The basic problem is a cultural unwillingness to adopt new ideas. Hundreds of books have been written on "paradigm" shifts. The corollary to this is that the more complex an invention, the more difficult it will be to implement and obtain any commercial credit. Had Russell invented the "clapper" he might have seen some royalties. The day of the garage inventor coming up with a major invention that changes the world is about on par with hitting the lottery, given the structure of the social / legal environment. Our societies' process for invention is established around corporate, government and university labs to initiate "new" inventions only in their narrow lanes of expertise.
I am curious about the properties of amorphous steal when compared to other high strength materials like titanium. It would seem that the cost to produce this form of steel is high and that is suffer the same problems of associated with other ceramics
Everyone views a topic form his or her personal perspective, if the military adopts the powered exoskeleton as part of their equipment it will permit the manufacturing economies of scale needed to make this commercially affordable to the general public. I only wish that the military had a need for an anti Alzheimer's medication, as I watch my mother waste away.
Putting a Stop to NEC Nonsense:
A) A boycott of all NEC products.
B) A campaign to dump all NEC stock from pension funds.
C) A mass movement for jury nullification of all acts of attorney-cide, that means open season on attorneys. Now some might say there are good attorneys who are trying to change the system from within, as there were some "good" Nazis.
Why not move Hubble from its current orbit and attach it to the ISS. If we have a few years, a small amount of thrust to relocate Hubble to the ISS should be sufficient. The big advantage would be that a combined Hubble / ISS platform could be serviced by the ISS crew, thus reducing some of the risk of servicing Hubble with the limited shuttle flights. I will even supply the duct tape.
In the near future Govt. and corporate death squads will emerge to track down perpetrators of virus and spam. The only question is when, who and how much publicity will surround this inevitable response. Our society can measure its progress on this slippery slope by the degree to which preemptive strikes are legitimized as an ethical basis for fighting the asymmetric warfare of "terrorism."
"Free" energy" would mean that a $37K income, would increase to have the purchasing power to the equivalent of $150K in today's economy. Lower energy costs would permeate more than just consumer items. For example; city locations are expensive because of demand, demand is high because people will pay a premium to save commute time. But with free energy travel cost go down, rail speeds can go up, and the amount of land that is within 45 minutes of a metropolitan area is increased.
A Nazi approach to Iraq would be to "grow Iraqi anthrax" strains, weaponize large quantities of anthrax powder, and deposit on the edge of the towns like Tikrit. Then booby trap the powder for maximum air dispersion over the city, pick the "right" day for optimum wind dispersion, and send in some disposable flunkies to make the "discovery" based on unnamed source tips of a hidden stash of WMD. If the US were Nazi like, this action would "prove" to the world that the war was justified and take-out a major cities of resistance. The fact is that US leadership is not Nazi like, naively optimistic about human nature yes, but not Nazi like.
The shuttle was a compromise of budget and the political goal of manned vehicle reusability. The question is the viability of a manned space program given cost of environmental support, the lack of a clear popular mandate, and the fact that most scientific experiments can be done without people onboard. The problem is that unless the voting populous cares, then budgets will continue to be reduced or morphed by military objectives. Maybe what NASA should consider is producing a "Three's Company on ISS" TV series for PBS.
Now if people were really serious about making this work, they would link the mentoring process to the scientist working for the department of defense. DOD would be able to mine the unfettered imagination of young people and shape/mold the most promising talents along productive lines of scientific inquiry. Sort of like taking a DNA sample from the top scorers at the video arcade.
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The basic problem is a cultural unwillingness to adopt new ideas. Hundreds of books have been written on "paradigm" shifts. The corollary to this is that the more complex an invention, the more difficult it will be to implement and obtain any commercial credit. Had Russell invented the "clapper" he might have seen some royalties. The day of the garage inventor coming up with a major invention that changes the world is about on par with hitting the lottery, given the structure of the social / legal environment. Our societies' process for invention is established around corporate, government and university labs to initiate "new" inventions only in their narrow lanes of expertise.
I am curious about the properties of amorphous steal when compared to other high strength materials like titanium. It would seem that the cost to produce this form of steel is high and that is suffer the same problems of associated with other ceramics
Guess my next PC will be Dell
Everyone views a topic form his or her personal perspective, if the military adopts the powered exoskeleton as part of their equipment it will permit the manufacturing economies of scale needed to make this commercially affordable to the general public. I only wish that the military had a need for an anti Alzheimer's medication, as I watch my mother waste away.
Putting a Stop to NEC Nonsense: A) A boycott of all NEC products. B) A campaign to dump all NEC stock from pension funds. C) A mass movement for jury nullification of all acts of attorney-cide, that means open season on attorneys. Now some might say there are good attorneys who are trying to change the system from within, as there were some "good" Nazis.
Why not move Hubble from its current orbit and attach it to the ISS. If we have a few years, a small amount of thrust to relocate Hubble to the ISS should be sufficient. The big advantage would be that a combined Hubble / ISS platform could be serviced by the ISS crew, thus reducing some of the risk of servicing Hubble with the limited shuttle flights. I will even supply the duct tape.
In the near future Govt. and corporate death squads will emerge to track down perpetrators of virus and spam. The only question is when, who and how much publicity will surround this inevitable response. Our society can measure its progress on this slippery slope by the degree to which preemptive strikes are legitimized as an ethical basis for fighting the asymmetric warfare of "terrorism."
"Free" energy" would mean that a $37K income, would increase to have the purchasing power to the equivalent of $150K in today's economy. Lower energy costs would permeate more than just consumer items. For example; city locations are expensive because of demand, demand is high because people will pay a premium to save commute time. But with free energy travel cost go down, rail speeds can go up, and the amount of land that is within 45 minutes of a metropolitan area is increased.
A Nazi approach to Iraq would be to "grow Iraqi anthrax" strains, weaponize large quantities of anthrax powder, and deposit on the edge of the towns like Tikrit. Then booby trap the powder for maximum air dispersion over the city, pick the "right" day for optimum wind dispersion, and send in some disposable flunkies to make the "discovery" based on unnamed source tips of a hidden stash of WMD. If the US were Nazi like, this action would "prove" to the world that the war was justified and take-out a major cities of resistance. The fact is that US leadership is not Nazi like, naively optimistic about human nature yes, but not Nazi like.
The shuttle was a compromise of budget and the political goal of manned vehicle reusability. The question is the viability of a manned space program given cost of environmental support, the lack of a clear popular mandate, and the fact that most scientific experiments can be done without people onboard. The problem is that unless the voting populous cares, then budgets will continue to be reduced or morphed by military objectives. Maybe what NASA should consider is producing a "Three's Company on ISS" TV series for PBS.
Now if people were really serious about making this work, they would link the mentoring process to the scientist working for the department of defense. DOD would be able to mine the unfettered imagination of young people and shape/mold the most promising talents along productive lines of scientific inquiry. Sort of like taking a DNA sample from the top scorers at the video arcade.