Jupiter and Saturn have magnetospheric energy strong enough to power as many crafts as we would like (positioned accordingly of course)
Nope, Saturn's magnetic field is actually less powerful than Earth's, although it is much larger. From Wiki:
Saturn has an intrinsic magnetic field that has a simple, symmetric shape—a magnetic dipole. Its strength at the equator—0.2 gauss (20 T)—is approximately one twentieth than that of the field around Jupiter and slightly weaker than Earth's magnetic field. As a result Saturn's magnetosphere is much smaller than Jupiter's and extends slightly beyond the orbit of Titan. Most probably, the magnetic field is generated similarly to that of Jupiter—by currents in the metallic-hydrogen layer, which is called a metallic-hydrogen dynamo. Similarly to those of other planets, this magnetosphere is efficient at deflecting the solar wind particles from the Sun. The moon Titan orbits within the outer part of Saturn's magnetosphere and contributes plasma from the ionized particles in Titan's outer atmosphere.
Actually, it's easier to escape the Solar System than go into an orbit around Mercury.
Reaching Mercury from Earth poses significant technical challenges, since the planet orbits so much closer to the Sun than does the Earth. A Mercury-bound spacecraft launched from Earth must travel over 91 million kilometers into the Sun’s gravitational potential well. Mercury has an orbital speed of 48 km/s, while Earth’s orbital speed is 30 km/s. Thus the spacecraft must make a large change in velocity (delta-v) to enter a Hohmann transfer orbit that passes near Mercury, as compared to the delta-v required for other planetary missions.
The potential energy liberated by moving down the Sun’s potential well becomes kinetic energy; requiring another large delta-v change to do anything other than rapidly pass by Mercury. To land safely or enter a stable orbit the spacecraft would rely entirely on rocket motors. Aerobraking is ruled out because the planet has very little atmosphere. A trip to Mercury requires more rocket fuel than that required to escape the Solar System completely. As a result, only two space probes have visited the planet so far. A proposed alternative approach would use a solar sail to attain a Mercury-synchronous orbit around the Sun.
How could someone who has been here as long as you have not recognize this copypasta troll for what it? In my two years heard I've probably seen it a hundred times.
Companies like Sony have no choice but to do whatever they can in order to make money for their shareholders, that is their only duty in the capitalist system we live in. If they think they can make more money by being nice they will, but if they can make more money by being bastards as is usually the case then they have to do that instead.
How many times have I seen this bullshit apology for corporate behavior on Slashdot? This "profit can justify any behavior" is a cancer that will let to the downfall of our society. Ethics have no place in the modern economy and we all suffer for it.
Venus manages to have an atmosphere 93 times more massive than Earth's while having no intrinsic magnetic field and being subjected to a stronger solar wind.
its use is in perhaps 80-90% of all open source software applications.
That number seems too high to me... any source for that claim?
Wikipedia has a few numbers: As of August 2007, the GPL accounted for nearly 65% of the 43,442 free software projects listed on Freshmeat, and as of January 2006, about 68% of the projects listed on SourceForge.net. Similarly, a 2001 survey of Red Hat Linux 7.1 found that 50% of the source code was licensed under the GPL and a 1997 survey of MetaLab, then the largest free software archive, showed that the GPL accounted for about half of the software licensed therein.
Of course, you wouldn't believe how many of these fucking PS3 games nag, nag, nag about "would you like to connect to PSN? please connect to PSN! I can't go online if you don't connect to PSN! You can't use the online features because you're not on PSN! For the love of god I have to be connected to PSN at all times or I'll die!"... it's really fucking ridiculous. I'm loading up a single player game, my PS3 doesn't have a network connection, for the love of god if there isn't an active connection the game should not pop up 5 or 6 fucking nag screens telling me I should "go online" when all I fucking want to do is play the single-player game.
Sounds like you are describing Gran Turismo 5.:P As a bonus, the game loads significantly faster when it isn't trying to talk to PSN every 5 seconds.
This is even more annoying when you consider that somehow my Xbox manages to perform similar system and game updates in about 10-20 seconds including restart time which makes it a minor annoyance at worst.
There are strict limits on the allowable size of game patches for X360 games. While this means you'll never be forced to wait for a big patch to download. It also means some games will not be patched at all.
This limit is the reason games like C&C3 and its expansion were not patched on the X360.
(i.e. I'll create a third commodoreXXX account and just post the same message again. I will not be censored by governments nor corporations like slashfrak.)
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Jupiter and Saturn have magnetospheric energy strong enough to power as many crafts as we would like (positioned accordingly of course)
Nope, Saturn's magnetic field is actually less powerful than Earth's, although it is much larger. From Wiki:
Saturn has an intrinsic magnetic field that has a simple, symmetric shape—a magnetic dipole. Its strength at the equator—0.2 gauss (20 T)—is approximately one twentieth than that of the field around Jupiter and slightly weaker than Earth's magnetic field. As a result Saturn's magnetosphere is much smaller than Jupiter's and extends slightly beyond the orbit of Titan. Most probably, the magnetic field is generated similarly to that of Jupiter—by currents in the metallic-hydrogen layer, which is called a metallic-hydrogen dynamo. Similarly to those of other planets, this magnetosphere is efficient at deflecting the solar wind particles from the Sun. The moon Titan orbits within the outer part of Saturn's magnetosphere and contributes plasma from the ionized particles in Titan's outer atmosphere.
Titan (as far as I can tell) orbits almost exactly around Saturn's equator, so it too is inclined 26 degrees to the Sun.
The only major satellite that does not orbit very near its planet's equatorial plane is Earth's Moon.
https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/File:Earth-Moon.PNG
I heard about Safe-mail here on /. and I've been using it for more than a year and enjoying it.
https://safe-mail.net/
Actually, it's easier to escape the Solar System than go into an orbit around Mercury.
Reaching Mercury from Earth poses significant technical challenges, since the planet orbits so much closer to the Sun than does the Earth. A Mercury-bound spacecraft launched from Earth must travel over 91 million kilometers into the Sun’s gravitational potential well. Mercury has an orbital speed of 48 km/s, while Earth’s orbital speed is 30 km/s. Thus the spacecraft must make a large change in velocity (delta-v) to enter a Hohmann transfer orbit that passes near Mercury, as compared to the delta-v required for other planetary missions.
The potential energy liberated by moving down the Sun’s potential well becomes kinetic energy; requiring another large delta-v change to do anything other than rapidly pass by Mercury. To land safely or enter a stable orbit the spacecraft would rely entirely on rocket motors. Aerobraking is ruled out because the planet has very little atmosphere. A trip to Mercury requires more rocket fuel than that required to escape the Solar System completely. As a result, only two space probes have visited the planet so far. A proposed alternative approach would use a solar sail to attain a Mercury-synchronous orbit around the Sun.
https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Mercury_(planet)
How could someone who has been here as long as you have not recognize this copypasta troll for what it? In my two years heard I've probably seen it a hundred times.
In Linux we often refer the Windows keys as the Super key. If there is an Apple key on a Mac, try that.
Companies like Sony have no choice but to do whatever they can in order to make money for their shareholders, that is their only duty in the capitalist system we live in. If they think they can make more money by being nice they will, but if they can make more money by being bastards as is usually the case then they have to do that instead.
How many times have I seen this bullshit apology for corporate behavior on Slashdot? This "profit can justify any behavior" is a cancer that will let to the downfall of our society. Ethics have no place in the modern economy and we all suffer for it.
Venus manages to have an atmosphere 93 times more massive than Earth's while having no intrinsic magnetic field and being subjected to a stronger solar wind.
There is still much we have to learn.
3? There are 4 timezones used in the mainland 48 states and 7 more covering Alaska, Hawaii, and various territories.
https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/List_of_time_zones_by_country
Pics or it didn't happen. ;)
its use is in perhaps 80-90% of all open source software applications.
That number seems too high to me... any source for that claim?
Wikipedia has a few numbers:
As of August 2007, the GPL accounted for nearly 65% of the 43,442 free software projects listed on Freshmeat, and as of January 2006, about 68% of the projects listed on SourceForge.net. Similarly, a 2001 survey of Red Hat Linux 7.1 found that 50% of the source code was licensed under the GPL and a 1997 survey of MetaLab, then the largest free software archive, showed that the GPL accounted for about half of the software licensed therein.
Of course, you wouldn't believe how many of these fucking PS3 games nag, nag, nag about "would you like to connect to PSN? please connect to PSN! I can't go online if you don't connect to PSN! You can't use the online features because you're not on PSN! For the love of god I have to be connected to PSN at all times or I'll die!"... it's really fucking ridiculous. I'm loading up a single player game, my PS3 doesn't have a network connection, for the love of god if there isn't an active connection the game should not pop up 5 or 6 fucking nag screens telling me I should "go online" when all I fucking want to do is play the single-player game.
Sounds like you are describing Gran Turismo 5. :P As a bonus, the game loads significantly faster when it isn't trying to talk to PSN every 5 seconds.
That is unless it's one of those strange mangled torrents some people make which have padding between every file to finish up the block.
The BitComet torrent client is the one that has the option of padding files... I usually see it used in Japanese torrents.
Opera is already at 11.
http://www.opera.com/
a glitch with the new design
I saw them with the old layout, too, so it isn't just from the design change.
This is even more annoying when you consider that somehow my Xbox manages to perform similar system and game updates in about 10-20 seconds including restart time which makes it a minor annoyance at worst.
There are strict limits on the allowable size of game patches for X360 games. While this means you'll never be forced to wait for a big patch to download. It also means some games will not be patched at all.
This limit is the reason games like C&C3 and its expansion were not patched on the X360.
He's copying MichealKristopeit's concept. They should have a fight to the death.
The rest of win no matter the outcome.
1 gram should be based on the distance an object travels when 1 newton of force is applied. instead of something dynamic like a physical entity.
You can't use Newtons to define the gram because you need to know what a gram is before you can define the Newton.
1 N = (1 kg x m) / s^2
You need to define a kilogram before you can define a Newton.
Fifty-four forty or fight!
You're sacrificing your index by using 'R'. How will you ever strafe right at the same time?! :)
I press R with my ring finger... I'm a Dvorák typist, you insensitive clod.
That's correct. The summary is just written to attract more clicks from the less informed.
(i.e. I'll create a third commodoreXXX account and just post the same message again. I will not be censored by governments nor corporations like slashfrak.)
MichealKristopeitXXX, is that you?
But Rikku... in a bikini.
Lulu was the one I wanted to see in a bikini... but she's not even in that game. ;_;
you don't want a Chinese made engine coming through your roof.
Donnie Darko, is that you?