Theres a whole lot less delta V involved in getting a missile warhead a thousand kilometers or so than getting a rover all the way to Mars, plus the rover has to land in one pice when it gets there.
(Note Iranian missiles will not be aimed at USA, they will be aimed at Haifa and Tel Aviv
The largest use of automobiles is to transport the driver (the sole occupant) around a city, or between cities. So if you take the driver out of the vehicle, why does it need to go anywhere?
"Downloading a car – or a pair of sneakers – will be entirely possible"
But totally uneconomical and impractical.
You may be able to print out various car parts (at least the body work, but not the engine,or transmission) but what about the cost of the printer cartridges. and then you've got to put it all together...
Kitset cars (like sportscars and replicas, have been available for some time, it hasn't cut into the sales of the major auto companies by any measurable amount.
"For the longest time NZ had the exact same coins as Australia."
When was this? The 19th century
NZ coins had their own designs way back in the days before decimal currency. I remember there was a Tui on the Penny You could find them as radding in the back of D cell torches
I wonder how much my 1940 Centennial Half-Crown is worth these days
I am sure that Robert Anson Heinlein tirns over in his grave whenever anyone mentions that crappy movie. He would like to be remembered for the book though.
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I don't think the X37-B can reach geostationary orbit
If the wells go all the way to New Zealand then you know they've gone too far
There have been quakes in New Zealand too.
I don't want to keep my data in "The Cloud"
I keep my data on (micro)SD cards
Does it have a (micro)SD slot?
I am sure you will be able to buy Win7 laptops for quite a while yet
Anyway, one important part of securing a laptop is to chain it to something, like a desk or your wrist.
Theres a whole lot less delta V involved in getting a missile warhead a thousand kilometers or so than getting a rover all the way to Mars, plus the rover has to land in one pice when it gets there.
(Note Iranian missiles will not be aimed at USA, they will be aimed at Haifa and Tel Aviv
Wouldn't it be more efficient to turn thick air into petrol
specifically the CO2 exhaust of a fossil fuel power plant)
BTW has someone asked Romney if he supports the repeal of the Laws of Thermodynamics
There is no prize for 3rd place in a presidential election. There isn't even a prize for 2nd place
"Remind me what Iran took, and from whom?"
The lives of people who follow a Faith other than Islam
I think it depends a lot on how close the stars are together, and their relative masses.
And getting a habitable planet would seem to be unlikely.
I'd guess about 10,500 to 11,000 if he was jumping from a building thats how many stories it would have.
"US laws apply to US flagged vessels. It will probably work for spacecraft much like it works for boats."
The USA has a Navy to enforce its laws on the sea. There is no space navy to enforce laws in space.
Anyway you could just 'fly the flag' of the Klingon Empire, or The Khanate of Orion or The Centauri Republic
(pick your favorite aliens)
Why do we need driverless cars?
The largest use of automobiles is to transport the driver (the sole occupant) around a city, or between cities.
So if you take the driver out of the vehicle, why does it need to go anywhere?
"Downloading a car – or a pair of sneakers – will be entirely possible"
But totally uneconomical and impractical.
You may be able to print out various car parts (at least the body work, but not the engine,or transmission) but what about the cost of the printer cartridges. and then you've got to put it all together...
Kitset cars (like sportscars and replicas, have been available for some time, it hasn't cut into the sales of the major auto companies by any measurable amount.
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"For the longest time NZ had the exact same coins as Australia."
When was this? The 19th century
NZ coins had their own designs way back in the days before decimal currency. I remember there was a Tui on the Penny
You could find them as radding in the back of D cell torches
I wonder how much my 1940 Centennial Half-Crown is worth these days
If you add up all the intelligence of all the Republicans on the House science committee it would still be less than one of those bugs.
I am sure that Robert Anson Heinlein tirns over in his grave whenever anyone mentions that crappy movie.
He would like to be remembered for the book though.
They used the Xenon to make XBox 360's
I thought when you put values greater than c into Einstein's equations you get values involving the square root of negative 1
which does not exist.
Mathematicians used to refer to that number as lower case i
But I think Apple have patented, trademarked and copyrighted that these days.
They should expect a lawsuit.
photography eh?
Nudge, Nudge, wink wink
Say no more
Well with the global warming, it was a hotter than normal summer, so people would have used the AC more
"Tech Execs" are more likely to be in the 1% than the 47%
Back in the '90s
It was unstable out of ground effect, and only got a metre or so off the ground
Theres no way it would have been seen 'in the skies'
You can still buy computers with Win 7
Er a homodontosaur isn't likely to reproduce, and would quickly go extinct.
You can turn the AC off now, and just open a window
assuming you're in the northern hemisphere
Here it is 34F outside right now.