid 'cause I'm reading "Wolves eat Dogs," but I sure hope they don't test on an operational plant.
Drive less. Ban incandescent light bulbs. Recycle more. Eat a little less meat. Turn down the heat. Turn up the AC. All which can be done with existing technology.
In order: 1) How? Not possible without fixing public transit. 2) Dead wrong. Historically, every single advance in lighting (cheaper better etc) has led to more lights being on longer. 3) Recycle is the lamest of the 3Rs: "re-use, repurpose, recycle". Try at least to start at the top? 4) Or, eat more Long Pig:-) 5) Maybe, or just stop building noninsulated houses and living in extreme weather locations.
More likely IMHO is that some sort of implantable slow-release reservoir system will be developed. Now you're down to surgery maybe once a year if all goes well.
Clearly you've just proved "spontaneous generation" exists.:-).
I would recommend that you reword your statement to "...were never intentionally stocked..." . It's quite possible that some species (or their larvae) hitchhiked on boats (as shellfish have been demonstrated to do).
"Past performance is no guarantee of future returns."
Learn as many languages as you can/want and try to find employers who recognize that adaptibility is much more valuable than existing capability with a specific tool.
Now where are all those $250k jobs requiring R ?:-)
I don't mind when people state clearly that they don't really understand the absorption & radiation equations, but it does kinda piss me off when these same people pontificate as though they did.
Here's how this new microlayer thing works:
First, it's highly reflective in the visible. That keeps a lot of energy from every entering (and being absorbed in) the building. Second, it's highly absorptive in the IR. Due to the reciprocity laws, this means it's also highly emissive in the IR (and btw it's also NOT emissive in the visible since it's reflective there), but that doesn't matter. Why? Because the Black Body radiation laws show that the radiative emissions for objects in the 250 K to 350 K range, which pretty much covers buildings, people, etc., are very high in the IR and almost nonexistent in the visible range.
What this means is that most solar input energy is reflected away and simultaneously lots of local thermal energy is emitted away. win-win (at least if you like it cool).
Out of the hundreds of millions of votes cast over that past 14 years they've found less than 30 cases if in-person voting fraud which is a fraud rate of less than 0.00001%. Voter ID is just a solution looking for a problem.
If only that last sentence were true. VoterID is a solution to a major problem: getting rid of people who don't vote Republican. If you think the whole megillah was set up with actual fraud-protection in mind, you're seriously naive.
Seems to me that kids who want to learn to hack around with a computer can quite well do so on their own, thank you. No need for some set of lessons, be they gov't-approved or not.
I mean, really: at the very worst, 10 minutes with a search engine, the term " introduction and tutorial for $LANGUAGE" or Stackoverflow should get anyone capable of comprehending what programming is in the first place off and running.
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Which has dick-all to do with either my comment or the original posted comment on this subthread.
Not to mention your completely unsubstantiable claim that I'm a "greenie," whatever that may mean to your troubled mind.
Greenies are what I feed my dogs to keep their teeth and gums healthy. Interpret that as you wish.
What does Elon know that we don't know in regards to oil prices? He ain't selling that many cars if oil stays under $50 a barrel, the demand just won't be there.
While I agree that the preponderance of USA car-buyers are in fact that stupid, i.e. basing their purchase choice on an incredibly volatile price index, I would argue that the intersection of said morons with the set of people who have seriously considered an electric are is vanishingly small.
"Mean" is the same as "average" . People who think otherwise have learned just enough math to be dangerous but not enough to do anything useful.
Possibly you wish to invoke the "median."
I don't suppose they'd like to include the CONUS websites which espouse Christian Fundie values as well?
Hey, a well-seasoned grilled rat can be quite tasty (you insensitive clod).
That's my first reaction: it's one thing to set up a virtual environment and pen-test it; rather another to test systems which are currently making sure nuclear plants are running properly and fully failsafed.
Maybe I'm just paranoid 'cause I'm reading "Wolves eat Dogs," but I sure hope they don't test on an operational plant.
Drive less. Ban incandescent light bulbs. Recycle more. Eat a little less meat. Turn down the heat. Turn up the AC. All which can be done with existing technology.
In order: :-)
1) How? Not possible without fixing public transit.
2) Dead wrong. Historically, every single advance in lighting (cheaper better etc) has led to more lights being on longer.
3) Recycle is the lamest of the 3Rs: "re-use, repurpose, recycle". Try at least to start at the top?
4) Or, eat more Long Pig
5) Maybe, or just stop building noninsulated houses and living in extreme weather locations.
I'd be more inclined to believe we don't have our dating methods perfected quite yet.
Wait: you talking about archaeologists or slashdot members here?
Well, if it really were "Ten!" stations that'd be 3 628 800 stations, which oughtta be about one for every household.
I'm hoping for a full-on Orphan Black setup.
More likely IMHO is that some sort of implantable slow-release reservoir system will be developed. Now you're down to surgery maybe once a year if all goes well.
Clearly you've just proved "spontaneous generation" exists. :-).
I would recommend that you reword your statement to "...were never intentionally stocked..." . It's quite possible that some species (or their larvae) hitchhiked on boats (as shellfish have been demonstrated to do).
SmB6 - is that really Samba v.6? :-)
(Hey, someone was going to post this.)
"Past performance is no guarantee of future returns."
Learn as many languages as you can/want and try to find employers who recognize that adaptibility is much more valuable than existing capability with a specific tool.
Now where are all those $250k jobs requiring R ? :-)
So what you're saying is we now have the Tragedy of the [Creative] Commons ?
Thanks for the correction. I agree that the term "IR" is used for rather a wide range of wavelengths.
I don't mind when people state clearly that they don't really understand the absorption & radiation equations, but it does kinda piss me off when these same people pontificate as though they did.
Here's how this new microlayer thing works:
First, it's highly reflective in the visible. That keeps a lot of energy from every entering (and being absorbed in) the building.
Second, it's highly absorptive in the IR. Due to the reciprocity laws, this means it's also highly emissive in the IR (and btw it's also NOT emissive in the visible since it's reflective there), but that doesn't matter. Why? Because the Black Body radiation laws show that the radiative emissions for objects in the 250 K to 350 K range, which pretty much covers buildings, people, etc., are very high in the IR and almost nonexistent in the visible range.
What this means is that most solar input energy is reflected away and simultaneously lots of local thermal energy is emitted away. win-win (at least if you like it cool).
Yeah, I generally google for "CRAN R" or "bioconductor R" to narrow down the field a bit.
Or you could just skim StackOverflow for the "R" tag.
Oh, great: the infamous "up to X times..." . So what's the mean and standard deviation of the relative break strength?
Out of the hundreds of millions of votes cast over that past 14 years they've found less than 30 cases if in-person voting fraud which is a fraud rate of less than 0.00001%. Voter ID is just a solution looking for a problem.
If only that last sentence were true. VoterID is a solution to a major problem: getting rid of people who don't vote Republican. If you think the whole megillah was set up with actual fraud-protection in mind, you're seriously naive.
Seems to me that kids who want to learn to hack around with a computer can quite well do so on their own, thank you. No need for some set of lessons, be they gov't-approved or not.
I mean, really: at the very worst, 10 minutes with a search engine, the term " introduction and tutorial for $LANGUAGE" or Stackoverflow should get anyone capable of comprehending what programming is in the first place off and running.
This story is exactly why I've encapsulated my self-notes and comments in c-code-style markings: /*this is a note to myself */
It's trivial to skim a document for the existence of such markups. Yeah, it takes a little-self-discipline while writing, but it sure pays off.
I can't help but wonder if people will be put off by the idea of a universe where the only sentient beings are humans, from earth.
Obvious rejoinder:
Wait, sentient beings from Earth? That's major Sci-Fi right there!
Old World Problems.
Also known as the "Make me a ham sandwich" epitaph.
Hey,it works fine if you preface it with "Sudo..."
"Pearl" developer == can take an irritating grain of sand and polish it until is has a shiny luster.
Well, that's a far more useful skill than what most managers spend their time polishing.
(someone had to say it)