I second this! F all those sites that are "pleasing to the eye" but are difficult as hell to use. Generally I am on the site because I have to be - Not for art. If I wanted art then I would have gone to an art site. If you are designing for an art site; Well, in that case you are excused.
"That's because it's the critical part of the equation. There's no real point in landing and reusing the booster once. Additional weight and failure points created by hardware and fuel needed for landing cycle are exceedingly costly. Break even cost is likely between two and three launches."
Do you have any documentation to support this? I am sure that the additional weight and failure points created by hardware and fuel add cost. But how do you know that added cost is enough to require 3 launches to break even instead of two? I am not saying your wrong. But I am not convinced the statement is correct.
I like apple. But my number 1 want, in terms of improvement, is more battery life. Historically, it has been great on their plus size models. But poor on the rest.
He only needs less than 1/2 of that amount. His share is around 20%. So take that off the top. The top five investors together are over 50%. (Do not quote me on that!) And he stated there will be a way to keep the current investors money. (Similar to what space x does). My guess is the *Most* that he will need is 41B and the least is 5B. Probably the final amount is a little above the middle of those two numbers.
The business website Kiplinger.com forecast California would rank 10th in the nation among states for fastest job growth in 2016. Do your own research. YMMV.
I do not know anyone who wants a thinner phone. I know several people who love iPhones, kept them without cases, who now use a case. They now use a case solely because the phone is easier to hold with a little more thickness and heft. Apple wants them thinner. Goggle want them thinner. Advertisers seem to want them thinner. But do we really want them thinner? Or, are we taking the bad with the good?
You are either just a troll, need more sleep, or you need to go take your meds. Perhaps all three.
Two of these can be a side effects of life. One is because you are being an ass. If your just being an ass then you should think about the value of being an ass.
If you are trying to make a point then perhaps that point can be made without being an ass. Then, maybe, your positive point score would be higher.
"However, just over 70 percent would ride in a car that was partially autonomous. Gartner defined partially autonomous vehicles as those that could drive autonomously, but allow a driver to retake control of the car if needed."
Norway, at the top of the list is misleading. In fact, many of the others are also misleading. This list includes years 2009 to 2013. At the top are countries with just 1 or 2 incidences, but not large populations. Expanding out the years and you find in many cases no more incidences. Apply some statistics and you will find with just 1 incidence and no others over more years just does not support the thesis of the linked article. It is not stastically significant. What might appear true over a small data range is often shown to be untrue over a larger data range.
Did you read from the link you posted?
Where does it show that 'snow would be a distant memory'? Viner is talking about a very specific location. And he provided data to show the number of snowfall days there has gone down. In fact your link supports what Beck_Neard is arguing.
Good idea.
You can put that $1258.68 towards Mandarin lessons, for when China takes USA by force.
The way things are going we may end up MORE vulnerable with the F35 than without. How many effective weapon systems are we giving up each year to fund the F35?
Imagine, if instead of putting all their eggs into the F35, a large sum of funds went to a new version of the F18. Could this plane serve many roles, much cheaper and perhaps far better? We could use the remaining funds to build one or more specialized planes for any other needs. Furthermore, with the advancement of drones, better missiles, and possible within the next decade or so space planes/drones, just how effective will the F35 actually turn out to be?
The very fact that we are in the position of debating if there "IS NO OTHER OPTION" is a fail.
"but people like you really need to stop pretending you can keep the planet exactly like it is forever. All that will happen if you try is your death at the hands of your own starvation."
Many well informed people would argue the exact opposite is true. The environment is changing, not despite us, but in fact because of us. Right now the world should be in a period of environmental stability. Instead we are seeing easily measured change. Furthermore, in many cases we can measure how this change is causing our own death. Just take a look at the pollution issues in China right now. Also take a look at how bad the smog was in Los Angeles a few decades ago. Without effort the air in and around Los Angeles would be unsafe causing many heath problems, heavy economic loss and early death.
Local change is easy to track. Global change is more difficult to track and not as visible to individuals. Here too we have example of what we can do. One well studied example is the hole in the ozone. We found it. We studied it. We changed our behavior. And now it is getting better.
Evolution takes time. What we appear to be seeing is climate change at a rate far faster than normal. The Earth has seen climate change at this rate before. In those cases life took a step back due to mass extinction.
Where are you reading this? From your own source *Top Six Smartphone Mobile Operating Systems, Shipments, and Market Share, Q3 2012 (Preliminary) (Units in Millions):
OS
3Q12 Shipments 26.9
3Q12 Market Share14.9%
3Q11 Shipments 17.1
3Q11 Market Share13.8%
Year-Over-Year Change 57.3%
That is an increase from 13.8 to 14.9%. Not a decrease.
http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/news/inside_ms.aspx
Revenue and Headcount
Last updated: June 30, 2012
Headcount & Revenue Growth
Microsoft's worldwide headcount and revenue growth for the past 10 fiscal yearsare summarized below (click headings to sort):
Fiscal Year Ending
Head Count
Net Revenue (US$)
Growth
Net Income (US$)
Growth
June 30, 2012**
94,290
$74.30B
6%
$23.60B
5%
June 30, 2011
90,412
$69.94B
13%
$23.15B
23%
June 30, 2010
88,596
$62.48B
7%
$18.76B
29%
June 30, 2009
92,736
$58.44B
-3%
$14.57B
-18%
June 30, 2008
91,259
$60.42B
18%
$17.68B
26%
June 30, 2007
78,565
$51.12B
15%
$14.07B
12%
June 30, 2006
71,172
$44.28B
11%
$12.60B
3%
June 30, 2005
61,000
$39.79B
8%
$12.25B
50%
June 30, 2004
57,086
$36.84B
14%
$8.17B
8%
June 30, 2003*
54,468
$32.19B
13%
$7.53B
29%
* Fiscal year 2003 results have been restated to reflect the retroactive adoption of SFAS 123, Accounting for Stock Based Compensation.
** Fiscal year 2012 results are adjusted for Windows Upgrade Offer deferral and goodwill impairment charge.
Any contractor can be given a 'Cause letter' that basically states they are getting terminated due to failure on the contractors part. This can and will have a huge negative affect on future contracts that the contrator bids on. It is up to government officials to ensure contractors are doing their jobs.
Energy does not have to be produced 24/7, 365 days a year. A smarter grid should be able to compensate for a local lack of power generation. For instance, if every home, or perhaps just at a block level, had a fuel cell then there can be local power without local generation. This has the positive side affect of to provide some power even when some event cuts distribution upstream.
The intent of the article was more to demonstrate the growth in solar power generation over a short period of time and less about an analysis of direct or indirect costs. To see what was achieved really is impressive.
Clearly this was done without bankrupting Germany. Also, clearly Germany has maintained a base of operating nuclear plants. And finally this issue of how to provide power is one without a black and white answer. I think we should keeps both our minds and our options open. If I was the one charged with making an energy strategy I would invest heavily in new technologies and maintain a diverse operation of proven supplies. On that note, i can add this: Hopefully those in charge have more know how than I.
China actually does not have a huge ICBM threat. The best they can hope to do is some serious damage. They come nowhere near being able to stop a far more deadly counter strike. We are at more risk from a large earthquake and\or title wave on the west coast.
Even without a counter strike China would not launch ICBMs at us. They both need and want us as trading partners. Plus nuclear fallout from any large scale strike would be a downer would wide.
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I second this! F all those sites that are "pleasing to the eye" but are difficult as hell to use. Generally I am on the site because I have to be - Not for art. If I wanted art then I would have gone to an art site. If you are designing for an art site; Well, in that case you are excused.
"That's because it's the critical part of the equation. There's no real point in landing and reusing the booster once. Additional weight and failure points created by hardware and fuel needed for landing cycle are exceedingly costly. Break even cost is likely between two and three launches."
Do you have any documentation to support this? I am sure that the additional weight and failure points created by hardware and fuel add cost. But how do you know that added cost is enough to require 3 launches to break even instead of two? I am not saying your wrong. But I am not convinced the statement is correct.
I like apple. But my number 1 want, in terms of improvement, is more battery life. Historically, it has been great on their plus size models. But poor on the rest.
He only needs less than 1/2 of that amount. His share is around 20%. So take that off the top. The top five investors together are over 50%. (Do not quote me on that!) And he stated there will be a way to keep the current investors money. (Similar to what space x does). My guess is the *Most* that he will need is 41B and the least is 5B. Probably the final amount is a little above the middle of those two numbers.
You are a troll. We can all see that you are a troll.
https://www.thoughtco.com/cali...
1970 - 19,953,134
1990 - 29,760,021
2000 - 33,871,648
2009 - 38,292,687
2015 - 38,715,000
The business website Kiplinger.com forecast California would rank 10th in the nation among states for fastest job growth in 2016.
Do your own research. YMMV.
I would upvote this if I could! I really do like apple, but this is all so true.
lol :)
Make that a 17'' display. (I do like the idea of the projector)
Yes, this. Also, how about a real MBP that has a 17' display?
I do not know anyone who wants a thinner phone. I know several people who love iPhones, kept them without cases, who now use a case. They now use a case solely because the phone is easier to hold with a little more thickness and heft. Apple wants them thinner. Goggle want them thinner. Advertisers seem to want them thinner. But do we really want them thinner? Or, are we taking the bad with the good?
You are either just a troll, need more sleep, or you need to go take your meds. Perhaps all three.
Two of these can be a side effects of life. One is because you are being an ass. If your just being an ass then you should think about the value of being an ass.
If you are trying to make a point then perhaps that point can be made without being an ass. Then, maybe, your positive point score would be higher.
Cherry pick data much?
"However, just over 70 percent would ride in a car that was partially autonomous. Gartner defined partially autonomous vehicles as those that could drive autonomously, but allow a driver to retake control of the car if needed."
That describes the Tesla Autopilot.
There was quite a bit of context hothardware left out. I am calling it - flame bait.
Norway, at the top of the list is misleading. In fact, many of the others are also misleading. This list includes years 2009 to 2013. At the top are countries with just 1 or 2 incidences, but not large populations. Expanding out the years and you find in many cases no more incidences. Apply some statistics and you will find with just 1 incidence and no others over more years just does not support the thesis of the linked article. It is not stastically significant. What might appear true over a small data range is often shown to be untrue over a larger data range.
According to Dr David Viner, a senior research scientist at the climatic research unit (CRU) of the University of East Anglia,within a few years winter snowfall will become "a very rare and exciting event".
Ask, and ye shall receive.
Did you read from the link you posted? Where does it show that 'snow would be a distant memory'? Viner is talking about a very specific location. And he provided data to show the number of snowfall days there has gone down. In fact your link supports what Beck_Neard is arguing.
Good idea. You can put that $1258.68 towards Mandarin lessons, for when China takes USA by force.
The way things are going we may end up MORE vulnerable with the F35 than without. How many effective weapon systems are we giving up each year to fund the F35?
Imagine, if instead of putting all their eggs into the F35, a large sum of funds went to a new version of the F18. Could this plane serve many roles, much cheaper and perhaps far better? We could use the remaining funds to build one or more specialized planes for any other needs. Furthermore, with the advancement of drones, better missiles, and possible within the next decade or so space planes/drones, just how effective will the F35 actually turn out to be?
The very fact that we are in the position of debating if there "IS NO OTHER OPTION" is a fail.
"but people like you really need to stop pretending you can keep the planet exactly like it is forever. All that will happen if you try is your death at the hands of your own starvation."
Many well informed people would argue the exact opposite is true. The environment is changing, not despite us, but in fact because of us. Right now the world should be in a period of environmental stability. Instead we are seeing easily measured change. Furthermore, in many cases we can measure how this change is causing our own death. Just take a look at the pollution issues in China right now. Also take a look at how bad the smog was in Los Angeles a few decades ago. Without effort the air in and around Los Angeles would be unsafe causing many heath problems, heavy economic loss and early death.
Local change is easy to track. Global change is more difficult to track and not as visible to individuals. Here too we have example of what we can do. One well studied example is the hole in the ozone. We found it. We studied it. We changed our behavior. And now it is getting better.
Evolution takes time. What we appear to be seeing is climate change at a rate far faster than normal. The Earth has seen climate change at this rate before. In those cases life took a step back due to mass extinction.
Where are you reading this? From your own source *Top Six Smartphone Mobile Operating Systems, Shipments, and Market Share, Q3 2012 (Preliminary) (Units in Millions) :
OS
3Q12 Shipments 26.9
3Q12 Market Share14.9%
3Q11 Shipments 17.1
3Q11 Market Share13.8%
Year-Over-Year Change 57.3%
That is an increase from 13.8 to 14.9%. Not a decrease.
http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/news/inside_ms.aspx
Revenue and Headcount Last updated: June 30, 2012 Headcount & Revenue Growth Microsoft's worldwide headcount and revenue growth for the past 10 fiscal yearsare summarized below (click headings to sort): Fiscal Year Ending Head Count Net Revenue (US$) Growth Net Income (US$) Growth
June 30, 2012** 94,290 $74.30B 6% $23.60B 5%
June 30, 2011 90,412 $69.94B 13% $23.15B 23%
June 30, 2010 88,596 $62.48B 7% $18.76B 29%
June 30, 2009 92,736 $58.44B -3% $14.57B -18%
June 30, 2008 91,259 $60.42B 18% $17.68B 26%
June 30, 2007 78,565 $51.12B 15% $14.07B 12%
June 30, 2006 71,172 $44.28B 11% $12.60B 3%
June 30, 2005 61,000 $39.79B 8% $12.25B 50%
June 30, 2004 57,086 $36.84B 14% $8.17B 8%
June 30, 2003* 54,468 $32.19B 13% $7.53B 29%
* Fiscal year 2003 results have been restated to reflect the retroactive adoption of SFAS 123, Accounting for Stock Based Compensation. ** Fiscal year 2012 results are adjusted for Windows Upgrade Offer deferral and goodwill impairment charge.
Where I live most of the kids do not ride bikes. When I was kid we all did. Seems less common now.
Any contractor can be given a 'Cause letter' that basically states they are getting terminated due to failure on the contractors part. This can and will have a huge negative affect on future contracts that the contrator bids on. It is up to government officials to ensure contractors are doing their jobs.
Energy does not have to be produced 24/7, 365 days a year. A smarter grid should be able to compensate for a local lack of power generation. For instance, if every home, or perhaps just at a block level, had a fuel cell then there can be local power without local generation. This has the positive side affect of to provide some power even when some event cuts distribution upstream.
The intent of the article was more to demonstrate the growth in solar power generation over a short period of time and less about an analysis of direct or indirect costs. To see what was achieved really is impressive.
Clearly this was done without bankrupting Germany. Also, clearly Germany has maintained a base of operating nuclear plants. And finally this issue of how to provide power is one without a black and white answer. I think we should keeps both our minds and our options open. If I was the one charged with making an energy strategy I would invest heavily in new technologies and maintain a diverse operation of proven supplies. On that note, i can add this: Hopefully those in charge have more know how than I.
World wide that is.
China actually does not have a huge ICBM threat. The best they can hope to do is some serious damage. They come nowhere near being able to stop a far more deadly counter strike. We are at more risk from a large earthquake and\or title wave on the west coast.
Even without a counter strike China would not launch ICBMs at us. They both need and want us as trading partners. Plus nuclear fallout from any large scale strike would be a downer would wide.