Is that counting europe and Asia separately or as one big one? (And what about Afric since its also joined to Asia. So if you count EurasiAfrica as 1, North America, and South America as 2 and 3, then Antarctica is the 4th largest (Actually doesn't that make it the smallest continent? (Australia is the worlds largest Island, not a continent.
Metres are a bit small for measuring astronomical distances. For things inside the solar system the Astronomical Unit (AU) is used, (Its the average distance from the earth to the sun, (For americans, 93 million miles)
The headline starts with the words "Cricket Reactor" but there doesn't seem to be any mention in the summary of the comments of crickets, or reactors This is Slashdot so I didn't read RTFA
I am guessing that Cricket refers to the insect rather than the sport played by India, Pakistan, The West Indies, Australia, England, New Zealand, Sri Lanka and Zimbabwe.
"Ok, Australia is almost a real place, but the rest of them are jokes."
Kuwait is a joke? It was worth the western aligned world going to war over in 1991. Other countries on that list are oil rich as well. (Like Brunei, you may have never heard of it, but the Sultan is one of the richest men in the world). And United Arab Emirates bankrolled the NZ boat which nearly took the Americas cup from Larry Ellison...
Maybe the Falkland Islands is a joke, but Maggie Thatcher thought it was worth fighting for in 82
USA is getting more and more of its fossil fuel from withing the American continent (and just offshore) rather than from the middle east. The increase in demand for middle eastern oil is from Asia mostly There was a big article in NatGeo magazine a couple months ago.
In many countries, Red is the coloir of the political Left (Socialists, Communists, or the Labour Party In the USA Red is the color of the political Right (Republicans)
Wierd, eh.
As a matter of interest in navigational terms the Red light (on a ship or plane) is on the left. (Port side, remember port wine is red)
How about a rollon-rolloff cargo ship? Or a supertanker? The bulk of the worlds commodities are still transported by sea (even to and from the most isolated of nations like NZ. The limitation of a 747 would be the weight it could carry, rather than volume (microSD cards sink so they are heavier than water.
Do you think Dean Barker can finnally win a race this afternoon (I guess its morning over there in Godzone)
"If you want to go that route, the safest thing to do would probably be to crash it onto the moon instead... at least more of it will be recoverable than leaving it in orbit or letting it crash to Earth."
I guess you don't understand orbital dynamics, it would take a huge amount of fuel to get it to a lunar orbit. (or even to get it to earth escape velocity.
cant they just do these adjustments when we are scheduled to do the switch to or from daylight saving time since you have to fiddle with the clock anyway
Zero day? How old is XP ? If hackers haven't found holes in Win XP by now, they never will
And theres also 3rd party antivirus and firewall software, I presume that the commercial security software will be continue for subscribers.
Ask someone why they are still running XP and yo9u will probably get the answer that they have legacy software that doesn't work on newer versions of the OS, or they like the old interface. They are not likely to want to go to a completely different OS that looks different and won't run the old software.
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Is "Antarctica is the fifth-largest continent."
Is that counting europe and Asia separately or as one big one? (And what about Afric since its also joined to Asia.
So if you count EurasiAfrica as 1, North America, and South America as 2 and 3, then Antarctica is the 4th largest
(Actually doesn't that make it the smallest continent?
(Australia is the worlds largest Island, not a continent.
They probably have some Minuteman Missile Silos being decommissioned , they would be tornado proof.
I'll bet the FA18D and E Super Hornets have killed more than that in Iraq and Afghanistan
Metres are a bit small for measuring astronomical distances. For things inside the solar system the Astronomical Unit (AU) is used, (Its the average distance from the earth to the sun, (For americans, 93 million miles)
"I hope that Voyager finished to leave the solar system by the time it reaches Andromeda."
I think that Andromeda will reach voyager first (Its due to collide with the milky way in a billion years or so)
I'd guess the Swiss army still has some 7.62x51 calibre rifles for sniping
The headline starts with the words "Cricket Reactor" but there doesn't seem to be any mention in the summary of the comments of crickets, or reactors
This is Slashdot so I didn't read RTFA
I am guessing that Cricket refers to the insect rather than the sport played by India, Pakistan, The West Indies, Australia, England, New Zealand, Sri Lanka and Zimbabwe.
"Ok, Australia is almost a real place, but the rest of them are jokes."
Kuwait is a joke? It was worth the western aligned world going to war over in 1991. Other countries on that list are oil rich as well. (Like Brunei, you may have never heard of it, but the Sultan is one of the richest men in the world). And United Arab Emirates bankrolled the NZ boat which nearly took the Americas cup from Larry Ellison ...
Maybe the Falkland Islands is a joke, but Maggie Thatcher thought it was worth fighting for in 82
USA is getting more and more of its fossil fuel from withing the American continent (and just offshore) rather than from the middle east.
The increase in demand for middle eastern oil is from Asia mostly
There was a big article in NatGeo magazine a couple months ago.
"Is it a story if streetlights, hockey pucks, or whatever get converted to "wifi hotspots" so someone can make a buck?"
This is New Zealand - there are no hockey 'pucks' - hockey is played on grass (too warm for ice) with a ball.
In many countries, Red is the coloir of the political Left (Socialists, Communists, or the Labour Party
In the USA Red is the color of the political Right (Republicans)
Wierd, eh.
As a matter of interest in navigational terms the Red light (on a ship or plane) is on the left. (Port side, remember port wine is red)
Who knows what sort of lifeforms there are in the Vega system - it is after all 26 light years away.
I agree ,I saw her presenting some science show over a decade ago. (when I lived in NZ)
" a new not-island less than the size of a football field."
Whats the size in cricket pitches? After all we are talking about Pakistan, cricket is their national sport.
Especially upwind, but not 100x
still Emirates Team NZ only need to win one more race..to take back the Americas cup
How about a rollon-rolloff cargo ship? Or a supertanker? The bulk of the worlds commodities are still transported by sea (even to and from the most isolated of nations like NZ.
The limitation of a 747 would be the weight it could carry, rather than volume (microSD cards sink so they are heavier than water.
Do you think Dean Barker can finnally win a race this afternoon (I guess its morning over there in Godzone)
"If you want to go that route, the safest thing to do would probably be to crash it onto the moon instead... at least more of it will be recoverable than leaving it in orbit or letting it crash to Earth."
I guess you don't understand orbital dynamics, it would take a huge amount of fuel to get it to a lunar orbit. (or even to get it to earth escape velocity.
Boeing and NASA are from the USA. The other contributors to the ISS are from other nations
an atom bomb over North Carolina that would have been 260 times more powerful than the device that devastated Hiroshima.'
With that sort of yield it was a Hydrogen Bomb, not just an atom bomb
cant they just do these adjustments when we are scheduled to do the switch to or from daylight saving time since you have to fiddle with the clock anyway
Maybe they should call the new erader a Cranny instead
Zero day?
How old is XP ?
If hackers haven't found holes in Win XP by now, they never will
And theres also 3rd party antivirus and firewall software, I presume that the commercial security software will be continue for subscribers.
Ask someone why they are still running XP and yo9u will probably get the answer that they have legacy software that doesn't work on newer versions of the OS, or they like the old interface. They are not likely to want to go to a completely different OS that looks different and won't run the old software.
Doesn't that depend on the weight of the person? Its gonna take a lot more energy to vaporize a 200 Kg american than sn 85 Kg asian.
where can you take your old balloons to recycle the Helium ?
Is this a Logitech advertisement?