Why is this modded funny?
http://www.genecurtis.com/LostNuclearBombs.htm
Probably not the best link, I'm sure there are better sources for the info, but both the US and the USSR have lost bombs at sea.
Everyone relying on normal physics is simply recognizing the first law of thermodynamics. Even if you can make hydrogen at 100% efficiency, you still don't get a free lunch.
Not going to happen, but I miss giant directview crts anyway, they went out of style because they are heavy and bulky, not because LCD produces better images.
People always assume the cows fart out the methane, mythbusters covered something about cow farts once though, and it turns out most of the methane comes out the other end. They belch it mostly in other words.
Yeah but cow's eat grass, and digest, through symbiosis with the evil methane bacteria, cellulose. Only ruminants do that, and all ruminants produce methane. Any other animals can't get the same amount of energy grazing off scrub brush.
Except the US effectively controls IPV4, DNS, and everything else that matters, so if people don't play ball the effect would be that the internet would have be split up.
Everyone knows the more modern type of tube uses photons, not electrons, since photons don't follow the pauli exclusion principle you can fit a bunch more of them in the tube at once, that's why fiber is faster than coax.
Well the mona lisa wasn't the first example of a painting either, so I don't understand that point, otherwise yes. I think it's really a case of apples to oranges, engineering and technical challenges are judged differently than fine art, even if they both contain beauty and history in their own ways.
Somehow it seems more likely that the extreme concentration of power to those that control, design, and distribute the necessary infrastructure for this hypothetical post scarcity world would make them richer than anyone else in human history.
I know there are some problems with the far right's ideas about the criminal (justice) system, but it strikes me as odd that they are the only ones that get picked on. The far left has plenty of abuses too, and California, which is known as a liberal state, is also the one that has 3 strikes, and the highest prison suicide rates in the country.
I'll second that. My favorite bit was putting the demon on an answering machine tape and leaving it in the car until it turned into a Queen tape. Much longer and none of that will make any sense at all.
Yeah and what about "The Core", that really only broke the second law of thermodynamics, and conservation of angular momentum, and had some impossible plot devices involving the internet and Xena videos, but other than that it was hard SF all the way!
I just put my box spring on the floor, keeps the commies from fitting under there, sneaky though they are. If a commie got under my bed he'd have access to all the loaded guns, so it's too much risk to take.
Not sure about that, I didn't RTFA but I doubt the alarms will be set to go off at very low levels of anything. I mean, obviously in any newish building there are some solvent fumes and stuff. But I doubt this will be that sensitive. I mean, we can't have these things sending for the cavalry every time they notice chlorine coming off a municipal swimming pool.
They probably stole the idea from batman. The government gets most of it's ideas from scifi. Star wars was a popular one for a while, what with the jedi warriors being trained and the lasers in space (SDI or Star Wars). Lately they've been reading, mostly Orwell I'm afraid. I'm hoping they'll get to Heinlein and Niven soon though... get a good working HIV vaccine and Heinlein's fiction could become reality.
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Why is this modded funny? http://www.genecurtis.com/LostNuclearBombs.htm Probably not the best link, I'm sure there are better sources for the info, but both the US and the USSR have lost bombs at sea.
Dear Mr. Murdoch, We have replaced you with a shell script.
Hmm... trained sharks you say?
Yeah but it's in geostationary orbit, that's way up there, it's not like in LEO where you still get a lot of atmospheric drag.
That's why I voted for cthulhu
Everyone relying on normal physics is simply recognizing the first law of thermodynamics. Even if you can make hydrogen at 100% efficiency, you still don't get a free lunch.
Unless you think about the rise in the cost of soybeans leading to deforestation.
Not going to happen, but I miss giant directview crts anyway, they went out of style because they are heavy and bulky, not because LCD produces better images.
That would be due to the high cost of beef with no cows on the planet.
People always assume the cows fart out the methane, mythbusters covered something about cow farts once though, and it turns out most of the methane comes out the other end. They belch it mostly in other words.
Yeah but cow's eat grass, and digest, through symbiosis with the evil methane bacteria, cellulose. Only ruminants do that, and all ruminants produce methane. Any other animals can't get the same amount of energy grazing off scrub brush.
Except the US effectively controls IPV4, DNS, and everything else that matters, so if people don't play ball the effect would be that the internet would have be split up.
Everyone knows the more modern type of tube uses photons, not electrons, since photons don't follow the pauli exclusion principle you can fit a bunch more of them in the tube at once, that's why fiber is faster than coax.
Well the mona lisa wasn't the first example of a painting either, so I don't understand that point, otherwise yes. I think it's really a case of apples to oranges, engineering and technical challenges are judged differently than fine art, even if they both contain beauty and history in their own ways.
The one where Xenu gives Lao Tzu a golden shower while Jesus Mohammed Moses and Buddha watch and circle jerk is my favorite...
Somehow it seems more likely that the extreme concentration of power to those that control, design, and distribute the necessary infrastructure for this hypothetical post scarcity world would make them richer than anyone else in human history.
Probably thought that was the value of the feature, since it is roughly the price difference between fat and slim versions?
I can understand why they've given up on maintaining good will, not much point in maintaining something that doesn't exist anymore.
Did I read that right? 8% of florida residents cannot vote due to felony convictions? what the hell did 8% do to get a felony conviction?
I know there are some problems with the far right's ideas about the criminal (justice) system, but it strikes me as odd that they are the only ones that get picked on. The far left has plenty of abuses too, and California, which is known as a liberal state, is also the one that has 3 strikes, and the highest prison suicide rates in the country.
I'll second that. My favorite bit was putting the demon on an answering machine tape and leaving it in the car until it turned into a Queen tape. Much longer and none of that will make any sense at all.
Yeah and what about "The Core", that really only broke the second law of thermodynamics, and conservation of angular momentum, and had some impossible plot devices involving the internet and Xena videos, but other than that it was hard SF all the way!
I just put my box spring on the floor, keeps the commies from fitting under there, sneaky though they are. If a commie got under my bed he'd have access to all the loaded guns, so it's too much risk to take.
Not sure about that, I didn't RTFA but I doubt the alarms will be set to go off at very low levels of anything. I mean, obviously in any newish building there are some solvent fumes and stuff. But I doubt this will be that sensitive. I mean, we can't have these things sending for the cavalry every time they notice chlorine coming off a municipal swimming pool.
They probably stole the idea from batman. The government gets most of it's ideas from scifi. Star wars was a popular one for a while, what with the jedi warriors being trained and the lasers in space (SDI or Star Wars). Lately they've been reading, mostly Orwell I'm afraid. I'm hoping they'll get to Heinlein and Niven soon though... get a good working HIV vaccine and Heinlein's fiction could become reality.