Actually, it sounds exactly like it's perfect for a prodding action: dangle the appendage down then draw out the air to turn it rigid. A perfect rod for prodding. If precise control is needed, it could be designed with an overflow tip.
One thing that's always bugged me about other nations' inability to see that settlement is a military activity is the fact that Machiavelli explicitly stated in The Prince that the way to take and hold territory was to start with settlers... both giving an excuse to send in the army "in defense of the poor defenseless settlers" and providing influence and control over the area.
If this was known 700 years ago, how come it's not known now?
I've always thought that a binary system would create eddies in the dust and that mass caught in the eddies would coalesce quite quickly (incidentally, becoming a mass big enough to draw in more mass at an increasingly faster rate).
I haven't seen any of the planetary creation models, so how much do they consider this kind of eddying and coalescence? I would think the eddying would be greater in a binary or trinary system than a single star system.
D'oh. I think you're right. What was I on yesterday?
I should have just gone with the fact that my cousin had his tail (and extra thumbs) surgically removed at 1 year of age to disprove "Apes never have tails" when, in fact, some humans do have tails.
The holographic universe theory comes from work by Gerardus 't Hooft. Sure Hawking did some work on it as well, can't they say Gerardus 't Hooft *and* Hawking?
I guess it's a consequence of small pools...
Well, I know I can't... how DO you pronounce 't anyway?
Prior Art: Wasn't this the opening to one of the more recent Star Trek movies?
If fiction qualifies as prior art, then I'd go back to HALO and way back to the Traveller series of RPGs in the 80s with their "orbital insertion" units. (Cue the Uranus jokes...)
When we discover a planet due to wobble, can we tell the difference between the mass of the planet, the mass of the planet plus satellites, or the mass of the satellites? Do moons of a planet (even if they're as big as Titan) make much of a difference in the mass of the planet?
With a gas giant orbiting in the sweet spot, wouldn't each satellite be another chance for the conditions to be right for life?
...the uncontrolled experiment in microbe evolution being conducted in workplaces all over North America. In my own workplace there are these sanitation stations on every floor, in every wing, that dispense alcohol gel. Thousands of people everyday, in my complex alone, depopulate the flora and fauna of their hands to let the evolutionary lottery pick new winners to see what develops. I truly fear for the future of humanity.
Heh... the image of two garden gnomes in big red hats tied together by their beards and being swung over-under the shoulders of a big bearded programmer confronting airport security...
'To the Conservatives, "science" means "whatever we say".'
I think you're being a little harsh. To the Conservatives, science means whatever makes the best weapons and the most profits. There's no point wondering about history or fundamental physical laws: God did it. Let's just be practical here.
We already know that being deeper in a gravity well slows time (and radioactive decay). So... is radioactive decay suppressed at perihelion? Or is it the other way around? (No, I didn't RTFA, why should I start now?)
I'd never heard of that word, but looking at it I could imagine a sense of dread pervading every atom of your being and I thought "what a great word"... why haven't I heard of it before?, so I tried googling it.
The google suggestion was "atmosphere"... what a let-down. Pfft.
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Actually, it sounds exactly like it's perfect for a prodding action: dangle the appendage down then draw out the air to turn it rigid. A perfect rod for prodding. If precise control is needed, it could be designed with an overflow tip.
You could just buy some hops and an aerosoliser (for, um... herbs, yeah).
If this was known 700 years ago, how come it's not known now?
Did no one else, when reading TFS, picture the Norsefire Finger vans roaming the streets eavesdropping on the citizenry?
I've always thought that a binary system would create eddies in the dust and that mass caught in the eddies would coalesce quite quickly (incidentally, becoming a mass big enough to draw in more mass at an increasingly faster rate). I haven't seen any of the planetary creation models, so how much do they consider this kind of eddying and coalescence? I would think the eddying would be greater in a binary or trinary system than a single star system.
D'oh. I think you're right. What was I on yesterday? I should have just gone with the fact that my cousin had his tail (and extra thumbs) surgically removed at 1 year of age to disprove "Apes never have tails" when, in fact, some humans do have tails.
The holographic universe theory comes from work by Gerardus 't Hooft. Sure Hawking did some work on it as well, can't they say Gerardus 't Hooft *and* Hawking?
I guess it's a consequence of small pools...
Well, I know I can't... how DO you pronounce 't anyway?
I'm a Gibbon, you insensitive clod! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gibbon
Prior Art: Wasn't this the opening to one of the more recent Star Trek movies?
If fiction qualifies as prior art, then I'd go back to HALO and way back to the Traveller series of RPGs in the 80s with their "orbital insertion" units. (Cue the Uranus jokes...)
When we discover a planet due to wobble, can we tell the difference between the mass of the planet, the mass of the planet plus satellites, or the mass of the satellites? Do moons of a planet (even if they're as big as Titan) make much of a difference in the mass of the planet? With a gas giant orbiting in the sweet spot, wouldn't each satellite be another chance for the conditions to be right for life?
future humans might add bacteria to their physiological make up to help them make better decisions and this article isn't tagged with "midichlorians"?
or at least until the commercial comes on.
I generally prefer a nice slice of avocado to fill out a sandwich. Nice vegetable fats and texture that comes close to a meaty filling.
...the uncontrolled experiment in microbe evolution being conducted in workplaces all over North America. In my own workplace there are these sanitation stations on every floor, in every wing, that dispense alcohol gel. Thousands of people everyday, in my complex alone, depopulate the flora and fauna of their hands to let the evolutionary lottery pick new winners to see what develops. I truly fear for the future of humanity.
For our canadian viewers that would be: http://www.thecomedynetwork.ca/Displayblog.aspx?bpid=75006611-ce7a-42f1-bf88-37450365c7aa/
(and that might be why the link wasn't posted - since not only americans read /.)
Heh... the image of two garden gnomes in big red hats tied together by their beards and being swung over-under the shoulders of a big bearded programmer confronting airport security...
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'To the Conservatives, "science" means "whatever we say".' I think you're being a little harsh. To the Conservatives, science means whatever makes the best weapons and the most profits. There's no point wondering about history or fundamental physical laws: God did it. Let's just be practical here.
Shooting yourself in the foot.
They should call this an optical pipette. (Yes, I did RTFA, and no, I'm not turning in my nerd card.)
Good point: our time-keeping devices would be modified by the same amount so we wouldn't detect the change in the decay rate.
We already know that being deeper in a gravity well slows time (and radioactive decay). So... is radioactive decay suppressed at perihelion? Or is it the other way around? (No, I didn't RTFA, why should I start now?)
Plus, they have Gundams (if they can convince the department of agriculture).
Seconded. Though I'm a FLU guy myself.
"an uneasy atomphear"
I'd never heard of that word, but looking at it I could imagine a sense of dread pervading every atom of your being and I thought "what a great word"... why haven't I heard of it before?, so I tried googling it.
The google suggestion was "atmosphere"... what a let-down. Pfft.