It wasn't a window that fell off. It was a window protective cover, one that is removed before launch. Geez. Get the facts straight before blowing it out of proportion.
And why does everyone refer to the age of the shuttles? The catastrophic failures all were caused by the ET and SRBs. They use a new ET fro each mission, and the SRBs are reused in segments after careful inspection (the top segment in one of the SRBs for this launch was used in STS-1). The RCC panel that got punctured by the foam may not even have been the original piece from 1981 since the thermal protection system is inspected after every return and damaged components are replaced.
The momentum of an out of control spin and descent on a Columbia pod would have caused huge amounts of g-forces. Would the astronauts have been able to survice that? What about the heat from re-entry? How much heat was still there? Would there havve been a need for an extra heat shield around this emergency pod? Would a system be needed to stabilize the pod if the spin was so high that parachutes would be torn to shreds?
Actually, that would apply to Challenger as well, since there was debris all over the place with the capability of destroying parachutes.
Actually, it very likely is for time reasons. The running time of the movie now clocks in at 3h20m. That happens to coincide with the longest a film being shown with DTS can be without an intermission, due to the soundtrack being on a physical CD instead of on the film itself, like Dolby's sound format.
The SEs being shown in a limited release theatrically are being shown in Dolby theaters only, so they are not subject to that limit. The new film will be because you would end up cutting the possible screens available in half.
I think PJ saying it was his choice was half-true. He had to shorten the running time by about 7 minutes or so, and that scene fit the bill, with no repercussions on the rest of the film (except the palantir issue).
You also need to have an appreciation for the art of the form, which is different from a paperback book. I don't buy comics just for the words, and it's been years since I bought most of the mainstream stuff (Superman, X-men, etc.)
I can understand your point of view if you just read the dialogue and caption bubbles and barely glance at the image, just long enough to get the idea of the situation being talked about. But I take the time to look at the subtleties of the art.
Either you are a fast reader of high page-count books or you got your prices wrong. Most monthly comics in 2003 are priced between two and three dollars.
Mission numbers are designated in the order that the missions are approved, not in the order of flight. In this case, though, you are correct. 87 flew about a seven months before 91.
88 flew between 95 and 96, about 6 months after 91.
I've read pretty much all of Tolkien's works, and to say that Sauron's goal of becoming the god of Middle Earth, while a simple statement, is accurate.
He wanted to be the ruler of middle earth. he wanted all the beings to worship him. So I think using the word "god" works in this case.
You are using Tolkien's versions of gods (Illuvatar, Valar, Maiar) while the original poster implies a more genreal use of the word.
Thw whole point of the original poster's comment was that it was a joke from The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams. It was really only meant to be taken that way and not overanalyzed.
But anyway, the math does work. If you take population density and multiply by the area (or volume), then you get the population figure. Obviously there is a significant digit issue involved.
Based on the price/performance ratio of Bose (which is > 1), you are probably paying for 10 years of royalties every time you buy a speaker. How expensive can a paper speaker cone really be anyway? Not nearly as much as Bose charges, so the money's gotta go somewhere.
Uh, you obviously don't know much about HTML. Font size has nothing to do with DPI. HTML use relative font sizes, with 3 being the standard normal size for a browser (and the definition of that is in the browser preferences. So font size 6 would actually be quite large.
I live near the St. Pete-Clearwater Airport and one day I was driving by and I saw a Pan Am plane at one of the gates. I was shocked, since I hadn't seen one in years. Apparently, they have been making flights for 2-1/2 years.
Events in Babylon 5 show that a cure for the plague was found. Dr. Franklin was on Mars without being isolated in 2281, even though crusade shows him 15 years earlier infected with the plague in an episode. And the plague was supposed to wipe out everyone within 5 years of the start.
JMS has also stated that the plague was not going to be the primary focus of Crusade and that a cure would be found in the second season and that Crusade would move in awhole different direction.
Yeah, all 13 episodes had already been filmed when TNT pulled the plug. This was before a single episode aired. Then, when TNT finally aired it to recoup their costs, they advertised it as a limited series or something like that.
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It wasn't a window that fell off. It was a window protective cover, one that is removed before launch. Geez. Get the facts straight before blowing it out of proportion.
And why does everyone refer to the age of the shuttles? The catastrophic failures all were caused by the ET and SRBs. They use a new ET fro each mission, and the SRBs are reused in segments after careful inspection (the top segment in one of the SRBs for this launch was used in STS-1). The RCC panel that got punctured by the foam may not even have been the original piece from 1981 since the thermal protection system is inspected after every return and damaged components are replaced.
The momentum of an out of control spin and descent on a Columbia pod would have caused huge amounts of g-forces. Would the astronauts have been able to survice that? What about the heat from re-entry? How much heat was still there? Would there havve been a need for an extra heat shield around this emergency pod? Would a system be needed to stabilize the pod if the spin was so high that parachutes would be torn to shreds?
Actually, that would apply to Challenger as well, since there was debris all over the place with the capability of destroying parachutes.
Gus Grissom, Ed White and Roger Chaffee.
And the next flight was Apollo 7, not Apollo 8.
many schools allow students to carry cellphones since 9/11 when parents were unable to reach their kids. I think it's silly, but it's true.
Ivan's predicted path is similar to, but farther south than, Charley.
Actually, it very likely is for time reasons. The running time of the movie now clocks in at 3h20m. That happens to coincide with the longest a film being shown with DTS can be without an intermission, due to the soundtrack being on a physical CD instead of on the film itself, like Dolby's sound format.
The SEs being shown in a limited release theatrically are being shown in Dolby theaters only, so they are not subject to that limit. The new film will be because you would end up cutting the possible screens available in half.
I think PJ saying it was his choice was half-true. He had to shorten the running time by about 7 minutes or so, and that scene fit the bill, with no repercussions on the rest of the film (except the palantir issue).
You also need to have an appreciation for the art of the form, which is different from a paperback book. I don't buy comics just for the words, and it's been years since I bought most of the mainstream stuff (Superman, X-men, etc.)
I can understand your point of view if you just read the dialogue and caption bubbles and barely glance at the image, just long enough to get the idea of the situation being talked about. But I take the time to look at the subtleties of the art.
Either you are a fast reader of high page-count books or you got your prices wrong. Most monthly comics in 2003 are priced between two and three dollars.
Mission numbers are designated in the order that the missions are approved, not in the order of flight. In this case, though, you are correct. 87 flew about a seven months before 91.
88 flew between 95 and 96, about 6 months after 91.
I've read pretty much all of Tolkien's works, and to say that Sauron's goal of becoming the god of Middle Earth, while a simple statement, is accurate.
He wanted to be the ruler of middle earth. he wanted all the beings to worship him. So I think using the word "god" works in this case.
You are using Tolkien's versions of gods (Illuvatar, Valar, Maiar) while the original poster implies a more genreal use of the word.
Thw whole point of the original poster's comment was that it was a joke from The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams. It was really only meant to be taken that way and not overanalyzed.
But anyway, the math does work. If you take population density and multiply by the area (or volume), then you get the population figure. Obviously there is a significant digit issue involved.
Poor example.
Based on the price/performance ratio of Bose (which is > 1), you are probably paying for 10 years of royalties every time you buy a speaker. How expensive can a paper speaker cone really be anyway? Not nearly as much as Bose charges, so the money's gotta go somewhere.
No highs, no lows. It must be Bose.
0 people/universe X 1 universe = 0 people
The units work out to be 0 people per universe.
No. That was The Two Towers preview that was attached to the end of Fellowship of the Ring for the last month of the theatrical run.
No, Circuit City sold DIVX players, not Divix.
uh, you shouldn't have been watching the pan & scan version. Everything's correct in the widescreen version.
Uh, you obviously don't know much about HTML. Font size has nothing to do with DPI. HTML use relative font sizes, with 3 being the standard normal size for a browser (and the definition of that is in the browser preferences. So font size 6 would actually be quite large.
Overture.com was Goto.com. Go.com is still Go.com, and is owned by Disney.
spelling correction. Meant "insight".
He said, "Your insite serves you well."
You are confusing rain check with lay away.
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I live near the St. Pete-Clearwater Airport and one day I was driving by and I saw a Pan Am plane at one of the gates. I was shocked, since I hadn't seen one in years. Apparently, they have been making flights for 2-1/2 years.
Events in Babylon 5 show that a cure for the plague was found. Dr. Franklin was on Mars without being isolated in 2281, even though crusade shows him 15 years earlier infected with the plague in an episode. And the plague was supposed to wipe out everyone within 5 years of the start.
JMS has also stated that the plague was not going to be the primary focus of Crusade and that a cure would be found in the second season and that Crusade would move in awhole different direction.
Yeah, all 13 episodes had already been filmed when TNT pulled the plug. This was before a single episode aired. Then, when TNT finally aired it to recoup their costs, they advertised it as a limited series or something like that.