Less than a majority (even less than a plurality) of voters support this nonsense. The problem is that the way the US electoral system is set up gives disproportionate priority to poorly-educated rural voters.
First things first -- space station in Earth orbit, able to be replenished with fuel (reaction mass) via automated spacecraft as well as accepting capsules loaded with people. Then use nuclear-rocket powered shuttles for the leg between station and moon.
Spacecraft designed for travel in space aren't optimized for launch from Earth into orbit, and vice versa. "2001" had it right in the 1960s.
The fun part is when there's only a side-stick that controls the autopilot computers via variable resistors, like in the Scarebus 320 and up. No direct connection to the flight controls. 777/787 are fly-by-wire, but with a control yoke -- not sure if there are backup manual controls.
It's not clear that they are. The aircraft in question (737 or 757, depending on whom you ask) is essentially a pre-Internet design. This isn't to say that (say) a sufficiently strong radio signal can't confuse things like GPS and other navigation aids. Possibly also mess around with things like digital engine controls.
Isn't a 737 mostly hydraulic flight controls with manual reversion? Hacking the flight control systems on such an aircraft shouldn't be possible. Same goes for other mostly-manual aircraft like MD-80/90 and the CRJ/Dash 8 series.
True FBW systems should also be air-gapped from anything like in-flight WiFi and entertainment. Ideally running a RTOS with programs stored in ROM that's only updated by either (1) removing a card and installing a new out, or (2) using a serial programmer directly connected to the computer systems.
If they're talking about dispatch systems or something like that being hacked, it will be expensive, annoying, but unlikely to be lethal.
Local calls were free, with carrier choice, "long-distance" was 5 to 10 cents per minute. Hardly "an arm and a leg." The odd thing that got you were in-state calls not classified as local or long distance -- those tended to be 25 cents/min.
That's not true about only being able to do voice -- many countries run 50-100 mbps VDSL over twisted-pair copper. It just has to be properly maintained, not be neglected 1920s-era paper-insulated circuits.
France has nukes designed to vary output power fairly quickly to deal with peak loads. It can be done, it's just that most US designed are not designed for it.
Fuel's already mined. High-level waste is compact and mostly solid -- shield it, store it, and don't freak out about it. Far better than pumping tons of pollutants into the air from burning fossil fools.
Make it conditional on then not being convicted of another crime and require them to attend university or other professional training programs and maintain good standing.
In the US, 90% of stupid posts are caused by trolls.
Try getting a job that pays above minimum wage without going to university or vocational training. Meanwhile, training/education cost money.
At the very least, giving a stipend to university or vocational students is a good idea.
Harris's record is at best mixed. Her Backpage witch-hunt is a negative, obviously, but she's pro-freedom in other ways: (1) She's pushing marijuana reform at the Federal level. (2) As San Francisco DA, she started a treatment program for addicts that helped them avoid prison (3) As SF DA, she also chose not to go for the death penalty, even in a "heinous" cop-killing case. She stuck to her principles despite everyone calling for a sentence of state-sanctioned murder, and the killer ended up avoiding a death sentence. This is a good thing -- death penalty is abhorrent in all cases and the US should join most of the world in dumping it. (4) As California attorney general, she chose not to go for life sentences in most "three strikes" cases, even though the law permitted such excessive sentencing. (5) She's also been on the side of employees and customers vs large corporations and supports public health insurance.
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Less than a majority (even less than a plurality) of voters support this nonsense. The problem is that the way the US electoral system is set up gives disproportionate priority to poorly-educated rural voters.
We could do both if we weren't so all-fired eager to get involved in every brushfire war worldwide.
First things first -- space station in Earth orbit, able to be replenished with fuel (reaction mass) via automated spacecraft as well as accepting capsules loaded with people. Then use nuclear-rocket powered shuttles for the leg between station and moon.
Spacecraft designed for travel in space aren't optimized for launch from Earth into orbit, and vice versa. "2001" had it right in the 1960s.
The fun part is when there's only a side-stick that controls the autopilot computers via variable resistors, like in the Scarebus 320 and up. No direct connection to the flight controls. 777/787 are fly-by-wire, but with a control yoke -- not sure if there are backup manual controls.
Autopilot can be disabled by tripping a breaker or two, then the aircraft is back to manual/hydraulic flight.
It's not clear that they are. The aircraft in question (737 or 757, depending on whom you ask) is essentially a pre-Internet design. This isn't to say that (say) a sufficiently strong radio signal can't confuse things like GPS and other navigation aids. Possibly also mess around with things like digital engine controls.
Isn't a 737 mostly hydraulic flight controls with manual reversion? Hacking the flight control systems on such an aircraft shouldn't be possible. Same goes for other mostly-manual aircraft like MD-80/90 and the CRJ/Dash 8 series.
True FBW systems should also be air-gapped from anything like in-flight WiFi and entertainment. Ideally running a RTOS with programs stored in ROM that's only updated by either (1) removing a card and installing a new out, or (2) using a serial programmer directly connected to the computer systems.
If they're talking about dispatch systems or something like that being hacked, it will be expensive, annoying, but unlikely to be lethal.
Local calls were free, with carrier choice, "long-distance" was 5 to 10 cents per minute. Hardly "an arm and a leg." The odd thing that got you were in-state calls not classified as local or long distance -- those tended to be 25 cents/min.
Horsepuckey.
6-7 years is too early for "300,000" early cancers from a reactor accident to surface.
Ask any of the black lung/cancer victims from fossil fool extraction.
Why no permanent storage? Politics. It's not a difficult problem engineering-wise.
That's not true about only being able to do voice -- many countries run 50-100 mbps VDSL over twisted-pair copper. It just has to be properly maintained, not be neglected 1920s-era paper-insulated circuits.
Yep. Or an attempt to be outside the jurisdiction of any country that has data protection laws.
France has nukes designed to vary output power fairly quickly to deal with peak loads. It can be done, it's just that most US designed are not designed for it.
Fuel's already mined. High-level waste is compact and mostly solid -- shield it, store it, and don't freak out about it. Far better than pumping tons of pollutants into the air from burning fossil fools.
A cynic might say the world needs a massive recession or war -- carbon emissions actually went down in the 2008-9 recession.
Nuclear fission reactors are clean and produce continuous power.
Better to borrow money from the Chinese and Middle East then default ... debt is only a problem if you plan to pay it.
North Korea, Venezuela, and USSR were closer to Fascism than socialism. Try Western/Northern Europe, most of where there's a good standard of living.
Maintain good standing -- if they flunk out, they lose the stipend.
Make it conditional on then not being convicted of another crime and require them to attend university or other professional training programs and maintain good standing.
In the US, 90% of stupid posts are caused by trolls. Try getting a job that pays above minimum wage without going to university or vocational training. Meanwhile, training/education cost money. At the very least, giving a stipend to university or vocational students is a good idea.
The more e-pay systems fail, the longer the goal of a cashless society is pushed back.
And offering them a life outside of work. i.e. 4-5 weeks vaca, reasonable working hours, like most of the civilized world outside the US.
I know that, you know that. But anyway, I'm not for making life harder for the homeless -- it's not like they have easy lives to begin with.
It's complicated, because schools are typically unionized. Short answer: no need to make it easier for them.
Harris's record is at best mixed. Her Backpage witch-hunt is a negative, obviously, but she's pro-freedom in other ways:
(1) She's pushing marijuana reform at the Federal level.
(2) As San Francisco DA, she started a treatment program for addicts that helped them avoid prison
(3) As SF DA, she also chose not to go for the death penalty, even in a "heinous" cop-killing case. She stuck to her principles despite everyone calling for a sentence of state-sanctioned murder, and the killer ended up avoiding a death sentence. This is a good thing -- death penalty is abhorrent in all cases and the US should join most of the world in dumping it.
(4) As California attorney general, she chose not to go for life sentences in most "three strikes" cases, even though the law permitted such excessive sentencing.
(5) She's also been on the side of employees and customers vs large corporations and supports public health insurance.