There is plenty of free space and on the moon there is plenty of this stuff called Silicon Dioxide - which can be made into computer chips, yes, but more importantly solar panels. Energy is essentially free in space if you bring the solar panels with.
Arable land isn't as big a deal as you make it out to be. With careful conservation a sustainable society is possible. Again, the real thing stopping us is a lack of cheap transportation. At shuttle (even Soyuz) costs, you just can't justify anything more than governmental experimentation.
But of course, recycling is cheaper again by several hundred orders of magnitude than having robots mine it from the moon or a nearby asteroid, making such plans look pretty laughable
Recycling used metals is no laughing matter. Fast Company had an article about it a year ago. There is more gold per ton in a dump of old computers than there is in the worlds richest gold mine - but we can't get to it with any level of efficiency. Other rare metals too. Believe it or not mining asteroids may not be that expensive, depending on how you do it. Leveraging orbital mechanics, the delta-V isn't unobtainable. Right now? yes, very cost prohibitive. But again, once the barrier of entry to LEO is lowered there are a lot of things we can do (and essentially 'free' energy propulsion methods usable outside the pull of Earth's gravity, just bring the solar sail / solar cells and ion drive [the asteroid will have the fuel], etc).
I'd offer a counterpoint to that... we parents make all our mistakes on the first one and do it better the second and third time around (something my wife and I were talking about last night). For example, the second one sleeps through the night better since we learned from the first. Same will go with potty training, reading, etc. Really, the first one has to work with the parents to excel, and after that the parents have a better grasp on parenting and I think its easier on the next kids... just my theory.
He could have gotten a Red Hat box. Red Hat is supported. The problem is there is a difference between home support and corporate support. Apparently corporate support doesn't know Ubuntu.
They'd never land on earth again: they would have all the muscles they would need for existance in space. And then some, if they have an exercise regimen. Plus, if they are accelerating, they will have a fraction of gravity which will passively build muscle and reinforce bones.
And if they did survive to grow to the age of 10 they's most likely do everything in their power to turn the ship around.
Says who? Many children and their parents colonized and pioneered in the past centuries with little if any human interaction outside their own families. They did all right... we are here today, aren't we?
there is some value to emphasizing the possibilities to certain groups in the past that were told that they were incapable of certain things, be they intellectual or physical limitations.
I guess as a father myself, I disagree. Instead of setting up seperate bars for men and women, the playing field should be level for everyone. Since we now tell our daughters that they don't have those incapabilities and limitations that prior generations had, shouldn't we tell them that they can attain as much as any individual on the face of this earth? Why are we construing a second set of records? "Sergei Krikalev holds the space duration record of 748 days in orbit, but the highest by a woman is... "
Doesn't that sound demeaning to you?
An exception I do agree with is sports and olympic events. Our bodies are physically built differently. I understand setting up physical competitions that are gender based. But in the workplace and in educational pursuits, I don't see why we need to set up a second tier of markers for our daughters. They should be as capable as anyone, right?
No, the concept of sending a ship out into space to explore our neighbors - basically a 1-way expedition spanning generations - might not be a possibility if we can't start up a second or third generation in space.
What you probably meant to say was that you have no complaints with the coverage your employer is providing you with.
You didn't read my post. Did you see the part about me purchasing my own insurance while I was in college? with a wife and kid? making not much more than $10,000 a year? I was happy with it then and I'm happy with it now, thanks.
I pay less than the price listed on that website ($3300 per capita per year). I live in America and I get 1-2 day response times on doctors visits... my wife is currently having an issue diagnosed and she is in and out of the hospital in under a days notice at times, with either a $25 or $0 copay. My son was sick a month ago and got into the doctors later the same day we called. I have no complaints about American health care coverage. And I've been at all ends of the spectrum - from making less than $15,000 a year and having to buy it out of pocket (with a wife and child) to having a comfortable job where they help pay for it.
And I have friends in Canada, who wish they were back in America, and health care is one of the big reasons why. The amount of time spent waiting for service is unbelievable. They've told me they wait, in some cases, a month for service. I can't take that. Even though I'm apparently paying less than a Canadian, I'd gladly pay more for prompt medical service.
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There is plenty of free space and on the moon there is plenty of this stuff called Silicon Dioxide - which can be made into computer chips, yes, but more importantly solar panels. Energy is essentially free in space if you bring the solar panels with.
Arable land isn't as big a deal as you make it out to be. With careful conservation a sustainable society is possible. Again, the real thing stopping us is a lack of cheap transportation. At shuttle (even Soyuz) costs, you just can't justify anything more than governmental experimentation.
But of course, recycling is cheaper again by several hundred orders of magnitude than having robots mine it from the moon or a nearby asteroid, making such plans look pretty laughable
Recycling used metals is no laughing matter. Fast Company had an article about it a year ago. There is more gold per ton in a dump of old computers than there is in the worlds richest gold mine - but we can't get to it with any level of efficiency. Other rare metals too. Believe it or not mining asteroids may not be that expensive, depending on how you do it. Leveraging orbital mechanics, the delta-V isn't unobtainable. Right now? yes, very cost prohibitive. But again, once the barrier of entry to LEO is lowered there are a lot of things we can do (and essentially 'free' energy propulsion methods usable outside the pull of Earth's gravity, just bring the solar sail / solar cells and ion drive [the asteroid will have the fuel], etc).
you forgot to ask, African or European...
"Don't you know the Dewey Decimal System?"
sigh. Gotta pull out that UHF DVD and watch it sometime...
Why yooousa no likes da jamaican frogman?
Weesa likeses yooooou!
meesa gonna be your friiiiend!
If a so-called 'pro' is shoplifting a grocery store, well, that's pretty sad...
What high schools graduate people in the fall? :)
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Funny, funny... Grad school. She had her masters for a year and a half before I got mine. In my defense, I'm 2 years younger than her
Perhaps it was the Noid who should have avoided me!
*BOOM*
I'd offer a counterpoint to that... we parents make all our mistakes on the first one and do it better the second and third time around (something my wife and I were talking about last night). For example, the second one sleeps through the night better since we learned from the first. Same will go with potty training, reading, etc. Really, the first one has to work with the parents to excel, and after that the parents have a better grasp on parenting and I think its easier on the next kids... just my theory.
TheLink, women can't go to college
(Just kidding. Until last fall my wife had a higher level of education than I did)
it is clearly listed on the website ... does he really need a salesperson paid minimum wage to tell him that?
Tie the tubes!
but my computer already had a vasectomy!
That's old testament law. It was done away with when Christ fulfilled it.
He could have gotten a Red Hat box. Red Hat is supported. The problem is there is a difference between home support and corporate support. Apparently corporate support doesn't know Ubuntu.
So Bill Gates ... is ... Linus' ... Father?
They'd never land on earth again: they would have all the muscles they would need for existance in space. And then some, if they have an exercise regimen. Plus, if they are accelerating, they will have a fraction of gravity which will passively build muscle and reinforce bones.
And if they did survive to grow to the age of 10 they's most likely do everything in their power to turn the ship around.
Says who? Many children and their parents colonized and pioneered in the past centuries with little if any human interaction outside their own families. They did all right... we are here today, aren't we?
news at 11... oh wait
No, John Glenn set the max number of orbits with his hazards on doing 40 on the interstate.
there is some value to emphasizing the possibilities to certain groups in the past that were told that they were incapable of certain things, be they intellectual or physical limitations.
... "
I guess as a father myself, I disagree. Instead of setting up seperate bars for men and women, the playing field should be level for everyone. Since we now tell our daughters that they don't have those incapabilities and limitations that prior generations had, shouldn't we tell them that they can attain as much as any individual on the face of this earth? Why are we construing a second set of records? "Sergei Krikalev holds the space duration record of 748 days in orbit, but the highest by a woman is
Doesn't that sound demeaning to you?
An exception I do agree with is sports and olympic events. Our bodies are physically built differently. I understand setting up physical competitions that are gender based. But in the workplace and in educational pursuits, I don't see why we need to set up a second tier of markers for our daughters. They should be as capable as anyone, right?
No, the concept of sending a ship out into space to explore our neighbors - basically a 1-way expedition spanning generations - might not be a possibility if we can't start up a second or third generation in space.
you work/coop there? I work next door ...
What you probably meant to say was that you have no complaints with the coverage your employer is providing you with.
You didn't read my post. Did you see the part about me purchasing my own insurance while I was in college? with a wife and kid? making not much more than $10,000 a year? I was happy with it then and I'm happy with it now, thanks.
Wirt played by Elijah Wood
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Only if they would kill him after he said 'It is now time for you to destroy the soulstone...' for the eleventyeth billion time
no, no, full Isenharts!
I pay less than the price listed on that website ($3300 per capita per year). I live in America and I get 1-2 day response times on doctors visits ... my wife is currently having an issue diagnosed and she is in and out of the hospital in under a days notice at times, with either a $25 or $0 copay. My son was sick a month ago and got into the doctors later the same day we called. I have no complaints about American health care coverage. And I've been at all ends of the spectrum - from making less than $15,000 a year and having to buy it out of pocket (with a wife and child) to having a comfortable job where they help pay for it.
And I have friends in Canada, who wish they were back in America, and health care is one of the big reasons why. The amount of time spent waiting for service is unbelievable. They've told me they wait, in some cases, a month for service. I can't take that. Even though I'm apparently paying less than a Canadian, I'd gladly pay more for prompt medical service.