I agree. The Government has been stupid enough to try to spend more and at the same time cut taxes. This implies that they have been spending your money and a little more on state projects (roads account for a large portion of that, and defense). Now they need to cash in on the check you gave them when you voted for their tax cuts.
There is no such thing as a free lunch, so every bit of government spending must be regained in taxes. You can choose not to pay taxes, give up your citizenship and enjoy none of its benefits. That is up to you.
The way this looks from Europe is that Americans (yes I am talking about all Americans, save for a few level-headed ones) have spent way more money than they will ever earn, both personally as well as through the government. Now the card house is coming down and you will either have to pay up or suffer the wrath of your biggest lender: China.
They are hard at work for the XFEL there, digging a 3.4 kilometer tunnel through Hamburg and a surrounding canton which used to be a picturesque area before dumpster trucks started driving day and night to remove the soil. http://xfel.desy.de/
Well, storage rings can produce radiation with a large coherence volume (i.e. cut out the part you can use), such as at the cSAXS beamline at the SLS. What's unique about these lasers is the ultrashort, huge emission at dependable timing that they can deliver.
Well, if you're applying for run-of-the-mill synchrotron radiation, competition isn't that high. For these ultrashort pulses of radiation, however, it's very _very_ high since there are only two around (and one of them is more far UV than X-Ray), and since you can have only a limited number of endstations on these lines.
There is some serious development on tabletop synchrotrons, but it'll take a while before they're commercial...
Well, it's also commonly used by beamline scientists to indicate the radiation, so it's not used inappropriately here.
It's even used for neutron flux, for example the spallation source at J-Parc recently achieved "first light", i.e. first emission of neutrons from its target.
You would indeed have to generate thermal solar power, store it and convert it into electricity later on. The main drawback with using molten salt (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thermal_energy_storage#Molten_salt_technology), which is one of the few viable options for electricity generation, is its high maintenance (as it's rather corrosive), and if it solidifies you're fucked as it takes a long time to liquify the entire circulation. Another option is vanadium redox-flow batteries, (http://www.vrbpower.com/docs/casestudies/VRB%20-%20Installation%20at%20Riso%20for%20characterisation%20measurements.pdf), but they are not really commercially viable for such large projects and are still in the demo phase.
What I think'll happen is that they produce (during the daytime) enough energy to cover the average daily use (thereby feeding energy into the grid), and at night draw power from the normal electricity grid.
If they don't do that they're likely to be a bunch of PR-people making up stories.
For about a year now, I have signed (where requested) the credit card transactions with fake signatures (something that looks like a sig, but isn't mine). No-one cares enough, as I haven't been caught at it even once.
Money still gets withdrawn from my account, though.
Depends. Some movies are successful whilst employing relatively unheard-of actors, others aren't.Similarly, having Tom in there does not automagically guarantee a successful movie.
What you are saying, is that if people were to spend more money, we wouldn't have this economic downturn.
The problem with the set-up of the current economical system is that it requires people to always spend more and more the next day than the day before. It's a sort of pyramid scheme, and when people can no longer afford it, the scheme collapses.
So people have not been able to pay for their oversized cars, houses and meals, not even after borrowing tons from the bank, and thus, the system has collapsed.
As an aside, please don't blame foreigners on not spending enough money on houses, mortgages and kids, for it is not you who decides what they should spend their money on. Some live by the adage "waste not", and think twice about whether they really need a bigger car to sink their money into.
Regarding your point (1) Most people in western countries live beyond their means.
I get the impression it's mostly people in North America whom are living well beyond their means. Here, for example, it is not common to live on debt cards, in houses we can barely afford to pay the rent on, with cars that are as big as they can possibly come, and with three jobs just to pay off all the interest on the debt cards.
But maybe that's just my impression. Now whatever the BANKS here did, that I do not comment on. Please correct me if I'm wrong.
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Excellent curry, though...
It could be a), according to the BBC:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/from_our_own_correspondent/7888444.stm
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The BBC disagrees with you there:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/from_our_own_correspondent/7888444.stm
your tax code is completely unintelligible.
Actually, I was thinking of stateless people: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stateless_person
The bad thing is that during the previous boom, they did not raise taxes but continued their deficit spending spree. Now the trouble bites.
I agree. The Government has been stupid enough to try to spend more and at the same time cut taxes. This implies that they have been spending your money and a little more on state projects (roads account for a large portion of that, and defense). Now they need to cash in on the check you gave them when you voted for their tax cuts.
There is no such thing as a free lunch, so every bit of government spending must be regained in taxes. You can choose not to pay taxes, give up your citizenship and enjoy none of its benefits. That is up to you.
The way this looks from Europe is that Americans (yes I am talking about all Americans, save for a few level-headed ones) have spent way more money than they will ever earn, both personally as well as through the government. Now the card house is coming down and you will either have to pay up or suffer the wrath of your biggest lender: China.
I don't think efficiency was one of their design goals ;).
They are hard at work for the XFEL there, digging a 3.4 kilometer tunnel through Hamburg and a surrounding canton which used to be a picturesque area before dumpster trucks started driving day and night to remove the soil. http://xfel.desy.de/
Well, storage rings can produce radiation with a large coherence volume (i.e. cut out the part you can use), such as at the cSAXS beamline at the SLS. What's unique about these lasers is the ultrashort, huge emission at dependable timing that they can deliver.
Well, if you're applying for run-of-the-mill synchrotron radiation, competition isn't that high. For these ultrashort pulses of radiation, however, it's very _very_ high since there are only two around (and one of them is more far UV than X-Ray), and since you can have only a limited number of endstations on these lines.
There is some serious development on tabletop synchrotrons, but it'll take a while before they're commercial...
Well, it's also commonly used by beamline scientists to indicate the radiation, so it's not used inappropriately here.
It's even used for neutron flux, for example the spallation source at J-Parc recently achieved "first light", i.e. first emission of neutrons from its target.
You would indeed have to generate thermal solar power, store it and convert it into electricity later on. The main drawback with using molten salt (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thermal_energy_storage#Molten_salt_technology), which is one of the few viable options for electricity generation, is its high maintenance (as it's rather corrosive), and if it solidifies you're fucked as it takes a long time to liquify the entire circulation.
Another option is vanadium redox-flow batteries, (http://www.vrbpower.com/docs/casestudies/VRB%20-%20Installation%20at%20Riso%20for%20characterisation%20measurements.pdf), but they are not really commercially viable for such large projects and are still in the demo phase.
What I think'll happen is that they produce (during the daytime) enough energy to cover the average daily use (thereby feeding energy into the grid), and at night draw power from the normal electricity grid.
If they don't do that they're likely to be a bunch of PR-people making up stories.
Which for a whole city's worth of electricity usage is currently unfeasible if you don't have a mountain lake nearby.
I think it's just the US power grid that is old and is going to give the US a lot of problems very soon: http://www.planetizen.com/node/10879
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Perhaps it's just a case of the US energy grid getting old and crappy, and someone else needing a scapegoat for the trouble to come.
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p.s. That's in Denmark.
For about a year now, I have signed (where requested) the credit card transactions with fake signatures (something that looks like a sig, but isn't mine). No-one cares enough, as I haven't been caught at it even once.
Money still gets withdrawn from my account, though.
because they are taking the time to do it right
...and then to release it as Beta.
Oh the irony..
Depends. Some movies are successful whilst employing relatively unheard-of actors, others aren't.Similarly, having Tom in there does not automagically guarantee a successful movie.
Not really. It's a very difficult line of work to make a career out of.
Perhaps that is because supply of new actors is much greater than the demand for actors.
Is that the definition of replaceable?
AFAIK, the guy did actually win a prize, but never collected it as he wasn't interested in money. The solution itself is priceless.
Meh, it's TED. We'll be able to see for ourselves what really happened, when they put the talk online at http://www.ted.com/
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TED's cool.
What you are saying, is that if people were to spend more money, we wouldn't have this economic downturn.
The problem with the set-up of the current economical system is that it requires people to always spend more and more the next day than the day before. It's a sort of pyramid scheme, and when people can no longer afford it, the scheme collapses.
So people have not been able to pay for their oversized cars, houses and meals, not even after borrowing tons from the bank, and thus, the system has collapsed.
As an aside, please don't blame foreigners on not spending enough money on houses, mortgages and kids, for it is not you who decides what they should spend their money on. Some live by the adage "waste not", and think twice about whether they really need a bigger car to sink their money into.
I think you accidentally the entire bottle!
Regarding your point (1) Most people in western countries live beyond their means.
I get the impression it's mostly people in North America whom are living well beyond their means. Here, for example, it is not common to live on debt cards, in houses we can barely afford to pay the rent on, with cars that are as big as they can possibly come, and with three jobs just to pay off all the interest on the debt cards.
But maybe that's just my impression. Now whatever the BANKS here did, that I do not comment on. Please correct me if I'm wrong.