That ridiculous. Do you have scissors built into your phone? A laser pointer, dog whistle, tissue dispenser or espresso maker? Why not? Isn't it better to have the feature available?
Espresso maker?
There's an app for that.
Works well with the solar espresso device from REI.
The main problem is not physical aging per se, but the affects of aging themselves.
I have seen some mouse research that might extend lifespan, but if you can't use your brain for those extra 20-40 years, it's not going to do you much good.
A far easier way to deal with encroaching seas is to end tax deductibility for all residential, commercial, and industrail properties within a specific height from sea level, within about 10 miles of the oceans.
This would allow the market to force people to move, while balancing the budget.
Any revenues from the ending of said tax subsidies could be used to pay down the national debt.
But that's capitalism, not mercantalism, so Congress would never agree to it.
A more sensible solution would be to build on stilts. In Vietnam they build floating houses on long poles that operate as houseboats - as the storm surges come inland during monsoons the living quarters float up.
The resulting melting of Antarctic ice would raise the global sea level 20 feet instead of 4 feet.
Try this at home - fill your bathtub with blocks of ice, make sure drain is open, and then run cold water at pressure onto the ice - voila, lots of very very cold ice flowing onto your bathroom floor.
Please make sure you upload the vid of this, complete with penguin soundtrack.
The real problem is not the median rise in sea level per se, but the actual risk factor is a combination of frequency of 500 year storms (which now are occuring every 2-3 years) plus maximum wave height given the new median sea level.
You can build a four foot dike, but if waves vary by 20 feet in storm surges, you would need a series of dikes that can withstand 24 foot waves.
Baffle systems that channel and break wave structures might help, as well as power generators that use wave energy (eg cylinders that move up and down on fixed floats), but the main problem is the total energy in storm surges is now greatly increased due to climate change, and the resulting force makes standard earthworks fairly useless.
Until you solve that, you'll be continually surprised by how many sharks get over your anti-shark wall.
The origin of the power train is relevant - fewer moving parts, less subject to corrosion, no controlled explosions (in grade 10 I took power mechanics, I could build an engine for you if you want.
I for one welcome our robot yacht-enabled overlords as they race using green technology and relay doctored information back to us for bread and circuses.
The problem with your examples is that it is already proven that humans can't handle those situations satisfactorily. I'm not even convinced that a self driving car with a few shot sensors will perform worse than most humans during those circumstances.
That depends on what you mean by satisfactorily.
To whom?
To the insurer? To the person? To the car?
If the car hits a house is this better or worse than hitting a puppy?
Actually, electric vehicles have a much lower maintenance requirement than gas/diesel vehicles do - on average about 1/4 the cost factor and time factor.
Requiring auto-guided vehicles be electric only, with max speeds of say 30 mph (typical highway speeds during rush hour) might go a long way to making them safe. Potential energy drops as speed drops.
My favorite example is driving in Seattle. Watching cars spin out as they slide down an icy hill, where most people don't turn into the spin, and then smash each other, or during a sudden downpour while your car is misted up and your sensors are shot - these are a few of my favorite things.
Just because you can get a small number of autonomous robots to not crash into similar sized objects in a controlled environment does not mean it's ok for giant metal death traps to careen down streets and (usually) not hit small children darting into the street when their ball rolls away or as they bike.
It's all fine and dandy until someone gets hurt. And the second it happens to a little kid, it doesn't matter that you have 99.999 percent uptime, that 0.001 percent exclusion means obsessed parents will shut you down faster than you can say "I'm Just A Bill".
Actually, if you are eating normal Italian food, that's better for you - using olive oil instead of butter, using tomato sauces and natural grains with lots of veggies like Italians actually eat - what we call a Mediterranean Diet - is highly recommended.
All of our studies show that mild to moderate exercise, including just walking a couple of blocks or gardening, is more effective than "working out" at reducing risk factors.
But.. we were talking about Snowden.
He just told you a small fraction of what we actually do, that you have been ignoring for decades, and which accelerated slightly after 9-11 (but pre-existed).
It's the same as diet and exercise - you don't need to radically change things, just change them a bit - like not spying on Americans in America without a fracking warrant, for example.
The main problem is using wide-scale non-targeted vacuum programs that just suck up everyone's information everywhere.
Stop doing that and it is less likely that anyone who has half a brain won't be able to get masses of data you shouldn't be collecting in the first place.
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They do have an alert that sounds when there is an Amber Alert, however.
I had my phone for months before they triggered it - found it in settings and turned it OFF.
Just because you can do something, doesn't mean you should.
That ridiculous. Do you have scissors built into your phone? A laser pointer, dog whistle, tissue dispenser or espresso maker? Why not? Isn't it better to have the feature available?
Espresso maker?
There's an app for that.
Works well with the solar espresso device from REI.
Sorry, I'll stick with my iPhone 5.
Wake me when iPhone 6 rolls out.
The main problem is not physical aging per se, but the affects of aging themselves.
I have seen some mouse research that might extend lifespan, but if you can't use your brain for those extra 20-40 years, it's not going to do you much good.
A far easier way to deal with encroaching seas is to end tax deductibility for all residential, commercial, and industrail properties within a specific height from sea level, within about 10 miles of the oceans.
This would allow the market to force people to move, while balancing the budget.
Any revenues from the ending of said tax subsidies could be used to pay down the national debt.
But that's capitalism, not mercantalism, so Congress would never agree to it.
A more sensible solution would be to build on stilts. In Vietnam they build floating houses on long poles that operate as houseboats - as the storm surges come inland during monsoons the living quarters float up.
The resulting melting of Antarctic ice would raise the global sea level 20 feet instead of 4 feet.
Try this at home - fill your bathtub with blocks of ice, make sure drain is open, and then run cold water at pressure onto the ice - voila, lots of very very cold ice flowing onto your bathroom floor.
Please make sure you upload the vid of this, complete with penguin soundtrack.
The real problem is not the median rise in sea level per se, but the actual risk factor is a combination of frequency of 500 year storms (which now are occuring every 2-3 years) plus maximum wave height given the new median sea level.
You can build a four foot dike, but if waves vary by 20 feet in storm surges, you would need a series of dikes that can withstand 24 foot waves.
Baffle systems that channel and break wave structures might help, as well as power generators that use wave energy (eg cylinders that move up and down on fixed floats), but the main problem is the total energy in storm surges is now greatly increased due to climate change, and the resulting force makes standard earthworks fairly useless.
Until you solve that, you'll be continually surprised by how many sharks get over your anti-shark wall.
According to industry standards, total cost of maintenance is much higher for gasoline or diesel engine cars than for electric cars.
(source CNN Money)
The origin of the power train is relevant - fewer moving parts, less subject to corrosion, no controlled explosions (in grade 10 I took power mechanics, I could build an engine for you if you want.
Brake maintenance tends to be about the same.
I for one welcome our robot yacht-enabled overlords as they race using green technology and relay doctored information back to us for bread and circuses.
Um, not silly examples. Real world examples from the city I live in.
Look, what works in the lab does not always work in the wild.
The problem with your examples is that it is already proven that humans can't handle those situations satisfactorily.
I'm not even convinced that a self driving car with a few shot sensors will perform worse than most humans during those circumstances.
That depends on what you mean by satisfactorily.
To whom?
To the insurer? To the person? To the car?
If the car hits a house is this better or worse than hitting a puppy?
What if it hits a little kid building a snowman?
Now stop making yellow snow, IP.
Actually, electric vehicles have a much lower maintenance requirement than gas/diesel vehicles do - on average about 1/4 the cost factor and time factor.
Requiring auto-guided vehicles be electric only, with max speeds of say 30 mph (typical highway speeds during rush hour) might go a long way to making them safe. Potential energy drops as speed drops.
My favorite example is driving in Seattle. Watching cars spin out as they slide down an icy hill, where most people don't turn into the spin, and then smash each other, or during a sudden downpour while your car is misted up and your sensors are shot - these are a few of my favorite things.
Zip my (axle).
Fish also don't use roads, unless you live near Seattle, where they do.
Just because you can get a small number of autonomous robots to not crash into similar sized objects in a controlled environment does not mean it's ok for giant metal death traps to careen down streets and (usually) not hit small children darting into the street when their ball rolls away or as they bike.
It's all fine and dandy until someone gets hurt. And the second it happens to a little kid, it doesn't matter that you have 99.999 percent uptime, that 0.001 percent exclusion means obsessed parents will shut you down faster than you can say "I'm Just A Bill".
That's why God invented lawyers.
Actually, if you are eating normal Italian food, that's better for you - using olive oil instead of butter, using tomato sauces and natural grains with lots of veggies like Italians actually eat - what we call a Mediterranean Diet - is highly recommended.
All of our studies show that mild to moderate exercise, including just walking a couple of blocks or gardening, is more effective than "working out" at reducing risk factors.
But .. we were talking about Snowden.
He just told you a small fraction of what we actually do, that you have been ignoring for decades, and which accelerated slightly after 9-11 (but pre-existed).
It's the same as diet and exercise - you don't need to radically change things, just change them a bit - like not spying on Americans in America without a fracking warrant, for example.
I know what you mean. That system must of had at least 4-6 USB ports. How'd he figure out which one to use?!!
My guess is he just used the USB 3.0 ports instead of the USB 2.0 ports, since they're faster.
Good point. The assumption that we weren't listening to your calls and net traffic before 9-11 is an incorrect one.
Or at least it was during my Army days when I visited the Yakima listening center
If you don't know what a supercar is, why are you on the Internet?
Everything else is just an excuse to pollute and make other people pay for your trash.
Adapt. Because the oceanic heat sinks are turning acidic and 500 year events are happening every 2-3 years NOW.
Nobody cares about your excuses.
Ford - yes, the private company I used to own shares in - quadrupled sales of electric vehicles this last quarter.
Adapt. Or die.
See, the problem is, the people running the show never assume that anyone will read the manual and use all the features.
It's like being shocked when someone drives a supercar at 220 mph.
The main problem is using wide-scale non-targeted vacuum programs that just suck up everyone's information everywhere.
Stop doing that and it is less likely that anyone who has half a brain won't be able to get masses of data you shouldn't be collecting in the first place.