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  1. this is why they need to drop test it and then... on Bad Code May Have Crashed Schiaparelli Mars Lander (nature.com) · · Score: 1

    send it to space to land on earth.
    The fact is, that any approach that will work on Mars, with minor mods, will work on Earth. So, it is easy enough to test this.
    Once ESA has a REAL FULLY TESTED LANDING SYSTEM, then everything else is 1 offs.
    And considering the money that ESA has spent on going to mars, only to crash, it would be worth their effort to full test one.

  2. if we move to sweden, will have to visit there and see the place.

  3. Re:Guess what Elon has never seen on Tesla Unveils Residential 'Solar Roof' With Updated Battery Storage System (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    and yet, few sun/moon roofs or t-tops actually have glass broken from hail.

  4. oh, I know. Things are insane in these discussions. that is why I want publicly funded elections and a weak BBA.
    That will stop the parties from side issues (can not afford it) and to focus on REAL issues.

  5. Oh, I am fully aware that later term are very rare and most are not what you call elective (fetus is normal dead, or will be).
    BUT, I believe that not just in the 3rd trimester, but once the fetus is viable outside of the body, is a good time to put restrictions on abortions.
    Thankfully, the number of abortions after that point, really are rare and few are elective. So, by putting in such a bill, it does not impact much.
    The real issue is that the far right go overboard and then try to use that stop 100% of the abortions.
    Just crazy BS.

    Iceland? Ok,Im guessing that you are there for a job or a marriage. If not, then why go there? If marriage, why not back in the states?
    " Also, what did you think of the transition from states to nordic? My wife is India Indian, though on the paler side, but she is concerned with the backlash against those that appear middle eastern (which she does).

  6. oh, I think that the west is far too worried about increasing their population.
    We are about to see a massive increase in automation throughout the west, which will drop the jobs esp. the low-end ones.
    At the same time, if the world does not stop the AGW and SOON, we will see lots of nations fighting for water and food.
    Best thing then is to be out of the way with a minimal population.

  7. lawrence lessig? Great and needed alternative.

  8. Re:Good! on Payback? Russia Gets Hacked, Revealing Putin Aide's Secrets (nbcnews.com) · · Score: 1, Insightful

    I'm registered Libertarian, though if there was A PARTY THAT WAS REAL HONEST TO GOD REPUBLICAN, I would switch.
    The fact is, that the GOP is no longer Republican. It has been being destroyed by the Tea* that continues to run out the Republicans calling them all RINOs. Sadly, the TEA* do not have a clue that they have more in common with constitutional or even a nazi fascists party.

    As to pro-lifers and pro-choice, I wish that they would get a grasp of reality. Im NOT in favor of elective late term abortion, with exception of mother's life or genetic issues. Sadly, the extremists in pro-life are as much terrorists as ISIS/AQ are.

    I'm writing in Lessig because I want to see a publicly funded election as well as a weak balanced budget amendment. I'm pretty certain that is the only way to clean up politics here.

    So Where do you live now and why? My wife went back to work at Boeing so we are looking at possibility of moving to sweden. again.

  9. If I were modding, I would mod you up. I think that she went too far WRT refugees (esp since it was Italy, Turkey, France, and not Germany, that caused the Libya/Syria refugee issue), but, she has proven that she is a leader over and over.
    I have nothing but respect for her leadership.

  10. Re:Good! on Payback? Russia Gets Hacked, Revealing Putin Aide's Secrets (nbcnews.com) · · Score: 0, Troll

    the only bigger liars than Trump, are his followers, who continue to lie about everything.
    Sad. There was a time that America was known for having morals. Now, our GOP has more in common with 3rd world nations, if not with 1930s Germany.

  11. Re: Well that's one way to save your company on Tesla Unveils Residential 'Solar Roof' With Updated Battery Storage System (theverge.com) · · Score: 0

    And what does your company do? How come you do not object to the real subsidies for oil, Nat gas, roads, ula, etc?

  12. Re: Guess what Elon has never seen on Tesla Unveils Residential 'Solar Roof' With Updated Battery Storage System (theverge.com) · · Score: 3, Informative

    Bingo. I live on Colorado front range where we got golf ball size hail regularly. Thus summer our exposed hail resistant shingles failed with golf balls. Otoh, the Solar city panels? Not a scratch. Obviously the original poster has not a clue of what he is speaking.

  13. Re: Guess what Elon has never seen on Tesla Unveils Residential 'Solar Roof' With Updated Battery Storage System (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    The good news is that SC will allow you to upgrade to buying the roof. They will simply move the panels and equipment elsewhere.

  14. Re: Pretty sure I read this story last decade. on Climate Change Could Cross Key Threshold in a Decade, Scientists Say (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    which is why I want to see America tax all goods/service based on the location of the worst sub-part and do it with emissions / $ GDP.
    By putting a slowly increasing tax on the parts from bad emitters, while rewarding nations like Sweden who is VERY LOW emissions / $GDP, we get nations to either clean up, or for businesses to quit getting parts from those nations that pollute heavily.
    This also has the advantage of getting nations to quit manipulating their money against the $.

  15. What they need to do is approach netflix and amazon and get them to invest in this as well. In doing that, they would gain investments rather than spend billions paying ATT and other CLECs, cable TV, etc.

  16. Re: Not unusual for the luxury car market on Consumer Reports Ranks Tesla Model X Near Bottom For Reliability (cnn.com) · · Score: 1

    What ppl are missing is what will happen with M3. There will not be a single human on the main production line. Sub parts are designed to made by other robots, mixes, or just pure human labor. With this approach, the sub parts should be thoroughly vetted, and final product is expected to not have issues that they have today. In addition, I'm told that m3 line in Fremont will do up to 1.5m / year and that is without the building expansion.

  17. Re: Cost of repair on Consumer Reports Ranks Tesla Model X Near Bottom For Reliability (cnn.com) · · Score: 1

    Amazon.

  18. Re: Calling all rockets on Consumer Reports Ranks Tesla Model X Near Bottom For Reliability (cnn.com) · · Score: 1

    Actually, with a normal dealer, the reliability would be an issue. However, with Tesla, if you have an issue, they take care of things quickly while giving you a temp vehicle to drive.

  19. American GOP get jealous. on Alibaba Founder To Chinese Government: Use Big Data To Stop Criminals (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    Can't blame them. The gop just wants to stop all of the liberal criminals, as long as they let conservative criminals like Hastert go.

  20. Re: Why does the ESA have a worse record of landin on "Splat" of Schiaparelli Mars Lander Likely Found (spaceflightnow.com) · · Score: 1

    that really sux. I would think that ESA is close enough for us to share some of our tech without fools jumping all over it. It is a very sad waste of money and time to not have this rover.

  21. Re: Why does the ESA have a worse record of landin on "Splat" of Schiaparelli Mars Lander Likely Found (spaceflightnow.com) · · Score: 1

    No doubt it is expensive. BUT, once you have everything down, then you have working systems, which makes it affordable.

  22. Washington needs to either block this,
    OR Better yet,
    Require that the new merged company allow anybody to compete in their arena while also requiring that they sell off CNN and any other news group (separately).

  23. Re: Pretty sure I read this story last decade. on Climate Change Could Cross Key Threshold in a Decade, Scientists Say (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    the costs are only high when 1 group puts it in, and others do not.
    That is the REAL issue.
    We need ALL NATIONS to drop their emissions TOGETHER.

  24. Let China and others continue emissions growth on Climate Change Could Cross Key Threshold in a Decade, Scientists Say (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    Seriously, we need to fix this.
    we need to punish the west, who emits less than 1/3 of emissions, and make them drop theirs.
    At the same time, we need to allow the rest of the world to grow MUCH faster than the west can drop theirs.
    And then we need to blame the west for all this.

    Oh wait, that is what the far left CURRENTLY DOES.

    Until the far left gets done giving China blow jobs, this will only get worse.