Congress managed to focus on the F-22 program for 21 years now, the JSF/F-35 program for 15 years now, the War on Drugs for 40 years, the Shuttle Program for 39 years, so it's obvious that Congress can say on the same task for a long period.
Some can, you have to sign up for it, there is a screening for it, mental evaluation, background check, buy an approved firearm (I think it's a Sig P229).
A cousin of mine did it and carries when he flies.
Yes I read it and the article is sketchy in details.
"The project is being developed by the National University of Defense Technology." One of the research team is reported as saying: "We only set a maximum speed and then left everything to the car itself. It knew the speed limits, traffic patterns, lane changes and roads using video cameras and radar sensors to detect other cars. It was all controlled by a command center in the trunk." Technical details are limited but it is claimed that GPS wasn't used to navigate the car and it relied on its sensors not only to stay on the road but to work out which road to stay on."
Details are limited, no one is saying how it did it or the details of the trip.
For a test like this I'll bet they found a long straightaway with minimal curves, closed the expressway or used one that's brand new and not opened yet, and set this beast free on it.
Nothing at all like what DARPA challenge or Google do with robot cars
Chinese aircraft carrier: ex-Soviet aircraft carrier Varyag, 43,000 ton conventional steam-turbine powered aircraft carrier, was commissioned/launched 2011.
On June 8, 2011 the chief of the General Staff of the People's Liberation Army (PLA) confirmed that China's first aircraft carrier was under construction. On the morning of August 10 the ship began her first sea trials.
The ship does not, as of yet, have an air wing, and is only on sea trials for now.
In late December 2008 and early January 2009, there were multiple reports of China building two conventionally powered aircraft carriers displacing 50,000–60,000 tonnes, possibly to be launched in 2015. In December 2010 China's State Oceanic Administration announced that this vessel would be finished one year earlier, in 2014. A nuclear powered carrier is planned for launch around 2020.
Fire hydrants provide the water with some pressure (50 PSI) but to get that water up into buildings, you know like Portland has, you need Fire Department pump trucks.
And ladder trucks, or are the firemen going to haul those in on Segways?
Portland used to have freight into the north side of the CBD until 2002-'03. It was a giant pain in the ass to deal with on foot, on a bike or in an automobile.
Light Rail can't really be used for freight because the roadbed can't carry heavy loads.
In the US the youth population isn't the one dangerous to the Government.
In the US the 25-55 year old male population is the one dangerous to the government, that is the population with access to firearms, legal and crafted explosives and who have a perceived grudge against the Government.
Think OKC bombing, the Milita movement, the Freemen, Branch Dividians, Ruby Ridge, Sovereign Citizens movement.
It'll be a spoiler, but how can there be enough non-Human great apes to take over the planet?
Yes they are strong and everything, but they can't fit in MRAPs, M1 tanks or fly Apaches or snipe so I really don't get how they can take over the planet.
I've flow quite a bit in the last year, between ANC to SEA, ANC to PDX and ANC to LVS, and never have gotten the physical search. Not even when the new radar scanners found the biomedical device and wires in my body.
They are jackasses, but the summary could have at least used the title of the magazine rather than "News Corp iPad Newspaper", when further down in the bit taken from the Forbes blog named the Daily, but didn't have a URL to it.
That said, the Daily is pretty good, not much News Corp bias in it, a far-left coworker who hates everything Fox News/NI turned me onto the Daily after trying it out when it launched in March.
1. Mysterious Stranger(s) appears 2. Mysterious alien presence discovered which beats down heroes and capture their loved ones 3. Journey to find the mysterious aliens 4. Heroes regroup, organize a resistance, rescue loved ones and destroy aliens through clever tactics
There are only so many ELINT satellites up there, so unless NSA has taps on all the telecomm central offices, its going to be really hard to track and capture all of it.
I never said its "no big deal", I'm shocked that people think this is news, of course they are doing it, they've been doing it for at least 10-15 years.
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Congress managed to focus on the F-22 program for 21 years now, the JSF/F-35 program for 15 years now, the War on Drugs for 40 years, the Shuttle Program for 39 years, so it's obvious that Congress can say on the same task for a long period.
Some can, you have to sign up for it, there is a screening for it, mental evaluation, background check, buy an approved firearm (I think it's a Sig P229).
A cousin of mine did it and carries when he flies.
Thorium is an Actinide, not a rare-earth
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rare-earth
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Actinide
Unless it was in a Five-Year Plan
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Five-Year_Plans_of_the_People's_Republic_of_China
It makes bombs, missiles and artillery very, very accurate.
Yes I read it and the article is sketchy in details.
"The project is being developed by the National University of Defense Technology."
One of the research team is reported as saying:
"We only set a maximum speed and then left everything to the car itself. It knew the speed limits, traffic patterns, lane changes and roads using video cameras and radar sensors to detect other cars. It was all controlled by a command center in the trunk."
Technical details are limited but it is claimed that GPS wasn't used to navigate the car and it relied on its sensors not only to stay on the road but to work out which road to stay on."
Details are limited, no one is saying how it did it or the details of the trip.
For a test like this I'll bet they found a long straightaway with minimal curves, closed the expressway or used one that's brand new and not opened yet, and set this beast free on it.
Nothing at all like what DARPA challenge or Google do with robot cars
The US military does not use gasoline, so I doubt "1000 soldiers have died delivering gasoline to military operations".
The US military standardized on JP-8 in 1990 as a replacement for diesel and gasoline, while the US Navy uses JP-5 for fuel.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JP-8
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JP-5
Where in the United States are there rolling blackouts daily?
Technology and advanced tactics destroyed the Aztec Empire and Mughal Empires. And those are really the only ones in the last 1000 years.
No, the PLAN has one aircraft carrier.
Chinese aircraft carrier: ex-Soviet aircraft carrier Varyag, 43,000 ton conventional steam-turbine powered aircraft carrier, was commissioned/launched 2011.
On June 8, 2011 the chief of the General Staff of the People's Liberation Army (PLA) confirmed that China's first aircraft carrier was under construction. On the morning of August 10 the ship began her first sea trials.
The ship does not, as of yet, have an air wing, and is only on sea trials for now.
In late December 2008 and early January 2009, there were multiple reports of China building two conventionally powered aircraft carriers displacing 50,000–60,000 tonnes, possibly to be launched in 2015. In December 2010 China's State Oceanic Administration announced that this vessel would be finished one year earlier, in 2014. A nuclear powered carrier is planned for launch around 2020.
http://www.globalsecurity.org/wmd/library/news/china/2010/china-100921-voa01.htm
if China's experience is similar to the Russian Federation's experience, the ships will spend the bulk of their time in dock training up crews.
Fire hydrants provide the water with some pressure (50 PSI) but to get that water up into buildings, you know like Portland has, you need Fire Department pump trucks.
And ladder trucks, or are the firemen going to haul those in on Segways?
Portland used to have freight into the north side of the CBD until 2002-'03. It was a giant pain in the ass to deal with on foot, on a bike or in an automobile.
Light Rail can't really be used for freight because the roadbed can't carry heavy loads.
Israel has done just fine with a long run of civilian unrest.
In the US the youth population isn't the one dangerous to the Government.
In the US the 25-55 year old male population is the one dangerous to the government, that is the population with access to firearms, legal and crafted explosives and who have a perceived grudge against the Government.
Think OKC bombing, the Milita movement, the Freemen, Branch Dividians, Ruby Ridge, Sovereign Citizens movement.
The rioters have killed people with firearms and by burning buildings down, I really think live ammunition is warranted now.
At least start deploying armored vehicles on the street to contain the mobs and to protect the wounded and fire fighters.
It'll be a spoiler, but how can there be enough non-Human great apes to take over the planet?
Yes they are strong and everything, but they can't fit in MRAPs, M1 tanks or fly Apaches or snipe so I really don't get how they can take over the planet.
Efforts to save CV-6 failed because the campaigns didn't get enough money to buy the ship from the US Navy
I've flow quite a bit in the last year, between ANC to SEA, ANC to PDX and ANC to LVS, and never have gotten the physical search. Not even when the new radar scanners found the biomedical device and wires in my body.
I have a Medtronics Nerve Stim in my chest with a wireless remote.
In my experience you have to get the handheld remote or it's antenna lead within a half inch of my skin right over the device.
http://professional.medtronic.com/products/primeadvanced-spinal-cord-neurostimulator/index.htm
They are jackasses, but the summary could have at least used the title of the magazine rather than "News Corp iPad Newspaper", when further down in the bit taken from the Forbes blog named the Daily, but didn't have a URL to it.
That said, the Daily is pretty good, not much News Corp bias in it, a far-left coworker who hates everything Fox News/NI turned me onto the Daily after trying it out when it launched in March.
The "News Corp iPad newspaper" is The Daily - http://www.thedaily.com/
Thats not what happened in this one.
1. Mysterious Stranger(s) appears
2. Mysterious alien presence discovered which beats down heroes and capture their loved ones
3. Journey to find the mysterious aliens
4. Heroes regroup, organize a resistance, rescue loved ones and destroy aliens through clever tactics
There are only so many ELINT satellites up there, so unless NSA has taps on all the telecomm central offices, its going to be really hard to track and capture all of it.
I never said its "no big deal", I'm shocked that people think this is news, of course they are doing it, they've been doing it for at least 10-15 years.