By then there may be a number of cheaper options to visit space though, Virgin Galactic is making a go at it.
I dont believe they will ever be cheaper. Also, they're not even reaching low earth orbit yet (at the moment they're scraping 110km or something).
Space elevators on the other hand will go up to geostationary at least (as the summary says: 36000km), and they're far more efficient, I suspect (rocket motor spewing stuff all over the place versus electrical lift running up a tether).
Javascript is out of place on server side, which is why server style Javascript has never caught on, and it doesn't really make a lot of sense as a general purpose programming language either.
JavaScript was born for the browser ( and even has (horrible) features that only make sense in a browser ( try 'blah'.bold()), except that they dont), but that doesnt mean it is a bad language for all other purposes.
Is the "drive to explore" uniquely human? I don't know. My chickens are pretty inquisitive.
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We humans tend to think we're very special, and we are - we are more intelligent, we are more empathic, etc... but we cannot claim that we are the only ones possessing intelligence or inquisitiveness or even homosexuality.
.... also, who cares about pluto. He lost his mojo long ago.
All these planet discoveries. It kind of gets boring, after a while.
But then: how friggin cool is that? When I was a kid, Science fiction was about all those worlds that maybe could be out there. Now we know they are there.
What, exactly, do you think people will eat on our journey out to colonize the galaxy??
Transgenic plants. No complaint from me, it will be needed. Also, closed in a spaceship it cannot do much harm. I just am a bit more hesitant about releasing GM plants into all the biosphere we have.
Have you seen how many people are involved in one video game or movie?
Yah I know. Huge productions like the Lord of the Rings movies most likely wouldnt be possible without IP laws (community financing even by a large fanbase is not likely, me thinks).
I see that that would be a loss (hell I love those movies). But it doesnt mean there wouldnt be any movies or games anymore. Look at Minecraft: People bought that game in the millions even when Notch was still alone in coding it. There's lots of entertaining movies and games made by small teams or even one person alone.
And in one fell swoop you abolish the entertainment industry.
So what. Industries that weren't profitable anymore have been lost in the past, yet somehow the world continued without them.
And actually, it wouldnt even been lost; only the part of it that does the content copying (ie distribution) would be lost.
Artists would still make music, give concerts, paint pictures and do movies. Budgets will be reduced, but heck... the whole point of the entertainment industry is, well, entertainment, and I for one probably would feel quite entertained on lolcats and self-produced music alone ^^
...could we just plant regular ones? If even that is too much of a problem for most countries, we should maybe forget about expensive artificial stuff.
Yes, expensive, regardless of what TFA says, because there's nothing cheaper than a real tree.
Now as you mention tentacles... next up: Artificial vagina able to profile users, may be used in anti-theft devices shortly.
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Wacky Japanese
... so might be not the best choice for identifying me.
Only, if that device learns to adjust its saved profile of me as I get fatter and fatter, it would be great. It means even if someone somehow gets all data about my butt, I only need to make a diet or eat some more and all my previous butt data will become worthless. Mwahaha.
yah yah yah. you're right. I was in a hurry, and all the unit juggling I once knew is now *woosh* gone from my brain. feel free to add proper terms and units:D
Well, a bee weighs between 90 and 180mg, I'll just assume 100mg on average. That makes for a combined weight of 25M*0.1g = 2.5Mg = 2.5t
When all 25 million bees take of, they reduce the lorry's weight by 2.5 tonnes? Whoa.
But wait! The lorry is closed at the bottom,/me guesses. Air cant escape downward (maybe to the sides or upward?). -- So, no. No change in weight after all, as the downward pressure from their wings should equal their mass as they hover around
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Indeed, the Californian sent a warning before the collision and the Titanic's captain ignored it.
(emphasis mine)
Not quite. Actually, the Titanic's radio operator ignored it, as well as a previous warning by the Mesaba , being busy transmitting/receiving the passengers' private messenges.
Fiscal year my ass... they're just afraid of Santa's LONC (List Of Naughty Companies)
... and he's a fraud.
Wikileaks remains within the first ammendment (And should Assange be charged, any competent judge will throw it out based on the Elesburg precedent)
I believe you mean Daniel Ellsberg
Insane, but true: jet fuel is tax-free in most of Europe.
By then there may be a number of cheaper options to visit space though, Virgin Galactic is making a go at it.
I dont believe they will ever be cheaper. Also, they're not even reaching low earth orbit yet (at the moment they're scraping 110km or something).
Space elevators on the other hand will go up to geostationary at least (as the summary says: 36000km), and they're far more efficient, I suspect (rocket motor spewing stuff all over the place versus electrical lift running up a tether).
submitter has it wrong. tfa states that it's ONE OF the tallest, with a meagre 600-odd meters.
... see, children, the difference between nerds and non-nerds may be as small as the one between 'ck' and 'g'.
I read the Antares novels by Michael McCollum some time ago. Got a very realistic feel.
Javascript is out of place on server side, which is why server style Javascript has never caught on, and it doesn't really make a lot of sense as a general purpose programming language either.
Last I checked, server-side JavaScript seemed to be all the rage with the cool kids.
JavaScript was born for the browser ( and even has (horrible) features that only make sense in a browser ( try 'blah'.bold()), except that they dont), but that doesnt mean it is a bad language for all other purposes.
Is the "drive to explore" uniquely human?
I don't know.
My chickens are pretty inquisitive.
parent++
We humans tend to think we're very special, and we are - we are more intelligent, we are more empathic, etc... but we cannot claim that we are the only ones possessing intelligence or inquisitiveness or even homosexuality.
as in: http://xkcd.com/123/
After all, the money spent on social programs dwarfs what is spent by NASA.
I was going to say the insane military budget dwarfs the social programs. But I seem to be wrong
:D
All these planet discoveries. It kind of gets boring, after a while.
But then: how friggin cool is that?
When I was a kid, Science fiction was about all those worlds that maybe could be out there. Now we know they are there.
(spontaneous association on my part, completely OT)
Reminds me of how the people foaming about how bad X is, are the ones who cannot abstain from X.
What, exactly, do you think people will eat on our journey out to colonize the galaxy??
Transgenic plants. No complaint from me, it will be needed. Also, closed in a spaceship it cannot do much harm.
I just am a bit more hesitant about releasing GM plants into all the biosphere we have.
Dont be misled, it's all an elaborate plan that will culminate in freeing us from Evil...
Have you seen how many people are involved in one video game or movie?
Yah I know. Huge productions like the Lord of the Rings movies most likely wouldnt be possible without IP laws (community financing even by a large fanbase is not likely, me thinks).
I see that that would be a loss (hell I love those movies). But it doesnt mean there wouldnt be any movies or games anymore.
Look at Minecraft: People bought that game in the millions even when Notch was still alone in coding it. There's lots of entertaining movies and games made by small teams or even one person alone.
[...] during a typical navel exercise [...]
you made my day here
And in one fell swoop you abolish the entertainment industry.
So what. Industries that weren't profitable anymore have been lost in the past, yet somehow the world continued without them. And actually, it wouldnt even been lost; only the part of it that does the content copying (ie distribution) would be lost. Artists would still make music, give concerts, paint pictures and do movies. Budgets will be reduced, but heck... the whole point of the entertainment industry is, well, entertainment, and I for one probably would feel quite entertained on lolcats and self-produced music alone ^^
...could we just plant regular ones? If even that is too much of a problem for most countries, we should maybe forget about expensive artificial stuff. Yes, expensive, regardless of what TFA says, because there's nothing cheaper than a real tree.
Now as you mention tentacles... next up: Artificial vagina able to profile users, may be used in anti-theft devices shortly.
--
yours truly
Wacky Japanese
Only, if that device learns to adjust its saved profile of me as I get fatter and fatter, it would be great. It means even if someone somehow gets all data about my butt, I only need to make a diet or eat some more and all my previous butt data will become worthless. Mwahaha.
Seriously though: lol.
yah yah yah. you're right. I was in a hurry, and all the unit juggling I once knew is now *woosh* gone from my brain. feel free to add proper terms and units :D
Well, a bee weighs between 90 and 180mg, I'll just assume 100mg on average. That makes for a combined weight of 25M*0.1g = 2.5Mg = 2.5t
When all 25 million bees take of, they reduce the lorry's weight by 2.5 tonnes? Whoa.
But wait! The lorry is closed at the bottom, /me guesses. Air cant escape downward (maybe to the sides or upward?). -- So, no.
No change in weight after all, as the downward pressure from their wings should equal their mass as they hover around