"It has not been and never will be an energy source."
on the contrary, Hydrogen has been the primary energy source for this planet for the last 4.5 billion years, and is likely to remain so for many years to come. The problem is that the reactor is 93 million miles away, so we only get a very small percentage of the generated energy.
I find the new font for the body text really hard to read. There should be the option in your/. preferences to swich back to the old serif font at least.
The summary said the test would go on 'weather permiting' That doesn't necessarily mean they need good weather, in fact they may be hoping for cfold weather (which would be why they were in ND) but it could be too hot to simulate martian conditions. I dont thenk Mars gets to 100F, but it is possible in ND (as well as the cold conditions more typical to Mars)
Odly enough, I heard that among the essential supplies sent through to the trapped Australian miners (along with food water and air) were Ipods. I guess they could listen to that BeeGees song (New York mining Disaster)
The Sci part of SciFi means science. Good science fiction has some basis in science. If you have to say "its magic, you don't have to know how it works" then its Fantasy not SciFi.
(However Lucas himself has refered to Star Wars being fantasy)
""please click on 1 if you have just seen bigfoot, "
Why do you need to call 911 if you have seen bigfoot. (Unless it is threatening your life, which is extremely rare). I would have thought your first action would be to contact you local TV station, and the National Enquirer so you can get your 15 minutes of fame...
Here in the northern midwest it has been 20 to 30 degrees fahrenheit warmer than a typical January. I'm pretty certain it will be a record for average temperatures for the month, We haven;t even had one day below 0F.
-4 what? if its celcius then there would not be too much of a problem.
Anyway it is supposed to be winter right now (in the northern hemisphere). In a normal january, temperatures of -4f are common in the area of the world where I currently live. Crops grow just fine in late spring, summer and fall when it is much warmer.
(Note I say in a normal January... right now this area is having the warmest January on record and the last few days have been in the high 30's or low 40's.
Its not just in this hemisphere either, back where I was born they just had a record warm December (of course its summer there)
An electronic device that is left on is using electricity, but that energy is converted into heat. If the device wasn't left on, then more energy would be needed from the heating system, so you're not using any more kilowatt hours (assuming your house is heated by electricity.
This is presumably a matter between the record labels (and artists) an the (satellite) broadcaster. Presumably the briadcaster enters some aggreement with the record companies and pays royalties for this priviledge.
However what if the satellite radio company was NOT based in the US? The transmitter(s) sure aren't in the US, they are up in space 40000 Km above the equator. Therefore the Tecord Industry Association of America would have no say in the matter.
Anyway I think satellite radio is rather pointless. Who wants to PAY $10 per month to have someone else pick what you are going to listen to. Satellite receivers are no smaller that MP3 players and with them you get to pick exactly what you want to listen to.
And as far as the 'content' and 'paying for it' go, many of us gave already paid for a libray of music by buying vinyl, or CD's, or have purchased downloads from online music services. Why should we have to pay a subscription to listen to music we have already paid once for.
And those who download music illegally do so because they don't want to pay for it so they are not going to be interested in paying a subscription.
Fridays at 9pm (eastern) is the time for Stargate Atlantis, I hope they aren't dropping that.
Hmm I just checked the shedule on Scifi.com and it seems this John Doe show is actually on at 7pm eastern, so its not going to interfere with the normal scifi friday lineup (phew)
Some states (and countries) have a phenomenon called 'weather'. Snow and ice covered streets would be extremely dangerous for 2 wheeled vehicles, and wind chill is also a problem at this time of year. In the summer it is too hot an humid for that sort of exercise.
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Nope, the first examples were brought in by Captain Cook.
"It has not been and never will be an energy source."
on the contrary, Hydrogen has been the primary energy source for this planet for the last 4.5 billion years, and is likely to remain so for many years to come. The problem is that the reactor is 93 million miles away, so we only get a very small percentage of the generated energy.
Try about 1000 years, Columbus wasn't the 1st, The vikings used sailing ships too.
Depends what the floor is made of - most basements have a concrete floor anyway so there would be no change.
Jrt fuel is not gasoline. The civic probably won't run at all.
I think you might be neaning AVGAS - higfh octane gasoline that is used in piston engine planes.
and I think its gonna be a long long time....
I find the new font for the body text really hard to read. There should be the option in your /. preferences to swich back to the old serif font at least.
Its the year of High school between 5th form and 7th form of course. Generally 16-17 olds.
I went to school in New Zealand..
" Google Notebook is a simple way for users to save and organize their thoughts when conducting research online."
I dont see the need for an online text editor. Why not use on your own machine? Its faster, and your thoughts are (mostly) private.
The summary said the test would go on 'weather permiting' That doesn't necessarily mean they need good weather, in fact they may be hoping for cfold weather (which would be why they were in ND) but it could be too hot to simulate martian conditions. I dont thenk Mars gets to 100F, but it is possible in ND (as well as the cold conditions more typical to Mars)
Odly enough, I heard that among the essential supplies sent through to the trapped Australian miners (along with food water and air) were Ipods. I guess they could listen to that BeeGees song (New York mining Disaster)
So what is an average power user? Did somebody do a survey? (the term average implies some statistics have collected...)
Surely planets are named after Roman gods, rather than their greek equivalents. (At least up to and including Pluto)
The Sci part of SciFi means science. Good science fiction has some basis in science. If you have to say "its magic, you don't have to know how it works" then its Fantasy not SciFi.
(However Lucas himself has refered to Star Wars being fantasy)
""please click on 1 if you have just seen bigfoot, "
Why do you need to call 911 if you have seen bigfoot. (Unless it is threatening your life, which is extremely rare). I would have thought your first action would be to contact you local TV station, and the National Enquirer so you can get your 15 minutes of fame...
Star Trek uses "Warp Drive".
Hyperdrive is used on ships in the Stargate series, thus The Ancients have the copyright.
(and of course "Prior Art" is claimed by the Ori.
Bytes aren't a 'Metric' unit. They are not even decimal, they are binary. It doesn't make sense to confine powers of 2 to units of powers of 10.
Does it take into account the tidal forces acting on your eyeballs will distort your vision?
"you can't drop a bomb at hypersonic velocities"
Von Baun proved that you could, more than 60 years ago.
Here in the northern midwest it has been 20 to 30 degrees fahrenheit warmer than a typical January. I'm pretty certain it will be a record for average temperatures for the month, We haven;t even had one day below 0F.
-4 what? if its celcius then there would not be too much of a problem.
Anyway it is supposed to be winter right now (in the northern hemisphere). In a normal january, temperatures of -4f are common in the area of the world where I currently live. Crops grow just fine in late spring, summer and fall when it is much warmer.
(Note I say in a normal January... right now this area is having the warmest January on record and the last few days have been in the high 30's or low 40's.
Its not just in this hemisphere either, back where I was born they just had a record warm December (of course its summer there)
An electronic device that is left on is using electricity, but that energy is converted into heat. If the device wasn't left on, then more energy would be needed from the heating system, so you're not using any more kilowatt hours (assuming your house is heated by electricity.
This is presumably a matter between the record labels (and artists) an the (satellite) broadcaster. Presumably the briadcaster enters some aggreement with the record companies and pays royalties for this priviledge.
However what if the satellite radio company was NOT based in the US? The transmitter(s) sure aren't in the US, they are up in space 40000 Km above the equator. Therefore the Tecord Industry Association of America would have no say in the matter.
Anyway I think satellite radio is rather pointless. Who wants to PAY $10 per month to have someone else pick what you are going to listen to. Satellite receivers are no smaller that MP3 players and with them you get to pick exactly what you want to listen to.
And as far as the 'content' and 'paying for it' go, many of us gave already paid for a libray of music by buying vinyl, or CD's, or have purchased downloads from online music services. Why should we have to pay a subscription to listen to music we have already paid once for.
And those who download music illegally do so because they don't want to pay for it so they are not going to be interested in paying a subscription.
Fridays at 9pm (eastern) is the time for Stargate Atlantis, I hope they aren't dropping that.
Hmm I just checked the shedule on Scifi.com and it seems this John Doe show is actually on at 7pm eastern, so its not going to interfere with the normal scifi friday lineup (phew)
Some states (and countries) have a phenomenon called 'weather'. Snow and ice covered streets would be extremely dangerous for 2 wheeled vehicles, and wind chill is also a problem at this time of year. In the summer it is too hot an humid for that sort of exercise.