That's only true when you're talking about firing straight up. At lower angles a bullet can go in an arc and still have a significant amount of lateral velocity when I comes down because gravity only acts in the vertical direction. It will still be slowed down somewhat by air resistance but that's not necessarily enough to make it non-lethal (if bullets couldn't overcome air resistance then guns would be useless in an atmosphere).
You seem to have forgotten the Atlas V and Delta IV.
Atlas V had a "partial failure" where the second stage cut off 4 seconds early in a 900 second burn; but even the customer (NRO) still called it a success. If Falcon 9's aborted secondary payload doesn't count as a failure then I can hardly see how Atlas' slightly lower orbit does, which means it's at 54 successful launches and counting.
Delta IV-M on the other hand has never had even a partial failure, 21 launches going. The Delta IV-H had one partial failure but that's a rather different animal.
Also neither vehicle has ever had a total failure.
Well yea, recruiting is the entire reason for the existence of AA, nobody disputes that. The GPP however was insinuating that the only reason (or at least one of the main reasons) war FPS games in general exist is because the DoD funds them. That's silly, franchises like CoD and BF make money hand over fist, there's no reason for the DoD to bribe someone to make them.
Defense now throws millions of dollars at game developers, tasking them with making war look like just another extreme sport.
Yea I don't suppose you have a citation on that one? Closest I've heard of is the America's Army series, and they're pretty open about that being a recruiting/education tool.
Uh maybe you should re-read his post; he's not disputing that water forms long chains, he's just saying the idea of water memory (which he clearly doesn't buy) was around before we knew about said long chains.
I'm not sure how useful that would be in practice though. The only "aborts" after t-0 that I've ever heard of were due to either A) the rocket blew up or B) loss of control of the rocket resulted in it straying off course and then being blown up by range safety. Either scenarios preclude any attempt at landing (you either have no rocket or no control of the rocket). Is there any other reason a mission would be aborted post-launch? Even with human cargo I'd think you'd jettison the capsule if things were bad enough that you had to abort.
However, Boeing has pulled the Delta IV from the market, so there will be a limited number of these launched in the future.
Got a citation on that? Last I heard there was no definitive plan to end the Delta IV program, in fact it would be insane considering Atlas' precarious engine situation.
You clearly didn't even read what he posted because it specifically mentions the eruption of Mt. Pinatubo. It was the largest eruption the world has seen since 1912, yet it would take 700 of those eruptions a year to even match human annual output of CO2, much less dwarf it.
Ah! Well played good sir. By cleverly managing to debunk his statistically-backed citation by insisting "nuh uh", and proving your own point not by using another citation (because that's what they'd expect), but instead by capitalizing "FACT" and "DO", you have managed to convince me.
I didn't follow what this three-strikes law is all about very closely but from what I gather from the article it doesn't sound nearly as bad as the crap that goes on over here in the US. You get three warnings and then they slap you with a $150 fine? Sounds way more reasonable than Jammie Thomas getting $80000 per song or whatever. Could someone who knows more be kind enough to explain the issue?
What you're not accounting for is the fact that even though he chooses to run the company like there is no leader, in reality GabeN technically is still the owner and could change the management structure as he saw fit if things started going downhill. Considering his success I'm pretty confident that he'd be smart enough to realize that nobody was working anymore and that he needed a new plan.
Thats funny. My office of 5000+ is about to buy iPhones for 20% of them to replace aging Blackberry phones. With that they have already purchased mass provisioning and corporate app distribution capabilities.
Guess personal anecdotes only tell a narrow picture of the landscape.
We really only have your personal anecdote to back up the assertion that personal anecdotes only tell a narrow picture.
So basically the protestors were blocking the police from going where they needed to go
Bullshit. At the very beginning of the video the cop steps *over* the line without trouble, clearly the rest of the cops could have done the same if they just wanted to get somewhere.
Don't get me wrong, I understand investments. It's just that the stock market isn't the only way to invest. When I invest in something, it's because I actually believe in the company based on something more than just erratic market trends.
As someone who doesn't really understand investments, mind if I ask what you are talking about here? VC stuff or just investing in businesses that you personally have a relationship with the owner?
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That's only true when you're talking about firing straight up. At lower angles a bullet can go in an arc and still have a significant amount of lateral velocity when I comes down because gravity only acts in the vertical direction. It will still be slowed down somewhat by air resistance but that's not necessarily enough to make it non-lethal (if bullets couldn't overcome air resistance then guns would be useless in an atmosphere).
You seem to have forgotten the Atlas V and Delta IV.
Atlas V had a "partial failure" where the second stage cut off 4 seconds early in a 900 second burn; but even the customer (NRO) still called it a success. If Falcon 9's aborted secondary payload doesn't count as a failure then I can hardly see how Atlas' slightly lower orbit does, which means it's at 54 successful launches and counting.
Delta IV-M on the other hand has never had even a partial failure, 21 launches going. The Delta IV-H had one partial failure but that's a rather different animal.
Also neither vehicle has ever had a total failure.
Well yea, recruiting is the entire reason for the existence of AA, nobody disputes that. The GPP however was insinuating that the only reason (or at least one of the main reasons) war FPS games in general exist is because the DoD funds them. That's silly, franchises like CoD and BF make money hand over fist, there's no reason for the DoD to bribe someone to make them.
Defense now throws millions of dollars at game developers, tasking them with making war look like just another extreme sport.
Yea I don't suppose you have a citation on that one? Closest I've heard of is the America's Army series, and they're pretty open about that being a recruiting/education tool.
Uh maybe you should re-read his post; he's not disputing that water forms long chains, he's just saying the idea of water memory (which he clearly doesn't buy) was around before we knew about said long chains.
I'm not sure how useful that would be in practice though. The only "aborts" after t-0 that I've ever heard of were due to either A) the rocket blew up or B) loss of control of the rocket resulted in it straying off course and then being blown up by range safety. Either scenarios preclude any attempt at landing (you either have no rocket or no control of the rocket). Is there any other reason a mission would be aborted post-launch? Even with human cargo I'd think you'd jettison the capsule if things were bad enough that you had to abort.
However, Boeing has pulled the Delta IV from the market, so there will be a limited number of these launched in the future.
Got a citation on that? Last I heard there was no definitive plan to end the Delta IV program, in fact it would be insane considering Atlas' precarious engine situation.
No, it isnt.
Well can't argue with that, I'm convinced.
You clearly didn't even read what he posted because it specifically mentions the eruption of Mt. Pinatubo. It was the largest eruption the world has seen since 1912, yet it would take 700 of those eruptions a year to even match human annual output of CO2, much less dwarf it.
Either that or the person chosen to write the response was ridiculous, i.e. director of the TSA responding to the "Abolish the TSA" petition...
Quick! Someone make a "Let Texas and Louisiana Secede" petition!
It's a trap!
Well, this thread was confusing.
Did they ever fix your Prius?
Ah! Well played good sir. By cleverly managing to debunk his statistically-backed citation by insisting "nuh uh", and proving your own point not by using another citation (because that's what they'd expect), but instead by capitalizing "FACT" and "DO", you have managed to convince me.
I didn't follow what this three-strikes law is all about very closely but from what I gather from the article it doesn't sound nearly as bad as the crap that goes on over here in the US. You get three warnings and then they slap you with a $150 fine? Sounds way more reasonable than Jammie Thomas getting $80000 per song or whatever. Could someone who knows more be kind enough to explain the issue?
What you're not accounting for is the fact that even though he chooses to run the company like there is no leader, in reality GabeN technically is still the owner and could change the management structure as he saw fit if things started going downhill. Considering his success I'm pretty confident that he'd be smart enough to realize that nobody was working anymore and that he needed a new plan.
This was far more entertaining and far less blatantly biased than I was expecting. Wish I had mod points.
Or Project Glass.
I'd be afraid to take one out on the highway, never mind all the way to the moon.
Well yea, I don't think they have wheels or blinkers or anything.... I don't think Mr. Armstrong would've taken one on the highway either.
Thats funny. My office of 5000+ is about to buy iPhones for 20% of them to replace aging Blackberry phones. With that they have already purchased mass provisioning and corporate app distribution capabilities.
Guess personal anecdotes only tell a narrow picture of the landscape.
We really only have your personal anecdote to back up the assertion that personal anecdotes only tell a narrow picture.
So basically the protestors were blocking the police from going where they needed to go
Bullshit. At the very beginning of the video the cop steps *over* the line without trouble, clearly the rest of the cops could have done the same if they just wanted to get somewhere.
Don't get me wrong, I understand investments. It's just that the stock market isn't the only way to invest. When I invest in something, it's because I actually believe in the company based on something more than just erratic market trends.
As someone who doesn't really understand investments, mind if I ask what you are talking about here? VC stuff or just investing in businesses that you personally have a relationship with the owner?
If you read the article (highly recommended) you'll see that the authors have invented a FREAKIN' TIME MACHINE!!
FTFY
Bah, you think the RIAA is bad, just you wait until Big Toilet Paper has its business model threatened by modern technology...