cover a large (1 acre? 2 acre?) Prison Yard for $100?
Most prison yards are no where near an acre. Last time I was in jail, our outdoor exercise area was 20x50ft, with high concrete walls. They only thing visible was the sky. We called it the "dog kennel". In the movies, they often show large yards, because that allows for more drama. Real prisons like to avoid drama.
It is designed to carry satellites. It was not carrying any for this launch.
There is something odd here. The summary contains quite a bit of information that is NOT in TFA. Some of it is just wrong: This is not the first rocket launch from Hawaii. Dozens of USAF rockets have been launched from Hawaii. But other information seems to contradict TFA. The summary says "seconds into the flight" but TFA says "mid-flight".
Because you are. People with no debt are less likely to pay off debt once credit is extended, than someone with a track record of making regular payments on an existing debt. Credit score criteria are not just randomly pulled out of a hat. They are based on hard data.
The point of Japanese business is to keep the people of Japan working
The purpose of a business to generate profits for the owners. A beneficial side effect is the creation of goods an services. "Keeping people busy" is neither a purpose nor a benefit.
they employ people to do jobs that machines could do cheaper, because if you lay them all off, they will be a burden on society.
This is the Lump of Labor Fallacy. There is not a fixed number of jobs in an economy, and if people are doing inefficient busy work, then they are already a burden on society. They should be doing something that actually creates value.
A big problem in Japan, is that to open a new shop, you need to get approval from other shops nearby. The shop owners work together to veto any competition, or consolidation. So the result is a proliferation of tiny inefficient shops, millions of people employed in unproductive retail jobs, high prices for consumers, and a lot of time consuming shopping while going from store to store to find what you need.
If we don't get leaders that actually solves problems into positions of power it really doesn't matter what we elect.
Lessig has no realistic plan to solve, or even address, any problem. His plan is to amend the constitution (something the president has no power whatsoever to do) and then resign. That isn't a plan, it is a fantasy.
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights... So you are saying that these words are just lying, hypocritical bullshit, and were never intended to extend to "all men", but rather only citizens?
What's funny is that the same people pushing for corporate rights are the ones most against the people advocating Chinese interests having rights.
I don't think that is true at all. The person here speaking most forcefully for free speech for the Chinese is me. I have also spoken out forcefully for free speech for corporations. Restrictions on anyone's rights are a restriction on everyone's rights. Other than the "clear and present danger" exception for things like yelling fire in a theater, everyone, and every organization, should be free to say whatever they want. If you don't like it, the answer is not censorship, but MORE SPEECH explaining why you disagree.
Rick Perry was backed by PACs with millions of dollars in the bank. Yet he had to drop out, because he had no direct access to that money to pay his staff. So, yes, they are independent, and often push views that are uncomfortable to candidates.
The only reason i can remotely think of in this particular case is that the people are a middle man for the chinese government.
Sorry, my bad. I complete missed the modification to the first amendment. It has now been changed to read: Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances, unless they are middlemen for the Chinese government.
I am so glad that the government censors are protecting me from speech that they may disagree with.
you bribe politicians directly. The Supreme Court made doing so legal.
No they didn't. The Citizens United decision prohibited the government from restricting donations to independent PACs, not directly to politicians. If you oppose Citizens United, you should explain why based on the facts. Misrepresenting it as something it is not, does not help your cause.
If you believe that "the powerful" won't implement a countermeasure that makes us all regret the doxing, you're a moron.
I already regret it. This doxing is just one more reason for good people to avoid public office. There are reasons that many of our leaders are narcissistic sociopaths, and by driving away good people, this is just making it worse.
Our 400-foot driveway is too much work, compared to the nearby 11 houses/acre development that went into what was a cornfield 20 years ago.
Kids do a cold-hearted calculation of [candy/time]. Decorations make little difference. I have an affluent neighborhood in one direction, and a working class, mostly Hispanic neighborhood in the other direction. I asked my kids where they wanted to go, and they unanimously agree to go to the working class area. I asked them why, and they said that in the affluent neighborhood the houses are too far apart, the driveways are too long, and rich people tend to be stingy, because, hey, thats how they got to be rich. Those are astute observations, but I was surprised to hear them coming from an 8 year old.
A company can be compelled to sell a product if doing otherwise would be abuse of monopoly power. But Amazon does not have a monopoly in retailing, in on-line retailing, or in video. So it is unlikely if there is any legal basis to compel them to sell anything.
The difference is that articles like this claim dramatic increases, in this case 10 fold
Except they don't claim that. The very first sentence in TFA makes it clear that this is years away from commercial application. The "10 fold" statement only refers to one characteristic of a battery, and TFA states that there are other tradeoffs that may diminish any improvement.
If you think this article is telling you that you can buy a $10K EV with a 1000 mile range next week, then that says a lot more about your reading comprehension and lack of familiarity with the nature of scientific research, than any fault in the article.
No. The plant doesn't reproduce. It doesn't produce pollen, or viable seeds. That is the whole point.
By viruses.
In which case the gene prevents it own propagation into the following generation.
There are about a dozen mechanisms how plants transfer genes
So? As soon as a plant acquires this gene it will STOP REPRODUCING. That is the whole point. It is conceivable that the gene could somehow get inserted into another plant, via a virus or whatever, but that would be a dead end.
Genes propagate and spread because they enhance the fitness of their hosts. A terminator gene minimizes fitness to zero.
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Ants won't be snagged by that. Ants are less than 1 inch in size.
So? Neutrinos are also less than 1 inch in size, and they won't be stopped by a million miles of lead.
Chicken wire is enough to stop a drone, and is enough to catch almost anything dropped by a drone. Drones can't carry much.
It amazes me how willing people are to sleep next to someone who could profit from their death.
This is why I have no life insurance. My wife knows I am worth more alive than dead.
cover a large (1 acre? 2 acre?) Prison Yard for $100?
Most prison yards are no where near an acre. Last time I was in jail, our outdoor exercise area was 20x50ft, with high concrete walls. They only thing visible was the sky. We called it the "dog kennel". In the movies, they often show large yards, because that allows for more drama. Real prisons like to avoid drama.
Please find me such a device or materials to make such a device at homedepot.com or amazon.com
Here you go.
Why a experimental launch carried 13 satellites?
It is designed to carry satellites. It was not carrying any for this launch.
There is something odd here. The summary contains quite a bit of information that is NOT in TFA. Some of it is just wrong: This is not the first rocket launch from Hawaii. Dozens of USAF rockets have been launched from Hawaii. But other information seems to contradict TFA. The summary says "seconds into the flight" but TFA says "mid-flight".
How is this possible? 1 bit DRAM is a single transistor.
No. A DRAM bit is a single transistor plus a capacitor. The capacitor has to be recharged every few milliseconds, which is what makes it "dynamic".
According to lenders this makes me a credit risk.
Because you are. People with no debt are less likely to pay off debt once credit is extended, than someone with a track record of making regular payments on an existing debt. Credit score criteria are not just randomly pulled out of a hat. They are based on hard data.
Discretized? DISCRETIZED?! What the hell does that mean?
It is the past tense verb form of "discrete". Any noun can be verbed.
The point of Japanese business is to keep the people of Japan working
The purpose of a business to generate profits for the owners. A beneficial side effect is the creation of goods an services. "Keeping people busy" is neither a purpose nor a benefit.
they employ people to do jobs that machines could do cheaper, because if you lay them all off, they will be a burden on society.
This is the Lump of Labor Fallacy. There is not a fixed number of jobs in an economy, and if people are doing inefficient busy work, then they are already a burden on society. They should be doing something that actually creates value.
A big problem in Japan, is that to open a new shop, you need to get approval from other shops nearby. The shop owners work together to veto any competition, or consolidation. So the result is a proliferation of tiny inefficient shops, millions of people employed in unproductive retail jobs, high prices for consumers, and a lot of time consuming shopping while going from store to store to find what you need.
Would it have helped if you provided a desk phone in said room and a big warning label, that mobile phones don't work?
Or just ban mobile phones inside the chamber. They can't not work if they aren't there.
If we don't get leaders that actually solves problems into positions of power it really doesn't matter what we elect.
Lessig has no realistic plan to solve, or even address, any problem. His plan is to amend the constitution (something the president has no power whatsoever to do) and then resign. That isn't a plan, it is a fantasy.
The key word here is CITIZENS.
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights ... So you are saying that these words are just lying, hypocritical bullshit, and were never intended to extend to "all men", but rather only citizens?
What's funny is that the same people pushing for corporate rights are the ones most against the people advocating Chinese interests having rights.
I don't think that is true at all. The person here speaking most forcefully for free speech for the Chinese is me. I have also spoken out forcefully for free speech for corporations. Restrictions on anyone's rights are a restriction on everyone's rights. Other than the "clear and present danger" exception for things like yelling fire in a theater, everyone, and every organization, should be free to say whatever they want. If you don't like it, the answer is not censorship, but MORE SPEECH explaining why you disagree.
It's the "on behalf of a foreign government" part that makes it illegal.
I see. So when the 1st amendment says there shall be "no law" restricting the free exercise of speech, with part of "no law" allows this restriction?
"Independent PACs," my ass!
Rick Perry was backed by PACs with millions of dollars in the bank. Yet he had to drop out, because he had no direct access to that money to pay his staff. So, yes, they are independent, and often push views that are uncomfortable to candidates.
some whacko does something to ruin it for the rest of us
What are you talking about? Which whacko "ruined" the 1st Amendment?
The only reason i can remotely think of in this particular case is that the people are a middle man for the chinese government.
Sorry, my bad. I complete missed the modification to the first amendment. It has now been changed to read: Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances, unless they are middlemen for the Chinese government.
I am so glad that the government censors are protecting me from speech that they may disagree with.
you bribe politicians directly. The Supreme Court made doing so legal.
No they didn't. The Citizens United decision prohibited the government from restricting donations to independent PACs, not directly to politicians. If you oppose Citizens United, you should explain why based on the facts. Misrepresenting it as something it is not, does not help your cause.
"U.S. law requires that anyone seeking to influence American policy or public opinion on behalf of a foreign government must register
How can this possibly be compatible with the US Constitution? Anyone should be free to say whatever they want.
If you believe that "the powerful" won't implement a countermeasure that makes us all regret the doxing, you're a moron.
I already regret it. This doxing is just one more reason for good people to avoid public office. There are reasons that many of our leaders are narcissistic sociopaths, and by driving away good people, this is just making it worse.
Our 400-foot driveway is too much work, compared to the nearby 11 houses/acre development that went into what was a cornfield 20 years ago.
Kids do a cold-hearted calculation of [candy/time]. Decorations make little difference. I have an affluent neighborhood in one direction, and a working class, mostly Hispanic neighborhood in the other direction. I asked my kids where they wanted to go, and they unanimously agree to go to the working class area. I asked them why, and they said that in the affluent neighborhood the houses are too far apart, the driveways are too long, and rich people tend to be stingy, because, hey, thats how they got to be rich. Those are astute observations, but I was surprised to hear them coming from an 8 year old.
Making everybody do community service is one of those ideas that sounds like a good idea until people try to do it in reality.
The concept works fine in North Korea.
Can a store be required to sell certain products?
A company can be compelled to sell a product if doing otherwise would be abuse of monopoly power. But Amazon does not have a monopoly in retailing, in on-line retailing, or in video. So it is unlikely if there is any legal basis to compel them to sell anything.
The difference is that articles like this claim dramatic increases, in this case 10 fold
Except they don't claim that. The very first sentence in TFA makes it clear that this is years away from commercial application. The "10 fold" statement only refers to one characteristic of a battery, and TFA states that there are other tradeoffs that may diminish any improvement.
If you think this article is telling you that you can buy a $10K EV with a 1000 mile range next week, then that says a lot more about your reading comprehension and lack of familiarity with the nature of scientific research, than any fault in the article.
By crosspolonization.
No. The plant doesn't reproduce. It doesn't produce pollen, or viable seeds. That is the whole point.
By viruses.
In which case the gene prevents it own propagation into the following generation.
There are about a dozen mechanisms how plants transfer genes
So? As soon as a plant acquires this gene it will STOP REPRODUCING. That is the whole point. It is conceivable that the gene could somehow get inserted into another plant, via a virus or whatever, but that would be a dead end.
Genes propagate and spread because they enhance the fitness of their hosts. A terminator gene minimizes fitness to zero.