Just for the sake of accuracy, typical 5.56mm NATO rounds have a projectle weight under 4 grams and a velocity of about 2300 MPH. A 7.62mm NATO round would be more like 10 grams and 1840 MPH.
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Because we didn't want people knowing there were stealth planes up there spying on/bombing them, but it's pretty obvious when somthing goes across your radar screen at mach 10. If you can't hide it you might as well show it off.
In reality they don't even do that. When they are energized by the readers RF field, they modulate the the read signal by alternately shorting and opening their own antennae coil and thus change the inductive load on the reader. The company I work for is doing the electronics for the first ticket/bag tag printers to incorporate RFID.
First, because we can all see the need for unique serial numbers for vehicles. Second, because there is no way for just anybody to query the VIN from your vehicle and use it to track your doings.
C&D is okay, but I much prefer Road & Track. R&T is a little more enthusiast oriented and does a better job covering more interesting vehicles. It may have less practical value but I prefer to have more sportscar comparisons and fewer minivan tests. Plus there is only one Peter Egan (the single most entertaining car/motorcycle journalist ever)!
You see, they leased them back from the company they sold them to so it comes out of the monthly operating budget and not capital expenditures. [applause]
The Ninth Circuit court recently ruled that the feds had no jurisdiction over the manufacture of home made machine guns for personal use because they had no bearing on interstate commerce. Google for "Stewart machine gun" or "US vs Stewart". Interesting turn of the tide.
1 atmosphere of pressure is only about 14PSI. There's just not a whole lot of pressure differential going on there with regards to maintaining the structural inegrity of a small container. A refrigerated can of soda will typically be pressurized to 30-40PSI. I'm pretty sure it would be trivial to make small fuel cells that will withstand a lot more pressure than that.
What, you think normal chemical batteries are safe? Between the highly caustic acids or alkalines, the heavy metals, lack of short circuit detection, propensity for exploding or shooting flames when overcharged, ordianary batteries are death machines if that's your way of thinking.
Heh, I usually do my own wrenching too. I've replaced all these parts my self: Struts, Drive Shaft, Differential, Clutch, Engine (timing belt broke, upraded 121hp eta engine to 168hp 325i engine), Brakes, Exhaust, and many other minor bits.
So, because there is no law or rule against it, there's nothing wrong with it? And you think people shouldn't complain if I came out with a movie called "Othello" that I advertized as a film adaptation of Shakespere's classic, but was really about a lab mouse that becomes a professional golfer? I'm just trying to explain to you that when a movie maker does a book adaptation, keeps the name, and advertises it as "based on the story by X", people have a right to expect to see what they've been sold on. There are a lot of potential names out there and no morally justifiable reasons to use a name that will confuse or mislead people about what they're going to see.
The comma follows "...new map of the comet". So, mister smarty pants, how would you phrase a similar sentence that actually was refering the the size of the map?
Please note that I had the choice to post this or mod you into oblivion.
So why did they call it Starship Troopers? It would have done just fine at the box office with a different title, since as you say 10% of the viewers read the book, and the minority of us who were expecting somthing different wouldn't complain about it. So what was the motive for making any connection with the book?
I have no problem with anyone "reinterpreting" whatever they like. I do have a problem with them banking on the sucess of another work to pimp their movie. I don't care what they do to butcher a good book, but I hate it when they try to get me into the theater by claiming they've turned what I liked into a movie. Nobody tried to convince anyone the "Roxanne" was "Cyrano de Bergerac" or that "10 Things I Hate About You" was "The Taming of the Shrew",and that was cool. They were up front about the fact that these were stories inspired by other works but were not just adaptations to film. I like hamburgers, but nobody ever tried to sell me one by claiming it was based on filet mignon.
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Just for the sake of accuracy, typical 5.56mm NATO rounds have a projectle weight under 4 grams and a velocity of about 2300 MPH. A 7.62mm NATO round would be more like 10 grams and 1840 MPH.
The SR-71 did incorporate some stealth features to avoid radar.
What's it called now?
Urectum.
Because we didn't want people knowing there were stealth planes up there spying on/bombing them, but it's pretty obvious when somthing goes across your radar screen at mach 10. If you can't hide it you might as well show it off.
But LEO is only 17,000 miles per hour, we're almost halfway to that.
to bridge the gap (cost and speed) between current cruise missiles and ICBMs.
Answer: To the end of the universe.
Unless you're one of those people who figures in friction from air resistance, rolling resistance, etc.
Now guess which one most of us already have.
In reality they don't even do that. When they are energized by the readers RF field, they modulate the the read signal by alternately shorting and opening their own antennae coil and thus change the inductive load on the reader. The company I work for is doing the electronics for the first ticket/bag tag printers to incorporate RFID.
First, because we can all see the need for unique serial numbers for vehicles. Second, because there is no way for just anybody to query the VIN from your vehicle and use it to track your doings.
Just use NAT.
How many fabs does intel have and where are they located?
C&D is okay, but I much prefer Road & Track. R&T is a little more enthusiast oriented and does a better job covering more interesting vehicles. It may have less practical value but I prefer to have more sportscar comparisons and fewer minivan tests. Plus there is only one Peter Egan (the single most entertaining car/motorcycle journalist ever)!
You see, they leased them back from the company they sold them to so it comes out of the monthly operating budget and not capital expenditures. [applause]
The Ninth Circuit court recently ruled that the feds had no jurisdiction over the manufacture of home made machine guns for personal use because they had no bearing on interstate commerce. Google for "Stewart machine gun" or "US vs Stewart". Interesting turn of the tide.
1 atmosphere of pressure is only about 14PSI. There's just not a whole lot of pressure differential going on there with regards to maintaining the structural inegrity of a small container. A refrigerated can of soda will typically be pressurized to 30-40PSI. I'm pretty sure it would be trivial to make small fuel cells that will withstand a lot more pressure than that.
What, you think normal chemical batteries are safe? Between the highly caustic acids or alkalines, the heavy metals, lack of short circuit detection, propensity for exploding or shooting flames when overcharged, ordianary batteries are death machines if that's your way of thinking.
I don't worry about it much.
Attitudeis the crafts orientation. The article originally said altitude control, I emailed CmdrTaco to fix it before the article went live.
Try reading with your threshold at 0 before you assume that
Heh, I usually do my own wrenching too. I've replaced all these parts my self:
Struts, Drive Shaft, Differential, Clutch, Engine (timing belt broke, upraded 121hp eta engine to 168hp 325i engine), Brakes, Exhaust, and many other minor bits.
I bought a BMW, but I really can't afford an ipod. (My Bimmer is an '87 325 with 180,000 miles though)
So, because there is no law or rule against it, there's nothing wrong with it? And you think people shouldn't complain if I came out with a movie called "Othello" that I advertized as a film adaptation of Shakespere's classic, but was really about a lab mouse that becomes a professional golfer? I'm just trying to explain to you that when a movie maker does a book adaptation, keeps the name, and advertises it as "based on the story by X", people have a right to expect to see what they've been sold on. There are a lot of potential names out there and no morally justifiable reasons to use a name that will confuse or mislead people about what they're going to see.
The comma follows "...new map of the comet". So, mister smarty pants, how would you phrase a similar sentence that actually was refering the the size of the map?
Please note that I had the choice to post this or mod you into oblivion.
So why did they call it Starship Troopers? It would have done just fine at the box office with a different title, since as you say 10% of the viewers read the book, and the minority of us who were expecting somthing different wouldn't complain about it. So what was the motive for making any connection with the book?
I have no problem with anyone "reinterpreting" whatever they like. I do have a problem with them banking on the sucess of another work to pimp their movie. I don't care what they do to butcher a good book, but I hate it when they try to get me into the theater by claiming they've turned what I liked into a movie.
Nobody tried to convince anyone the "Roxanne" was "Cyrano de Bergerac" or that "10 Things I Hate About You" was "The Taming of the Shrew",and that was cool. They were up front about the fact that these were stories inspired by other works but were not just adaptations to film.
I like hamburgers, but nobody ever tried to sell me one by claiming it was based on filet mignon.