I don't know how you define Hollywood, but the MPAA members paid $15b in taxes and claims to have paid $150b in wages. Microsoft's profit has been around $8b lately. Your numbers are pretty far off.
You're looking at it totally wrong. Tourists, although sometimes annoying, contribute hugely to the economy. They stay in hotels, rent cars, buy meals and souvenirs, and so forth. Everything they buy is taxed, often at much higher rates than non-touristy items.
It's like a giant nozzle spraying foreign money into the local economy. Most tourist destinations have a bureau that spends money advertising in foreign publications because the return on investment is so massive.
Yes, when you're flying. These planes are not flying because they keep catching on fire.
If they want to save weight on a fleet of planes that are grounded because they aren't safe, it would save a lot more weight to use styrofoam instead of metal and silly string instead of wires. I bet they could save a lot more than 80kg!
This is a good point. Apparently the plane has about 4.4 kWh of battery weighing 57kg. I could build a pack out of off-the-shelf gell cells weighing 133kg. It'd take 54 of the standard 12v 7Ah ones.
You are correct, it shouldn't be exposed to the WAN. Doing so is an implementation flaw, and this flaw is widespread. uPnP has other problems, but this particular one is truly awful.
Part of the reason for the high pay and low interest is the fact that it is a risky job. It has double the fatality rate of firefighters and a high risk of cumulative damage from inhaling toxins, burns, eye damage, etc. Proper procedures and PPE reduce the risk but do not eliminate it.
Daily ridership is 50k, which is about 10% of the population of sacramento proper. Numbers seem to check out. Sure, some people travel from the burbs, but some people don't work.
If the wikipedia article is more informative you should have linked to it. You provided a google search link that refuted your claim. If you have such little faith in quoting random crap off the internet, please refrain from giving links to random crap on the internet.
Existing radiation portal monitors, as well as new advanced spectroscopic portal machines, cannot reliably detect weapons-grade uranium hidden inside shipping containers. They also set off far too many false alarms.
I'd say having faith in finding a bomb is misguided.
The difference in budget is staggering, about $9b for NK, $680b for US. It's true that the $9b is a much larger share of GDP, but the US spends their entire annual budget every 5 days.
The US horse population has varied somewhat over the years, but there are currently 6.9m. That is far from a dwindling to nothing. To give a sense of proportion, in 1867 there were 8m equines, looks like a peak of 21m in 1915. There was never any widespread killing of horses, and most horses are not allowed to breed anyway, whether populations are rising or falling. You can find some excellent references here There is a thriving wild horse population, and the domesticated ones are split between work, show, and leisure animals. The vast majority of them have happy lives. There are still literally millions of horses doing farm work, a hundred years after tractors became common.
I'm pretty sure your dystopian view of the future is also wrong. I think humanity will always need to guard against abuse of power, but the trend over our history is towards more freedom and a better life.
People forget how much things have changed. A hundred years ago nearly everyone worked on a farm. Now all those people lost their jobs but somehow found something else to do.
Natural genetics is fascinating. There is a lot of crazy gene swapping going on all the time in plants, animals, bacteria, viruses. You'll find all kinds of stuff from all over the place in any DNA. Human DNA is full of bits of bacterial, viral, and plant related genes. All DNA, plant included, has bits from all over the place.
There is something called lateral gene transfer that happens all the time in all organisms. This is a large part of how antibiotic resistant bacteria evolve. All of the antibiotics we use are based on naturally occurring chemicals that are used by various organisms engaged in a constant state of chemical warfare.
Monsanto does a lot of bad things, but natural genes are not some static pristine thing. Natural genes are furiously changing all the time with numerous mechanisms. There has always been fish and grasshopper DNA in plants, there isn't really such a thing as a pure plant.
$12k was a lot to pay for a car in the 60s. My dad bought a new 66 Mustang for about $2500, a VW bug was under $1500. Houses then were $30k, about 2 years salary for him as a teacher.
You're right about the safety features, but that mustang was fun to drive.
I think some things have become much more affordable, such as clothing and technology. Some things have become less affordable, especially houses. Cars are about the same level of affordability in my view.
There are all kinds of CNC mills and routers. A lot of the really cheap ones are mainly good for working on wood or plastic, or are kits. Lots of people find an old mill/router and convert it to CNC. If you want a plug-and-play desktop mill or router there are a ton of options. Here is a fairly typical one that looks like it is capable of some serious work, $700.
Your question is one that has been answered Mars lost its magnetosphere 4 billion years ago, allowing solar radiation to strip away its atmosphere. Water vapor was flung into space by this process over the billions of years, and any surface water will boil away due to the low atmospheric pressure.
I think it is really good for a late career change. The kids are grown, it's easy to stay in touch with friends, and it's good to get out of your rut. I'm going to seriously consider it if I find myself out of work for a long stretch. I'm in my 40s and wary of my future employability, and the prospect of broadening my horizons is appealing. I'm also interested in retiring abroad where the cost of living is low, this might be a good way to explore that before retirement.
You don't have to speak an asian language to be valuable. If you are interested in it, you can make a good living in Hong Kong or China or India. There are a lot of opportunities for people who understand technology and are native English speakers. You can bridge the gap between customers and engineers who speak limited English. You may not make good bay area wages depending on where you go, but you'll make excellent for local cost of living wages.
H3N2 is a common strain every year. It mutates all the time. There is no flu shot that covers H3N2, it will cover a particular mutation of that type. For example, the current flu shot covers an H3N2 strain first identified in 2011, and an H1N1 strain first identified in 2009.
I don't think you understand what Warren Buffet is saying. He is worth ~US$ 46b, and makes billions a year from that wealth. He thinks he should be taxed on that income at a higher rate than those who make much less, yet under current law he is taxed at a lower rate.
Current tax law is widening the gap between Warren Buffet and his secretary, and he suggests changing that.
If the vaccine were helpful one would expect there to be a decrease in mortality rates as the vaccine acceptance rate increased. There is not I suggest all routine vaccinations with the sole exception of the influenza vaccination. I see no evidence that it is helpful.
You could have provided a synopsis and link, I'd have believed you after checking the link.
They have a complex (even worse than their product assembly) ownership structure where most of the profits go to a nonprofit that gives away a few percent of income. Here is a quick overview.
There's something broken about human perception of risk. Every month there is a 9/11 of traffic fatalities but nobody is taking their shoes off about that. For some reason certain kinds of deaths are given disproportionate importance and others are blandly accepted.
Medical errors cause a 9/11 of fatalities every 5 days. It's so strange that few people are even aware of this yet we are collectively freaked out about child abductors and terrorists which are rounding errors on fatality rates.
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I don't know how you define Hollywood, but the MPAA members paid $15b in taxes and claims to have paid $150b in wages. Microsoft's profit has been around $8b lately. Your numbers are pretty far off.
You're looking at it totally wrong. Tourists, although sometimes annoying, contribute hugely to the economy. They stay in hotels, rent cars, buy meals and souvenirs, and so forth. Everything they buy is taxed, often at much higher rates than non-touristy items.
It's like a giant nozzle spraying foreign money into the local economy. Most tourist destinations have a bureau that spends money advertising in foreign publications because the return on investment is so massive.
Yes, when you're flying. These planes are not flying because they keep catching on fire.
If they want to save weight on a fleet of planes that are grounded because they aren't safe, it would save a lot more weight to use styrofoam instead of metal and silly string instead of wires. I bet they could save a lot more than 80kg!
This is a good point. Apparently the plane has about 4.4 kWh of battery weighing 57kg. I could build a pack out of off-the-shelf gell cells weighing 133kg. It'd take 54 of the standard 12v 7Ah ones.
You are correct, it shouldn't be exposed to the WAN. Doing so is an implementation flaw, and this flaw is widespread. uPnP has other problems, but this particular one is truly awful.
Part of the reason for the high pay and low interest is the fact that it is a risky job. It has double the fatality rate of firefighters and a high risk of cumulative damage from inhaling toxins, burns, eye damage, etc. Proper procedures and PPE reduce the risk but do not eliminate it.
Daily ridership is 50k, which is about 10% of the population of sacramento proper. Numbers seem to check out. Sure, some people travel from the burbs, but some people don't work.
Wow, GPs suggestion is pure insanity. Unleashing a horde of American criminals seems like a good way to guarantee the loyalty of NK troops.
If the wikipedia article is more informative you should have linked to it. You provided a google search link that refuted your claim. If you have such little faith in quoting random crap off the internet, please refrain from giving links to random crap on the internet.
Existing radiation portal monitors, as well as new advanced spectroscopic portal machines, cannot reliably detect weapons-grade uranium hidden inside shipping containers. They also set off far too many false alarms.
I'd say having faith in finding a bomb is misguided.
The difference in budget is staggering, about $9b for NK, $680b for US. It's true that the $9b is a much larger share of GDP, but the US spends their entire annual budget every 5 days.
The US horse population has varied somewhat over the years, but there are currently 6.9m. That is far from a dwindling to nothing. To give a sense of proportion, in 1867 there were 8m equines, looks like a peak of 21m in 1915. There was never any widespread killing of horses, and most horses are not allowed to breed anyway, whether populations are rising or falling. You can find some excellent references here There is a thriving wild horse population, and the domesticated ones are split between work, show, and leisure animals. The vast majority of them have happy lives. There are still literally millions of horses doing farm work, a hundred years after tractors became common.
I'm pretty sure your dystopian view of the future is also wrong. I think humanity will always need to guard against abuse of power, but the trend over our history is towards more freedom and a better life.
People forget how much things have changed. A hundred years ago nearly everyone worked on a farm. Now all those people lost their jobs but somehow found something else to do.
Natural genetics is fascinating. There is a lot of crazy gene swapping going on all the time in plants, animals, bacteria, viruses. You'll find all kinds of stuff from all over the place in any DNA. Human DNA is full of bits of bacterial, viral, and plant related genes. All DNA, plant included, has bits from all over the place.
There is something called lateral gene transfer that happens all the time in all organisms. This is a large part of how antibiotic resistant bacteria evolve. All of the antibiotics we use are based on naturally occurring chemicals that are used by various organisms engaged in a constant state of chemical warfare.
Monsanto does a lot of bad things, but natural genes are not some static pristine thing. Natural genes are furiously changing all the time with numerous mechanisms. There has always been fish and grasshopper DNA in plants, there isn't really such a thing as a pure plant.
They still have 10g fat and 500mg sodium, that does not seem ridiculously low in fat or sodium.
$12k was a lot to pay for a car in the 60s. My dad bought a new 66 Mustang for about $2500, a VW bug was under $1500. Houses then were $30k, about 2 years salary for him as a teacher.
You're right about the safety features, but that mustang was fun to drive.
I think some things have become much more affordable, such as clothing and technology. Some things have become less affordable, especially houses. Cars are about the same level of affordability in my view.
There are all kinds of CNC mills and routers. A lot of the really cheap ones are mainly good for working on wood or plastic, or are kits. Lots of people find an old mill/router and convert it to CNC. If you want a plug-and-play desktop mill or router there are a ton of options. Here is a fairly typical one that looks like it is capable of some serious work, $700.
Excellent suggestion! Turns out it's available free
Your question is one that has been answered Mars lost its magnetosphere 4 billion years ago, allowing solar radiation to strip away its atmosphere. Water vapor was flung into space by this process over the billions of years, and any surface water will boil away due to the low atmospheric pressure.
I think it is really good for a late career change. The kids are grown, it's easy to stay in touch with friends, and it's good to get out of your rut. I'm going to seriously consider it if I find myself out of work for a long stretch. I'm in my 40s and wary of my future employability, and the prospect of broadening my horizons is appealing. I'm also interested in retiring abroad where the cost of living is low, this might be a good way to explore that before retirement.
You don't have to speak an asian language to be valuable. If you are interested in it, you can make a good living in Hong Kong or China or India. There are a lot of opportunities for people who understand technology and are native English speakers. You can bridge the gap between customers and engineers who speak limited English. You may not make good bay area wages depending on where you go, but you'll make excellent for local cost of living wages.
H3N2 is a common strain every year. It mutates all the time. There is no flu shot that covers H3N2, it will cover a particular mutation of that type. For example, the current flu shot covers an H3N2 strain first identified in 2011, and an H1N1 strain first identified in 2009.
I don't think you understand what Warren Buffet is saying. He is worth ~US$ 46b, and makes billions a year from that wealth. He thinks he should be taxed on that income at a higher rate than those who make much less, yet under current law he is taxed at a lower rate.
Current tax law is widening the gap between Warren Buffet and his secretary, and he suggests changing that.
If the vaccine were helpful one would expect there to be a decrease in mortality rates as the vaccine acceptance rate increased. There is not I suggest all routine vaccinations with the sole exception of the influenza vaccination. I see no evidence that it is helpful.
You could have provided a synopsis and link, I'd have believed you after checking the link.
They have a complex (even worse than their product assembly) ownership structure where most of the profits go to a nonprofit that gives away a few percent of income. Here is a quick overview.
There's something broken about human perception of risk. Every month there is a 9/11 of traffic fatalities but nobody is taking their shoes off about that. For some reason certain kinds of deaths are given disproportionate importance and others are blandly accepted.
Medical errors cause a 9/11 of fatalities every 5 days. It's so strange that few people are even aware of this yet we are collectively freaked out about child abductors and terrorists which are rounding errors on fatality rates.