npts2020

C'mon now, since when do we ever let facts get in the way of a good lynchin'?

In a vacuum, what exactly could be polarized?

There is nothing in any of those links that tell me I couldn't start the insurance company I refer to and then call myself insured for federal tax purposes. I will be very interested when the final version of the bill is published to see exactly what sort of "oversight" there is.

Turtle soup in remembrance of the great flying turtle that brought the world here. Our ancestors ate the turtle afterwards, doncha know?

I am thinking of starting a health insurance company. The payments will be $5/month for administration with 100% copayment fees. What is to stop me from doing so and then saying I am insured?

Today is Christmas, everyone enjoy their holiday weekend. From my facebook page's daily *rant* for today. Christmas *rant*; Christmas comes but once a year Filling us all with holiday cheer Why can't we do it every day Improve the world in some small way

I may be mistakenly recalling the service generator (electrical) output rather than reactor's total output of energy. Like I say it has been a long time since I really had to think about it.

insane_alien; It has been 30 years since I was doing the same job as ydoaPs but IIRC the power of a reactor on a carrier is closer to 1 or 2 MW than 300. (might be classified info but the Navy never made me sign any kind of long-term nondisclosure agreement)

I'll be listening. Anything to help a buddy.

iNow; I appreciate your arguments and extensive references and am not meaning to attack you personally my friend. I just feel like you are defending the indefensible, we will have to disagree and see how it plays out over the next few years. If it comes out anything like you are describing, I will come down to Austin and buy you a beer. IMO this is going to be a boon to the insurance companies and do little to nothing for the rest of us.

Supposing some substantial number of individuals who supposedly can afford to buy health insurance refuse to do so? What is going to happen, throw them all in jail so we can give them health care? The problem I have with it, is why should everyone have to buy into the crappiest healthcare (by nearly any statistic you wish to measure that with) in the industrialized world. Are buying into the Canadian or British or Cuban health care systems for insurance allowed?

iNow; IMO the vast majority of people do not have health care because the cost of it is so high and most cannot afford it. By telling everyone they *must* have it and then mandating that private corporations profit from it, you have not solved the problem. All you have done is make it more burdensome for those who are not affording it to begin with. I find it to be an unbelievable proposition that there are substantial numbers of people who could easily afford insurance who do not already have it. Once this kicks in, tell me how much your monthly health insurance bill goes down, I will be very interested to know. IMO it is nothing more than a hand up from the least able to afford it to enhance private profit.

npts2020<<<<<< slaps iNow up side da haid

They probably only told you that to get you to eat the bugs. Truthfully though, even the military is prone to misinformation from time to time.

The reason nuclear reactors are not generally used for any type of aircraft (besides safety considerations) is that all reactors big enough to produce large amounts of power for a long period of time, are very large and heavy. In addition to size and weight of the reactor, you also have the related steam power plant (which is really where you get the usable energy from) and the moderation medium in the reactor (usually water). The reactors on board a submarine are approaching the limits for small size that are still useful. The scenario you are talking about would require one (or more) many times the size of the ones on board an aircraft carrier. I can tell you from personal experience that those reactors and their associated equipment are HUGE and take up substantial space on board even such a large ship (on submarines it is about 1/3 of the sub). It may be one day that somebody figures out how to scale them down substantially but for now the known laws of physics do not allow it.

Just speculating, but I would think that replicating something at a distance would be far more difficult than doing it in say a box built for that purpose.

Yes, happy solstice Norman and everyone else. Enjoy your wassailing, does that include a little mumming as well?

Besides, when I did the juice fast, the juice was fresh from a juicer.

Also, it seems to me that any scheme like you are suggesting would use more energy than simply launching a craft from the ground.

What are the chances of this law passing any time within the next year or even before there is another financial "crisis"?

iNow; This 8% of your income represents one of the largest tax increases ever for someone who does not have health insurance. Why should anyone be required to give any money to entities whose sole purpose is to make money as opposed to helping people and how can the government mandate that they do so? It is nothing like car insurance where I don't have to own and drive a car (how do you get out of living wherever you live?). Somebody will make tons of money off of this in the same way that farming out tasks that were formerly the domain of the DoD and Bureau of Prisons has.

Well today isn,t Christmas it's the solstice and time for the Saturnalia celebration. Everyone enjoy their holidays.

Well I have gone for 10 days without consuming anything but juice and am still here to tell about it. I suggest you read something about juice fasting.

You mean like an aircraft carrier?

I am sure it is a coincidence.