"I read a long post earlier that quoted Islam as being created in 1630."
The accepted start date for Islam is 622AD At least that is when the Islamic calendar starts, when Mohammad fled from Mecca to Medina The Islamic calendar is based on a lunar cycle, so the years are shorter than Gregorian.
I thought the problem of having to recharge batteries with a diesel engine was solved 60 years ago by Nautilus (SSN 571) and for the last 45 years or more we have only made nuclear boats
One of the main problems with Concorde was It didnt have the range to do transpacific routes, and its not permitted to go supersonic over most countries.
"For thousands or millions of years humans have spent their lives outside farming, hunting, gathering, etc. and haven't had as much cancer as we have in todays society"
CFC's reduced the ozone layer causing more UV to get through to the ground
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I don't drink water, I drink a mixture of 50% pop (Mt Dew, Mello Yello or sun drop) and 50% Gator Ade (Lemon-Lime)
Pretty impressive uptime
By then we should be colinizing other solar systems
"launch company based in New Zealand,"
Isn't New Zealand a bit far south to be taking advantage of the spin of the earth for launching rockets?
At least for the moon you want to be closer to the equator I thought
to calling Pluto a planet
> HUD services
The Govt provides Heads Up Displays?
"If you don't eat yer meat, you can't have any pudding. How can you
have any pudding if you don't eat yer meat?"
"I read a long post earlier that quoted Islam as being created in 1630."
The accepted start date for Islam is 622AD
At least that is when the Islamic calendar starts, when Mohammad fled from Mecca to Medina
The Islamic calendar is based on a lunar cycle, so the years are shorter than Gregorian.
When are they rolling out the update(s) for Win 7 that makes it spy on you (like Win 10 does) and what updates should we uninstall to prevent this?
Uphill in the snow? About 0.01 (sitting there with the wheels spinning...)
Stephen Hawking seems to do better than that.
"when at sea you can't establish your longitude without a reliable clock"
But you could on land?
Imagine if you were in the middle of the prairie in the early 1800's - is it any easier to find your location than at sea.
fix the chameleon circuit and turn it into a Port-a-Loo
It would be less conspicuous on Earth at least.
more likely to receive a message from aliens than to get USA, UK, Russia and China to agree to this
So who is going to pay for internet connection on Pluto and Charon
or even Neptune
(jokes about the next planet in the solar system will follow)
it cant do anything about malware in long URLs
I don't use FB at all - what does that make me?
yeah theres no trees or hills to run into, ideal for low flying aircraft
I thought the problem of having to recharge batteries with a diesel engine was solved 60 years ago by Nautilus (SSN 571) and for the last 45 years or more we have only made nuclear boats
Yes and that one accident was a direct failure of the aircraft itself, and not terrorism, or being shot down, or really bad weather or pilot error
One of the main problems with Concorde was It didnt have the range to do transpacific routes, and its not permitted to go supersonic over most countries.
The Force, Luke
I would like a monitor that does 3840 x2400
1 knot = 1.852 km/hr
"Did you know there are 17 types of ice?"
Can we call an Inuit to translate?
"For thousands or millions of years humans have spent their lives outside farming, hunting, gathering, etc. and haven't had as much cancer as we have in todays society"
CFC's reduced the ozone layer causing more UV to get through to the ground