Asimov predicted 'pocket compiters (I think it was in one of the early foundation books) and when pocket calculators came out in the 70's they were using red LEDs and the 'good doctor' said "look I even got the colors right. (but 40 years later pocket compiters are using multicolored displays, so much for his predictions.)
Like many SF authors he was obsessed with humanoid style robots, but that hasn't happened even though other robots are around in quantity.
The first law of Robotics doesn't seem to be around either (just the opposite when you think of drones)
Am I the only one who saw the headline and thought wow has Mike released another 60 minute masterpiece, but sadly its just a new version of a music player:(
" If you just go straight up, you're just going to fall back to earth and never achieve orbit."
If you have an efficient enough rocket (not chemically powered) you can achieve escape velocity by going straight up, then you will never fall down (to the earth) again.
If everyone spent their free time playing video games insead of having sex, then there would be less population and a lot of the worlds problems would go away. Slashdot users are already doing their part .
We are all doomed. In a billion years or so the Andromeda galaxy will collide with our galaxy. A few billion after that the sun will run out of Hydrogen and Helium and turn into a red giant. Theres also a risk of a major meteor impact wiping out 90% of all life on this planet. And global warming etc.
"HMS Sheffield was sunk by an Exocet from a Dassault Mirage two days later, most likely as revenge. Critics are of the opinion that if UK hadn't been the first to sink an enemy vessel then none would have been lost on either side."
The Exocet was carried by a Super Etandard , a naval strike aircraft (carrier capable, but the Argentines operated them from land bases) They probably were aiming at one of the carriers but antiship missiles back then just homed in on the first radar target they picked up. The Sheffield's air defense radar was switched off at the time - they were phoning home and the radar would have interfered with the long distance radio. The missile hit right in the ships main control room putting it out of action and the fire caused by the remaining fuel from the missile burned nicely on the aluminium ship.
Bottles can be resealed and replaced in the fridge, you only need to drink what you want at the time. This applies to 1.5 and 2 liter bottles as well as 500 ml
Are 2l bottle really illegal in NYC or did some higher court strike that law down?
2L botles is the cheapest way to buy soda/pop
Actually I drink 50% pop (SunDrop, MT Dew or mello yello) and the other 50% is Lemon-lime Gatorade)
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Asimov predicted 'pocket compiters (I think it was in one of the early foundation books) and when pocket calculators came out in the 70's they were using red LEDs and the 'good doctor' said "look I even got the colors right.
(but 40 years later pocket compiters are using multicolored displays, so much for his predictions.)
Like many SF authors he was obsessed with humanoid style robots, but that hasn't happened even though other robots are around in quantity.
The first law of Robotics doesn't seem to be around either (just the opposite when you think of drones)
If you're going slower than the speed of light
I don't know why they don't spread Canadian tar sand on the road to repair the potholes
(Yeah I know that doen't apply to Oz, where the intersates are paved with dead roos
Have space suit will travel
"The 6.5-meter Magellan telescopes in the high desert of Chile were widely considered to be the best natural imaging telescopes in the world "
WTF is natural imaging ?
Are other telescopes unnatural ?
I thought that a Maker was a term used by Fremen to refer to the giant sandworms of Arrakis
Benghazi is in Libya, not Syria
(but there is a Tripoli in both Libya and Lebanon)
between breaches and from
Has anybody come up with the rolling roads concept again? Kinda like those moving sidewalks at airports but on a gigantic scale.
When is Windows 9 coming out?
True, FF is the abbreviation for Fergus Falls
The Internet is not only in the USA - it is also in the rest of the world and outside your jurisdiction
Yeah, what is the point of "commercial" drones?
(If they are to be used for Law Enforcement and anti-terrorism domestic surveilence I would say thats not 'commercial'
Am I the only one who saw the headline and thought wow has Mike released another 60 minute masterpiece, but sadly its just a new version of a music player :(
and now the NSA won't be able to read their email ...
we had to punch our cards by hand using a unbent paper clip, and send them to the computer centre by mail
(when I was in high school, programming in FORTRAN )
" If you just go straight up, you're just going to fall back to earth and never achieve orbit."
If you have an efficient enough rocket (not chemically powered) you can achieve escape velocity by going straight up, then you will never fall down (to the earth) again.
what about students that don't take any notes ?
If everyone spent their free time playing video games insead of having sex, then there would be less population and a lot of the worlds problems would go away.
Slashdot users are already doing their part .
I thought the last ice age was in the northern hemisphere,(Europe, North America) not Antarctica.
We are all doomed.
In a billion years or so the Andromeda galaxy will collide with our galaxy.
A few billion after that the sun will run out of Hydrogen and Helium and turn into a red giant.
Theres also a risk of a major meteor impact wiping out 90% of all life on this planet.
And global warming etc.
"HMS Sheffield was sunk by an Exocet from a Dassault Mirage two days later, most likely as revenge. Critics are of the opinion that if UK hadn't been the first to sink an enemy vessel then none would have been lost on either side."
The Exocet was carried by a Super Etandard , a naval strike aircraft (carrier capable, but the Argentines operated them from land bases)
They probably were aiming at one of the carriers but antiship missiles back then just homed in on the first radar target they picked up.
The Sheffield's air defense radar was switched off at the time - they were phoning home and the radar would have interfered with the long distance radio.
The missile hit right in the ships main control room putting it out of action and the fire caused by the remaining fuel from the missile burned nicely on the aluminium ship.
smart enough to save 15% on their car insurance by switching to Geico
They should outlaw cans.
Bottles can be resealed and replaced in the fridge, you only need to drink what you want at the time.
This applies to 1.5 and 2 liter bottles as well as 500 ml
Are 2l bottle really illegal in NYC or did some higher court strike that law down?
2L botles is the cheapest way to buy soda/pop
Actually I drink 50% pop (SunDrop, MT Dew or mello yello) and the other 50% is Lemon-lime Gatorade)
So what makes this declaration "Universal ?
Doesit apply on other planets or even all parts of this one?