It's difficult to improve on a modern car's management software in most cases. Having said that, you're not running around in the right circles if you think there are no aftermarket automotive computers or software hacks for reflashing the existing computer(s).
In fact, right now I'm designing a replacement for the Honda TCU in my 20 year old Accord because it has a "design flaw" we've all seen affect PC's -- electrolytic caps. After 20 years the caps finally failed and fried the TCU in the process. (can't be fixed, the parts are unobtanium) Sure, Honda has NOS TCU's available; but, why not try to improve on it?
It could be handled like a kit car. Most of those (kit cars) wouldn't pass modern crash testing because they're based on older designs. But, you can get them titled, inspected & certified for use on the road and insured.
That's because in the '70s they thought forcing due to sulfur compounds in the atmosphere and stratospheric cloud cover (caused by high altitude aircraft) were going to cause global cooling. We cleaned up the sulfur emissions. The aircraft induced cloud cover was not as significant as thought. And... They underestimated the magnitude of and effects of CO2 production.
dark 24 hours a day? I predict there will be a Geek migration. Maybe in a few centuries Geeks will become migratory, flying south in the summer and north in the winter...
Most of that idea conceptually comes from older landfills. There are numerous instances of old landfills leaching toxic chemicals into groundwater. Newer landfills with plastic and clay liners are safer...
more likely to happen in Korea. N. Korean gov't appears to be teetering and all it would take would be for them to lob a weapon at Japan or S. Korea and the U.S. would be forced to respond in kind. The recent torpedo incident seems to indicate the central government there isn't completely in control.
OK, so when you look at the history, you see that no alien has landed at a major airport, stepped out and said "Hi, Take me to your leaders." I'm sorry to disappoint but interstellar distances are vast and we may live in a corner of the Milky Way with nothing interesting (besides us) going on right now. Or, it could be that no one whose passed by has seen anything worth stopping for yet. (Think of the paperwork man!)
You can't let SETI's efforts be indicative that there's nothing out there. The reality is they listen to specific frequencies (which might not be the right ones) and scan the sky slowly (so they might miss a signal). Another problem is that, even with the best equipment available to them, SETI simply could not hear signals beyond a few hundred light years. That is unless someone channeled the entire output of a star and pointed it at us, which seems unlikely to happen. That few hundred light years represents a tiny fraction of the Milky Way.
It could be that advanced civilizations kill themselves off at a high rate. It would be hard to believe that they all kill themselves off. Could be they spread more slowly than we expect them to. If FTL transport is impossible it could take a very long time for any civilization to spread among the stars.
OK, I've read all the posts and apparently I'm the only one (today) who reads this article, goes outside and looks up at the starry sky... Ignoring the article's source and Doomsday message, there may come a day ( in the distant future ) when resources become (excessively) difficult to obtain. Then it will be a good day to notice that this is but one smallish planet in a much larger solar system.
Locally, someone was stealing the guard rail and brackets from a bridge. It was aluminum (the brackets were cast and the rail was extruded). They were only able to take one piece at a time, walking it down the overpass late at night. Aluminum is worth considerably less than copper. People who steal don't always do what makes sense.
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and it's time to relax and eat.
Someone's taking their Neighborhood Watch program a tad too seriously I think.
It's difficult to improve on a modern car's management software in most cases. Having said that, you're not running around in the right circles if you think there are no aftermarket automotive computers or software hacks for reflashing the existing computer(s).
In fact, right now I'm designing a replacement for the Honda TCU in my 20 year old Accord because it has a "design flaw" we've all seen affect PC's -- electrolytic caps. After 20 years the caps finally failed and fried the TCU in the process. (can't be fixed, the parts are unobtanium) Sure, Honda has NOS TCU's available; but, why not try to improve on it?
the best one (best behaved one) is the Keyspan USA-19HS. Have a lot of experience with that one...
That depends. Can you afford the liver tranplant cost? Shouldn't be much more than $500,000.
I'm still going to die.
Only if there are Zombies. You're in a car...
A Starbucks with an oxygen bar just below the summit might be appropriate. Warm drinks and air...
Ok, So now it gets confusing.
How long before the Pres. presses the wrong button?
It could be handled like a kit car. Most of those (kit cars) wouldn't pass modern crash testing because they're based on older designs. But, you can get them titled, inspected & certified for use on the road and insured.
For what it's worth, these craters are probably not as uncommon as people think. I'm sitting inside one right now.
Not an asteroid. A Mars sized planetoid.
That's because in the '70s they thought forcing due to sulfur compounds in the atmosphere and stratospheric cloud cover (caused by high altitude aircraft) were going to cause global cooling. We cleaned up the sulfur emissions. The aircraft induced cloud cover was not as significant as thought. And... They underestimated the magnitude of and effects of CO2 production.
dark 24 hours a day? I predict there will be a Geek migration. Maybe in a few centuries Geeks will become migratory, flying south in the summer and north in the winter...
Most of that idea conceptually comes from older landfills. There are numerous instances of old landfills leaching toxic chemicals into groundwater. Newer landfills with plastic and clay liners are safer...
more likely to happen in Korea. N. Korean gov't appears to be teetering and all it would take would be for them to lob a weapon at Japan or S. Korea and the U.S. would be forced to respond in kind. The recent torpedo incident seems to indicate the central government there isn't completely in control.
And if the conditions are oppressive, the people working for them will leave, and there will be no new toys.
I'm pretty sure they meant it as they were careful with the money, and did not spend it frivolously.
Have a care ma'am. The scientists are the ones who gave the government their toys. We might take them away.
OK, so when you look at the history, you see that no alien has landed at a major airport, stepped out and said "Hi, Take me to your leaders." I'm sorry to disappoint but interstellar distances are vast and we may live in a corner of the Milky Way with nothing interesting (besides us) going on right now. Or, it could be that no one whose passed by has seen anything worth stopping for yet. (Think of the paperwork man!)
You can't let SETI's efforts be indicative that there's nothing out there. The reality is they listen to specific frequencies (which might not be the right ones) and scan the sky slowly (so they might miss a signal). Another problem is that, even with the best equipment available to them, SETI simply could not hear signals beyond a few hundred light years. That is unless someone channeled the entire output of a star and pointed it at us, which seems unlikely to happen. That few hundred light years represents a tiny fraction of the Milky Way.
It could be that advanced civilizations kill themselves off at a high rate. It would be hard to believe that they all kill themselves off. Could be they spread more slowly than we expect them to. If FTL transport is impossible it could take a very long time for any civilization to spread among the stars.
OK, I've read all the posts and apparently I'm the only one (today) who reads this article, goes outside and looks up at the starry sky... Ignoring the article's source and Doomsday message, there may come a day ( in the distant future ) when resources become (excessively) difficult to obtain. Then it will be a good day to notice that this is but one smallish planet in a much larger solar system.
Locally, someone was stealing the guard rail and brackets from a bridge. It was aluminum (the brackets were cast and the rail was extruded). They were only able to take one piece at a time, walking it down the overpass late at night. Aluminum is worth considerably less than copper. People who steal don't always do what makes sense.
People have pulled fiber thinking it's copper...
Standards of proof are higher in criminal cases. If the government thought they could present a strong criminal case, they would have.
It's a data warehouse. How many people do you think it takes to operate? And for what it's worth, it says nothing about minimum wage in the article.
The researchers warn however that big genomes tend to be a liability:
That is until it's irradiated in a nuclear test and goes all Godzilla on us