The XServe G5 will allow to build supercomputers using far more space and will be obviously one of the best solutions around for webservers.
The iPod is more expensive than what the rumors said but it also has bigger hard drive (4Go/249$ vs 2Go/100$). I think that makes it the best deal by far in its category.
Then this 'Pepsi' thing... Looks like I'm gonna drink Pepsi instead of Coke soon. And I mean a lot of Pepsi. Definitely a good idea for Pepsi.
2004 will definitely be Apple's year and I think that's good news because it will bring some change in the IT world.
My fan here has one so I can't put my fingers in. Maybe we could use grid with larger holes so the flow of wind wouldn't be disturbed too much and so it would prevent bigger birds of going through.
I think it would cause some extra noise (wind going through the grid), cost some extra money and maybe lower the wind speed a little (and by the way lower efficiency) but that would definitely save the birds.
But maybe 22000 birds over 20 years (that's a little more than 3 birds a day) are not worth the expense...
Any solution with magnetic fields? I know that some birds use magnetic fields during their flight to find their destination... It could also help keeping birds out of the highway (60 millions/year in car collision ??? That's a LOT).
instead of And oh I forgot to add that Switzerland is not part of European so I the submitter of this story has nothing to do with British or European Union.
you should read "And oh I forgot to add that Switzerland is not part of European Union so the submitter of this story has nothing to do with British or European Union and ESA.
Hum I think that the edge has nothing to do with number of probes.
NASA had the edge for a long time, maybe it will lose it for a few months to the european with Beagle 2 (maybe not the thing has still many lucks to crash on Mars). And maybe it will recover it with the next missions.
The parent seems a little flamebait to me. And it also seems the submitter of this story is Swiss (.ch on his email) so stop bashing the british please.
NASA as a weak budget but it was used to very big fundings during the cold war.
In Europ space has never been a top priority and fundings have always been really limited. When you have less you try to optimize everything and you tend to do better for cheaper.
Look at the Pathfinder mission with Sojourner. It was a Nasa mission but a mission without a very big funding. It was a tremendous success.
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Come on so how do you explain that people are paying 200$ for 256 or 512 Mo iRiver player ?
Don't you think 2504 for 4Go is MUCH better ?
Stop comparing mini iPod with iPod they are not in the same category.
The proof here, not a lot smaller but smaller still.
Think about the size of it. No comparison with the other iPod.
Ddepends on what you need.
The XServe G5 will allow to build supercomputers using far more space and will be obviously one of the best solutions around for webservers.
The iPod is more expensive than what the rumors said but it also has bigger hard drive (4Go/249$ vs 2Go/100$). I think that makes it the best deal by far in its category.
Then this 'Pepsi' thing... Looks like I'm gonna drink Pepsi instead of Coke soon. And I mean a lot of Pepsi. Definitely a good idea for Pepsi.
2004 will definitely be Apple's year and I think that's good news because it will bring some change in the IT world.
Happy new year and no, I'm not a Mac zealot.
Apple iPod. Because of that I'm listening music 24/7 now... Too bad for my ears.
Not all magnetic fields are harmful. For example, the Earth's one... And that's the one the birds use.
It takes toxic products to create a solar energy collector -> it kills too.
Why not put big metal grid around each turbine ?
My fan here has one so I can't put my fingers in. Maybe we could use grid with larger holes so the flow of wind wouldn't be disturbed too much and so it would prevent bigger birds of going through.
I think it would cause some extra noise (wind going through the grid), cost some extra money and maybe lower the wind speed a little (and by the way lower efficiency) but that would definitely save the birds.
But maybe 22000 birds over 20 years (that's a little more than 3 birds a day) are not worth the expense...
Any solution with magnetic fields? I know that some birds use magnetic fields during their flight to find their destination... It could also help keeping birds out of the highway (60 millions/year in car collision ??? That's a LOT).
It happens, it's just VERY RARE but it happens.
You need only once you know...
Playing with genetics is obviously VERY dangerous. The gene could jump from one organism to another... We simply don't know.
But please also remember that the US government and Monsanto have been doing that with corn and soya FOR YEARS.
I don't like this future for agriculture, please take time to do test before...
Giving money to wikipedia is, IMHO, more useful and a much better idea than giving 4000$ to the first guy that will port Mozilla on the Amiga platform.
But hey it's my own opinion mod me down if offtopic but no flame please.
Let's talk about all the errors you are doing M. 'Anonymous Coward'.
I didn't know that, sorry.
Thanks for the information
I corrected my mispell already. And sorry for my bad english, I'm not native english-speaker.
;)), look at George Bush for instance ;)
Anyway, I don't think older is better (I'm 25 so yes I'm young
Because NASA was created to fight Russians in their growing interest for space.
That's my point, thanks.
;)
Sorry if I didn't explain well but I am not a native english-speaking person
And without Russian innovation NASA wouldn't exist at all.
instead of And oh I forgot to add that Switzerland is not part of European so I the submitter of this story has nothing to do with British or European Union.
you should read
"And oh I forgot to add that Switzerland is not part of European Union so the submitter of this story has nothing to do with British or European Union and ESA.
And oh I forgot to add that Switzerland is not part of European so I the submitter of this story has nothing to do with British or European Union.
I was referring to all the british bashing post we can see in this discussion. And no I'm not British and yes the parent is flamebait.
Going to Space as itself IS a competition for all Mankind. No need to fight with other countries if you need competition its already there.
Hum I think that the edge has nothing to do with number of probes.
NASA had the edge for a long time, maybe it will lose it for a few months to the european with Beagle 2 (maybe not the thing has still many lucks to crash on Mars). And maybe it will recover it with the next missions.
The parent seems a little flamebait to me. And it also seems the submitter of this story is Swiss (.ch on his email) so stop bashing the british please.
... you tend to waste it.
NASA as a weak budget but it was used to very big fundings during the cold war.
In Europ space has never been a top priority and fundings have always been really limited. When you have less you try to optimize everything and you tend to do better for cheaper.
Look at the Pathfinder mission with Sojourner. It was a Nasa mission but a mission without a very big funding. It was a tremendous success.
And why is everybody always looking at space exploration as 'a race' or a 'competition' ?
What about trying to make an international Mars mission ?
I know that maybe ISS is not very useful, but it certainly is a success in terms of engineering and many countries took part in it.
What about doing the same for Mars ?
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Or Apollo, whatever...