Triumph

Not going to dispute whether the government did it or not. But if you want to understand how the steel beams failed, you need to understand the process of annealing. The short version is that High tensile steel at +800F is very bad. Fire Proofing steel only slows the process but won't stop steel from annealing.

Just so you know, creating a unified equation to calculate the final shape of an amorphus material such as cookie dough during the manufacturing process is impossible. In a system like I am describing no one would own an idea. That is to say, two guilds, or even two inventors could claim the same invention. The difference is that a patent system monopolizes one idea, a "guild system" would monopolize a catalog of ideas. And admittably there would be problems, but overall I think it would at least be competitive with the patent system.

Firstly mathematically quantifying scones is hella complex had a math major friend interned for a cookie company. Second your rubber material sounds cool. As to the patent system. I honestly think that if there were no patent system there would be an inventors's guilds. Basically inventors and entrepeneur would band together for a fee to market new ideas and intellectual properties to companies. That's my thought, idk if it would be better or worse than the patent system.

I just don't believe your claim. Material Science is so far beyond simple chemistry, that I can't take anyone serious when they suggest they came up with something new by simply changing the ratios of household chemicals when synthesising a material. Tires have to be able to handle extreme heat & cold, years of wear and tear, and most importantly do all of that within a safety margin. So when you say you stumbled on some new, revolutionary material in one of the most highly researched, tested and competitive fields of material related commodities, I am skeptical.

I wish to touch base on the benevolent dictator point, because it is simply not historically true. As hard as it is to not look emotionally at dictatorship as a complete negative, it is not true. USA military generals were given dictatorial powers in Japan and West Germany following WWII and in the South after the civil war. They literally had the power to murder people under martial law, with no questions asked. They are prime examples of benevolent dictatorships. If you compare that to America's attempt to set up benevolent Democracies in Korea, Vietnam, Iraq, Iran, and Afghanistan you really have to question what is the better way of dealing with a nation immediately after an invasion or revolution.

The big problem new drivers have is information overload. What's to the left of me, what's to the right of me, behind, in front, am I too close, what switch does what, omg, did I miss the sign for the road I need to turn onto, and then dealing with a person yelling at you. People who have been driving for awhile, who are used to processing all the information, don't remember what that is like. So to some extend ignore them when they make something complex sound simple. So...the first and most important trick for when you are feeling information overload, is to concentrate on what is in front of you and what is behind you. Keep it as simple as accelerator, brake, and steering to stay in your lane. Just ignore everything else, and wait until you need to turn or stop at a signbefore you worry about what is to the side of you. Once you get the hang of staying in your lane and controling your speed, other things will magically get a lot easier. My only other tip is to get comfortable with the car before you even turn it on. Go through motions of going back and forth from the brake to the gas pedal, using your turn signals, and looking in the mirrors. Just to make things less awkward when you are driving, and it isn't going to hurt anything while the car is off.

the clip is terrible quality, but south park's TSA (toilet safety administration) offers all the reasons you can ever need to this question.

There is a reason why we have doors on toilet stalls... Who do you trust enough, to watch you poop? I can't think of anyone either. On a side note, I understand that casinos already us this technology to run off people who can make money counting card playing poker, even though that is a legal way to play the game.

DAMN Whities keeping us European Americans down! (I got to claim the race card just now and it feels so good )

Honestly I don't think anyone knows, or perhaps it is the sum of a whole with too many minor reasons to pick on one as example. To be sure, the Left has been heavily invested in protecting muslims up until now. If someone were to say "Nazism is the motherload of bad ideas" no one would rush to defend that statement. "Well it's only the radical Nazis that want to send Jews to death camps". If the general public were to examine the ideology of Islam and not like what they saw, they might call into question other groups the Left has protected behind the shield of political correctness, such as feminists and Jesse Jackson blacks. I think this is the correct link

There is a better chance of all of us living on Mars in the next ten years than solar road ways working. The law of conservation of energy just doesn't give a fuck how cool something is.

Maybe a silly question, when is the last time you complimented your husband? Like a true heartfelt compliment or thank you without it being a way to start a conversation that you steered into therapist talk or your needs?

Anger is to love as a shadow is to a light. A person that loves nothing will never feel angry. I bring this up, because the truly damning thing that people do to you when they tell you not to get angry is to diminish the love you have for yourself or the object of your affection. We get angry when someone attacks something we love. That's natural, what is unnatural is to not get angry when that happens. If I can be so bold as to give a tiny bit of advice, it is to concentrate on the things you love. And let your emotions take their natural course when people attack those things.

just ask them What percent of the total GDP should be paid as minimum wage? isn't that how they should figure what the minimum wage should be?

My apologies, I took your first post as an insult when I shouldn't have.