Further, as has been pointed out numerous times here, the Israeli experience doesn't scale. They have exactly one significant International airport. They do explicit racial profiling. Horses for courses.
It certainly is the way science is done. It's called an hypothesis.
And yes, this research isn't seeking to overturn current dogma. It's seeking to support it.
You are completely missing the basis and point of this research. It's not all that controversial or unusual. God may or may not still exist and TFA isn't anywhere near trying to bring up that question.
That was a bit of sarcasm. Could have used your line as well, would have fit just fine. Very few people are going to budge on either causality or remediation until it's way, way too late.
No, the science always matters. Just because we can't pull the political will out to fix it (and I agree with you, we are very, very unlikely to change anything this late in the game), but doing the science is important.
First of all, this isn't going to be a total Zombie apocalypse. It may well be pretty bad in some places, not so much in others. Climate change is going to be going on - basically forever as far as humans go. Better predictions may well help future generations minimize harm. At some point it's going to be obvious to even US Republican Senators that climate change is going to economically effect their tiny little world and they might try to do something about it. Knowing them, they;ll screw it up anyway, but we really do need 'science' trying to figure out what happened, what is happening and what might be happening in the future.
OK mods, I've been up all night and I'm cranky and mean but that post isn't Flamebait. It's actually a reasoned response with perhaps a bit more emotional content than a typical C-span episode, but I'm assuming we can all handle just a bit of that sort of thing.
Nope. They blew that strategy, Even the US mainstream media wouldn't fall for it at this date. Face it - the NSA really, really fucked themselves handling the Snowden files.
They should have said they were working on the backend datasets for Obamacare and everyone would think they were heros.
To some extent this is a problem. But people still have to maintain and deploy the robots. They can harbor all of the moral angst and indecisiveness needed to create problems for El Supremo. You've just moved the problem a level up (or sideways). Until you have fully autonomous robot factories under the dictator's control, you don't get a free ride.
"I didn't ask to be made: no one consulted me or considered my feelings in the matter. I don't think it even occurred to them that I might have feelings. After I was made, I was left in a dark room for six months... and me with this terrible pain in all the diodes down my left side. I called for succour in my loneliness, but did anyone come? Did they hell. My first and only true friend was a small rat. One day it crawled into a cavity in my right ankle and died. I have a horrible feeling it's still there..."
The vast majority of pickups never leave the tarmac. Even fewer leave dirt roads. The ones that do are often stuffed to the gills with (heavy) off-road things. So, I'm not sure how strong your argument really is. Heavy = poorer power economy and less payload capacity. The latter may be a significant issue - the manufacturer will have to balance payload with range. We'll undoubtedly see how that falls out.
One problem in the boonies (where this sort of thing really makes sense) is repair. Every small town in the US has a shop that can repair the vast majority of ICE powered vehicles. For some time, repair of electrics is going to be the province of dealers and perhaps larger shops. It's primarily the reason that I wouldn't get an hybrid just yet - my local mechanic won't touch them. Not enough volume to make it worthwhile to buy the needed tools and to send his mechanics to school.
But a hybrid system that could tow your horses under Battery + Fuel and then coast on battery the rest of the week would be just perfect for your use. Of course, the thing will cost $45,000 instead of your completely depreciated beater truck. That buys a lot of fuel, even at $4+ per gallon....
We couldn't even muster enough to get an Amendment guaranteeing women suffrage. Hell, we can't pass legislation any more complex than determining parking ticket fines at the national level.
Any you think you can get a Constitutional Convention to do something so emotionally laden and complicated as spying? Might as well start with abortion (take either side, don't make a difference).
You can't do that. Treason is already defined in the Constitution (and your definition doesn't fit). You'd need a Constitutional amendment to change it.
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I'm gonna call BS on this. You mentioned a 'heavily edited' Slashdot submission. That's about as believable as you saying you have a girl friend.
Further, as has been pointed out numerous times here, the Israeli experience doesn't scale. They have exactly one significant International airport. They do explicit racial profiling. Horses for courses.
It certainly is the way science is done. It's called an hypothesis.
And yes, this research isn't seeking to overturn current dogma. It's seeking to support it.
You are completely missing the basis and point of this research. It's not all that controversial or unusual. God may or may not still exist and TFA isn't anywhere near trying to bring up that question.
That was a bit of sarcasm. Could have used your line as well, would have fit just fine. Very few people are going to budge on either causality or remediation until it's way, way too late.
C is merely a wrapper for assembly that's suffering from various wardrobe malfunctions.
Ooo. I like that.
We have editors? Where do you see that?
No, the science always matters. Just because we can't pull the political will out to fix it (and I agree with you, we are very, very unlikely to change anything this late in the game), but doing the science is important.
First of all, this isn't going to be a total Zombie apocalypse. It may well be pretty bad in some places, not so much in others. Climate change is going to be going on - basically forever as far as humans go. Better predictions may well help future generations minimize harm. At some point it's going to be obvious to even US Republican Senators that climate change is going to economically effect their tiny little world and they might try to do something about it. Knowing them, they;ll screw it up anyway, but we really do need 'science' trying to figure out what happened, what is happening and what might be happening in the future.
It's not just about you....
OK mods, I've been up all night and I'm cranky and mean but that post isn't Flamebait. It's actually a reasoned response with perhaps a bit more emotional content than a typical C-span episode, but I'm assuming we can all handle just a bit of that sort of thing.
This is the Internet, after all.
You be trolling ma'am. You toss off an overstated, inflammatory reply - that's trolling.
Yes, it's also factually incorrect. But that's life.
Because, at the Government level, they;re in bed with the NSA / GCHQ.
It's the Illuminati, you know.
Nope. They blew that strategy, Even the US mainstream media wouldn't fall for it at this date. Face it - the NSA really, really fucked themselves handling the Snowden files.
They should have said they were working on the backend datasets for Obamacare and everyone would think they were heros.
To some extent this is a problem. But people still have to maintain and deploy the robots. They can harbor all of the moral angst and indecisiveness needed to create problems for El Supremo. You've just moved the problem a level up (or sideways). Until you have fully autonomous robot factories under the dictator's control, you don't get a free ride.
"I didn't ask to be made: no one consulted me or considered my feelings in the matter. I don't think it even occurred to them that I might have feelings. After I was made, I was left in a dark room for six months... and me with this terrible pain in all the diodes down my left side. I called for succour in my loneliness, but did anyone come? Did they hell. My first and only true friend was a small rat. One day it crawled into a cavity in my right ankle and died. I have a horrible feeling it's still there..."
Ah, you just touched on the Achilles's heel - the power source. No nucs, no majic fuel cell sipping hydrogen from the air.
It's gonna be batteries all the way down.... to zero.
The vast majority of pickups never leave the tarmac. Even fewer leave dirt roads. The ones that do are often stuffed to the gills with (heavy) off-road things. So, I'm not sure how strong your argument really is. Heavy = poorer power economy and less payload capacity. The latter may be a significant issue - the manufacturer will have to balance payload with range. We'll undoubtedly see how that falls out.
One problem in the boonies (where this sort of thing really makes sense) is repair. Every small town in the US has a shop that can repair the vast majority of ICE powered vehicles. For some time, repair of electrics is going to be the province of dealers and perhaps larger shops. It's primarily the reason that I wouldn't get an hybrid just yet - my local mechanic won't touch them. Not enough volume to make it worthwhile to buy the needed tools and to send his mechanics to school.
Chicken and egg for a while longer.
Good. Another reason for you Canadians to invade and annex Alaska. We have the same kind of cars and even drive on the same side of the road.
Go Canada!
But a hybrid system that could tow your horses under Battery + Fuel and then coast on battery the rest of the week would be just perfect for your use. Of course, the thing will cost $45,000 instead of your completely depreciated beater truck. That buys a lot of fuel, even at $4+ per gallon....
Please reflect on your comment.
Yeah, yeah, we all realize that ACs are infinite around here. Tell us something we don't know.
He finally realized that the HOSTS file wasn't going to go far enough to protect him.
He then went to the next stage - ifconfig eth0 down
Help! Help! I'm being repressed!
Actually, your right. Didn't think about that.
Thanks
We couldn't even muster enough to get an Amendment guaranteeing women suffrage. Hell, we can't pass legislation any more complex than determining parking ticket fines at the national level.
Any you think you can get a Constitutional Convention to do something so emotionally laden and complicated as spying? Might as well start with abortion (take either side, don't make a difference).
You can't do that. Treason is already defined in the Constitution (and your definition doesn't fit). You'd need a Constitutional amendment to change it.
Goodluckwiththat.