The cell towers/cells already do this. but even then, sometimes there isn't enough capacity to handle all the emergency calls that can originate from a small concentrated area.
If I had the time and motivation, it would be worth investigating opening many international accounts and trading between the currencies using bitcoin as an intermediary.
Just looking between USD and GBP you could have done quite well over the last month. That is an interesting idea.
Skilled trades, actual physical skill trades. Welding, fabrication, millwright, crane operator, etc. there are so many open jobs for people with training, skills, certifications/licenses. Problem is for the last two decades we have been pushing everyone to go get a 4 year degree to get a cushy office job. the reality is there are only so many of them, in the end someone has to go out in the field and do the work.
You know i wonder if you could argue another angle, the "and effects". Every e-mail I write is my own work, which has it's own copyright. the Media industry has pushed extremely hard for more than a decade to have digital copies of copyrighted works be treated as if they were physical goods. under that logic, them copying/reading my e-mails is equivalent to them stealing my personal copyrighted works.
The other thing not mentioned, a lot of the older ones were called tactical nukes. Something like the Davy Crocket which was launched from a ground artillery piece from a couple of miles away and was small yield. Meant for a Russian tank column. The A-4 and I think F-111 could both carry small nuclear bombs which we no longer have. We don't use those anymore and things like that probably accounted for half of what we used to have.
Ahh,, "Atomic Annie", honestly i would love to be the guy that got to test fire that.. even if it meant dying of cancer at an early age.
The only aspect of air travel I can think of that doesn't operate in a wrong-headed way are the mechanics who keep the planes from falling out of the sky.
{rant/}
Do your self a favor and don't look into that one too much.
I still remember them making me put an empty clear plastic bottle through the x-ray machine. I love having a water bottle, and my solution is to finish it and then go through the line with it and refill on the other side and not have to pay 2-3$ for a drink on the other side. I was in line, had it in my hand and din't think about it and the lady stopped me at the medal detector and told me i had to put it through the x-ray. Again, they made me x-ray an empty, clear plastic bottle. I was just a bit perplexed.
That and the DEC Tulip, although to be honest i can't remember which one was released first. I just remember if you could afford it you used 3c905's and if you couldn't you salvaged old Digital boxes for a DEC Tulip, or you bought some of the Linksys cards and scratch off the stickers till you found one, and return the rest.
Running a small PC repair shop in the 90's we wanted to be able to support the local schools as we felt we could easily provide better prices services than they where getting. But i can tell you that we also had to give them a much higher rate than normal because there contract agreements had some insane terms.
My personal favorite was that when publishing a product on the price-list we MUST guaranty availability at that price point for 7 years. At first i figured that you had to keep that price, but in the fine text it meant you had to keep replacement stock too. If say 6 years of it being on the list they wanted one and you didn't have it and could not provide it you where liable to replace all of there previous purchases for that component with a compatible component (at your expense) from the vendor list (either form your self or another vendor) and they where the ultimate decider on what was considered compatible. In the end we selected a very limited selection of what we normally offered and we did over charge a lot because we would basically have to ensure availability for 7 years, so we would put it out there marked up and watch the demand and then as the product got harder to stock we would stock pile them to the point we could ensure availability.
We made a lot of money, but so much money was wasted that it just isn't even funny. I still have some 3c905b's from way back in this mess. Personally i'm glad not to be dealing with that stuff anymore.
Outlook + Exchange + Active-sync is the big ticket. i want someone to please show me a true drop in replacement that doesn't cost nearly the same amount.
you've been swapping out, have you tried swapping in? aka take an OEM radio and put it in a car? aftermarket radios don't normally have anti theft codes.
You do realize that most OEM car radio's require an activation code to be entered before they will work if power is lost? so you change the battery or it gets run down you have to put in the access code. Now the difference is in the original owners manual/paperwork there is a card with the code on it, most people lose this and are happy the can call a dealer and get it for free by giving the VIN# of the car.
GMC & some others take it a bit further with their ECU's on some of the higher end cars in that the first time they power up they talk to all the sensors on the buss and burn them into WORM memory (real worm or presented as worm) and are useless if moved to another car (i'm not quite sure how they handle single sensor changes vs multiple).
"In December 1981, additional laws were enacted clarifying permissible military assistance to civilian law enforcement agencies and the Coast Guard, especially in combating drug smuggling into the United States. Posse Comitatus clarifications emphasize supportive and technical assistance (e.g., use of facilities, vessels, and aircraft, as well as intelligence support, technological aid, and surveillance) while generally prohibiting direct participation of Department of Defense personnel in law enforcement (e.g., search, seizure, and arrests). For example, a U.S. Navy vessel may be used to track, follow, and stop a vessel suspected of drug smuggling, but Coast Guard Law Enforcement Detachments (LEDETs) embarked aboard the Navy vessel would perform the actual boarding and, if needed, arrest the suspect vessel's crew."
Sounds to me like requesting assistance of an aircraft and intelligence support is perfectly fine as long as the Sheriff in question is who made the arrest and not someone from the Air-force.
i don't think it is quite an assumption for any intelligent alien life to utilize em radiation, it would only be "quite the assumption" to believe they use it exactly like we do.
You joke, but if i could reactivate my StarTac i would in a heart beat. the only reason i parted with it was due to the E911 clause required for newly activated phones after 9/11. When my company changed plans i wasn't able to reactivate my phone.
years ago (10+) when you signed up for Business Class Road Runner they had a policy that you couldn't share a node (meaning that they couldn't just bill you different but it required a dedicated run). So when i moved into a new house i signed up for Business Class with no long term contract (yes it was expensive that way) but after they installed it and ran it for a month i canceled and then switched to residential. They are lazy and din't move me off the dedicated node.. so for 8 years i had residential service with business level of service.
just what i was thinking, looked over at an old self and wondered if i could sell them an old backplane box as an example of how to make it work.. it was so nice to just drop in another CPU card as you needed.
You just gave me a great idea for a product, Camo LEGO. have them colored, painted to look like carpet, hardwood floors, tile's. then they could also be strategically placed in plain sight for the amusement of children.
But while i see the market as huge, i see the cost being a problem, as LEGO are so expensive that only the adults can afford to buy them and what right minded adult would by that for their kids to use against them?
But then again, given the path of society and the very scary nature of a lot of parents now days. it might be a viable product.
so while i don't have experiences in storing wind energy at sea or building islands. something that stands out to me as the same solution but i would think would be much cheaper and quicker. Do it the same way the oil platforms do it.
the nice large vertical cylinder is used to store the oil until a tanker comes and then it pumps into the tanker, then it moves to a new well and refills the tank.
Using the same basic design, you would not need nearly the same build requirements as an oil platform because a potential leak just reduces the effectiveness and isn't an environmental issue. Also using this design they could store them closer to the wind farms, move the potential energy as needed, and you could make them unmanned units which would further lower the cost to build.
for shallow waters the oil companies use the same design but rather build a concrete cylinder that is connected to bedrock, this is a permanent storage platform that normally gets it's oil from multiple small wells via pipelines and gives tankers a central point to load up. they could possibly use that design in place of a sand built island.
Also note, that you can just go out and buy a platform, new or used, (lot of old used Russian ones on the market). which could accelerate the time to market, and reduce their engineering overhead.
again, this seems a simpler solution then trying to build a sand island.
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All plants are dangerous, some more than others. But people rarely think about the "what if"s in a plant environment enough to really be safe.
The cell towers/cells already do this. but even then, sometimes there isn't enough capacity to handle all the emergency calls that can originate from a small concentrated area.
it's also missing the link to the dice version of the summary
If I had the time and motivation, it would be worth investigating opening many international accounts and trading between the currencies using bitcoin as an intermediary.
Just looking between USD and GBP you could have done quite well over the last month. That is an interesting idea.
unfortunately I don't know what that is
Skilled trades, actual physical skill trades. Welding, fabrication, millwright, crane operator, etc. there are so many open jobs for people with training, skills, certifications/licenses. Problem is for the last two decades we have been pushing everyone to go get a 4 year degree to get a cushy office job. the reality is there are only so many of them, in the end someone has to go out in the field and do the work.
You know i wonder if you could argue another angle, the "and effects". Every e-mail I write is my own work, which has it's own copyright. the Media industry has pushed extremely hard for more than a decade to have digital copies of copyrighted works be treated as if they were physical goods. under that logic, them copying/reading my e-mails is equivalent to them stealing my personal copyrighted works.
Just a random thought to throw out there.
The other thing not mentioned, a lot of the older ones were called tactical nukes. Something like the Davy Crocket which was launched from a ground artillery piece from a couple of miles away and was small yield. Meant for a Russian tank column. The A-4 and I think F-111 could both carry small nuclear bombs which we no longer have. We don't use those anymore and things like that probably accounted for half of what we used to have.
Ahh,, "Atomic Annie", honestly i would love to be the guy that got to test fire that.. even if it meant dying of cancer at an early age.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M65_Atomic_Cannon
The only aspect of air travel I can think of that doesn't operate in a wrong-headed way are the mechanics who keep the planes from falling out of the sky.
{rant/}
Do your self a favor and don't look into that one too much.
I still remember them making me put an empty clear plastic bottle through the x-ray machine. I love having a water bottle, and my solution is to finish it and then go through the line with it and refill on the other side and not have to pay 2-3$ for a drink on the other side. I was in line, had it in my hand and din't think about it and the lady stopped me at the medal detector and told me i had to put it through the x-ray. Again, they made me x-ray an empty, clear plastic bottle. I was just a bit perplexed.
i wish they had a +1 Evil mod..
That and the DEC Tulip, although to be honest i can't remember which one was released first. I just remember if you could afford it you used 3c905's and if you couldn't you salvaged old Digital boxes for a DEC Tulip, or you bought some of the Linksys cards and scratch off the stickers till you found one, and return the rest.
Running a small PC repair shop in the 90's we wanted to be able to support the local schools as we felt we could easily provide better prices services than they where getting. But i can tell you that we also had to give them a much higher rate than normal because there contract agreements had some insane terms.
My personal favorite was that when publishing a product on the price-list we MUST guaranty availability at that price point for 7 years. At first i figured that you had to keep that price, but in the fine text it meant you had to keep replacement stock too. If say 6 years of it being on the list they wanted one and you didn't have it and could not provide it you where liable to replace all of there previous purchases for that component with a compatible component (at your expense) from the vendor list (either form your self or another vendor) and they where the ultimate decider on what was considered compatible. In the end we selected a very limited selection of what we normally offered and we did over charge a lot because we would basically have to ensure availability for 7 years, so we would put it out there marked up and watch the demand and then as the product got harder to stock we would stock pile them to the point we could ensure availability.
We made a lot of money, but so much money was wasted that it just isn't even funny. I still have some 3c905b's from way back in this mess. Personally i'm glad not to be dealing with that stuff anymore.
Outlook + Exchange + Active-sync is the big ticket. i want someone to please show me a true drop in replacement that doesn't cost nearly the same amount.
you've been swapping out, have you tried swapping in? aka take an OEM radio and put it in a car? aftermarket radios don't normally have anti theft codes.
You do realize that most OEM car radio's require an activation code to be entered before they will work if power is lost? so you change the battery or it gets run down you have to put in the access code. Now the difference is in the original owners manual/paperwork there is a card with the code on it, most people lose this and are happy the can call a dealer and get it for free by giving the VIN# of the car.
GMC & some others take it a bit further with their ECU's on some of the higher end cars in that the first time they power up they talk to all the sensors on the buss and burn them into WORM memory (real worm or presented as worm) and are useless if moved to another car (i'm not quite sure how they handle single sensor changes vs multiple).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posse_Comitatus_Act
"In December 1981, additional laws were enacted clarifying permissible military assistance to civilian law enforcement agencies and the Coast Guard, especially in combating drug smuggling into the United States. Posse Comitatus clarifications emphasize supportive and technical assistance (e.g., use of facilities, vessels, and aircraft, as well as intelligence support, technological aid, and surveillance) while generally prohibiting direct participation of Department of Defense personnel in law enforcement (e.g., search, seizure, and arrests). For example, a U.S. Navy vessel may be used to track, follow, and stop a vessel suspected of drug smuggling, but Coast Guard Law Enforcement Detachments (LEDETs) embarked aboard the Navy vessel would perform the actual boarding and, if needed, arrest the suspect vessel's crew."
Sounds to me like requesting assistance of an aircraft and intelligence support is perfectly fine as long as the Sheriff in question is who made the arrest and not someone from the Air-force.
i don't think it is quite an assumption for any intelligent alien life to utilize em radiation, it would only be "quite the assumption" to believe they use it exactly like we do.
your in oregon
You joke, but if i could reactivate my StarTac i would in a heart beat. the only reason i parted with it was due to the E911 clause required for newly activated phones after 9/11. When my company changed plans i wasn't able to reactivate my phone.
You should learn to grapple, if they can't move they can't continue to hit you.. hold them there long enough and they will calm down and see reason..
years ago (10+) when you signed up for Business Class Road Runner they had a policy that you couldn't share a node (meaning that they couldn't just bill you different but it required a dedicated run). So when i moved into a new house i signed up for Business Class with no long term contract (yes it was expensive that way) but after they installed it and ran it for a month i canceled and then switched to residential. They are lazy and din't move me off the dedicated node.. so for 8 years i had residential service with business level of service.
just what i was thinking, looked over at an old self and wondered if i could sell them an old backplane box as an example of how to make it work.. it was so nice to just drop in another CPU card as you needed.
You just gave me a great idea for a product, Camo LEGO. have them colored, painted to look like carpet, hardwood floors, tile's. then they could also be strategically placed in plain sight for the amusement of children.
But while i see the market as huge, i see the cost being a problem, as LEGO are so expensive that only the adults can afford to buy them and what right minded adult would by that for their kids to use against them?
But then again, given the path of society and the very scary nature of a lot of parents now days. it might be a viable product.
so while i don't have experiences in storing wind energy at sea or building islands. something that stands out to me as the same solution but i would think would be much cheaper and quicker. Do it the same way the oil platforms do it.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spar_(platform)
the nice large vertical cylinder is used to store the oil until a tanker comes and then it pumps into the tanker, then it moves to a new well and refills the tank.
Using the same basic design, you would not need nearly the same build requirements as an oil platform because a potential leak just reduces the effectiveness and isn't an environmental issue. Also using this design they could store them closer to the wind farms, move the potential energy as needed, and you could make them unmanned units which would further lower the cost to build.
for shallow waters the oil companies use the same design but rather build a concrete cylinder that is connected to bedrock, this is a permanent storage platform that normally gets it's oil from multiple small wells via pipelines and gives tankers a central point to load up. they could possibly use that design in place of a sand built island.
Also note, that you can just go out and buy a platform, new or used, (lot of old used Russian ones on the market). which could accelerate the time to market, and reduce their engineering overhead.
again, this seems a simpler solution then trying to build a sand island.
nope