Until you can find a way to do without platinum series metals you can forget about that.
Already found. Solid oxide fuel cell, which use yttrium rather than platinum. Downsides are that it only works at high temperatures (600-1000C) and needs a (also high temperature) reformer to run off heavier hydrocarbons.
You could collect it and use it run the operations locally, but gas turbine generators are more expensive than diesel generators and that overwhelms the savings you'd get from the free fuel.
Because any changes to mailing rates requires Congress' approval, and they're busy trying to sabotage the USPS to benefit their benefactors at Fedex/UPS.
And there's also Eric Flint's thoughts on the matter
The second category are young people. Teenagers, basically, whose income is so low than even $4 or $5 is an obstacle for them. My attitude here is that giving such kids free copies will only benefit me in the long run, in the same way that libraries have traditionally been the way that authors develop a following among young readers. (That's how I became a fan of such writers as Heinlein, for instance.) And, again, they wouldn't have bought a copy ANYWAY – so where's the harm?
Aegis was state of the art, the best SAM system yet devised, but it had one major weakness: Tico carried only ninety-six SM-2 surface-to-air missiles; there were one hundred forty incoming Kingfish. The computer had not been programmed to think about that.
Only in the east. Shaw doesn't run cell phones. They had plans to and bought some AWS spectrum, but they've apparently decided against that and recently sold the spectrum off to Rogers.
CDMA was designed with SIMs in mind. It's called a CSIM. It's just an optional part of the spec, and not implemented by devices sold by US carriers because being able to lock people into their network is beneficial to their business objectives.
The carrier was always free to take this to small claims court to get their couple hundred bucks back for breach of contract. So I'm not bent out of shape that the carriers want to make restrictive contracts.
And this extends beyond the end of the contract. Without the carrier's permission, you are not allowed to unlock the phone, ever.
Yes, but swapping the tip on the injector is more annoying than just using an entire new (and often preloaded) syringe.
Jet injectors also require more extensive cleaning of the injection site (So you aren't forcing random particulate and germs through the skin), unlike as portrayed on TV.
Because jet injectors (which actually predate TOS) aren't nearly as neat as Star Trek portrays. Blowback and cross-contamination is a major concern. You basically need a new tip for each injection, rather than just a single one to use forever.
Ah, that would be the new-ish (approved in 2002) Pediarix combination vaccine. It's DTaP, Hep B, and polio all in one, then the other two would be the separate ones for hib and pneumococcal. Not sure what the oral thing would be.
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Until you can find a way to do without platinum series metals you can forget about that.
Already found. Solid oxide fuel cell, which use yttrium rather than platinum. Downsides are that it only works at high temperatures (600-1000C) and needs a (also high temperature) reformer to run off heavier hydrocarbons.
Or gather the power from movement like an automatic quartz watch.
The States are not bound by the 1st amendment. Only the Federal government is.
Nope. Look up incorporation doctrine and more specifically, see Everson v. Board of Education.
"Prenda Law" is a scummy law firm specialized in copyright trolling.
1. Some ethanol (10% or so) makes a lot of sense. It cuts down NOX emissions. But adding more than that doesn't improve that effect.
2. Corn ethanol has pretty poor returns on input, but it is positive, about 1.2:1.
3. The USA has a fine climate for growing sugar. Just not in the form of sugar cane. Sugar beets will grow just fine.
Not cost effective to gather and transport it.
You could collect it and use it run the operations locally, but gas turbine generators are more expensive than diesel generators and that overwhelms the savings you'd get from the free fuel.
No, but the Berne Convention was, and it started the trend of too-fucking-long copyright terms.
Actually, in terms of latitude, Germany is Ontario, only about 1/3rd the size.
You are aware that "faux" is pronounced like "foe", right?
So instead of sending a truck out to deliver to everyone daily, we send a truck out along the same route to deliver to some addresses daily.
How is this supposed to save relevant amounts of money?
Canada Post did have Saturday delivery, but they got rid of it some time ago. The last Saturday mail delivery was on February 1st, 1969.
Because any changes to mailing rates requires Congress' approval, and they're busy trying to sabotage the USPS to benefit their benefactors at Fedex/UPS.
Of interest, Canada Post also used to do Saturday delivery. They almost exactly 44 years ago. The last Saturday deliveries were on February 1st, 1969.
And there's also Eric Flint's thoughts on the matter
The second category are young people. Teenagers, basically, whose income is so low than even $4 or $5 is an obstacle for them. My attitude here is that giving such kids free copies will only benefit me in the long run, in the same way that libraries have traditionally been the way that authors develop a following among young readers. (That's how I became a fan of such writers as Heinlein, for instance.) And, again, they wouldn't have bought a copy ANYWAY – so where's the harm?
The amount of money necessary to prop up the banks was less than the amount FDIC would have had to pay out if the banks went down in flames.
Hard time selling?
The only hard times they appear to be having is getting LG to build enough of the things.
It's illegal if it is or was tied to a contract.
Unless it came out of the factor unlocked, it's illegal to unlock it without the carrier's permission.
Aegis was state of the art, the best SAM system yet devised, but it had one major weakness: Tico carried only ninety-six SM-2 surface-to-air missiles; there were one hundred forty incoming Kingfish. The computer had not been programmed to think about that.
Only in the east. Shaw doesn't run cell phones. They had plans to and bought some AWS spectrum, but they've apparently decided against that and recently sold the spectrum off to Rogers.
CDMA was designed with SIMs in mind. It's called a CSIM. It's just an optional part of the spec, and not implemented by devices sold by US carriers because being able to lock people into their network is beneficial to their business objectives.
The carrier was always free to take this to small claims court to get their couple hundred bucks back for breach of contract. So I'm not bent out of shape that the carriers want to make restrictive contracts.
And this extends beyond the end of the contract. Without the carrier's permission, you are not allowed to unlock the phone, ever.
Yes, but swapping the tip on the injector is more annoying than just using an entire new (and often preloaded) syringe.
Jet injectors also require more extensive cleaning of the injection site (So you aren't forcing random particulate and germs through the skin), unlike as portrayed on TV.
Because jet injectors (which actually predate TOS) aren't nearly as neat as Star Trek portrays. Blowback and cross-contamination is a major concern. You basically need a new tip for each injection, rather than just a single one to use forever.
Ah, that would be the new-ish (approved in 2002) Pediarix combination vaccine. It's DTaP, Hep B, and polio all in one, then the other two would be the separate ones for hib and pneumococcal. Not sure what the oral thing would be.
I think they may be using smaller gauge needles nowadays. Last time I had a flu shot, the needle was so fine I didn't even feel the needle go in.
Though that could be because I'm used to the huge gauge needles used when I donate blood.