I'd guess they're using polorized light now and the left and right lenses of the glasses filter at 90 degrees to each other. Similar to the red/blue glasses but works in full color.
It's a function of battery life. Cassini won't be in position to relay again for a long time (cassini is orbiting saturn, not titan), there's no chance that huygens will still be broadcasting by then.
Transmitters that coule send data back to earth directly from huygens would have been too bulky, so it has to relay through cassini. Unfortunatly that means it only gets 1 shot as cassini does it's flyby.
That would require yahoo to somehow verify the death and the identity of the user and the relatives. Somehow i don't think a free webmail service wants to do that.
Would you buy a ticket if it cost twice what they do now? Showing a 4 hour movie for the same price as a 1.5 hour movie means you can only show it like 1/3 as many times in a day, and therefore not make much money on it. That's the reason there are 'theatrical' and 'extended' editions of LOTR in the first place. It wasn't to make twice as much selling DVDs, it was because theaters don't like long ass movies.
It's not a matter of who won this election. It's a question of election accuracy in general. There are just too many fuckups happening and too many buggy systems being 'certified' for use without any real testing or 3rd party auditing. That's the real issuse here, not wether or not bush won.
I'm curious how that would work. An 800km orbit takes 100 minutes, it would circle the earth 14 times a day, and be in shadow half the time. If it was a polar orbit it would get a continuous clear view of the sun for maybe a few months of the year.
If you want an unobstructed view of the sun you need a much higher orbit, like the moon which is eclipsed at most twice a year IIRC. Or you need to leave earth orbit altogether, like soho which is at the earth-sun L1 point.
You can drive fine without the pump too, I had mine break loose and I drove 50 miles to get it repaired. It's just a matter of the wheel being harder to turn.
It would take a multiple simultaneous failure of unrelated systems to make this happen.
Not really. Subaru recently had a recall for the WRX, for a problem with the cruise control. It seems the cable between the cruise control device and the throttle body could pop out of its track, even when you weren't using cruise control, and jam the throttle in the open position. One simple, old fashioned, mechanical failure and you've got uncontrolled acceleration.
It would take more energy to launch the rocket into the sun than you'd get from the nuclear fuel in the first place. People think that the sun is an easy target because it's "down" in the gravity well, but you have to remember that you're starting with earth's orbital velocity, which you need to cancel out to 'fall' to the sun. That's about 18.5 miles/second.
I can think of one simple explanation, but i haven't done the math and doubt it fits. If the universe is closed in on itself like a 4d sphere, then gravity will drop off slightly less than the inverse square, with the effect increasing w/ distance.
yeah man, I saw 2001 and it was a load of crap! I was alive in 2001 and none of that happened!!1!
jesus... get a clue. Sci-fi is FICTION, it doesn't have to be historically accurate, it doesn't have to be futuristic, it doesn't have to be anything. I for one LIKE seeing scifi with a clever setting that isn't the usual extrapolation of what our world might be in X years.
I don't think this would increase ratings, if anything it will decrease them. Alot of people watch just to see if he'll lose that day, if they know he's gonna win for another month or 2, they will be less likely to watch (except the day he's suppoosed to lose that is).
all you motherfuckers are going to pay. you are the ones who are the ball-lickers. we're going to fuck your mothers while you watch and cry like little bitches. once we get to hollywood and find those miramax fucks who are making that movie, we're gonna make 'em eat our shit, then shit out our shit, then eat their shit which is made up of our shit that we made 'em eat. then you're all fuckin' next.
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Not true, there are other metals that would work. For example, gallium melts at about 30C (and is even naturally occuring in the body).
I'd guess they're using polorized light now and the left and right lenses of the glasses filter at 90 degrees to each other. Similar to the red/blue glasses but works in full color.
Well we can't mention the APOD without including the goatse nebula:
http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap021102.html
It's true, there are people delusional enough to believe this has a chance of happening.
It's a function of battery life. Cassini won't be in position to relay again for a long time (cassini is orbiting saturn, not titan), there's no chance that huygens will still be broadcasting by then.
Transmitters that coule send data back to earth directly from huygens would have been too bulky, so it has to relay through cassini. Unfortunatly that means it only gets 1 shot as cassini does it's flyby.
That would require yahoo to somehow verify the death and the identity of the user and the relatives. Somehow i don't think a free webmail service wants to do that.
You need to take a statistics class.
There's a 50% chance of getting heads when you flip a coin. Does that mean there's a 100% chance if you flip it twice?
I think the only possible prefix to that Hz is m (as in milli).
And with each logic gate being a couple cubic inches, they are going to be GIANT lego robot overlords!
First thing that comes to mind is the giant bender statue belching flame and saying 'remember me'.
Simple. You get an army of zombie computers with spyware on them that simulates clicks through the ads.
Would you buy a ticket if it cost twice what they do now? Showing a 4 hour movie for the same price as a 1.5 hour movie means you can only show it like 1/3 as many times in a day, and therefore not make much money on it. That's the reason there are 'theatrical' and 'extended' editions of LOTR in the first place. It wasn't to make twice as much selling DVDs, it was because theaters don't like long ass movies.
It's not a matter of who won this election. It's a question of election accuracy in general. There are just too many fuckups happening and too many buggy systems being 'certified' for use without any real testing or 3rd party auditing. That's the real issuse here, not wether or not bush won.
I'm curious how that would work. An 800km orbit takes 100 minutes, it would circle the earth 14 times a day, and be in shadow half the time. If it was a polar orbit it would get a continuous clear view of the sun for maybe a few months of the year.
If you want an unobstructed view of the sun you need a much higher orbit, like the moon which is eclipsed at most twice a year IIRC. Or you need to leave earth orbit altogether, like soho which is at the earth-sun L1 point.
You can drive fine without the pump too, I had mine break loose and I drove 50 miles to get it repaired. It's just a matter of the wheel being harder to turn.
It would take a multiple simultaneous failure of unrelated systems to make this happen.
Not really. Subaru recently had a recall for the WRX, for a problem with the cruise control. It seems the cable between the cruise control device and the throttle body could pop out of its track, even when you weren't using cruise control, and jam the throttle in the open position. One simple, old fashioned, mechanical failure and you've got uncontrolled acceleration.
You need to cancel out 18.5 miles/second of orbital velocity. The sun is not a cheap destination.
It would take more energy to launch the rocket into the sun than you'd get from the nuclear fuel in the first place. People think that the sun is an easy target because it's "down" in the gravity well, but you have to remember that you're starting with earth's orbital velocity, which you need to cancel out to 'fall' to the sun. That's about 18.5 miles/second.
As good as my ergonomic mouse/keyboard combo is, less body movement is still a better replacement.
How lazy can you get?
I can think of one simple explanation, but i haven't done the math and doubt it fits. If the universe is closed in on itself like a 4d sphere, then gravity will drop off slightly less than the inverse square, with the effect increasing w/ distance.
yeah man, I saw 2001 and it was a load of crap! I was alive in 2001 and none of that happened!!1!
jesus... get a clue. Sci-fi is FICTION, it doesn't have to be historically accurate, it doesn't have to be futuristic, it doesn't have to be anything. I for one LIKE seeing scifi with a clever setting that isn't the usual extrapolation of what our world might be in X years.
Uhm...
If users didn't have rights to do "bad" things, then USB keys and iPods wouldn't be a concern.
Isn't this exactly what they are doing? Giving admins the ability to take away unnecessary rights from the user?
I don't think this would increase ratings, if anything it will decrease them. Alot of people watch just to see if he'll lose that day, if they know he's gonna win for another month or 2, they will be less likely to watch (except the day he's suppoosed to lose that is).
The problem isn't inflation, the problem is last time none of the cast & crew were paid, and he can't get away with that now that he has a budget.
all you motherfuckers are going to pay. you are the ones who are the ball-lickers. we're going to fuck your mothers while you watch and cry like little bitches. once we get to hollywood and find those miramax fucks who are making that movie, we're gonna make 'em eat our shit, then shit out our shit, then eat their shit which is made up of our shit that we made 'em eat. then you're all fuckin' next.
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Jay and Silent Bob.