Self-destruct would be good, assuming they can communicate with the satellite. But if they could communicate with it, they would've commanded it to make a controlled de-orbit.
The only specifics I could find on his website are how much he plans to increase entitlement programs. We all better hope there's no need for a military if he gets his way because he'll have to gut the military more than Clinton did to pay for the social programs.
FTA: He linked up with Chapman and two other proponents, journalist Chris Mooney, author of The Republican War on Science, and screenwriter Shawn Lawrence Otto.
Well, I see right there this will be an impartial "debate".
Reading the summaries of each candidate I also notice that the Democrat's summaries are roughly twice the length of the Republicans, and are formatted in a much easier to read, bullet-point style.
Real scientists insist on reproducible, peer reviewed results. Not a hand waving demo where they can't even make their own measurements. Maybe this guy found a way to make a generator more efficient, but from the video it looks to me that he isn't measuring all of the inputs and outputs of the system.
I don't see how regulating the operation of a motor vehicle has anything to do with freedom of travel. And besides, the law already requires that you have a license, the vehicle be registered and street legal, that you obey traffic regulations, etc. All of that relates to an even more basic right, personal safety. Doesn't it?
It doesn't make sense to use phones or triangulation to track cars. Keep in mind that driving is a highly regulated privilege, not a right. Within a few years you can be pretty sure that a GPS will be required in every motor vehicle (looking at you, sport bike riders). Have fun getting out of those speeding tickets, claiming you stopped at the stop sign, weren't weaving all over the road, weren't at the bank when it was robbed, etc. It's going to happen.
I'd like to see how they propose converted that lateral velocity to the highly inclined one
Ever see a little house cat jump onto a five foot high wall from a standing start? I have. Their hind legs are designed for this kind of leap.
And if you doubt the tiger could do it, think again.
Do you also stand by this argument regarding fire services and police forces protecting your house and neighbourhood? Do you prefer private fire protection to publicly taxed fire departments, and private law enforcement over public police?
I would guess the answer is no, because the arguement for federal control of a socialized health care system has nothing to do with local police and fire departments. And for what it's worth, I wouldn't want a federal police force or a federal fire department.
Tape and restricting access to the power strips isn't enough, because now this guy is a hero. Others will consider the increased security the next challenge.
It seems to me that they're comparing apples to oranges, so to speak. They're comparing fermenting grain to an (as yet) scalable process of fermenting cellulose from grass. But if ethanol can be produced for switchgrass cellulose, couldn't it also be produced from the cellulose in corn stalks? How does that change the economics of corn, since you now have the grain to use as livestock feed and the fodder to use for ethanol?
It seems to me that there must be lots of Double Einstein Rings out there, probably millions of them. We're just not standing in the right place to seem most of them.
The "one person, one vote" debate at the national level is misguided. Rather than adding more members to argue over things that the federal government shouldn't be involved in anyway, I'd prefer to see a higher percentage of our tax dollars collected and spent by the states. Then the issue of unfair representation at the federal level becomes less of a concern, and more attention can be focussed on local representatives solving local problems. Let the feds concentrate on foreign policy and national defense, rather than things like education or health care which are better managed closer to home.
Confounding efforts to determine the Sun's role is the fact that its energy output waxes and wanes every 11 years. This solar cycle, as it is called, reached maximum in the middle of 2000 and achieved a second peak in 2002. It is now ramping down toward a solar minimum that will arrive in about three years.
That's what was confusing. Does minumum sunspots imply solar maximum? The parent post suggested that the recent cycle should mean less energy, not more. But it the energy seems to have peaked a few years ago (1998 was the warmest year on record IIRC).
It's great to say we should have a consensus, but where should the middle line be drawn unless there are two sides to the discussion? A spoiler candidate can only have an effect if one segment of the electorate is too far from center (Perot to the right, Nader to the left). When that happens, the affected side gets beat and has to regroup closer to the center. Say what you will about polarized government, I have to believe it's better than a single party having full control.
If I understand it correctly, what you said is backwards. "Solar Minimum" means the sunspot activity is at a minimum, which means the energy received by the Earth is higher, not lower. But none of this is well understood.
Currently it is not cost efective to survey everyone to see if they have resistant bugs.
Medically speaking you are correct. But personal injury lawyers are working overtime to change the cost effectivness as we speak.
I worked for a company that did a study like the one in the OP. Bottom line was that hospital personnel are all over the building, and actual superbug infections are rare enough that no meaningful trends could be detected.
Sadly, this is history repeating. Back in the early 80's I was a member of ACM (Association for Computing Machinery for you youngsters). It was a great resource for technical information then. But it was taken over by a crowd who used it as a platform for their political views. Within a couple of years ACM membership tanked and it never really recovered.
I go to the local library occasionally to read magazines. From September through May it's packed with high school kids doing homework. And socializing, and reading YouTube and MySpace, etc. New libraries are being built to accommodate this type of activity. They're even including cafes or snack bars. If my kids were still in school I'd be happy to see them spending time like that.
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Self-destruct would be good, assuming they can communicate with the satellite. But if they could communicate with it, they would've commanded it to make a controlled de-orbit.
The only specifics I could find on his website are how much he plans to increase entitlement programs. We all better hope there's no need for a military if he gets his way because he'll have to gut the military more than Clinton did to pay for the social programs.
Well, I see right there this will be an impartial "debate".
Reading the summaries of each candidate I also notice that the Democrat's summaries are roughly twice the length of the Republicans, and are formatted in a much easier to read, bullet-point style.
Nothing to see here...
Real scientists insist on reproducible, peer reviewed results. Not a hand waving demo where they can't even make their own measurements. Maybe this guy found a way to make a generator more efficient, but from the video it looks to me that he isn't measuring all of the inputs and outputs of the system.
What makes you think they haven't?
The satellite spotters brag about the ones they find, but they have no idea how many are up there that they've never detected.
I don't see how regulating the operation of a motor vehicle has anything to do with freedom of travel. And besides, the law already requires that you have a license, the vehicle be registered and street legal, that you obey traffic regulations, etc. All of that relates to an even more basic right, personal safety. Doesn't it?
It doesn't make sense to use phones or triangulation to track cars. Keep in mind that driving is a highly regulated privilege, not a right. Within a few years you can be pretty sure that a GPS will be required in every motor vehicle (looking at you, sport bike riders). Have fun getting out of those speeding tickets, claiming you stopped at the stop sign, weren't weaving all over the road, weren't at the bank when it was robbed, etc. It's going to happen.
Ever see a little house cat jump onto a five foot high wall from a standing start? I have. Their hind legs are designed for this kind of leap. And if you doubt the tiger could do it, think again.
FTA: future generations of robots and unmanned ground vehicles and pave the way for autonomous vehicles
This seems to make a clear distinction between "unmanned" and "autonomous". Back to reading comprehension for you.
pave the way for autonomous vehicles to lead convoys into dangerous territory
So they're saying that artificial intelligence is finally just around the corner (literally and figuratively)?
Do you also stand by this argument regarding fire services and police forces protecting your house and neighbourhood? Do you prefer private fire protection to publicly taxed fire departments, and private law enforcement over public police?
I would guess the answer is no, because the arguement for federal control of a socialized health care system has nothing to do with local police and fire departments. And for what it's worth, I wouldn't want a federal police force or a federal fire department.
Tape and restricting access to the power strips isn't enough, because now this guy is a hero. Others will consider the increased security the next challenge.
1) corn uses a lot of water
2) corn is a cultivation intense annual, switchgrass is perennial
3) corn is a tropical plant, requires a lot of heat (degree days) to produce grain
4) those who are discouraging livestock production are constantly looking for reasons to not grow corn
The details on how they do it are in the audio portion of the article. What? You didn't hear the audio? What?
It seems to me that they're comparing apples to oranges, so to speak. They're comparing fermenting grain to an (as yet) scalable process of fermenting cellulose from grass. But if ethanol can be produced for switchgrass cellulose, couldn't it also be produced from the cellulose in corn stalks? How does that change the economics of corn, since you now have the grain to use as livestock feed and the fodder to use for ethanol?
It seems to me that there must be lots of Double Einstein Rings out there, probably millions of them. We're just not standing in the right place to seem most of them.
The "one person, one vote" debate at the national level is misguided. Rather than adding more members to argue over things that the federal government shouldn't be involved in anyway, I'd prefer to see a higher percentage of our tax dollars collected and spent by the states. Then the issue of unfair representation at the federal level becomes less of a concern, and more attention can be focussed on local representatives solving local problems. Let the feds concentrate on foreign policy and national defense, rather than things like education or health care which are better managed closer to home.
Try this article
Confounding efforts to determine the Sun's role is the fact that its energy output waxes and wanes every 11 years. This solar cycle, as it is called, reached maximum in the middle of 2000 and achieved a second peak in 2002. It is now ramping down toward a solar minimum that will arrive in about three years.
That's what was confusing. Does minumum sunspots imply solar maximum? The parent post suggested that the recent cycle should mean less energy, not more. But it the energy seems to have peaked a few years ago (1998 was the warmest year on record IIRC).
It's great to say we should have a consensus, but where should the middle line be drawn unless there are two sides to the discussion? A spoiler candidate can only have an effect if one segment of the electorate is too far from center (Perot to the right, Nader to the left). When that happens, the affected side gets beat and has to regroup closer to the center. Say what you will about polarized government, I have to believe it's better than a single party having full control.
If I understand it correctly, what you said is backwards. "Solar Minimum" means the sunspot activity is at a minimum, which means the energy received by the Earth is higher, not lower. But none of this is well understood.
I came here to post exactly what the parent poster said. This is yet another "boo-hoo Gore should've won" commentary.
Medically speaking you are correct. But personal injury lawyers are working overtime to change the cost effectivness as we speak. I worked for a company that did a study like the one in the OP. Bottom line was that hospital personnel are all over the building, and actual superbug infections are rare enough that no meaningful trends could be detected.
Sadly, this is history repeating. Back in the early 80's I was a member of ACM (Association for Computing Machinery for you youngsters). It was a great resource for technical information then. But it was taken over by a crowd who used it as a platform for their political views. Within a couple of years ACM membership tanked and it never really recovered.
I go to the local library occasionally to read magazines. From September through May it's packed with high school kids doing homework. And socializing, and reading YouTube and MySpace, etc. New libraries are being built to accommodate this type of activity. They're even including cafes or snack bars. If my kids were still in school I'd be happy to see them spending time like that.