Um, no. You could probably write an entire office suite in perl and have it fit onto a few small pieces of paper when printed out; but nobody would ever understand it, probably not even the person who wrote it in the first place!
I fail to see any point in your ramblnigs. 4K / 8K are clearly future techs intended to be delivered over equally future networks. Your argument is invalid. Get with the programme.
In a chemical sense, yes Xenon is inert and doesn't like to ionize. However, in the case of an ion thruster, the ionization is accomplished using high voltages - very easy to do.
Xenon is preferred because it's non-toxic, comparatively easy to handle, and has a 'heavy' nucleus -- meaning that you can more easily give each atom more of a push, resulting in higher thrust. You could use ions of any atom you like, though. Hydrogen's got the lightest nucleus there is, so it's not much use, not to mention being a royal pain to handle.
The Russians started out with, iirc, cesium and mercury thrusters. But of course these are really nasty substances and you really don't want to be around them if you can help it.
I signed up for an @writeme.com address, which promised to be free-for-life. There are many, many other domains in that stable which also started out 'free-for-life'. That lasted all of about two years, after which they switched to the paid model.
Needless to say I dumped them immediately. Running my own domain and my own email proved to be about the same price, with the added benefit of many other email addresses, a more personalized address... and a web server.
OK first off, I'm travelling from South Africa to Australia for my next holiday. Do you propose that I swim, instead? A ship would spew out far more CO2 than the 747-400 that I'll be travelling on. (thanks Qantas! My disabled mom thanks you even more, because of your fantastic disabled-friendly policies!)
But my main point is this: the world population is growing. Cutting energy use is really not useful because the increase in population will always outstrip our attempts to cut down on consumption. And moreover, energy use is directly correlated to quality of life. We should be striving to increase quality of life for everyone. We should also be striving to cut down the rate of population increase.
And guess what? Population growth rate is inversely correlated with quality of life: the better off you are, the fewer kids you have. The poorest have the biggest families. Therefore, if you give everyone a fantastic quality of life, population growth will get into negative territory. That's exactly what we need.
So, to save the planet, you're duty-bound to use as much energy as you possibly can! Only this will curb our population growth rate, and ultimately that's what will save the planet.
Save electricity? Pffft. That's a fool's paradise.
If all cars are self-driving, then we can happily increase the speed limit -- and probably by a lot!! We might even get a scenario where one speed limit applies to humans, and another (higher) one applies to computer-controlled vehicles.
OK so I installed this on a VM (MS Virtual PC 2007, running XP) and it has installed fine. However, DESPITE EXPLICITLY SELECTING NOT TO INSTALL BABYLON, it still installed. Regardless I'm not bothered, easy enough to uninstall.
Actually building on the Eastern seaboard is impractical if you want a 100% re-usable spacecraft. It's unclear from the video they released, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_xq67E4l7xE, but in order to re-use the first stage, given that it can't actually reach orbit, it has to do a sub-orbital hop and hopefully land within the same country (in this case, USA). Texas -> Florida is ideal. 2nd and final stages don't have this constraint; but the first stage needs to land within a few thousand kilometres of where it started.
Down-range safety is an important consideration, but (correct me if I'm wrong) there are no conurbations on that trajectory; risk to human life is minimal. Besides which, SpaceX ships seem pretty reliable, so risk is pretty low anyway.
Right:) Actually, my home PC (Core 2 Duo, SSD, 3TB HDD, 4GB RAM, XP SP2, upgraded with 2 x 23" HD monitors and an HD5870) has been running flawlessly since mid-2007. It's getting a bit long in the tooth now, but has served me well. It has run almost continuously for 5 years. Upgrade to i7 due this year.
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Um, no. You could probably write an entire office suite in perl and have it fit onto a few small pieces of paper when printed out; but nobody would ever understand it, probably not even the person who wrote it in the first place!
Posting to undo accidental mod.
I fail to see any point in your ramblnigs. 4K / 8K are clearly future techs intended to be delivered over equally future networks. Your argument is invalid. Get with the programme.
In a chemical sense, yes Xenon is inert and doesn't like to ionize. However, in the case of an ion thruster, the ionization is accomplished using high voltages - very easy to do.
Xenon is preferred because it's non-toxic, comparatively easy to handle, and has a 'heavy' nucleus -- meaning that you can more easily give each atom more of a push, resulting in higher thrust. You could use ions of any atom you like, though. Hydrogen's got the lightest nucleus there is, so it's not much use, not to mention being a royal pain to handle.
The Russians started out with, iirc, cesium and mercury thrusters. But of course these are really nasty substances and you really don't want to be around them if you can help it.
Anyone know anything? Mail me!
Clue: it's serious!
Maybe Curiousity found tomato sauce?
I signed up for an @writeme.com address, which promised to be free-for-life. There are many, many other domains in that stable which also started out 'free-for-life'. That lasted all of about two years, after which they switched to the paid model.
Needless to say I dumped them immediately. Running my own domain and my own email proved to be about the same price, with the added benefit of many other email addresses, a more personalized address ... and a web server.
Case closed.
Buy low, sell high, eh? Isn't that capitalism 101? Convenient we can blame a scapegoat!!
It's clear that diagnostic manufacturers prefer XP for various reasons, not least because it's really easy to develop for.
This leaves a gap in the market for:
a) retrofitting existing wayward devices with better software that's less vulnerable (wine/XP ++, or another win emulator??)
b) offering a secure medical OS
Seems like the kind of challenge the /. crowd would be keen to take up, GPL or no :)
Hey it's medical, so there's serious dosh to be made here!
Ah, a General Products hull. These are generally acknowledged to be the best in the galaxy.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Products_(Larry_Niven)#General_Products_hull
OK first off, I'm travelling from South Africa to Australia for my next holiday. Do you propose that I swim, instead? A ship would spew out far more CO2 than the 747-400 that I'll be travelling on. (thanks Qantas! My disabled mom thanks you even more, because of your fantastic disabled-friendly policies!)
But my main point is this: the world population is growing. Cutting energy use is really not useful because the increase in population will always outstrip our attempts to cut down on consumption. And moreover, energy use is directly correlated to quality of life. We should be striving to increase quality of life for everyone. We should also be striving to cut down the rate of population increase.
And guess what? Population growth rate is inversely correlated with quality of life: the better off you are, the fewer kids you have. The poorest have the biggest families. Therefore, if you give everyone a fantastic quality of life, population growth will get into negative territory. That's exactly what we need.
So, to save the planet, you're duty-bound to use as much energy as you possibly can! Only this will curb our population growth rate, and ultimately that's what will save the planet.
Save electricity? Pffft. That's a fool's paradise.
You insensitive clod! I freelance in IT working for a mine in Africa!
If all cars are self-driving, then we can happily increase the speed limit -- and probably by a lot!! We might even get a scenario where one speed limit applies to humans, and another (higher) one applies to computer-controlled vehicles.
The setting is ignored. However, it's easy enough to uninstall later.
OK so I installed this on a VM (MS Virtual PC 2007, running XP) and it has installed fine. However, DESPITE EXPLICITLY SELECTING NOT TO INSTALL BABYLON, it still installed. Regardless I'm not bothered, easy enough to uninstall.
You have no idea what you are talking about.
Pedometer I think is self-explanatory.
Hemp brake (for breaking hemp)
Moldboard plow (a better plow)
Sulky (a lighteight horse-drawn two-wheeled cart)
This is a weighty finding.
I have one
Last time I checked, my [Android] Samsung Galaxy S2 was dual-core.
Actually building on the Eastern seaboard is impractical if you want a 100% re-usable spacecraft. It's unclear from the video they released, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_xq67E4l7xE, but in order to re-use the first stage, given that it can't actually reach orbit, it has to do a sub-orbital hop and hopefully land within the same country (in this case, USA). Texas -> Florida is ideal. 2nd and final stages don't have this constraint; but the first stage needs to land within a few thousand kilometres of where it started.
Down-range safety is an important consideration, but (correct me if I'm wrong) there are no conurbations on that trajectory; risk to human life is minimal. Besides which, SpaceX ships seem pretty reliable, so risk is pretty low anyway.
Jeez, why is this guy scored -1 flamebait?! This deserves informative/insightful mods! Wish I had some.
Right :) Actually, my home PC (Core 2 Duo, SSD, 3TB HDD, 4GB RAM, XP SP2, upgraded with 2 x 23" HD monitors and an HD5870) has been running flawlessly since mid-2007. It's getting a bit long in the tooth now, but has served me well. It has run almost continuously for 5 years. Upgrade to i7 due this year.
I leave my PC on 24/365.
ps '24/7/365' is silly; there aren't 365 weeks in a year!
So, Sealand then? :P