1) Are they pay toilets? 'Cause those look like coin holders on their belts.
2) When you flush, where does it go?
I will continue to ponder these and other important questions, unless someone comes up with a better punch line...
First: People send money to websites? Maybe that's why my Karma is "bad", who do I send the check to?
Second: Is that picture of the fat mailman a slashdot editor in costume or a generic postal pic?
I installed it and clicked off all objects except debris from the Chinese shootdown. That, my friends, is one massive debris cloud... Interesting how many parts are over the Antarctic...maybe that's just where that section of the cloud is passing through.
Orbits constantly change depending on the size of the object interacting with the far upper reaches of the atmosphere, hitting other space junk, deteriorating from radical oxygen and radiation, etc. The U.S. is constantly updating the 13,000 or so objects being tracked, and that's only the stuff 4 inches or larger diameter.
has "sense" ever trumped fashion? SSDs are fashionable and workable enough that the "lead the fleet" types will purchase, and hopefully buy enough that businesses will start producing enough to drop the prices for the rest of us.
...we have never (to my knowledge...) sent a probe INTO one of the gas giants.
NASA's Gallileo spacecraft sent a probe into Jupiter's atmosphere on December 7th, 1995. It entered at about 106,000mph and lasted about an hour, dropping down about 124 miles and recording winds up to 450mph until finally melting.
The Raison de "Etre of the USAF was long range strategic nuclear bombing, something that's now been replaced with ICBM/SLBM technology.
Not correct. The USAF is based on the British model of centralized control with decentralized execution. The lesson was particularly learned in the skies over Africa when Army commanders could not coordinate effectively the assigned air assets to combat German air power. As a result, the Germans made mincemeat of Army forces at Kasserine Pass. This was corrected for the later campaigns and proved effective in shortening/winning WWII for the Allies. Much as the Army had to learn that decentralizing armor units reduced their effectiveness, the same can be said for airpower. The airpower mission is unique and has provided protection and support for Army and Navy assets so well that not one U.S. soldier or sailor has died as a result of enemy airpower in the past 5 decades. No one dares challenge the current air dominance of the USAF and it's allies, and it's that dominance that allows the UAVs to flourish, and the Army to do it's job unimpeded by enemy air assets. So now, because of our success, we should be disbanded? That would be the height of folly.
If flying while cloaked, I would assume the aircrew would use either GPS or INS (Inertial navigation System), probably both and each is accurate enough to fly blind for thousands of miles (though the pucker factor goes up exponentially when flying through mountains). For the most part, "Big Sky Theory" will keep you safe from other aircraft, but there is always that risk of collision.
The real risk is that when dropping munitions, someone smart/quick enough would be able to track back the trajectory and then compute a possible course/location as soon as the weapon leaves the confines of the cloak.
So, global warming is really 1,300 years behind the power curve? I wonder what they would've done to Al Gore in 700AD if he'd run around blaming his feudal overlords for global warming? I suspect drawing and quartering would've been involved...
of chrome would probably rule out using it as a coating/shield. Its tough enough getting EPA approval to use chromium coatings on stuff that isn't going to go BOOM (such as bearings/anti-corrosive coatings, etc), let alone a proposal that says "We'd like to put chrome on artillery rounds so there are lots of opportunities to leach into water supplies, cause cancer, etc."
Well said! I have two teenagers with whom I have the same attitude as you do. I too would Lo-Jack them if it were possible. They do not have TVs or computers in their rooms, and I monitor where they go on the internet (and their friends who come to visit-in fact I had to tell one he wasn't welcome anymore because he was using my computer to go to porn sites). I too monitor which movies they go to, except my daughter turned 18 this month, so all I can do is just advise and hope she listens. I've told each one that in any conflict with authorities, I will believe their teacher or the cops first. If they want me to believe their side of the story, they'd better be well-armed with facts and not "I didn't do it!". So far, only one conflict with teachers and I kept my word and made my son apologize the next morning to his teacher. That was three years ago in 8th grade and no repeats since. I monitor their homework and check their grades electronically at least every two weeks. I also regularly look through their rooms as well. When they stay out late, they are expected to tell me if they change plans or time to come home, and I don't go to sleep until they do come home. I love them too much to not do everything in my power to give them every opportunity to succeed, including discipline and oversight until they leave the nest.
In the late 50's in West Germany along the border with East Germany, my father's platoon had the responsibility of a Davy Crockett (W54) warhead and a bridge to destroy in the event of an all out war with the Soviets. He was the platoon commander and knew that it was a one-way mission, in fact they all knew it would be one-way. It was (thankfully) a duty he didn't have to perform, but he was trained and willing. It wasn't their only responsibility, but it would be their last... The point is, suicide missions like the Kamikazes had a military function, and were carried out by military personnel in uniform and military vehicles.
like the miserable failure the Japanese Kamikazes were,
Kamikazes were an effective tactic, taking almost 5,000 Allied lives, and sinking at least 34 U.S. ships (including 3 escort carriers and 14 destroyers) in the process of losing about 3,900 pilots/aircraft. Kamikaze missions also forced the Allies to change defensive tactics and shore up air defenses. I do think they weren't a very good ROI (return on investment), but they were effective. Suicide bombers on the other hand, are cowards, using civilian clothes, and/or civilian vehicles to gain access to enemy positions, often indiscriminately blowing up innocent civilians in the process.
Because that could irrevocably contaminate Mars before there was any proof of life that may have arisen independently. Besides, we already know what the surface conditions are like from the various probes, landers, and rovers sent there. We can duplicate Mars' surface conditions in labs here on Earth and get a good idea of what would happen to various kinds Earth-based living things.
I don't know, but a couple of guesses: 1) A piece of the Phoenix' entry system, such as the parachute or the heat shield; 2) An artifact on the lens (but then wouldn't it show up in the same location on other pictures--is there only one camera taking pictures?); 3) Glare off of something shiny (water ice?); 4) Phoenix isn't alone....
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to rule them all... (sorry, had to do it)
1) Are they pay toilets? 'Cause those look like coin holders on their belts. 2) When you flush, where does it go? I will continue to ponder these and other important questions, unless someone comes up with a better punch line...
I vote we send Jim Cantore of the Weather Channel instead, he seems to be where all the weather action is these days....
Shame on you, you made me snarf up my Marshmallow Twirls and Diet Coke!
First: People send money to websites? Maybe that's why my Karma is "bad", who do I send the check to? Second: Is that picture of the fat mailman a slashdot editor in costume or a generic postal pic?
I installed it and clicked off all objects except debris from the Chinese shootdown. That, my friends, is one massive debris cloud... Interesting how many parts are over the Antarctic...maybe that's just where that section of the cloud is passing through.
...we're looking at ecosystems on the verge of distinction.
I know almost nobody reads TFA, but apparently no one edits them, either.
My taxes? My laundry?
There's some cheap land next to me, here in central Georgia (the one that wasn't attacked by Russia), that would make nice beachfront property...
Orbits constantly change depending on the size of the object interacting with the far upper reaches of the atmosphere, hitting other space junk, deteriorating from radical oxygen and radiation, etc. The U.S. is constantly updating the 13,000 or so objects being tracked, and that's only the stuff 4 inches or larger diameter.
Spaces between words, and punctuation, have those been taken yet?
has "sense" ever trumped fashion? SSDs are fashionable and workable enough that the "lead the fleet" types will purchase, and hopefully buy enough that businesses will start producing enough to drop the prices for the rest of us.
back home, where I used to shoot womp rats...
...we have never (to my knowledge...) sent a probe INTO one of the gas giants.
NASA's Gallileo spacecraft sent a probe into Jupiter's atmosphere on December 7th, 1995. It entered at about 106,000mph and lasted about an hour, dropping down about 124 miles and recording winds up to 450mph until finally melting.
The Raison de "Etre of the USAF was long range strategic nuclear bombing, something that's now been replaced with ICBM/SLBM technology.
Not correct. The USAF is based on the British model of centralized control with decentralized execution. The lesson was particularly learned in the skies over Africa when Army commanders could not coordinate effectively the assigned air assets to combat German air power. As a result, the Germans made mincemeat of Army forces at Kasserine Pass. This was corrected for the later campaigns and proved effective in shortening/winning WWII for the Allies. Much as the Army had to learn that decentralizing armor units reduced their effectiveness, the same can be said for airpower. The airpower mission is unique and has provided protection and support for Army and Navy assets so well that not one U.S. soldier or sailor has died as a result of enemy airpower in the past 5 decades. No one dares challenge the current air dominance of the USAF and it's allies, and it's that dominance that allows the UAVs to flourish, and the Army to do it's job unimpeded by enemy air assets. So now, because of our success, we should be disbanded? That would be the height of folly.
If flying while cloaked, I would assume the aircrew would use either GPS or INS (Inertial navigation System), probably both and each is accurate enough to fly blind for thousands of miles (though the pucker factor goes up exponentially when flying through mountains). For the most part, "Big Sky Theory" will keep you safe from other aircraft, but there is always that risk of collision. The real risk is that when dropping munitions, someone smart/quick enough would be able to track back the trajectory and then compute a possible course/location as soon as the weapon leaves the confines of the cloak.
So, global warming is really 1,300 years behind the power curve? I wonder what they would've done to Al Gore in 700AD if he'd run around blaming his feudal overlords for global warming? I suspect drawing and quartering would've been involved...
of chrome would probably rule out using it as a coating/shield. Its tough enough getting EPA approval to use chromium coatings on stuff that isn't going to go BOOM (such as bearings/anti-corrosive coatings, etc), let alone a proposal that says "We'd like to put chrome on artillery rounds so there are lots of opportunities to leach into water supplies, cause cancer, etc."
Wow! First Post!, Thank you, thank you...
Well said! I have two teenagers with whom I have the same attitude as you do. I too would Lo-Jack them if it were possible. They do not have TVs or computers in their rooms, and I monitor where they go on the internet (and their friends who come to visit-in fact I had to tell one he wasn't welcome anymore because he was using my computer to go to porn sites). I too monitor which movies they go to, except my daughter turned 18 this month, so all I can do is just advise and hope she listens. I've told each one that in any conflict with authorities, I will believe their teacher or the cops first. If they want me to believe their side of the story, they'd better be well-armed with facts and not "I didn't do it!". So far, only one conflict with teachers and I kept my word and made my son apologize the next morning to his teacher. That was three years ago in 8th grade and no repeats since. I monitor their homework and check their grades electronically at least every two weeks. I also regularly look through their rooms as well. When they stay out late, they are expected to tell me if they change plans or time to come home, and I don't go to sleep until they do come home. I love them too much to not do everything in my power to give them every opportunity to succeed, including discipline and oversight until they leave the nest.
(Throat clearing noise) Ahem...The Constitution was written on parchment (probably sheepskin), not paper.
Because that could irrevocably contaminate Mars before there was any proof of life that may have arisen independently. Besides, we already know what the surface conditions are like from the various probes, landers, and rovers sent there. We can duplicate Mars' surface conditions in labs here on Earth and get a good idea of what would happen to various kinds Earth-based living things.
I don't know, but a couple of guesses: 1) A piece of the Phoenix' entry system, such as the parachute or the heat shield; 2) An artifact on the lens (but then wouldn't it show up in the same location on other pictures--is there only one camera taking pictures?); 3) Glare off of something shiny (water ice?); 4) Phoenix isn't alone....
As for me, I'm going to subscribe immediately and put it right next to my issues of "Obscure Sports Quarterly"...