There are already dangerous levels of radiation within our own solar system, however, we are protected by an atmosphere. I would imagine one of two possibilities. Any planet with the potential for life closer to the center of our galaxy would have enough shielding of some sort (either a thick atmosphere or a thick ocean) to allow life to form on almost any suitable location in the galaxy. The other possibility is, life can exist in high amounts of radiation, but it might not be life as we know it.
There is some background radiation thought to have come from the big bang. However, there is also something called a gamma ray burst. These bursts are far too powerful to be remnants of an ancient explosion. I on the other hand thought they found these gamma ray bursts to be originating from far away galaxies. Maybe there is something I am missing?
This makes me more inclined to buy a Wii. I usually do not like console games, but if I can look up porn while getting exercises while angering a Christan group, I do believe it is worth it.
In theory, such a small black hole will not have enough gravitational pull to keep itself together for very long, much less pull in other matter. Such a black hole should only last a few nanoseconds (if even that), then dissipate... in theory.
I haven't worked out the details, but lets say I get a fake ID for Montana. Montanians can easily recognize it as a fake. However, down in Florida, they will see it as any other Montana ID.... Like I said, I haven't got it all worked out just yet.
I have mixed feelings about a national ID. I'm all about the small government. The national government should be there to take care of our boarders and maybe a couple of other things. National ID's are another way the Federal government is just taking away responsibility from the state. On the other hand, it could be helpful to have one national standardized ID. On the other hand, it gives big brother more power. On the other hand, it can technically make us more secure. On the other hand, how much are we willing to pay for security? On the other hand, do I even really care? Am I even on topic anymore? hrmmm...
My guess is these problems will be found and fixed in time. This looks like an important device they should have had years ago. They now have something that works and they are going to want more. As the demand increases, they will have the money to build it better and test it more thoroughly. It doesn't matter if it can't withstand weeks of dust, humidity and heat, it's a device we need sooner than later. Also note, it's about the database and filling that database. If a device breaks, no big deal, we get a new one. The database can withstand the heat and dust, hopefully.
I suppose I'm trying to say jail should be reserved for people who are violent, as to take them off the streets and keep them from hurting others. It shouldn't be used as a deterrent. Then again, they are technically hurting others and thus tossing them in jail will keep them from harming others.
Hmmm... Perhaps they should be locked in a room and forced to sift through thousands of emails looking for the few legitimate ones. Once they have found the legitimate ones, they will contain a code to unlock the room. Once they unlock that room, they have to do it again for the next room, and so on for a while. Maybe it will help them understand what they are doing to other people.
This is something similar to what I thought up. One problem is there's sometimes no way to tell exactly what has been sold to who. But if we could, I wouldn't mind receiving a large chunk of money every time my address is sold.
Don't forget, they should also have to pay the salaries of the people who have to investigate the crime, etc. This would be a fixed rate on top of the dynamic rate. It should also be estimated how many emails they may have sold in the past, and they should be changed for them. The money can go to the people.
It seems everyone these days are too eager to throw people in jail. Two years in jail for a non-violent crime? Two years of your life is a very long time. It's longer than you may think, and spending it in jail doesn't help society very much. Yes, I know it's suppose to be a deterrent, but I think a better deterrent would be a much larger fine, probation, and maybe your email address along with your crime made publicly known. Regardless, I still think we are too quick to just throw people in jail and forget about them.
Maybe they will realize people rewind and watch scenes with sexual content in them. That means we'll finally have more sexual content and less violence. Yay!
It used to be, if a terrorist wanted to bring a whole city to its knees it would take a group months of planning. They would have to acquire massive explosives. They would need to plot out what targets would have the most impact. They would have to work long dangerous hours with high explosives and other bomb making materials. They would have to coordinate their attack with precise timing and skill.
Now days, all a terrorist has to do is leave some boxes lying around with some flashy lights, and suddenly the whole city is brought down.
Terrorism has gotten so easy, people everywhere are doing it by accident.
What has this world come to?
I love hearing about this research. I'll be one of the first in line to get a brain-computer interface installed/implanted. It's been a long time dream of mine to be able to lay back and do some programming without having to lift a finger. I've already started working on my own EEG, but I'm a bit too lazy to finish it. I have more to say, but I'm too lazy to continue typing.
You could drop a bomb then run away, but you would soon run out of power and have a useless robot anyway. If you really want to save the robot, you would need to add solar panels. You would also have to include a mechanism for dropping the bombs. You would also need to redesign the robots to withstand the wear and tear of space. Then you must think about the scientific benefit of having a robot on an asteroid you've already studied. In the end, it's far cheaper and efficient to just build and exploding robot.
Sometimes I wonder what they mean by cheap. I suppose they mean cheap in comparison to other robots they could send. Either way, I do find this a bit exciting. It might lead to some interesting discoveries. Who knows, we could soon by mining these asteroids some day and all these experiments will pay for themselves. Then again, with all the budget cuts NASA has been taking these days, I wonder if these small and cheap robots will even get off the ground.
I suppose only time will tell.
I think the health concerns have more to do with a lack of understanding magnetism than a lack of understanding proofs of a negative. People have a natural fear of the unknown. We don't yet understand magnetism and if/how our own bodies use it. Think about in the past, people were afraid if they sailed too far they would fall off the edge of the earth. They had no proof of this, but they also had no understanding of the way the world worked. Although I admit magnetism is a bit different, the natural fear of the unknown is there.
If they can simulate proteins by simulating individual atoms in the protein, I wonder if they have the computing power to simulate a basic cell using the same process. And/Or, I wonder if they can simulate a large random chunk of atoms to see if they can create simple amino acids and other biological molecules. That would be an interesting step toward learning about the origins of life.
The reason XM isn't protected by the 1992 act is because they are allowing users to store songs on the device? Does this mean if they gave the user a way to retrieve the music from the device and store it elsewhere, it would be fine?
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There are already dangerous levels of radiation within our own solar system, however, we are protected by an atmosphere. I would imagine one of two possibilities. Any planet with the potential for life closer to the center of our galaxy would have enough shielding of some sort (either a thick atmosphere or a thick ocean) to allow life to form on almost any suitable location in the galaxy. The other possibility is, life can exist in high amounts of radiation, but it might not be life as we know it.
There is some background radiation thought to have come from the big bang. However, there is also something called a gamma ray burst. These bursts are far too powerful to be remnants of an ancient explosion. I on the other hand thought they found these gamma ray bursts to be originating from far away galaxies. Maybe there is something I am missing?
This makes me more inclined to buy a Wii. I usually do not like console games, but if I can look up porn while getting exercises while angering a Christan group, I do believe it is worth it.
In theory, such a small black hole will not have enough gravitational pull to keep itself together for very long, much less pull in other matter. Such a black hole should only last a few nanoseconds (if even that), then dissipate... in theory.
I haven't worked out the details, but lets say I get a fake ID for Montana. Montanians can easily recognize it as a fake. However, down in Florida, they will see it as any other Montana ID. ... Like I said, I haven't got it all worked out just yet.
I have mixed feelings about a national ID. I'm all about the small government. The national government should be there to take care of our boarders and maybe a couple of other things. National ID's are another way the Federal government is just taking away responsibility from the state. On the other hand, it could be helpful to have one national standardized ID. On the other hand, it gives big brother more power. On the other hand, it can technically make us more secure. On the other hand, how much are we willing to pay for security? On the other hand, do I even really care? Am I even on topic anymore? hrmmm...
My guess is these problems will be found and fixed in time. This looks like an important device they should have had years ago. They now have something that works and they are going to want more. As the demand increases, they will have the money to build it better and test it more thoroughly. It doesn't matter if it can't withstand weeks of dust, humidity and heat, it's a device we need sooner than later. Also note, it's about the database and filling that database. If a device breaks, no big deal, we get a new one. The database can withstand the heat and dust, hopefully.
I suppose I'm trying to say jail should be reserved for people who are violent, as to take them off the streets and keep them from hurting others. It shouldn't be used as a deterrent. Then again, they are technically hurting others and thus tossing them in jail will keep them from harming others.
Hmmm... Perhaps they should be locked in a room and forced to sift through thousands of emails looking for the few legitimate ones. Once they have found the legitimate ones, they will contain a code to unlock the room. Once they unlock that room, they have to do it again for the next room, and so on for a while. Maybe it will help them understand what they are doing to other people.
Who knows?
This is something similar to what I thought up. One problem is there's sometimes no way to tell exactly what has been sold to who. But if we could, I wouldn't mind receiving a large chunk of money every time my address is sold. Don't forget, they should also have to pay the salaries of the people who have to investigate the crime, etc. This would be a fixed rate on top of the dynamic rate. It should also be estimated how many emails they may have sold in the past, and they should be changed for them. The money can go to the people.
It seems everyone these days are too eager to throw people in jail. Two years in jail for a non-violent crime? Two years of your life is a very long time. It's longer than you may think, and spending it in jail doesn't help society very much. Yes, I know it's suppose to be a deterrent, but I think a better deterrent would be a much larger fine, probation, and maybe your email address along with your crime made publicly known. Regardless, I still think we are too quick to just throw people in jail and forget about them.
Maybe they will realize people rewind and watch scenes with sexual content in them. That means we'll finally have more sexual content and less violence. Yay!
It used to be, if a terrorist wanted to bring a whole city to its knees it would take a group months of planning. They would have to acquire massive explosives. They would need to plot out what targets would have the most impact. They would have to work long dangerous hours with high explosives and other bomb making materials. They would have to coordinate their attack with precise timing and skill. Now days, all a terrorist has to do is leave some boxes lying around with some flashy lights, and suddenly the whole city is brought down. Terrorism has gotten so easy, people everywhere are doing it by accident. What has this world come to?
I love hearing about this research. I'll be one of the first in line to get a brain-computer interface installed/implanted. It's been a long time dream of mine to be able to lay back and do some programming without having to lift a finger. I've already started working on my own EEG, but I'm a bit too lazy to finish it. I have more to say, but I'm too lazy to continue typing.
You could drop a bomb then run away, but you would soon run out of power and have a useless robot anyway. If you really want to save the robot, you would need to add solar panels. You would also have to include a mechanism for dropping the bombs. You would also need to redesign the robots to withstand the wear and tear of space. Then you must think about the scientific benefit of having a robot on an asteroid you've already studied. In the end, it's far cheaper and efficient to just build and exploding robot.
Sometimes I wonder what they mean by cheap. I suppose they mean cheap in comparison to other robots they could send. Either way, I do find this a bit exciting. It might lead to some interesting discoveries. Who knows, we could soon by mining these asteroids some day and all these experiments will pay for themselves. Then again, with all the budget cuts NASA has been taking these days, I wonder if these small and cheap robots will even get off the ground. I suppose only time will tell.
I think the health concerns have more to do with a lack of understanding magnetism than a lack of understanding proofs of a negative. People have a natural fear of the unknown. We don't yet understand magnetism and if/how our own bodies use it. Think about in the past, people were afraid if they sailed too far they would fall off the edge of the earth. They had no proof of this, but they also had no understanding of the way the world worked. Although I admit magnetism is a bit different, the natural fear of the unknown is there.
If they can simulate proteins by simulating individual atoms in the protein, I wonder if they have the computing power to simulate a basic cell using the same process. And/Or, I wonder if they can simulate a large random chunk of atoms to see if they can create simple amino acids and other biological molecules. That would be an interesting step toward learning about the origins of life.
The reason XM isn't protected by the 1992 act is because they are allowing users to store songs on the device? Does this mean if they gave the user a way to retrieve the music from the device and store it elsewhere, it would be fine?