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Your favorite subject, I'm sure. It's necessary to treat wastewater if I'm going to live on my land. I'm putting this up because I want to come back to it later.
Update:
Here's a very simple, low cost system. Maybe it will pass inspection, eh?
This system bypasses the use of water, I think. A key consideration in that part of the world.
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Sunday, July 20, 2014
The Element of Predictable Surprise
Belmont Club, PJ Media
Blindsided? You've got BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA in the White House. There's no way you can be BLINDSIDED. The assumption is that you have vision, but were blinded by something somehow. IF YOU PUT THIS ISLAMIC SYMPATHIZER in the White House, you should not be BLINDSIDED by anything, because you are already blind.
You should have known better than that, Assholes. You guaranteed another big attack by putting this dude in the White House.
If the so-called opposition party, the GOP, had any cojones, they would have been calling a spade a spade when it mattered.
Yeah, I know this is provocative, but somebody has got the idea that I'm going to back off BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA.
Ain't gonna happen. You can stick a gun in my face and I will still say the same damned thing. Maybe even louder.
Kitfield’s sources think that something’s up, though nobody is sure what it is. “As a number of ascendant terrorist groups jockey for primacy, U.S. intelligence experts also fear they will compete for legitimacy by launching spectacular attacks on the West, the coin of the realm when Islamic extremists compete for followers and funds. Given the number of European jihadists now fighting in Syria and their proximity to the continent, the first blow may well fall in Europe, but no one can be sure. What the U.S. and Western intelligence agencies share is a vague foreboding that they are about to be blindsided.”--- Richard Fernandez
Blindsided? You've got BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA in the White House. There's no way you can be BLINDSIDED. The assumption is that you have vision, but were blinded by something somehow. IF YOU PUT THIS ISLAMIC SYMPATHIZER in the White House, you should not be BLINDSIDED by anything, because you are already blind.
You should have known better than that, Assholes. You guaranteed another big attack by putting this dude in the White House.
If the so-called opposition party, the GOP, had any cojones, they would have been calling a spade a spade when it mattered.
Yeah, I know this is provocative, but somebody has got the idea that I'm going to back off BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA.
Ain't gonna happen. You can stick a gun in my face and I will still say the same damned thing. Maybe even louder.
Soil test, part 2
On my second trip out there, I took another soil sample. Just now, I put together the soil sample inside a plastic jug that I filled up part way with water. Then a complete shaking that distributed the water completely through the soil, so as to give it a chance to mingle pretty good. Now, I've set it down and let it separate out.
The last soil test revealed a couple distinct layers. This wasn't detectable at first, but after letting it sit for a few weeks, it is quite noticeable now.
The soil samples look slightly different from each other, as the first one looks redder than the second. Both are somewhat more red than the soil in this part of the world. The soil around here looks black or grey.
I may have mentioned this already, but it bears repeating. While I was there, I noticed that the soil sample was at the surface, mainly, because there is a hard layer just beneath the surface. Less than a foot, I'd say. This is indicative of a hard pan layer that may be typical of the region. It could explain the rather small number of trees, and the ones that do exist, do not get very tall.
Something to keep in mind on my next trip. This next trip will not come soon. They cost a lot and I've got to get this spending under control.
The last soil test revealed a couple distinct layers. This wasn't detectable at first, but after letting it sit for a few weeks, it is quite noticeable now.
The soil samples look slightly different from each other, as the first one looks redder than the second. Both are somewhat more red than the soil in this part of the world. The soil around here looks black or grey.
I may have mentioned this already, but it bears repeating. While I was there, I noticed that the soil sample was at the surface, mainly, because there is a hard layer just beneath the surface. Less than a foot, I'd say. This is indicative of a hard pan layer that may be typical of the region. It could explain the rather small number of trees, and the ones that do exist, do not get very tall.
Something to keep in mind on my next trip. This next trip will not come soon. They cost a lot and I've got to get this spending under control.
Government isn't the solution, it is the problem
That was one of Reagan's lines. I agree, especially when I consider the space program. Sure, a government program got us to the moon, but it hasn't been able to do anything since. Why?
Here's the problem: it is said to cost too much. That's it in a nutshell. We can't do anything because it is too gosh darn expensive. The trouble is that the government has no incentive to save money. Governments don't go out of business. If you are in business, you have a powerful incentive to cut costs, because if you don't, you are out of business. Therefore, if you rely upon the government to go further than the moon, which was canceled because of high costs, then you aren't going to go anywhere. You have to bring in private enterprise in order to bring costs down, and to make it financially feasible to accomplish. In other words, the government is the problem here, not the solution.
Paul Spudis was on the Space Show recently, and he goes into his disappointment with the government report on space. Why, of course he would be disappointed. Why should you expect anything else? It seems that to look to the government for guidance here is a huge waste of time.
No, Elon Musk seems to have the right kind of ideas. Get the launch costs down, and you can open up space. But even that isn't enough. That's because, what do you do when you get there? Going to Mars may be really cool, but what do you do there? How do you set up an off world civilization and make the human race a multi-world species? Once again, you rely upon private enterprise.
I suggested mining the multi-trillion dollar asteroids for their platinum and gold.
All this leads up to what I brainstormed just now. It seems that osmium is the most dense element known. Because it is so dense, it is hard to work it. But it can be produced as a powder. What if you take that powder and mix it up with plastic? I'm thinking such a concoction could make a relatively thin iron man suit that would protect an astronaut from the radiation in outer space.
As you may recall, if you read my series, that the human body only covers a small area. I reasoned that you can save a lot of weight by protecting just the human body as opposed to protecting a large area. It makes sense to do this if you want to reduce weight, which is the biggest enemy in space travel. Whatever helps with weight will be a big advantage in completing the mission.
The problem here is that nobody has tried this. Well, maybe when I get on my land, I will try it some day. You sure can't do it in an apartment.
If only I can live another 30 years. Ah, the possibilities. As long as the government doesn't do anything to screw things up so badly that it will never be done by anybody ever.
Update:
I downloaded two Space Shows, with the second one featuring John Powell of JP Aerospace. The remarkable thing about it is the man is not the type to rub people the wrong way. You can disagree with him without it turning into a war. Good for John Powell. It may be one of the reasons why he may succeed, while others who may be better funded will fail.
Here's the problem: it is said to cost too much. That's it in a nutshell. We can't do anything because it is too gosh darn expensive. The trouble is that the government has no incentive to save money. Governments don't go out of business. If you are in business, you have a powerful incentive to cut costs, because if you don't, you are out of business. Therefore, if you rely upon the government to go further than the moon, which was canceled because of high costs, then you aren't going to go anywhere. You have to bring in private enterprise in order to bring costs down, and to make it financially feasible to accomplish. In other words, the government is the problem here, not the solution.
Paul Spudis was on the Space Show recently, and he goes into his disappointment with the government report on space. Why, of course he would be disappointed. Why should you expect anything else? It seems that to look to the government for guidance here is a huge waste of time.
No, Elon Musk seems to have the right kind of ideas. Get the launch costs down, and you can open up space. But even that isn't enough. That's because, what do you do when you get there? Going to Mars may be really cool, but what do you do there? How do you set up an off world civilization and make the human race a multi-world species? Once again, you rely upon private enterprise.
I suggested mining the multi-trillion dollar asteroids for their platinum and gold.
All this leads up to what I brainstormed just now. It seems that osmium is the most dense element known. Because it is so dense, it is hard to work it. But it can be produced as a powder. What if you take that powder and mix it up with plastic? I'm thinking such a concoction could make a relatively thin iron man suit that would protect an astronaut from the radiation in outer space.
As you may recall, if you read my series, that the human body only covers a small area. I reasoned that you can save a lot of weight by protecting just the human body as opposed to protecting a large area. It makes sense to do this if you want to reduce weight, which is the biggest enemy in space travel. Whatever helps with weight will be a big advantage in completing the mission.
The problem here is that nobody has tried this. Well, maybe when I get on my land, I will try it some day. You sure can't do it in an apartment.
If only I can live another 30 years. Ah, the possibilities. As long as the government doesn't do anything to screw things up so badly that it will never be done by anybody ever.
Update:
I downloaded two Space Shows, with the second one featuring John Powell of JP Aerospace. The remarkable thing about it is the man is not the type to rub people the wrong way. You can disagree with him without it turning into a war. Good for John Powell. It may be one of the reasons why he may succeed, while others who may be better funded will fail.
Saturday, July 19, 2014
Napoleon Hill, W. Clement Stone, and Me - RobertRinger.com
Napoleon Hill, W. Clement Stone, and Me - RobertRinger.com
Something of a coincidence that I wrote something about Ringer just yesterday, which was the day after he wrote this. I hadn't read this yet. One might get too tangled up with the speculation about coincidences. In other words, not worth mentioning, but I did anyway, didn't I?
Something of a coincidence that I wrote something about Ringer just yesterday, which was the day after he wrote this. I hadn't read this yet. One might get too tangled up with the speculation about coincidences. In other words, not worth mentioning, but I did anyway, didn't I?
Recap of last weeks posts 7/13 to 7/19/14
Not much to recap as I spent a lot of time on my trip early in the week. My thoughts have been dominated by the new land I've purchased, and what I'll do with it when I have the opportunity.
Finishing up the week with yet more chores and things to do. Bills have to be paid and work has to be done. I wanted to post more, yet the words aren't coming when I do have the time.
A few posts about the bigger picture rounded out the week. Like I said, not much to discuss.
Finishing up the week with yet more chores and things to do. Bills have to be paid and work has to be done. I wanted to post more, yet the words aren't coming when I do have the time.
A few posts about the bigger picture rounded out the week. Like I said, not much to discuss.
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