Sounds good, though you have this problem of the original elevator is (currently well outside) at the limits of material strength over such a long distance --- AFAIK the weight to strength ratio limits the size of our current buildings to only a little larger than the Kuala Lumpur building as compared to the distance to build an effective space elevator. Our buildings do rely on compressive strength rather than tension that a space elevator type buildings would use.
If you were to then have a cable with in a cable (your counterweight attached to the car) you would be adding to the weight of the main structure without adding any strength. * hand wave * Now you have over come that problem you wish to drop the car back to earth. You have to once again pull the car's counter weight towards earth, straining yet again the main structural cable.
I'm just a taxi driver and I could be discombobulating the terms too, but I think if you were talking to a material scientist, they would just laugh at you. On a big picture scale your proposal sounds great, but if we could make ONE cable that could go the distance, there would be many, many happy people.
If we position it right, we can make the earth a huge solar sail and push ourselves out to an orbit that will negate the heat trapped by greenhouse gases!
I don't know why you have had such issues with Ubuntu. It obviously does happen though. Funnily enough the rants you gave against Ubuntu/linux as a desktop could parallel my reasons for leaving Windows.
My point is that the anecdotes you provide can be leveled at MS Windows. I personally don't know why people think it is ready for the desktop and am appalled that people actually pay for it! I keep trying it every now and again and it is nearly there.
Ah, my point was to the AC, not you. Searching (google is a stupid verb) doesn't render my question invalid. I'm behind a school's filter, YouTube not allowed. So I apologise to you for not having that nugget in my first question.
And the alternative was...? Do you really think your (USA) McCain would have a better record after 1 month?
In Australia, I voted Rudd last year. I hate some of the things he (the party, that is) is doing. But he is still better than our alternatives. *shudder*.
Besides, if McCain had got in, we would have had people running around saying "McCain, you've done it again..."*
* An advert in Aus for a package vegetable company. Not sure of their origins/base.
Not the correct answer. How do I know which quote to use which will make my original pp make sense? From the list that GP posted i gathered that it was some two bit comedian. Whoop te do dah.
"I believe that God left certain drugs growing naturally upon our planet to help speed up and facilitate our evolution."
"I'll tell you, too, that's starting to depress me about UFO's, about the fact that they cross galaxies, or wherever they come from to visit us, and always end up in places like Fife, Alabama. Maybe these are not super-intelligent beings, man."
"It's just a ride and we can change it any time we want. It's only a choice. No effort, no work, no job, no savings and money, a choice, right now, between fear and love. The eyes of fear want you to put bigger locks on your door, buy guns, close yourself off. The eyes of love instead see all of us as one."
"The world is like a ride in an amusement park. And when you choose to go on it you think it's real because that's how powerful our minds are. And the ride goes up and down and round and round. It has thrills and chills and it's very brightly coloured and it's very loud and it's fun, for a while. Some people have been on the ride for a long time and they begin to question: "Is this real, or is this just a ride?" And other people have remembered, and they come back to us, they say, "Hey, don't worry, don't be afraid, ever, because this is just a ride." And we kill those people."
Bill Hicks
None of them seem relevant without distortion. Well, maybe the last one at a pinch.
Leads me to think maybe I have the wrong Bill Hicks. Thus my question.
Heh, I reckon that every 3rd or 5th election we need an option of 'None of the above' after Australia's last two election. Perhaps a 'No confidence'.
Something is needed to show the parties that they aren't heading in directions that their constituents like. Of course I may well be wrong and they simply wouldn't be used by the citizens.
I came to this conclusion after reflection on my voting history and discovered every time I have been voting against something rather than for something. A case of lesser evil.
Anyway, neither has a chance of getting onto our voting system.
Now be fair! they came to 8 board meetings this year and made 18 decisions (it won't be difficult for the employees to implement them). They only got an 7.3% pay rate rise (not including bonuses)! and 3 of the meetings they had to buy their own lunch!
Come on... Should be obvious to a reasonably intelligent person* that the 'punishment' would be requiring a minimum reasonable working conditions for employees of all nations. The practice of regulating worker conditions does drive the price of products up.
Agreed, getting bureaucrats and politicians involved does mess everything up. However, how do we educate consumers on national/global scales without involving them? Rely on the multinational companies?
The charities have been trying to educate 1st world nation citizens for decades and we are still buying products that are supporting the companies with bad track records. The main reason is it is difficult to not buy a product of convenience that everyone else has had for ages... without a great reason not to. I have been tempted to buy a dishwasher. Realistically I don't need one. But it is there in everyone's house I visit. And when you get to thinking about it, you have already bought a computer, printer, scanner, usb drive, speakers, radio, washing machine, fridge, microwave, clock, vacuum cleaner, etc, etc, what difference is one more device going to make?
However, if I knew I could go down to my local appliance store and conveniently find one brand that had better working conditions than another brand within a reasonable price difference (depending on the product, up to ~500), I am more likely to buy that product. (I'm pro-environmentally friendly too, just because it makes sense to be.)
How do I tell companies, "I am willing to pay up to 500 dollars more for a product if you will improve the working conditions of your lowest level of employees."? How do I get consistent, updated information about all brands and their products?
On this scale, I begrudgingly concede that the politicians have to be involved.
* I consider the average intelligence to be the bare minimum for this requirement: IQ 125 & educated to Year 10 or anyone over 22. I am a generous optimistic person.
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I never mixed them up until /. started arguing about it.
but not everyone is 300 years old... you have to give the newcomers a brake (j/k... break)
Sounds good, though you have this problem of the original elevator is (currently well outside) at the limits of material strength over such a long distance --- AFAIK the weight to strength ratio limits the size of our current buildings to only a little larger than the Kuala Lumpur building as compared to the distance to build an effective space elevator. Our buildings do rely on compressive strength rather than tension that a space elevator type buildings would use.
If you were to then have a cable with in a cable (your counterweight attached to the car) you would be adding to the weight of the main structure without adding any strength. * hand wave * Now you have over come that problem you wish to drop the car back to earth. You have to once again pull the car's counter weight towards earth, straining yet again the main structural cable.
I'm just a taxi driver and I could be discombobulating the terms too, but I think if you were talking to a material scientist, they would just laugh at you. On a big picture scale your proposal sounds great, but if we could make ONE cable that could go the distance, there would be many, many happy people.
If we position it right, we can make the earth a huge solar sail and push ourselves out to an orbit that will negate the heat trapped by greenhouse gases!
Heh, I installed Mandriva 2009.0 last night, and it defaulted to Gnome. Gah
I don't know why you have had such issues with Ubuntu. It obviously does happen though. Funnily enough the rants you gave against Ubuntu/linux as a desktop could parallel my reasons for leaving Windows.
My point is that the anecdotes you provide can be leveled at MS Windows. I personally don't know why people think it is ready for the desktop and am appalled that people actually pay for it! I keep trying it every now and again and it is nearly there.
I live in Australia so extremely large cap is 50GB +...
18 minutes. Sheesh.
Yeah rub it in...
So USA does actually have alternatives? Sigh... That is really sad for Australians. I thought we were in good company.
Ah, my point was to the AC, not you. Searching (google is a stupid verb) doesn't render my question invalid. I'm behind a school's filter, YouTube not allowed. So I apologise to you for not having that nugget in my first question.
And the alternative was...? Do you really think your (USA) McCain would have a better record after 1 month?
In Australia, I voted Rudd last year. I hate some of the things he (the party, that is) is doing. But he is still better than our alternatives. *shudder*.
Besides, if McCain had got in, we would have had people running around saying "McCain, you've done it again..."*
* An advert in Aus for a package vegetable company. Not sure of their origins/base.
Not the correct answer. How do I know which quote to use which will make my original pp make sense? From the list that GP posted i gathered that it was some two bit comedian. Whoop te do dah.
None of them seem relevant without distortion. Well, maybe the last one at a pinch.
Leads me to think maybe I have the wrong Bill Hicks. Thus my question.
Heh, I reckon that every 3rd or 5th election we need an option of 'None of the above' after Australia's last two election. Perhaps a 'No confidence'.
Something is needed to show the parties that they aren't heading in directions that their constituents like. Of course I may well be wrong and they simply wouldn't be used by the citizens.
I came to this conclusion after reflection on my voting history and discovered every time I have been voting against something rather than for something. A case of lesser evil.
Anyway, neither has a chance of getting onto our voting system.
Who is Bill Hicks and what did he say?
All those defending Windows, Adobe and dll signing have missed this...
That said, there needs to be more thorough checking of what has been done, by all parties.
Dumbass cityboys should learn the meaning of the word "farming".
If it was as simple as just changing over to hydroponic it would be well and truly on the way in today's cities.
Which brings us to a better security model, diversity of application.
But their point was reasonable... and only slightly over the top.
Now be fair! they came to 8 board meetings this year and made 18 decisions (it won't be difficult for the employees to implement them). They only got an 7.3% pay rate rise (not including bonuses)! and 3 of the meetings they had to buy their own lunch!
Okay, that is approximately AUD$60 per keyboard. That brings us up to AUD$80 for a decent keyboard. tis okay.
Only 24 beers a day? That's harsher than the 12 hours on a wooden stool!
Come on... Should be obvious to a reasonably intelligent person* that the 'punishment' would be requiring a minimum reasonable working conditions for employees of all nations. The practice of regulating worker conditions does drive the price of products up.
Agreed, getting bureaucrats and politicians involved does mess everything up. However, how do we educate consumers on national/global scales without involving them? Rely on the multinational companies?
The charities have been trying to educate 1st world nation citizens for decades and we are still buying products that are supporting the companies with bad track records. The main reason is it is difficult to not buy a product of convenience that everyone else has had for ages... without a great reason not to. I have been tempted to buy a dishwasher. Realistically I don't need one. But it is there in everyone's house I visit. And when you get to thinking about it, you have already bought a computer, printer, scanner, usb drive, speakers, radio, washing machine, fridge, microwave, clock, vacuum cleaner, etc, etc, what difference is one more device going to make?
However, if I knew I could go down to my local appliance store and conveniently find one brand that had better working conditions than another brand within a reasonable price difference (depending on the product, up to ~500), I am more likely to buy that product. (I'm pro-environmentally friendly too, just because it makes sense to be.)
How do I tell companies, "I am willing to pay up to 500 dollars more for a product if you will improve the working conditions of your lowest level of employees."? How do I get consistent, updated information about all brands and their products?
On this scale, I begrudgingly concede that the politicians have to be involved.
* I consider the average intelligence to be the bare minimum for this requirement: IQ 125 & educated to Year 10 or anyone over 22. I am a generous optimistic person.
Well Please Don't!
Heh, I voted for Rudd... the 'new bloke'. Still better than the previous... just not good.