Jubal is the man. "My dear, I used to think I was serving humanity... and I pleasured in the thought. Then I discovered that humanity does not want to be served; on the contrary it resents any attempt to serve it."
Those are good links. I was about to post similar and mention that the "satellite" will be the second man-made object put into "orbit" at lagrange point 2 (the WMAP was the first). This is interesting because it will revolve around the Sun instead of the Earth. If it was round and nothing else was in its orbit it could be considered the first man-made planet.;-)
1 million is nothing to a bank that large. They won't need to raise ATM fees. All they'd have to do to recoup that is raise interest rates on loans a fracture of a percent for a while. Or lower their rates to investors in the same manner. Besides, they probably already got the money back.
Question: Would you go to jail for 10 years for US$200mil? Jail or prison? US or Russia? Because those are some very different circumstances. A lot of people would say yes even if it was a chance at $200mil otherwise no one would attempt the robbery in the first place.
What?! No, Soviet Russia jokes yet?!?! In Soviet Russia, key logs you! Or even better. In Soviet Russia, you gulag. Perhaps, in Soviet Russia, bank robs you! One last note, in Soviet Russia, Russian reversal jokes are funny.
"Voyager 1 is not heading towards any particular star, but in 40,000 years it will be within 1.7 light years of the star AC+793888 in the Camelopardis constellation."
From http://www.daviddarling.info/: "An earlier planned route past Neptune would have resulted in the probe coming within 0.8 light-years of Sirius in just under 500,000 years from now - easily the closest and most interesting foreseeable stellar encounter of the four escaping probes. However, the Neptune flyby trajectory actually chosen (the "polar crown" trajectory) means that the nearest Voyager 2 will come to any star in the next million years is 1.65 light-years when it passes Ross 248 in about 40,000 years."
From that quote it looks like it was originally planned to fly by a star. The same site has this to say about Voyager 1: "Thereafter, it will have a journey lasting almost 40,000 years before it passes the M4 red dwarf AC +79 3888 at the remote distance of 1.64 light-years (0.50 parsec)."
In my view, the only way to minimize acts of terror, keep illegal immigrants at home, and make the world 'safe' is with economic development. If a person has a full stomach and something to do with their hands so they can avoid hunger tomorrow, then that person is too happy and busy to 'terrorize' or risk life and limb crossing the dessert. Yeah, because Timothy McVeigh was starving to death. Humans are warlike and tribal by nature. You have something I want or need and it's scarce; well, if you don't give it to me then I'll take it. You threaten me, or I perceive a threat, then I'll take action. People who believe in world peace are delusional. As long as two people can get into a fight in a bar there will always be war. Food and something to do are not the only human desires, you left out material possessions and shelter (safety) for one thing. Providing those things is a start, but it is also a pipe dream.
The US is actually doing *exactly* that in Iraq: Do things our "democratic" way or we'll stay here and keep killing people. You'd see this if you'd actually look at things happening from a distance. The current not-yet-civil war is a direct result of the US removing the one authority figure in charge, and trying to democratize the country.... Democracy is what works for *us* (most of the time anyway), but forcing that on other people and countries should not be the way to propagate it, I think. A very wise man once wrote "war is the continuation of Politik by other means." That doesn't mean that it's right or wrong, it just is. Humans are warlike and tribal by nature. You have something I want or need and it's scarce; well, if you don't give it to me then I'll take it. You threaten me, or I perceive a threat, then I'll take action. People who believe in world peace are delusional. As long as two people can get into a fight in a bar there will always be war.
You don't expect the democratic fanboys at/. to understand or believe that do you? If someone says anything remotely anti liberal or pro conservative they're labled a nazi around here. Nazi!
I was about to post the exact same thing. I wouldn't hold your breath on the response though. Keep fighting the good fight, there are so few of us on slashdot these days.
No kidding. Anyway, I heard this story on NPR the other day and the interviewer did mention Bush's moon plan. The NASA official said that it was part of the reason behind the funding cuts. But that they had already started to cut some of the earth science out before that plan was unveiled. And also, the retiring of the shuttle program is also putting a strain on NASA causing them to slash budgets in other areas.
What a lame DM. I would never have my players make trivial checks like that. I mean, who can't step over a kobold with little effort. Maybe, if it was combat, then some kind of check. But why do you have to step over them in the first place? It's not like they would mind. And how can a DM deny a request like that? "No, you're player can't do that." "Why?" "Because... because I said so!! Yeah, that's right." I hate DMs like that.
Below I'd like to repost something I once wrote trying to explain why string theorists think string theory is an important approach, to counter the inevitable "it's not science" claims I see on string-related threads. rimshot
You may have read gp, but you did not comprehend it. What he was saying was that even if the helmet could stop the round from penetrating, "[it] would probably give you a severe concussion or kill you just from the physical energy of the round alone." Granted, he didn't spell it out exactly for you. He assumed that people would be able to deduce what he meant. I've fired a fifty cal. They'll put softball size holes in vehicles from several hundred yards away. And yes, I know the round isn't the size of a softball, it's the force that kills ya.
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Jubal is the man. "My dear, I used to think I was serving humanity... and I pleasured in the thought. Then I discovered that humanity does not want to be served; on the contrary it resents any attempt to serve it."
Those are good links. I was about to post similar and mention that the "satellite" will be the second man-made object put into "orbit" at lagrange point 2 (the WMAP was the first). This is interesting because it will revolve around the Sun instead of the Earth. If it was round and nothing else was in its orbit it could be considered the first man-made planet. ;-)
1 million is nothing to a bank that large. They won't need to raise ATM fees. All they'd have to do to recoup that is raise interest rates on loans a fracture of a percent for a while. Or lower their rates to investors in the same manner. Besides, they probably already got the money back.
What?! No, Soviet Russia jokes yet?!?!
In Soviet Russia, key logs you!
Or even better. In Soviet Russia, you gulag.
Perhaps, in Soviet Russia, bank robs you!
One last note, in Soviet Russia, Russian reversal jokes are funny.
but I couldn't find it.
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"Voyager 1 is not heading towards any particular star, but in 40,000 years it will be within 1.7 light years of the star AC+793888 in the Camelopardis constellation."
From http://www.daviddarling.info/
"An earlier planned route past Neptune would have resulted in the probe coming within 0.8 light-years of Sirius in just under 500,000 years from now - easily the closest and most interesting foreseeable stellar encounter of the four escaping probes. However, the Neptune flyby trajectory actually chosen (the "polar crown" trajectory) means that the nearest Voyager 2 will come to any star in the next million years is 1.65 light-years when it passes Ross 248 in about 40,000 years."
From that quote it looks like it was originally planned to fly by a star. The same site has this to say about Voyager 1: "Thereafter, it will have a journey lasting almost 40,000 years before it passes the M4 red dwarf AC +79 3888 at the remote distance of 1.64 light-years (0.50 parsec)."
Your forgot the part about calling them a Nazi. This is the internet after all.
2003? I thought SPAM had been canned for years...
You seemed to have missed my point that economic development does not eliminate acts of terror.
http://www.usconstitution.net/constnot.html
Democracy is what works for *us* (most of the time anyway), but forcing that on other people and countries should not be the way to propagate it, I think. A very wise man once wrote "war is the continuation of Politik by other means." That doesn't mean that it's right or wrong, it just is. Humans are warlike and tribal by nature. You have something I want or need and it's scarce; well, if you don't give it to me then I'll take it. You threaten me, or I perceive a threat, then I'll take action. People who believe in world peace are delusional. As long as two people can get into a fight in a bar there will always be war.
I think your eyes' taste buds are malfunctioning. MySpace is the "eye candy" that your mother warned you about on "eye Halloween."
I was about to post the exact same thing. I wouldn't hold your breath on the response though. Keep fighting the good fight, there are so few of us on slashdot these days.
No kidding. Anyway, I heard this story on NPR the other day and the interviewer did mention Bush's moon plan. The NASA official said that it was part of the reason behind the funding cuts. But that they had already started to cut some of the earth science out before that plan was unveiled. And also, the retiring of the shuttle program is also putting a strain on NASA causing them to slash budgets in other areas.
What a lame DM. I would never have my players make trivial checks like that. I mean, who can't step over a kobold with little effort. Maybe, if it was combat, then some kind of check. But why do you have to step over them in the first place? It's not like they would mind. And how can a DM deny a request like that? "No, you're player can't do that." "Why?" "Because... because I said so!! Yeah, that's right." I hate DMs like that.
Hasn't this been around a long time. MGS anyone?
And you will know us by the trail of dead
I always loved that quote.
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Thank you, I'll be here all week.
Funny you should ask.
You're full of it. Some of my best friends are neutrons. Neutrons aren't nearly that negative.
You forgot the /smug at the end. Open mouth, insert foot. They are the same thing. At least, that's what the wiki thinks. ;-)
You may have read gp, but you did not comprehend it. What he was saying was that even if the helmet could stop the round from penetrating, "[it] would probably give you a severe concussion or kill you just from the physical energy of the round alone." Granted, he didn't spell it out exactly for you. He assumed that people would be able to deduce what he meant. I've fired a fifty cal. They'll put softball size holes in vehicles from several hundred yards away. And yes, I know the round isn't the size of a softball, it's the force that kills ya.
"No matter what side those lives are lost on, they have equal value!"
"Worse than a serial killer, that's what he is."
Methinks you contradict yourself.