Strangely enough the British ened up destroying a lot of panzers in North Africa in 1942. I am sure Brits saw plemty of footage of the battle of El Alamain in the cinema newsreels that they showed before the main feature.
FWIW the main armament of a modern Main Battle Tank or Infantry Fighting Vehicle is called a cannon
And so are the built in guns carried by fighter jets for use in dogfighting, or strafing ground targets (M61 vulcan, and the GAU 8 30mm used on the A10
Navy ships also have cannon for defence againts missiles and suicidal motor boats
The cleanest coal would be pure carbon. To extract the chemical energy from it youcombine it with Oxygen and produce CO2 Whether you call that process 'burning' or not (like is putting hydrogen into a fuel cell to extract its chemical energy called burning? no, but you get the same result)
So what do you do with the Carbon Dioxide? The cheapest (in both economicas and energy terms) is just to release it into the atmosphere. but that will lead to global warming. You could compress it and store it underground, but that uses up a lot of the energy that you got in the first place.. You could disolve it in the oceans (and end up with acidic oceans with no fish.
And what would the cost of that cartridge be? Add in the cost of the packaging (lead shielding) and then the normal markup on printer cartridges, and the economy of the galaxy would collapse if somebody bought one. (see the history of Magrathea)
The moment I have to pay sales tax on {stuff I get from Amazon} is the moment I stop being an Amazon customer - over 90% of my online purchases are with Amazon, and its not just the usual stuff that people buy online - I buy the sort of stuff that people would buy at walmart (soap, deodorant, batteries and other household goods at Amazon so I don't have to pay sales tax
For the last 30+ years I have worked in industries where wearing a wrist watch was innconvenient due to hygiene requirements of frequent hadwashing (Meat industry, food industry, child care and now elderly care)
So I want a timepiece that hangs arounfdmy neck, or is clipped to a pocket or belt.
Being visible in the dark is also a requirement (I work night shift you insensitive clods)
An independant-of-internet-connection GPS and compass would be useful, especially in bowing or deep snow (I walk to work)
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Perhaps the day will come when we all have to put "dot earth" at the end of our domain names.
And of course eventually "dot earth dot sol" after that.
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Impractical until we get FTL communication - who wants to wait 9 years (at least) for a webpage to load (eg from Alpha Centauri)
The real reason that there is less work being done is because people are being layed off or working reduced hours due to 'austerity measures'
What is the global unemployment rate?
I don't want to pay another monthly bill (likr the power bill, gas bill and cable/internet/phone)
In fact i don't pay Google anything, I get my Android Apps from Amazon
And when the cop pulls you over you get the citation
I think Panzer means armour or armoured.
The full title of a tank in german is Panzer Kampf Wagen
often abbreviated to PKW
The PKW mark III and IV were in use in North africa
PKW mark V was known as the Panther
PKW mark VI was the Tiger
Disclaimer IANAG (I am not a German
Strangely enough the British ened up destroying a lot of panzers in North Africa in 1942. I am sure Brits saw plemty of footage of the battle of El Alamain in the cinema newsreels that they showed before the main feature.
Next they will be saying you can't make a Hollywood blockbuster in New Zealand
"Militaries haven't used cannons in ages."
FWIW the main armament of a modern Main Battle Tank or Infantry Fighting Vehicle is called a cannon
And so are the built in guns carried by fighter jets for use in dogfighting, or strafing ground targets (M61 vulcan, and the GAU 8 30mm used on the A10
Navy ships also have cannon for defence againts missiles and suicidal motor boats
The cleanest coal would be pure carbon. To extract the chemical energy from it youcombine it with Oxygen and produce CO2
Whether you call that process 'burning' or not (like is putting hydrogen into a fuel cell to extract its chemical energy called burning? no, but you get the same result)
So what do you do with the Carbon Dioxide? The cheapest (in both economicas and energy terms) is just to release it into the atmosphere. but that will lead to global warming.
You could compress it and store it underground, but that uses up a lot of the energy that you got in the first place..
You could disolve it in the oceans (and end up with acidic oceans with no fish.
We need to find a place to put all that CO2
When i walked home from work the other day, I didn't notice a single mosquito.
My conclusion is that they don't like certain environmental factors.
The temperature was about 242 Kelvin
So if we can keep the place cool, we won't have to worry.
And what would the cost of that cartridge be? Add in the cost of the packaging (lead shielding) and then the normal markup on printer cartridges, and the economy of the galaxy would collapse if somebody bought one. (see the history of Magrathea)
I'm giessing you also meant Louis XIV AKA Le Roi Soleil - I don't think there was anything special about Louis IV
Preferably schedule it for when Congress is in session - it wouldn't do much good right now.
"Minimum temperatures are -4F/-20C at night right now, and maximum aren't much higher."
Sounds like the weather around here, The current temperature is -4F (at 8:13 in the morning)
The moment I have to pay sales tax on {stuff I get from Amazon} is the moment I stop being an Amazon customer - over 90% of my online purchases are with Amazon, and its not just the usual stuff that people buy online - I buy the sort of stuff that people would buy at walmart (soap, deodorant, batteries and other household goods at Amazon so I don't have to pay sales tax
3D printers can print out plastic parts, but i don't think they can do superconducting magnets (yet)
But how many G will the passengers in the plane feel when they whack into the ground at 300 mph
The Stealth Fighter (F117) is getting to be fairly old technology these days - after all it has been in operational use for over 23 years.
Chemical reactions slow down at colder temperatures
I learned that 40 years ago
Why do you think they invented refrigerators
A lanyard or a clip or a chain
For the last 30+ years I have worked in industries where wearing a wrist watch was innconvenient due to hygiene requirements of frequent hadwashing (Meat industry, food industry, child care and now elderly care)
So I want a timepiece that hangs arounfdmy neck, or is clipped to a pocket or belt.
Being visible in the dark is also a requirement (I work night shift you insensitive clods)
An independant-of-internet-connection GPS and compass would be useful, especially in bowing or deep snow (I walk to work)
Did the US Senate ratify the outer space treaty?
How many spaceships has the UN got to enforce the provisions of this treaty?
Perhaps you haven't heard of a British Billion which is a million million (10^12)
So someone has a copyright on pron involving trolls? I guess theres all types of fetishes around.
And can some lawyer explain what a 'prenda law'is?
Except that many people on Slashdot are american citizens, and therefore can vote for the President iwhen there is an election.
The Pope is elected by a small unch of Cardinals,none of whom post on Slashdot.
So is Adrian Paul from the same family?