Please point me to the section of the constitution that uses the words “checks and balances.” Or for that matter, the one that says “It is emphatically the province and duty of the judicial department to say what the law is.”

APNSA isn’t a cabinet level position.

Actually, the APNSA is technically a civilian position. HR McMasters remains on active duty, which complicates the situation immensely, but he is not technically part of the Military Chain of Command at this point in time.

Actually, untrue. The responsibilities of an Executive Branch official vary widely, and many are specifically intended to not be beholden to the political whims of the President.

1. Delete it immedietely. ANd then report the source. And hope. Sorry there isn’t a better answer.

I’m pretty sure Google is watching closely. Since you know, the tech behind Otto and everything Uber has done in autonomy is stolen from Google.

By that logic, using the bomb saves money, as newer ordinance doesn’t cost as much to maintain and test (as it ages it will cost the same, but the original ordinance that was used would be older still.)

Fair enough. But I was arguing against the cost amortization of the research and development program behind the weapon.

Well yes, but thats the point. The Money is gone. We spent it. What we got out of it, we got. Not using the products doesn’t bring the money back.

Honestly, I think most of the cash probably went into looking for an alternative delivery system. The current one is dropping it out of a Cargo Plane, which isn’t ideal for many situations.

Thats giving way to the sunken costs fallacy. The money invested in the program is gone for good or ill. It only costs $170k to replace the equipment dropped, so that is the cost of the strike.

Not really. Uber is hoping that they’ll quickly crack the Autonomous car, fire the driver, and pocket the $15. That is their business strategy.

Amazon ran in the red because they were constantly expanding the services they offer. The core business (Amazon.com) has been profitable for quite sometime. However, Amazon continued to invest cash into new areas of business.

The point is to offer an additional incentive to get out of the situation. Because in these circumstances, there is frequently an element of choice (one between bad alternatives, albeit.) Frankly, I agree with you that this isn’t the best way to handle the situation. There are better ways to get people out of these…

1. People on these boards don’t know what ‘nuisance’ means in legal terms. Nuisance means ‘an act or omission that obstructs, damages, or inconveniences the right of the community.’ If I have giant pits of flaming tar on property, that is a nuisance. It is also a huge deal.

Yes, but that doesn’t make antibiotics an unsustainable strategy. It makes stupidity an unsustainable strategy.

...okay? I realize I said “wiped out” but it was pretty clear in context I was talking about for the purposes of a single infection. No one is talking about eradicating Bacteria from existence, even if that were feasible.

See, the issue there is that “sometimes” almost always occurs when you don’t finish a course of antibiotics. If you complete the course, it makes it much rarer. That coupled with the fact that natural genetic drift makes it so organisms will naturally revert to a non-resistant form once the selective pressure is…

Not really? Bacteria only become drug resistant because we misuse Antibiotics. If we use the drugs correctly, the Bacteria are all wiped out. Evolution only works against Antibiotics because we don’t finish our courses of Antibiotics, prescribe them for things that don’t require them, and feed them to healthy…

Gotta admit, this all seems to really... miss the point of why the New Zealand River was given Personhood status (and likely the river in India, but I’m not familiar with that case.)