So you think someone had to evolve to create a rocket? Did someone have to evolve to create your toaster, while someone else evolved differently to create my different toaster? Learning is not evolution. CowboyNeal didn't have to evolve in order to/.
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Well, minerals which are lighter than others are more likely to become part of continents and thus survive longer away from the mantle. Basalt on the ocean floor tends to only survive a couple of hundred million years.
Or is it that heavier minerals are more likely to soon rejoin the refreshing mantle? Is it good to be in the mantle or away from it?
"Hello, I'm Clippy.
Are you trying to hit the Earth?
Try firing your rifle directly opposite the direction of your ship's orbit.
You would get faster results if you upgrade your rifle to one which can fire at the same speed as your ship's speed."
If the bag was pushed exactly toward or away from Earth, it would be back in one orbit. But it was pushed in a random direction. A sideways push makes it keep going away from the station; the orbits might later intersect after the bag's sideways travel takes it around the world. It would have to get a very strong horizontal push to go around the world in a short enough period for the astronauts to be willing to wait for it. And if the sideways push wasn't exactly horizontal, when the bag came back from the other side it might be too high or too low.
The Ontario Ministry of Transportation, on its HOV lane page, promotes carpooling and links to SmartCommute.ca. This is an initiative of Metrolinx, an agency of the Government of Ontario. Metrolinx offers services to the "greater Toronto area". So the Ontario government is arranging carpooling across city limits, but forbidding another group from doing so.
Yeah, this looks like it's a cogeneration incinerator. But if they'd push the temperature up enough to separate the stuff into molecules and atoms, they could make an industrial mass chromatograph. Separate the trash into its constituent atoms. A tube for the hydrogen, buckets for iron and lead... and a frequently-changed bucket for uranium. If it collects enough uranium for a nuclear power plant, the process might create more energy than it consumes.
I wish you luck. My upgrade doesn't recognize my sound card, Pidgin starts but displays nothing, and Totem hangs (MPlayer does work). And the network configuration tool shows both wired and Bluetooth links, but it doesn't seem to actually use the Bluetooth link for data (even if I disconnect the wired LAN cable). Sure do look purty, though.
Well, there used to be many steam engines roaring around the countryside, but that stopped once steam power was shown to be a hoax. Also, coal mines.. what? Steom? Like what winds a watch? No? Oh, never mind then.
The proposed situation does not forbid the growth of black holes, it merely suspects that the usual supply of material may be lost. Basically, the infalling material may become so energetic that it explodes outward and pushes away the interstellar dust and gas. However, anything which gets close enough to the black hole will still be pulled in. Growth of the black hole is not forbidden. Gas and dust which escapes "nearby" stars will still fall in, as will any stars which pass too near. The proposed mechanism would only block growth if any particle or photon which approaches the black hole will be so excited by the approach that it gains enough energy to escape before reaching the event horizon. This also requires that when an accelerating particle heats up and emits radiation, any infalling radiation also is accelerated and escapes. Nothing in the summary of the process indicates that the process affects all infalling material, only an effect upon some surrounding material.
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Do they have a small grue on a treadmill, forever running away from the light which it generates?
So now rocks and paintings are alive? Where's my wing-flapping flying car?
So you think someone had to evolve to create a rocket? Did someone have to evolve to create your toaster, while someone else evolved differently to create my different toaster? Learning is not evolution. CowboyNeal didn't have to evolve in order to /.
Or is it that heavier minerals are more likely to soon rejoin the refreshing mantle? Is it good to be in the mantle or away from it?
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Actually, a lot of the Earth's surface ended up as the Moon. But TFA is about what happened later.
Yeah, it's a real drag having to get wet when going for a swim.
I don't know. Is it tasty?
If it tastes good, its survival is assured.
What? We're supposed to read the summary now? How are we supposed to comment properly if we might pick up even hints of facts?
"Hello, I'm Clippy.
Are you trying to hit the Earth?
Try firing your rifle directly opposite the direction of your ship's orbit.
You would get faster results if you upgrade your rifle to one which can fire at the same speed as your ship's speed."
If you're trained to turn off your microphone first.
If the bag was pushed exactly toward or away from Earth, it would be back in one orbit. But it was pushed in a random direction. A sideways push makes it keep going away from the station; the orbits might later intersect after the bag's sideways travel takes it around the world. It would have to get a very strong horizontal push to go around the world in a short enough period for the astronauts to be willing to wait for it. And if the sideways push wasn't exactly horizontal, when the bag came back from the other side it might be too high or too low.
Actually, it was built 11 feet long and the special effects did not involve computers.
Great idea. It sounds as if you have BRAAAAAAINS.
The Ontario Ministry of Transportation, on its HOV lane page, promotes carpooling and links to SmartCommute.ca. This is an initiative of Metrolinx, an agency of the Government of Ontario. Metrolinx offers services to the "greater Toronto area". So the Ontario government is arranging carpooling across city limits, but forbidding another group from doing so.
That implies you read the article, but that can't be the case.
Yeah, this looks like it's a cogeneration incinerator. But if they'd push the temperature up enough to separate the stuff into molecules and atoms, they could make an industrial mass chromatograph. Separate the trash into its constituent atoms. A tube for the hydrogen, buckets for iron and lead... and a frequently-changed bucket for uranium. If it collects enough uranium for a nuclear power plant, the process might create more energy than it consumes.
I wish you luck. My upgrade doesn't recognize my sound card, Pidgin starts but displays nothing, and Totem hangs (MPlayer does work). And the network configuration tool shows both wired and Bluetooth links, but it doesn't seem to actually use the Bluetooth link for data (even if I disconnect the wired LAN cable). Sure do look purty, though.
1. Rely on a worn-out old reference. 2. Add a second action. 3. ??? 4. Profit!
Well, there used to be many steam engines roaring around the countryside, but that stopped once steam power was shown to be a hoax. Also, coal mines.. what? Steom? Like what winds a watch? No? Oh, never mind then.
The proposed situation does not forbid the growth of black holes, it merely suspects that the usual supply of material may be lost. Basically, the infalling material may become so energetic that it explodes outward and pushes away the interstellar dust and gas. However, anything which gets close enough to the black hole will still be pulled in. Growth of the black hole is not forbidden. Gas and dust which escapes "nearby" stars will still fall in, as will any stars which pass too near. The proposed mechanism would only block growth if any particle or photon which approaches the black hole will be so excited by the approach that it gains enough energy to escape before reaching the event horizon. This also requires that when an accelerating particle heats up and emits radiation, any infalling radiation also is accelerated and escapes. Nothing in the summary of the process indicates that the process affects all infalling material, only an effect upon some surrounding material.
Reimplement the machine gun design for one of the early manned recon satellites. It had radar and eyeball sensors.