Speak and spell works the same way. Very clever.

I think it's a new technology that uses less energy and less dangerous chemicals to recover the lithium. It might not get as much out, but it's more cost effective.

That's true, but they are still worth noticing. Without them you'd have to clean up after yourself. Lol.

A sticky note on the trash can saying 'thanks for keeping my area clean' works too.

Wow. I'm sure he would be extremely grateful to know he is still in your memories.

>Unsung heroes

True. For the most part. But you can always leave us treats. 😁

>janitors, etc.

As a custodian, thank you for remembering us.

I thought the long tails were for sliding down after your shift at the quarry is over.

Maybe this wouldn't be a possibility but, since dinosaurs are related to birds, why do we assume they kept their necks stretched out like that. Swans don't. Either do geese.

Wait, are you suggesting that what would amount to a trillion dollar industry capable of getting multiple asteroids into orbit around the moon, will be accomplished by a terrorist organization?

I'm done talking to you. You are just being ridiculous now.

You make some good points.

This is not what they did however. They didn't aim an asteroid anywhere. They caused it to change its orbit.

Yes you can move an asteroid to orbit a planet, but it will take years to do this. Making several minor adjustments over a long period of time. Not a great way to fire a weapon if everyone can see what you are doing for 3 years.

And the mill towns I've seen (I live in one that isn't one anymore) are always right next to the forest, if not in the middle. Moving huge trees is costly, you mill them as close to the source as possible and then transport the finished product to its destination.

And. If you did teach physics, I feel sorry for your students, anyone that doesn't want to see science funded shouldn't be teaching it.

>Which is probably why you support more funding. We haven't perfected the weapon yet.

Your statement shows that you are just trying to troll me. They did hit the target. Perfectly. Physics just makes it really hard to overcome an error. This will never be used as a weapon. It can't be.

I hope that you are either still in school and haven't taken basic 9th grade physics yet or have just forgotten what you have learned.

Either way, If you would like to have a reasonable conversation on this topic, you seem to be worried and I could help you understand that you don't need to be, I would suggest you brush up on orbital mechanics, and the launch capabilities that we currently have. Until then have a great day.

Sure. You can do the math, but moving a rock that weighs 1000s of pounds to actually change course is crazy hard. And would take a lot of energy.

Go look up the term "delta V" and read up a bit on it. 99.99% of the math to get that prob to hit the asteroid was done before it launched. If it was off by even a degree when it launched, they wouldn't have been able to correct its course enough to hit the target.

This would be ridiculously hard to weaponize. You have to find an asteroid that was already coming extremely close to earth to be able to adjust its course enough to hit the earth, and then it wouldn't be possible to know where it would hit. And it would probably cost more than just dropping a bomb exactly on target by a factor of 10.

>Done, now put your money where your mouth is.

My entire comment is basically doing this. I encourage the spending on scientific research and contribute to it when I can.

>Or answer this question: what's the best case scenario you can imagine that this research will help Earth?

We need to know what effect we can have on a dangerous asteroid. The only way is to run some tests to see. So the best case scenario is that we have the data available to make a correction to the orbit of such an object if we need to.

And before you ask "what's the chances of needing to" I'll compare it to having a fire extinguisher on hand in my house, even though most households never have a fire. I'd like to be prepared.

My answer to this is always along these lines.

If you think the money spent on this mission (experiment, etc.) Should be spent on real problems, you as an individual, should lead by example. Do you like professional sports? All the money paid to pro athletes should be used for real problems.

Do you enjoy a morning cup of coffee? This is a 10+Billion dollar industry. All that money should be used for real problems.

How much do you spend on alcohol? How about your lawn? I could go on.

If you aren't willing to give up these basically useless things, why should I be willing to give up on the advancement of science.

Which in the end is why you don't live in a cave, or die of an infected toenail, and have a 60 inch TV that you can watch basketball on. (Which is basically grown men playing keep away in their underwear)

Funny, I was thinking that 39% of domestic jobs are already being done by robots.

I don't hand wash dishes very often. My machine does it

Same with clothes.

I don't sweep my floors, my vacuum sucks the dirt up into a nice little bag. Not to mention the actual robot vac.

I don't hang my clothes out to dry and collect them later, the machine dries them for me.

My coffee is ready before I get up in the morning, and toat is a lever press away.

I could go on. But are these "robots" depends on you definition. But you could make a pretty good case I think.

Point is, automation has been with us for a long time now and will continue to become more functional. But it will be over time, not a one machine "robot" solution

Or try to keep people from eating bottles of the stuff off the shelf.

As others have pointed out this idea isn't to create new energy, it's to get rid of garbage in a way that produces energy as a by product instead of producing different waste as a by product. At least that's how I'm reading it.

Also the company needs to survive to keep the money rolling in. If shareholders start demanding that companies "go green" or at least greener, to stay relevant that is at least going in the right direction.

That's what it seems like to me too. If they don't start dealing with how they are affecting the environment, the company is going to tank really soon. So get with it BOD or get out. Times are changing and you need to adapt.

IDK, this seems a little different. To me it looks like a way to get rid of the BOD and replace it with a more climate conscious group of leaders. This suit seems to be aiming at the current BOD personally, and is being brought by investors. I don't think it's looking to punish the company directly but to eliminate the current leadership.

On this farm, there's a cow, a chicken, and a horse, and the three of them are best friends.

They do just about everything together. And one day, they're sitting at the window of the house, and the farmer's kid is watching MTV, and they're watching it, and they hear the music, and the horse says "you know what? I'm gonna learn how to do that."

So the horse calls up Guitar Center, and he says to the guy on the phone, "Hey, listen. I wanna learn to play guitar."

Guy on the phone says "no problem. Come on down."

"No, there might be one problem. I'm a horse."

"Naw, it ain't a problem. We'll get some attachments, I can teach you to play. Promise."

So horse turns out to be a natural. He gets GOOD. And he calls over Cow and Chicken and he's like "LOOK WHAT I CAN DO" and he jams out like Jimi Hendrix. And Cow says "holy shit. That's awesome. I want to learn to do something like that too. What's like that?" And horse says "Bass. Learn to play bass."

So Cow calls up Guitar Center, and she says "Hey, listen, I wanna learn to play bass guitar."

Guy on the phone says "No problem, miss, come on down."

"Eh, this might be a problem. I'm a cow."

"Nah, no problem. I helped a horse recently, I can teach you to play too. Promise."

So Cow learns to play the bass, and Cow is fucking amazing at it. So Cow and Horse are jamming, and Chicken gets a bit jealous. He says "Damn, I wanna learn something too. But not like that."

Horse says "Well, I mean, we need a drummer around here."

So Chicken calls up Guitar Center, and he says "Hey, listen, I wanna learn to play drums."

Guy on the phone says "No problem, man. Come on down."

"Eh, maybe a problem. I'm a chicken."

"Naw. Ain't no thing. I taught a horse guitar and a cow bass. I can teach you drums."

So chicken learns the drums, and he's fucking amazing. So Cow, Horse, and Chicken all start having jam sessions whenever the farmer's out. And one day they're playing, and a big record agent is driving down the road. And he hears them, and he's like "what the fuck? that sounds amazing." so he stops at the farm, and he finds them all playing in the barn. And he says "Holy shit. You guys sound AWESOME. I wanna represent you, make this a real band, make some music. You're gonna be HUGE."

So Cow and Chicken and Horse take this guy's deal, and they move to the city, they cut albums, and they're big. REAL big. Top 10 hits, platinum albums, the works. They get set for their first tour. But there's a problem, see. Horse gets a phone call, his mom's real sick. Cow and Chicken, though, they're cool as hell. They say "Listen. Go see your mom. We'll delay the first show a couple of days, so fly back home, spend some time with her, and then jump on a plane and come meet us."

Horse says "Thanks, guys. you're the best," and he takes off.

Couple of days later, Horse's mom is just fine. Turned out to be a real bad cold, she gets over it, and he spends another night there. The following morning, he gets a call. It's his agent. Cow and Chicken's plane went down, they died in the crash. The band is done. he's lost his best friends. And horse, this breaks him, man. He's been through so much with them, and he feels real down in the dumps. So he takes a walk, and while he's on that walk, he just can't shake the blue, so he figures to himself "Alright, alright. One drink, just to get over it."

So Horse walks into the local bar. Bartender looks at him and says "Hey. Why the long face?"

Edit: Not originally my joke, not sure where I got it. Probably here on Reddit.

Now I'm wondering if there is an opposite to broad daylight. Narrow daylight?

>A violent gang doesn't just give up just because the public is against them.

It'll probably just make them paranoid and even less trusting. Which will end up being realized as more violent behavior.