Because you don't want the car to survive a 55 mph accident. As the engine compartment and trunk compartment are crushed from the accident, they are absorbing energy that might otherwise be absorbed by your body. The idea is to make the passenger compartment fairly strong and resistant to collision , and have the rest of the vehicle crumple up like a tin can. Just like jumping off a cliff, it's not the fall that kills you, it's the sudden stop.
I think the US would be a lot better off sinking 20 years of money into nuclear plants and electric infrastructure
Oil isn't really used any more in the U.S. for Electricity generation. Nukes wouldn't really reduce our foreign oil dependance. Having said that I still think it would be a great idea.
So what happens when you show up to work at 7:30 and try and take your good seat and some guy says, "I'm saving these 20 seats for my buddies who come later, we're starting a new project". I mean do you get pissed off. Or is it de facto your cube because you always sit there and people know not to sit in your "cube"?
Do they issue new employees a shopping cart to put all thier stuff in when they hire a new employee. I'm certain of one thing, I wouldn't keep near as many reference books at work as I do now.
While I'm not trying to argue against your point. I think you are right.
Microsoft is a company that is having a mid-life crisis. As thier business matures they are finding that they can't maintain the 20% annual growth rates. This is leading them to try and figure out ways to squeeze more cash out of thier customers. This is a large part of the reason behind the licensing of XP and the bludgeoning nature of thier audits.
Long term they would be better off, doing what ever is necessary to make the youth comfortable with Microsoft products, Short term that doesn't get you a 20% growth rate. So in essence they are eating thier own seed grain.
How would you revise or restructure IP and copyright law to make both sides of the fence happy?
It just pissing in the wind.
How many people just give up?
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I often wonder how many people just give up and let the company keep extracting the money from their credit card for years? At least until the expiration date changes on the credit card. I wouldn't be surprised if AOL had millions of "customers" who hadn't logged on in monthes if not years.
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You know some how it's comforting to know that the US isn't the only country that is screwed up.
What will it take for Americans to realize that the U.S. is in dire need of a loser pays provision for our civilian court system. Shysters like this would soon find extortion such as this far to expensive to be a realistic business model. In our current legal enviroment, this sort of extortion makes a very profitable business model. With the resulting drop in civil litigation in the U.S., our court systems would have the ability to expidite the remaining cases, which I believe would have the effect of even reducing further the number of extortion cases. I believe a lot of people would like to fight this cases, but the incredibly long period of time it can take, causes them to lose hope. For these legal extortionists, the cost of litigating a case to it's conclusion isn't very appealling since they won't make as much money that way. Especially if they lose and end up covering thier opponents legal fees.
Couple this changes with tort reform and you would really improve the legal enviroment of America.
The vast of majority of the work would have to be done with robots, perhaps operated with telepresence.
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Last I heard, solar power wasn't very affordable or efficient,
This is a definate understatement. I looked into the cost of a small unit that provided minimal power during an emergency. For a system with enough power to run a couple of CF light bulbs and a fridge and a computer were outrageous. I seem to remember it priced out in the 3000 to 5000 dollar range. I looked at prices recently (I did this 3-4 yrs ago) and it more expensive now. For solar power to become usable on a wide scale we need several major scientific and engineering breakthroughs.
hydro-electric power, wind power
Hydroelectric certainly works well though it can't be easily expanded. Good sites for dams are already mostly used. For this source of energy to grow would require some engineering breakthroughs, though the recently announced wave power devices, sound promising.
Wind power has a lot of promise. Currently about 20% of the power in Denmark is provided by wind mills. And they have a goal to increase that to 50%.
By using a combination of these technologies and large growth of nuclear power, we can eliminate fossil fuels in electricity generation.
When will this happen? It will take the combination of economic advantage and political will (mostly the politicians staying out of the way)
As for space based power, forget it, we are doing good to launch the space shuttle 4 times a year. Until private industry can get a reasonable profit from space based power systems, it isn't going to happen.
What the hell are you talking about? There is a lot of evidence that the NRA(2nd Amendment) is what cost algore tennesse and west virginia. And thus the election. Many politicians are scared spitless of the NRA. Over the last 10-20 years I'd say the NRA has won more battles than they have lost. Especially in the states(excluding California) the NRA has been crushing its opposition. The biggest defeat the NRA had was the brady bill in 1993(I think), and they got that watered down considerably. And there is a lot of evidence that it was a rather pyrric victory for the gun control lobby. The 1994 election saw the ascendancy of the republicans.
To see how strong they have become just take a look and see how much gun control legislation has been seriously considered by congress this term.
p.s. just for the record. I'm currently a member of the NRA.
I used to use dialpad when it was free, it wasn't too bad with dsl, but still you had to pretend it was a radio with a 2 second lag in it, when talking. Otherwise it sounded choppy and you would talk over each other and break up. Now adays i just get the 3.5 cent/min calling card from Costco. Just over two dollars per hour, and you don't have to pretend the people you are talking to are orbitting the moon.
Why the slam against the Mormon and Catholic churches? Mormons in particular tend to take care of thier own, without any recourse to Government welfare programs. Believe it or not the high birthrate in the Mormon church actually probably costs more than you believe. It is difficult to keep up with the growth rate by building new chapels to meet in. The Mormon church at least would be much better off financially if they didn't have the growth rate, and the financial cost that it imposes.
Anyways one of the biggest problem the US is going to face is not too many kids, it is too few kids. You want to see where this is happening today, just examine Japan. Japan is greying so fast that in another couple decades, the whole country is going to be one big geriatric ward. We still have a long ways to go before this becomes an issue in the US, but we are slowly heading there.
There are still some things that you can fix yourself. But to be honest with you replacing a vacuuming cleaner belt IMHO isn't fixing something. The belts are almost as much a consumable as the dirt bags. (It's weird to use that phrase in a non-insulting context). When I buy belts, I buy several at once, because I know that I will need to replace them again and again. It's like changing the oil in your car just regular maintence.
I remember when I was a kid, people actually used to be able to fix thier own TV's and stereo's. My parents had this really cool stereo that included a circuit diagram. (Who does that anymore?) Now adays it requires special training and tools to fix some of these things, IF you can even find spare parts. And if you do there isn't any guarentee that the parts will even be cheaper, than the cost of a new one. The compressor on my fridge goes out. I get a quote for $540 to fix it. I only paid 560 dollars for the thing brand new. I ended up buying a new one. The picture tube goes out on my TV. Well I didn't try to have it fixed. I just bought a new one.
The scale of economics in building consumer devices in 3rd world countries is so great that it isn't really worth the cost of having them repaired. It's often cheaper to buy an new one, and even if it isn't the new features available in the latest devices still make it worthwhile.
If you buy one of these recievers, I'd imagine the most likely thing to happen is that the only channel available would be the Fat Albert bathroom channel.
The Supreme Court (SCOTUS) can pretty much do whatever the hell they want. The only hard(constitutional) limit on their power is the ability of Congress to impeach and remove judges. There are of course several "soft" limits.
As I understand it, the federal courts in general and the Supreme Court in particular are very reluctant to intervene in state matters. They are more concerned with any existing federal issues. But this reluctance doesn't mean that they are unable to act.
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This implies that rednecks shop at Wal-mart.
TRUE rednecks wouldn't be caught dead shopping in walmart, they dig through the dumpster behind the wal-mart.
Just change the root password on them. Then they won't be able to screw anything up. :-)
A shame the bridge didn't exist in 1943. Patton could have used to drive his tanks straight into Italy.
Because you don't want the car to survive a 55 mph accident. As the engine compartment and trunk compartment are crushed from the accident, they are absorbing energy that might otherwise be absorbed by your body. The idea is to make the passenger compartment fairly strong and resistant to collision , and have the rest of the vehicle crumple up like a tin can. Just like jumping off a cliff, it's not the fall that kills you, it's the sudden stop.
I think the US would be a lot better off sinking 20 years of money into nuclear plants and electric infrastructure
Oil isn't really used any more in the U.S. for Electricity generation. Nukes wouldn't really reduce our foreign oil dependance. Having said that I still think it would be a great idea.
I just find it funny.. the US must have sold them the planes in the first place..
Don't worry we voided the warranty on them.
So what happens when you show up to work at 7:30 and try and take your good seat and some guy says, "I'm saving these 20 seats for my buddies who come later, we're starting a new project". I mean do you get pissed off. Or is it de facto your cube because you always sit there and people know not to sit in your "cube"?
Do they issue new employees a shopping cart to put all thier stuff in when they hire a new employee. I'm certain of one thing, I wouldn't keep near as many reference books at work as I do now.
While I'm not trying to argue against your point. I think you are right.
Microsoft is a company that is having a mid-life crisis. As thier business matures they are finding that they can't maintain the 20% annual growth rates. This is leading them to try and figure out ways to squeeze more cash out of thier customers. This is a large part of the reason behind the licensing of XP and the bludgeoning nature of thier audits.
Long term they would be better off, doing what ever is necessary to make the youth comfortable with Microsoft products, Short term that doesn't get you a 20% growth rate. So in essence they are eating thier own seed grain.
How would you revise or restructure IP and copyright law to make both sides of the fence happy?
It just pissing in the wind.
I often wonder how many people just give up and let the company keep extracting the money from their credit card for years? At least until the expiration date changes on the credit card. I wouldn't be surprised if AOL had millions of "customers" who hadn't logged on in monthes if not years.
You know some how it's comforting to know that the US isn't the only country that is screwed up.
What will it take for Americans to realize that the U.S. is in dire need of a loser pays provision for our civilian court system. Shysters like this would soon find extortion such as this far to expensive to be a realistic business model. In our current legal enviroment, this sort of extortion makes a very profitable business model. With the resulting drop in civil litigation in the U.S., our court systems would have the ability to expidite the remaining cases, which I believe would have the effect of even reducing further the number of extortion cases. I believe a lot of people would like to fight this cases, but the incredibly long period of time it can take, causes them to lose hope. For these legal extortionists, the cost of litigating a case to it's conclusion isn't very appealling since they won't make as much money that way. Especially if they lose and end up covering thier opponents legal fees.
Couple this changes with tort reform and you would really improve the legal enviroment of America.
The vast of majority of the work would have to be done with robots, perhaps operated with telepresence.
Last I heard, solar power wasn't very affordable or efficient,
This is a definate understatement. I looked into the cost of a small unit that provided minimal power during an emergency. For a system with enough power to run a couple of CF light bulbs and a fridge and a computer were outrageous. I seem to remember it priced out in the 3000 to 5000 dollar range. I looked at prices recently (I did this 3-4 yrs ago) and it more expensive now. For solar power to become usable on a wide scale we need several major scientific and engineering breakthroughs.
hydro-electric power, wind power
Hydroelectric certainly works well though it can't be easily expanded. Good sites for dams are already mostly used. For this source of energy to grow would require some engineering breakthroughs, though the recently announced wave power devices, sound promising.
Wind power has a lot of promise. Currently about 20% of the power in Denmark is provided by wind mills. And they have a goal to increase that to 50%.
By using a combination of these technologies and large growth of nuclear power, we can eliminate fossil fuels in electricity generation.
When will this happen? It will take the combination of economic advantage and political will (mostly the politicians staying out of the way)
As for space based power, forget it, we are doing good to launch the space shuttle 4 times a year. Until private industry can get a reasonable profit from space based power systems, it isn't going to happen.
What the hell are you talking about? There is a lot of evidence that the NRA(2nd Amendment) is what cost algore tennesse and west virginia. And thus the election. Many politicians are scared spitless of the NRA. Over the last 10-20 years I'd say the NRA has won more battles than they have lost. Especially in the states(excluding California) the NRA has been crushing its opposition. The biggest defeat the NRA had was the brady bill in 1993(I think), and they got that watered down considerably. And there is a lot of evidence that it was a rather pyrric victory for the gun control lobby. The 1994 election saw the ascendancy of the republicans.
To see how strong they have become just take a look and see how much gun control legislation has been seriously considered by congress this term.
p.s. just for the record. I'm currently a member of the NRA.
If you own any paypal stock you are screwed.
I used to use dialpad when it was free, it wasn't too bad with dsl, but still you had to pretend it was a radio with a 2 second lag in it, when talking. Otherwise it sounded choppy and you would talk over each other and break up. Now adays i just get the 3.5 cent/min calling card from Costco. Just over two dollars per hour, and you don't have to pretend the people you are talking to are orbitting the moon.
Why the slam against the Mormon and Catholic churches? Mormons in particular tend to take care of thier own, without any recourse to Government welfare programs. Believe it or not the high birthrate in the Mormon church actually probably costs more than you believe. It is difficult to keep up with the growth rate by building new chapels to meet in. The Mormon church at least would be much better off financially if they didn't have the growth rate, and the financial cost that it imposes.
Anyways one of the biggest problem the US is going to face is not too many kids, it is too few kids. You want to see where this is happening today, just examine Japan. Japan is greying so fast that in another couple decades, the whole country is going to be one big geriatric ward. We still have a long ways to go before this becomes an issue in the US, but we are slowly heading there.
There are still some things that you can fix yourself. But to be honest with you replacing a vacuuming cleaner belt IMHO isn't fixing something. The belts are almost as much a consumable as the dirt bags. (It's weird to use that phrase in a non-insulting context). When I buy belts, I buy several at once, because I know that I will need to replace them again and again. It's like changing the oil in your car just regular maintence.
I remember when I was a kid, people actually used to be able to fix thier own TV's and stereo's. My parents had this really cool stereo that included a circuit diagram. (Who does that anymore?) Now adays it requires special training and tools to fix some of these things, IF you can even find spare parts. And if you do there isn't any guarentee that the parts will even be cheaper, than the cost of a new one. The compressor on my fridge goes out. I get a quote for $540 to fix it. I only paid 560 dollars for the thing brand new. I ended up buying a new one. The picture tube goes out on my TV. Well I didn't try to have it fixed. I just bought a new one.
The scale of economics in building consumer devices in 3rd world countries is so great that it isn't really worth the cost of having them repaired. It's often cheaper to buy an new one, and even if it isn't the new features available in the latest devices still make it worthwhile.
If you buy one of these recievers, I'd imagine the most likely thing to happen is that the only channel available would be the Fat Albert bathroom channel.
two words: road trip :-)
Bandwidth doesn't pay for itself.
The Supreme Court (SCOTUS) can pretty much do whatever the hell they want. The only hard(constitutional) limit on their power is the ability of Congress to impeach and remove judges. There are of course several "soft" limits.
As I understand it, the federal courts in general and the Supreme Court in particular are very reluctant to intervene in state matters. They are more concerned with any existing federal issues. But this reluctance doesn't mean that they are unable to act.