I think that the US having to spend all this money allows allies to spend considerably less.
What exactly is the value of having allies with a tiny fraction of our military capability?
Too many of our relationships are still being defined by World War II or the Cold War. We need a serious foreign relations update, to reflect current realities rather than simply having American taxpayers foot the bill for countries entirely capable of looking after themselves.
At 169 m/s, the speed of sound in xenon gas is slower than that in air due to the slower average speed of the heavy xenon atoms compared to nitrogen and oxygen molecules. Hence, xenon lowers the resonant frequencies of the vocal tract when inhaled. This produces a characteristic lowered voice timbre, an effect opposite to the high-timbred voice caused by inhalation of helium. Like helium, xenon does not satisfy the body's need for oxygen. Xenon is both a simple asphyxiant and an anesthetic more powerful than nitrous oxide; consequently, many universities no longer allow the voice stunt as a general chemistry demonstration. As xenon is expensive, the gas sulfur hexafluoride, which is similar to xenon in molecular weight (146 versus 131), is generally used in this stunt, and is an asphyxiant without being anesthetic.
The "small percentage used" myth comes from early experiments on the brain, where they were looking for physical reactions to applied electrical impulses.
Only a small section of the brain (the motor cortex) gives such reactions, and this info was twisted into the current myth via a game of telephone.
Opera is probably the wisest browser choice for Win2K.
Then again, using an OS that stopped getting security updates more than 2 years ago on an Internet-connected computer implies you don't care much about making wise choices.
Seriously, if you live in a city, you don't need a car. Unless you *think* you need a car.
~ 38 years old and never owned a car. (Or bicycle.)
American cities don't work that way. New York City and Chicago have mass transit approaching European standards, but every other large city falls short. The situation is especially bad in the newer big cities... say Houston or Phoenix.
You have missed the whole point of insurance, which is a gamble where most people lose a little, but are covered in case they need a lot.
That's okay, the insurance companies miss this pesky little fact too, and as they strive to approach better accuracy in risk prediction, they forget that as accuracy approaches unity, everyone approach paying what their own future costs would be, plus the overhead of the insurance company. In other words, we would be better off without insurance.
Absolutely.
Insurance as it exists to today is a curtain over the fact that health care cost way too much in the US and the price is increasing way faster than wages are. Insurance was supposed to be for big and rare events, but people have to rely on it to afford routine checkups.
Titan's atmosphere is certainly closer to Earth's in general physical properties (mass and composition) than any other atmosphere in the Solar System. I would probably place Venus' next closest.
I also think it is distinctive for being a terrestrial body with significant amounts of liquid matter on the surface. All other bodies only have surface-level liquids as temporary phenomenon.
If you consider a basic concept of having "land, sea, and air", Titan rates closer to Earth than anything else I can think of. It's just all at much lower temperatures.
There were far more collisions in the early universe than there are now, because there was the roughly the same amount of matter in a much smaller amount of space.
These images are a strong counter-argument to that theory, because mature galaxies should not have existed at that time.
Says who? Current theory places initial star formation at 400 million years after the Big Bang. Many of these initial stars were far more massive than any currently extant stars and had much shorter life-cycles, meaning galactic evolution happened quite quickly compared to the current pace.
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Have you looked at Mediafire or PutLocker? They offer good filehosting for free (on both the upload and download sides) the way MU did.
As for MegaBox... I'll believe it when I see it. :)
An island with no tits?
Sounds like a veritable Seahell.
Then we I think we can agree it would be extremely unfortunate to have the US dragged into Turkey vs Syria because of NATO.
Now contemplate the original reason for NATO's existence... What exactly are we using it for in 2012?
Although, you could have mentioned how we kicked Yankee arse in 1812.....
Canada wasn't a country until 1867.
We'll liberate you yet, don't worry. Most of you have placed yourself in easy reach along the border already... :)
I think that the US having to spend all this money allows allies to spend considerably less.
What exactly is the value of having allies with a tiny fraction of our military capability?
Too many of our relationships are still being defined by World War II or the Cold War. We need a serious foreign relations update, to reflect current realities rather than simply having American taxpayers foot the bill for countries entirely capable of looking after themselves.
At 169 m/s, the speed of sound in xenon gas is slower than that in air due to the slower average speed of the heavy xenon atoms compared to nitrogen and oxygen molecules. Hence, xenon lowers the resonant frequencies of the vocal tract when inhaled. This produces a characteristic lowered voice timbre, an effect opposite to the high-timbred voice caused by inhalation of helium. Like helium, xenon does not satisfy the body's need for oxygen. Xenon is both a simple asphyxiant and an anesthetic more powerful than nitrous oxide; consequently, many universities no longer allow the voice stunt as a general chemistry demonstration. As xenon is expensive, the gas sulfur hexafluoride, which is similar to xenon in molecular weight (146 versus 131), is generally used in this stunt, and is an asphyxiant without being anesthetic.
Fun times. :)
The "small percentage used" myth comes from early experiments on the brain, where they were looking for physical reactions to applied electrical impulses.
Only a small section of the brain (the motor cortex) gives such reactions, and this info was twisted into the current myth via a game of telephone.
Earth's mass, roughly enough to remember easily: 6x10^24 kg
Don't forget to renew your geek card...
You expect the speed of light to be different 10 years hence?
The business model of this company is flawed for many reasons. It's never going to work.
Opera is probably the wisest browser choice for Win2K.
Then again, using an OS that stopped getting security updates more than 2 years ago on an Internet-connected computer implies you don't care much about making wise choices.
Seriously, if you live in a city, you don't need a car. Unless you *think* you need a car.
~ 38 years old and never owned a car. (Or bicycle.)
American cities don't work that way. New York City and Chicago have mass transit approaching European standards, but every other large city falls short. The situation is especially bad in the newer big cities... say Houston or Phoenix.
You have missed the whole point of insurance, which is a gamble where most people lose a little, but are covered in case they need a lot.
That's okay, the insurance companies miss this pesky little fact too, and as they strive to approach better accuracy in risk prediction, they forget that as accuracy approaches unity, everyone approach paying what their own future costs would be, plus the overhead of the insurance company. In other words, we would be better off without insurance.
Absolutely.
Insurance as it exists to today is a curtain over the fact that health care cost way too much in the US and the price is increasing way faster than wages are. Insurance was supposed to be for big and rare events, but people have to rely on it to afford routine checkups.
A huge scam.
I'm bored. :(
Anonymous Coward's UID is 666.
This is pretty much the definition of Idle, is it not?
Cool story bro seem appropriate.
you want an armed revolution... over intellectual property issues?
Seems you have a problem with projecting your own tendency to wildly overreact onto others, considering what garbage follows this sentence.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Door_in_the_face
Make a big absurd request they will reject, and then "compromise" on a lesser one.
1 foot is exactly 12 inches.
1 pound is exactly 0.45359237 kg.
Significant figures do not apply to unit definitions, as I recall... :)
Titan's atmosphere is certainly closer to Earth's in general physical properties (mass and composition) than any other atmosphere in the Solar System. I would probably place Venus' next closest.
I also think it is distinctive for being a terrestrial body with significant amounts of liquid matter on the surface. All other bodies only have surface-level liquids as temporary phenomenon.
If you consider a basic concept of having "land, sea, and air", Titan rates closer to Earth than anything else I can think of. It's just all at much lower temperatures.
The idea that some words are magic and will send you to hell are reflective of childish thought.
This problem would have been avoided if a Slashdotter were in charge of the image selection.
Frikkin' ignorant normies, I tell ya... :)
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Your post reminded me of this: http://mrl.nyu.edu/~perlin/homepage2006/tinyfont/index.html
There were far more collisions in the early universe than there are now, because there was the roughly the same amount of matter in a much smaller amount of space.
These images are a strong counter-argument to that theory, because mature galaxies should not have existed at that time.
Says who? Current theory places initial star formation at 400 million years after the Big Bang. Many of these initial stars were far more massive than any currently extant stars and had much shorter life-cycles, meaning galactic evolution happened quite quickly compared to the current pace.