Voyager Speed is 17 km/s (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voyager_1). So if we take pretty much the nearest star at 4 LY = 4*10^16 m = 4*10^13 km, it would take 0.25*10^13 sec for the Voyager to reach. One year is roughly 0.3*10^8 sec. So Voyager could reach the nearest star in about 10^5 years, that is one hundred thousand years. If you call that interstellar travel, smoke signals (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smoke_signal) should work just fine for you as a way of communication.
The difference here is that Columbus had a vehicle able to efficiently travel in the ocean. And rocket propulsion is extremely inefficient. "To get off this goddamned planet and out into the universe and start staking our claims" using rocket propulsion would be the same as for Columbus to go across the ocean on a $30 inflatable raft from a Wallymart.
Well, if a game is great, people will keep playing it over and over again for years. Original Fallout would be an example. If it is just play-once-and-forget low end entertainment, it is not worth wasting 50 hours on...
When/where I was at the university, professors would talk to the students during exams and ask them questions. No stupid picking answers from the list.
Yes this is a DRM issue. Each vendor has it's own DRM scheme and typical reader does not support all schemes, so each vendor pretty much requires it's own device. And yes, I bought a DRM protected book for my device once, making it work was one of the most revolting computer experiences I've ever had. Since then I just download my books DRM free.
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Just imagine that in the 70s people used to do the same kind of stuff with just a few transistors :)
Ow, poor thing, so-o-o many friends, need to automate them
All people are equal, but some are more equal then others
Unless you measure in zero pressure, at which point the mass component becomes zero, regardless of the size of a kilogram. Squared :).
And at zero pressure water evaporates like crazy, so either pressure becomes non-zero or you run out of water.
Voyager Speed is 17 km/s (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voyager_1). So if we take pretty much the nearest star at 4 LY = 4*10^16 m = 4*10^13 km, it would take 0.25*10^13 sec for the Voyager to reach. One year is roughly 0.3*10^8 sec. So Voyager could reach the nearest star in about 10^5 years, that is one hundred thousand years. If you call that interstellar travel, smoke signals (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smoke_signal) should work just fine for you as a way of communication.
Definitely. Basically I was referring to On K2 with Kanakaredes.
NASA budget is irrelevant, rocket propulsion which it uses can barely get a probe to the Mars.
Now all is left is to build McDonalds on the top.
That's time-travel cell phone, it uses cell towers in the future, silly!
Game Over, Dude!
The difference here is that Columbus had a vehicle able to efficiently travel in the ocean. And rocket propulsion is extremely inefficient. "To get off this goddamned planet and out into the universe and start staking our claims" using rocket propulsion would be the same as for Columbus to go across the ocean on a $30 inflatable raft from a Wallymart.
Well, if a game is great, people will keep playing it over and over again for years. Original Fallout would be an example. If it is just play-once-and-forget low end entertainment, it is not worth wasting 50 hours on...
Police does not investigate $50 crime. Anyway, steal the shoes as well and make it $80 :)
RTFA: This follows last week's development announcement of Canon's 120 megapixel 29.2 x 20.2mm APS-H CMOS sensor. They are different sensors.
Yes, 6 Mp is a lot. It is three 1920x1080 monitor screens.
Taking your pic might be novel.
Nope. There is a prior art, remember that Pennsylvania school principal taking pictures of students at home? http://yro.slashdot.org/story/10/02/23/2030207/Federal-Judge-Orders-Schools-To-Stop-Laptop-Spying
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5FFRoYhTJQQ
I left my Mercedes unlocked on a Friday after work, came back on Monday morning and was surprised to find it unlocked.
Nobody locked it for you? Bastards!
Fuck, there will be more horrors than you or I can imagine now... and I can imagine quite a lot...
Why don't you try AdBlock?
15 Amp fuse is 15 Amp fuse. It has _nothing_ to do with voltage and, therefore, power. It just breaks when current reaches the limit.
When/where I was at the university, professors would talk to the students during exams and ask them questions. No stupid picking answers from the list.
A light non-conductive coating would work perfectly well.
May I suggest duct tape? There is nothing duct tape cannot fix!
Wasn't Nevada also proclaimed as the dumping ground for nuclear and toxic waste?
And that is exactly what makes it the source of geothermal energy
Yes this is a DRM issue. Each vendor has it's own DRM scheme and typical reader does not support all schemes, so each vendor pretty much requires it's own device. And yes, I bought a DRM protected book for my device once, making it work was one of the most revolting computer experiences I've ever had. Since then I just download my books DRM free.
I remember a DOS times joke of creating an archive which would expand into a humongous file full of zeroes, 100% lossless btw :) What do I win?