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No, canning, of fruit, even, was invented nearly 200 years ago.

Pasteurization, the same basic thing with lower temperatures, was "invented" 150 years ago.

--Blair

No, canning, of fruit, even, was invented nearly 200 years ago.

Pasteurization, the same basic thing with lower temperatures, was "invented" 150 years ago.

--Blair

Hah! They wish.

Montenegro is 5,332 sq miles in size.

I suppose using orbital mirrors is out of the question because of orbital congestion and all the hammers and stuff flying around? I wonder how big the microwave beam would be upon reaching Earth..

Yan

A trebuchet works via a simple lever. Put a lot of weight on one end, the other end goes up.

A sling works off of Newtons first law of motion, specifically with regard to circular motion.

You can read more on that here: http://www.encyclopedia.com/articlesnew/02490.html

And here is the text I linked to if the link goes down:

electroweak theory,
a unified field theory that describes two of the fundamental forces in nature, electromagnetism (see electromagnetic radiation) and the weak interaction. The electroweak theory derived from efforts to produce a theory for the weak force analogous to quantum electrodynamics (QED), the quantum theory of the electromagnetic force. Although the weak force fails to meet a requirement for that theory-that it behave the same way at different points in space and time-because it acts only across distances smaller than an atomic nucleus, it was shown that the electromagnetic force, which can extend across interstellar distances, and the weak force are but different manifestations of a more fundamental force, the electroweak force. This made it possible to formulate a unified model that predicted the existence of mediating, or messenger, particles. The electroweak theory, for which Sheldon Glashow, Abdus Salam, and Steven Weinberg shared the 1979 Nobel Prize in Physics, was confirmed in 1983 by the discovery of the W and Z particles, two of a number of elementary particles it predicted.

So then, there are 3 fundamental forces of nature: gravity, electroweak, and the strong force.
Please throw your old physics primer away, it is outdated.

Having a single registry, stored without wasting space, is revolutionary.

Yeah--Being able to blow away a whole system by corrupting a single file is really revolutionary. Robespierre would be proud.

There is no revolution but Windows, and .NET is its reign of terror.

what credentials do you have for war?

"War is too important to be left to the generals," is the classic reply made by France's premier in World War I, Georges Clemenceau

In any case, the new kind of war that the pundits are talking about is not going to be fought in the mountains. The military has selected bin Laden's hideout because it can be attacked with old-kind-of-war weapons. Some people might argue that as long as the terrorists are up in the mountains, leave them there. They're only dangerous when they come down into the lowlands.

By "new kind of war", the pundits are referring to a new kind of war for the United States. It has been fought in Israel and Britian for sometime. America's first mistake will be to repeat all the errors those countries made until they reach the same position those countries have arrived at: lots of security personnel, large, secret intelligence agencies, detention without trial within specified limits, and a list of banned organizations, among other measures.

At the moment the new kind of war is shapping up to be an old fashion seige and war of attrition. The terrorist have laid seige to the U.S. The U.S. will begin using its world-wide alliances and allies to put relentless pressure on the terrorist networks. These tactics are used when one side realizes that none of it's weapons and tactics will lead directly to victory.

In the meantime, new weapons and tactics will be invented. In World War I, the tank broke the static defenses of the Germans. But tanks arrived when the war of attrition had so weakened the German's ability to fight that it only hastened the inevitable.

So I would expect the new kind of war to look like a seige in the short-term while the U.S. wears down the terrorists as best it can. The U.S. happens to be particularly good at wars of attrition. Every one of America's enemies from Robert E. Lee to Yamamoto expected the U.S. to tire quickly and look for a negotiated way out. They were always surprised at America's resilience and at the ferocity of it's counterattack.

...it was, in fact, the US government that backed his initial rise to power, and funded him in the war against Iran from 1980-1988. During this time he used chemical weapons on the enemy. Part of the extreme bitterness that Saddam had towards the US was that we essentially sold him out during the Iran-Contra scandal by selling weapons to the Iranians while ostensibly working on his side. Bush senior was heavily implicated in this scandal, though nothing was ever proven. So yes, I agree that we shouldn't have tolerated him staying in power. I'll go further and say we shouldn't have put him there in the first place. Similarly, perhaps we should have been more cautious about supporting the Taliban in Afghanistan.

...it was, in fact, the US government that backed his initial rise to power, and funded him in the war against Iran from 1980-1988. During this time he used chemical weapons on the enemy. Part of the extreme bitterness that Saddam had towards the US was that we essentially sold him out during the Iran-Contra scandal by selling weapons to the Iranians while ostensibly working on his side. Bush senior was heavily implicated in this scandal, though nothing was ever proven. So yes, I agree that we shouldn't have tolerated him staying in power. I'll go further and say we shouldn't have put him there in the first place. Similarly, perhaps we should have been more cautious about supporting the Taliban in Afghanistan.

>Are there drugs that won't 'zombify' a person, but keep them focused?
>
>Just asking...

Beta blockers come to mind... see about beta blockers at Encyclopedia.com"
They're used for lowering blood pressure and heart rate and are also used as anti-anxiety drugs for people that have stagefright. Their use as performance enhancing drug is mainly in high-stress sports such as ski-jumping. And of course they're banned for that use.

You mean Lars Mooseantlers writes:

"Hmmm... first the Higgs Boson doesn't exist, now Element 118 turns out to be a myth too. Or is it all just part of some wider, cosmic conspiracy? ;)"

Remember, the stuff in italics and quoted up there is written by the submitter. The only thing michael added was:

Mmmmm, ununoctium. Well, I guess this story's out of date, and so is this paper.

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The large brown hare, L. europaeus, is native to Europe, where it is valued as game. Introduced as a game animal in the NE United States, it has become an agricultural pest.

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• Black-tailed Hare (Lepus californicus)
  
• White-tailed Hare (Lepus townsendii)
  
• Antelope Jackrabbit (Lepus alleni)
• Snowshoe Hare (Lepus americanus), also called the snowshoe rabbit
  

The large brown hare, L. europaeus, is native to Europe, where it is valued as game. Introduced as a game animal in the NE United States, it has become an agricultural pest.

• Demodectic Mange, caused by the microscopic mite Demodex canis
  
• Cheyletiella mange, also known as walking dandruff
  
• Sarcoptic mange, also known as scabies
  

• Black-tailed Hare (Lepus californicus)
  
• White-tailed Hare (Lepus townsendii)
  
• Antelope Jackrabbit (Lepus alleni)
• Snowshoe Hare (Lepus americanus), also called the snowshoe rabbit
  

The large brown hare, L. europaeus, is native to Europe, where it is valued as game. Introduced as a game animal in the NE United States, it has become an agricultural pest.

• Demodectic Mange, caused by the microscopic mite Demodex canis
  
• Cheyletiella mange, also known as walking dandruff
  
• Sarcoptic mange, also known as scabies
  

• Black-tailed Hare (Lepus californicus)
  
• White-tailed Hare (Lepus townsendii)
  
• Antelope Jackrabbit (Lepus alleni)
• Snowshoe Hare (Lepus americanus), also called the snowshoe rabbit
  

The large brown hare, L. europaeus, is native to Europe, where it is valued as game. Introduced as a game animal in the NE United States, it has become an agricultural pest.

• Demodectic Mange, caused by the microscopic mite Demodex canis
  
• Cheyletiella mange, also known as walking dandruff
  
• Sarcoptic mange, also known as scabies
  

• Black-tailed Hare (Lepus californicus)
  
• White-tailed Hare (Lepus townsendii)
  
• Antelope Jackrabbit (Lepus alleni)
• Snowshoe Hare (Lepus americanus), also called the snowshoe rabbit
  

The large brown hare, L. europaeus, is native to Europe, where it is valued as game. Introduced as a game animal in the NE United States, it has become an agricultural pest.

• Demodectic Mange, caused by the microscopic mite Demodex canis
  
• Cheyletiella mange, also known as walking dandruff
  
• Sarcoptic mange, also known as scabies
  

• Black-tailed Hare (Lepus californicus)
  
• White-tailed Hare (Lepus townsendii)
  
• Antelope Jackrabbit (Lepus alleni)
• Snowshoe Hare (Lepus americanus), also called the snowshoe rabbit
  

The large brown hare, L. europaeus, is native to Europe, where it is valued as game. Introduced as a game animal in the NE United States, it has become an agricultural pest.

• Demodectic Mange, caused by the microscopic mite Demodex canis
  
• Cheyletiella mange, also known as walking dandruff
  
• Sarcoptic mange, also known as scabies
  

• Black-tailed Hare (Lepus californicus)
  
• White-tailed Hare (Lepus townsendii)
  
• Antelope Jackrabbit (Lepus alleni)
• Snowshoe Hare (Lepus americanus), also called the snowshoe rabbit
  

The large brown hare, L. europaeus, is native to Europe, where it is valued as game. Introduced as a game animal in the NE United States, it has become an agricultural pest.

• Demodectic Mange, caused by the microscopic mite Demodex canis
  
• Cheyletiella mange, also known as walking dandruff
  
• Sarcoptic mange, also known as scabies
  

Socialism, capitalism and trading are very different things as you well know. Capitalism, as your article described it, is based on competition...I like competition. In my eyes, alot of the people who don't like competition are the ones who do not compete well. I do NOT want a big government driving me through life with the training wheels on.

See Natural Selection

It also amuses me to think of how many of the wealthy people living in these socialist countries made their fortunes doing business with this one.

It sounds very cold, but in my mind, the sucessful should be allowed to be themselves too.

I have to disagree with this, and will use the following well know example to illustrate why:

Halley's Comet has an orbital period of approx 76 years. It's perihelion is 88 million kilometers, and it's aphelion is 5.2 billion kilometers.

An astronomical unit (AU) is 149,604,970 km.

That means that Halley's Comet is at it's furthest distance from the sun (aphelion) is about 34.75 AU away from the sun, and 33.75 AU from us (assuming both the Earth and Halley's Comet are on the same side of the sun).

Now, I think that 34 counts as 'several', and it only takes half of Halley's orbital period to travel that distance, or 38 years... not centuries as you stated.

But the real question is, whatever happened to the Interpaedia? Remember, the web-based, user-written, free encyclopaedia? Sound familiar? It's what RMS is proposing, and it's what failed before. What is different this time? The only links I could find to the Interpaedia were a gopher link and an old broken link to an archived discussion.

Perhaps because the US has approx. 260 millions residents, whereas Canada has less than 29 million (source: Encyclopedia.com: Canada)? You might be able to get away with that sort of system there. We're just a touch bigger.

BTW, did Nunavut ever get created? And who thinks up that sort of name? It's almost as silly as Dakota or Idaho, yet not as unimaginative as Washington.

In England, 15.000 is the same as 15,0000 in the USA

Wow ! 15000 England Units is the same that 150000 USA Units. Sure it's beacuse of the inflation in USA.

Or perhaps "." in England means ",0" in USA ?

--- End Ironic ---

In many countries the "." and "," are interchanged to express numbers and currency. Also the time formats and hour format are different.

I don't think this place is going to belong to the Aussies... According to the BBC article on the subject, the island is about 20 miles from the Solomon Islands. Based on this, I'm guessing that the island is in their territorial waters, and so they'll be claiming the island (in most parts of the world, a country's territorial waters extend for 200 miles). I don't think we'll be seeing a macdonald's on there for a little while though.

For those of you that really, really want to buy an island, and that still have a little money after all the linux stocks jumped and dived, you might want to check out these people. The guy that runs this place is the agent for most of the inhabitable islands in the world, and he has some (ahem) real bargains!

The unravelling of Westphalia is going to lead to more war as people decide that it is OK to get into each other's business and the inevitable backlash will lead to asymetric warfare and other low intensity style conflicts.

DB

At the risk of getting trolled...

IANAP, but I'm wondering how many times you carried out this experiement yourself before you posted. Your knowledge of space trivia notwithstanding, do you really think that gravity is an electromagnetic force? There are four fundamental forces of nature; gravity, electromagnetic, strong interaction and weak interaction. So, gravity is on its own and not electromagnetic. If you don't believe me you can ask Jeeves.

On to your second assertion, that we can't see those "electromagnetic forces". Just what is it that you think we do see? Light is electromagnetic radiation. Again, if you don't believe me you can ask Jeeves yourself.

I should mention that there is a fifth postulated force of nature, the repulive force.

At the risk of getting trolled...

IANAP, but I'm wondering how many times you carried out this experiement yourself before you posted. Your knowledge of space trivia notwithstanding, do you really think that gravity is an electromagnetic force? There are four fundamental forces of nature; gravity, electromagnetic, strong interaction and weak interaction. So, gravity is on its own and not electromagnetic. If you don't believe me you can ask Jeeves.

On to your second assertion, that we can't see those "electromagnetic forces". Just what is it that you think we do see? Light is electromagnetic radiation. Again, if you don't believe me you can ask Jeeves yourself.

I should mention that there is a fifth postulated force of nature, the repulive force.

At the risk of getting trolled...

IANAP, but I'm wondering how many times you carried out this experiement yourself before you posted. Your knowledge of space trivia notwithstanding, do you really think that gravity is an electromagnetic force? There are four fundamental forces of nature; gravity, electromagnetic, strong interaction and weak interaction. So, gravity is on its own and not electromagnetic. If you don't believe me you can ask Jeeves.

On to your second assertion, that we can't see those "electromagnetic forces". Just what is it that you think we do see? Light is electromagnetic radiation. Again, if you don't believe me you can ask Jeeves yourself.

I should mention that there is a fifth postulated force of nature, the repulive force.

Sorry to burst your bubble, but 1 is not a prime number. Niether is zero. Occationally, some texts will (incorrectly) refer to 1 as prime, but in the most strict sense, it is not prime because 1 is not greater than 1.

For more info check out this:
http://www.encyclopedia.com/article s/09415.html

provolt

I'm out of my own field here, and disagreeing with just about everyone else, but my recollection is that baryons are quark triplets, like protons and neutrons. Electrons are leptons, not baryons. So the Klein bottles are made of a mix of baryonic and leptonic matter...

Here's a link in support of my view...

magnesium (Mg), metallic element, discovered as an oxide by Sir Humphry DAVY in 1808. A ductile, silver-white, chemically active ALKALINE-EARTH METAL, it is the eighth most abundant element in the earth's crust. Its commercial uses include lightweight alloys in aircraft fuselages, jet-engine parts, rockets and missiles, cameras, and optical instruments. The metal is used in pyrotechnics. Magnesium is found in plant chlorophyll and is necessary in the diet of animals and humans. See CHEMICAL ELEMENTS (table).

From www.encyclopedia.com

Not so flammable in jet-engine parts I would guess ;-)

Whats wrong with Encyclopedia.com?