"Nonpartisan" means that Resources For The Future doesn't officially support the Democrat party. Everyone who works there, however, voted Green or for Obama.
1) How do you get the one-time TrackPIN to the UPS guy before the fact?
2) Way back when the milkman delivered his eponymous product, there was a small "airlock" built into many houses, with doors open both to the outside and the in. Some sort of mechanism could be developed so as to deliver the package from the airlock to the house.
Said who? It costs the same as a BMW 535i, yet only goes 265 miles. That's *not* revolutionary.
Call me back when he's got a $25K minivan that can go 300 miles at 80MPH while carrying 4 people and a whole lot of stuff. That will be revolutionary! Maybe my teenagers will be able to buy such a vehicle. But I doubt it.
"Beating Ares 1 to the ISS for 2% of the development cost, on a rocket cheaper than the Russians and the Chinese,
Using an engine designed by someone else using taxpayer money is IN NO WAY SHAPE OR FORM revolutionary.
It's great engineering and no-nonsense construction from a company that hasn't (yet) become bloated by sucking on the DoD & NASA teats, but that is *no* revolutionary.
For it to be revolutionary, they'd have to come up with something *really* game changing, like... a fuel better than LH2/LOX which doesn't corrode everything it gets near, or spray radioactive death half-way across the countryside.
Practical, reusable rocket engines (where you don't have to strip down and rebuild the engine every time like they did with the SSME are stupendously important, and I hope SpaceX can get that working.
However, and sadly, getting a booster to land on a floating platform is "mere" engineering: throw enough time, money, sensors, accelerometers, actuators, etc -- IOW, stuff that we already have and know how to use -- that's not revolutionary.
Hyperloop is a system involving partially evacuated (not hard vacuum) tubes.
The air on the outside is still going to *aggressively* want to rush in through any little crack.
it involves magnetic accelerator segments for propulsion.
Let me see if I've got this straight: we can't build regular maglev trains because they're super-expensive (the engineering, construction and maintenance would be incredibly difficult), so... we'll just make it that much harder by wrapping a (partial) vacuum tube around it???
You've got to understand that as much as Europe loves it's trains, there's a reason why high-speed trains aren't draped across the continent: the tracks have to be *perfect*, and they're always stopping and starting; even the express trains don't get up to full "steam" for very long stretches.
There's a reason that autobahns/Interstates are such a great idea: they combine all the benefits of an express train, with the flexibility of a two lane road (if you're near one, there's an on-ramp close by). And when you get "there", you still have your car to drive around in.
So, no. If maglev was a good idea, it would have already been built.
What's the purpose of developing a technology which we *know* is WILDLY impractical beyond the Pneumatic Tube Transport developed for local delivery of small items. See the Wikipedia entry on "Pneumatic tube".
How tiny of a fraction will be equivalent to the great works of art, and how many 100s of billions of years will be needed for all of the Great Works to be represented on a CCD that will degrade in less than a decade?
He (she?) was at one point soldier. Tell me that his/her parents never thought that he/she might never die.
And tell me that his parents never noticed that their short, soft boy-girl was "sensitive", and might one day crack under the pressure? Especially when he/she did something that he/she *knew* would piss off the government...
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Iran has faked missile launches before...
Only for international stuff :D
Silly me for thinking that getting raped in India and then suing in the US is parochial...
Partisanship has to do with parties that are openly supported, not general political preferences.
But the strong inference is that they're neutral, when they aren't.
the USA being the "court of the world"
And all this time, I thought that Europe, with all of it's high-sounding international courts and lawyers, was the "court of the world".
Alien Tort Statute, which makes US companies liable for ...
Thanks. That's useful to know.
Royal Dutch Oil was sponsoring warlords ... he Supreme Court, unsurprisingly, insulated American companies
But isn't Royal Dutch Shell not an American company? Why wasn't it sued in Holland?
she definitely has standing to sue.
In India. Because the crime happened in India. (For example, Union Carbide was sued in India for the Bhopal disaster.)
What standing does she have to sue in the US?
That doesn't inherently mean its wrong.
Never said it was.
So what?
Because it's a lie. You wouldn't like a conservative group saying, "we're nonpartisan!" would you?
"Nonpartisan" means that Resources For The Future doesn't officially support the Democrat party. Everyone who works there, however, voted Green or for Obama.
IOW, it's effectively partisan.
You could try to build it from source. I'm sure the LO developers would help with config errors, etc.
Ubuntu is NOT the only Distro in use.
Of course not!!!
There's also Xubuntu, Lubuntu, Mint and this thing called "Debian"...
it says "can't use the plugin, it causes problems on our server".
The name of the browser and plugin would be helpful...
(The PDF happens to work perfectly on Linux with the built-in viewers of FF35 and Chromium 39.)
Most Amazon boxes are much larger than a tray of milk bottles.
Must I mention that this hypothetical modern air-lock does not have to be the size of a tray of milk bottles from three generations ago?
Two thoughts:
1) How do you get the one-time TrackPIN to the UPS guy before the fact?
2) Way back when the milkman delivered his eponymous product, there was a small "airlock" built into many houses, with doors open both to the outside and the in. Some sort of mechanism could be developed so as to deliver the package from the airlock to the house.
Quick, alert the YouTube idiots: the Anunnaki are returning on Planet Nibiru!!!!
What happens when two people enter the room, and they have different preferences?
Spouses already fight about the thermostat; who's preference is "the house" going to pick?
In your fevered dreams!"
Said who? It costs the same as a BMW 535i, yet only goes 265 miles. That's *not* revolutionary.
Call me back when he's got a $25K minivan that can go 300 miles at 80MPH while carrying 4 people and a whole lot of stuff. That will be revolutionary! Maybe my teenagers will be able to buy such a vehicle. But I doubt it.
"Beating Ares 1 to the ISS for 2% of the development cost, on a rocket cheaper than the Russians and the Chinese,
Using an engine designed by someone else using taxpayer money is IN NO WAY SHAPE OR FORM revolutionary.
It's great engineering and no-nonsense construction from a company that hasn't (yet) become bloated by sucking on the DoD & NASA teats, but that is *no* revolutionary.
For it to be revolutionary, they'd have to come up with something *really* game changing, like... a fuel better than LH2/LOX which doesn't corrode everything it gets near, or spray radioactive death half-way across the countryside.
Practical, reusable rocket engines (where you don't have to strip down and rebuild the engine every time like they did with the SSME are stupendously important, and I hope SpaceX can get that working.
However, and sadly, getting a booster to land on a floating platform is "mere" engineering: throw enough time, money, sensors, accelerometers, actuators, etc -- IOW, stuff that we already have and know how to use -- that's not revolutionary.
A *real* revolution would be to find
So, while Musk is doing some important work
Hyperloop is a system involving partially evacuated (not hard vacuum) tubes.
The air on the outside is still going to *aggressively* want to rush in through any little crack.
it involves magnetic accelerator segments for propulsion.
Let me see if I've got this straight: we can't build regular maglev trains because they're super-expensive (the engineering, construction and maintenance would be incredibly difficult), so... we'll just make it that much harder by wrapping a (partial) vacuum tube around it???
You've got to understand that as much as Europe loves it's trains, there's a reason why high-speed trains aren't draped across the continent: the tracks have to be *perfect*, and they're always stopping and starting; even the express trains don't get up to full "steam" for very long stretches.
There's a reason that autobahns/Interstates are such a great idea: they combine all the benefits of an express train, with the flexibility of a two lane road (if you're near one, there's an on-ramp close by). And when you get "there", you still have your car to drive around in.
So, no. If maglev was a good idea, it would have already been built.
if he doesn't, it won't be because of anything you think you know.
I've been around long enough to know when an idea is a crock of shit.
he's too busy revolutionizing the automobile, space travel, and power industries simultaneously.
Wow, you have drunk the Kool Aid!!
What's the purpose of developing a technology which we *know* is WILDLY impractical beyond the Pneumatic Tube Transport developed for local delivery of small items. See the Wikipedia entry on "Pneumatic tube".
Too bad there's not much flat ground where it would do some good.
How tiny of a fraction will be equivalent to the great works of art, and how many 100s of billions of years will be needed for all of the Great Works to be represented on a CCD that will degrade in less than a decade?
If somebody builds it and 1% of the 1% buy tickets
Go re-read my post. Companies like Boeing or Airbus won't develop super-expensive planes unless carriers will buy a *lot* of planes.
Sadly, there aren't enough of the 1% who need/want to fly across the oceans on a regular basis for carriers to need a fleet of planes.
He (she?) was at one point soldier. Tell me that his/her parents never thought that he/she might never die.
And tell me that his parents never noticed that their short, soft boy-girl was "sensitive", and might one day crack under the pressure? Especially when he/she did something that he/she *knew* would piss off the government...
Al-Jazeera got the tape but refused to show it to anyone
I bet they'd show a tape of a white American (preferably a cop) shooting black kids...