Are there other conditions that limit him to 25 years? Or is it the life of the device? If not, why could a new, probably better, device not be installed in 20 or so years thereby extending life further?
If you want to get rid of this snake, just get 5000 soldiers. Give them each of them a Mossberg 500 pump action shotgun and as much number 9 or 10 shot shells as they can carry. The army has more than enough shotguns and the shells . Then, give the soldiers 10 dollars for every dead snake and dead cat they bring back. There's only like 263 square miles on this island. The whole job could be finished in under a week. (Feral cats are doing more damage to the environment than the cats, but it's not cool to talk about it. Cats are cute. Snakes kill you.)
People forget that the simplest solution tends to be the best one. They also forget what a regiment of men with guns can accomplish. There's a reason that the bison almost went extinct. As well as many subspecies of rattlesnake.
Let's not forget that Orrin Hatch makes a habit of trying to legislate against technology. This is the same douchebag that a few years ago proposed blowing up all computers that illegally downloaded music.
Bing Crosby deserves recognition for being one heck of a good guy. My grandfather decided to hitchhike home after WWII - he'd had enough with slow travel on a jeep carrier following Operation Magic Carpet and didn't feel like taking the slow train home. He was in California, and he needed to get to northern Illinois. In southern California, a bald fella stops to pick him up. They travel for a couple hours together until the bald fella says that he's singing in Las Vegas in a couple of hours and needs to warm up his voice. Asks if it's alright if he starts singing. My grandpa says your car, feel free. The bald fella is Bing Crosby. Just stopped to pick up some random Marine to give him a lift.
I don't doubt that you could build another F-22 or even an A380 or SR-71. But I don't think you could deliver an aircraft that can stay aloft for 5 years. We can barely create computers that can stay on for 5 years at a stretch, let alone propellers, engines, and wings capable of being very light and staying aloft irregardless of weather conditions for 5 years. It's got to stay up in a really hostile environment fighting gravity the whole time.
Had Boeing said weeks at a time, I might have bought that. But 5 years?
Four years development. Is this an alternate universe Boeing? Perhaps it is a Boeing from the past, when they could actually build airplanes that might approach a reasonable construction time.
Further, the Solar Eagle is going to use propellers? I thought the big advantage of jet engines was less maintenance time. How is this going to fly with mechanical and exposed propellers for 5 years at a time?
When I was on a federal jury a few years ago. The trial was held 15 miles from the "crime scene" and as much as 45 or more from the juror's homes. It took some jurors over 2.5 hours to drive home. (I live in a city exceedingly bad for commuting.)
However, none of us resented the defendant for this. It was remarkable that everyone felt it was their civic duty.
My only complaint about the entire process is that the jury (pretty much the entire jury) felt that the charges were overly aggressive. A very young man had been selling crack, and admitted to selling crack. But because he discussed crack prices and pickups over the telephone with other people, it was conspiracy. Even though he did not benefit from the conspiracy. The way the instructions to the jury were written, there was no choice in the outcome. In addition to selling charges, the young man went to jail on conspiracy for 20-30 years.
I'm actually glad to see that Slashdot is participating in such a debate. As a longtime Slashdot resident, I'm happy that Slashdot is attempting to find a niche in the Internet that involves scientific (or semi-scientific) and computer related matters.
The draw to Slashdot needs to be the articles, but also the response to the articles. The comments should be a cut above what you see at other websites.
Wow, way to miss the whole point of my post. I seldom have seen any level of deliberate self-obfuscation. Bravo sir, your doublethink skills are the acme.
It is impossible to disprove the existence of ANYTHING. Science only proves existences. Science disproves only hypotheses, theories, and laws.
Except of course that Science as a system proves and then verifies proofs. Science does not disprove except in so far as invalidating unverifiable proofs such as hypotheses, theories, and laws.
Theist: I hypothesis that God exists but I cannot offer verifiable proof.
Atheist: Then you cannot hypothesis that God exists.
Theist: But I feel that it is correct. And besides, you're a jerkface for making me feel bad.
Atheist: I'm sorry your feelings are hurt, but Science cannot be objective if it is subordinated to feelings.
It's time that people understand that information wants to be free. And we the people should want information to be free.
One of the secrets released was that the Taliban are quite a bit more violent and willing to kill innocents than has been reported. It has sums of civilian casualties created by the NATO (US) forces and the Taliban. Yeah, these guys are scum bags.
More importantly, wasn't Obama supposed to have the most transparent administration?
But most importantly, government secrets in the open are inherently good for the People. Why is there not an understanding of this? 9/11 did not teach us how bad the terrorists were. We already knew that. Instead, we should have learned that government cannot, under any circumstances, be trusted.
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Are there other conditions that limit him to 25 years? Or is it the life of the device? If not, why could a new, probably better, device not be installed in 20 or so years thereby extending life further?
If you would have RTFA, you would realize that the animals are being pumped full of antibiotics to increase size, not to keep them disease free.
That's the beauty of a shotgun. It can hit stuff from the ground.
This is a big load of BS.
If you want to get rid of this snake, just get 5000 soldiers. Give them each of them a Mossberg 500 pump action shotgun and as much number 9 or 10 shot shells as they can carry. The army has more than enough shotguns and the shells . Then, give the soldiers 10 dollars for every dead snake and dead cat they bring back. There's only like 263 square miles on this island. The whole job could be finished in under a week. (Feral cats are doing more damage to the environment than the cats, but it's not cool to talk about it. Cats are cute. Snakes kill you.)
People forget that the simplest solution tends to be the best one. They also forget what a regiment of men with guns can accomplish. There's a reason that the bison almost went extinct. As well as many subspecies of rattlesnake.
Fu-uck.
Let's not forget that Orrin Hatch makes a habit of trying to legislate against technology. This is the same douchebag that a few years ago proposed blowing up all computers that illegally downloaded music.
Bing Crosby deserves recognition for being one heck of a good guy. My grandfather decided to hitchhike home after WWII - he'd had enough with slow travel on a jeep carrier following Operation Magic Carpet and didn't feel like taking the slow train home. He was in California, and he needed to get to northern Illinois. In southern California, a bald fella stops to pick him up. They travel for a couple hours together until the bald fella says that he's singing in Las Vegas in a couple of hours and needs to warm up his voice. Asks if it's alright if he starts singing. My grandpa says your car, feel free. The bald fella is Bing Crosby. Just stopped to pick up some random Marine to give him a lift.
He beat the troop train home by a good 4 hours. :)
It's almost always a shame when an animal is introduced into a new environment. Except the pheasant. The pheasant is awesome.
I don't doubt that you could build another F-22 or even an A380 or SR-71. But I don't think you could deliver an aircraft that can stay aloft for 5 years. We can barely create computers that can stay on for 5 years at a stretch, let alone propellers, engines, and wings capable of being very light and staying aloft irregardless of weather conditions for 5 years. It's got to stay up in a really hostile environment fighting gravity the whole time.
Had Boeing said weeks at a time, I might have bought that. But 5 years?
I have no concept for solar powered jet engines. And I'm not selling it for 89 million either.
Four years development. Is this an alternate universe Boeing? Perhaps it is a Boeing from the past, when they could actually build airplanes that might approach a reasonable construction time.
Further, the Solar Eagle is going to use propellers? I thought the big advantage of jet engines was less maintenance time. How is this going to fly with mechanical and exposed propellers for 5 years at a time?
Wouldn't that make them a cat?
Damnit. Gitmo again?
Just run a wire out back to the railroad line and attack to a rail.
Not really. Layers 8, 9, and 10 are the most difficult part of the OSI model to manage.
When I was on a federal jury a few years ago. The trial was held 15 miles from the "crime scene" and as much as 45 or more from the juror's homes. It took some jurors over 2.5 hours to drive home. (I live in a city exceedingly bad for commuting.)
However, none of us resented the defendant for this. It was remarkable that everyone felt it was their civic duty.
My only complaint about the entire process is that the jury (pretty much the entire jury) felt that the charges were overly aggressive. A very young man had been selling crack, and admitted to selling crack. But because he discussed crack prices and pickups over the telephone with other people, it was conspiracy. Even though he did not benefit from the conspiracy. The way the instructions to the jury were written, there was no choice in the outcome. In addition to selling charges, the young man went to jail on conspiracy for 20-30 years.
The judge should have been required to explain to the jury about jury nullification. We would have nullified those charges so quickly it would have made the DA's head spin. All potential jurors should understand what jury nullification before they begin.
What about people who abstained from drinking alcohol because they were sick?
I'd like to know more about geothermal heating and cooling. This technology seems relatively affordable, durable, and best of all - simple. Why don't more people use it?
There was also this story by Arthur C. Clarke about that too. Some folks may have heard of it.
I'm actually glad to see that Slashdot is participating in such a debate. As a longtime Slashdot resident, I'm happy that Slashdot is attempting to find a niche in the Internet that involves scientific (or semi-scientific) and computer related matters.
The draw to Slashdot needs to be the articles, but also the response to the articles. The comments should be a cut above what you see at other websites.
Wow, way to miss the whole point of my post. I seldom have seen any level of deliberate self-obfuscation. Bravo sir, your doublethink skills are the acme.
It is impossible to disprove the existence of ANYTHING. Science only proves existences. Science disproves only hypotheses, theories, and laws.
Except of course that Science as a system proves and then verifies proofs. Science does not disprove except in so far as invalidating unverifiable proofs such as hypotheses, theories, and laws.
Theist: I hypothesis that God exists but I cannot offer verifiable proof.
Atheist: Then you cannot hypothesis that God exists.
Theist: But I feel that it is correct. And besides, you're a jerkface for making me feel bad.
Atheist: I'm sorry your feelings are hurt, but Science cannot be objective if it is subordinated to feelings.
That's the kind of thing an idiot would have on his luggage!
This is funny, because I thought reality television pushed human culture back 800 000 years.
It's time that people understand that information wants to be free. And we the people should want information to be free.
One of the secrets released was that the Taliban are quite a bit more violent and willing to kill innocents than has been reported. It has sums of civilian casualties created by the NATO (US) forces and the Taliban. Yeah, these guys are scum bags.
More importantly, wasn't Obama supposed to have the most transparent administration?
But most importantly, government secrets in the open are inherently good for the People. Why is there not an understanding of this? 9/11 did not teach us how bad the terrorists were. We already knew that. Instead, we should have learned that government cannot, under any circumstances, be trusted.