Have to wonder since most airports are local/state owned entities, could the TSA legally pull it's shenanigans on flights that originate and terminate within Texas?/yes, of course they will//but isn't the crux of the DOJ's argument around Interstate Commerce?
Isn't "Deep Space" supposed to be outside the influence of the Earth's Gravitational Field? Because three weeks of spaceflight probably won't get you there unless someone has packed a VASIMR engine and a nuke power plant inside of the Lego set NASA is calling a deep space vehicle.
#1. Some Anthroprogenic Global Warming believers (scientists, media, and nut jobs) think the seas are going to rise, there will be widespread famine, pestilence, etc.
#2. Some Anti Global Warming believers (scientists, media, and nut jobs) think the seas are NOT going to rise, there will NOT be widespread famine, pestilence, etc.
#3. Some of the data from both sides is utter bullshit.
#4. Some of it is valid.
Activists on both sides tend to draw themselves to the extremes, and like Abortion, Socialism, Capitalism, Racism...the activists believe in the extremes. Don't fall for their bullshit (that's what sell books!).
Had a laptop for my BS and MBA, online doing all sorts of crap.
Still graduated with a 3.8+ GPA.
As always, it depends on the student. I could see how a bunch of teenagers would be easily distracted.
And don't forget what the British Post Office did back in the 1960s as well (which my stepfather was a part of).
City of Light is a nice read about the history of Fiber Optics.
If you can do the job from home, so can a guy in Bangalore who charges 1/5 of your salary.
And on a different timezone with a lovely inability to speak to customers in decent English!!!!
I telecommute. Cell phone is always attached and I return calls within 10 minutes unless on a conference call. E-mail is turned around as quickly as possible. I love telecommuting, I know that it will get old eventually, but they keep sending me checks!
Cassini was launched after Pathfinder, and the lunatic fringe DID get on the major networks (even causing my mostly space-clueless family to ask "Why the hell are we launching Plutonium on that damn rocket next week?"). I think there was also a financial motive in launching Solar Batteries as opposed to RTGs (Have you seen the price of plutonium these days!).
You have to remember who was at the helm of NASA for 10 years, Goldin did whatever was necessary to make him look good.
The Pathfinder lander used a set of rechargable batteries that were designed only to withstand the cold nights of Mars for 30 days. The fact that we got over 60 days of useful data from the lander is a testament to the craft's designers and builders.
The reason that both Viking landers were on for years was due to the RTGs (Radioisotope Thermoelectric Generators) which generated electicity from the decay of plutonium. NASA didn't want to launch RTGs again after the big debate of the Cassini mission (and yes, I know Pathfinder did have minute amount of plutonium located in certain places to keep the craft warm).
Wasn't it the name of the failed Soviet Moon Rocket? (Which had something like 40+ engines). And if history repeats itself, this item will blow up on the lauching pad as well.
As long as people know where the delete key is, there will always be a need for sysadmins.
On August 20, 1977, the compact disk, the microwave oven, and the fax machine were communication tools that could only be glimpsed on the technological horizon.
I'm probably going to regret asking this, but how can a microwave oven be used as a communication tool?
Drop a compact disc in the microwave. It's an advanced form of plasma communication.
To let me continue the enjoyment of my fair-use rights. How nice of them to see the huge public outcry that would have happened if they tried to Macrovision everything.
As Robin Williams said Sunday night "You've got mail, hope you don't have stock."
I think people keep forgetting that there is a marked difference in "life". "Life" is probably quite abundant in the universe (1pt Carbon, Oxygen, Nitrogen, Hydrogen. Stir until well mixed. Add Lightning for flavor. Let stand for 5 billion years) as single cell organisms.
However, multi-cellular organisms require a vast number of different things (temp between 0 and 90 Celcius, protection from radiation, stable climate to allow evolution, abundant food/energy sources, etc...). Anything that we will want to talk to will be truly original.
Yes. And the Carbon, Iron, Silicon, and any other heavier element would be left to form a crunchy center. The hydrogen would eventualy float to a certain point where the buoyancy in the atmosphere would be equal to the gravitational pull of the planet.
Also, it's been hypothesized that any Hydrogen at the center would be under such immense pressure it would change into a metallic state.
Large mass planets evolve by sucking up tons of debris in the stellar disk in their earlier days or by acting like a large vacuum cleaner later on. Either way, a fledgling planet the size of Earth would be bombarded out of existance or have the irregularities of its orbit further enhanced by the ever-swinging lump of planet circling every 14 days.
Could a planet form? Yes. What are the chances of it, not very high. Don't make it the first stop for TPF.
Smaller planets like Earth with lower gravity wells allow (currently known) life forms to be able to move easily. The best analogy would be the shuttle. Takes a bunch of fuel to move it. If you don't put much cargo it the ship, you need less fuel to take off. However, if you max it out, you not only need fuel to move the bigger mass, but to move the additional fuel as well. Now apply that to animals, either they would be really tiny or really huge.
Now, if you want to get into the realm of life forms that exist either in a gaseous state or as energy, I'll have to refer you to Mr. Bisson's story in Omni from a while ago.
The system also has a slightly smaller neighbor which whips around every 14.5 days. My guess is the tidal forces of these two planets would eventually rip anything in between to shreds.
Yes, TPF will be a nice box to have. However, I wouldn't plan on the longevity of HST since it will be located at one of the LaGrange points just outside earth orbit.
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Have to wonder since most airports are local/state owned entities, could the TSA legally pull it's shenanigans on flights that originate and terminate within Texas? /yes, of course they will //but isn't the crux of the DOJ's argument around Interstate Commerce?
Isn't "Deep Space" supposed to be outside the influence of the Earth's Gravitational Field? Because three weeks of spaceflight probably won't get you there unless someone has packed a VASIMR engine and a nuke power plant inside of the Lego set NASA is calling a deep space vehicle.
This seems appropriate... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WwyCcGse8WE /not the stupid commercial before it...
#1. Some Anthroprogenic Global Warming believers (scientists, media, and nut jobs) think the seas are going to rise, there will be widespread famine, pestilence, etc. #2. Some Anti Global Warming believers (scientists, media, and nut jobs) think the seas are NOT going to rise, there will NOT be widespread famine, pestilence, etc. #3. Some of the data from both sides is utter bullshit. #4. Some of it is valid. Activists on both sides tend to draw themselves to the extremes, and like Abortion, Socialism, Capitalism, Racism...the activists believe in the extremes. Don't fall for their bullshit (that's what sell books!).
And the Dell rep must have been his brother in law...
Had a laptop for my BS and MBA, online doing all sorts of crap. Still graduated with a 3.8+ GPA. As always, it depends on the student. I could see how a bunch of teenagers would be easily distracted.
And don't forget what the British Post Office did back in the 1960s as well (which my stepfather was a part of). City of Light is a nice read about the history of Fiber Optics.
Tons of acorns in rural Indiana. Couldn't walk a step in the brush without crushing a few dozen.
At first glance I thought it said "Georgia Satellite". I was wondering what took them so damn long...
/and keep your hands to yourself...
If you can do the job from home, so can a guy in Bangalore who charges 1/5 of your salary.
And on a different timezone with a lovely inability to speak to customers in decent English!!!!
I telecommute. Cell phone is always attached and I return calls within 10 minutes unless on a conference call. E-mail is turned around as quickly as possible. I love telecommuting, I know that it will get old eventually, but they keep sending me checks!
Umm...already done?
Untima® 150 Plasma Welding System.
Freed your ass from Hitler
Protected you from becoming another pathetic soviet-bloc country
Rebuilt your country after it was bombed to hell
Wonder if his neighboorhood is setup to allow home businesses like his...
:-)
And of course, if someone started letting his neighbors know about his little practice (by say, picketing at 03:00 in the morning).
Cassini was launched after Pathfinder, and the lunatic fringe DID get on the major networks (even causing my mostly space-clueless family to ask "Why the hell are we launching Plutonium on that damn rocket next week?"). I think there was also a financial motive in launching Solar Batteries as opposed to RTGs (Have you seen the price of plutonium these days!).
You have to remember who was at the helm of NASA for 10 years, Goldin did whatever was necessary to make him look good.
The Pathfinder lander used a set of rechargable batteries that were designed only to withstand the cold nights of Mars for 30 days. The fact that we got over 60 days of useful data from the lander is a testament to the craft's designers and builders.
The reason that both Viking landers were on for years was due to the RTGs (Radioisotope Thermoelectric Generators) which generated electicity from the decay of plutonium. NASA didn't want to launch RTGs again after the big debate of the Cassini mission (and yes, I know Pathfinder did have minute amount of plutonium located in certain places to keep the craft warm).
Wasn't it the name of the failed Soviet Moon Rocket? (Which had something like 40+ engines). And if history repeats itself, this item will blow up on the lauching pad as well.
As long as people know where the delete key is, there will always be a need for sysadmins.
Brian
On August 20, 1977, the compact disk, the microwave oven, and the fax machine were communication tools that could only be glimpsed on the technological horizon.
I'm probably going to regret asking this, but how can a microwave oven be used as a communication tool?
Drop a compact disc in the microwave. It's an advanced form of plasma communication.
B
To let me continue the enjoyment of my fair-use rights. How nice of them to see the huge public outcry that would have happened if they tried to Macrovision everything.
As Robin Williams said Sunday night "You've got mail, hope you don't have stock."
B
He would have put a LESS graphic intensive page after the first /.ing of his site?
B
Now we have three.
:-)
Ann Landers - Talking girls out of going past 2nd base for years.
Darryl Kyle - Tried to keep guys off of first base.
John Entwhistle - More and more bass.
How does Lance Bass pronouce his last name? And is he being shot off anytime soon?
B
I think people keep forgetting that there is a marked difference in "life". "Life" is probably quite abundant in the universe (1pt Carbon, Oxygen, Nitrogen, Hydrogen. Stir until well mixed. Add Lightning for flavor. Let stand for 5 billion years) as single cell organisms.
However, multi-cellular organisms require a vast number of different things (temp between 0 and 90 Celcius, protection from radiation, stable climate to allow evolution, abundant food/energy sources, etc...). Anything that we will want to talk to will be truly original.
B
Yes. And the Carbon, Iron, Silicon, and any other heavier element would be left to form a crunchy center. The hydrogen would eventualy float to a certain point where the buoyancy in the atmosphere would be equal to the gravitational pull of the planet.
Also, it's been hypothesized that any Hydrogen at the center would be under such immense pressure it would change into a metallic state.
B
Let's take a look at planetary formation.
Large mass planets evolve by sucking up tons of debris in the stellar disk in their earlier days or by acting like a large vacuum cleaner later on. Either way, a fledgling planet the size of Earth would be bombarded out of existance or have the irregularities of its orbit further enhanced by the ever-swinging lump of planet circling every 14 days.
Could a planet form? Yes. What are the chances of it, not very high. Don't make it the first stop for TPF.
B
Easy...the word is gravity.
Smaller planets like Earth with lower gravity wells allow (currently known) life forms to be able to move easily. The best analogy would be the shuttle. Takes a bunch of fuel to move it. If you don't put much cargo it the ship, you need less fuel to take off. However, if you max it out, you not only need fuel to move the bigger mass, but to move the additional fuel as well. Now apply that to animals, either they would be really tiny or really huge.
Now, if you want to get into the realm of life forms that exist either in a gaseous state or as energy, I'll have to refer you to Mr. Bisson's story in Omni from a while ago.
B
The system also has a slightly smaller neighbor which whips around every 14.5 days. My guess is the tidal forces of these two planets would eventually rip anything in between to shreds.
Yes, TPF will be a nice box to have. However, I wouldn't plan on the longevity of HST since it will be located at one of the LaGrange points just outside earth orbit.
Brian