There are plenty of drought tolerant species that are quite capable of handling growth even in limited water. There are even species of trees that need fire to procreate.
"Nuke power now has a good role to play as a major part of a power mix, especially in china where demand is insatiable and the only alternative is coal."
I have really wondered about this. Are not Gobi Desert Windstorms and Sandstorms legendary? It seems to me that China has the opportunity to become the renewable power provider for all of Asia!
Uh, global warming due to atmospheric carbon means more food from atmospheric fertilization. It is *breathing* that might become a bit difficult, not plant-based food supply.
Yes, but it isn't *solely* about that, and the reasons for both have to do a lot more with charity (yes, encouraging homosexuals to be celibate instead of outright excluding them can be considered charity, as can taking care of pregnant women regardless of their economic state) than outright bigotry.
But you wouldn't know that from reading say, the New York Times, which only mentions Catholic opposition to both when the crazy activists come out, and then only mentions the Catholic Church at all when Fr. so-and-so has been sued because back in 1972 during the sexual revolution he raped an altar server.
I always thought that this passage in Acts was referring to this letter that became widely spread in the Early Christian Church then lost for 1600 years: The Didache
I thought it was the very center of Catholicism. Of course, you won't know it by the secular press, which seems to think that Catholicism is about opposing abortion and gay marriage while raping children, but that is as fictional as most of the "news" is today.
I would love to see their theological exegesis for not using courts, considering that courts are used throughout the Bible (at one time, they were even the PRIMARY government of Israel, before they had a king).
Corporations have one ethic- to be profitable for the shareholders. Anything that works towards that goal is good. Blame the Dodge Brothers for wanting to take profit from their investment in Ford Motor Company to form a competing company (or maybe Ford for not letting them).
Governments have a duty to the citizens, but they're not much better given how they shirk that duty most of the time.
Considering what happened in Oregon recently with Monsanto Wheat Experiments, I think maybe they need to improve the geolocation part of their data analysis.
That, and offer to pay for genetic testing of the entire agricultural industry now polluted with their test genes.
CURRENT, yes. Though the Scout kits (usually with some movie theme, like Star Wars) and the RCX were contemporaries. And I wouldn't doubt next generation, with the huge leap to Linux the EV3 offers, that we may see "EV3 and two NXT bricks" available to get rid of old inventory.
And I still prefer the low cost of the RCX on EBay and the wide variety of 3rd party sensors and motors available for the older lego brick style connectors.
Actually, there are at least five I'm aware of, centered around 5 different "brains" that can all talk to each other over infrared.
RCX 1.0, RCX 1.5, NXT 2.0, NXT 2.5, and Scout. RCX/Scout modules all use the same sensors and motors, and NXT is backwards compatible with the proper cabling. RCX/NXT can accept and store programming, Scout can only either use built in programming or accept commands directly from a computer or another smart brick.
If you are going for cost- I'd suggest RCX 1.0/1.5. If you are going for complexity, get all 5, though this will run you close to $1000, it will give you the most flexibility.
There are also tons of add on modules/home built sensors and motors out there to use with these brains.
Absolutely- especially if you get an RCX 1.0 brick/kit off of e-bay, with a USB tower, and one of the great open source programming languages available.
My son recently had a science fair for the first time in his life, and parents were allowed to help. He and I *together* designed a simple electromagnetic crane with a $66 kit I picked up off of e-bay, adding some magnet wire, string, an eye bolt, and two washers two nuts. We were even able to run the electromagnet off of a motor output, and coded the whole thing to pick up ball bearings, raise them up until a magnetic sensor was tripped, then turn off the electromagnet to drop the ball bearing and start over.
Whenever I'm in charge of a team, I take the architect role, and give the "code monkeys" specs so complete that the only bugs are if they didn't write to spec or if the customer changes his mind halfway through the work (the second happens far more often than the first).
Integration is the role of the architect, on any software team of more than one individual.
Usually a lack of money- but our Attorney General here in Oregon has a strong record of going after companies that spread invasive species (more of a problem on the coast though, when cargo ships dump ballast that may have traveled from as far away as China with Zebra Muscle or Green Crab spores inside).
If I hadn't already commenting, I'd be modding this up. Oregon should sue Monsanto and require that they pay for wheat testing for the entire industry.
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There are plenty of drought tolerant species that are quite capable of handling growth even in limited water. There are even species of trees that need fire to procreate.
Don't be so sure so quick. Plant growth is slow, but this planet was much greener in the precambrian era, when CO2 levels peaked at 2500ppm, compared with the 400ppm it is today. Not much animal though. Still, human beings should be able to use technology to adapt quite handily.
And of course, this means that airplanes have been pumping lead into the atmosphere for YEARS. Might explain the voting record in flyover country.
"Nuke power now has a good role to play as a major part of a power mix, especially in china where demand is insatiable and the only alternative is coal."
I have really wondered about this. Are not Gobi Desert Windstorms and Sandstorms legendary? It seems to me that China has the opportunity to become the renewable power provider for all of Asia!
Between drying and vaccum packing, it is now possible to create processed foods with a 27 year shelf life for far less than $2/day.
Plus there's always the speculative Antartica land grab- an unclaimed land area larger than the continent of Australia.
Uh, global warming due to atmospheric carbon means more food from atmospheric fertilization. It is *breathing* that might become a bit difficult, not plant-based food supply.
My trend would be to say the contract isn't within the community of believers- but I can see their point.
Yes, but it isn't *solely* about that, and the reasons for both have to do a lot more with charity (yes, encouraging homosexuals to be celibate instead of outright excluding them can be considered charity, as can taking care of pregnant women regardless of their economic state) than outright bigotry.
But you wouldn't know that from reading say, the New York Times, which only mentions Catholic opposition to both when the crazy activists come out, and then only mentions the Catholic Church at all when Fr. so-and-so has been sued because back in 1972 during the sexual revolution he raped an altar server.
I always thought that this passage in Acts was referring to this letter that became widely spread in the Early Christian Church then lost for 1600 years:
The Didache
I thought it was the very center of Catholicism. Of course, you won't know it by the secular press, which seems to think that Catholicism is about opposing abortion and gay marriage while raping children, but that is as fictional as most of the "news" is today.
Well, except for lustful- that one is the one they're usually yelling about.
I would love to see their theological exegesis for not using courts, considering that courts are used throughout the Bible (at one time, they were even the PRIMARY government of Israel, before they had a king).
Corporations have one ethic- to be profitable for the shareholders. Anything that works towards that goal is good. Blame the Dodge Brothers for wanting to take profit from their investment in Ford Motor Company to form a competing company (or maybe Ford for not letting them).
Governments have a duty to the citizens, but they're not much better given how they shirk that duty most of the time.
"We Do! We Do!"
This is the theme to the Stonecutter's Union, right?
A very good discussion of Adam Smith's Invisible Hand and how the atheists Ayn Rand and Ludwig Von Mises were subtly perverting it.
Interesting defense. "Your honor, a seed that we tested 11 years ago in the area was found in the wild because somebody sabotaged us".
If you were an impartial judge, would you buy that?
The point is they should be.
Better data storage= less likely Monsanto causes the Zombie Wheat Apocalypse, again.
Considering what happened in Oregon recently with Monsanto Wheat Experiments, I think maybe they need to improve the geolocation part of their data analysis.
That, and offer to pay for genetic testing of the entire agricultural industry now polluted with their test genes.
CURRENT, yes.
Though the Scout kits (usually with some movie theme, like Star Wars) and the RCX were contemporaries. And I wouldn't doubt next generation, with the huge leap to Linux the EV3 offers, that we may see "EV3 and two NXT bricks" available to get rid of old inventory.
And I still prefer the low cost of the RCX on EBay and the wide variety of 3rd party sensors and motors available for the older lego brick style connectors.
Actually, there are at least five I'm aware of, centered around 5 different "brains" that can all talk to each other over infrared.
RCX 1.0, RCX 1.5, NXT 2.0, NXT 2.5, and Scout. RCX/Scout modules all use the same sensors and motors, and NXT is backwards compatible with the proper cabling. RCX/NXT can accept and store programming, Scout can only either use built in programming or accept commands directly from a computer or another smart brick.
If you are going for cost- I'd suggest RCX 1.0/1.5. If you are going for complexity, get all 5, though this will run you close to $1000, it will give you the most flexibility.
There are also tons of add on modules/home built sensors and motors out there to use with these brains.
Absolutely- especially if you get an RCX 1.0 brick/kit off of e-bay, with a USB tower, and one of the great open source programming languages available.
My son recently had a science fair for the first time in his life, and parents were allowed to help. He and I *together* designed a simple electromagnetic crane with a $66 kit I picked up off of e-bay, adding some magnet wire, string, an eye bolt, and two washers two nuts. We were even able to run the electromagnet off of a motor output, and coded the whole thing to pick up ball bearings, raise them up until a magnetic sensor was tripped, then turn off the electromagnet to drop the ball bearing and start over.
Whenever I'm in charge of a team, I take the architect role, and give the "code monkeys" specs so complete that the only bugs are if they didn't write to spec or if the customer changes his mind halfway through the work (the second happens far more often than the first).
Integration is the role of the architect, on any software team of more than one individual.
Is it just me, or is the interface the job of the architect, not the code monkey?
Usually a lack of money- but our Attorney General here in Oregon has a strong record of going after companies that spread invasive species (more of a problem on the coast though, when cargo ships dump ballast that may have traveled from as far away as China with Zebra Muscle or Green Crab spores inside).
If I hadn't already commenting, I'd be modding this up. Oregon should sue Monsanto and require that they pay for wheat testing for the entire industry.