Speaking of Waldo (and Magic, Inc) , Baen will be publishing it in ebook form April 2014. Buy it by March 15th to get it at the bundle price, also in the april bungle is Cauldron of Ghosts by David Weber and Eric Flint and Upon a Sea of Stars by A. Bertram Chandler
"viewers who apparently didn't realise that their TV screen was powered by the grid."
I have my TV plugged into the same UPS that the cable box/DVR uses - modern LED screens don't use a lot of power.
And who uses candles for emergency illumination these days? LED flashlights are cheap, small and powerful, the only time I don't have one on me is when I am in the shower.
There used to be a "Law and Order UK" it was created by the guy Dick Wolfe who created the US Law and Order shows. They played a couple of seasons on BBC america, but I haven't seen it on for a long time. One of the Crown lawyers was played by Freema Agyeman, best known for her role of Martha Jones (A companion of David Tennant Dr Who
The temperature just dropped 3 degrees in 20 minutes, if it kept dropping at that rate, by the end of the week it would be below absolute zero Quick, PANIC !!!
The last thing that Israel wants is for USA to take out Assad and thus stop the civil war in Syria If the Arabs are killing each other its good for Israel.
How about something the size of a magazine, you could still carry it in your briefcase or backpack with your lunch, and it would be easier to read things like magazines and newspapers on.
And the stylus should have buttons and maybe a scroll gadget on, so you can do all the things you do with a mouse. Maybe even wired to the table so you don't lose it so easily. (Then you wouldnt need to have batteries in the stylus or worry about bluetooth. To save costs you could leaveout the camera(s) and microphone, you can always plug one in if you need it, and no fixed camera or mic means your privacy is a bit safer
theres no liquid or solid surface, at least for a long way down where the pressure is so high that even a bathysphere that could dive to the deepest part of earths ocean would be crushed we'd be better off exploring and colonizing the moons and rings
"most laypeople who don't live in extremely cold climates don't know that."
Well it is more like a wind chill reading than a temperature, I don't think I have seen it colder than -24F here in actual temperature, but maybe with the extremes of weather due to climate change we might get that in a few years.
I'd rather have it -40C than +40C, especially at work - the heaters work better than the A/C
"You could carve out the entire dark side of the Moon and no one would ever see it (and misnomer aside, it gets just as much sunlight, thus He3, etc...)"
You're confusing the far side of the moon (which we can't see from earth) with the Dark Side which is the side currently not facing the sun.
Except when there is a lunar eclipse "there is no Dark Side of the moon really, matter of fact it's all dark"
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Remember the story "Waldo" by Heinlein
I don't think wireless power is a good idea.
Speaking of Waldo (and Magic, Inc) , Baen will be publishing it in ebook form April 2014. Buy it by March 15th to get it at the bundle price, also in the april bungle is Cauldron of Ghosts by David Weber and Eric Flint and Upon a Sea of Stars by A. Bertram Chandler
"viewers who apparently didn't realise that their TV screen was powered by the grid."
I have my TV plugged into the same UPS that the cable box/DVR uses - modern LED screens don't use a lot of power.
And who uses candles for emergency illumination these days? LED flashlights are cheap, small and powerful, the only time I don't have one on me is when I am in the shower.
There used to be a "Law and Order UK" it was created by the guy Dick Wolfe who created the US Law and Order shows.
They played a couple of seasons on BBC america, but I haven't seen it on for a long time.
One of the Crown lawyers was played by Freema Agyeman, best known for her role of Martha Jones (A companion of David Tennant Dr Who
much faster
Like .99999 c
A lawsuit from Paramount in 3 .. 2 .. 1 ..
"putting out a "people's car/truck" that gets over 40MPG and is cheap enough the poor can afford
Are you insane? That's almost communist!
There was a 'Peoples Car' invented over 70 years ago, and the guy who supported it certainly wasn't a communist
And they did do 40 miles per gallon, at least if you have a poper sized gallon (4.53 litres)
The temperature just dropped 3 degrees in 20 minutes, if it kept dropping at that rate, by the end of the week it would be below absolute zero
Quick, PANIC !!!
(Don't worry, it will be 0K )
The last thing that Israel wants is for USA to take out Assad and thus stop the civil war in Syria
If the Arabs are killing each other its good for Israel.
The Welsh play rugby, so they can't be too bad.
(I think the only place in China they play rugby is in Hong Kong, and then only 7 a side.
Nelson? whats an 18th century British admiral got to do with it
" The first payload launched into orbit from Wallops was Explorer IX, atop a Scout booster, on February 15, 1961
Any orbit is in outer space, so the WaPo missed that one by almost half a century.
Don't you mean more than half a century (1961 to 2013 is 52 years)
Its not rocket science, just arithmetic
I think I'll wait for version 98SE
How about something the size of a magazine, you could still carry it in your briefcase or backpack with your lunch, and it would be easier to read things like magazines and newspapers on.
And the stylus should have buttons and maybe a scroll gadget on, so you can do all the things you do with a mouse. Maybe even wired to the table so you don't lose it so easily. (Then you wouldnt need to have batteries in the stylus or worry about bluetooth.
To save costs you could leaveout the camera(s) and microphone, you can always plug one in if you need it, and no fixed camera or mic means your privacy is a bit safer
What, exactly are we going to land on?
theres no liquid or solid surface, at least for a long way down where the pressure is so high that even a bathysphere that could dive to the deepest part of earths ocean would be crushed
we'd be better off exploring and colonizing the moons and rings
"most laypeople who don't live in extremely cold climates don't know that."
Well it is more like a wind chill reading than a temperature, I don't think I have seen it colder than -24F here in actual temperature, but maybe with the extremes of weather due to climate change we might get that in a few years.
I'd rather have it -40C than +40C, especially at work - the heaters work better than the A/C
If you don't eat sushi you can't have any pudding
Mountain Dew and Mello Yello can have a bidding war over the M entry (Version 5 maybe)
(I generally drink Sun Drop, but the other 2 are OK)
The mature birds may be able to carry a coconut
Nope, its Star Wars - they don't have droids in Dune (remember they had the Butlerian Jihad)
Back to the topic...
I don't use the Google Play store - I don't have an account with Google
I get Apps from the Amazon App store - I do have an account with AMazon, and have for umpteen years.
Most of the new devices connecting to the internet these days don't have a keyboard, who's gonna type in a URL anyway.
Wasn't there a game called Freefall? I'm not sure what science was involved in it...
I guess the word "Turbo" is out of favor these days.
Time for Seagate to make some real hard drives that spin at 20000 RPM
"You could carve out the entire dark side of the Moon and no one would ever see it (and misnomer aside, it gets just as much sunlight, thus He3, etc...)"
You're confusing the far side of the moon (which we can't see from earth) with the Dark Side which is the side currently not facing the sun.
Except when there is a lunar eclipse "there is no Dark Side of the moon really, matter of fact it's all dark"
A Federal ban on Text Messages
Not only woild this mean safer driving, it would also improve workplace productivity, education, and dining at restaurants.
And save the NSA some mponey too.
But when will I be able to not drive one ?
I don't drive due to my poor vision.