According to this 2000 World Oil article Google turned up, the current US record for true vertical depth in oil and gas exploration is 26,536 feet, or just over five miles (8 km).
Impressive, yes. But seeing as the record was set in 1977, I'd expect getting to six miles isn't going to tax current technology as much as people seem to think.
That was a US team back in 1961 that managed to drill to 183 m below the sea floor, in 3500 m of water off the Mexican coast. From a ship, floating on the ocean surface -- I just find that incredible.
And here we are 44 years later, and that sort of drilling is just the first step in routine operations of the offshore oil natural gas industry. Granted, they don't start in water quite that deep, the current record for oil and gas exploration apparently being 3,051m. The boat that set the record has a stated maximum drill depth of 10,668 m.
(I'm not sure how the rover is designed, but I would suspect that there is more than one motor, instead of a complex transmission, or 1 wheel drive)
Each wheel has an independent motor and the front and rear wheels each have their own steering motors. I don't know if the motors are powerful enough to drag a non-functional wheel.
While we're at it, we can rename this service to "Vitual America", not "Virtual Earth"! Just think of all the hassle and trouble that will be saved for Americans trying to find out which state China is in!
Well, until someone invents a person-capable teleportation device, i think the answer is No.
Attempt 7: Teleportation
Teleportation, in this case, would be the difficult technique of transporting a Convict to the Americas by disintegrating him here and reintegrating him there. With great expense, we constructed a teleportation device and stuck a Convict inside.
Result: Convict did not so much "Disintegrate" as "Melt."
If there's anything that Slashdot has taught us, it's that it's never safe to use your computer.
Just be glad you don't read the RISKS digest. PGN has taught me that it's never safe to be near computers, things controlled by computers, things designed using computers, or anything else at all.
So the question remains: why are you flying so low that you must look UP to see the disguised tower.
Because one is flying in an aircraft that is designed to land on the ground, or one that is intended to fly through smoke barely a few hundred feet off the ground?
I don't know the particulars of your vision, but a tower painted blue to match the sky when looking UP is going to be a bright blue streak against a dark background when above it and looking DOWN.
Way to miss the point, smart guy. The examples I gave were of aircraft that routinely fly at very low altitude. Altitudes that are often lower than the top of a tower sitting on a hill.
I'll ask the first guy to fly into the "hidden" tower why the fsck he was flying so damn low over my property in the first place.
Helicopter ambulance. Firefighting tanker plane.
I don't know the particulars of your area, but there are reasons for flying at low altitude. Reasons that often involve heavy distractions that would cause one to miss seeing a tower painted to blend in with the sky.
If I want a big steak, I'm gonna have a big steak. And mashed potatoes. And gravy. And I'm gonna wash it down with some good wine, and maybe even Vodka if I'm in the mood. If I die when I'm 60, so fuckin' be it. At least I will die knowing what a good steak tastes like.
All those Apollo anniversaries make me sad. 35 years is my whole life, I was born the same year Apollo 13 made its epic return to Earth. And what happened through my whole life with space exploration?
You think you're sad? My earliest memory of the space program was Challenger exploding.
The very nature of Wikipedia fights corruption. The content is created dynamically such that any 'influence' over the content would have to be universal. Thus, I worry not.
Wikipedia tends toward very goodness over time. Certain subject areas may be corrupted for certain amounts of time while the overall quality improves. As with anything, independent verification is required for a non-trivial level of trust.
They should have chosen a name like Maya, Excel, Trivoli, Firefox, Bryce or Java. You know names that don't just set a product apart but immediatly discribe what it does.
The name Bryce is descriptive, but only if you know some background first.
I have long since wondered how it is that this has not yet happened. The only solutions imaginable thus far were that no civilization had yet built a buttered-cat generator, or that they had maintained it so perfectly that failure had not yet occurred, or perhaps that somewhere, one had already failed, and he wave of destruction has merely not yet reached us.
Earth is the only planet with both cats and butter.
They aren't. Google is not currently providing any resources to the Wikimedia Foundation.
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SCOXE? Is that a link to scoatsex?
SCOX is the normal four-letter NASDAQ symbol for The SCO Group (SCO is the NYSE symbol for Scor SA). The E added on the end indicates that the stock issuer is delinquent in their SEC filings.
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According to this 2000 World Oil article Google turned up, the current US record for true vertical depth in oil and gas exploration is 26,536 feet, or just over five miles (8 km).
Impressive, yes. But seeing as the record was set in 1977, I'd expect getting to six miles isn't going to tax current technology as much as people seem to think.
And here we are 44 years later, and that sort of drilling is just the first step in routine operations of the offshore oil natural gas industry. Granted, they don't start in water quite that deep, the current record for oil and gas exploration apparently being 3,051m. The boat that set the record has a stated maximum drill depth of 10,668 m.
Each wheel has an independent motor and the front and rear wheels each have their own steering motors. I don't know if the motors are powerful enough to drag a non-functional wheel.
From the phrasing, one might get the idea that you think that's heavy.
Just being explicit about it. A lot of Slashdot readers don't bother making sure they're operating under the correct definition.
Just a reminder: "memory leak" does not mean "uses a lot of memory". It means it doesn't release memory when it's done using it.
Attempt 7: Teleportation
Teleportation, in this case, would be the difficult technique of transporting a Convict to the Americas by disintegrating him here and reintegrating him there. With great expense, we constructed a teleportation device and stuck a Convict inside.
Result: Convict did not so much "Disintegrate" as "Melt."
From Reaching the Americas: One Mad Scientist's Approach by Jeff Vogel
Just be glad you don't read the RISKS digest. PGN has taught me that it's never safe to be near computers, things controlled by computers, things designed using computers, or anything else at all.
Because one is flying in an aircraft that is designed to land on the ground, or one that is intended to fly through smoke barely a few hundred feet off the ground?
Way to miss the point, smart guy. The examples I gave were of aircraft that routinely fly at very low altitude. Altitudes that are often lower than the top of a tower sitting on a hill.
Helicopter ambulance. Firefighting tanker plane.
I don't know the particulars of your area, but there are reasons for flying at low altitude. Reasons that often involve heavy distractions that would cause one to miss seeing a tower painted to blend in with the sky.
Denis Leary, is that you?
That episode of Star Trek:Voyager really sucked.
Not kidding, there really was one.
You think you're sad? My earliest memory of the space program was Challenger exploding.
Wikipedia tends toward very goodness over time. Certain subject areas may be corrupted for certain amounts of time while the overall quality improves. As with anything, independent verification is required for a non-trivial level of trust.
The name Bryce is descriptive, but only if you know some background first.
The sad thing is, the reason that this story isn't funny is that it's plausible.
Weller also played the title characters in Robocop and The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai.
"...to boldly go where no man/one has gone before."
"Remember, no matter where you go, there you are."
"Excuse me, I have to go. Somewhere there is a crime happening."
Right now it's more of the Wikipedia Guide to the Galaxy.
Let that be a lesson to the so-called trolls around here.
See, it is possible to make people's eyes bleed and their brains leak out their ears without resorting to simple vulgarity.
Earth is the only planet with both cats and butter.
They aren't. Google is not currently providing any resources to the Wikimedia Foundation.
SCOX is the normal four-letter NASDAQ symbol for The SCO Group (SCO is the NYSE symbol for Scor SA). The E added on the end indicates that the stock issuer is delinquent in their SEC filings.
"Try to imagine all life as you know it stopping instantaneously and every molecule in your body exploding at the speed of light."