Correct; the current model of the Ariane 5 can lift around 11 tonnes.
I wasn't sure about the cost, so I looked around. Holy crap. A launch on the Ariane 5 costs more than one on the Falcon Heavy, and the FH can lift more than twice as much.
I may be a little bit biased because I've actually known natives, worked with them, hung out with them... biased towards treating them as humans, that is.
No, you're biased against western culture, which means that you can't pass up an opportunity to make up nonsense which paints it in a negative light.
Over in the world, Indians have the same rights and privileges as all other citizens, and often enjoy special privileges above and beyond those granted to everyone else. Whatever bullshit mistreatment you're imagining is entirely of your own making.
Sure, we told the that their reservations were sovereign territory
That's just a convenient fiction to make everyone involved feel better. They have no monetary system, no independent economy, no military, no ability to maintain relations with other nations, and no control over their borders. The idea that they're "sovereign" in any meaningful sense of the word is absurd. At best they're a "sovereign state" in the same way that Texas or California are; able to pass and enforce laws within their own territory, but subject to most of the same federal regulations as any other state.
I think the author of the article is one of those out of touch with anybody in the bottom 50% of income.
Yep. My local library is chock full of low level thugs learning about proper weapons maintenance, and aspiring meth-heads studying bathtub chemistry. Or at least I assume it must be, since nobody I know ever goes there...
It is a terrible thing when righteous indignation cripples one to the point where someone cannot use google.
It's a terrible thing when incompetence cripples one to the point that they think "hurr durr use google" is a phrase which can be used to degend any idiocy they personally believe.
No, it's not "freedom" for you to make others do what you want. That's called slavery.
You want to eat only organic pesticide free food picked by a blond haired Norwegian virgin during a full moon? You go right ahead. You have the freedom to do so. But the moment you insist that everyone else has to label the goods they sell in order to make your delusional desires easier, you are no longer advocating freedom; you are a tyrant trying to force your will on others.
Knowledge leads to choices, it doesn't lead to "golly everything is the same." Duh.
The phenomenon of overchoice occurs when many equivalent choices are available. Making a decision becomes overwhelming due to the many potential outcomes and risks that may result from making the wrong choice. Having too many approximately equally good options is mentally draining because each option must be weighed against alternatives to select the best one. The satisfaction of choices by number of options available can be described by an inverted "U" model. In this model, having no choice results in very low satisfaction. Initially more choices lead to more satisfaction, but as the number of choices increases it then peaks and people tend to feel more pressure, confusion, and potentially dissatisfaction with their choice. Although larger choice sets can be initially appealing, smaller choice sets lead to increased satisfaction and reduced regret.
I'm aware of that. I don't actually eject anything in Linux because hitting my shortcut keys to open a terminal and then typing "sync" is much easier than grabbing for the mouse and clicking a bunch of locations to find the eject button. I was just pointing out that the particular issue he was describing is filesystem dependant. Of course any filesystem can experience corruption if you don't eject or sync before disconnecting, but only some of them actually "know" that there's a problem.
That's the point. Encrypted data is not information. Decrypted data is. If the government is collecting encrypted data then they are, by definition, not collecting information. It only becomes information once they have the ability to decrypt it.
Not quite. The flash drives are "controlled" and only ever get plugged into one of three different location: workstations on the main network, workstations on a small secondary network which is completely disconnected from anything else, and laptops which never get connected to any network (actually have all networking physically disabled).
The drives are just a way of passing data across an air gap, between devices which are all controlled by the same organisation. Nobody is using these flash drives as personal storage at home and then plugging them in at work.
I definitely do have concerns about some of the security practices at work, but this isn't one of them.
I can't be the first to think of this concept. Can anyone recommend a sci-fi novel that describes a similar idea?
The Songs of Distant Earth, by Arthur C Clarke. It's probably one of the better known ones.
A more recent one would be Seveneves, by Neil Stephenson. Haven't read it myself yet, but I've heard good things.
There are a bunch of books probing the subject, but my personal favourite is probably Voyage From Yesteryear, by James P Hogan. It involves humans from earth arriving at a remote colony which was established by the kind of seed ships you describe but with zero human crew; the embryos were gestated and raised entirely by robots, which resulted in a rather unique society. At it's core it's almost more of a speculative political piece, but it's a fantastic bit of sci-fi writing.
There are ethical questions to consider. At what point does a group of cells become "human"? When does it get a spirit (I'm Christian)? Quite frankly I don't know, but I would rather error on the side of caution.
Well in that case I hope you're a vegan. Animals might have souls too you know. The bible certainly doesn't say that they don't. So if you want to avoid killing things with spirits, you better not eat meat.
Then again, who's to say that carrots don't have spirits? Better error on the side of caution, bro... you wouldn't want to show up in heaven and have Carrot God royally pissed at you...
You're right, bro, warfare was so much better back when we were carpet bombing cities rather than using GPS guided bombs to take out precise targets. Damn those military scienticians!
So, we're the mumbo jumbo people, because we won't chant along with you that these particular biologically-human human embryos are not really human because hand waving?
No, you're the mumbo jumbo people because you think some invisible sky daddy is miracling a magical "soul" thingy into a petri dish.
What do we do if we create a host for a super bug?
People use the phrases "super bug" and "super weed" as if they actually mean something beyond "life evolved to overcome adversity, as it always has". The only "super" thing about them is that they're resistant to all of the things we use to fight existing bugs.... the same way that every serious new bug in history has been resistant to our technology at that time.
But, as long as you insist on using silly phrases like "super bug", the solution to fighting them is simple and obvious: kryptonite.
I don't think you know what facts are. The fact is you're starting to sound like a drunk ass, presuming to speak for the entire world.
Regardless of what you personally care about, there are plenty of people who do care about which particular vehicle/program is more efficient and ergo cheaper. It helps us predict how things will move in the coming years, as well as helping us figure out which technologies to bet on.
I've never heard of a 12 step program that involves admitting that someone 50+ years ago had a problem, but OK, we got your step one covered. What's step 2?
Oh wonderful. Please, share with us the aspects of physics which led you to conclude that this magical material must necessarily burn up in the atmosphere during reentry.
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Correct; the current model of the Ariane 5 can lift around 11 tonnes.
I wasn't sure about the cost, so I looked around. Holy crap. A launch on the Ariane 5 costs more than one on the Falcon Heavy, and the FH can lift more than twice as much.
How did you manage to misunderstand the word "catch"?
I may be a little bit biased because I've actually known natives, worked with them, hung out with them... biased towards treating them as humans, that is.
No, you're biased against western culture, which means that you can't pass up an opportunity to make up nonsense which paints it in a negative light.
Over in the world, Indians have the same rights and privileges as all other citizens, and often enjoy special privileges above and beyond those granted to everyone else. Whatever bullshit mistreatment you're imagining is entirely of your own making.
Sure, we told the that their reservations were sovereign territory
That's just a convenient fiction to make everyone involved feel better. They have no monetary system, no independent economy, no military, no ability to maintain relations with other nations, and no control over their borders. The idea that they're "sovereign" in any meaningful sense of the word is absurd. At best they're a "sovereign state" in the same way that Texas or California are; able to pass and enforce laws within their own territory, but subject to most of the same federal regulations as any other state.
Your reading comprehension skills really suck.
I think the author of the article is one of those out of touch with anybody in the bottom 50% of income.
Yep. My local library is chock full of low level thugs learning about proper weapons maintenance, and aspiring meth-heads studying bathtub chemistry. Or at least I assume it must be, since nobody I know ever goes there ...
That's not even wrong. "Non human" isn't a property, it's a category.
No, you're the irrational because you think some invisible sky daddy is miracling a magical "soul" thingy into a petri dish.
It is a terrible thing when righteous indignation cripples one to the point where someone cannot use google.
It's a terrible thing when incompetence cripples one to the point that they think "hurr durr use google" is a phrase which can be used to degend any idiocy they personally believe.
"Of course the earth is flat! Use google!"
Thanks tips.
Burning up in the atmosphere is a requirement of a space elevator?
kek. Good one.
No, it's not "freedom" for you to make others do what you want. That's called slavery.
You want to eat only organic pesticide free food picked by a blond haired Norwegian virgin during a full moon? You go right ahead. You have the freedom to do so. But the moment you insist that everyone else has to label the goods they sell in order to make your delusional desires easier, you are no longer advocating freedom; you are a tyrant trying to force your will on others.
Knowledge leads to choices, it doesn't lead to "golly everything is the same." Duh.
The phenomenon of overchoice occurs when many equivalent choices are available. Making a decision becomes overwhelming due to the many potential outcomes and risks that may result from making the wrong choice. Having too many approximately equally good options is mentally draining because each option must be weighed against alternatives to select the best one. The satisfaction of choices by number of options available can be described by an inverted "U" model. In this model, having no choice results in very low satisfaction. Initially more choices lead to more satisfaction, but as the number of choices increases it then peaks and people tend to feel more pressure, confusion, and potentially dissatisfaction with their choice. Although larger choice sets can be initially appealing, smaller choice sets lead to increased satisfaction and reduced regret.
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I'm aware of that. I don't actually eject anything in Linux because hitting my shortcut keys to open a terminal and then typing "sync" is much easier than grabbing for the mouse and clicking a bunch of locations to find the eject button. I was just pointing out that the particular issue he was describing is filesystem dependant. Of course any filesystem can experience corruption if you don't eject or sync before disconnecting, but only some of them actually "know" that there's a problem.
That's the point. Encrypted data is not information. Decrypted data is. If the government is collecting encrypted data then they are, by definition, not collecting information. It only becomes information once they have the ability to decrypt it.
If you put it up on kickstarter, I'll definitely pitch in :)
Not quite. The flash drives are "controlled" and only ever get plugged into one of three different location: workstations on the main network, workstations on a small secondary network which is completely disconnected from anything else, and laptops which never get connected to any network (actually have all networking physically disabled).
The drives are just a way of passing data across an air gap, between devices which are all controlled by the same organisation. Nobody is using these flash drives as personal storage at home and then plugging them in at work.
I definitely do have concerns about some of the security practices at work, but this isn't one of them.
I can't be the first to think of this concept. Can anyone recommend a sci-fi novel that describes a similar idea?
The Songs of Distant Earth, by Arthur C Clarke. It's probably one of the better known ones.
A more recent one would be Seveneves, by Neil Stephenson. Haven't read it myself yet, but I've heard good things.
There are a bunch of books probing the subject, but my personal favourite is probably Voyage From Yesteryear, by James P Hogan. It involves humans from earth arriving at a remote colony which was established by the kind of seed ships you describe but with zero human crew; the embryos were gestated and raised entirely by robots, which resulted in a rather unique society. At it's core it's almost more of a speculative political piece, but it's a fantastic bit of sci-fi writing.
There are ethical questions to consider. At what point does a group of cells become "human"? When does it get a spirit (I'm Christian)? Quite frankly I don't know, but I would rather error on the side of caution.
Well in that case I hope you're a vegan. Animals might have souls too you know. The bible certainly doesn't say that they don't. So if you want to avoid killing things with spirits, you better not eat meat.
Then again, who's to say that carrots don't have spirits? Better error on the side of caution, bro ... you wouldn't want to show up in heaven and have Carrot God royally pissed at you ...
You're right, bro, warfare was so much better back when we were carpet bombing cities rather than using GPS guided bombs to take out precise targets. Damn those military scienticians!
So, we're the mumbo jumbo people, because we won't chant along with you that these particular biologically-human human embryos are not really human because hand waving?
No, you're the mumbo jumbo people because you think some invisible sky daddy is miracling a magical "soul" thingy into a petri dish.
What do we do if we create a host for a super bug?
People use the phrases "super bug" and "super weed" as if they actually mean something beyond "life evolved to overcome adversity, as it always has". The only "super" thing about them is that they're resistant to all of the things we use to fight existing bugs .... the same way that every serious new bug in history has been resistant to our technology at that time.
But, as long as you insist on using silly phrases like "super bug", the solution to fighting them is simple and obvious: kryptonite.
I don't think you know what facts are. The fact is you're starting to sound like a drunk ass, presuming to speak for the entire world.
Regardless of what you personally care about, there are plenty of people who do care about which particular vehicle/program is more efficient and ergo cheaper. It helps us predict how things will move in the coming years, as well as helping us figure out which technologies to bet on.
I've never heard of a 12 step program that involves admitting that someone 50+ years ago had a problem, but OK, we got your step one covered. What's step 2?
Let me guess: "gimme money"?
I haven't seen that in ages. Completely forgot about it. Thank you, it's wonderful.
Oh wonderful. Please, share with us the aspects of physics which led you to conclude that this magical material must necessarily burn up in the atmosphere during reentry.