And before someone jumps in ans says the panels will still generate electricity on a cloudy day, yes they do generate a small amount. But only 15-30%, not enough to make much difference.
During the Iraq War the humvee's were vulnerable to roadside bombs. The soldiers added "hillbilly armor" by welding steel plates to the sides. My neighbor's son made a few runs down to Kuwait to pick up loads of steel for that purpose. Your view of the world doesn't match reality.
Sure sounds to me that, for the North American populations they tested this one they actually did demonstrate it actually works.
Not really. While they were crunching numbers, other scientists not connected in any way with this project identified a couple of rodents that are disease vectors. It turned out that those two rodents were in her "maybe a vector" bucket. All that demonstrates is that those two are not false positives.
If we can predict which species may carry infections capable of jumping to humans, we can monitor the potential hot spots where people interact with these creatures. One day, I hope that biologists will forecast disease outbreaks in the same way meteorologists forecast the weather.
That's a noble goal. But there was nothing in the article indicating it actually works.
Anyone who makes a comment like that has obviously never done anything like this. You can't do a pilot deployment until you have migrated all of the old data out of the old system into the new one, and have a way to keep both systems in synch during beta. That alone would blow your cost and schedule budget.
I imagine it would be for more efficient to just send a tank of water from Earth rather than sending all that apparatus to an asteroid and having the water there.
Anyone that can come up with an effective electrical storage company can make a ton of money with spot negative prices
According to the article this is the first time it actually happened, and the circumstances were very unusual. So don't spend too much of your own money on electricity storage just yet.
The Lewiston Pump-Generating Plant at Niagara Falls is a better example. But in order for that type of system to work you need a very predictable oversupply of generated electricity. Extra capacity a couple of times a year for a few hours won't do it.
GP's point that quality time is important is a good. The study you pointed to only shows in increase in hours of "Child Care", there's nothing to indicate that the parent was actually interacting with the child. Being in the house while the kid is plopped in front of the TV or a game console counts as child care.
Video conferencing has gotten so good, the demand for fast business travel is shrinking. I find it hard to believe there is enough market for pleasure travel at supersonic speed to support it; especially if it means traveling to an intermediate hub airport versus a slower but non-stop flight
You can imaging that, but it isn't what's happening. The problem is that the people paying for the masts and providing the sites don't benefit from them, so they have no incentive to go along with the project.
It added there had been problems with site providers' willingness to allow a mast to be erected, local planning application, the availability of power and access and meeting the final value for money test based on build costs rather than forecast costs.
In other words, they fudged the numbers to make it look cost effective and ignored that fact that they can't just walk in and force people to give up their private property..
The issue isn't whether he invented anything. The question is whether he intentionally made a device that looked like a bomb in order to get a reaction from people. The reaction he got (intentionally or otherwise) was that the police considered charging him with making a "hoax bomb".
Every time he was asked about it, he plainly explained it was a clock.
That's his side of the story. But every story has two sides.
What I found interesting was that when he showed it to his electronics teacher, the teacher warned him not to show it to anyone else. So even though that teacher believed him, there was apparently something very suspicious looking about it.
EBITA (aka Earnings on Operations) is not profit. In fact EBITA is smoke they blow in your face, never trust a company that even mentions it.
Look at these numbers and explain where they ever made a profit
It's definitely salesman jargon ("What potential customers are most likely to not complete the sale"). That's a big problem for any speech recognition, words have different meaning in different context.
So what do we do? We are TOO efficient for everyone to earn a living.
Depends on what you mean by "a living". Giving everyone a minimum whether they work of not means anyone who takes the handout will be at the bottom of the economic ladder. Same as they are today.
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think about whether you would appoint a non-financial manager to handle your money'
Management is about cost, schedule, and sales. The person in charge who understands the technical end is called an architect, not a manager.
And before someone jumps in ans says the panels will still generate electricity on a cloudy day, yes they do generate a small amount. But only 15-30%, not enough to make much difference.
Let's say 8 hours of useful sunshine a day, times 40% of days, gives an average of a little over three hours a day. Not much use.
During the Iraq War the humvee's were vulnerable to roadside bombs. The soldiers added "hillbilly armor" by welding steel plates to the sides. My neighbor's son made a few runs down to Kuwait to pick up loads of steel for that purpose. Your view of the world doesn't match reality.
cooperated with Tip O'Neil and the Democrats to get things done
That's the important part. Neither party can get anything done unless they sit down and and cut deals. Obama, Pelosi and Reed proved that.
Sure sounds to me that, for the North American populations they tested this one they actually did demonstrate it actually works.
Not really. While they were crunching numbers, other scientists not connected in any way with this project identified a couple of rodents that are disease vectors. It turned out that those two rodents were in her "maybe a vector" bucket. All that demonstrates is that those two are not false positives.
If we can predict which species may carry infections capable of jumping to humans, we can monitor the potential hot spots where people interact with these creatures. One day, I hope that biologists will forecast disease outbreaks in the same way meteorologists forecast the weather.
That's a noble goal. But there was nothing in the article indicating it actually works.
I could do it with $10mill and and 3 years.
Anyone who makes a comment like that has obviously never done anything like this. You can't do a pilot deployment until you have migrated all of the old data out of the old system into the new one, and have a way to keep both systems in synch during beta. That alone would blow your cost and schedule budget.
I imagine it would be for more efficient to just send a tank of water from Earth rather than sending all that apparatus to an asteroid and having the water there.
I'd like to see them get licenses for everything they publish.
Anyone that can come up with an effective electrical storage company can make a ton of money with spot negative prices
According to the article this is the first time it actually happened, and the circumstances were very unusual. So don't spend too much of your own money on electricity storage just yet.
The Lewiston Pump-Generating Plant at Niagara Falls is a better example. But in order for that type of system to work you need a very predictable oversupply of generated electricity. Extra capacity a couple of times a year for a few hours won't do it.
even if wind operators give the power away or offer the system money to take it, they still receive a tax credit equal to $23 per megawatt-hour.
Wind farms can afford to give electricity away or sell it at a loss; they still make a profit because of subsidies.
GP's point that quality time is important is a good. The study you pointed to only shows in increase in hours of "Child Care", there's nothing to indicate that the parent was actually interacting with the child. Being in the house while the kid is plopped in front of the TV or a game console counts as child care.
Video conferencing has gotten so good, the demand for fast business travel is shrinking. I find it hard to believe there is enough market for pleasure travel at supersonic speed to support it; especially if it means traveling to an intermediate hub airport versus a slower but non-stop flight
You can imaging that, but it isn't what's happening. The problem is that the people paying for the masts and providing the sites don't benefit from them, so they have no incentive to go along with the project.
It added there had been problems with site providers' willingness to allow a mast to be erected, local planning application, the availability of power and access and meeting the final value for money test based on build costs rather than forecast costs.
In other words, they fudged the numbers to make it look cost effective and ignored that fact that they can't just walk in and force people to give up their private property..
The issue isn't whether he invented anything. The question is whether he intentionally made a device that looked like a bomb in order to get a reaction from people. The reaction he got (intentionally or otherwise) was that the police considered charging him with making a "hoax bomb".
Every time he was asked about it, he plainly explained it was a clock.
That's his side of the story. But every story has two sides.
What I found interesting was that when he showed it to his electronics teacher, the teacher warned him not to show it to anyone else. So even though that teacher believed him, there was apparently something very suspicious looking about it.
EBITA (aka Earnings on Operations) is not profit. In fact EBITA is smoke they blow in your face, never trust a company that even mentions it. Look at these numbers and explain where they ever made a profit
It will suffice, hence he should have only used "hence" is why.
with officials receiving MILLIONS in compensation for looking the other way during their time in office.
For example, if the state's Attorney General or Governor has a close relationship with someone accused of wrongdoing.
He writes: "Allow me to suggest a radical new mindset for my generation...blah, blah, blah....Instead of proposing 'fresh ideas' for their own sake...
The fresh idea he's proposing is to stop proposing fresh ideas. I stopped reading there.
It's definitely salesman jargon ("What potential customers are most likely to not complete the sale"). That's a big problem for any speech recognition, words have different meaning in different context.
So what do we do? We are TOO efficient for everyone to earn a living.
Depends on what you mean by "a living". Giving everyone a minimum whether they work of not means anyone who takes the handout will be at the bottom of the economic ladder. Same as they are today.