"Over time, the disrupted particles -- mostly dense, sticky ice -- can take on a life of their own, clumping together under their own growing gravitational force."
The summary only talks about celestial objects destroying each other, then simply states that scientists are witnessing the "creation" of objects. We've seen stuff smash together all the time. The subject matter at hand is what happens afterward.
Yeah but the fact of the matter is, there is no way of knowing yet whether this was truly an engineering oversight of massive proportions, or just a problem with manufacturing that is causing some phones to be defective. It may end up just requiring a change behind the scenes to make it work as intended, in which case it is still pretty awesome engineering.
Apparently, all it would do is give you a fish eye bubble in the center of your vision. This is definitely not something that a person with normal vision wants. It's a 'better than nothing' option for people going blind.
Lol, I'm sure the original poster was well aware of the fact that there was negligible gravity. I don't think he was amazed by the actual act of lifting off the asteroid. It's the extremely precise trajectory that had to be flown in order to "park" next to the asteroid, and the fact that it actually had to stop, and then form a new extremely precise trajectory all of it's own accord to return back to earth. This is all totally unprecedented, and yes, it really is that amazing.
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Fly 1: "Whoa man, what smells like fresh bananas? I'm starving"
Fly 2: "We're flying over a river right now..."
Fly 1: "I know, do you smell it?"
Fly 2: "Dude, how much dog s*** did you eat last night?"
We have no idea how to keep people interested in tech, we are here because we can't help it. I'll never forget the joy of my first self-designed C++ application, that prompted for a user's birth date and responded with how old they were. I was hooked...
Being interested in playing video games is no guarantee that a kid will have interest in the language of logic.
I gotta say, the iPhone has unleashed a fanboy within me that I have not seen since the days of waiting for Descent II to come out (I used to call Interplay every few weeks for a long time). I've been eagerly waiting to pre-order the 4G since seeing the "leaks". But this makes me seriously consider what's going on here. Are they facing increased pressure from Apple to keep the costs of the 4G down in fear of having actual competition in their own marketplace for the first time, from HTC and the likes? We'll never know, but it's tough to appreciate a novelty considering some kid found life not worth living in order to make it affordable for me.
He has a valid point when you read the context (comparing mac vs. gamecube in terms of game distribution). But a headline like that on a forum like this == serious flamebait.
Now you're just hatin'. They say right in the ad, how you can't see the difference because you're watching a regular TV, but you can see "THIS" and the screen turns 90 degrees so you can see how thin it is (and the asian dude goes 'whhhooooww'). Anyways, I saw one in a BestBuy yesterday, and all I can say is that it looked very, very nice. I was impressed with the overall color (yeah, it was mostly just saturation, but Avatar was playing so it worked) as well as motion smoothness.
I'm guessing the answer is that it doesn't get 'bombarded', perhaps the occasional microscopic hole won't be problematic. At any rate, how is this any worse than any other craft we launch into space? The particles are going fast enough that the thickness of the material doesn't matter much, it's going to punch through.
I wonder how much speed it picks up after a few months/years? I think I remember reading that these things go quite fast eventually, due to the perpetual acceleration. Speaking of which, is there any way to slow it down?
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with this one: "GPS devices that track bodies buried without headstones"
Yep you're right, the correction was still way off.
Watt? I don't get it...
Should have included this bit from the article:
"Over time, the disrupted particles -- mostly dense, sticky ice -- can take on a life of their own, clumping together under their own growing gravitational force."
The summary only talks about celestial objects destroying each other, then simply states that scientists are witnessing the "creation" of objects. We've seen stuff smash together all the time. The subject matter at hand is what happens afterward.
*to the tune of beastie boys*
Intergalactic
Katamari,
Katamari
Intergalactic...
There are only two kinds of people I can't stand. Those who have no tolerance for other nationalities, and the Dutch...
You'd have my vote.
Yeah but the fact of the matter is, there is no way of knowing yet whether this was truly an engineering oversight of massive proportions, or just a problem with manufacturing that is causing some phones to be defective. It may end up just requiring a change behind the scenes to make it work as intended, in which case it is still pretty awesome engineering.
No no no, all those things you just mentioned are still lies, designed to cover up the REAL truth... that Obama wants to mandate circumcision
Apparently, all it would do is give you a fish eye bubble in the center of your vision. This is definitely not something that a person with normal vision wants. It's a 'better than nothing' option for people going blind.
Lol, I'm sure the original poster was well aware of the fact that there was negligible gravity. I don't think he was amazed by the actual act of lifting off the asteroid. It's the extremely precise trajectory that had to be flown in order to "park" next to the asteroid, and the fact that it actually had to stop, and then form a new extremely precise trajectory all of it's own accord to return back to earth. This is all totally unprecedented, and yes, it really is that amazing.
Cheater!
That's right. As long as there's places for grown men to see naked boobies, I'll be damned if anyone tells me what to do...
It's really quite simple, just follow these simple steps:
1. <insert creepy government entity> wants to <insert generalized ability of impossible complexity>
2. Oh noze!
Here are some examples:
-The Pentagon wants to monitor your sweat glands
-DARPA wants to grow future armies from lunch meat
-Joe Lieberman wants to quarantine fat people
Fly 1: "Whoa man, what smells like fresh bananas? I'm starving"
Fly 2: "We're flying over a river right now..."
Fly 1: "I know, do you smell it?"
Fly 2: "Dude, how much dog s*** did you eat last night?"
We have no idea how to keep people interested in tech, we are here because we can't help it. I'll never forget the joy of my first self-designed C++ application, that prompted for a user's birth date and responded with how old they were. I was hooked... Being interested in playing video games is no guarantee that a kid will have interest in the language of logic.
I gotta say, the iPhone has unleashed a fanboy within me that I have not seen since the days of waiting for Descent II to come out (I used to call Interplay every few weeks for a long time). I've been eagerly waiting to pre-order the 4G since seeing the "leaks". But this makes me seriously consider what's going on here. Are they facing increased pressure from Apple to keep the costs of the 4G down in fear of having actual competition in their own marketplace for the first time, from HTC and the likes? We'll never know, but it's tough to appreciate a novelty considering some kid found life not worth living in order to make it affordable for me.
He has a valid point when you read the context (comparing mac vs. gamecube in terms of game distribution). But a headline like that on a forum like this == serious flamebait.
Not to worry, textures and sound effects will always be a free download if you bought the game new.
You are 100% wrong my friend. Do you only see the colors Blue, Green, and Red?
Now you're just hatin'. They say right in the ad, how you can't see the difference because you're watching a regular TV, but you can see "THIS" and the screen turns 90 degrees so you can see how thin it is (and the asian dude goes 'whhhooooww'). Anyways, I saw one in a BestBuy yesterday, and all I can say is that it looked very, very nice. I was impressed with the overall color (yeah, it was mostly just saturation, but Avatar was playing so it worked) as well as motion smoothness.
FCC: "They like us! They really like us!"
I'm guessing the answer is that it doesn't get 'bombarded', perhaps the occasional microscopic hole won't be problematic. At any rate, how is this any worse than any other craft we launch into space? The particles are going fast enough that the thickness of the material doesn't matter much, it's going to punch through.
I wonder how much speed it picks up after a few months/years? I think I remember reading that these things go quite fast eventually, due to the perpetual acceleration. Speaking of which, is there any way to slow it down?