Actually yes and yes, because payroll taxes and income taxes are not the same.
The term "Payroll Taxes" generally refers to the deductions for Social Security and Medicare, as well as the ones employers pay for unemployment insurance.
Income taxes are withheld based on your projected annual income, are graduated, have exemptions, and all the rest.
Also, as this site (Google cache) explains, you pay state income taxes to the state where you establish your legal residence, not the one where you "used to live in before enlisting". As a point of pride, I'd like to point out that VA income taxes are not that high, although you might be "amazed" if you were used to paying 0% I guess.
You routinely take interstate-only trips to cities that are several hours away? YMMV, but for me, that sucks whatever 'fun' is to be had in driving away fairly quickly. There is a huge market for these among people who spend a lot of time behind the wheel.
The idea is that the cars communicate, so that all the cars in a line hit the brakes at virtually the same time. That's what enables the following distances to be so close. Thus, you all come to a stop in the shortest possible distance. Sure, the semi takes longer to stop, which is why it leaves a longer distance. If anything, the automated sytem would handle this better, since the semi wouldn't have to worry about people cutting it off the way human drivers do.
I think you're trying to imply that someone would willfully engineer the system to keep following distances shorter than what is safe for some kind of political reason. Of course, humans do make mistakes, but that's why we test things before we deploy them.
There is a relatively straightforward fix for this: it's called no-fault insurance. Several states already do this for auto insurance, and the national worker's comp system works this way as well. If you're not familiar, the gist is that everyone is covered, and if you get in an accident, your insurance pays for your damages. Thus, it doesn't matter who caused the accident.
As for why the insurance companies would sell such policies, why on earth wouldn't they? They would set premiums high enough to cover their losses and still put away a profit, just like they do now.
It's about 10 seconds, because the X43A is rather small, and uses liquid hydrogen fuel. The follow-on project (X43C, before it was cancelled) was going to use Kerosene fuel, and a larger vehicle, so that it could remain under power for much longer periods.
Aside from fuel, I guess the only limitation on how long you could run it would have to do with heat. As you might imagine, it needs some very aggressive cooling systems.
So how did the objects in orbit get to that speed if they weren't attached to rockets that were going that fast to begin with?
You're not really comparing apples to apples, since the shuttle has rocket engines of its own that provide a lot of the energy. The OP was talking about a satellite with only maneuvering thrusters.
I was at the pre-flight program yesterday, and they had a great chart showing the operating ranges of turbojets, ramjets, scramjets, and rockets, and comparing their specific impulses.
The answer to your question, according to that speaker, was yes.
NASA and the Air Force were going to co-operate on the X43-C project (a follow on to the X43-A), but it was cancelled. However, hypersonics research at NASA is not over. You can read all about it here.
One reason why it makes sense for NASA to work on this is that the technology may be used to improve access to space. This is not an avenue the USAF is likely to pursue.
All discussion of physics aside, your description of how the craft works is incorrect. The scramjet is only turned on once, and it is most certainly within the atmosphere when that happens, otherwise the scramjet wouldn't work.
The "skip-glide" mode of flight you describe has been
proposed but never demonstrated.
In Hampton Roads (York County) we have optical machines. It takes me back to middle school and scan-tron tests. Personally, I don't understand why anyone would choose any other kind of machine (except for the disabled, of course).
We have the same division (A-K, L-Z), but at my polling place the only line was for L-Z. If you were A-K you could walk right up. I assumed that each precinct had chosen an alphabetical division based on the last names in their rolls, but clearly I gave them too much credit. I can't complain though, I only had to wait 5 minutes. I guess y'all wait longer for everything up in NoVa.
You're right that religon vs. secularism is a dividing line in the so called "culture wars" that frame our political discourse, but I think you're overreacting when you say that the forces of religion are winning. Of course, they are winning skirmishes, a textbook here and there, laws on parental notification, etc., but they are losing the war.
Consider that 40 years ago it was illegal not only to have an abortion, but even to buy contraceptive devices (even if you were married!) in some U.S. states. Consider that 80 years ago it was illegal to teach evolution in schools in Tennessee. The forces of religion have lost all these fights, and they continue to lose them (Lawrence v. Texas), and are now reduced to trying to chip away on the margins. They succeed sometimes because the secular forces have become complacent in victory, but short of total social collapse, there won't be any significant backsliding.
This is a very large, very slow transition that dates back to the renaissance, when humanism started chipping away at theocracy. When you consider that in the middle ages the church had the power of life and death, we've come a long way indeed.
We don't have any opposition to them as an article of clothing, we just use the spelling 'pajamas'. I guess it's because that looks more like the way we say it ('puh-jamas') to us than the other way.
I've always wondered, do you commonwealth folk say 'pie-jamas'?
While your story is funny, I would've wanted to kill myself significantly less while reading it if the people who occupy the buildings had been referred to as 'tenants'. 'tenets' are beliefs.
Also, things that smell badly 'reek'. to 'wreak' means to cause something, like havoc.
Except that radar's range is limited by the curvature of the earth, and thus it cannot sense what's happening far over the oceans, where there are no radar stations. Coincidentally, hurricanes form over the open ocean. Jackass.
I think there are a couple of things missing from your analysis.
First of all, just because it would take fewer flights doesn't necessarily mean that it would cost less.
Second, suppose you launched the ISS on two unmanned rockets. Who would put it together? How many shuttle flights would it take to get enough on-orbit person-hours to do the assembly?
Finally, what about form factor? I haven't been able to find the payload dimensions for the Saturn V, but it might be that the bay in the shuttle is better able to house the ISS components.
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So how exactly would you propose to check for the existence of bacteria on Mars without sending a landing craft? Hubble?
Actually yes and yes, because payroll taxes and income taxes are not the same.
The term "Payroll Taxes" generally refers to the deductions for Social Security and Medicare, as well as the ones employers pay for unemployment insurance.
Income taxes are withheld based on your projected annual income, are graduated, have exemptions, and all the rest.
Also, as this site (Google cache) explains, you pay state income taxes to the state where you establish your legal residence, not the one where you "used to live in before enlisting". As a point of pride, I'd like to point out that VA income taxes are not that high, although you might be "amazed" if you were used to paying 0% I guess.
You routinely take interstate-only trips to cities that are several hours away? YMMV, but for me, that sucks whatever 'fun' is to be had in driving away fairly quickly. There is a huge market for these among people who spend a lot of time behind the wheel.
The idea is that the cars communicate, so that all the cars in a line hit the brakes at virtually the same time. That's what enables the following distances to be so close. Thus, you all come to a stop in the shortest possible distance. Sure, the semi takes longer to stop, which is why it leaves a longer distance. If anything, the automated sytem would handle this better, since the semi wouldn't have to worry about people cutting it off the way human drivers do.
I think you're trying to imply that someone would willfully engineer the system to keep following distances shorter than what is safe for some kind of political reason. Of course, humans do make mistakes, but that's why we test things before we deploy them.
There is a relatively straightforward fix for this: it's called no-fault insurance. Several states already do this for auto insurance, and the national worker's comp system works this way as well. If you're not familiar, the gist is that everyone is covered, and if you get in an accident, your insurance pays for your damages. Thus, it doesn't matter who caused the accident.
As for why the insurance companies would sell such policies, why on earth wouldn't they? They would set premiums high enough to cover their losses and still put away a profit, just like they do now.
It's about 10 seconds, because the X43A is rather small, and uses liquid hydrogen fuel. The follow-on project (X43C, before it was cancelled) was going to use Kerosene fuel, and a larger vehicle, so that it could remain under power for much longer periods. Aside from fuel, I guess the only limitation on how long you could run it would have to do with heat. As you might imagine, it needs some very aggressive cooling systems.
So how did the objects in orbit get to that speed if they weren't attached to rockets that were going that fast to begin with?
You're not really comparing apples to apples, since the shuttle has rocket engines of its own that provide a lot of the energy. The OP was talking about a satellite with only maneuvering thrusters.
I was at the pre-flight program yesterday, and they had a great chart showing the operating ranges of turbojets, ramjets, scramjets, and rockets, and comparing their specific impulses.
The answer to your question, according to that speaker, was yes.
Your understanding is not correct.
NASA and the Air Force were going to co-operate on the X43-C project (a follow on to the X43-A), but it was cancelled. However, hypersonics research at NASA is not over. You can read all about it here.
One reason why it makes sense for NASA to work on this is that the technology may be used to improve access to space. This is not an avenue the USAF is likely to pursue.
All discussion of physics aside, your description of how the craft works is incorrect. The scramjet is only turned on once, and it is most certainly within the atmosphere when that happens, otherwise the scramjet wouldn't work.
The "skip-glide" mode of flight you describe has been proposed but never demonstrated.
In Hampton Roads (York County) we have optical machines. It takes me back to middle school and scan-tron tests. Personally, I don't understand why anyone would choose any other kind of machine (except for the disabled, of course).
We have the same division (A-K, L-Z), but at my polling place the only line was for L-Z. If you were A-K you could walk right up. I assumed that each precinct had chosen an alphabetical division based on the last names in their rolls, but clearly I gave them too much credit. I can't complain though, I only had to wait 5 minutes. I guess y'all wait longer for everything up in NoVa.
You're right that religon vs. secularism is a dividing line in the so called "culture wars" that frame our political discourse, but I think you're overreacting when you say that the forces of religion are winning. Of course, they are winning skirmishes, a textbook here and there, laws on parental notification, etc., but they are losing the war.
Consider that 40 years ago it was illegal not only to have an abortion, but even to buy contraceptive devices (even if you were married!) in some U.S. states. Consider that 80 years ago it was illegal to teach evolution in schools in Tennessee. The forces of religion have lost all these fights, and they continue to lose them (Lawrence v. Texas), and are now reduced to trying to chip away on the margins. They succeed sometimes because the secular forces have become complacent in victory, but short of total social collapse, there won't be any significant backsliding.
This is a very large, very slow transition that dates back to the renaissance, when humanism started chipping away at theocracy. When you consider that in the middle ages the church had the power of life and death, we've come a long way indeed.
Of course not. Everyone knows it was Edna Ferber.
We don't have any opposition to them as an article of clothing, we just use the spelling 'pajamas'. I guess it's because that looks more like the way we say it ('puh-jamas') to us than the other way.
I've always wondered, do you commonwealth folk say 'pie-jamas'?
So how tall would I be if I were 10 pounds tall?
Also, you forgot stone. I love that unit.
This is a pet peeve of mine. Why, oh why, can the electronics industry not say 'thousandths', or the ever-popular 'thou'?
Applying a metric prefix to an english unit violates people's expectations and creates confusion with millimeters.
While your story is funny, I would've wanted to kill myself significantly less while reading it if the people who occupy the buildings had been referred to as 'tenants'. 'tenets' are beliefs.
Also, things that smell badly 'reek'. to 'wreak' means to cause something, like havoc.
Well, you can't really blame Forbes for this. According to the sizable disclaimer at the bottom, the article is from a news feed called FinancialWire.
Except that radar's range is limited by the curvature of the earth, and thus it cannot sense what's happening far over the oceans, where there are no radar stations. Coincidentally, hurricanes form over the open ocean. Jackass.
My question is: should we be concerned that he worked on a guided missile but doesn't know the difference between the past and present tenses?
Well, I'm no expert, but I think re-entry creates a fair amount of EM interference. Enough to make any kind of radio control impossible.
It's 'flesh and blood'. How much flesh do you have in your blood?
Your argument is ok, except that Boeing doesn't make the Atlas, Lockheed Martin does. Boeing makes the Deltas.
I think there are a couple of things missing from your analysis.
First of all, just because it would take fewer flights doesn't necessarily mean that it would cost less.
Second, suppose you launched the ISS on two unmanned rockets. Who would put it together? How many shuttle flights would it take to get enough on-orbit person-hours to do the assembly?
Finally, what about form factor? I haven't been able to find the payload dimensions for the Saturn V, but it might be that the bay in the shuttle is better able to house the ISS components.
Dude, it's "Behold! For now I wear the human pants."
The inclusion of the article makes it funnier, trust me (and Tycho).