The problem with your 'low tech' solution (getting more people into the army) is that its quite possibly MORE exspensive than robots. It costs a quarter of a million dollars to train up a skilled infantry man, and even more to train up other specialists. Equipment costs are exactly cheap either, as that whole body armor fiasco showed. The political cost of having MORE soldiers (which in all likelyhood means more deaths), is hell to pay as well. There is no doubt that going so robot heavy that you can't fight properly is dumb, but shunning all robotics (which can do incredibly useful things) because 'they might get destroyed by a cheap bomb' is silly. By that logic, we shouldn't employ trained infantry men who can be killed by a 50 cent bullet, 200 dollar rifle, and some guy who spent 10 minutes learning how to point and pull.
How does music not add to the world? Art (all forms) enriches the human experience. Fine art enriches the human experience more than mediocre art. Fine art is relatively rare, and time consuming for a person to produce. Charging for it make perfect sense. If humanity has been making and enjoying art for longer than humans have been living in 'civilized' fashion, then there's certainly a good reason it exists.
In Canada we already subsidies "Canadian" content/culture from public funds. And it's different from a tax, since in a tax the money goes to the government. In this case the money goes to artists (supposedly). Functionally (to the end user) there is no difference at all.
On the note of subsidizing culture with public funds, I totally think that government should be doing that. Museums, art galleries, stuff like that are a wonderful resource for the people.
I believe that both the Americans and Soviets had a lot of problems getting their liquid sodium coolant to work properly. Something about it being much harder to contain, corrosion in the coolant system, and the fact that liquid sodium adds the complexity of having to keep it liquid. Makes certain aspects of maintenance trickier.
Also, heavy water itself as very little to do with fusion bombs. Heavy water is used as a neutron moderator, which basically means it slows down neutrons, giving them a better chance of interacting with whatever fissile material you have lying around. Initiating fusion requires heavy hydrogen isotopes floating around close enough to the fission reaction (as in literally next to it).
Why the AC modded down? He's absolutely right. In a nuclear submarine, the coolant loop within the reactor is completely sealed. It pulls heat from the reactor, goes through a heat exchange where it dumps the heat into a second loop, which then flashes into steam to drive a turbine. The steam is then cooled again (presumably with seawater at that stage), across yet another heat exchange. Sea water doesn't even come close the reactor. The only time it ever does is when you seriously need to stop the reactor and dump all your heat. My understanding that this type of scram will basically fuse your entire reactor into a solid radioactive lump.
Why are you specifically stating Islam, and then forgetting all about those wonderful little people at the Discovery Institute. I understand that 'like religions' really does encompass all possible religions, singling out Islam by name is a bit unfair. They are no better, and no worse than any other major religion with extremist/fundamentalist groups.
There are a lot of reasons. Some people may still feel that downloading is wrong on some level (power to them), but that borrowing the physical object is alright (let's not have an argument on this). Libraries may also be faster, or just plain easier (contrary to belief, there is NOT a torrent for every movie, and there is not a scan of every book). Finally, not everyone has the same access to computers and internet. The difference in accessibility in public libraries is not so great.
How do you deal with kids with mental disabilities? Kids who just 'dont get math' or 'dont get chemistry'? I'm still in highschool (in fact I'm enrolled in a somewhat prestigious private school), and I know a bunch of kids who are by no means 'dumb' or 'uncreative' (some of them are incredible writers, or musicians, or artists) but just don't get math or sciences. And how do you deal with kids in crappy schools? Really the idea despite the appeal it might carry is not only impractical, but also elitist, and discrimitory. When we're trying to make people listen to 'us', the last thing we need is to make them pay more money.
Before everyone screams 'eliminate all secruity' and hire a bunch of air marshalls... how much do they cost? I'm serious, I have no idea how much they cost.
It protects you from being sued (in some cases). Echoing some of the other comments in the thread, slapping warming labels on stuff that may cause psychological addiction is just silly, as it's really nothing than the want to do something FUN. On the other hand, you have things which are actually chemically addictive, or actually do pose some sort of danger. While one can argue the extent that such labels and warnings should be employed, the very idea that responsible choice requires information, means that some degree of labeling and warning is required. Sometimes comprehensive research on a product beforehand is just not possible, or practical.
To be fair, I have a feeling that almost all rocket boosters once they reach a certain size have to be built in sections. And maybe there just aren't any companies in Florida that can build such rockets. Engineering ethics is a constant trade off. Some element of risk must be accepted.
Was the earth even cold enough back then to have that much ice? My understanding is that life began about 3 billion years ago, and that Hadean Earth pretty much lasted until then.
Try muscle memory. Your base instincts/reflexes in many martial arts situations will lead to problems. They have to be controlled by training 'new' stuff over it. I am a wreslter, and when I get into the fight, its as if I was thinking without thinking. There are points in wrestling which definately takes 'thinking' (such as timing your attacking, picking exact counters, and sequencing your moves), yet you're not really thinking about it. They just seem to flow, and its all very beautiful and amazing.
There are more 'good' books than there are movies. Just has to do with cost of production and how long they have been around. You just have to find books/authors/niches that you really like, or browse through some classics and what not. There is absolutely nothing wrong with movies or music or tv. Books are fine too. And there happen to be a lot of them.
Pistorius has been wearing these for years, and training to run in prosethetics for even longer before him. Just lopping iff your legs and replacing with these will still require years upon years to even approach your previous level of mobility.
Escargot is edible. And exspensive if that matters at all. Same with blowfish actually. Ants not so much. Besides, summary and article both say that the FDA doesn't just find them edible, but that they are safe to eat, and that they are in every way identical to uncloned meat.
I imagine if the missile was launched from a higher altitude, then this system would have no chance as it was designed to defend from SAMs. Bulk of the aircraft wuold block the lasers. As for highjackings... if a plane was hijacked close to the target, then no missile defense system could presumably stop it. Once you have the plane pointed at the target, throwing missiles at is might blow out engines (if they're IR), or blow a giant hole in it (if RADAR). The end result is a giant hunk of metal and fuel flying without power towards it's target. Just as screwed as before.
no. AA missiles have a perfectly fine time manoeuvering. Something about not having to worry about a 9G turn limit. Not only that, commercial airplanes aren't exactly manoeuverable to begin with. They don't have to be, it's nearly impossible to make them so, so they aren't. Intercepting will be no problem. Especially if they use a radar guided missile. The point of putting in the IR spoofing mechanism is to protect planes from manportable systems (which are pretty much all IR guided) during take off/landing (because manportable systems cannot reach up to cruising height, and presumably any larger threats would be picked up because they're BIG and hard to smuggle).
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Would printing and then scanning 'normalize' the noise? I'm curious.
The problem with your 'low tech' solution (getting more people into the army) is that its quite possibly MORE exspensive than robots. It costs a quarter of a million dollars to train up a skilled infantry man, and even more to train up other specialists. Equipment costs are exactly cheap either, as that whole body armor fiasco showed. The political cost of having MORE soldiers (which in all likelyhood means more deaths), is hell to pay as well. There is no doubt that going so robot heavy that you can't fight properly is dumb, but shunning all robotics (which can do incredibly useful things) because 'they might get destroyed by a cheap bomb' is silly. By that logic, we shouldn't employ trained infantry men who can be killed by a 50 cent bullet, 200 dollar rifle, and some guy who spent 10 minutes learning how to point and pull.
How does music not add to the world? Art (all forms) enriches the human experience. Fine art enriches the human experience more than mediocre art. Fine art is relatively rare, and time consuming for a person to produce. Charging for it make perfect sense. If humanity has been making and enjoying art for longer than humans have been living in 'civilized' fashion, then there's certainly a good reason it exists.
In Canada we already subsidies "Canadian" content/culture from public funds. And it's different from a tax, since in a tax the money goes to the government. In this case the money goes to artists (supposedly). Functionally (to the end user) there is no difference at all. On the note of subsidizing culture with public funds, I totally think that government should be doing that. Museums, art galleries, stuff like that are a wonderful resource for the people.
I believe that both the Americans and Soviets had a lot of problems getting their liquid sodium coolant to work properly. Something about it being much harder to contain, corrosion in the coolant system, and the fact that liquid sodium adds the complexity of having to keep it liquid. Makes certain aspects of maintenance trickier.
Also, heavy water itself as very little to do with fusion bombs. Heavy water is used as a neutron moderator, which basically means it slows down neutrons, giving them a better chance of interacting with whatever fissile material you have lying around. Initiating fusion requires heavy hydrogen isotopes floating around close enough to the fission reaction (as in literally next to it).
Why the AC modded down? He's absolutely right. In a nuclear submarine, the coolant loop within the reactor is completely sealed. It pulls heat from the reactor, goes through a heat exchange where it dumps the heat into a second loop, which then flashes into steam to drive a turbine. The steam is then cooled again (presumably with seawater at that stage), across yet another heat exchange. Sea water doesn't even come close the reactor. The only time it ever does is when you seriously need to stop the reactor and dump all your heat. My understanding that this type of scram will basically fuse your entire reactor into a solid radioactive lump.
I don't know. I wouldn't like 30 pounds of explosives landing in my backyard, or my city.
Why are you specifically stating Islam, and then forgetting all about those wonderful little people at the Discovery Institute. I understand that 'like religions' really does encompass all possible religions, singling out Islam by name is a bit unfair. They are no better, and no worse than any other major religion with extremist/fundamentalist groups.
There are a lot of reasons. Some people may still feel that downloading is wrong on some level (power to them), but that borrowing the physical object is alright (let's not have an argument on this). Libraries may also be faster, or just plain easier (contrary to belief, there is NOT a torrent for every movie, and there is not a scan of every book). Finally, not everyone has the same access to computers and internet. The difference in accessibility in public libraries is not so great.
How do you deal with kids with mental disabilities? Kids who just 'dont get math' or 'dont get chemistry'? I'm still in highschool (in fact I'm enrolled in a somewhat prestigious private school), and I know a bunch of kids who are by no means 'dumb' or 'uncreative' (some of them are incredible writers, or musicians, or artists) but just don't get math or sciences. And how do you deal with kids in crappy schools? Really the idea despite the appeal it might carry is not only impractical, but also elitist, and discrimitory. When we're trying to make people listen to 'us', the last thing we need is to make them pay more money.
Before everyone screams 'eliminate all secruity' and hire a bunch of air marshalls... how much do they cost? I'm serious, I have no idea how much they cost.
It protects you from being sued (in some cases). Echoing some of the other comments in the thread, slapping warming labels on stuff that may cause psychological addiction is just silly, as it's really nothing than the want to do something FUN. On the other hand, you have things which are actually chemically addictive, or actually do pose some sort of danger. While one can argue the extent that such labels and warnings should be employed, the very idea that responsible choice requires information, means that some degree of labeling and warning is required. Sometimes comprehensive research on a product beforehand is just not possible, or practical.
To be fair, I have a feeling that almost all rocket boosters once they reach a certain size have to be built in sections. And maybe there just aren't any companies in Florida that can build such rockets. Engineering ethics is a constant trade off. Some element of risk must be accepted.
That was an ultrasonic beam modulated so that it would cause the air the vibrate making 'normal' sounds.
My sim card is under my battery, under the lid, under a really sturdy extra cover. I think this is just a bit easier.
Was the earth even cold enough back then to have that much ice? My understanding is that life began about 3 billion years ago, and that Hadean Earth pretty much lasted until then.
Apparently Slashdot now has a section specifically for nonsensible and pointless articles. And they even made it look like digg!
Depending on which set of numbers you take, the B2 costs anywhere between almost a billion to 2.2 billion per plane.
Try muscle memory. Your base instincts/reflexes in many martial arts situations will lead to problems. They have to be controlled by training 'new' stuff over it. I am a wreslter, and when I get into the fight, its as if I was thinking without thinking. There are points in wrestling which definately takes 'thinking' (such as timing your attacking, picking exact counters, and sequencing your moves), yet you're not really thinking about it. They just seem to flow, and its all very beautiful and amazing.
There are more 'good' books than there are movies. Just has to do with cost of production and how long they have been around. You just have to find books/authors/niches that you really like, or browse through some classics and what not. There is absolutely nothing wrong with movies or music or tv. Books are fine too. And there happen to be a lot of them.
Pistorius has been wearing these for years, and training to run in prosethetics for even longer before him. Just lopping iff your legs and replacing with these will still require years upon years to even approach your previous level of mobility.
Escargot is edible. And exspensive if that matters at all. Same with blowfish actually. Ants not so much. Besides, summary and article both say that the FDA doesn't just find them edible, but that they are safe to eat, and that they are in every way identical to uncloned meat.
I imagine if the missile was launched from a higher altitude, then this system would have no chance as it was designed to defend from SAMs. Bulk of the aircraft wuold block the lasers. As for highjackings... if a plane was hijacked close to the target, then no missile defense system could presumably stop it. Once you have the plane pointed at the target, throwing missiles at is might blow out engines (if they're IR), or blow a giant hole in it (if RADAR). The end result is a giant hunk of metal and fuel flying without power towards it's target. Just as screwed as before.
no. AA missiles have a perfectly fine time manoeuvering. Something about not having to worry about a 9G turn limit. Not only that, commercial airplanes aren't exactly manoeuverable to begin with. They don't have to be, it's nearly impossible to make them so, so they aren't. Intercepting will be no problem. Especially if they use a radar guided missile. The point of putting in the IR spoofing mechanism is to protect planes from manportable systems (which are pretty much all IR guided) during take off/landing (because manportable systems cannot reach up to cruising height, and presumably any larger threats would be picked up because they're BIG and hard to smuggle).
I think the ultimate examples of that worked fabulously well. It got you guys to space and then the moon.