The issue is not using water for a factory, it's diverting the water outside of the Lake Michigan watershed. The solution, to me at least, is easy; put the factory closer to the lake, so water stays within the lake's watershed.
The bigger issue is the money being wasted and philosophy of wrecking the planet; If you want to take advantage of Great Lakes water, come to the Great Lakes; don't divert it elsewhere. We can look at dry lakebeds in Russia and other places where massive diversions basically make the land uninhabitable. There's plenty of empty factory space in Milwaukee and along the shore that could be used by FoxConn.
The long slide started when they stopped passing out those "Get A Free Battery Every Month" cards. To add insult to injury, you couldn't even buy batteries one-at-a-time anymore!
It would be interesting to know what would happen if a similar deployment of autonomous drones was pointed toward a high-security building such as the Pentagon, White House or congress. If they're autonomous, would some sort of jamming signal cause the drones to hover or retreat/drop? Probably only a matter of time before some idiot tries it...
Since this is a story regarding Ireland, there is a legal obligation that Bono and/or U2 have to be mentioned at least once, especially since they used to be business partners. Remember the U2 special edition iPod?
U2, reared in Ireland, have (has?) been roundly criticized by the Irish press/public for moving a lot of their business holdings out of Ireland (I believe to the Netherlands) to reduce their tax burden. They are made out in the press to be ungrateful tax dodgers/cheats. They are, it seems, working the loopholes like everyone else that can hire top-notch corporate tax accountants.
Ireland has its financial troubles like a lot of countries, but a lot of the "Celtic Tiger" growth during the pre-2008 bust as due to these special tax laws.
What goes around, comes around.
These critters are big and vicious.
To make them go away, you need something even bigger and even more insanely vicious.
The obvious solution is cloud seeding, to create a series of Sharknados to eliminate the wasps.
and Kardashians.
Good for Facebook. I'm sure your DNA history will be part of your new profile on FB, and we'll start seeing mysterious ads for genetic fixes for what ails us in the margins of our Google search results.
These can be really dangerous if brought up to the surface. Because their deep habitat has such oppressive pressure, at sea level, they will have excess energy burn, since they are out of their native high-pressure environment. They could even become airborne, seek out humans for our body heat, and take control of their cortical systems. We will slowly go mad, unless Spock saves us.
Actually, if this theory is indeed true, science and the Bible agree on this one. Genesis says that God created the birds of the air, not eggs that later hatched into birds.
Specifically, the Bible states fish were created first, birds of the air second, and mammals third, which may roughly line up with evolution, if you're supposing birds evolved from dinosaurs, and dinosaurs came out of the seas, and mammals came along after the dinosaurs left the scene...
Gee, what are the odds that the plane used to fly around the POTUS is going to be made in Europe by a European company and not made here in America by Americans?
Hmmm...
Um, it's Labor Day were celebrating, not Memorial Day. Although I'm sure our soldiers in the middle east will also be laboring, while most of us (other than retail and restaurant workers) will be resting.
I work in a shipyard in Sturgeon Bay, (Bay Shipbuilding) and we've had the Lake Express here in our yard for service. I can personally attest that it has, indeed, had more than its fair share of mechanical difficulties. It's actually a large catamaran-style boat, so it will hydroplane (sort-of) on the top of the water. That makes it a more "bouncier" ride than the Badger, which sits lower in the water. This hydroplaning is also what allows it to make the trip across the lake faster than the Badger.
As far as the Badger is concerned, I know a guy who used to work in the engine room. It's a coal-fired boat, folks. Coal. Not diesel, steam, or anything that's been invented in the last 50 years. If the owners of the Badger plead ignorance of Wiki, I am 99 percent inclined to believe they are stating the truth. However, perhaps an overzelous employee took it upon himself to help out his bosses.
Even if the trip is shorter across in the Lake Express, From Interstate 43, which runs north-south along Lake Michigan, it's about 10 minutes from the exit ramp to the ferry dock in Manitowoc. In Milwaukeee, 10 minutes may get you over the interstate overpass and pointed toward the lake.
Seriously, I don't think there's much overlap between the two services, and I can't believe one is poaching customers from the other.
I work in a shipyard as a welder. I can tell you that steel "melts" at approx. 2500 F. However, other metals such as aluminum and copper are welded at much higher temperatures, Of course, something like ceramic is much more "unmeltable" than metal, and we wouldn't want to think that you could fend off a lightsaber attack with a ceramic coffee cup. It's not just a matter of heat.
Of course, lightsabering could be said to be more closely related to plasma cutting than welding.
In simplest terms, plasma cutting is a process that uses a high velocity jet of ionized gas that is delivered from a constricting orifice. The high velocity ionized gas, that is, the plasma, conducts electricity from the torch of the plasma cutter to the work piece. The plasma heats the workpiece, melting the material. The high velocity stream of ionized gas mechanically blows the molten metal away, severing the material.
Then again, welding and plasma cutting only works with conductive materials, like metal. You can't plasma-cut an arm off.
The another issue is that both welding and plasma cutting require your material to be grounded, plasma cutting requires a source of compressed air, and an incredible source of electricity/ amps in a power source the same size, or smaller, than several of our "D" sized batteries.
We do know, however, from watching "Empire" that they have portable welders, which they use (uselessly) to defend Hoth.
It is interesting to note that George Lucas, so concerned with the "integrity" of his films, is allowing them to be released in pan-and-scan fullscreen as well as widescreen. I guess money is indeed more important than artistic integrity to George despite his flimsy rhetoric. How sad. When will he have enough $$$ in the bank, and not focus exclusively on making more?
And the newly enhanced, more humane Stormtroopers will all carry flashlights instead of blasters.
And that's when SkyNET turns itself on and...
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:: For our society of devices to operate seamlessly, a mechanism will be required to (a) transport data between devices and (b) have it appear at each workstation, or tool, in the appropriate representation.'"::...
And that's when SkyNET turns itself on and theTerminAshcrofts start tracking you down. Anyone using cash will be labeled suspicious... I don't think I trust anybody with this much information.
Of course, the problem with Screamers was taking it offworld and using fake corporations as combatants. If they had simply followed his original vision of a World War II story with Americans and Russians, it would have been a much better and more successful movie. And using that guy from Robocop.
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The issue is not using water for a factory, it's diverting the water outside of the Lake Michigan watershed. The solution, to me at least, is easy; put the factory closer to the lake, so water stays within the lake's watershed.
The bigger issue is the money being wasted and philosophy of wrecking the planet; If you want to take advantage of Great Lakes water, come to the Great Lakes; don't divert it elsewhere. We can look at dry lakebeds in Russia and other places where massive diversions basically make the land uninhabitable. There's plenty of empty factory space in Milwaukee and along the shore that could be used by FoxConn.
Isn't this EXACTLY how the apes and monkeys ended up taking over the planet? I, for one, welcome our new simian overlords.
I, for one, wholeheartedly welcome our Robotic Plant Overlords.
I, for one, welcome our space sprite overlords!
The long slide started when they stopped passing out those "Get A Free Battery Every Month" cards. To add insult to injury, you couldn't even buy batteries one-at-a-time anymore!
There's an overworked/overstressed Amazon worker delivering books to my Kindle?
It would be interesting to know what would happen if a similar deployment of autonomous drones was pointed toward a high-security building such as the Pentagon, White House or congress. If they're autonomous, would some sort of jamming signal cause the drones to hover or retreat/drop? Probably only a matter of time before some idiot tries it...
Since this is a story regarding Ireland, there is a legal obligation that Bono and/or U2 have to be mentioned at least once, especially since they used to be business partners. Remember the U2 special edition iPod? U2, reared in Ireland, have (has?) been roundly criticized by the Irish press/public for moving a lot of their business holdings out of Ireland (I believe to the Netherlands) to reduce their tax burden. They are made out in the press to be ungrateful tax dodgers/cheats. They are, it seems, working the loopholes like everyone else that can hire top-notch corporate tax accountants. Ireland has its financial troubles like a lot of countries, but a lot of the "Celtic Tiger" growth during the pre-2008 bust as due to these special tax laws. What goes around, comes around.
These critters are big and vicious. To make them go away, you need something even bigger and even more insanely vicious. The obvious solution is cloud seeding, to create a series of Sharknados to eliminate the wasps. and Kardashians.
Good for Facebook. I'm sure your DNA history will be part of your new profile on FB, and we'll start seeing mysterious ads for genetic fixes for what ails us in the margins of our Google search results.
These can be really dangerous if brought up to the surface. Because their deep habitat has such oppressive pressure, at sea level, they will have excess energy burn, since they are out of their native high-pressure environment. They could even become airborne, seek out humans for our body heat, and take control of their cortical systems. We will slowly go mad, unless Spock saves us.
Star Wars devolves, Star Trek evolves. Look at that stupid "Clone Wars." My nine-year-old couldn't care less. Sad.
Specifically, the Bible states fish were created first, birds of the air second, and mammals third, which may roughly line up with evolution, if you're supposing birds evolved from dinosaurs, and dinosaurs came out of the seas, and mammals came along after the dinosaurs left the scene...
Kinda lines up; weird, huh?
Not news. Tesla built a wireless electrical transformer a hundred years ago. http://www.teslascience.org/
Gee, what are the odds that the plane used to fly around the POTUS is going to be made in Europe by a European company and not made here in America by Americans? Hmmm...
Um, it's Labor Day were celebrating, not Memorial Day. Although I'm sure our soldiers in the middle east will also be laboring, while most of us (other than retail and restaurant workers) will be resting.
I work in a shipyard in Sturgeon Bay, (Bay Shipbuilding) and we've had the Lake Express here in our yard for service. I can personally attest that it has, indeed, had more than its fair share of mechanical difficulties. It's actually a large catamaran-style boat, so it will hydroplane (sort-of) on the top of the water. That makes it a more "bouncier" ride than the Badger, which sits lower in the water. This hydroplaning is also what allows it to make the trip across the lake faster than the Badger. As far as the Badger is concerned, I know a guy who used to work in the engine room. It's a coal-fired boat, folks. Coal. Not diesel, steam, or anything that's been invented in the last 50 years. If the owners of the Badger plead ignorance of Wiki, I am 99 percent inclined to believe they are stating the truth. However, perhaps an overzelous employee took it upon himself to help out his bosses. Even if the trip is shorter across in the Lake Express, From Interstate 43, which runs north-south along Lake Michigan, it's about 10 minutes from the exit ramp to the ferry dock in Manitowoc. In Milwaukeee, 10 minutes may get you over the interstate overpass and pointed toward the lake. Seriously, I don't think there's much overlap between the two services, and I can't believe one is poaching customers from the other.
Naturally, in this new and improved version, Deckard uses a flashlight instead of a gun. And he never turns it on first.
I work in a shipyard as a welder. I can tell you that steel "melts" at approx. 2500 F. However, other metals such as aluminum and copper are welded at much higher temperatures, Of course, something like ceramic is much more "unmeltable" than metal, and we wouldn't want to think that you could fend off a lightsaber attack with a ceramic coffee cup. It's not just a matter of heat. Of course, lightsabering could be said to be more closely related to plasma cutting than welding. In simplest terms, plasma cutting is a process that uses a high velocity jet of ionized gas that is delivered from a constricting orifice. The high velocity ionized gas, that is, the plasma, conducts electricity from the torch of the plasma cutter to the work piece. The plasma heats the workpiece, melting the material. The high velocity stream of ionized gas mechanically blows the molten metal away, severing the material. Then again, welding and plasma cutting only works with conductive materials, like metal. You can't plasma-cut an arm off. The another issue is that both welding and plasma cutting require your material to be grounded, plasma cutting requires a source of compressed air, and an incredible source of electricity/ amps in a power source the same size, or smaller, than several of our "D" sized batteries. We do know, however, from watching "Empire" that they have portable welders, which they use (uselessly) to defend Hoth.
Great news! Another double Quarter-Pounder, please. Extra cheese and bacon.
So how will I convert my copy of the REAL Star Wars film (only available on VHS) to DVD?
It is interesting to note that George Lucas, so concerned with the "integrity" of his films, is allowing them to be released in pan-and-scan fullscreen as well as widescreen. I guess money is indeed more important than artistic integrity to George despite his flimsy rhetoric. How sad. When will he have enough $$$ in the bank, and not focus exclusively on making more?
And the newly enhanced, more humane Stormtroopers will all carry flashlights instead of blasters.
:: For our society of devices to operate seamlessly, a mechanism will be required to (a) transport data between devices and (b) have it appear at each workstation, or tool, in the appropriate representation.'" :: ...
And that's when SkyNET turns itself on and theTerminAshcrofts start tracking you down. Anyone using cash will be labeled suspicious... I don't think I trust anybody with this much information.
Of course, the problem with Screamers was taking it offworld and using fake corporations as combatants. If they had simply followed his original vision of a World War II story with Americans and Russians, it would have been a much better and more successful movie. And using that guy from Robocop.