The spider could live in its bubble indefinitely, were it not for the fact that nitrogen tends to diffuse out of it. This means that the bell eventually shrinks. It's why the spider still has to travel to the surface periodically to top up its home, and prevent it from collapsing.
NASA has had astronauts train underwater ever since the 1950s, precisely to simulate zero-g. IIRC Arthur C. Clarke originated the idea; at least, he took up diving around then with that motive.
Firefox does have a Greasemonkey script which adds a killfile for a number of blogging platforms, and another one for rot-13 support. I'm told other major browsers have similar addons.
I thought I saw just such a thing on Freshmeat recently — yes, here it is. It appears to need some Perl libraries which aren't available everywhere, though.
This is actually one of the oldest ideas in space flight theory; the very concept of a space station arose out of it. As Arthur C. Clarke wrote in Interplanetary Flight (1950):
From the conception of spaceships circling a planet for reconnaissance or refuelling, it was a natural step to consider the possibility of permanent orbital structures—"space stations"—and although this subject is perhaps subsidiary to the main theme of astronautics, it opens up so many important and stimulating prospects that it merits careful study.
The idea of space stations was originated, like a good many other things, by Oberth, but was developed in great detail by two Austrian engineers, Captain Potocnik and Count von Pirquet. As first conceived, the space station was regarded largely as a refuelling depot for spaceships on their way to the planets, but it was soon realized that it would perform many other valuable functions.
Well, one of the reviews of his latest book does say "Reading this book is like getting punched in the face by Carl Sagan." (quoted on the sidebar of TFA). You're not the first to compare Plait to Sagan.
It's rather a shame the English language dropped the letter wynn centuries ago (although it did look a bit too much like a "p"); "wynn wynn wynn" would be much easier to say!
That was actually Bowdler's argument for publishing his "Family Shakespeare": at least, with the censorship, children could read Shakespeare, and when they were older they would perhaps want to read the uncensored plays.
There is also a short story version, "Atlantis", which you can find on the Library section of his website along with other free etexts (with some restrictions on copying).
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Actually, I'm curious; how do you use Bitcoin in canning?
Was this supposed to be "the fundamental theorem of algebra"? But I agree with your points.
Iranians aren't Arabs, though.
I recommend Erik Klemetti's blog Eruptions to anyone who wants to follow Grimsvotn in detail. He has two posts on it already: http://bigthink.com/ideas/38526 and http://bigthink.com/ideas/38530, and they include links to webcams and other information sources.
When it has integrated EMACS?
NASA has had astronauts train underwater ever since the 1950s, precisely to simulate zero-g. IIRC Arthur C. Clarke originated the idea; at least, he took up diving around then with that motive.
Firefox does have a Greasemonkey script which adds a killfile for a number of blogging platforms, and another one for rot-13 support. I'm told other major browsers have similar addons.
I suspect it means a Web bug, aka a Web beacon.
I thought I saw just such a thing on Freshmeat recently — yes, here it is. It appears to need some Perl libraries which aren't available everywhere, though.
It got posted on Slashdot.
You're—serious? That example you just used is an (approximate) quotation from a U.S. Supreme Court ruling by Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.!
You just proved your own point! (Or, to get into the spirit of this thread: You just proved you're own point!)
Well, one of the reviews of his latest book does say "Reading this book is like getting punched in the face by Carl Sagan." (quoted on the sidebar of TFA). You're not the first to compare Plait to Sagan.
For that matter, the KGB was really just a rebranded CHEKA.
Messenger is more like Ziusudra.
There are plenty of other articles on this story on the web; take your pick.
Used in Ender's Game, but not from it; the term was directly borrowed from Le Guin's Hainish series.
http://www.jennymccarthybodycount.com/Jenny_McCarthy_Body_Count/Home.html
It's rather a shame the English language dropped the letter wynn centuries ago (although it did look a bit too much like a "p"); "wynn wynn wynn" would be much easier to say!
That was actually Bowdler's argument for publishing his "Family Shakespeare": at least, with the censorship, children could read Shakespeare, and when they were older they would perhaps want to read the uncensored plays.
Except he didn't; the phrase "Nigger Jim" doesn't occur even once in the entire book!
I kinda suspect the grandparent was being sarcastic.
There is also a short story version, "Atlantis", which you can find on the Library section of his website along with other free etexts (with some restrictions on copying).