Not very exotic? Have you heard of anything like this happening before? If anything, the reason it gets no attention is that something similar has never been recored before, while asteroid impacts are pretty common.
You obviously don't get it. Who cares about talking to the aliens? The interesting thing is to find out if we are unique or not. Finding lots of earthlike planets but no signs of life would be just as interesting as finding an alien civilization.
It can be more than a mile, pepople can be old, people can be cripple.
But most of us are fit enough to walk up to a mile or so (and longer for that matter) and the world would be a better place if those who can do that also did. There are already electric wheelchairs and similar things for people who can't walk, so if that's what they're trying to solve, they're a bit late.
Yes, I know we are catching up, the point I'm making is not that Europe is better or anything. The point is that in the richer parts of the world where train travel is common, obesity is rare, and where rail travel is rare, obesity is common. This applies in many cases within Europe too: the UK and Switzerland shows this very clearly. Or countries outside Europe: Japan and Mexico (even though that comparison is a bit unfair, i know)
Obviously, there are more things to it, people do get fat anyways, and there are countries that are clear exceptions. But if you can't see the general pattern, you're the one in denial.
"The problem with mass transit is it kind of takes you to where you want to go and at the approximate time you want to get there, but not exactly. Sometimes you have to walk up to a mile from the last train or subway stop,"
Yep, that's a big problem. Walking up to a mile? Unthinkable! I'd get all sweaty and stuff.
Seriously, it's funny how fast food is always blamed for increasing obesity in the western world. I'd say we Europeans on average eat about as much fast food as Americans, but we also travel by train and bus a lot more. But riding the bus just isn't as hip as doing Atkins...
Yes, in 2004, it was speculated linux would have a market share of 6% in 2007. I'm not sure what they mean by "market share" when linux is often not even sold, but anyways, I don't see how this is even relevant. Speculation from over 3 years ago is a bit weak.
It's interesting because I've found that modern kitchen appliances often suck. That motor unit with hundreds of attachments could do such an extremely wide variety of stuff, and while the most common stuff has been replaced by specific appliances, there are some things that you cannot do with the modern machines.
I wonder what things we take for granted now will be next to impossible in the future. All kinds of hardware mods, obviously. Changing OS, probably. Maybe even typing on a keyboard, who needs that when there's gestures and voice commands?
This is just shoddy reporting. Bethesda is making Fallout 3. They have the rights. They are making the game. Why would you even say this? Yeah, they have the rights to make Fallout 3. That's not the same as making a fallout mmog. Interplay has those rights.
Type "Fallout MMO rights" on google. Or just check wikipedia.
That that said, I must ask: what environment? The moon is a lifeless, barren hunk of rock. You took care of that one before anyone could even click reply:) The moon is a lifeless, barren rock. That doesn't mean it doesn't have an environment or shouldn't be preserved.
And as pristine and spartan beauty that may be, there's simply no one to admire it. What? I think most people look up at the moon every now and then.
Its crazy to say there should be no commercialization of the moon, but it's equally crazy to say that the moon has no environment or aesthetic value as it is.
I think about the north of my country, Sweden. We have both mines and vast uninhabited areas. That's the advantage of these large and remote "wastelands", you can have them both ways. The moon might seem small, but it's actually very, very large. Any mine on it in the foreseeable future would be very small in scale, a spec of dust on the lunar chart. But over time, that might change, and I definitely think there's value in leaving most of the lunar surface as it is.
"Someday you'll store all your music, movies, photos and favorite TV shows on something the size of an iPod. It'll all be right there,"
No. Someday, I will mostly store software on my equivalent of an iPod, media will be stored by Google (who everyone hates by then, since microsoft has become insignificant) in a semi-p2p network based on both servers and users. My download speed will be good enough to stream anything I want.
Basically, there are two trends I see i personal computing: Computers are becoming smaller and more portable (duh) and internet services are in increasing demand. This means the optimal future computer will be a tiny device with an extremely high speed internet connection. That is the opposite of great amounts of storage. Who needs to have music, movies, photos and TV shows when you can just have good internet access? You still need that if you want the very latest of anything anyway.
Yeah, games can make you a good strategist. But simply studying strategy is much faster for someone with talent.
Its the same as with languages. For an average person, living in a country which speaks another language will be an effective way to learn it. But for someone with talent, studying 8 hours per day will actually be many, many times faster (probably contrary to popular belief). A combination is obviously best, but if you have to choose, hard study is actually the fastest way to learn these kinds of mental abilities.
But also a strategic thing. Destroying every oil well in the US is easy, destroying every farm is not. That means the enemy can't destroy the fuel supply if it comes from farms.
Besides, wars are won first and then started. You can never plan too much ahead, and oil is bound to run out eventually. Sure, it's many years away, but wars have been known to last for decades, even a century. It's a good idea to say to your enemies "our systems will last longer than any war you can throw at us; attrition is pointless".
Look, you're promoting protectionism and that will keep them poor.
The Nigerian government should buy the products with the highest value. This will help their neighbors, which will help them. The Nigerian people should do what they do best and what they don't do good, they should import. Pretending there is no world market will kill you.
There is one good thing about this chopper, though. It proves the value of scrap metal. Scrap metal is in my opinion the best way for the poorest countries without valuable natural resources to become rich. Buy scrap metal, recycle and sell steel. Of course, most of them already do this, and not all can get rich, its a matter of competition, but this is one of the more important third world industries.
So Nigeria, export steel and buy the best helicopters you can find. Tell this loon to figure out a more effective way of making steel instead.
The thing is, the tether would be incredibly thin. At the same time, it would be extremely long. Even if it's made of a very conducting material, you simply couldn't send much electricity through it, it would offer too much resistance. You could make it thicker, but that would also mean heavier.
I think maglev-accelerated rockets has more potential than the space elevator. Whatever happened to that research at NASA?
I'd like to see a competition to shoot a sensitive cargo (an egg perhaps?) the furthest distance using some kind of maglev catapult without the cargo breaking. Casing of any kind, wings and a parachute are allowed.
Unlike a space elevator which either works or doesn't, this stuff has potential even if never gets anyone into space. Trains obviously, aircraft, weapons or even quick delivery systems could build on this technology.
Ok, sugar, fibers and protein and all that are macro nutrients, they're very easy to nail down, its just simple chemistry happening everywhere in the body. But if you get down to micro nutrients like iron, calcium, vitamins etc, you'll see that science is completely lost. In those cases, experts basically say "um, we don't really have a clue, so you just eat everything and you're bound to get at least some of the right stuff".
I've been into nutrition for quite a while. At first, it seems that every part of it is known by scientists. But after a few years, you realize that every year there are new reports that contradict last years reports. What we knew for certain 10 years ago are now up for debate.
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They both lack magnetic fields which makes long term terraforming pointless which means we can just drop the whole idea.
How could it be guaranteed?
Lots of people without aspergers do this too. Don't be so quick to call everything aspergers, sometimes people just don't get the joke.
Not very exotic? Have you heard of anything like this happening before? If anything, the reason it gets no attention is that something similar has never been recored before, while asteroid impacts are pretty common.
No human will set foot on Neptune either, does that make it's discovery meaningless? Thank god no scientist thinks like you.
Come to think of it, I will never meet you in person, so I guess you're meaningless too.
You obviously don't get it. Who cares about talking to the aliens? The interesting thing is to find out if we are unique or not. Finding lots of earthlike planets but no signs of life would be just as interesting as finding an alien civilization.
It can be more than a mile, pepople can be old, people can be cripple.
But most of us are fit enough to walk up to a mile or so (and longer for that matter) and the world would be a better place if those who can do that also did. There are already electric wheelchairs and similar things for people who can't walk, so if that's what they're trying to solve, they're a bit late.
Yes, I know we are catching up, the point I'm making is not that Europe is better or anything. The point is that in the richer parts of the world where train travel is common, obesity is rare, and where rail travel is rare, obesity is common. This applies in many cases within Europe too: the UK and Switzerland shows this very clearly. Or countries outside Europe: Japan and Mexico (even though that comparison is a bit unfair, i know)
Obviously, there are more things to it, people do get fat anyways, and there are countries that are clear exceptions. But if you can't see the general pattern, you're the one in denial.
"The problem with mass transit is it kind of takes you to where you want to go and at the approximate time you want to get there, but not exactly. Sometimes you have to walk up to a mile from the last train or subway stop,"
Yep, that's a big problem. Walking up to a mile? Unthinkable! I'd get all sweaty and stuff.
Seriously, it's funny how fast food is always blamed for increasing obesity in the western world. I'd say we Europeans on average eat about as much fast food as Americans, but we also travel by train and bus a lot more. But riding the bus just isn't as hip as doing Atkins...
Yes, in 2004, it was speculated linux would have a market share of 6% in 2007. I'm not sure what they mean by "market share" when linux is often not even sold, but anyways, I don't see how this is even relevant. Speculation from over 3 years ago is a bit weak.
It's interesting because I've found that modern kitchen appliances often suck. That motor unit with hundreds of attachments could do such an extremely wide variety of stuff, and while the most common stuff has been replaced by specific appliances, there are some things that you cannot do with the modern machines.
I wonder what things we take for granted now will be next to impossible in the future. All kinds of hardware mods, obviously. Changing OS, probably. Maybe even typing on a keyboard, who needs that when there's gestures and voice commands?
Type "Fallout MMO rights" on google. Or just check wikipedia.
The moon is a lifeless, barren rock. That doesn't mean it doesn't have an environment or shouldn't be preserved. And as pristine and spartan beauty that may be, there's simply no one to admire it. What? I think most people look up at the moon every now and then.
Its crazy to say there should be no commercialization of the moon, but it's equally crazy to say that the moon has no environment or aesthetic value as it is.
I think about the north of my country, Sweden. We have both mines and vast uninhabited areas. That's the advantage of these large and remote "wastelands", you can have them both ways. The moon might seem small, but it's actually very, very large. Any mine on it in the foreseeable future would be very small in scale, a spec of dust on the lunar chart. But over time, that might change, and I definitely think there's value in leaving most of the lunar surface as it is.
What's so strange about it? I'd guess their research is that they've seen this drop every year.
I don't think they're being assigned to articles about comic book characters.
"Someday you'll store all your music, movies, photos and favorite TV shows on something the size of an iPod. It'll all be right there,"
No. Someday, I will mostly store software on my equivalent of an iPod, media will be stored by Google (who everyone hates by then, since microsoft has become insignificant) in a semi-p2p network based on both servers and users. My download speed will be good enough to stream anything I want.
Basically, there are two trends I see i personal computing: Computers are becoming smaller and more portable (duh) and internet services are in increasing demand. This means the optimal future computer will be a tiny device with an extremely high speed internet connection. That is the opposite of great amounts of storage. Who needs to have music, movies, photos and TV shows when you can just have good internet access? You still need that if you want the very latest of anything anyway.
Yeah, games can make you a good strategist. But simply studying strategy is much faster for someone with talent.
Its the same as with languages. For an average person, living in a country which speaks another language will be an effective way to learn it. But for someone with talent, studying 8 hours per day will actually be many, many times faster (probably contrary to popular belief). A combination is obviously best, but if you have to choose, hard study is actually the fastest way to learn these kinds of mental abilities.
True, and there's more to it. Inhuman beings are more frightening than humans, and if you feel inhuman, you will not feel a need to act like one.
But also a strategic thing. Destroying every oil well in the US is easy, destroying every farm is not. That means the enemy can't destroy the fuel supply if it comes from farms.
Besides, wars are won first and then started. You can never plan too much ahead, and oil is bound to run out eventually. Sure, it's many years away, but wars have been known to last for decades, even a century. It's a good idea to say to your enemies "our systems will last longer than any war you can throw at us; attrition is pointless".
Look, you're promoting protectionism and that will keep them poor.
The Nigerian government should buy the products with the highest value. This will help their neighbors, which will help them. The Nigerian people should do what they do best and what they don't do good, they should import. Pretending there is no world market will kill you.
There is one good thing about this chopper, though. It proves the value of scrap metal. Scrap metal is in my opinion the best way for the poorest countries without valuable natural resources to become rich. Buy scrap metal, recycle and sell steel. Of course, most of them already do this, and not all can get rich, its a matter of competition, but this is one of the more important third world industries.
So Nigeria, export steel and buy the best helicopters you can find. Tell this loon to figure out a more effective way of making steel instead.
Meh, fake ads are lame. I not only accept real ads, I demand them, and I don't care if the developer get's paid for them.
The thing is, the tether would be incredibly thin. At the same time, it would be extremely long. Even if it's made of a very conducting material, you simply couldn't send much electricity through it, it would offer too much resistance. You could make it thicker, but that would also mean heavier.
I think maglev-accelerated rockets has more potential than the space elevator. Whatever happened to that research at NASA?
I'd like to see a competition to shoot a sensitive cargo (an egg perhaps?) the furthest distance using some kind of maglev catapult without the cargo breaking. Casing of any kind, wings and a parachute are allowed.
Unlike a space elevator which either works or doesn't, this stuff has potential even if never gets anyone into space. Trains obviously, aircraft, weapons or even quick delivery systems could build on this technology.
Ok, sugar, fibers and protein and all that are macro nutrients, they're very easy to nail down, its just simple chemistry happening everywhere in the body. But if you get down to micro nutrients like iron, calcium, vitamins etc, you'll see that science is completely lost. In those cases, experts basically say "um, we don't really have a clue, so you just eat everything and you're bound to get at least some of the right stuff".
I've been into nutrition for quite a while. At first, it seems that every part of it is known by scientists. But after a few years, you realize that every year there are new reports that contradict last years reports. What we knew for certain 10 years ago are now up for debate.