Guns are primarily weapons of offence. They are not primarily defensive devices."
What then, is a good defense against someone who has a gun?
A bullet proof vest may stop a body shot from being fatal, but it won't stop him shooting you in the haed, or hitting a leg or arm that may prove fatal or at least maim you.)
"You're forgetting something. The Earth is approximately 4 billion years old, but the Universe is almost 14 billion years old. That means there should be planets out there that are much older than Earth."
But the earliest stars only had hydrogen to work on, and wouldn't have had any rocky planets. You have to wait for second and third generation stars (and their systems) before you get the heavy elements (anything heavier than iron has to be formed in a supernova)
It may be possible to have life (as we know it, Jim) without elements heavier than iron, but i don't think you could get a technological advanced species that could get to other stars.
Of course that still leaves plenty of time for cultures to be many millenia older and more advanced than us.
I don't wear a wrist watch, and haven't for a long time. I have been working in various industries that require you to do frequent hand-washing (food industry, childcare, healthcare) and wearing a watch is not a good idea. Instead I have used belt clip watches and pocket watches, and a stopwatch hanging round my neck.
These days a cellphone provides all the features of a watch, except for the wearing on the wrist part.
In the past some manufacturers have tried calculator watches, but the controls weren't user friendly. A wrist device with the basic functions of a cellphone is easily achievable in todays technology, but the screen would be too small for it to be as useful for the features of a smartphone.
You can cancel that credit card and get a new cc number, and even change your email address. However changing your physical address is a bit more expensive, and changing your date of birth is not possible unless you have a time machine.
Not to mention that any modern dirigible would use Helium for a lift gas rather than Hydrogen, and not be coated wit rocket fuel. The Hindenburg was designed for Helium, but we didb't want to give/sell them any. The USA had a monopoly at that time.
If you fall into a big enough black hole, you die by running out of air in your spacesuit. Not only is the tidal stress less, but supermassive black holes tend to clear the vicinity of stuff, so if its not 'feeding' there is no radiation to fry you either.
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The Dominion wants to be paid royalties
The Vogons are due on Thursday
"The IAU called it a scam"
But then they also called Pluto not-a-planet
I propose that the first human(s) to land on it, or at least orbit it, get to name it.
Unless it is inhabited already, in which case they get to name it.
did anybody asl Peter Jurasik and Stephen Furst ?
Guns are primarily weapons of offence.
They are not primarily defensive devices."
What then, is a good defense against someone who has a gun?
A bullet proof vest may stop a body shot from being fatal, but it won't stop him shooting you in the haed, or hitting a leg or arm that may prove fatal or at least maim you.)
How are the pipfruit producers of the world doing in their battle to reclaim their good name form the company formerly run by Steve Jobs?
They also want royalties from cancer centers - they have a patent on mastectomy.
Luna is 10 kilometres / second closer to anywhere than the earth is, that makes a big difference if you only have chemical propulsion.
They finally got the V22 Osprey to work?
I have a couple of questions
Wouldn't this have to pass in the House as well as the Senate?
Are the Republicans going to filibuster it?
How are they going to force sellers outside of the United States to collect sales tax? Especially on digital sales.
I think the headline should read:
Changing the ratio of women to men in tech How they did it.
"You're forgetting something. The Earth is approximately 4 billion years old, but the Universe is almost 14 billion years old. That means there should be planets out there that are much older than Earth."
But the earliest stars only had hydrogen to work on, and wouldn't have had any rocky planets. You have to wait for second and third generation stars (and their systems) before you get the heavy elements (anything heavier than iron has to be formed in a supernova)
It may be possible to have life (as we know it, Jim) without elements heavier than iron, but i don't think you could get a technological advanced species that could get to other stars.
Of course that still leaves plenty of time for cultures to be many millenia older and more advanced than us.
Ok smartypance! What's north of the north pole?"
Canada
(Well part of Canada anyway, at least at the moment.)
Bernie Eccelstone is suing for trademark infringement
I don't wear a wrist watch, and haven't for a long time. I have been working in various industries that require you to do frequent hand-washing (food industry, childcare, healthcare) and wearing a watch is not a good idea.
Instead I have used belt clip watches and pocket watches, and a stopwatch hanging round my neck.
These days a cellphone provides all the features of a watch, except for the wearing on the wrist part.
In the past some manufacturers have tried calculator watches, but the controls weren't user friendly. A wrist device with the basic functions of a cellphone is easily achievable in todays technology, but the screen would be too small for it to be as useful for the features of a smartphone.
As long as it (the spacecraft) was already in orbit.
And it would have to be unmanned, since its gonna take a lot of time to get anywhere.
Np I havent RTFA
I like to choose the music I listen to. I gave up radio long ago.
And it makes about as much sense.
Whatever provisions you write in your will should be followed.
"The vast majority of these balloons are release over land. "
True, but what if that land is close to the sea? I know they launch weather balloons from New Zealand.. Where are they likely to come down?
You can cancel that credit card and get a new cc number, and even change your email address. However changing your physical address is a bit more expensive, and changing your date of birth is not possible unless you have a time machine.
Not to mention that any modern dirigible would use Helium for a lift gas rather than Hydrogen, and not be coated wit rocket fuel.
The Hindenburg was designed for Helium, but we didb't want to give/sell them any. The USA had a monopoly at that time.
We need a D. D. Harriman . (yeah, I know its a different future history but still RAH)
So Google are inviting hints now?
Or is it a hints fiber project?
Can we have headlines we can understand please
If you fall into a big enough black hole, you die by running out of air in your spacesuit.
Not only is the tidal stress less, but supermassive black holes tend to clear the vicinity of stuff, so if its not 'feeding' there is no radiation to fry you either.
My nephew was developing something like this, he's studying at Carnegie Mellon