Ok, I admit SOME helium will escape bags right through the material, but everything else can be pumped/compressed right back into on-board tanks as the bags are deflated and mechanically stowed.
As far as escaping gas from bullet-holes and such (something blimps are often subject to) these things would be far too high for collisions or bullets (except for a short period during descent/ascent).
On-board Hydrogen generator powered by the kite itself, maybe?
I always wondered about Faster-then-light travel and all the muck in the universe getting in the way whilst zipping through space.
Think about it.
That galaxy might be well out of our path when that path is calculated, but where the hell will it be when we are actually passing through that area, and just how, exactly, does our mucking around with time effect our spatial relationship to other celestial bodies, especially since some of them display complex interactions with both time and space?
Wouldn't that galaxy be in a different location in space since it is in a different location in time (assuming it was moving to begin with, as Big Bang Theory suggests)? One would think we would have to map all the trajectories, and not just locations, of damn near every celestial body simply to avoid crashing into them.
But hey, since we could go forward in time, we should also be able to go backward as well, right? If that is the case, it might as well be "Full speed ahead...and pass the bong." Anything goes wrong, you just go back.
But then, I could be wrong. Or could have been...or will be...man, my head hurts.
I suppose the "fluctuating flow" problem could be circumvented by using helium bags to get the kites aloft initially, combined with a spooled tether.
When the jet-stream is coming close, the bags are filled and the kite spooled to the proper altitude. Once the jet-stream is sufficient to keep the kite aloft, the bags are deflated and stowed. When the jet-stream is predicted to be moving out of the area, the bags are re-inflated until there is no more reason to keep it aloft, at which time it spooled back in.
Just last night there was an interesting show on television that focused on the subject of magnetic fields associated with planets.
There was an experiment covered in the show that was essentially a large, hollow orb filled with liquid sodium (a substitute for the iron at Earth's outer core. It is impossible to reproduce the pressure and heat of our Earth's guts in such a small scale experiment) which was then spun at a comparatively equal rate to that of Earth. The orb began producing strong magnetic fields.
I somehow doubt that if the same experiment were to be reproduced solely with a thin layer of salt water on the surface (and no sodium inside) that it would produce such strong magnetic fields. That being said, while the thought of Earth's magnetic field being produced solely by the water on the surface is interesting, personally I think it is more then likely a combination of the two factors rather then one alone that produces our protective magnetic field.
In addition, I wonder if the flux in ocean water levels, historically speaking, coincides with the strength and direction of past magnetic fields as recorded in ancient lava flows. If so, this would seem to back up the theory proposed in the article.
"...In other news, Goodyear and Raytheon announced a partnership that promises to increase national security by 107% over the next 8 years. The new system, designed by Raytheon, is expected to be in service once final miniaturization is completed. Currently, Raytheon is testing new light-weight designs with great success. The newest design attaches to the nose piece of the Goodyear blimp..."
I hope these notebooks come with three or four spare motherboards. Judging by their previous track record, that is what it takes to keep their notebooks running beyond the warranty.
Seems Acer preferred playing their customers along until the warranty ran out, then charged them for a new motherboard (that didn't fix the problem in most cases) rather then admit they had a pattern failure.
I don't care WHAT kind of product they have, from a purely moralistic point of view, I'll take my business elsewhere.
Fix your fucking code! If you guys have time to post news, you've got time to fix code.
I don't know what you guys are doing, but you've made it worse.
Your code is now causing Firefox to lockup, requiring a reboot of the browser. This is on top of the UI graphics being scattered all over hell and back.
Is anyone else besides me beginning to get the feeling that someone has figured out that if you teach a dog to go to where you direct it, with subtle, barely perceptible signals only noticeable by a dog, and just pretend that the dog did it on their own, that nobody ever questions that?
Is this just another way around a search warrant?
IANAL (obviously!), so can someone that IS please clue us in? Does a DOG need a search warrant, and if not, WHY not? How is evidence that is found by a dog, but not under a search warrant, viewed by courts? Is it admissible?
There was a gentleman here on/. not long ago looking for a project to put to use 78 USB thumbdrives.
Save 'em dude. They might just be the next big thing in file-sharing. Hand-to-hand file exchanges are damn near impossible to track and even harder to tax. And with so many, no big deal if one of them doesn't make it back to you after is has completed it's mission.
Sounds like the guy is a legal adult. Aside from voicing your concerns, butt the hell out. If the dude wants to slide through the first few years of post-highschool, or whatever, it IS his choice.
Like with any addiction, change doesn't come about until the addicted WANTS it to happen. Period.
Gee...I got all excited there for a moment. Until I read:
"The results make europium the 53rd of the 92 naturally occurring elements to possess superconductivity"
If the gnomes haven't figured out how to "harness" the magic contained in the OTHER 92 elements that super-conduct, why would this one be any different?
There is one VERY important factor you are not taking into consideration--the fact that Ubuntu(Canonical Ltd.) makes THEIR money from service, not sales.
If you think about it, this could be a home-run for both Dell and Ubuntu, not to mention the rest of the open-source realm.
Dell and Canonical Ltd. could come to some sort of agreement where the customer service is done by Canonical Ltd. and is pre-paid with the purchase of the of the computer(the service fees charged by Canonical). If Canonical Ltd. determines that the problem is hardware related, the customer is referred to Dell for further service.
Dell could even reimburse Canonical a small sum to offset the inevitable calls that are hardware based, but solved in a few moments without further need of Dell being involved.
Canonical Ltd. comes out smelling like roses, probably with a huge increase in market-share, and Dell washes their hands of most of the CS headaches that they deal with, ones that are mostly the result of problems associated with WINDOWS.
And in case you didn't get it either, all this does is change what was a happy, works fine, assumed opt-in to NOT get ads into something of the exact opposite nature.
As the article states it, ABP will now be Opt-out, by merit of a dialog box. When you get the dialog box, you have to opt-out, if for no other reason, to get RID OF THE BOX.
As I stated above, this is just an opt-out scheme disguised as a feature that already existed.
And it would not surprise me in the slightest if there is some money changing hands, the product of some agreement of which you and I are not privy.
Is it just me, or is the plug-in development arena starting to stink a bit, as of late? Does the trash need taking out? This used to be such a clean house...
But then I realized that there WAS, indeed, a few times when I have wanted to let ads through, in every instance a website that I wanted to support by viewing their ads (their only source of revenue).
But the annoyance aspect overshadows that desire.
Compromise. Just put an added pull-down option (up next to the ABP icon) that simply says "View Ads on this page", and a "Remember this choice" checkbox.
Adds the same functionality WITHOUT taking the choice out of the hands of the USER. Dialog boxes SUCK.
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Then the generator would be the way to go. Just make more when ya need it.
Who said anything about waste?
Ok, I admit SOME helium will escape bags right through the material, but everything else can be pumped/compressed right back into on-board tanks as the bags are deflated and mechanically stowed.
As far as escaping gas from bullet-holes and such (something blimps are often subject to) these things would be far too high for collisions or bullets (except for a short period during descent/ascent).
On-board Hydrogen generator powered by the kite itself, maybe?
I always wondered about Faster-then-light travel and all the muck in the universe getting in the way whilst zipping through space.
Think about it.
That galaxy might be well out of our path when that path is calculated, but where the hell will it be when we are actually passing through that area, and just how, exactly, does our mucking around with time effect our spatial relationship to other celestial bodies, especially since some of them display complex interactions with both time and space?
Wouldn't that galaxy be in a different location in space since it is in a different location in time (assuming it was moving to begin with, as Big Bang Theory suggests)? One would think we would have to map all the trajectories, and not just locations, of damn near every celestial body simply to avoid crashing into them.
But hey, since we could go forward in time, we should also be able to go backward as well, right? If that is the case, it might as well be "Full speed ahead...and pass the bong." Anything goes wrong, you just go back.
But then, I could be wrong. Or could have been...or will be...man, my head hurts.
Got me thinkin'.
I suppose the "fluctuating flow" problem could be circumvented by using helium bags to get the kites aloft initially, combined with a spooled tether.
When the jet-stream is coming close, the bags are filled and the kite spooled to the proper altitude. Once the jet-stream is sufficient to keep the kite aloft, the bags are deflated and stowed. When the jet-stream is predicted to be moving out of the area, the bags are re-inflated until there is no more reason to keep it aloft, at which time it spooled back in.
"You can make that apology out to Jeff and Danielle Smith. Don't forget to sign it."
Thank you. That would be the show.
Just last night there was an interesting show on television that focused on the subject of magnetic fields associated with planets.
There was an experiment covered in the show that was essentially a large, hollow orb filled with liquid sodium (a substitute for the iron at Earth's outer core. It is impossible to reproduce the pressure and heat of our Earth's guts in such a small scale experiment) which was then spun at a comparatively equal rate to that of Earth. The orb began producing strong magnetic fields.
I somehow doubt that if the same experiment were to be reproduced solely with a thin layer of salt water on the surface (and no sodium inside) that it would produce such strong magnetic fields. That being said, while the thought of Earth's magnetic field being produced solely by the water on the surface is interesting, personally I think it is more then likely a combination of the two factors rather then one alone that produces our protective magnetic field.
In addition, I wonder if the flux in ocean water levels, historically speaking, coincides with the strength and direction of past magnetic fields as recorded in ancient lava flows. If so, this would seem to back up the theory proposed in the article.
"...In other news, Goodyear and Raytheon announced a partnership that promises to increase national security by 107% over the next 8 years. The new system, designed by Raytheon, is expected to be in service once final miniaturization is completed. Currently, Raytheon is testing new light-weight designs with great success. The newest design attaches to the nose piece of the Goodyear blimp..."
http://www.feldmanbd.com/GoodyearBlimpCrash.jpg
I don't think I would want to carry a pocket full of those. Might hurt something important.
There are two sides to every coin.
While I too understand the inefficiencies of redundant agencies/Depts., I had to ask myself one question.
Would I prefer all that power lay in the hands of ONE omnipotent agency?
The answer was an easy one. No.
I hope these notebooks come with three or four spare motherboards. Judging by their previous track record, that is what it takes to keep their notebooks running beyond the warranty.
http://techrepublic.com.com/5208-6230-0.html?forumID=101&threadID=243038&start=0
http://www.techspot.com/vb/all/windows/t-71394-Acer-5101-keyboard-usb-and-touchpad-are-dead.html
http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/51337-35-keyboard-mouse-work-vista-login-screen
Google it, tons more...
Seems Acer preferred playing their customers along until the warranty ran out, then charged them for a new motherboard (that didn't fix the problem in most cases) rather then admit they had a pattern failure.
I don't care WHAT kind of product they have, from a purely moralistic point of view, I'll take my business elsewhere.
Fix your fucking code! If you guys have time to post news, you've got time to fix code.
I don't know what you guys are doing, but you've made it worse.
Your code is now causing Firefox to lockup, requiring a reboot of the browser. This is on top of the UI graphics being scattered all over hell and back.
Well, I can see from my screen that they are workin' on it, man. Wrong direction, but at least they're on it.
Seriously guys, it is getting worse...
Is anyone else besides me beginning to get the feeling that someone has figured out that if you teach a dog to go to where you direct it, with subtle, barely perceptible signals only noticeable by a dog, and just pretend that the dog did it on their own, that nobody ever questions that?
Is this just another way around a search warrant?
IANAL (obviously!), so can someone that IS please clue us in? Does a DOG need a search warrant, and if not, WHY not? How is evidence that is found by a dog, but not under a search warrant, viewed by courts? Is it admissible?
There was a gentleman here on /. not long ago looking for a project to put to use 78 USB thumbdrives.
Save 'em dude. They might just be the next big thing in file-sharing. Hand-to-hand file exchanges are damn near impossible to track and even harder to tax. And with so many, no big deal if one of them doesn't make it back to you after is has completed it's mission.
Why do YOU feel obligated to do something here?
Sounds like the guy is a legal adult. Aside from voicing your concerns, butt the hell out. If the dude wants to slide through the first few years of post-highschool, or whatever, it IS his choice.
Like with any addiction, change doesn't come about until the addicted WANTS it to happen. Period.
Gee...I got all excited there for a moment. Until I read:
"The results make europium the 53rd of the 92 naturally occurring elements to possess superconductivity"
If the gnomes haven't figured out how to "harness" the magic contained in the OTHER 92 elements that super-conduct, why would this one be any different?
There is one VERY important factor you are not taking into consideration--the fact that Ubuntu(Canonical Ltd.) makes THEIR money from service, not sales.
If you think about it, this could be a home-run for both Dell and Ubuntu, not to mention the rest of the open-source realm.
Dell and Canonical Ltd. could come to some sort of agreement where the customer service is done by Canonical Ltd. and is pre-paid with the purchase of the of the computer(the service fees charged by Canonical). If Canonical Ltd. determines that the problem is hardware related, the customer is referred to Dell for further service.
Dell could even reimburse Canonical a small sum to offset the inevitable calls that are hardware based, but solved in a few moments without further need of Dell being involved.
Canonical Ltd. comes out smelling like roses, probably with a huge increase in market-share, and Dell washes their hands of most of the CS headaches that they deal with, ones that are mostly the result of problems associated with WINDOWS.
Yep.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bush_meat
Being eaten by humans is the single greatest threat to Bonobos, arguably the closest primate relative we humans have.
That works great until said country "sees the light" and aligns with the U.S., or any other country that already is.
Wikileaks is all about leaks and has no interest in selling anyone out in the foreseeable future. They would be doomed if they did.
Who makes these decisions?
Buying more seats sounds like the best solution to me.
"Umm...yeah, I'm here...No, GM...I mean Officer Ell'iWyll, we weren't doing that at all. We were role-playing."
And in case you didn't get it either, all this does is change what was a happy, works fine, assumed opt-in to NOT get ads into something of the exact opposite nature.
As the article states it, ABP will now be Opt-out, by merit of a dialog box. When you get the dialog box, you have to opt-out, if for no other reason, to get RID OF THE BOX.
As I stated above, this is just an opt-out scheme disguised as a feature that already existed.
And it would not surprise me in the slightest if there is some money changing hands, the product of some agreement of which you and I are not privy.
Is it just me, or is the plug-in development arena starting to stink a bit, as of late? Does the trash need taking out? This used to be such a clean house...
OK, so I buried the sarcasm a little too deep (I even gave you directions to what you just described!).
My point was "Yes, the need for this existed, it was added, so why fuck with it?".
This is just another "opt-out" leverage, nothing more.
At first, I cringed when I read the lead-in.
But then I realized that there WAS, indeed, a few times when I have wanted to let ads through, in every instance a website that I wanted to support by viewing their ads (their only source of revenue).
But the annoyance aspect overshadows that desire.
Compromise. Just put an added pull-down option (up next to the ABP icon) that simply says "View Ads on this page", and a "Remember this choice" checkbox.
Adds the same functionality WITHOUT taking the choice out of the hands of the USER. Dialog boxes SUCK.