That is a lot of cash for such a small sample size. How is that meant to be representative? Willing to bet they where all from the same place too (ie: US city) not Asia, Europe, etc.
You'd probably lose this one: the Indian hands are cheaper.
Ha. Now the libertarians are going to abandon it wholesale.
No fun when the big bad gubmint likes your freedomcoins.
Like the teens that left MySpace (and will leave Facebook) only because it was too full of parents, thus no longer cool... that's what you want to say?
At the point of impact, aren't we're talking millions of degrees of heat energy? Wouldn't this sterilize anything ejected from the planet?.
Taking into account the speed of heat diffusion in the mass of the ejecta, it may happen that the surface may reach some thousands degrees without the core experiencing an increased temperature of more that some degrees. I'd say, within the realm of possible for a rock 3 meters in diameter, ejected at high speed into the near 0K of the space in a matter of seconds.
(don't forget that the impact energy is not transferred in full to a small amount of rock, a big part of it is spent in dislocating those rock and transferring a good deal of kinetic energy. If it helps, think of the Gambaku dome, which was not melted despite being only 160 m from the hypocentre of the atomic explosion)
The delay in publishing this story is excessive, even by slashdot standards. Was GCHQ reluctant to release it on their tech news site while the Democracy Forum conference in Bali and CHOGM in Sri Lanka were still ongoing?
No, there was the necessary approval CGHQ needed to get from NSA to further approve the submission on/.
This is an old climate canard that goes back at least a decade, but if you're trying to find if there's a link between volcanos and melting ice caps then then you may want to start by considering the relevant sizes of the Antartic continent and the region of volcanic activity.
Except being a canard, you are right: knowledge about the complex relation of Earth's dynamics (volcanism included) and ice-caps thickness goes back longer than the last decade: around 2 centuries to be more precise.
I suppose a lot of people deal with tragedy through humor, but I sure wouldn't want to be a surviving family member and read some of the comments posted so far.
Seriously, it amazes me how people can fall in underestimating the gravity of this kind of situation.
Or:
* (at an age of 37) twice as risky as getting out of bed in any given morning;
* 7 times less risky than giving birth in Sweden or 24 times less risky than giving birth in USA
(umm... looking at the numbers above and speaking for myself, I'd choose skydiving over giving birth at any time... of course, being a male does bear a trace of influence on the decision...)
What trustworthy country do you want to buy them from? China? Russia? One of the major US allies?
sigh
Just give me the Cisco one.:(
Tell you what: get a RasberryPi and a USB-to-Ethernet adapter (USB2.0 - max rate - 480Mbps - I thing it's enough for a home user).
There, for under $70, you have the base for your very own router, under you control. VPN capable, no less.
Slashdot Mirror
With allies like this, who the hell still needs enemies?
Let my armies be the birds and the trees, and the rocks in the sky.
Sounds better to me this way.
Windows 7 incorporated TRIM support for SSDs back in 2009.
And, to date, it stays the same: only for SATA drives.
That is a lot of cash for such a small sample size. How is that meant to be representative? Willing to bet they where all from the same place too (ie: US city) not Asia, Europe, etc.
You'd probably lose this one: the Indian hands are cheaper.
(ducks)
Ha. Now the libertarians are going to abandon it wholesale.
No fun when the big bad gubmint likes your freedomcoins.
Like the teens that left MySpace (and will leave Facebook) only because it was too full of parents, thus no longer cool... that's what you want to say?
At the point of impact, aren't we're talking millions of degrees of heat energy? Wouldn't this sterilize anything ejected from the planet?.
Taking into account the speed of heat diffusion in the mass of the ejecta, it may happen that the surface may reach some thousands degrees without the core experiencing an increased temperature of more that some degrees. I'd say, within the realm of possible for a rock 3 meters in diameter, ejected at high speed into the near 0K of the space in a matter of seconds.
(don't forget that the impact energy is not transferred in full to a small amount of rock, a big part of it is spent in dislocating those rock and transferring a good deal of kinetic energy. If it helps, think of the Gambaku dome, which was not melted despite being only 160 m from the hypocentre of the atomic explosion)
Tasmania - The Deepest South.
Why, what do you know! Formally, you are right: Bishop and Clerk Islets are Tasmanian territories!
The delay in publishing this story is excessive, even by slashdot standards. Was GCHQ reluctant to release it on their tech news site while the Democracy Forum conference in Bali and CHOGM in Sri Lanka were still ongoing?
No, there was the necessary approval CGHQ needed to get from NSA to further approve the submission on /.
Australia's nearest neighbour was and is Papua New Guinea. You can almost walk from Papua to Australia at low tide (if you have very long legs).
Second nearest is Tasmania, followed by Indonesia.
FYI, Tasmania is still an Australian state (part of Australia as a country, not a neighbour of Australia).
This is an old climate canard that goes back at least a decade, but if you're trying to find if there's a link between volcanos and melting ice caps then then you may want to start by considering the relevant sizes of the Antartic continent and the region of volcanic activity.
Oh, is it a canard?
Regarding the size: why did you choose to ignore the time factor? After all, the post-glacial rebound is still in progress after 12000 years.
If it can have an effect on the Earth shape (making it less oblate), why are you so quick to dismiss the link between volcanoes and ice-caps?
Except being a canard, you are right: knowledge about the complex relation of Earth's dynamics (volcanism included) and ice-caps thickness goes back longer than the last decade: around 2 centuries to be more precise.
I suppose a lot of people deal with tragedy through humor, but I sure wouldn't want to be a surviving family member and read some of the comments posted so far.
Seriously, it amazes me how people can fall in underestimating the gravity of this kind of situation.
FTFY
Skydiving is 7 micromorts per jump. That's equivalent to travlling 1600 miles by car.
Source
Or:
* (at an age of 37) twice as risky as getting out of bed in any given morning;
* 7 times less risky than giving birth in Sweden or 24 times less risky than giving birth in USA
(umm... looking at the numbers above and speaking for myself, I'd choose skydiving over giving birth at any time... of course, being a male does bear a trace of influence on the decision...)
The true masochist codes in Malbolge.
What trustworthy country do you want to buy them from? China? Russia? One of the major US allies?
sigh
Just give me the Cisco one. :(
Tell you what: get a RasberryPi and a USB-to-Ethernet adapter (USB2.0 - max rate - 480Mbps - I thing it's enough for a home user).
There, for under $70, you have the base for your very own router, under you control. VPN capable, no less.
What exactly is Chip & Pin?? It was mentioned in the article..something about it being used outside the US...
It's a colonial contraption meant to do something nasty to America. Don't use it.
. . .when your credit is declined and the clerk whips out the scissors.
In what parts of this worlds somebody can destroy my card without my permission?
Boil e'm, mash them, stick them in a stew
Given it's price in our state (WB, India), I would rather store it in a locker as investment.
Try using some soil. With a bit of care, you may finish with a good return of investment YoY.
Awww... another chance to get a +5 troll just gone.
Hit them with copyright violation shit for copying his business records with their list of people that question this stupid polygraph voodoo.
Wishfull thinking... but facts are not protected by copyright, only forms of expression are.
Mod me down because THE FUCKING TRUTH HURTS.
I'm sorry if it hurts you so bad, but I already posted, thus can't mod you down.
May I humbly suggest you take some painkillers instead?
Good thing I never bought a copy of the Constitution . . .
Yeah... In retrospect, this would have been a total waste of money.
What is... Windows Azure?
Potatoes, you know? (Boil e'm, mash them, stick them in a stew)
VS Online: "All your sources are belong to us"
Who you meet for coffee, etc. Actually, that is the objective. Find who you meet for coffee.
Actually no. The objective is find where d'you get that coffee.
...hey, if it buys us a hundred years to figure this pollution shit out, I ain't gonna look a gift horse in the mouth.
Are you?
Nah, not doing it even if the horse's not a gift.