This seems to be his third or fourth book of this type. Not that I'm complaining - I've read Blink, and Tipping Point - both very interesting reads. It gives some of the explanations behind behaviours that I've noticed, but hadn't thought about why they occurred.
Reminds me of stock market games people play. Someone usually winds up increasing their money by a ridiculous factor. The winner just happened to guess a good set of buys/moves. Another analogy is the million monkeys typing - pure chance will eventually produce a winner. I don't believe in luck - but in chance yes. Successful people usually make their own "luck" by doing things to better their odds. Bill Gates might be an example of both.
Future settlements will still need radiation protection, which will still be the major environmental concern for future lunar inhabitants (Lunites?)
Anyone remember how deep the soil base would need to be? Obviously without any atmosphere and magnetic shield cosmic rays and other high powered radiation will still penetrate the soil shield.
America is a BIG country, and not that densely populated. Trains will never catch on for MOST of the country,because the passenger density is too low. On the coasts it has made grounds because the population density makes it profitable.
Europe (Western from England to say Poland) would comfortably fit in the USA in about half the space of east of the Mississippi.
To people living around New York, saying cheese pizza is redundant, and is like saying a meat steak or a wooden tree. Pizza is understood to have cheese on the surface. Often people just say pie, as in pizza pie. "Give me a large plain pie"
Most people complain about it at first, but I think it's just the learning curve. Both my wife and I have iPhones, and we text as fast on these as we did on phones that had full keyboards.
Why not functionally group files to decrease or eliminate fragmentation? Or maybe this is already done. For example - I have a large collection of MP3 files. They essentially do not change, as in I don't edit them, and rarely erase them. The file system could look at they type of file (mp3, vs doc) and place it accordingly. It could also look at the last change in the file and place it in a certain area. Older unchanged files are placed in a tightly placed/packed file area that is optimized and not fragmented.
would be cool if somehow a superconductor transmission line could be incorporated into the space elevator (weight issues a prob). Or have it conducted on the surface (didn't NASA look at power generation from a tethered cable?) of the elevator cable. I'm not a EE so please forgive any ignorance.
Easy enough to build in a sensor that quickly, yet gradually shuts down the jets to lower the person down. Now whether this is built into the system is another question. I would bet that the designers have thought of this, and have some sort of safety shut down feature. I would if I were selling something that looks ripe for lawsuits unfortunately.
A pressurized reserve tank of water would tend to equalize out any "chop" from the water surface supply, and would enable a reserve for a soft landing function. This is more complex to build than just a fancily re-routed jet-ski
I think the height is limited by the weight of the user + the weight of the jet pack steering system + weight of the hose. If you develop an air bubble, it might actually propel you higher (less weight occupied by the compressed air bubble).
True, but I have a feeling that most economists know how to invest their money better than most doctors do.
Case in point is my brother. I just found out that he turned 50k into 1.2 million, and then cashed out when it dropped to 900k( bought a condo before the bubble, sold at peak, then shorted the market). He also saved me several hundred thousand, by telling me not to buy at the peak of the housing bubble. I now run everything by him first, 'cause I'm not a dummy.
Honestly, even as a very specialized surgeon, if I wanted to make money, I could have done much better on Wall St. My brother who is an economist, has done quite well, and works much less than I.
The job has sooo many hassles, and stress that if you don't love what you're doing, then it's not worth it.
Seriously.
Honestly, I love my fucking job, and would still do it, even if I won the lottery. Just would work less than 50 hours a week, instead of 80.
Giant cells seem to be a function of the body to fight off infections. I have a feeling, that in the future, we will find out that many diseases are caused/triggered by viral infections, along with some failure of a tumor suppressor gene.
One of my patients had a heart transplant 20+ years ago and is doing great, so things look really good for you, once ya do the engine change.
Best of luck to ya.
Please donate organs - worms have no use for them.
Something about the way it moves makes me want to burn and destroy it. Man that thing gives me the shivers. It looks like two guys in a horse suit, but facing each other.
What happens if I say "Fack you, you asz, gol dung motherflocker"
I mean come on, how can this be enforced? Can I curse in foreign languages?, What if an English word sounds like a curse in another language, and someone hears it? Most of this seems to be aimed at prevention of the corruption of minors, and would rely on the subjective interpretation of the judge to determine if one is guilty or not.
Invented by Ilizarov - a Siberian doctor who made the original circular wire frame from bicycle wheels. Nowadays they are much better. It involves cutting the bone and applying a multi-ring pin into bone stabilizer system, and then stretching the bone 1mm/day. Yes 1 millimeter per day! Takes usually a month to lengthen a leg one inch.
Injectable bone will not work, as the muscles, nerves, arteries and veins all need to be lengthened too.
This is a fairly common procedure in the USA, and is routinely done at any major medical center where there is an orthopaedics residency training program.
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This seems to be his third or fourth book of this type. Not that I'm complaining - I've read Blink, and Tipping Point - both very interesting reads. It gives some of the explanations behind behaviours that I've noticed, but hadn't thought about why they occurred.
Reminds me of stock market games people play. Someone usually winds up increasing their money by a ridiculous factor. The winner just happened to guess a good set of buys/moves. Another analogy is the million monkeys typing - pure chance will eventually produce a winner.
I don't believe in luck - but in chance yes. Successful people usually make their own "luck" by doing things to better their odds. Bill Gates might be an example of both.
Future settlements will still need radiation protection, which will still be the major environmental concern for future lunar inhabitants (Lunites?)
Anyone remember how deep the soil base would need to be? Obviously without any atmosphere and magnetic shield cosmic rays and other high powered radiation will still penetrate the soil shield.
yes, actually that's how I text usually - with one hand.
America is a BIG country, and not that densely populated. Trains will never catch on for MOST of the country ,because the passenger density is too low. On the coasts it has made grounds because the population density makes it profitable.
Europe (Western from England to say Poland) would comfortably fit in the USA in about half the space of east of the Mississippi.
To people living around New York, saying cheese pizza is redundant, and is like saying a meat steak or a wooden tree. Pizza is understood to have cheese on the surface.
Often people just say pie, as in pizza pie. "Give me a large plain pie"
Most people complain about it at first, but I think it's just the learning curve. Both my wife and I have iPhones, and we text as fast on these as we did on phones that had full keyboards.
"forget" what the password is.
might be nice to use this in small reactions to maximize mixing.
The space elevator is more than likely just a materials engineering problem, while anti-gravity would require spectacular new scientific theories.
So yes, but still I don't think much is impossible, much of what we take for granted now would have been impossible 500 years ago.
Why not functionally group files to decrease or eliminate fragmentation? Or maybe this is already done.
For example - I have a large collection of MP3 files. They essentially do not change, as in I don't edit them, and rarely erase them. The file system could look at they type of file (mp3, vs doc) and place it accordingly. It could also look at the last change in the file and place it in a certain area. Older unchanged files are placed in a tightly placed/packed file area that is optimized and not fragmented.
would be cool if somehow a superconductor transmission line could be incorporated into the space elevator (weight issues a prob). Or have it conducted on the surface (didn't NASA look at power generation from a tethered cable?) of the elevator cable. I'm not a EE so please forgive any ignorance.
Why then try to do anything? Artificial light, nuclear power, cars, organ transplants? They were all impractical at first.
If this was a rhetorical question, then I lost and bit, but otherwise, with this attitude, not much would have ever been invented or tried.
The space elevator might be the best and most efficient way to get large amounts of material into space, unless we invent anti-gravity.
Well, I personally haven't found any mammoths - pygmy or not, but thanks for being optimistic.
Easy enough to build in a sensor that quickly, yet gradually shuts down the jets to lower the person down.
Now whether this is built into the system is another question. I would bet that the designers have thought of this, and have some sort of safety shut down feature. I would if I were selling something that looks ripe for lawsuits unfortunately.
A pressurized reserve tank of water would tend to equalize out any "chop" from the water surface supply, and would enable a reserve for a soft landing function. This is more complex to build than just a fancily re-routed jet-ski
I think the height is limited by the weight of the user + the weight of the jet pack steering system + weight of the hose. If you develop an air bubble, it might actually propel you higher (less weight occupied by the compressed air bubble).
They've found COMPLETE frozen wooly mammoths in the Artic tundra in Russia, complete with hair and all
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2005/03/0324_050324_mammoth.html
So while this find is quite nice, it's by no means the best ever.
Since this is an economics class, offer to sell them to her, and then add also a charge for supplies and labor, and also for the cost of the class.
Honestly, she can not go into your backpack, anmore than she can force you to strip search.
True, but I have a feeling that most economists know how to invest their money better than most doctors do.
Case in point is my brother. I just found out that he turned 50k into 1.2 million, and then cashed out when it dropped to 900k( bought a condo before the bubble, sold at peak, then shorted the market). He also saved me several hundred thousand, by telling me not to buy at the peak of the housing bubble. I now run everything by him first, 'cause I'm not a dummy.
Let's see
4 years med school (100k debt)
3 years medicine residency (some more debt)
4 years cardiology fellowship (50k/year)
That's 11 years, and only 7 of those will you be making any money at all (start at 30k and work your way up to 50k for 80 hrs/week).
If money is your goal, then you'd be better off working now, placing some in the bank, and let the magic of compounded interest make it for you.
Honestly, even as a very specialized surgeon, if I wanted to make money, I could have done much better on Wall St. My brother who is an economist, has done quite well, and works much less than I.
The job has sooo many hassles, and stress that if you don't love what you're doing, then it's not worth it.
Seriously.
Honestly, I love my fucking job, and would still do it, even if I won the lottery. Just would work less than 50 hours a week, instead of 80.
Giant cells seem to be a function of the body to fight off infections. I have a feeling, that in the future, we will find out that many diseases are caused/triggered by viral infections, along with some failure of a tumor suppressor gene.
One of my patients had a heart transplant 20+ years ago and is doing great, so things look really good for you, once ya do the engine change.
Best of luck to ya.
Please donate organs - worms have no use for them.
Something about the way it moves makes me want to burn and destroy it. Man that thing gives me the shivers. It looks like two guys in a horse suit, but facing each other.
It must inhabit the uncanny valley for me.
What happens if I say
"Fack you, you asz, gol dung motherflocker"
I mean come on, how can this be enforced? Can I curse in foreign languages?, What if an English word sounds like a curse in another language, and someone hears it?
Most of this seems to be aimed at prevention of the corruption of minors, and would rely on the subjective interpretation of the judge to determine if one is guilty or not.
Obviously you don't, but with my blazing touch typing speeds, I can take advantage of the new 3.0, and not have to worry about the lag any more.
Invented by Ilizarov - a Siberian doctor who made the original circular wire frame from bicycle wheels. Nowadays they are much better. It involves cutting the bone and applying a multi-ring pin into bone stabilizer system, and then stretching the bone 1mm/day. Yes 1 millimeter per day! Takes usually a month to lengthen a leg one inch.
Injectable bone will not work, as the muscles, nerves, arteries and veins all need to be lengthened too.
This is a fairly common procedure in the USA, and is routinely done at any major medical center where there is an orthopaedics residency training program.