Curious, what is the middle ground? I'm not suggesting that we abandon efforts to reduce criminality, just saying that you need to recognize that in the entirety of human history this has so far been unsuccessful.
There isn't really anything gained by the more specific term. Those in the know will already understand that the reference is to Arecibo, and those who do not know will have one less thing to Google.
"Scarce" is a relative term. If the cost of finding and splitting the water is cheaper than the cost of launching water out of the gravity well, then it is a competitive advantage.
I imagine that longer-term, things that are a no-go from Earth could be feasible from the moon or elsewhere in space. Think nuclear propulsion, for instance. From Earth this would mean significant political challenges in addition to the more-straightforward cost and engineering challenges. From the moon or space, the challenges are cost and engineering-only.
Did you not read the comment that I replied to? His brother is an author, and he cannot get paid for performing his work. A musician can certainly get paid for performing his work. Unless you are arguing that he meant "music author", in which case - nice try.
In a vain attempt to move the discussion forward, I think perhaps ending copyrights for non-commercial uses would give enough monopoly money to authors while ending the undue burden copyright places on the populace at large. Let the booksellers and Hollywood movie makers worry about copyrights and leave most of us out of it.
Ah, the fun "make something sound worse by redefining it" game. Sure let's call it it "violence". Now we need another word to describe what used to be called violence, then we can move on with the discussion.
You can be idealistic about how humans should behave, or you can accept that we are actually animals and that opportunistic scavengers are all around us.
In the same way that it is one's fault for leaving a bag of chips open at the beach, only to be attacked by seagulls. Naturally it's not really the victim's "fault", but the result of their actions is inevitable nonetheless.
Sorry but why can't software make optimum resource allocations? Or actors with access to dataand systems never before possible?
You are projecting. I think technology may indeed make the traditional free market obsolete. But I remain skeptical until there is at least one example.
Almost all economies on earth have more regulation, better buildings, and lower total cost of ownership than US.
You don't seem to be arguing against a free market - you seem to be arguing for a free market with a different set of regulations. This is not an example of a computer-controlled command economy.
Also the free market is a fantasy
I am not an idealist - I'm quite pragmatic. I don't think I ever said there was an ideal free market, so you are building up a straw man.
Of course economic efficiency is not the goal of a capitialist
By definition, someone who does not want free markets is not a capitalist. Perhaps you mean people who falsely claim to want capitalism?
A free market is generally the most efficient way to manage resources. However, tragedy of the commons is a real phenomenon that has to be dealt with. We have responded by giving people "ownership" of the air - all of the air - in certain frequencies, in a way that is similar to IP laws like patents and copyright. It will always be an imperfect system, as the analogy between real property and granted "rights" is not perfect. We'll be forever dicking with the system, because we need to get it as close to a free market as possible without tipping into tragedy of the commons territory. I think we ought to give this "net neutrality" thing a fair shake. It's a regulation, but so is the whole concept of owning an entire class of electromagnetic particles, no matter where they came from.
That's the point. You buy a piece of capital equipment to make money. The faster you wear out your equipment, the more money you make. Usage of your capital equipment is a GOOD problem to have.
It's a work vehicle, it's supposed to wear out from extreme use. It's more economical to use a piece of capital equipment 24 hours a day than to let it sit. The faster they use it up, the faster they reclaim their initial investment.
Motor is rated at 250W and 36V, or around 7A. Battery is rated at 58Ah at around 3.7V, or 215Wh. So yeah, less than an hour of run time at full output. That seems about right, actually. You will need to put in a fair bit of energy to get to 45km.
I only had a Mac back then, so I was pulling numbers out of my ass. My Centris 650 with a 68040 had performance roughly equivalent to a 486, had 8MB of RAM, and cost around $3000... I was giving the PC a discount:)
Same for me except instead of EPUB I want it to display DOC format.
Seriously, WTF? Turn in your nerd card. Calibre is free and works well. If you really hate that route, you can also jailbreak the Kindle and install an EPUB reader.
RAM, not storage. It's only displaying some text and the occasional black-and-white image. Half a gig is overkill - this thing isn't doing anything that your $2000 486 couldn't do in 16MB.
Ha! No such luck - I'm in Philly. The brand around here is "Movie Tavern". They are popping up all over - we are lucky enough to have one within about 15 minutes.
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Curious, what is the middle ground? I'm not suggesting that we abandon efforts to reduce criminality, just saying that you need to recognize that in the entirety of human history this has so far been unsuccessful.
If they continue on their current trajectory, they will indeed be a super-power. Whether they remain peaceful is anyone's guess.
There isn't really anything gained by the more specific term. Those in the know will already understand that the reference is to Arecibo, and those who do not know will have one less thing to Google.
"Scarce" is a relative term. If the cost of finding and splitting the water is cheaper than the cost of launching water out of the gravity well, then it is a competitive advantage.
I imagine that longer-term, things that are a no-go from Earth could be feasible from the moon or elsewhere in space. Think nuclear propulsion, for instance. From Earth this would mean significant political challenges in addition to the more-straightforward cost and engineering challenges. From the moon or space, the challenges are cost and engineering-only.
I think you should be the one looking things up.
Did you not read the comment that I replied to? His brother is an author, and he cannot get paid for performing his work. A musician can certainly get paid for performing his work. Unless you are arguing that he meant "music author", in which case - nice try.
In a vain attempt to move the discussion forward, I think perhaps ending copyrights for non-commercial uses would give enough monopoly money to authors while ending the undue burden copyright places on the populace at large. Let the booksellers and Hollywood movie makers worry about copyrights and leave most of us out of it.
Ah, the fun "make something sound worse by redefining it" game. Sure let's call it it "violence". Now we need another word to describe what used to be called violence, then we can move on with the discussion.
The topic was music, but maybe he can sell hats.
You can be idealistic about how humans should behave, or you can accept that we are actually animals and that opportunistic scavengers are all around us.
In the same way that it is one's fault for leaving a bag of chips open at the beach, only to be attacked by seagulls. Naturally it's not really the victim's "fault", but the result of their actions is inevitable nonetheless.
most diesel engines in use today are DC output only
This is done through rectification, so the equipment is already on board. The generator is definitely AC.
Sorry but why can't software make optimum resource allocations? Or actors with access to dataand systems never before possible?
You are projecting. I think technology may indeed make the traditional free market obsolete. But I remain skeptical until there is at least one example.
Almost all economies on earth have more regulation, better buildings, and lower total cost of ownership than US.
You don't seem to be arguing against a free market - you seem to be arguing for a free market with a different set of regulations. This is not an example of a computer-controlled command economy.
Also the free market is a fantasy
I am not an idealist - I'm quite pragmatic. I don't think I ever said there was an ideal free market, so you are building up a straw man.
Of course economic efficiency is not the goal of a capitialist
By definition, someone who does not want free markets is not a capitalist. Perhaps you mean people who falsely claim to want capitalism?
A free market is generally the most efficient way to manage resources. However, tragedy of the commons is a real phenomenon that has to be dealt with. We have responded by giving people "ownership" of the air - all of the air - in certain frequencies, in a way that is similar to IP laws like patents and copyright. It will always be an imperfect system, as the analogy between real property and granted "rights" is not perfect. We'll be forever dicking with the system, because we need to get it as close to a free market as possible without tipping into tragedy of the commons territory. I think we ought to give this "net neutrality" thing a fair shake. It's a regulation, but so is the whole concept of owning an entire class of electromagnetic particles, no matter where they came from.
"Gimme back my photons!"
If the cost of using the car is higher than income generated by the car, then you really should not be in business driving.
That's the point. You buy a piece of capital equipment to make money. The faster you wear out your equipment, the more money you make. Usage of your capital equipment is a GOOD problem to have.
You can't just throw "consent of the people" out there and then couch it with "in theory". Communism is perfect! In theory. :)
I've never met anyone who was happier in a city cab than an Uber. The only "consent" going on is the payoff from the taxi companies to the city.
It's a work vehicle, it's supposed to wear out from extreme use. It's more economical to use a piece of capital equipment 24 hours a day than to let it sit. The faster they use it up, the faster they reclaim their initial investment.
Motor is rated at 250W and 36V, or around 7A. Battery is rated at 58Ah at around 3.7V, or 215Wh. So yeah, less than an hour of run time at full output. That seems about right, actually. You will need to put in a fair bit of energy to get to 45km.
Well, it's only pedal assist... and it's the marketing from a Chinese company. So...
Correcting myself - it seems to have two sets of 10 in parallel, total of 20.
It's 36V, so it almost certainly has 8 or 9 18650s in series.
I only had a Mac back then, so I was pulling numbers out of my ass. My Centris 650 with a 68040 had performance roughly equivalent to a 486, had 8MB of RAM, and cost around $3000... I was giving the PC a discount :)
Same for me except instead of EPUB I want it to display DOC format.
Seriously, WTF? Turn in your nerd card. Calibre is free and works well. If you really hate that route, you can also jailbreak the Kindle and install an EPUB reader.
RAM, not storage. It's only displaying some text and the occasional black-and-white image. Half a gig is overkill - this thing isn't doing anything that your $2000 486 couldn't do in 16MB.
Ha! No such luck - I'm in Philly. The brand around here is "Movie Tavern". They are popping up all over - we are lucky enough to have one within about 15 minutes.