Eh? That is how current satellite internet services work. When I had it, my dish was slightly smaller than the one I had for TV (I cancelled both long ago).
Power to the people. People can have a militia to defend themselves from outside invaders. There is little a modern military can do that a militia can't, and a militia is much much MUCH better at defending home territory than a standing army is. Armed societies with sovereign citizens simply can't be conquered, and attempts to do so lead to nothing but a bloodbath for both sides (witness Somalia). The only problem with Somalia (aside from continuous attempts at imposition of a central government upon the people from outside) is that they have clan councils which take most of the roles of government. Although one can move clans, that is obviously more difficult than switching insurance companies.
Of course, in the West, we would have companies fill in for most of the non-military roles of government. Don't like your police because they are abusive or corrupt? Then you just switch police companies. The corrupt guys don't last very long. They don't forget who they are working for, either.
You need to have your brain coexist with the new one for some amount of time so your consciousness transfers to the new one seamlessly. Communication between the two parts is VITAL, for the very reason you stated. With a transfer to a computer, it would be much easier than with a transporter, as it could be done by steps in a highly controlled manner.
How often do you have to do maintenance on your computer?
No moving parts there. Lots of moving parts in the body. Magnificently engineered, sure, but lots of moving parts. Much better to exist as a perfect simulation in an editable virtual world.
Private industry is bad at managing infrastructure?
Then why are privately owned toll roads in such good repair? Why does our privately owned worldwide system of trade networks work so well? Why does the internet work so well? Why does cellphone service work so well? Why do private urgent package delivery services work so well?
Why are cable monopolies such shitty services? Why do electricity prices keep rising? Why does electricity flicker in a big city like Houston? Why did sewage used to back up into my house before I moved into the country? Why to public roads have potholes everywhere, and seem to always be under construction?
Oh, that's right, apologists for the state ignore all evidence when making their dumb theoretical assumptions.
What? We are still run by Keynesians! Where are the free markets? Everywhere you look, there is government involvement in the markets. Government intervention, government bailouts, government funded spending programs, government regulations, government, government, government!
The free market school DID predict the current shitstorm. Ron Paul predicted it in 2002 when they passed the bill that caused the housing bubble. You had Austrian economists shouting at the top of their lungs, trying to warn people about what was coming. But everyone had faith in their "Maestro" and his apprentice, even as their arch-corporatist organization was lowering interest rates to try to reflate the bubble. Rates are still at ZERO for fucks sake! It's like trying to sober someone up by giving them a whiskey enema.
How about we ignore him because he was proven to be totally and absolutely wrong when we had stagflation in the 1970's, an event which his economic theory claimed could never, ever happen?
Right, because the Russians did such a stand up job.
How about we lessen the restrictions on NEW reactors, especially breeder reactors, so we don't get into a situation where we are forced to stick all of our radioactive waste on the damn roof?
How about the fact that they lied for months (if they aren't still lying) about the severity of the meltdown, and allowed/forced people to live in areas that are irradiated? How about the fact that rather than address radiation making its way into food and water, they merely raised the allowable amount of radiation in food and water?
Right, because CYA doesn't exist, and people never rise to the level of their incompetence. Government granted monopolies never result in poor quality service. Lack of competition is good, because it allows us as a whole to be more efficient. I don't care what reality says.
The problem here is that the government is trying to make arbitrary decisions about who is a part of the press, which goes against the spirit of the amendment. The next step is to say that only reporters for state owned news outlets are members of the press.
You know, sort of how the US has done an end-run on Habeas Corpus by penning a "law" allowing the military to detain any American for any amount of time with no trial or access to a lawyer by stamping "Terurist" on their forehead.
That's fine and all, but the regulations are so out of control that no new reactors have been built in 30+ years, forcing us to rely on aging inefficient, and just plain unsafe reactors.
ITT anonymous can't tell the difference between "involved" (as in invented by scientists employed by the government) and "regulating safety at civilian power plants".
That's what happens when you let the government regulate safety. They freeze technology where it was when they got involved, or shortly thereafter. Seems to always happen. That's why we still have human flight controllers who sleep on the job after 48 hour shifts (exaggeration, but only slight). That's why we don't have flying cars. That's why we don't have non-addictive, side effect-free pain killers.
What's the problem? Is the sodium radioactive? Because if it isn't, it is no worse than using molten sodium to store solar power. Better even, because the facility isn't on the surface, but buried, and doesn't have to be exposed to the air (allowing for a lot more shielding).
It seems to me that if the sodium comes out underground, you get some magma until the heat dissipates, and that is it. I don't see what the big deal is.
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Gravity?
Unless they have access to anti-satellite weapons, and the permission to use them. Be careful you don't hit someone else's sat.
Pretty much everyone.
Eh? That is how current satellite internet services work. When I had it, my dish was slightly smaller than the one I had for TV (I cancelled both long ago).
Power to the people. People can have a militia to defend themselves from outside invaders. There is little a modern military can do that a militia can't, and a militia is much much MUCH better at defending home territory than a standing army is. Armed societies with sovereign citizens simply can't be conquered, and attempts to do so lead to nothing but a bloodbath for both sides (witness Somalia). The only problem with Somalia (aside from continuous attempts at imposition of a central government upon the people from outside) is that they have clan councils which take most of the roles of government. Although one can move clans, that is obviously more difficult than switching insurance companies.
Of course, in the West, we would have companies fill in for most of the non-military roles of government. Don't like your police because they are abusive or corrupt? Then you just switch police companies. The corrupt guys don't last very long. They don't forget who they are working for, either.
You need to have your brain coexist with the new one for some amount of time so your consciousness transfers to the new one seamlessly. Communication between the two parts is VITAL, for the very reason you stated. With a transfer to a computer, it would be much easier than with a transporter, as it could be done by steps in a highly controlled manner.
How often do you have to do maintenance on your computer?
No moving parts there. Lots of moving parts in the body. Magnificently engineered, sure, but lots of moving parts. Much better to exist as a perfect simulation in an editable virtual world.
Huh? Boost Mobile doesn't subsidize their phones, and there are plenty of models available for under $20. Hell, you can get a smartphone for $100.
Private industry is bad at managing infrastructure?
Then why are privately owned toll roads in such good repair? Why does our privately owned worldwide system of trade networks work so well? Why does the internet work so well? Why does cellphone service work so well? Why do private urgent package delivery services work so well?
Why are cable monopolies such shitty services? Why do electricity prices keep rising? Why does electricity flicker in a big city like Houston? Why did sewage used to back up into my house before I moved into the country? Why to public roads have potholes everywhere, and seem to always be under construction?
Oh, that's right, apologists for the state ignore all evidence when making their dumb theoretical assumptions.
What? We are still run by Keynesians! Where are the free markets? Everywhere you look, there is government involvement in the markets. Government intervention, government bailouts, government funded spending programs, government regulations, government, government, government!
The free market school DID predict the current shitstorm. Ron Paul predicted it in 2002 when they passed the bill that caused the housing bubble. You had Austrian economists shouting at the top of their lungs, trying to warn people about what was coming. But everyone had faith in their "Maestro" and his apprentice, even as their arch-corporatist organization was lowering interest rates to try to reflate the bubble. Rates are still at ZERO for fucks sake! It's like trying to sober someone up by giving them a whiskey enema.
How about we ignore him because he was proven to be totally and absolutely wrong when we had stagflation in the 1970's, an event which his economic theory claimed could never, ever happen?
And the total transmitting capacity of the planet is how many thousands or millions of times that?
Right, because the Russians did such a stand up job.
How about we lessen the restrictions on NEW reactors, especially breeder reactors, so we don't get into a situation where we are forced to stick all of our radioactive waste on the damn roof?
How about the fact that they lied for months (if they aren't still lying) about the severity of the meltdown, and allowed/forced people to live in areas that are irradiated? How about the fact that rather than address radiation making its way into food and water, they merely raised the allowable amount of radiation in food and water?
Right, because CYA doesn't exist, and people never rise to the level of their incompetence. Government granted monopolies never result in poor quality service. Lack of competition is good, because it allows us as a whole to be more efficient. I don't care what reality says.
When they use advanced tech to determine they are unarmed, then send in a SWAT team, yeah, that's dystopian.
What would they have done if they were armed? Call in an air strike?
Or would he?
Welcome to the Police State.
Freedom of speech and freedom of the press...
The problem here is that the government is trying to make arbitrary decisions about who is a part of the press, which goes against the spirit of the amendment. The next step is to say that only reporters for state owned news outlets are members of the press.
You know, sort of how the US has done an end-run on Habeas Corpus by penning a "law" allowing the military to detain any American for any amount of time with no trial or access to a lawyer by stamping "Terurist" on their forehead.
Those are two separate freedoms that happen to be delineated in the same amendment.
That's fine and all, but the regulations are so out of control that no new reactors have been built in 30+ years, forcing us to rely on aging inefficient, and just plain unsafe reactors.
Thus, freezing technology in place.
ITT anonymous can't tell the difference between "involved" (as in invented by scientists employed by the government) and "regulating safety at civilian power plants".
Excellent protein source, there.
That's what happens when you let the government regulate safety. They freeze technology where it was when they got involved, or shortly thereafter. Seems to always happen. That's why we still have human flight controllers who sleep on the job after 48 hour shifts (exaggeration, but only slight). That's why we don't have flying cars. That's why we don't have non-addictive, side effect-free pain killers.
I never saw such an argument pop up, and I'm one of those evil "deniers" who poison wells and eat liberal babies.
What's the problem? Is the sodium radioactive? Because if it isn't, it is no worse than using molten sodium to store solar power. Better even, because the facility isn't on the surface, but buried, and doesn't have to be exposed to the air (allowing for a lot more shielding). It seems to me that if the sodium comes out underground, you get some magma until the heat dissipates, and that is it. I don't see what the big deal is.
How does I mined infinite riches of solar system?