Lucky for everyone, that's not the case. It is moving in the same orbit as ISS, only very slightly faster in FRONT of it. When the shuttle comes up to dock with ISS, it starts out behind it and "catches up", then when it undocks, it "backs away". Besides, although it's hurtling through space at 17500mph, it's relative velocity is less than a quarter mile per hour compared to ISS or any shuttle which will be remotely close to it.
The ISS isn't doing the radar tracking; it's all done from the ground. There's no way in hell a marble moving 36,000 mph TOWARD ISS could be picked up by an ISS based radar implementation. It's much easier to pick up from the ground since the angular velocity is much smaller.
Lucky for ISS, 36,000mph (closer to 34,500mph) is an absolute worst-case-scenario, assuming the two are in the same orbit, but in opposite directions. This is highly unlikely since most rockets are launched in a northeasternly trajectory. It would also mean that ISS is CONSTANTLY in danger of being hit by it, around 32 times per day.
It's far more likely that the object will be crossing the path, heading southeast (at a relative velocity of "only" 24,000mph), again explaining why it's the first time in 5 years it has needed to make such a maneuver.
Just because the committee itself is compromised doesn't mean you have to denigrate the talents of the athletes or validity of the competition itself. Get off the soap box. When else do you see so many dedicated athletes performing at their best on such a massive scale?
Why not add lightweight solar cells to the top of the kite? A collection area the size of a football field is pretty significant, and there's no reason copper wires can't be integrated into the tow rope. The electricity generated could be used for, well, anything.
Now, thanks to Google, I can be distracted at work playing a flightsim and be a shortcut key away to looking up driving directions when the boss strolls by.
SHWEET!
I'm supposed to be getting up to date on my timesheets... Instead I read this article...
The question is, if this article weren't published, would I still be wasting time?
Even the most menial FPS game, like Medal of Honor.
I was playing Multiplayer MOH:AA. At the time I had a slide out keyboard tray with a slide out mouse tray beneath it. Some Nazi startled the hell out of me so badly that I slammed my mouse into the metal rail of the keyboard tray, splitting the top and bottom half apart.
Another issue with this, which has yet to be addressed, is that the pixels in this display aren't made up of RGB subpixels. This means that when color is processed by the computer, it needs to be transmitted as a color, rather than shades of RGB. Should this technology come to market, it seems that it would be too impractical to take an RGB signal from the computer, analyze it, convert it to a color, and then display it. It would require an entirely new video driver (possibly new graphics hardware) to output a "color" signal, rather than an RGB signal.
As far as brightness is concerned, this is "easily" solved by backlighting the display with white OLEDs. This way, you have a color and a brightness, everything you need for a pixel.
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Call of Duty: Modern Warfare - nothing like stabbing them dogs when they're about to jump ya.
Lucky for everyone, that's not the case. It is moving in the same orbit as ISS, only very slightly faster in FRONT of it. When the shuttle comes up to dock with ISS, it starts out behind it and "catches up", then when it undocks, it "backs away". Besides, although it's hurtling through space at 17500mph, it's relative velocity is less than a quarter mile per hour compared to ISS or any shuttle which will be remotely close to it.
Lance Bass was still hoping to be the first greasebag in space. Oh well.
....with TWO frozen mice?
I was at the Spearmint Rhino...brbrbrbrbrbrbrbr
The ISS isn't doing the radar tracking; it's all done from the ground. There's no way in hell a marble moving 36,000 mph TOWARD ISS could be picked up by an ISS based radar implementation. It's much easier to pick up from the ground since the angular velocity is much smaller.
Lucky for ISS, 36,000mph (closer to 34,500mph) is an absolute worst-case-scenario, assuming the two are in the same orbit, but in opposite directions. This is highly unlikely since most rockets are launched in a northeasternly trajectory. It would also mean that ISS is CONSTANTLY in danger of being hit by it, around 32 times per day.
It's far more likely that the object will be crossing the path, heading southeast (at a relative velocity of "only" 24,000mph), again explaining why it's the first time in 5 years it has needed to make such a maneuver.
Just because the committee itself is compromised doesn't mean you have to denigrate the talents of the athletes or validity of the competition itself. Get off the soap box. When else do you see so many dedicated athletes performing at their best on such a massive scale?
The answer was sitting under your nose the whole time...
....or a girlfriend.
Why not add lightweight solar cells to the top of the kite? A collection area the size of a football field is pretty significant, and there's no reason copper wires can't be integrated into the tow rope. The electricity generated could be used for, well, anything.
halo3isbestplayednaked
Shrooms may cost less, but there's no off switch.
Now, thanks to Google, I can be distracted at work playing a flightsim and be a shortcut key away to looking up driving directions when the boss strolls by. SHWEET!
I'm supposed to be getting up to date on my timesheets... Instead I read this article... The question is, if this article weren't published, would I still be wasting time?
Even the most menial FPS game, like Medal of Honor.
I was playing Multiplayer MOH:AA. At the time I had a slide out keyboard tray with a slide out mouse tray beneath it. Some Nazi startled the hell out of me so badly that I slammed my mouse into the metal rail of the keyboard tray, splitting the top and bottom half apart.
Fscking HEADCRABS!!!!
Will this replace Standard Operating Procedure for in-orbit tile repair.
wontworkinspace
...Even just a teaspoon. Maybe NASA can hook it up. Can't weigh all that much, can it?
Another issue with this, which has yet to be addressed, is that the pixels in this display aren't made up of RGB subpixels. This means that when color is processed by the computer, it needs to be transmitted as a color, rather than shades of RGB. Should this technology come to market, it seems that it would be too impractical to take an RGB signal from the computer, analyze it, convert it to a color, and then display it. It would require an entirely new video driver (possibly new graphics hardware) to output a "color" signal, rather than an RGB signal.
As far as brightness is concerned, this is "easily" solved by backlighting the display with white OLEDs. This way, you have a color and a brightness, everything you need for a pixel.
Pandora could offload its site to The Pirate Bay???
Pandora's Bay.com
Personally, I typically spend my evenings saving princesses so I can once again rescue the triforce.
Maybe Ian Bogost just needs to get out more...
Looks like Intel finally put the "80" in 80x86.