[Vo]:Railgun Catapult

2010-12-24 Thread Terry Blanton
Coming close on the heels of the successful test of a 30+ MJ railgun, http://www.military.com/features/0,15240,160195,00.html the navy launches a F18E Super Hornet with similar technology: http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2010/12/24/navy-uses-railgun-launch-fighter-jets/ The linear motor exceeds

Re: [Vo]:OT: Virtual Currency - The future of currency in the 21st century and beyond.

2010-12-24 Thread peatbog
> I need to correct a misconception. Under the VC system the > average and well-off DO pay for essential services. Sorry, I badly mis-read that. So, it is food stamps without limit for those who need them, applied automatically by cc. I kind of like it but still wonder about: 1. A horrendously

RE: [Vo]:OT: Virtual Currency - The future of currency in the 21st century and beyond.

2010-12-24 Thread OrionWorks
I've split Peatbog's recent commentary into several posts as they are all interesting. Please keep in mind that the proposed Virtual Currency system is hoped to work more effectively with the assistance of continued advances in technology and automation. >From Peatbog: ... > Under t

RE: [Vo]:OT: Virtual Currency - The future of currency in the 21st century and beyond.

2010-12-24 Thread OrionWorks
I've split Peatbog's recent commentary into several posts as they are all interesting. Please keep in mind that the proposed Virtual Currency system is hoped to work more effectively with the assistance of continued advances in technology and automation. >From Peatbog: ... > It soun

RE: [Vo]:OT: Virtual Currency - The future of currency in the 21st century and beyond.

2010-12-24 Thread OrionWorks
I've split Peatbog's recent commentary into several posts as they are all interesting. Please keep in mind that the proposed Virtual Currency system is hoped to work more effectively with the assistance of continued advances in technology and automation. >From Peatbog: ... > One thi

Re: [Vo]:OT: Virtual Currency - The future of currency in the 21st century and beyond.

2010-12-24 Thread peatbog
It sounds like computerized food stamps that never run out and are available to the entire population, regardless of income. One thing that I don't like about it is that it sounds like cc would be a large bureaucracy. For example, they might declare that plasma tvs with screens less than 21 inches