Significant weight of food to be carried on the mission could be solved by having FAT astronauts. Then by placing them on a low cal diet, they would burn off their own fat stores (much more efficient than eating), and lose weight. Keep them supplied with water, small amounts of real food for mental health, and you've now seriously reduced the weight needed for a mission. A hundred pounds of fat could supply the totl caloric needs for a regular sedentary person for around 200 days.
The "high speed" line between NYC and Washington,D.C. already won't tolerate 90+MPH due to the wind stress that occurs on bridges when the train passes through- at least that's what they told us. Sounds odd to me, but if trains aren't permitted to go >100 for significant portions, then why bother with something faster.
As far as using the trains in the Middle/West of America - there's just not enough of a population density to support this. Something like 80% of the USA's population is located within 200 miles of the coasts.
I can't imagine the cinematic quality of watching a movie with 4!! GPUs (right next to each other for maximum cooling inefficiency) in my home. Maybe if it was the perfect storm, or a movie about propeller aircraft would it not be noticeable. Don't get me wrong, I MIGHT like to have that system (OK probably would love it), but it seems like an non elegant way to do something.
Holy crap! - I can read all the words, but none of it makes any sense. It's like the took regular English words and gave them all different meanings. I haven't felt this uncomprehending in a loooong time - and even the dumbness felt from quantum chemistry pales to this.
Just have the police car fire a car taser sticky pad at the target vehicle. That would cut down on the chance of hitting innocent bystanders pacemakers with the death ray. Or even better yet - a CARPOON! Fire a barbed tipped harpoon at the car, and just hit the brakes. It would make for much better TV watching. Spearing the fugitive driver in the head (oops- darn) from an errant shot would be a minor detail that would need to be worked out.
This is what was used in the last USA election. Naturally many of the poorer households had little computer experience, and took longer than expected (surprised?) to vote, thus preventing many of the poorer(Democratic) voters from voting.
No Sir - I do not trust e-voting machine, unless the source is open code, and would print out an easily (machine+human)countable ticket+receipt showing for whom the vote was cast. Of course the fact that a staunch Republican donor (Wally O'Dell) who builds the machines, and was found to promise to deliver Republican votes, and was also found to have asked about ways to hack the machine, had machines that came delivered to polling sites with votes already cast for Republican candidates(Sorry it wasn't cleared from the factory), and produced negative votes for Gore (See Florida election)
I'm just wondering which will end first - Moores law, or the number of river names left in Washington. For those of you who don't know, all of Intels chip names are named after rivers in Washington state.
The nerves in the body are usually buried somewhat deep, and are insulated usually by a layer of fat, and by their insulation(fatty Schwann cells). Since the nerves innervate the muscles, the signal becomes amplified, thus making it much easier to pick up the signal (stronger, and just under the skin, not insulated).
Another reason is that many different nerve fibers run together in a nerve, especially up in the brachial plexus (shoulder are). If this prosthesis is meant for people who have lost their are high up, then the nerves in this location, are somewhat big (between a pencil and strand of linguinni thickness), and contain many different fibers. There are about 30 different muscles in the forearm/hand, and another 20 in the shoulder and arm (and don't forget all the sensory fibers too). It might be just too hard to pick out usable signals from that mess, If some of the fibers are re-routed to a superficial muscle (chest wall pectoralis major), then it's much easier for the person to choose discrete movements, and have control over the prosthesis.
I am an orthopaedic surgeon, so I'm just posting this part to squelch any criticism about the facts above.
I imagine that the US will also get something like this as well. The US and Britain also seem to be running hand in hand together thoughout most of the worlds conflicts anyway, and thus he could be egging Britain on, or vise versa.
Just the thought of me being bombed or chased by someTHING that looked like this would make me think twice about it. That helmet looks fricken evil. If it's ever used {I really should say when if GWB:-( is still at the helm}, then advance patrols should drop paper flyers with the image of the fighters helmet on it, saying that these creatures will be bombing you - fear tactics.
Too many people are too concerned about what other people think, but then again, Europe is generally much more densely populated than the US and A, and so bike riding is a more feasable option.
I'm just ticked off that they didn't bother with any audio. I was looing foward to hearing the zooming/swooshing spaceship noise, and the eerie background tone that I always heard on Trek (TOS)
I've been using linux since 99, and have been using SuSE since 2001. I've played with at least 6-7 other distros as well from Mandrake to Gentoo. I've stuck with SuSe for a long time just because of the number of users and support. However, I just recently switched to Ubuntu, and have to say that the Apt system is much better than the RPM, at least for a "power user".
I've gotten into RPM-dependency hell more often than I'd liked in the past with SuSE when installing something, and so far, haven't had any sort of problem with Ubuntu. I agree, it may only be that Ubuntu is very strict about their software library, and that's all there is to it, but as a user the ease of use and successful installs clearly make Ubuntu a superior format.
Local anesthetics by themselves, usually do NOT have any vasoconstrictive properties. However they often come in two "flavors" without and with epinepherine, and it's the epi that produces the vasoconstriction.
Since these new MBs will have more power concentrated in a smaller area, I am wondering if this will contribute to cooling problems. Making the MB longer, and narrower should help with the radiative aspect of cooling. It might also help with making a more laminer flow, thus cooling everything better. Definitely making the MB smaller will make it harder for those large quiet cooling fans to find space to co-exist. The shuttle systems do it right with making the CPU fan hanging out of the back of the case.
They generally form in the Northern hemisphere on the eastern costs of large continents, and in the Southern hemisohere on the Western coasts of continents, due to the coriolois forces.
I'm sure that since this will all be patented, then the ability to grow it will be subject to various fees and "subscriptions" eventually. I wouldn't be surprised if eventually ou would need to buy a special chemical, without which, the wheat or whatever crop will not grow.
It's not like mistakes ever happen with this stuff either. Look at Australia with it's toad and rabbit control problems, when a species is introduced out of its normal environment. What if the GM crop wildely displaces the natural crops by "accident". The company can give the growth chemical for free at first or for a nominal fee - but later on... This should be boycotted at all costs - Food should always have the option to be grown for free, in your backyard. Yes I think I sound a little survivalist, but this can be a slippery slope, and it's easy to fall downit.
It works great, but just not as well as your own blood. When administered, you will see a persons heart rate decrease if they are tachycardic(fast heart rate) from a low hemoglobin (blood count). The blood definitely does work, but probably only 60-80% as effective as regular blood.
After 20 minutes of smashing on new strings - they are stretched out/worn in, and the dang bass does not go out of tune. Drop it, leave it in the case for a week, play outside - damn thing is still in tune. Of course since it weighs about 15 pounds, it would take a car to run over it for it to notice something was different. It has a single piece thru the body neck that is the size of a small sapling, grown on the slope of a volcano on Jupiter.
I have a newer Music Man bass - 9 pounds, bolt on neck. Plays very nice and fluid, but just not the same. They are very different - one's like a paring knife, the other is like a meat cleaver - I love the cleaver.
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At least that's what I heard, so that would obviate this service.
Significant weight of food to be carried on the mission could be solved by having FAT astronauts. Then by placing them on a low cal diet, they would burn off their own fat stores (much more efficient than eating), and lose weight. Keep them supplied with water, small amounts of real food for mental health, and you've now seriously reduced the weight needed for a mission. A hundred pounds of fat could supply the totl caloric needs for a regular sedentary person for around 200 days.
Just an idea
The "high speed" line between NYC and Washington,D.C. already won't tolerate 90+MPH due to the wind stress that occurs on bridges when the train passes through- at least that's what they told us. Sounds odd to me, but if trains aren't permitted to go >100 for significant portions, then why bother with something faster.
As far as using the trains in the Middle/West of America - there's just not enough of a population density to support this. Something like 80% of the USA's population is located within 200 miles of the coasts.
Have you ever driven down the 405 in Long Beach - Stinks and has miles of refineries. Louisiana has even more.
I can't imagine the cinematic quality of watching a movie with 4!! GPUs (right next to each other for maximum cooling inefficiency) in my home. Maybe if it was the perfect storm, or a movie about propeller aircraft would it not be noticeable. Don't get me wrong, I MIGHT like to have that system (OK probably would love it), but it seems like an non elegant way to do something.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E8_(mathematics)
Holy crap! - I can read all the words, but none of it makes any sense. It's like the took regular English words and gave them all different meanings. I haven't felt this uncomprehending in a loooong time - and even the dumbness felt from quantum chemistry pales to this.
Just have the police car fire a car taser sticky pad at the target vehicle. That would cut down on the chance of hitting innocent bystanders pacemakers with the death ray.
Or even better yet - a CARPOON! Fire a barbed tipped harpoon at the car, and just hit the brakes. It would make for much better TV watching. Spearing the fugitive driver in the head (oops- darn) from an errant shot would be a minor detail that would need to be worked out.
Only old people worship the robotic overloards
This is what was used in the last USA election. Naturally many of the poorer households had little computer experience, and took longer than expected (surprised?) to vote, thus preventing many of the poorer(Democratic) voters from voting.
No Sir - I do not trust e-voting machine, unless the source is open code, and would print out an easily (machine+human)countable ticket+receipt showing for whom the vote was cast. Of course the fact that a staunch Republican donor (Wally O'Dell) who builds the machines, and was found to promise to deliver Republican votes, and was also found to have asked about ways to hack the machine, had machines that came delivered to polling sites with votes already cast for Republican candidates(Sorry it wasn't cleared from the factory), and produced negative votes for Gore (See Florida election)
I'm just wondering which will end first - Moores law, or the number of river names left in Washington. For those of you who don't know, all of Intels chip names are named after rivers in Washington state.
The nerves in the body are usually buried somewhat deep, and are insulated usually by a layer of fat, and by their insulation(fatty Schwann cells). Since the nerves innervate the muscles, the signal becomes amplified, thus making it much easier to pick up the signal (stronger, and just under the skin, not insulated).
Another reason is that many different nerve fibers run together in a nerve, especially up in the brachial plexus (shoulder are). If this prosthesis is meant for people who have lost their are high up, then the nerves in this location, are somewhat big (between a pencil and strand of linguinni thickness), and contain many different fibers. There are about 30 different muscles in the forearm/hand, and another 20 in the shoulder and arm (and don't forget all the sensory fibers too). It might be just too hard to pick out usable signals from that mess, If some of the fibers are re-routed to a superficial muscle (chest wall pectoralis major), then it's much easier for the person to choose discrete movements, and have control over the prosthesis.
I am an orthopaedic surgeon, so I'm just posting this part to squelch any criticism about the facts above.
I imagine that the US will also get something like this as well. The US and Britain also seem to be running hand in hand together thoughout most of the worlds conflicts anyway, and thus he could be egging Britain on, or vise versa.
Just the thought of me being bombed or chased by someTHING that looked like this would make me think twice about it. That helmet looks fricken evil. If it's ever used {I really should say when if GWB :-( is still at the helm}, then advance patrols should drop paper flyers with the image of the fighters helmet on it, saying that these creatures will be bombing you - fear tactics.
Too many people are too concerned about what other people think, but then again, Europe is generally much more densely populated than the US and A, and so bike riding is a more feasable option.
I'm just ticked off that they didn't bother with any audio. I was looing foward to hearing the zooming/swooshing spaceship noise, and the eerie background tone that I always heard on Trek (TOS)
No you're not.
I've been using linux since 99, and have been using SuSE since 2001. I've played with at least 6-7 other distros as well from Mandrake to Gentoo. I've stuck with SuSe for a long time just because of the number of users and support.
However, I just recently switched to Ubuntu, and have to say that the Apt system is much better than the RPM, at least for a "power user".
I've gotten into RPM-dependency hell more often than I'd liked in the past with SuSE when installing something, and so far, haven't had any sort of problem with Ubuntu. I agree, it may only be that Ubuntu is very strict about their software library, and that's all there is to it, but as a user the ease of use and successful installs clearly make Ubuntu a superior format.
Local anesthetics by themselves, usually do NOT have any vasoconstrictive properties. However they often come in two "flavors" without and with epinepherine, and it's the epi that produces the vasoconstriction.
Now I can sleep at night.
Since these new MBs will have more power concentrated in a smaller area, I am wondering if this will contribute to cooling problems. Making the MB longer, and narrower should help with the radiative aspect of cooling. It might also help with making a more laminer flow, thus cooling everything better.
Definitely making the MB smaller will make it harder for those large quiet cooling fans to find space to co-exist. The shuttle systems do it right with making the CPU fan hanging out of the back of the case.
I can see the CIA wanting to dump lots of ash by Cuba to wreak havoc on Havana.
They generally form in the Northern hemisphere on the eastern costs of large continents, and in the Southern hemisohere on the Western coasts of continents, due to the coriolois forces.
I'm sure that since this will all be patented, then the ability to grow it will be subject to various fees and "subscriptions" eventually. I wouldn't be surprised if eventually ou would need to buy a special chemical, without which, the wheat or whatever crop will not grow.
It's not like mistakes ever happen with this stuff either. Look at Australia with it's toad and rabbit control problems, when a species is introduced out of its normal environment. What if the GM crop wildely displaces the natural crops by "accident". The company can give the growth chemical for free at first or for a nominal fee - but later on...
This should be boycotted at all costs - Food should always have the option to be grown for free, in your backyard. Yes I think I sound a little survivalist, but this can be a slippery slope, and it's easy to fall downit.
It works great, but just not as well as your own blood. When administered, you will see a persons heart rate decrease if they are tachycardic(fast heart rate) from a low hemoglobin (blood count). The blood definitely does work, but probably only 60-80% as effective as regular blood.
After 20 minutes of smashing on new strings - they are stretched out/worn in, and the dang bass does not go out of tune. Drop it, leave it in the case for a week, play outside - damn thing is still in tune. Of course since it weighs about 15 pounds, it would take a car to run over it for it to notice something was different. It has a single piece thru the body neck that is the size of a small sapling, grown on the slope of a volcano on Jupiter.
I have a newer Music Man bass - 9 pounds, bolt on neck. Plays very nice and fluid, but just not the same. They are very different - one's like a paring knife, the other is like a meat cleaver - I love the cleaver.