Everytime I got a new email adres, there is always that one clueless git that adds my address to one of those cute 'send something funny every week' sites.
Never got that funny, but the spams just starts flooding in.
Now I'm a lot more picky about who gets to see my real address. The rest goes to my temporary catch-all of the month.
When you have working code in COBOL, really battle-hardened proven-beyond-doubt COBOL code, would you really trust a mechanical translation into another language?
I wouldn't, no way! And there is no way to completely test the new code either, as the specs never existed or at least are missing and/or outdated.
I'd rather keep the working COBOL code. Even if that means I have to deal with grumpy old geezers to maintain said code.
All we know is that a pre-release version of win7 is supposedly faster than a release version of Vista. Pre-release versions of Vista where faster than the commercial release of Vista as well.
Let's wait until Win7 hits the shelves before taking speculation as gospel.
If win7 will end up being faster than Vista, I'll drink to you. Otherwise I'll drink to me. Either way, it seems I win!:-)
An iceberg displaces its weight in water (as all floating bodies do). That means that thawing of it won't change the water level at all.
Except when it has a truly odd shape:
Think of a sinking ship. When it floats it displaces its weight in water. When it is sunk, then it displaces its volume in water. For a ship the volume is much less than its weight. Sinking a ship will actually lower the water level.
Iceberg don't (generally) have a lot of significant cavities, so the water level won't change much.
Remember the one where they tried to muck out that cement truck? Man, that was unreal! One second there's a truck, and the next second it's completely gone. No Hollywood fireball, just Bang! and no-more-truck.
The reason I called the ship small, is because it is a small craft compared to the incoming asteroids we were talking about.
I was wrong about the blast chamber, I stand corrected. I'll look into the huge plain shield material, because (without having done the research) I think that would be a major challenge.
Yes, it was. It was supposed to eject the remains of the bomb into a focussed jet of debris. For that purpose it had to have special blast chambers of precise dimensions. And after all that, there had to be quite a few detonations to get the (small) craft moving anywhere at speed. A single blast won't do it.
There are quite a few unsolved issues, not the least the material of the blast chamber which had better last a long time.
Detonating a bomb on the side of an asteroid will at best transfer the momentum of half the original bomb. That's "not very heavy" times "quite fast" at the bomb side, versus "very, very massive" times "quite fast" on the asteroid side.
The asteroid would laugh in your face if you tried.
There's no air pressure to blast against. Unless you drill the nuke deep into the asteroid first, there will be a hopeful flash of light and a lasting disappointment.
A small part of the asteroid might vaporize and likely there will be cracks and dislodged chunks. They will, however, merrily continue straight on their Earthbound route of doom.
Small consolation is that when a large asteroid hits the Earth it will be so fast and so utterly undetected beforehand that you probably won't notice it. Unless you are on the other side of the planet. Then you might suffer a couple of weeks before you die.
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I certainly don't mind people sending me paper junkmail.
I've got a good use for it!
Everytime I got a new email adres, there is always that one clueless git that adds my address to one of those cute 'send something funny every week' sites.
Never got that funny, but the spams just starts flooding in.
Now I'm a lot more picky about who gets to see my real address. The rest goes to my temporary catch-all of the month.
Those ranks are collecting a nice, secure paycheck each and every month and will do so for the next few decades.
Coding for the love of it is marvellous, a joy without peer. But without a corresponding paycheck it is just vanity. Mental masturbation, if you will.
I'd rather be a well payed drone than a masturbator, wouldn't you?
When you have working code in COBOL, really battle-hardened proven-beyond-doubt COBOL code, would you really trust a mechanical translation into another language?
I wouldn't, no way! And there is no way to completely test the new code either, as the specs never existed or at least are missing and/or outdated.
I'd rather keep the working COBOL code. Even if that means I have to deal with grumpy old geezers to maintain said code.
Sneaky! I like it!
All we know is that a pre-release version of win7 is supposedly faster than a release version of Vista. Pre-release versions of Vista where faster than the commercial release of Vista as well.
:-)
Let's wait until Win7 hits the shelves before taking speculation as gospel.
If win7 will end up being faster than Vista, I'll drink to you. Otherwise I'll drink to me. Either way, it seems I win!
It is true. Can't find a reference for your, but it is truly true.
He'd better bring a really good sump pump. The soil is very moist and there is an infinite amount of ground water.
Please tell me when he goes digging! I'll carry my deck chair and BBQ over and will upload the epic fail video on YouTube!
Care to tell me which parts are wrong?
An iceberg displaces its weight in water (as all floating bodies do). That means that thawing of it won't change the water level at all.
Except when it has a truly odd shape: Think of a sinking ship. When it floats it displaces its weight in water. When it is sunk, then it displaces its volume in water. For a ship the volume is much less than its weight. Sinking a ship will actually lower the water level.
Iceberg don't (generally) have a lot of significant cavities, so the water level won't change much.
Lowest point in the Netherlands is 6.76m (just over 22 feet) below sea-level, near Nieuwerkerk-aan-de-IJssel.
It also works in full screen mode. I didn't know it could be run in a window :-)
I just tried it on Ubuntu 8.10 and it Just Works. It runs very smoothly at 1920 x 1200.
And, also, it is very, very good to play!
UT always felt like a pinball machine to me. Nexuiz is fast-paced but still lets you keep control.
I like it a lot.
Yeay! We're getting a pony!
They leave a fatty aftertaste...
Kari's rack is just fine as is, thank you very much.
Though I much prefer that cool blond girl they had on the show.
Remember the one where they tried to muck out that cement truck? Man, that was unreal! One second there's a truck, and the next second it's completely gone. No Hollywood fireball, just Bang! and no-more-truck.
Cool. That's what it is.
Are you sure you posted in the right thread?
The reason I called the ship small, is because it is a small craft compared to the incoming asteroids we were talking about.
I was wrong about the blast chamber, I stand corrected. I'll look into the huge plain shield material, because (without having done the research) I think that would be a major challenge.
+1, Evil.
Yes, it was. It was supposed to eject the remains of the bomb into a focussed jet of debris. For that purpose it had to have special blast chambers of precise dimensions. And after all that, there had to be quite a few detonations to get the (small) craft moving anywhere at speed. A single blast won't do it.
There are quite a few unsolved issues, not the least the material of the blast chamber which had better last a long time.
Detonating a bomb on the side of an asteroid will at best transfer the momentum of half the original bomb. That's "not very heavy" times "quite fast" at the bomb side, versus "very, very massive" times "quite fast" on the asteroid side.
The asteroid would laugh in your face if you tried.
Install ejector seats. They can be deployed at any altitude, even on the ground. Problem solved.
Unless the plane is inverted and close to the ground. That might hurt a bit. Not for long, probably.
So basically you're saying that planes mostly crash when they meet the ground? Well, stop the presses, we've got a scoop right here!
There's no air pressure to blast against. Unless you drill the nuke deep into the asteroid first, there will be a hopeful flash of light and a lasting disappointment.
A small part of the asteroid might vaporize and likely there will be cracks and dislodged chunks. They will, however, merrily continue straight on their Earthbound route of doom.
Small consolation is that when a large asteroid hits the Earth it will be so fast and so utterly undetected beforehand that you probably won't notice it. Unless you are on the other side of the planet. Then you might suffer a couple of weeks before you die.
Truly off-topic, but it's neat you're living in Paradise! :-)