It's the content of the article that matters, no matter who the author; "People who are really confident [of their facts] relish debate," is still true no matter whence it comes.
That is SO false. Many ppl debate who do not have a SINGLE CLUE of what they talk about. In addition, many who KNOW what is going on, do not debate. Why the difference?
Because the first is a politician/lawyer, and the second is a scientist.
Politicians will argue about any topic with out a clue about it.
Look at all the debates that took place over the last 6 months and how many "FACTS" were trivially disproved.
And scientist are notorious for wanting to not debate, even though THEY KNOW the facts.
So a simple fact here is that you tend to be more lawyer then scientist on this site. I see it OVER AND OVER again (but of course, you are not alone).
What I find interesting is that the nose can shoot not just forward, but also 90 including UP. It has the ability to take out not just a missile, but the sats that communicate to them. Personally, I think that the later capability is more important than the missiles. I am not certain what Obama is going to do, but I doubt that he will turn this capability off. I view it as being far more important than the ABM system.
Yeah, I see the argument. Of course, shortly, we will put the ABL into production. Ringed around China it can take out a lot. And positioned in Israel and turkey, it will take out anything that Iran comes up with.
To be honest, that ABM is NOT meant for Russia or even Iran. We were hoping that Russia would be part of it. Japan and South Korea are to be the east. And There is a real reason why we are getting close to India. Russia is NOT the target (nor can they really hurt Russia).
But yeah, I have often though that W's ppl truely turned a blind eye to reports about AQ.
China's Military is the one pouring money into their space program. In addition, they are currently building 1-2 new nuclear attack subs/year and 1-2 new ballistic subs/year. And that is what we KNOW. They are on a build rate that even Germany, UK, or US had prior to WWII. The US had geared up to join WWII for 4 years. It was one of the highest build up rates of a military. China is making it look like chump change.
FCS and F-22 are needed not for Iraq, but for a different mission all together; In case we are attacked by another super power. Keep in mind that we WERE the ULTRA power prior to W getting in (that is, that we were alone in capability). Now, W and the neo-cons have destroyed our ability to fight as well as have allowed countries like China to become a superpower (mostly by doing NOTHING about the theft going on AND our companies selling and transfering tech and knowledge to there). Roughly, W has created a HORRIBLE situation in which instead of 1 ultra power, we now have 3-4 superpowers, which tends to lead to wars.
As to SuperCaps vs. Batteries, current SC are far more expensive than a battery for the same amount of energy. The biggest problem is that SC have energy density just above lead acids. HOWEVER, there are 3 super caps in the making. The MIT one based on buckyballs which is better than nimh, but will costs less than either nimh or li-ion. A different one that I do not recall is now building their plant and will be comparable to above. The POSSIBLE (though I am thinking less so) REAL WINNER is EESTOR. 2x the energy density of li-ion and a fraction of the cost of ANY of the solutions. If real, everything changes. The best thing about supercaps is 5 min recharges, and pretty much unlimited lifetimes. Even now,
The reason why we are on oil is because energy companies and gov wave the majic wand and show you different tech. So where is the problem? FEW OF THESE CAN WORK. Hydrogen is really one of them. H2 is pretty much stripped from NG. IOW, if you are burning Hydrogen, you would convert CNG to hydrogen, have to ship it (pipe will not work), have to store it on the ground as well as in the vehicle(very pricey or very low density), then you either burn it or convert to electricity. The problem is that not only do we have a partial infrastructure for CNG (with none for hydrogen), but it is a direct conversion. IOW, we are better off with CNG rather than Hydrogen.
BUT, this will still leave us dependant on foreign CNG. Why? Because if we converted ALL OF OUR CARS TODAY TO CNG, WE HAVE LESS THAN 10 years worth, based on KNOWN AND EXPECTED RESERVES. CNG will NOT go far for us.
Realistically, the ONLY choice is to move to batteries or capacitors. We have close to the remaining tech in place to handle it (the grid needs some work, but overall minimal compare to full CNG or even a partial hydrogen). More importantly, electrical is not only more efficient, but it allows us to use any number of producers; Atomic, Coal, Wind, Solar, Geo-thermal, CNG, OIL, etc.
It depends on how you define "Launch".:)
Seriously, IIRC, they added after the Summer separation incident. They just wanted to say 2008 Launch, rather than slipping the sched. I wonder if NASA required it for COTs?
I was surprised that they announced it. I think that we will soon see companies keeping things like this quiet for about a year or more and then pushing hard to create a device. In this case, the flash memory approach would have put them in total control of the market.
THis is kind of wicked. SO&SO decides to buy one of these laptops. Person sends it, gets the money. Several days later, SO&SO finds the system dead. Calls original seller and finds out that it will take another 500 to undo it. Nice way to black mail ppl.
Instead of people putting on a wizard's hat and making claim to special knowledge about the supposed ethics of a situation perhaps it would be saner to only consider what benefits an action might yield. I suspect that having a couple of living Neanderthals just might yield a great deal of scientific and medical information that would be highly useful to us all.
Interesting. You know, that same argument gets used all through history. In fact, it is the same argument that was used by Germans in WWII. And the truth is, that it DID yield MANY useful items. Much of our surgical tech. CAME from those experiments. Our knowledge of a number of diseases certainly came from there. Later Americans gained all sorts of useful knowledge by performing experiments on living humans, such as we learned a lot about syphilis in the 50s.
But I think that we should round up all the illegal aliens, Al Qaeda terrorists and neo-cons (all have been shown to be disastrous to America) and start a new round of medical experiments.
My approach uses salt water combined with either fountains or wind mills to PUT the water in the air, which accomplishes the same as the plants. The difference is that you require a VERY expensive Desalination process. Mine would skip that part.
esp. Colorado. The problem is that due to water compacts and legal stealing, our water ends up in CA, NV, AZ, NM, Tx, and even into Mexico. Right now, CA is taking a LOT more water from the Colorado than they are suppose to. NV and AZ are also taking more, but not hugely so. If they would not, then plenty to go around. On the eastern divide, Nebraska gets FAR more than they should in certain areas, and less than they should in others. This is a water battle.
Yeah. As an Ex Illinoisian, I certainly understand. But now, Canada, wants to divert water from James bay to the great lakes and part of that is expected to be sent to the west as well. The project is called NARA.
The American west is getting more and more arid. At some point, we will probably have to ship water here. One idea is to pipe it from either the great lakes (the midwest is fighting that idea; enough jobs have already gone) OR from Texas, or from CA.
But this might present unique opportunities. In particular, rather than piping it back, but up giant windmills or fountains to help saturate the air in CA, and then pull it out of the air in various places like SLC and Denver. This might even be done in eastern CA, on top of some of their peaks there. The reason is to help move it across the range. If the air can be made to carry more water and this idea works, it is simply trading the carrier from pipes to air.
I would say that you are correct. The article is saying that the SMALL LIMITED mag fields on Mars allows, even encourages, the ripping. Our field encompasses the entire planet and prevents.
I have wondered if the moon acting on our core is what makes it spin. As such, it would seem that pushing a large asteroid (perhaps ceres) around Mars would re-start its core spinning. Of course, that tech is out of our reach for a while, and we do not have enough data to know if something like that would work.
No; the evidence was NOT based on the post. The evidence was how he acted. The post explained his actions better than I could. His actions was wanting to sell China hardware that they were prevented from having (and our prevented from taking out of this country by ITAR). The man could have made 30 million or more selling it to any other country. He was interested ONLY in one. Your's and I am guessing his country.
If I had points, I would mod you up. Great points. But for global trading to work, we need the money to float freely. Otherwise, it allows countries like India and China to determine what happens.
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No. That was the begginning of pod ppl. Do not inhale one.
It's the content of the article that matters, no matter who the author; "People who are really confident [of their facts] relish debate," is still true no matter whence it comes.
That is SO false. Many ppl debate who do not have a SINGLE CLUE of what they talk about. In addition, many who KNOW what is going on, do not debate. Why the difference? Because the first is a politician/lawyer, and the second is a scientist. Politicians will argue about any topic with out a clue about it. Look at all the debates that took place over the last 6 months and how many "FACTS" were trivially disproved. And scientist are notorious for wanting to not debate, even though THEY KNOW the facts.
So a simple fact here is that you tend to be more lawyer then scientist on this site. I see it OVER AND OVER again (but of course, you are not alone).
Air borne Laser and Here.
What I find interesting is that the nose can shoot not just forward, but also 90 including UP. It has the ability to take out not just a missile, but the sats that communicate to them. Personally, I think that the later capability is more important than the missiles. I am not certain what Obama is going to do, but I doubt that he will turn this capability off. I view it as being far more important than the ABM system.
Yeah, I see the argument. Of course, shortly, we will put the ABL into production. Ringed around China it can take out a lot. And positioned in Israel and turkey, it will take out anything that Iran comes up with.
To be honest, that ABM is NOT meant for Russia or even Iran. We were hoping that Russia would be part of it. Japan and South Korea are to be the east. And There is a real reason why we are getting close to India. Russia is NOT the target (nor can they really hurt Russia).
But yeah, I have often though that W's ppl truely turned a blind eye to reports about AQ.
China's Military is the one pouring money into their space program. In addition, they are currently building 1-2 new nuclear attack subs/year and 1-2 new ballistic subs/year. And that is what we KNOW. They are on a build rate that even Germany, UK, or US had prior to WWII. The US had geared up to join WWII for 4 years. It was one of the highest build up rates of a military. China is making it look like chump change.
FCS and F-22 are needed not for Iraq, but for a different mission all together; In case we are attacked by another super power. Keep in mind that we WERE the ULTRA power prior to W getting in (that is, that we were alone in capability). Now, W and the neo-cons have destroyed our ability to fight as well as have allowed countries like China to become a superpower (mostly by doing NOTHING about the theft going on AND our companies selling and transfering tech and knowledge to there). Roughly, W has created a HORRIBLE situation in which instead of 1 ultra power, we now have 3-4 superpowers, which tends to lead to wars.
Hydrogen is a total disaster.
As to SuperCaps vs. Batteries, current SC are far more expensive than a battery for the same amount of energy. The biggest problem is that SC have energy density just above lead acids. HOWEVER, there are 3 super caps in the making. The MIT one based on buckyballs which is better than nimh, but will costs less than either nimh or li-ion. A different one that I do not recall is now building their plant and will be comparable to above. The POSSIBLE (though I am thinking less so) REAL WINNER is EESTOR. 2x the energy density of li-ion and a fraction of the cost of ANY of the solutions. If real, everything changes. The best thing about supercaps is 5 min recharges, and pretty much unlimited lifetimes. Even now,
Not a one of these have changed a thing. Hydrogen is still a bad choice.
The reason why we are on oil is because energy companies and gov wave the majic wand and show you different tech. So where is the problem? FEW OF THESE CAN WORK. Hydrogen is really one of them. H2 is pretty much stripped from NG. IOW, if you are burning Hydrogen, you would convert CNG to hydrogen, have to ship it (pipe will not work), have to store it on the ground as well as in the vehicle(very pricey or very low density), then you either burn it or convert to electricity. The problem is that not only do we have a partial infrastructure for CNG (with none for hydrogen), but it is a direct conversion. IOW, we are better off with CNG rather than Hydrogen.
BUT, this will still leave us dependant on foreign CNG. Why? Because if we converted ALL OF OUR CARS TODAY TO CNG, WE HAVE LESS THAN 10 years worth, based on KNOWN AND EXPECTED RESERVES. CNG will NOT go far for us.
Realistically, the ONLY choice is to move to batteries or capacitors. We have close to the remaining tech in place to handle it (the grid needs some work, but overall minimal compare to full CNG or even a partial hydrogen). More importantly, electrical is not only more efficient, but it allows us to use any number of producers; Atomic, Coal, Wind, Solar, Geo-thermal, CNG, OIL, etc.
Yet, ppl like you do not think.
It depends on how you define "Launch". :)
Seriously, IIRC, they added after the Summer separation incident. They just wanted to say 2008 Launch, rather than slipping the sched. I wonder if NASA required it for COTs?
I was surprised that they announced it. I think that we will soon see companies keeping things like this quiet for about a year or more and then pushing hard to create a device. In this case, the flash memory approach would have put them in total control of the market.
THis is kind of wicked. SO&SO decides to buy one of these laptops. Person sends it, gets the money. Several days later, SO&SO finds the system dead. Calls original seller and finds out that it will take another 500 to undo it. Nice way to black mail ppl.
Well, if we do not add lawyers on there, I would have ZERO issue with adding my ex and her lawyer on that list :)
it would NEVER make sense to part out their new brick into say a cheap display, harddisk, dvd drive, ram, cpu, etc. on ebay.
Instead of people putting on a wizard's hat and making claim to special knowledge about the supposed ethics of a situation perhaps it would be saner to only consider what benefits an action might yield. I suspect that having a couple of living Neanderthals just might yield a great deal of scientific and medical information that would be highly useful to us all.
Interesting. You know, that same argument gets used all through history. In fact, it is the same argument that was used by Germans in WWII. And the truth is, that it DID yield MANY useful items. Much of our surgical tech. CAME from those experiments. Our knowledge of a number of diseases certainly came from there. Later Americans gained all sorts of useful knowledge by performing experiments on living humans, such as we learned a lot about syphilis in the 50s.
But I think that we should round up all the illegal aliens, Al Qaeda terrorists and neo-cons (all have been shown to be disastrous to America) and start a new round of medical experiments.
Or is there some objection via ethics and morals?
It is carbonaceous. IOW, it does not have the ability to interact with Mars VIA magnetic pull. The moon can do that on us.
My approach uses salt water combined with either fountains or wind mills to PUT the water in the air, which accomplishes the same as the plants. The difference is that you require a VERY expensive Desalination process. Mine would skip that part.
esp. Colorado. The problem is that due to water compacts and legal stealing, our water ends up in CA, NV, AZ, NM, Tx, and even into Mexico. Right now, CA is taking a LOT more water from the Colorado than they are suppose to. NV and AZ are also taking more, but not hugely so. If they would not, then plenty to go around. On the eastern divide, Nebraska gets FAR more than they should in certain areas, and less than they should in others. This is a water battle.
SO, I am located where the water is.
Yeah. As an Ex Illinoisian, I certainly understand. But now, Canada, wants to divert water from James bay to the great lakes and part of that is expected to be sent to the west as well. The project is called NARA.
The American west is getting more and more arid. At some point, we will probably have to ship water here. One idea is to pipe it from either the great lakes (the midwest is fighting that idea; enough jobs have already gone) OR from Texas, or from CA.
But this might present unique opportunities. In particular, rather than piping it back, but up giant windmills or fountains to help saturate the air in CA, and then pull it out of the air in various places like SLC and Denver. This might even be done in eastern CA, on top of some of their peaks there. The reason is to help move it across the range. If the air can be made to carry more water and this idea works, it is simply trading the carrier from pipes to air.
I would say that you are correct. The article is saying that the SMALL LIMITED mag fields on Mars allows, even encourages, the ripping. Our field encompasses the entire planet and prevents. I have wondered if the moon acting on our core is what makes it spin. As such, it would seem that pushing a large asteroid (perhaps ceres) around Mars would re-start its core spinning. Of course, that tech is out of our reach for a while, and we do not have enough data to know if something like that would work.
The man already had millions in the bank. Remember, investor? He was trying to intice the rest of us with the money.
No; the evidence was NOT based on the post. The evidence was how he acted. The post explained his actions better than I could. His actions was wanting to sell China hardware that they were prevented from having (and our prevented from taking out of this country by ITAR). The man could have made 30 million or more selling it to any other country. He was interested ONLY in one. Your's and I am guessing his country.
If I had points, I would mod you up. Great points. But for global trading to work, we need the money to float freely. Otherwise, it allows countries like India and China to determine what happens.