Yes because a 15 gallon tank filled with gasoline is as safe as kittens.
Doesn't matter if you store energy in batteries or in combustable liquides, when a fuel cell full of stored energy is released in an uncontrolled manner, it will always suck.
Actually there is something in the Human condition that lends itself toward the Nazi like behavior. It comes from the pack mentality or the need to belong to a group. A highschool teacher actually did an experiment with his world history class, I read about it in college as part of a study of human group behavior. There was a formal paper written on the experiment but I could only find a link to this article.
The sheep dogs, by definition, must police themselves. Is it easy? Of course not, and that is why the world is in the state it currently is.
Although to be fair, it is a statement of ideology and puts everything into a black and white (or sheepdog, wolf, and sheep) classification, which does not always hold up when you compare to the real worlds shades of grey.
While I agree that the analogy from Team America is similar, I think it is a much more pessimistic view of the situation. Not to mention it goes out of its way to be as vulgar and offensive as possible. (but hey... that's funny)
The original HMMWV (High Mobility Multi-Wheeled Vehicle) was designed as a replacement for the standard military jeep. The HMMWV (or military version of the Hummer) has an all aluminum chassis mounted on a steel frame. They came with diesel engines and were tuned for torque not speed. Although the drivetrain and suspension systems are very robust, these vehicles are NOT designed to withstand landmines.
Look up the information on AM Generals website, I believe they have the different variants and their respective weights. For what the HMMWV was designed for it is actually a relatively light, efficient and effective vehicle. It is basically a pick-up truck taken to an off-road extreme.*
Now the H1 Hummer was exploration by AMGeneral into the commercial market for exotic vehicles since the commercial market is where the real money is made for vehicle manufacturers (not the military market).
AM General was basically bought out by GM and so the bastard spawn that is the H2 and H3 were created. The H2 is a Chevy Suburban with a heavier passenger compartment on it. Other than name the H2 shares absolutely none of the same components or capabilities as the H1 or HMMWV. As far as I can tell the H3 is just the Chevy Blazer with a heavy passenger compartment and also shares absolutely no resemblance to the original HMMWV or the H1.
*Disclaimer, there are many variants of the HMMWV that have come into existence over the last 20 odd years of the vehicle's existence, and there ARE armored variants, but the unarmored variants vastly outnumber them. This vehicle was never suppose to be in the line of fire, it was a behind the lines logistics support vehicle.
You don't think someone might have attended college to find a place where they are surrounded by peers who are actually interested in learning and can completely submerge themselves in a topic. Where they can talk about the concepts they are learning and more fully flesh out their understanding. Oh, yeah, and attend some classes, have free reign at massive libraries focused on the topic of interest and have access to equipment and labs that no lone 'self taught' student could ever hope to afford.
Actually it may help us to move beyond our problems here. If a group were to go forth and colonize away from the general body, it may allow for different philosophy to take hold. Not to mention with the harsh realities of survival in space, it might force a little practicality on the population, one would hope, no one would care about little things like sexual preference when the regular meteor shower may destroy the living environment and everyone is needed to repair it.
After all during the colonizing year (when Europ 'blessed' the world with civilization) didn't the colonies usually end up with more progressive populations, willing to be more practical than hold onto old social norms*. Especially since (aside from the criminals) those who left to colonize were generally interested in building a better place then where they came from.
*Disclaimer - I am an AMATURE historian and am drawing for a general remembrance of a western centric education, and I'm sure there are specific examples to the contrary of what I am saying, but I am trying speak in general terms.
You know what really pisses me off about all of this. It has nothing to do with the ethical issues of piracy, what really pisses me off is the wasted FBI resources. If we have enough FBI agents in Arizona to waste raiding a school trying to catch some kids sharing music does that mean that:
1. all of the abducted children in the state have been found
2. all the murders in the state have been solved or prevented
3. All the illegal drug trafficing through the state has been haulted
4. All extortion has been stopped in Arizona.
I do not deny the music companies their right to persue legal compensation if they feel they need to, but some how I just think the FBI has better things to do than bust little Jimmy for sharing his CD collection online.
Block Quoteth: "*I was in in Pittsburgh one year when the KKK was given the right to march and hold a rally espousing their racist views. Is this what Freedom of Speech was meant for?"
Actually, yes that is exactly what freedom of speech is for. Of all the rights in America, you are not guaranteed the freedom from being offended. The freedom of speech ideal is not only to allow citizens to openly criticize the government, but also to allow all opinions on all subjects to be openly expressed. Once in the public arena these ideas often are reveled for the hogwash they are. If they are kept in the secret and not publicly debated often they gain the mystique of a secret group and counter culture that will artificially bolster their ranks.
I say let the light of open debate and expression shine on these horrors and reveal their true nature. It makes it easier for a person to become informed and discard the bad ideas.
But how can Americans not get distracted... politics is SOOOOOOO boring when compared to: ediable panties, sneakers that light up, happy meals, the last season of Friends, Will and Grace, The Gay marrage debate, Jacko' and the children, Martha Stewart and her investments, SUV's, NASCAR... Yeeehaaaaa
How could you possibly expect the average American citizen to waste valuable TV time to update themselves on the actions of our civil servents. After all it's not like they can do any real harm.
Civic duty... not just the maintenance schedule for a Honda.
OK... I'll give a little more real example. Bird migration. Birds have evolved the capability to fly without complex aerodynamic engineering, much less the ability to do math. Birds have also (homing pigeons to be exact) developed the ability to navigate the world and know how to return to a point without use of maps and charts and... math.
Now the next step (and I'll admit its a doozy) would be a species that develops the ability to survive and travel the voids of space... on instinct. We have seen life evolve to survie in some very nasty places, given the right enviromental pressures, I don't think space would be impossible, but certainly highly improbable.
I was recently at a Truck and bus confrence and the big thing touted by Volvo (I think) was their new driver assisting systems. The truck is outfitted with a whole array of sensers that keep track of vehicle location around the semi. I believe it would automatically check blind spots when the blinker was used (of course it assumed a responsible driver)
The system was also used to keep the driver in check by sounding a warning buzzer when the driver was following too close or taking a corner too fast. A system was developed that would take control of the throttle and force the truck to slow down in the above situations but it was totally rejected by test drivers (go fig).
Consider the bug race put forward in Starship trooper. It was a spacefaring race that had no math, just a biological addaptation and instinct. (Well it helped that the screen writters wanted them to be able to as well)
But my point is that space travel does not necessarly have to be achieved through technology.
I have a questin about this whole indemnification thing. Why would I as someone who purchased or was even give a product from a comercial entity be worried about being sued if the comercial entity was using tech in violation of a patent?
I mean as I understand it, it would be like all of the people who own a Xboxs are suddenly told that they have to pay Sony and additional $200 or be sued because MS used some propritary hardware in their counsle. Why wouldn't just MS be stuck holding the bag? Are not the customers protected by a good faith purchase agreement or something? Or would the task of sueing MS to get your $200 dollars back be left up to you (or some class action lawsuit)?
I am sure I am oversimplifying the matter, but I'm hopping this be a starting point for an explination.
the idea is make the candidates into real people. The idea is for them NOT to be a talking head on the box, but a real breathing talking person. A person with likes and dislikes, with hobbies, personality and his own opinions. These trivial things are reported so people can relate to the person with all the spotlights on them.
The American system (a democratic republic) was set up so the lay person does not have to keep up with all the latest issues. That would almost be a full time job in and of itself, thats why we elect representatives to do it for us. We are suppose to elect someone who we trust will make the same decisions we would make given the same information they get.
In order to pick a candidate you do need to know more about the person than just their stands on the current issues. After all who knows what may occur while your official is in office (terrorist Attacks). Knowing your elected official should leave you secure that he will not shoot knee jerk legislation through (much like you, yourself would probably not).
At least that is way I have been lead to believe it is suppose to work.
Diclaimer: Reality does not necessarly reflect my naive optimism.
Wow... try more like 100k per tenured professor, 50k per non-tenured prof. and more along the lines of 35k per student. 20k is just what they get paid out to live on the other 15k goes toward paying off their tuition.
you'll have 2-3 tenured prof. running the show and 4-5 non-tenured profs. working the show. With 5-6 Grad students per prof doing all the research.
Your, labor costs are a bit more if you look at it that way. And this project will not only go 1 year... sounds more like an ongoing thing.
I realize this is off topic but if the government(US) purchase of aircraft is anything like the purchase of their ground vehicles, the government most certainly does NOT own the designs of the aircraft. However part of the contract between the government and the manufacturer is that no one else will get access to the design, or get to buy the finished product without gov. approval.
Sometimes this is what will drive a company to charging huge prices to the government, because they get stuck in an exclusive contract.
Being the egotistical SOB that I am, when I first started my Masters degree I was disappointed when I sat down with my advisor and was forced to narrow my research from inventing a perpetual motion machine to a (what I thought at the time) simple diesel engine emission model.
My professor tried to explain to me that great leaps in advancement only happen after many small advancements have built up and are available to reference. An example would be Newton; he is recognized as a great physist, however his theories did not materialize out of thin air. Almost everything he put forward had been said before by his peers at the time, he was just able to organize all the ideas and present them in one place.
A more accurate study of achievement should not be how many references one received, but who the great achievers reference themselves.
I also believe that may explains why 'large scale' achievement has slowed in the modern day. It now takes many more small steps forward to really set the stage for great advancement.
Hmmm... I wonder if Microsoft leaves all the building doors unlocked and hopes that if no one knows where the doors lead, or even are, then no one will break into their campus.
I understand now, they are truely appling their security philosophy to ALL aspects of the company.
Probably because the 86% is from vegetible oil, which has already been extracted from the plant. I can honestly say I don't know how "efficient" that proccess is. I don't know the mass of corn, or grains needed to make 1kilogram of vegetible oil.
I think that is where the real in-efficiencies come into play, going from a solid mass of plant to a liquified state (with no water present).
Well yes you do still spew out Carbon *oxides,and Nox but those are a lot easier to deal with if you look at the total cycle. The massive fields of plants grown to produce the biodiesel manage to consume a large portion of the carbon dioxides emitted. The nice thing is there are no sulfates, or heavy metals being emitted (the leadiing cause of acid rain and other nasty stuff).
It may not be the perfect solution but it is certainly a much lower impact on the enviroment than current fuels.
Oh... and current gasoline engines can't run on it, but current diesel engines can (imagine the impact if we just switched all the tractor trailers on the road).
I'm hopping oil companies simply start paying farmers for their excess grains, that would suddenly make agriculture a profitable buisness again, and maybe more family farms would survive in America.
Funny you should ask we already do... It's called biodiesel and is in the proccess of becoming cheaper to use. It is made from vegitable oils at a rate of about 86% output from the oil used.
check the site http://www.biodiesel.org/pdf_files/Productio n.PDF( sorry about c/p) for details
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Yes because a 15 gallon tank filled with gasoline is as safe as kittens.
Doesn't matter if you store energy in batteries or in combustable liquides, when a fuel cell full of stored energy is released in an uncontrolled manner, it will always suck.
muggy, murky, rocky and acidic
It was faked on a soundstage in New Jersey.
Don't you mean it was just New Jersey
Actually there is something in the Human condition that lends itself toward the Nazi like behavior. It comes from the pack mentality or the need to belong to a group. A highschool teacher actually did an experiment with his world history class, I read about it in college as part of a study of human group behavior. There was a formal paper written on the experiment but I could only find a link to this article.
g y/Frank/Thirdwave.html
http://www.vaniercollege.qc.ca/Auxiliary/Psycholo
Enjoy
Easy,
You don't kick the dog that owns you.
Don't you mean it worked for North Korea.... errr ohh wait
I recommend reading the whole essay, it actually puts it much better than the summary stated in the GF post.6 sheep.html
See here:
http://www.blackwaterusa.com/btw2004/articles/072
The sheep dogs, by definition, must police themselves. Is it easy? Of course not, and that is why the world is in the state it currently is.
Although to be fair, it is a statement of ideology and puts everything into a black and white (or sheepdog, wolf, and sheep) classification, which does not always hold up when you compare to the real worlds shades of grey.
While I agree that the analogy from Team America is similar, I think it is a much more pessimistic view of the situation. Not to mention it goes out of its way to be as vulgar and offensive as possible. (but hey... that's funny)
The original HMMWV (High Mobility Multi-Wheeled Vehicle) was designed as a replacement for the standard military jeep. The HMMWV (or military version of the Hummer) has an all aluminum chassis mounted on a steel frame. They came with diesel engines and were tuned for torque not speed. Although the drivetrain and suspension systems are very robust, these vehicles are NOT designed to withstand landmines.
Look up the information on AM Generals website, I believe they have the different variants and their respective weights. For what the HMMWV was designed for it is actually a relatively light, efficient and effective vehicle. It is basically a pick-up truck taken to an off-road extreme.*
Now the H1 Hummer was exploration by AMGeneral into the commercial market for exotic vehicles since the commercial market is where the real money is made for vehicle manufacturers (not the military market).
AM General was basically bought out by GM and so the bastard spawn that is the H2 and H3 were created. The H2 is a Chevy Suburban with a heavier passenger compartment on it. Other than name the H2 shares absolutely none of the same components or capabilities as the H1 or HMMWV. As far as I can tell the H3 is just the Chevy Blazer with a heavy passenger compartment and also shares absolutely no resemblance to the original HMMWV or the H1.
*Disclaimer, there are many variants of the HMMWV that have come into existence over the last 20 odd years of the vehicle's existence, and there ARE armored variants, but the unarmored variants vastly outnumber them. This vehicle was never suppose to be in the line of fire, it was a behind the lines logistics support vehicle.
You don't think someone might have attended college to find a place where they are surrounded by peers who are actually interested in learning and can completely submerge themselves in a topic. Where they can talk about the concepts they are learning and more fully flesh out their understanding. Oh, yeah, and attend some classes, have free reign at massive libraries focused on the topic of interest and have access to equipment and labs that no lone 'self taught' student could ever hope to afford.
Actually it may help us to move beyond our problems here. If a group were to go forth and colonize away from the general body, it may allow for different philosophy to take hold. Not to mention with the harsh realities of survival in space, it might force a little practicality on the population, one would hope, no one would care about little things like sexual preference when the regular meteor shower may destroy the living environment and everyone is needed to repair it.
After all during the colonizing year (when Europ 'blessed' the world with civilization) didn't the colonies usually end up with more progressive populations, willing to be more practical than hold onto old social norms*. Especially since (aside from the criminals) those who left to colonize were generally interested in building a better place then where they came from.
*Disclaimer - I am an AMATURE historian and am drawing for a general remembrance of a western centric education, and I'm sure there are specific examples to the contrary of what I am saying, but I am trying speak in general terms.
You know what really pisses me off about all of this. It has nothing to do with the ethical issues of piracy, what really pisses me off is the wasted FBI resources. If we have enough FBI agents in Arizona to waste raiding a school trying to catch some kids sharing music does that mean that: 1. all of the abducted children in the state have been found 2. all the murders in the state have been solved or prevented 3. All the illegal drug trafficing through the state has been haulted 4. All extortion has been stopped in Arizona. I do not deny the music companies their right to persue legal compensation if they feel they need to, but some how I just think the FBI has better things to do than bust little Jimmy for sharing his CD collection online.
Block Quoteth:
"*I was in in Pittsburgh one year when the KKK was given the right to march and hold a rally espousing their racist views. Is this what Freedom of Speech was meant for?"
Actually, yes that is exactly what freedom of speech is for. Of all the rights in America, you are not guaranteed the freedom from being offended. The freedom of speech ideal is not only to allow citizens to openly criticize the government, but also to allow all opinions on all subjects to be openly expressed. Once in the public arena these ideas often are reveled for the hogwash they are. If they are kept in the secret and not publicly debated often they gain the mystique of a secret group and counter culture that will artificially bolster their ranks.
I say let the light of open debate and expression shine on these horrors and reveal their true nature. It makes it easier for a person to become informed and discard the bad ideas.
But how can Americans not get distracted... politics is SOOOOOOO boring when compared to:
ediable panties,
sneakers that light up,
happy meals,
the last season of Friends,
Will and Grace,
The Gay marrage debate,
Jacko' and the children,
Martha Stewart and her investments,
SUV's,
NASCAR... Yeeehaaaaa
How could you possibly expect the average American citizen to waste valuable TV time to update themselves on the actions of our civil servents. After all it's not like they can do any real harm.
Civic duty... not just the maintenance schedule for a Honda.
OK... I'll give a little more real example. Bird migration. Birds have evolved the capability to fly without complex aerodynamic engineering, much less the ability to do math. Birds have also (homing pigeons to be exact) developed the ability to navigate the world and know how to return to a point without use of maps and charts and ... math.
Now the next step (and I'll admit its a doozy) would be a species that develops the ability to survive and travel the voids of space... on instinct. We have seen life evolve to survie in some very nasty places, given the right enviromental pressures, I don't think space would be impossible, but certainly highly improbable.
I was recently at a Truck and bus confrence and the big thing touted by Volvo (I think) was their new driver assisting systems. The truck is outfitted with a whole array of sensers that keep track of vehicle location around the semi. I believe it would automatically check blind spots when the blinker was used (of course it assumed a responsible driver)
The system was also used to keep the driver in check by sounding a warning buzzer when the driver was following too close or taking a corner too fast. A system was developed that would take control of the throttle and force the truck to slow down in the above situations but it was totally rejected by test drivers (go fig).
Consider the bug race put forward in Starship trooper. It was a spacefaring race that had no math, just a biological addaptation and instinct. (Well it helped that the screen writters wanted them to be able to as well)
But my point is that space travel does not necessarly have to be achieved through technology.
You know, of all the things (good/bad) that came to my mind while watching Matrix Revolutions, the battle for the docks made me smile inside.
The mech animation simply made me think... Mechwarrior the movie... Robotech the movie... Gundum (pick a story line) the movie...
I have a questin about this whole indemnification thing. Why would I as someone who purchased or was even give a product from a comercial entity be worried about being sued if the comercial entity was using tech in violation of a patent?
I mean as I understand it, it would be like all of the people who own a Xboxs are suddenly told that they have to pay Sony and additional $200 or be sued because MS used some propritary hardware in their counsle. Why wouldn't just MS be stuck holding the bag? Are not the customers protected by a good faith purchase agreement or something? Or would the task of sueing MS to get your $200 dollars back be left up to you (or some class action lawsuit)?
I am sure I am oversimplifying the matter, but I'm hopping this be a starting point for an explination.
Thanks
Why are trivial things reported...
the idea is make the candidates into real people. The idea is for them NOT to be a talking head on the box, but a real breathing talking person. A person with likes and dislikes, with hobbies, personality and his own opinions. These trivial things are reported so people can relate to the person with all the spotlights on them.
The American system (a democratic republic) was set up so the lay person does not have to keep up with all the latest issues. That would almost be a full time job in and of itself, thats why we elect representatives to do it for us. We are suppose to elect someone who we trust will make the same decisions we would make given the same information they get.
In order to pick a candidate you do need to know more about the person than just their stands on the current issues. After all who knows what may occur while your official is in office (terrorist Attacks). Knowing your elected official should leave you secure that he will not shoot knee jerk legislation through (much like you, yourself would probably not).
At least that is way I have been lead to believe it is suppose to work.
Diclaimer: Reality does not necessarly reflect my naive optimism.
Wow...
try more like 100k per tenured professor, 50k per non-tenured prof. and more along the lines of 35k per student. 20k is just what they get paid out to live on the other 15k goes toward paying off their tuition.
you'll have 2-3 tenured prof. running the show and 4-5 non-tenured profs. working the show. With 5-6 Grad students per prof doing all the research.
Your, labor costs are a bit more if you look at it that way. And this project will not only go 1 year... sounds more like an ongoing thing.
later
I realize this is off topic but if the government(US) purchase of aircraft is anything like the purchase of their ground vehicles, the government most certainly does NOT own the designs of the aircraft. However part of the contract between the government and the manufacturer is that no one else will get access to the design, or get to buy the finished product without gov. approval.
Sometimes this is what will drive a company to charging huge prices to the government, because they get stuck in an exclusive contract.
Cheers
Being the egotistical SOB that I am, when I first started my Masters degree I was disappointed when I sat down with my advisor and was forced to narrow my research from inventing a perpetual motion machine to a (what I thought at the time) simple diesel engine emission model.
My professor tried to explain to me that great leaps in advancement only happen after many small advancements have built up and are available to reference. An example would be Newton; he is recognized as a great physist, however his theories did not materialize out of thin air. Almost everything he put forward had been said before by his peers at the time, he was just able to organize all the ideas and present them in one place.
A more accurate study of achievement should not be how many references one received, but who the great achievers reference themselves.
I also believe that may explains why 'large scale' achievement has slowed in the modern day. It now takes many more small steps forward to really set the stage for great advancement.
Of course, I could be wrong
Hmmm...
I wonder if Microsoft leaves all the building doors unlocked and hopes that if no one knows where the doors lead, or even are, then no one will break into their campus.
I understand now, they are truely appling their security philosophy to ALL aspects of the company.
Cheers
Probably because the 86% is from vegetible oil, which has already been extracted from the plant. I can honestly say I don't know how "efficient" that proccess is. I don't know the mass of corn, or grains needed to make 1kilogram of vegetible oil.
I think that is where the real in-efficiencies come into play, going from a solid mass of plant to a liquified state (with no water present).
Well yes you do still spew out Carbon *oxides,and Nox but those are a lot easier to deal with if you look at the total cycle. The massive fields of plants grown to produce the biodiesel manage to consume a large portion of the carbon dioxides emitted. The nice thing is there are no sulfates, or heavy metals being emitted (the leadiing cause of acid rain and other nasty stuff).
It may not be the perfect solution but it is certainly a much lower impact on the enviroment than current fuels.
Oh... and current gasoline engines can't run on it, but current diesel engines can (imagine the impact if we just switched all the tractor trailers on the road).
I'm hopping oil companies simply start paying farmers for their excess grains, that would suddenly make agriculture a profitable buisness again, and maybe more family farms would survive in America.
Funny you should ask we already do...
o n.PDF( sorry about c/p)
It's called biodiesel and is in the proccess of becoming cheaper to use. It is made from vegitable oils at a rate of about 86% output from the oil used.
check the site
http://www.biodiesel.org/pdf_files/Producti
for details