Becoming a US citizen does NOT mean that you have command of the english language. If you look at the CVs of the inspectors, you will find that many of them have engineering degrees from China or India. Basically, they do NOT have the exposure to the same innovations that somebody raised here has.
Your point? I deal regularly with foreign born. My wife is foreign-born. My in-laws speak tamil and many of my ex-gf's families only spoke spanish. So, really, what is your point? Do you have anything intelligent?
No, it is NOT. The fact is, that even Aussies from the 70's had western goods. Others who were outside of the western sphere did not get as many goods, nor were participating in development of them. For example, how many innovative Chinese and Soviet items did you have from when you were a kid? I will bet NONE. Yet, both had them.
is that the USPTO inspectors are mostly foreign born and do not have experience with this older gear and innovations. Worse, many are foreign educated. They are now doing time in USPTO to learn english to get real jobs.
The fact is that induction is inefficient and expensive. Instead, put a charge bar on top of the bus similar to what you see on LRT. Far more efficient and easy to install.
Keep in mind that we have an issue with coloney collapse. That is still not solved. However, I think that if we can kill off the Chinese honey (which is being dumped on the west illegally), then their will be strong incentives to get local honey right.
The cut stuff is simply sugar water being added. Not as bad for you. Just not what you paid for.
The real problem is that Chinese food is LOADED with heavy metals (esp. mercury) due to their pollution. It is bad enough that we are getting food using ingrediants from there, but the pure chinese honey is pretty bad. I hope that we are prosecuting those that we have found to be importing Chinese honey. As in jail time.
Depending on how much honey you use, It is a lot cheaper than the medical issues that you can come up with. China's honey is VERY bad for you. In fact, most of their food is. The run little pollution controls.
Why, that's crazy talk! An efficient, renewable energy source, plus essentially eliminate the nuke waste bogeyman? Are you mad???
So where's the Kickstarter?
I agree. I wonder the same. I need to put up 2 petitions to the WH.
1) that all new buildings below 4 stories requires on-site AE to power 95% of the HVAC. This will encourage builders to look for ideas on how to cut energy usage. For example, fewer and better windows, better insulation, and geo-thermal heat pumps. The reason is that solar will be most of the AE and it remains high costs. As such, builders WILL find ways to lower HVAC needs so that only small energy is required.
2) a multi-billion fund for thorium reactor companies. Basically, it should be a competition, perhaps a COTs approach. It would be good to not only burn up our nuke waste, provide reactors that can not fail, and a reactor that make refineries and aluminum processing cheap. In fact, it can make almost all of the metal working cheaper.
Big oil and their BS is just a red herring. It is long past time for our nation to do the right things again. O speaks about needing ALL energy, and he is correct.
And yes, what I suggested CAN make things happen. the fact is, that thorium reactors have been developed here in the past. We can do it again.
BTW, I was NOT speaking about our gov. I was speaking about our citizens. We have all of these ppl who run around screaming that geo-thermal sux (wild ass claims that it is high in pollution while ignoring the fact that multiple solutions are in the work for this), or that nukes sux (they speak only of Gen I and II uranium plant, while ignoring thorium and the wonderful fuel that we call waste) or that Solar/Wind sux (solar IS too expensive, but it will come; wind is already cheaper than coal), etc. Yet, few offer ALTERNATIVES/solutions. They just sit there whining about everything saying what can not/should not occur, rather than saying what we should be doing.
Our gov. is a reflection of what is going on. We have far too many that are scared of big oil, etc. and just show a lack of backbones or intelligence about what is going on.
First, it was not Obama that cut the shuttle, or its funding. That was W/neo-cons (which I support that they did this).
Two, O was pushing up NASA's (along with other R&D). It was the neo-cons that massively cut the NASA/NSF budget They did this to punish O because he was pushing for private space to handle launch and space stations. In addition, a number of congress, mostly republicans, wanted to force NASA to remain going with constellation or now, the ghoulish SLS.
Hopefully, O can get money increased to R&D. We need it. However, there is little doubt that we must make cuts elsewhere to afford this.
You freedom-loving libertarians need to understand this concept. It really is a flaw among you libertarians to think that you somehow live in a "free" country. No, you do NOT live in a free country. You never have. Try breaking a law, and see how much freedom you have.
Wow, you have a really warped idea of what Libertarians (big L, not little l) are about.
We do NOT believe in breaking the law. In fact, we appear to want to hold ppl to a MUCH higher level of responsibility compared to what dems/pubs/neo-cons/tea-baggers do. That is why it is possible with Libertarians to sue the gov, while with dems/pubs/neo-cons/tea-baggers they way to allow the gov to have ZERO responsibility on their favorite subjects.
And wanting Liberties is another way of saying that we do not want an irresponsible gov. trying to put limits on us.
Don't like this and want to make a difference? Then put together a fund and put it where your mouth is. A good place is money for thorium reactors. You can do it directly, OR you can push O/dems to fund this. And it makes perfectly good sense to fund thorium reactors. The reason is that it can burn up 95% of our 'nuke waste'. That means that out of 70,000 tonnes of waste, we will only have to deal with 5,000 tonnes. In addition, that waste will be safe after less than 200 years, instead of 20,000 years. Hard to argue with that.
All in all, we need to quit saying what we can not have, and start working towards REASONABLE solutions. It is a mistake to move to 100% AE. We should depend on it no more than 33%. And even that should require that solar/wind or any type that depends on weather/climate to be less than 15%.
The one thought that so many are forgetting is that a number of nuke plants will have to be shut down over the next 20 years. If we do not have a decent replacement, then we will certainly use natural gas.
Exactly. For SLOW items, or brand new items, this might be a way to have a QUICK interface developed. And if a code generator simply kicks out c-code that is compiled in, then it may work for even medium speed items.
If the scripting language generates C code, then not a big deal. And if it is for SLOW devices, then a simple scripting language will work for it as well.
Exactly. Think about all of the devices out there that are simple ones. I know that my in-laws have BP cuff with USB. I have thought about writting a driver for it, but it just seems like a lot of work for a minimal amount of info. Now, if there is something simple, then this could be useful.
In addition, I have been thinking that batteries interface should be standardized. It does not matter wether it is a laptop battery, or a UPS. They accomplish the same thing and the same programs should control them. Simple as that.
It is the method patents that are doing this. The fact is, that hardware patents belong here. They have always been useful. However, we should strengthen some laws to prevent retailers, such as walmart and target from KNOWINGLY importing and selling goods that are breaking US patents.
Intel, or possibly nation where the manufacturering happens, is that code was added into the chip to respond to a highly unlikely sequence. Then when you need to kill a large number of computers simply hit various web servers sending in the required packet. Now, if a nation is protected by a firewall, well, then this approach will not be that useful. However, if other nations do not have a centralized firewall/router, then it can be used to take down a nation.
BTW, the big problem is that one of the candidates to replace him is Ritter. I can not imagine a WORST candidate than ritter, except a pure oil/gas guy. He will actually fuck things up.
Actually, for second terms, it is far more usual to shake up the entire cabinet. reagan, clinton, and W had nearly full turn-overs. In fact, here is the list.
You will notice that NONE of the repeat presidents had the same sec for the second term.
This is not a bad thing. This is a GOOD thing. What is needed is somebody who is as good as Chu, but will spend money in places like Nukes.
First off, you are listing companies that are SUCCEEDING with companies that failed? Hate to tell, but Chu did a better job picking winners than did bankers and investors here.
Actually, Solyndra got a LOAN, not a subsidy. And China put up 35 B to subsidize and dump on foreign markets, esp. Americas. There is a bit of a difference there. And Solyndra is suing multiple Chinese companies. Hopefully, some of the other companies will join in as well.
Does not matter, we WILL have to raise taxes. Cars are getting more and more efficient. So, our tax base for road infrastructure is going down. Worse, we have not raised it in nearly 2 decades.
As such, we NEED an increase, or to better formulate it. The best thing that we can do is to raise it every 6-12 months on a % basis, with a minimum amount. In particular, the feds should be raising the tax on diesel, since that is mostly used by semi-trucks, which make heavy use of interstates. Likewise, states have indicated that they want to play games with gas, so, the feds should raise that as well, but send the majority of it to the states to use on their regular roads. With this approach, it encourages movement away from imported oil, while allowing real improvements to our infrastrucutres, esp. bridges, dam, roads, etc.
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Becoming a US citizen does NOT mean that you have command of the english language. If you look at the CVs of the inspectors, you will find that many of them have engineering degrees from China or India. Basically, they do NOT have the exposure to the same innovations that somebody raised here has.
Your point? I deal regularly with foreign born. My wife is foreign-born. My in-laws speak tamil and many of my ex-gf's families only spoke spanish. So, really, what is your point? Do you have anything intelligent?
No, it is NOT. The fact is, that even Aussies from the 70's had western goods. Others who were outside of the western sphere did not get as many goods, nor were participating in development of them. For example, how many innovative Chinese and Soviet items did you have from when you were a kid? I will bet NONE. Yet, both had them.
is that the USPTO inspectors are mostly foreign born and do not have experience with this older gear and innovations. Worse, many are foreign educated. They are now doing time in USPTO to learn english to get real jobs.
The fact is that induction is inefficient and expensive. Instead, put a charge bar on top of the bus similar to what you see on LRT. Far more efficient and easy to install.
Keep in mind that we have an issue with coloney collapse. That is still not solved. However, I think that if we can kill off the Chinese honey (which is being dumped on the west illegally), then their will be strong incentives to get local honey right.
The fake Maple syrup is normally labeled as such. However, even the cut maple syrup will not send you to a hospital or lower your IQ 20 pts.
Actually, not NASA's but England's. And to be honest, space innovations do help us all over the world. Sadly, so many want to kill it off.
The cut stuff is simply sugar water being added. Not as bad for you. Just not what you paid for.
The real problem is that Chinese food is LOADED with heavy metals (esp. mercury) due to their pollution. It is bad enough that we are getting food using ingrediants from there, but the pure chinese honey is pretty bad. I hope that we are prosecuting those that we have found to be importing Chinese honey. As in jail time.
Depending on how much honey you use, It is a lot cheaper than the medical issues that you can come up with. China's honey is VERY bad for you. In fact, most of their food is. The run little pollution controls.
Why, that's crazy talk! An efficient, renewable energy source, plus essentially eliminate the nuke waste bogeyman? Are you mad???
So where's the Kickstarter?
I agree. I wonder the same. I need to put up 2 petitions to the WH.
1) that all new buildings below 4 stories requires on-site AE to power 95% of the HVAC. This will encourage builders to look for ideas on how to cut energy usage. For example, fewer and better windows, better insulation, and geo-thermal heat pumps. The reason is that solar will be most of the AE and it remains high costs. As such, builders WILL find ways to lower HVAC needs so that only small energy is required.
2) a multi-billion fund for thorium reactor companies. Basically, it should be a competition, perhaps a COTs approach. It would be good to not only burn up our nuke waste, provide reactors that can not fail, and a reactor that make refineries and aluminum processing cheap. In fact, it can make almost all of the metal working cheaper.
Big oil and their BS is just a red herring. It is long past time for our nation to do the right things again. O speaks about needing ALL energy, and he is correct.
And yes, what I suggested CAN make things happen. the fact is, that thorium reactors have been developed here in the past. We can do it again.
BTW, I was NOT speaking about our gov. I was speaking about our citizens. We have all of these ppl who run around screaming that geo-thermal sux (wild ass claims that it is high in pollution while ignoring the fact that multiple solutions are in the work for this), or that nukes sux (they speak only of Gen I and II uranium plant, while ignoring thorium and the wonderful fuel that we call waste) or that Solar/Wind sux (solar IS too expensive, but it will come; wind is already cheaper than coal), etc. Yet, few offer ALTERNATIVES/solutions. They just sit there whining about everything saying what can not/should not occur, rather than saying what we should be doing.
Our gov. is a reflection of what is going on. We have far too many that are scared of big oil, etc. and just show a lack of backbones or intelligence about what is going on.
First, it was not Obama that cut the shuttle, or its funding. That was W/neo-cons (which I support that they did this).
Two, O was pushing up NASA's (along with other R&D). It was the neo-cons that massively cut the NASA/NSF budget They did this to punish O because he was pushing for private space to handle launch and space stations. In addition, a number of congress, mostly republicans, wanted to force NASA to remain going with constellation or now, the ghoulish SLS.
Hopefully, O can get money increased to R&D. We need it. However, there is little doubt that we must make cuts elsewhere to afford this.
You freedom-loving libertarians need to understand this concept. It really is a flaw among you libertarians to think that you somehow live in a "free" country. No, you do NOT live in a free country. You never have. Try breaking a law, and see how much freedom you have.
Wow, you have a really warped idea of what Libertarians (big L, not little l) are about.
We do NOT believe in breaking the law. In fact, we appear to want to hold ppl to a MUCH higher level of responsibility compared to what dems/pubs/neo-cons/tea-baggers do. That is why it is possible with Libertarians to sue the gov, while with dems/pubs/neo-cons/tea-baggers they way to allow the gov to have ZERO responsibility on their favorite subjects.
And wanting Liberties is another way of saying that we do not want an irresponsible gov. trying to put limits on us.
Don't like this and want to make a difference? Then put together a fund and put it where your mouth is. A good place is money for thorium reactors. You can do it directly, OR you can push O/dems to fund this. And it makes perfectly good sense to fund thorium reactors. The reason is that it can burn up 95% of our 'nuke waste'. That means that out of 70,000 tonnes of waste, we will only have to deal with 5,000 tonnes. In addition, that waste will be safe after less than 200 years, instead of 20,000 years. Hard to argue with that.
All in all, we need to quit saying what we can not have, and start working towards REASONABLE solutions. It is a mistake to move to 100% AE. We should depend on it no more than 33%. And even that should require that solar/wind or any type that depends on weather/climate to be less than 15%.
The one thought that so many are forgetting is that a number of nuke plants will have to be shut down over the next 20 years. If we do not have a decent replacement, then we will certainly use natural gas.
Exactly. For SLOW items, or brand new items, this might be a way to have a QUICK interface developed. And if a code generator simply kicks out c-code that is compiled in, then it may work for even medium speed items.
If the scripting language generates C code, then not a big deal. And if it is for SLOW devices, then a simple scripting language will work for it as well.
Exactly. Think about all of the devices out there that are simple ones. I know that my in-laws have BP cuff with USB. I have thought about writting a driver for it, but it just seems like a lot of work for a minimal amount of info. Now, if there is something simple, then this could be useful. In addition, I have been thinking that batteries interface should be standardized. It does not matter wether it is a laptop battery, or a UPS. They accomplish the same thing and the same programs should control them. Simple as that.
It is the method patents that are doing this. The fact is, that hardware patents belong here. They have always been useful. However, we should strengthen some laws to prevent retailers, such as walmart and target from KNOWINGLY importing and selling goods that are breaking US patents.
Intel, or possibly nation where the manufacturering happens, is that code was added into the chip to respond to a highly unlikely sequence. Then when you need to kill a large number of computers simply hit various web servers sending in the required packet. Now, if a nation is protected by a firewall, well, then this approach will not be that useful. However, if other nations do not have a centralized firewall/router, then it can be used to take down a nation.
BTW, the big problem is that one of the candidates to replace him is Ritter. I can not imagine a WORST candidate than ritter, except a pure oil/gas guy. He will actually fuck things up.
Actually, for second terms, it is far more usual to shake up the entire cabinet. reagan, clinton, and W had nearly full turn-overs. In fact, here is the list.
You will notice that NONE of the repeat presidents had the same sec for the second term.
This is not a bad thing. This is a GOOD thing. What is needed is somebody who is as good as Chu, but will spend money in places like Nukes.
First off, you are listing companies that are SUCCEEDING with companies that failed? Hate to tell, but Chu did a better job picking winners than did bankers and investors here.
Actually, Solyndra got a LOAN, not a subsidy. And China put up 35 B to subsidize and dump on foreign markets, esp. Americas. There is a bit of a difference there. And Solyndra is suing multiple Chinese companies. Hopefully, some of the other companies will join in as well.
Does not matter, we WILL have to raise taxes. Cars are getting more and more efficient. So, our tax base for road infrastructure is going down. Worse, we have not raised it in nearly 2 decades.
As such, we NEED an increase, or to better formulate it. The best thing that we can do is to raise it every 6-12 months on a % basis, with a minimum amount. In particular, the feds should be raising the tax on diesel, since that is mostly used by semi-trucks, which make heavy use of interstates. Likewise, states have indicated that they want to play games with gas, so, the feds should raise that as well, but send the majority of it to the states to use on their regular roads. With this approach, it encourages movement away from imported oil, while allowing real improvements to our infrastrucutres, esp. bridges, dam, roads, etc.