If we did that we would solve the transportation crisis in one jiffy. Virtually nobody will be able to drive.
Fortunately, those autonomous cars will be cruising down the pike Real Soon Now and all will be good. That and Amazon 30 minute delivery, virtual reality goggles, Brwando and 'bating.
Nah, in my small town it's just PD picking up people with 'altered mental status', a few trash can maulings by bears and the occasional sea lion snoring. We save shadow jumping for the City Assembly meeting.
Well, you're a fool. Just because your (imaginary) children are responsible Boy Scouts (err, just 'Scouts' now) and learned safe gun handling in the womb doesn't mean their friends are.
One kid. One chambered round. A few seconds. That's all it takes.
If you're THAT paranoid about your person, either up you meds, move or just carry the damned gun with you.
(Says someone with close to a dozen guns locked in a gun cabinet. No kids. Bears and other local miscreants get pepper sprayed.)
Really? The US is run out of a medium sized city (Tel-Aviv - the country is basically Tel-Aviv and some surrounding military bases, orange groves and tourist spots)? The entirety of the United States economic and political efforts as well as a major industrial sector is run out of someplace the size of New Jersey?
And Korlov pulled those restraints out of his (rather experienced) butt. They were gut checks. There was no science or engineering behind them. And that was almost 70 years ago.
Things change. Knowledge advances.
This isn't to say that SpaceX isn't taking additional, unnecessary risks, but to run back to this bit of ancient received wisdom is hardly helpul.
It seems like you all are forgetting all the trouble NASA went to protect Apollo astronauts against catastrophic pad failures.
These structures were built into the pad to try to allow astronauts to escape the Saturn V in the event of a not-so-catastrophic-but-close-to-it pad failure.
And the infamous slide wire (which, IMHO, should not have been disassembled, it should have been referbered and opened up to the public for a fee....)
NASA was VERY worried about pre launch Rapid Unscheduled Dissassembies. That none ever happened is testimony to procedure, training and engineering.
Actually the Interstate did enforce even more segregation and (surprise) affected poorer communities more than richer ones. That wasn't the plan, that was an unintended consequence of doing an enormous project.
The major force behind the Interstate was Russia (or some other generic boogyman). This was a system that allowed the Army to move lots and lots of stuff to the West Coast when it was invaded. Or fell into the Pacific. Or godzilla.
Where did you get the 'rail prices'? From the backers of this entertaining notion?
Every land owner in the country is planning on giving away nice clear parcels for this endeavor? Or are we going to bore holes underground (always an easy thing to do on continental distance scales)? Rip up the rails? The Interstate?
All it needs is a dedicated bit of space the size of a highway spanning large amounts of area. At least with aircraft you don't need to build a new road every time you change destinations - just a runway. Even Elon has had to make up some new Tom Swift like concept to push this further (at least they're tubes). Sure, it won't need much energy. Just gobs and gobs of cheap, easy to obtain real estate.
Fortunately, the world is rather Darwinian. Experiment on yourself - if you do manage to create something useful / helpful, great. Otherwise you're likely dead, certainly ill.
Given how many humans are running around trying to do things, it is hardly surprising that wack noodle narcissists will get some media exposure, claim their 15 minutes of fame and then.... explode. Perhaps there will be some sort of middle ground that will use the new techniques and their own knowledge to advance things. Perhaps not.
I do fail to see why people think that just because you're doing something in your garage, you have a leg up on the tens of thousands of grad students and post docs who are working in better equipped labs with more intellectual support. If this stuff were that easy, there would be happy molecular biology departments throughout the world.
Well, you've got some competition. Just how many SF novels out there use gene enhancement as a major or minor plot device? Gazillions, I think. With results all over the map (although most would be considered dystopian).
The problem is that reality will be much less sensible than even the most twisted B-movie straight-to-SY FY channel production.
I *wish* my current laptop had two drive bays. My partially retired 2011 17" MacBook Pro has a 512 GB SSD and a 1 TB spinner inside. Much easier to deal with large video projects than the Thunderbolt hard drive attached to my newer 15 incher. Be nice if Apple actually understood that some projects have to be longer than 30 seconds and displayed on screens larger than an iPad...... Sadly wanders off to look at his collection of Firewire stuff......
(My NAS has 32TB of space and it's half full. Video is a bitch.)
They ARE design patents. Yes, they look similar. The question is going to be 'how similar'. Personally, I think they look like 'future trucks' from 1960's comic books.
These are Design Patents (think Coke Bottle). While perfectly valid legal entities, I think the term 'patent' is a bit of misnomer. More of a trademark kind of thing.
Still, something to get lawyers all hot and bothered about.
Really. Lake Geneva - in the middle of Switzerland. Which has been industrialized since industry was industry. Take a quick look at the area with your GIS of choice - it's hardly 'pristine'.
Flikr's major problem (aside from spell checkers) is Yahoo.
I've had a Flickr account for ages. When my old email address up and died I lost control of my photos because the idiots can't figure out how to deal with a dead email. They've sent me to all sorts of pages to attempt to resolve my reality but their old data is so fucked up that they're convinced I'm not me.
Sending an actual, physical, printed letter to my permanent address or talking to my credit card companies seems well beyond their capabilities.
So, good luck with this.
(They're also going to have to deal with video. Stills are so 21st Century.)
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If we did that we would solve the transportation crisis in one jiffy. Virtually nobody will be able to drive.
Fortunately, those autonomous cars will be cruising down the pike Real Soon Now and all will be good. That and Amazon 30 minute delivery, virtual reality goggles, Brwando and 'bating.
Yes, the elites seem to be hating Trump with a passion. Yes indeed. All the way to the bank.
Nah, in my small town it's just PD picking up people with 'altered mental status', a few trash can maulings by bears and the occasional sea lion snoring. We save shadow jumping for the City Assembly meeting.
Well, you're a fool. Just because your (imaginary) children are responsible Boy Scouts (err, just 'Scouts' now) and learned safe gun handling in the womb doesn't mean their friends are.
One kid. One chambered round. A few seconds. That's all it takes.
If you're THAT paranoid about your person, either up you meds, move or just carry the damned gun with you.
(Says someone with close to a dozen guns locked in a gun cabinet. No kids. Bears and other local miscreants get pepper sprayed.)
Really? The US is run out of a medium sized city (Tel-Aviv - the country is basically Tel-Aviv and some surrounding military bases, orange groves and tourist spots)? The entirety of the United States economic and political efforts as well as a major industrial sector is run out of someplace the size of New Jersey?
I'm impressed.
There is really only one way to test this. A fully loaded Falcon 9 Block 5 with an unmanned Dragon II capsule on the launch pad.
A little spark.
An earth-shattering kaboom.
And some cool video.
Come on, you want to do it, Elon.
And Korlov pulled those restraints out of his (rather experienced) butt. They were gut checks. There was no science or engineering behind them. And that was almost 70 years ago.
Things change. Knowledge advances.
This isn't to say that SpaceX isn't taking additional, unnecessary risks, but to run back to this bit of ancient received wisdom is hardly helpul.
Densification. It's not for rocket fuel anymore.
It seems like you all are forgetting all the trouble NASA went to protect Apollo astronauts against catastrophic pad failures.
These structures were built into the pad to try to allow astronauts to escape the Saturn V in the event of a not-so-catastrophic-but-close-to-it pad failure.
And the infamous slide wire (which, IMHO, should not have been disassembled, it should have been referbered and opened up to the public for a fee....)
NASA was VERY worried about pre launch Rapid Unscheduled Dissassembies. That none ever happened is testimony to procedure, training and engineering.
Actually the Interstate did enforce even more segregation and (surprise) affected poorer communities more than richer ones. That wasn't the plan, that was an unintended consequence of doing an enormous project.
The major force behind the Interstate was Russia (or some other generic boogyman). This was a system that allowed the Army to move lots and lots of stuff to the West Coast when it was invaded. Or fell into the Pacific. Or godzilla.
Where did you get the 'rail prices'? From the backers of this entertaining notion?
Every land owner in the country is planning on giving away nice clear parcels for this endeavor? Or are we going to bore holes underground (always an easy thing to do on continental distance scales)? Rip up the rails? The Interstate?
All it needs is a dedicated bit of space the size of a highway spanning large amounts of area. At least with aircraft you don't need to build a new road every time you change destinations - just a runway. Even Elon has had to make up some new Tom Swift like concept to push this further (at least they're tubes). Sure, it won't need much energy. Just gobs and gobs of cheap, easy to obtain real estate.
Right.
Fortunately, the world is rather Darwinian. Experiment on yourself - if you do manage to create something useful / helpful, great. Otherwise you're likely dead, certainly ill.
Given how many humans are running around trying to do things, it is hardly surprising that wack noodle narcissists will get some media exposure, claim their 15 minutes of fame and then .... explode. Perhaps there will be some sort of middle ground that will use the new techniques and their own knowledge to advance things. Perhaps not.
I do fail to see why people think that just because you're doing something in your garage, you have a leg up on the tens of thousands of grad students and post docs who are working in better equipped labs with more intellectual support. If this stuff were that easy, there would be happy molecular biology departments throughout the world.
It's not easy at all, CRISPR or not.
Well, you've got some competition. Just how many SF novels out there use gene enhancement as a major or minor plot device? Gazillions, I think. With results all over the map (although most would be considered dystopian).
The problem is that reality will be much less sensible than even the most twisted B-movie straight-to-SY FY channel production.
We're doomed.
Tell me doctor, with all of your defenses, are there any provisions for an attack by killer bees?
Only since the late 1800's.
Umm. Has Slashdot deprecated the Return key? Are we going back to EDBIC or something?
I *wish* my current laptop had two drive bays. My partially retired 2011 17" MacBook Pro has a 512 GB SSD and a 1 TB spinner inside. Much easier to deal with large video projects than the Thunderbolt hard drive attached to my newer 15 incher. Be nice if Apple actually understood that some projects have to be longer than 30 seconds and displayed on screens larger than an iPad. ..... Sadly wanders off to look at his collection of Firewire stuff......
(My NAS has 32TB of space and it's half full. Video is a bitch.)
They ARE design patents. Yes, they look similar. The question is going to be 'how similar'. Personally, I think they look like 'future trucks' from 1960's comic books.
These are Design Patents (think Coke Bottle). While perfectly valid legal entities, I think the term 'patent' is a bit of misnomer. More of a trademark kind of thing.
Still, something to get lawyers all hot and bothered about.
Slow news week?
Really. Lake Geneva - in the middle of Switzerland. Which has been industrialized since industry was industry. Take a quick look at the area with your GIS of choice - it's hardly 'pristine'.
TL;DR - we have some issues with pollution.....
You empty headed animal food trough wiper! I fart in your general direction! Your mother was a hamster and your father smelt of elderberries!
The nice thing about X-marks is that it is cross browser. That made it easy to sync most anytime (except when you were using Lynx or Emacs).
That said, I haven't used X-marks in years. Between a smartphone and a lap top, I don't need to have my personal bookmarks anywhere near my work ones.
Flikr's major problem (aside from spell checkers) is Yahoo.
I've had a Flickr account for ages. When my old email address up and died I lost control of my photos because the idiots can't figure out how to deal with a dead email. They've sent me to all sorts of pages to attempt to resolve my reality but their old data is so fucked up that they're convinced I'm not me.
Sending an actual, physical, printed letter to my permanent address or talking to my credit card companies seems well beyond their capabilities.
So, good luck with this.
(They're also going to have to deal with video. Stills are so 21st Century.)