I think there should be some grace period, then jump to a larger value. The overhead for the government handling a $1 transaction will exceed $1. I propose it is free for 10 years, then $100 on year 11, doubling per year.
I assume most conflicts will occur near a planet. One force is stationed in orbit, with support from ground installations, and another force is approaching from deep space. Confrontations in deep space generally won't happen because space is too vast, and it takes too much fuel to deviate off course to intercept an enemy. Even if force 1 is going from A to B, and force 2 is going from B to A, they can't engage each other because they are moving past each other too quickly to lock, and they can't commit fuel to slowing down.
The defender will spot the attacker from a long distance away. The defender's larger sensors will resolve each attacking vessel. On the other hand, the attacker will only see the planet. The outcome of the battle will depend on the goals of the attacker. The attacker can bombard the planet with relativistic kill vehicles fired from a long distance, and the defender can't do much about it. But the attacker can't detect individual defensive satellites until well in range of the defender's detection, so the defender can launch missiles or fire lasers, depending on whether the attacker is maneuvering or not.
If the goal is total annihilation, the attacker will pelt the planet with RKVs until they run out ammo, or until the defender surrenders. Perhaps, the defender has sent out its own fleet to the attacker's planet, and is similarly sieging it with RKVs. We have mutual destruction in this case.
If the goal is more limited, and the attacker isn't willing to indiscriminately bombard the planet, then there is a stalemate. The attacker won't be able to overpower the defensive installations. The attacker could try sending automated drones or missiles at the planet, looking for installations, but the defender could probably shoot them down when they got too close. The attacker might send maneuverable drones equipped with lasers. The defender would counter with maneuverable satellites.
The main drug issue is when patients don't fill their prescriptions or they skimp on the dosage because they can't afford the drugs. If the e-prescription system leads to lower overhead and cheaper drugs, that is a good enough reason to implement it. If it's more expensive, then I don't believe the reduction in errors will turn out to be worth it.
It's too generous to blame the terrorists for today's problems. The terrorists have nothing to gain by converting the Western democracies into fascist dictatorships. It's the wealthy elite who are pushing things in this direction.
Most of the cost of the design ($265.2) is from 13 gallons of olive oil. I cannot understand how they figured that olive oil was the most cost effective thermal fluid. Surely they could use a cheaper oil.
What if I buy fruit in the grocery store and plant the seeds from that? I never signed an agreement with Monsanto. Would I be charged with patent infringement?
I find it interesting that the outcome of litigation is so different between Bayer and Monsanto. Bayer paid out a settlement of $750 million for contaminating farmlands with LL rice, whereas Monsanto sues farmers after contaminating farmlands with RR corn. Surely Bayer's legal team is not so much less competent than Monsanto. Why the difference?
Carbon from renewable sources moves in a cycle. The carbon dioxide that is released by burning plants is absorbed by growing plants. Carbon, being an element, can't be created or destroyed except in nuclear reactions (something plants aren't capable of doing), so there can be no net carbon release from renewable processes. The reason why fossil fuels contribute to carbon dioxide release is because fossil fuels represent stored carbon over millions of years, from an epoch when carbon dioxide was more prevalent in our atmosphere.
Linux requires root for too many things. You shouldn't need root to mount a file/device. Only read (and optionally write) permissions on the file/device.
I'm pretty sure the 1.21 GW is only needed over a brief pulse, not longer than the duration of a lightning stroke. The 1.21 GW certainly isn't available for use continuously.
There's plenty of waste at every stage of production. Just look through a grocery store's dumpster or compactor some time. You'll be amazed at what goes in there.
The approach is not as different as you think. Modifier keys are essentially used like chords. By pressing a different combination of modifier keys, you get different characters.
It can be treated as 2D in some models, because the structure along one direction is simple enough to be treated as an ignorable direction. Similarly, some aspects of chemistry that occurs in a lipid bilayer can be treated as 2D, not because there is no thickness, but because the thickness isn't a significant degree of freedom for the configurations of molecules in the surface.
Another common reason to make use of a 2D physical model is when one dimension is very large (ideally infinite) and uniform compared to the other two. Then the large dimension can be ignored by using symmetry arguments.
In this usage, 2D means, "can we use two dimensional models to describe this?" and not "does this have zero depth?".
I do like open flow of information, but it seems to me that Anonymous would be better off not letting the intel agents know that they were able to listen in on their conversations. No doubt the agents increased their security after learning of this. Anonymous might have been able to listen into more conversations before releasing. Unless, of course, Anonymous released this after the agents found out about the breach already.
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2 grand is a lot of money to a starving artist.
I think there should be some grace period, then jump to a larger value. The overhead for the government handling a $1 transaction will exceed $1. I propose it is free for 10 years, then $100 on year 11, doubling per year.
I assume most conflicts will occur near a planet. One force is stationed in orbit, with support from ground installations, and another force is approaching from deep space. Confrontations in deep space generally won't happen because space is too vast, and it takes too much fuel to deviate off course to intercept an enemy. Even if force 1 is going from A to B, and force 2 is going from B to A, they can't engage each other because they are moving past each other too quickly to lock, and they can't commit fuel to slowing down.
The defender will spot the attacker from a long distance away. The defender's larger sensors will resolve each attacking vessel. On the other hand, the attacker will only see the planet. The outcome of the battle will depend on the goals of the attacker. The attacker can bombard the planet with relativistic kill vehicles fired from a long distance, and the defender can't do much about it. But the attacker can't detect individual defensive satellites until well in range of the defender's detection, so the defender can launch missiles or fire lasers, depending on whether the attacker is maneuvering or not.
If the goal is total annihilation, the attacker will pelt the planet with RKVs until they run out ammo, or until the defender surrenders. Perhaps, the defender has sent out its own fleet to the attacker's planet, and is similarly sieging it with RKVs. We have mutual destruction in this case.
If the goal is more limited, and the attacker isn't willing to indiscriminately bombard the planet, then there is a stalemate. The attacker won't be able to overpower the defensive installations. The attacker could try sending automated drones or missiles at the planet, looking for installations, but the defender could probably shoot them down when they got too close. The attacker might send maneuverable drones equipped with lasers. The defender would counter with maneuverable satellites.
The main drug issue is when patients don't fill their prescriptions or they skimp on the dosage because they can't afford the drugs. If the e-prescription system leads to lower overhead and cheaper drugs, that is a good enough reason to implement it. If it's more expensive, then I don't believe the reduction in errors will turn out to be worth it.
It's too generous to blame the terrorists for today's problems. The terrorists have nothing to gain by converting the Western democracies into fascist dictatorships. It's the wealthy elite who are pushing things in this direction.
encrypt your phone calls, email, everything
Most of the cost of the design ($265.2) is from 13 gallons of olive oil. I cannot understand how they figured that olive oil was the most cost effective thermal fluid. Surely they could use a cheaper oil.
except that in this case, it's GM that's viral
Congresspeople don't care about signatures. They care about money.
Yeah, anyone can sue, if they can afford the lawyers.
What if I buy fruit in the grocery store and plant the seeds from that? I never signed an agreement with Monsanto. Would I be charged with patent infringement?
I find it interesting that the outcome of litigation is so different between Bayer and Monsanto. Bayer paid out a settlement of $750 million for contaminating farmlands with LL rice, whereas Monsanto sues farmers after contaminating farmlands with RR corn. Surely Bayer's legal team is not so much less competent than Monsanto. Why the difference?
It may be non-sequitur, but that doesn't stop people from thinking like that.
A teen sexting an image of emself to a partner is voluntary child pornography. There may not be legal consent, but there is emotional consent.
Carbon from renewable sources moves in a cycle. The carbon dioxide that is released by burning plants is absorbed by growing plants. Carbon, being an element, can't be created or destroyed except in nuclear reactions (something plants aren't capable of doing), so there can be no net carbon release from renewable processes. The reason why fossil fuels contribute to carbon dioxide release is because fossil fuels represent stored carbon over millions of years, from an epoch when carbon dioxide was more prevalent in our atmosphere.
Linux requires root for too many things. You shouldn't need root to mount a file/device. Only read (and optionally write) permissions on the file/device.
Your use of PERIOD makes your argument that much more persuasive. Why should we stop biofuel research? Because you said so. PERIOD.
I'm pretty sure the 1.21 GW is only needed over a brief pulse, not longer than the duration of a lightning stroke. The 1.21 GW certainly isn't available for use continuously.
There's plenty of waste at every stage of production. Just look through a grocery store's dumpster or compactor some time. You'll be amazed at what goes in there.
I find your lack of capital letters disturbing.
The approach is not as different as you think. Modifier keys are essentially used like chords. By pressing a different combination of modifier keys, you get different characters.
Students do get paid. Just not very much.
It can be treated as 2D in some models, because the structure along one direction is simple enough to be treated as an ignorable direction. Similarly, some aspects of chemistry that occurs in a lipid bilayer can be treated as 2D, not because there is no thickness, but because the thickness isn't a significant degree of freedom for the configurations of molecules in the surface.
Another common reason to make use of a 2D physical model is when one dimension is very large (ideally infinite) and uniform compared to the other two. Then the large dimension can be ignored by using symmetry arguments.
In this usage, 2D means, "can we use two dimensional models to describe this?" and not "does this have zero depth?".
You have a very narrow-minded binary view.
I do like open flow of information, but it seems to me that Anonymous would be better off not letting the intel agents know that they were able to listen in on their conversations. No doubt the agents increased their security after learning of this. Anonymous might have been able to listen into more conversations before releasing. Unless, of course, Anonymous released this after the agents found out about the breach already.