Cloning replaces breeding, therefore breeding becomes irrelevant. "Cheating" that you mention is 100% opinion. And we did replace those roman chariot races with F1 cars, right?
This is no different than the music and movie industry - an archaic business segment eliminated through innovation that allows better quality for 1/10th the price.
All of the wind and weather on planet Earth is a result of temperature inversions caused by solar heating. It seems to me that energy from wind should be less efficient than energy from solar due to thermodynamics. Why then is solar more expensive?
That response was a perfect demonstration as to why engineers really need to study basic economics. And also take a more comprehensive look at issues.
Production is free. Harvesting is expensive. Distribution is expensive. Time shifting is expensive. etc. Add it up.
Problem with wind and solar is that they are intermittent, but the distribution and storage are extremely lacking. You run into the huge issue of peak need vs lowest production - in just seconds. It'll be a couple decades before either is economical (assuming you ignore government market manipulation).
Politicians/Marketing twist everything for their own use.
The problem with scientists and engineers is that they don't understand economics or sociology. Is climate change man made? Of course it is, that was settled scientifically over 2 decades ago. Are we all going to die from it? No, so quit making it seem scary. Are the coasts going to recede? Of course they are - but over a long period of time and they are constantly rebuilding. The key at this point is to stop government bailouts when things flood (I.E. $60b wasted bailing out NY and NJ from storm Sandy when 99% of the damage was self induced). People's adaptation ability is astonishing swift when they have to pay for their own mistakes.
Global warming is a great thing - just ask Canada, especially the places that are currently -40 degrees.
Scientists need someone that knows marketing. We don't care about what they talk about... link the argument to our pay or something useful.
Final thought... comparisons are to rebuilding today's infrastructure as if it wasn't constantly changing already. We have decades and perhaps centuries to adjust - ever hear of constant improvement?
A well defined project can be estimated. Change Orders estimating needs to be done properly and BILLED - the cost of re-analyzing is a real cost and the business needs to see it. Once you get that across the number of change requests decreases dramatically.
Software engineering is Engineering... some of the costs are inverted, but otherwise it's the same project management as other engineering projects.
Expanding bullets cause a larger wound channel but retain 95% to 99%+ of their mass. Fragmenting bullets shatter and keep traveling in all directions (typically smaller bullets with higher velocity). Both are more deadly than standard non-deforming military bullets (designed for more reliable feeding in machine guns). Personally I never use fragmenting bullets for hunting because I don't want to bite down on a piece of lead in a steak.
Everything comes down to economics - and government subsidies are not economics, they hide economics.
Even the Prius isn't economical unless you life in stop-n-go traffic and gas is $5/gallon. Current electric car costs are even worse. The numbers simply don't work out - and electric cars (and solar, and wind) will continue to fail until they are more economical than the current alternatives.
I think this fails to take into account the indirect job creation that this operation permits. For instance, the building maintenance and construction had to be done by locals. Any time the A/C breaks down, it has to be repaired by locals. If a server fries, there has to be someone to build that machine and swap it out. There is a lot of consumption of infrastructure resources, like power and water, that also feeds into the economy. There are a lot of DC jobs that you can't see. Granted, they aren't the same number of people as a factory might employ, but there are a lot of unseen positions that these data centres create.
Not really. Most of the materials are imported and configuring them is very quick. Your "lots of jobs" = not local.
I have a chaotic schedule so it needs to be a trigger based system. And I have yet to find an oven that is also a freezer from anywhere... much less for $3.
I already set my thermostat to be off during the typical work day. However, if I get home early then it's freezing until I manually reset it. Or if I'm away for a day then it's heating an empty house. Inconvenient and wasteful.
Right. And switching Chromecast channels with Hulu or Netflix on a phone or tablet is powerful and easy. It's no longer just flipping channels.
A smart home? The heat and lights come on when I'm walking up to the porch. Lights adjust and music starts when I say "mood: party/relax/etc". All the tech is here - the implementation is not. Add in new tech like a crock pot or toaster oven that changes from cold to hot in time to cook dinner and I'm sold.
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Cloning replaces breeding, therefore breeding becomes irrelevant. "Cheating" that you mention is 100% opinion. And we did replace those roman chariot races with F1 cars, right?
This is no different than the music and movie industry - an archaic business segment eliminated through innovation that allows better quality for 1/10th the price.
All of the wind and weather on planet Earth is a result of temperature inversions caused by solar heating. It seems to me that energy from wind should be less efficient than energy from solar due to thermodynamics. Why then is solar more expensive?
That response was a perfect demonstration as to why engineers really need to study basic economics. And also take a more comprehensive look at issues.
Production is free. Harvesting is expensive. Distribution is expensive. Time shifting is expensive. etc. Add it up.
Costs: Wind: 6 cents/kw (but 30 c/kw with infrastructure), solar 60 c/kw, natgas 9 c/kw, coal 7 c/kw, nuclear 12 c/kw, hydro 3 c/kw.
Problem with wind and solar is that they are intermittent, but the distribution and storage are extremely lacking. You run into the huge issue of peak need vs lowest production - in just seconds. It'll be a couple decades before either is economical (assuming you ignore government market manipulation).
Politicians/Marketing twist everything for their own use.
The problem with scientists and engineers is that they don't understand economics or sociology. Is climate change man made? Of course it is, that was settled scientifically over 2 decades ago. Are we all going to die from it? No, so quit making it seem scary. Are the coasts going to recede? Of course they are - but over a long period of time and they are constantly rebuilding. The key at this point is to stop government bailouts when things flood (I.E. $60b wasted bailing out NY and NJ from storm Sandy when 99% of the damage was self induced). People's adaptation ability is astonishing swift when they have to pay for their own mistakes.
Grow up Florida.
Perhaps the problem is the opposite - so many retired in that state.
If you want to eliminate local outsourcing then tax services the same as physical items - with a sales tax.
Micro meteor is an option. So is a laser - the chinese have already been testing them. Where was the satellite over geographically when it exploded?
You are correct. DC runs by lobbyists because voters don't make intelligent decisions. If you want any influence then the $ is the only real vote.
Global warming is a great thing - just ask Canada, especially the places that are currently -40 degrees.
Scientists need someone that knows marketing. We don't care about what they talk about... link the argument to our pay or something useful.
Final thought... comparisons are to rebuilding today's infrastructure as if it wasn't constantly changing already. We have decades and perhaps centuries to adjust - ever hear of constant improvement?
A well defined project can be estimated. Change Orders estimating needs to be done properly and BILLED - the cost of re-analyzing is a real cost and the business needs to see it. Once you get that across the number of change requests decreases dramatically.
Software engineering is Engineering... some of the costs are inverted, but otherwise it's the same project management as other engineering projects.
I blame the people that voted him in. Politicians are the result, voters are the cause.
Wrong on all accounts. And BTW, most my family are police so I see all sides of that - not just the misinfotainment on TV.
They've saved far more lives than they've taken.
A robot will be assumed to have much greater leeway to determine NOT to fire, versus today's trip wires and pressure plates.
So you've read the old Shadowrun books and saw the references to Desert Wars?
Expanding bullets cause a larger wound channel but retain 95% to 99%+ of their mass. Fragmenting bullets shatter and keep traveling in all directions (typically smaller bullets with higher velocity). Both are more deadly than standard non-deforming military bullets (designed for more reliable feeding in machine guns). Personally I never use fragmenting bullets for hunting because I don't want to bite down on a piece of lead in a steak.
Show us the math that got you there. Otherwise 78% of statistics are made up on the spot...
What subsidies? I keep hearing about them but never details. Are you talking about the ones like R&D and capital building that every company gets?
Well, subsidies besides trillions spent on useless middle east wars based on lies.
ding ding ding we have a winner!
Everything comes down to economics - and government subsidies are not economics, they hide economics.
Even the Prius isn't economical unless you life in stop-n-go traffic and gas is $5/gallon. Current electric car costs are even worse. The numbers simply don't work out - and electric cars (and solar, and wind) will continue to fail until they are more economical than the current alternatives.
I think this fails to take into account the indirect job creation that this operation permits. For instance, the building maintenance and construction had to be done by locals. Any time the A/C breaks down, it has to be repaired by locals. If a server fries, there has to be someone to build that machine and swap it out. There is a lot of consumption of infrastructure resources, like power and water, that also feeds into the economy. There are a lot of DC jobs that you can't see. Granted, they aren't the same number of people as a factory might employ, but there are a lot of unseen positions that these data centres create.
Not really. Most of the materials are imported and configuring them is very quick. Your "lots of jobs" = not local.
I'd prefer just eliminating the subsidies so that my taxes go down.
Exactly.
As for "topping off" during the day, why not just use a regular outlet? A special outlet isn't economical.
The target for electric cars is as a 2nd or 3rd car for a family. They'd still have a primary gas car for long trips.
I have a chaotic schedule so it needs to be a trigger based system. And I have yet to find an oven that is also a freezer from anywhere... much less for $3.
I already set my thermostat to be off during the typical work day. However, if I get home early then it's freezing until I manually reset it. Or if I'm away for a day then it's heating an empty house. Inconvenient and wasteful.
Right. And switching Chromecast channels with Hulu or Netflix on a phone or tablet is powerful and easy. It's no longer just flipping channels.
A smart home? The heat and lights come on when I'm walking up to the porch. Lights adjust and music starts when I say "mood: party/relax/etc". All the tech is here - the implementation is not. Add in new tech like a crock pot or toaster oven that changes from cold to hot in time to cook dinner and I'm sold.
To late, they already did that with pot.