I don't think that the US does want to nuke anyone. The problem is that the someone else might want to start nuking people if the US didn't have nukes. It would be difficult to dissuade them them if there is no deterrent in place and their "god" tells them to do it.
I know for a fact that Universal optioned the rights to this book. Unfortunately, Paramount had entered post-production for Echo: The Movie! so I don't think that Universal are going to pursue it. As long as it stays true to the dark themes of the original, I don't care what file command movie gets made. If it's a origins story, we'll probably get to see Edlin. Kevin Spacey, anyone?
I think what we're highlighting is how divisive the franchise is, like the James Bond series. For me, TNG S3-7 is my favourite. Closely followed by the films. Closely followed by some TOS and Enterprise (particularly S3+S4). It's my gut that Voy is probably the most heavily criticised amongst fans, but even that did well enough in the ratings to sustain three series.
It's nice to see some sensible, non AC comments on this thread. Basically, some companies get a lot of money from giving away other people's content for free. When they get called on it, they don a Robin Hood costume. If the artists themselves want to give away their stuff for free, they can.
I'm sure that Obama will be guided, at least to some extent, by pressure from the medical industry coupled with the knowledge that companies in other countries are going to get ahead of American ones.
But will Windows users be willing to put up with an upgrade to ridiculously overpowered, expensive, noisy hardware just to run the next version of Win... oh right.
I was there at the beginning and remember the announcement. "My wife and I don't expect him to be a big professional programmer like Richard Stallman, at first. He's not even able to stand alone yet."
The articles themselves are still there by direct reference. I wonder how long that content will remain though? I for one hope that they start commissioning articles again as they took a couple of mine. In general, the magazine style article content at Linux.com had something of a following. The snag is that they either have to pay for content or solicit for unpaid and hope for the best.
Surely the asteroid has considerable inertia due to its mass? A probe would have to apply thrust to overcome gravity wells that it encounters. The asteroid will be affected by the "drag" of passing close to large bodies but already has considerable ineria.
Let's say that I sent a ping pong ball, a house brick, and a 20t lump of iron heading away from earth at 5 m/s. I would expect the ping pong ball to slow most quickly, followed by the house brick. In some situations, the lump of iron might be able to escape where the others would not. You'd experience the same effect if you tried to stop a car rolling down hill a ten miles per hour and then compared it to stopping a skate board moving at the same speed. Perhaps I'm missing something?
In addition, a probe on top of an asteroid benefits from at least some protection from collisions.
I'd like to find out the full story as this sounds suspicious. IMO, if she added a note to her profile that she's a lesbian and was subsequently banned, they have treated her unfairly. If that's the case, the people who carried out the banning may well have broken the law. She'd certainly have my support, for one.
However, for all we know, she could have been causing trouble and getting into arguments with people over other issues. The linked report doesn't go into much detail other than her claim that she was banned for mentioning that she was a lesbian. I'd like to see some evidence, either way.
"even if it's not like the original I still sit down and watch the whole series some weekends"
What I wouldn't give to have a machine that erases the memory of things like RD, so that I could sit and watch it all again. Sometimes it would be nice to be like Holly in that regard.
People blame Hollywood, but really it's the audience that's a fault. If people were lining up in sufficient quantity to watch excellent and original films, they'd concentrate on making those instead of pure crap. The truth is that all but about 10% of people are morons who want bread and circuses and nothing else.
Wow. I hope the paper is not as inane as her quotes.
Did you you even read the article? These climate changes could be "more irreversible". Up till this point, scientists had presumed that the changes were only a bit irreversible. She's super serial about this!
"The parts that we don't know, that are possible but very uncertain, shouldn't get in the way of what we do know." - I get this weird ache in the front of my head when I try to parse that one. Also, her entire thesis underestimates the issues surrounding the things that we might know to be possible but that we think can't happen but could if we don't act now possibly.
I hereby patent a method of making money. The method involves an automatic process of patenting everything that I think that I might have a hope of patenting in the hope that the opportunity cost to my competitors in addition to any actual money made by the patents will add up to something greater than zero.
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I don't think that the US does want to nuke anyone. The problem is that the someone else might want to start nuking people if the US didn't have nukes. It would be difficult to dissuade them them if there is no deterrent in place and their "god" tells them to do it.
I know for a fact that Universal optioned the rights to this book. Unfortunately, Paramount had entered post-production for Echo: The Movie! so I don't think that Universal are going to pursue it. As long as it stays true to the dark themes of the original, I don't care what file command movie gets made. If it's a origins story, we'll probably get to see Edlin. Kevin Spacey, anyone?
I think what we're highlighting is how divisive the franchise is, like the James Bond series. For me, TNG S3-7 is my favourite. Closely followed by the films. Closely followed by some TOS and Enterprise (particularly S3+S4). It's my gut that Voy is probably the most heavily criticised amongst fans, but even that did well enough in the ratings to sustain three series.
It's nice to see some sensible, non AC comments on this thread. Basically, some companies get a lot of money from giving away other people's content for free. When they get called on it, they don a Robin Hood costume. If the artists themselves want to give away their stuff for free, they can.
I'm sure that Obama will be guided, at least to some extent, by pressure from the medical industry coupled with the knowledge that companies in other countries are going to get ahead of American ones.
Off topic, but completely true.
"It's kind of hard to say "continue, please" louder than by slapping such an enormous fine."
Oh come on, it worked with Microsoft. Oh right...
But will Windows users be willing to put up with an upgrade to ridiculously overpowered, expensive, noisy hardware just to run the next version of Win... oh right.
If they were from Newcastle they would go all the way there wearing t-shirts and claiming that only a southern poof would consider it cold.
I was there at the beginning and remember the announcement. "My wife and I don't expect him to be a big professional programmer like Richard Stallman, at first. He's not even able to stand alone yet."
The articles themselves are still there by direct reference. I wonder how long that content will remain though? I for one hope that they start commissioning articles again as they took a couple of mine. In general, the magazine style article content at Linux.com had something of a following. The snag is that they either have to pay for content or solicit for unpaid and hope for the best.
OK, OK. Looks like a made mistake on that one. Although, I did phrase my point as a question, as I'm no expert on space science. My mistake.
Surely the asteroid has considerable inertia due to its mass? A probe would have to apply thrust to overcome gravity wells that it encounters. The asteroid will be affected by the "drag" of passing close to large bodies but already has considerable ineria.
Let's say that I sent a ping pong ball, a house brick, and a 20t lump of iron heading away from earth at 5 m/s. I would expect the ping pong ball to slow most quickly, followed by the house brick. In some situations, the lump of iron might be able to escape where the others would not. You'd experience the same effect if you tried to stop a car rolling down hill a ten miles per hour and then compared it to stopping a skate board moving at the same speed. Perhaps I'm missing something?
In addition, a probe on top of an asteroid benefits from at least some protection from collisions.
I'd like to find out the full story as this sounds suspicious. IMO, if she added a note to her profile that she's a lesbian and was subsequently banned, they have treated her unfairly. If that's the case, the people who carried out the banning may well have broken the law. She'd certainly have my support, for one.
However, for all we know, she could have been causing trouble and getting into arguments with people over other issues. The linked report doesn't go into much detail other than her claim that she was banned for mentioning that she was a lesbian. I'd like to see some evidence, either way.
God schmod. I want my monkey man!
"even if it's not like the original I still sit down and watch the whole series some weekends"
What I wouldn't give to have a machine that erases the memory of things like RD, so that I could sit and watch it all again. Sometimes it would be nice to be like Holly in that regard.
I was surprised that this news item didn't have the causation=!correlation tag. I wish I had the points to mod up your appraisal.
People blame Hollywood, but really it's the audience that's a fault. If people were lining up in sufficient quantity to watch excellent and original films, they'd concentrate on making those instead of pure crap. The truth is that all but about 10% of people are morons who want bread and circuses and nothing else.
Wow. I hope the paper is not as inane as her quotes.
Did you you even read the article? These climate changes could be "more irreversible". Up till this point, scientists had presumed that the changes were only a bit irreversible. She's super serial about this!
"The parts that we don't know, that are possible but very uncertain, shouldn't get in the way of what we do know." - I get this weird ache in the front of my head when I try to parse that one. Also, her entire thesis underestimates the issues surrounding the things that we might know to be possible but that we think can't happen but could if we don't act now possibly.
Only 20 mins? What accelerator card does your Amiga have?
So, a military engagement in which two people were killed would be equal to World War II?
Yes, but there was no existent data from working devices, and their work was done with WWII era technology.
Yeah but imagine get work done in an office of pastel coloured toga wearers. That's a competitive disadvantage.
Excellent! NOT!
I hereby patent a method of making money. The method involves an automatic process of patenting everything that I think that I might have a hope of patenting in the hope that the opportunity cost to my competitors in addition to any actual money made by the patents will add up to something greater than zero.