I never suggested anything of the sort.
My point, which you seem determined to avoid, was that you are applying a strict cost/benefit analysis to something that includes a whole bunch of externalities and variables for which you do not allow or account.
You may also have missed the fact that "majority of people" is not equal to "all people". You then go on to do a worst-case analysis, and compare a 65 MPH car commute (Average speed, door to door? Ridiculous!) vs. bicycle only, neglecting transit and taxis as I mentioned. If you're going to slant every analysis in your favor like that, then I suspect you must win every argument in your mind!
Not everything can (or should) be expressed in terms of cost/benefit. First off, what is the cost/benefit of having more than a 1-gallon gas tank in a car? The mileage will only suffer as you fill the tank, so why carry the extra weight? The added convenience is very difficult to calculate.
These shocks will add range to a battery-only car such as the Tesla, and that is a critical selling feature at this point, far beyond cost. They will also reduce the amount of fuel used by a hybrid, so your analysis should include the elimination of some CO2 emissions. What's the formula for that?
Not to mention that the cost/benefit of a motor vehicle for the vast majority of people is a complete bust anyway. You are much better off with a bike, transit, or even taking a taxi everyday.
Why should the file directory include information about the user hosting the file? That could easily be encrypted also, and when sending the file, you could use some mechanism where the pieces are sent via relay off dozens of other file-sharers.
No trust needed, and no way to trace the source of files.
Nobody is saying that a positive mental attitude will enable you to overcome all of your limitations. I will never be able to move that glass with my mind no matter how much I believe.
The point is found in the opposite, that if you don't believe you can improve yourself, you will never bother trying, and it will be a self-fulfilling prophecy.
As Homer Simpson would say, "The lesson we learned here today is never, never try."
Yes, but if they use concentrating PV, they could use huge thin-film reflectors to get up to 500 times more sunlight per square meter.
Now do your math again...
Hate to tell you, but there are probably small amounts of a lot of things you wouldn't want to eat in your daily diet. Urban legend says you eat a bushel of dirt each year from improperly washed vegetables.
What about the insect content of that candy bar? Bet its some number greater than zero percent.
Having an ID tag 'on you', as you say, does in fact infringe your civil liberties, even if you're too stupid to know it. It disables, prevents, or otherwise hinders you from living life free from constant monitoring and control.
The other major flaw in your 'argument' is that right now, you are all in favor of government cutting down on what is currently defined as crime. You are probably not breaking many laws (bet you've been over the speed limit once or twice, though, remember that! Ever have a toke at a party? No? Then how do you explain this test result? Oh, you were just in the same room... too bad for you that's not an excuse!).
Hmmm, what else should we make illegal? Hey - did you just say something less than complimentary about George Bush? Are you not supporting the troops fully? Off to Guantanamo for you, bad boy.
If you still don't agree then you are probably one of the ones who will be arresting and terminating the thought criminals, so I don't care what you think you fascist bastard.;-)
Man I hate these standard "We should be doing x instead of y" comments that always seems to appear when space exploration is discussed.
There are 5 billion of us on the planet! Do we all have to be working on your stupid pet project? Not one person can be spared to work on other things?
The same goes for money, "We should stop spending $ on x, and spend it on y instead" If you look at the last US budget allocation, 'the money' was spent on about as many different things as you could imagine. Freeing up $1 from the measly budget of the space program will not get $1 spent on your thing, especially since its borrowed money being spent.
Bzzzt. Wrong. Right in the story capsule it says -
The Yahoo suit claims that Eric Head, along with his father and brother, were sending out millions of spam emails per month, as well as compiling lists of email addresses to sell to other spammers.
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I never suggested anything of the sort. My point, which you seem determined to avoid, was that you are applying a strict cost/benefit analysis to something that includes a whole bunch of externalities and variables for which you do not allow or account. You may also have missed the fact that "majority of people" is not equal to "all people". You then go on to do a worst-case analysis, and compare a 65 MPH car commute (Average speed, door to door? Ridiculous!) vs. bicycle only, neglecting transit and taxis as I mentioned. If you're going to slant every analysis in your favor like that, then I suspect you must win every argument in your mind!
Not everything can (or should) be expressed in terms of cost/benefit. First off, what is the cost/benefit of having more than a 1-gallon gas tank in a car? The mileage will only suffer as you fill the tank, so why carry the extra weight? The added convenience is very difficult to calculate.
These shocks will add range to a battery-only car such as the Tesla, and that is a critical selling feature at this point, far beyond cost. They will also reduce the amount of fuel used by a hybrid, so your analysis should include the elimination of some CO2 emissions. What's the formula for that?
Not to mention that the cost/benefit of a motor vehicle for the vast majority of people is a complete bust anyway. You are much better off with a bike, transit, or even taking a taxi everyday.
Why should the file directory include information about the user hosting the file? That could easily be encrypted also, and when sending the file, you could use some mechanism where the pieces are sent via relay off dozens of other file-sharers. No trust needed, and no way to trace the source of files.
No, they all pretended to ride horses while their assistants banged coconut shells together to make horse clip-clopping sounds.
The point is found in the opposite, that if you don't believe you can improve yourself, you will never bother trying, and it will be a self-fulfilling prophecy.
As Homer Simpson would say, "The lesson we learned here today is never, never try."
Er, yes you can. The SpectroLab cells can handle 500 times concentration.
Yes, but if they use concentrating PV, they could use huge thin-film reflectors to get up to 500 times more sunlight per square meter. Now do your math again...
Of course, the spaceport will have hookers and blackjack. If you see Greedo there, be sure you shoot first.
And any bot can be detected and banned.
Because everyone has virtually identical DNA and they could never get a full set of teeth to identify a body...
please check your math....
Hate to tell you, but there are probably small amounts of a lot of things you wouldn't want to eat in your daily diet. Urban legend says you eat a bushel of dirt each year from improperly washed vegetables.
What about the insect content of that candy bar? Bet its some number greater than zero percent.
Having an ID tag 'on you', as you say, does in fact infringe your civil liberties, even if you're too stupid to know it. It disables, prevents, or otherwise hinders you from living life free from constant monitoring and control.
;-)
The other major flaw in your 'argument' is that right now, you are all in favor of government cutting down on what is currently defined as crime. You are probably not breaking many laws (bet you've been over the speed limit once or twice, though, remember that! Ever have a toke at a party? No? Then how do you explain this test result? Oh, you were just in the same room... too bad for you that's not an excuse!).
Hmmm, what else should we make illegal? Hey - did you just say something less than complimentary about George Bush? Are you not supporting the troops fully? Off to Guantanamo for you, bad boy.
If you still don't agree then you are probably one of the ones who will be arresting and terminating the thought criminals, so I don't care what you think you fascist bastard.
Man I hate these standard "We should be doing x instead of y" comments that always seems to appear when space exploration is discussed.
There are 5 billion of us on the planet! Do we all have to be working on your stupid pet project? Not one person can be spared to work on other things?
The same goes for money, "We should stop spending $ on x, and spend it on y instead" If you look at the last US budget allocation, 'the money' was spent on about as many different things as you could imagine. Freeing up $1 from the measly budget of the space program will not get $1 spent on your thing, especially since its borrowed money being spent.
Bzzzt. Wrong. Right in the story capsule it says - The Yahoo suit claims that Eric Head, along with his father and brother, were sending out millions of spam emails per month, as well as compiling lists of email addresses to sell to other spammers.