In the last 20 years there have been quite a few of these objects passing within the orbit of the moon
It's been going on for quite a lot longer than 20 years. A LOT longer - more of the order of 4.5 billion years, in fact. It's just that recently we've got a lot better at spotting them them.
Just looking at the numbers I'd place the odds at high of an impact. We're coming up on a hundred year anniversary of Tunguska so I'd say we're due for a similar impact any day now.
Probability doesn't work like that; they're independent events, so the outcome of one does not influence the outcome of the next.
We spend trillions on defending against Arab rednecks and a few million a year on tracking near Earth Objects. Our priorities are sadly are on the wrong threats.
There's a basic rule in English of "i before e except after c"
"i before e except after c" turns out to be an incredibly poor mnemonic; it has way too many exceptions to be useful (to the extent that I've seen some analyses that suggest it's wrong more often than it's right)
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In the last 20 years there have been quite a few of these objects passing within the orbit of the moon
It's been going on for quite a lot longer than 20 years. A LOT longer - more of the order of 4.5 billion years, in fact. It's just that recently we've got a lot better at spotting them them.
Just looking at the numbers I'd place the odds at high of an impact. We're coming up on a hundred year anniversary of Tunguska so I'd say we're due for a similar impact any day now.
Probability doesn't work like that; they're independent events, so the outcome of one does not influence the outcome of the next.
We spend trillions on defending against Arab rednecks and a few million a year on tracking near Earth Objects. Our priorities are sadly are on the wrong threats.
This, on the other hand, I agree with entirely.
Prior prior art: Starship Troopers - R A Heinlein.
"Christianity Clone" - sounds like a porn name to me.
I'd moderate this "+10 - owes me a new keyboard!"
We drink a lot more than Americans.
Mostly because we have access to much better beer. Oh, and we can have a drink without turning into an alcoholic.
I'm an agnostic atheist - I have no idea what I don't believe in.
That only leaves one problem...
And that problem might turn out to be a PITA (quite literally)
Didn't Pick OS do something like that? (I never used it myself, but remember a couple of colleagues raving about it many moons ago)
+1 - although I'm guessing most folks here won't get the reference...
... presumably you'd use HideTheSausageFS for encrypted partitions?
Do you think they'd still charge the 70% if I added a little bonus content to the paid Amazon version?
That's more of a question for 'Ask Amazon' than 'Ask Slashdot',,,
(BTW, I really hope this works out for you!)
Which...they aren't. So they can't.
Unless, of course, they release the source for their driver under the GPL...
It's not beyond the realms of possibility that this is what Alan's angling for.
IIRC, Gwahir et al kicked some Nazgul ass at the Battle of Morannan (until the Nazgul ran away, of course)
Good ol' BilBo-olean ops!
FTFY...
Watching Star Wars ad nauseam doesn't improve your computer repair skills.
You obviously haven't watched if for long enough to be able to whistle like R2...
There's a basic rule in English of "i before e except after c"
"i before e except after c" turns out to be an incredibly poor mnemonic; it has way too many exceptions to be useful (to the extent that I've seen some analyses that suggest it's wrong more often than it's right)
No, that should be:
The US is absurd: Depending on state, you must wear a helmet on both a motorbike And a pedal bike
http://www.fastfreds.com/helmetlawmap.htm
No, that should be
The US is absurd.
Kendy for the state...
Frippery! A control panel full of toggle switches and lamps is the way to go
If it's available on iOS, its an iOS app.
By that logic, every website is an iOS app (since it's available on iOS). Except, of course, that it isn't.
They were the first at the optical trackball when trackballs had more popularity. That ball looked like a red and black tropical, poisonous toad.
Yep. In fact, I'm using one right now - it's been in almost daily use for well over a decade, and it's still going strong. Excellent bit of kit.
In the case of the US, it's more like
A few wealthy and modern cities inhabited by a huge sea of uneducated religious primitives with guns
zeus impregnating goatse
FTFY
(Sorry, I just couldn't resist... :)
That's already clear from the gender-specific spelling of "Blonde".
That's it, I'm switching to LLVM!
That'a a truly unique pattern of reasoning (given that LLVM is written in C++)