Yes, Mosquitos could fly in the rain. However they would have trouble dropping their bombs accurately and obviously the recon version wouldn't get good photos. The night fighter version would fare better with its radar, if there were any German bombers up there to intercept.
But of course sometimes they had to fly in bad weather, such as just before D-Day.
What is the definition of "Classical" music? I thought that the works composed by Bach, Beethoven, Mozart and so on were out of copyright anyway.. If somebody composes something nowdays can it be still called "Classical" ?
I can understand that other genres of music can change over time (Like Pop , Rock and Country) but I thought that "Classical" was a period definition.
Heres a car analogy - a car manufactured on or before 1918 is defined as a "veteran" and from 1919 to 1930 is "Vintage"
About King Canute (Not sure where he was King of, probably some Scandinavian country.) Anyway he passed a royal decree forbidding the tide to rise. It didn't work out so well.
Just about all the sit-down type restaurants I have been to offer free refills onstandard fountain soda. (Of course I don't live in NYC)
I think this will mostly affect take away and drive up customers.
Anyway while Mayor Bloomberg may be promoting this, isn't NYC a democracy? With an election coming up how many of the elected city representatives will back this plan.
If the ban does pass, then I guess pweople should boycott restuarants in NYC for a while, and go across the river to New Jersey for a meal. Gov Chris Christie doesn't seem to be worried about restricting calorie intake.
If you're not going into orbit an equatorial launch doesn't make a lot of difference (it did say suborbital in the summary)
But the question remains, how high does tthe FAA's jurisdiction go? If you had a semi-orbital trajectory from say the Cook Islands (in the Pacific) and landing in the UK would the FAA still have to give you clearance?
A few hundred years ago the British sent a ship out to the Pacific to observe the Transit Of Venus, with Captain James Cook in charge. In addition to observing the rare astronomical event, he also discovered Australia
Which didn't turn out so good for the people who had been living there for 40,000 years.
In the Geographical sense Oz and NZ are as far away from Europe as you can get (NZ is exactly opposite Spain in fact) but in terms of Intelectual Property they are included in Europe (for example DVD region codes)
Its a bit like those History/NATGEO programs about 'Life After People' - the whole question is, what happened to the people will determine what it would look like. The main thing that will cause the end of email is a disaster that would wipe out civilization. (Gamma Ray Burst,, dinosaur killer asteroid, supervolcano, genetically engineered plague, or Vogon Constructor fleet etc.
As far as I know Memorial day is only observed in the US of A.
Most of the rest of the allies commemorate the fallen of the wars on the 11th day of the 11th month (to mark the end of the first world war) Except for those of us from down under who remember our fallen troops on ANZAC day (25th April) the anniversary of the Gallipoli landings
So what is the 17th of may? I heard that was some Norwegian celebration. (Syttende Mai or something like that.) It was on the calendar at work. I live in Minnesota
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Yes, Mosquitos could fly in the rain. However they would have trouble dropping their bombs accurately and obviously the recon version wouldn't get good photos.
The night fighter version would fare better with its radar, if there were any German bombers up there to intercept.
But of course sometimes they had to fly in bad weather, such as just before D-Day.
Is there a circle of hell reserved for distracted drivers who kill/injure others?
(Maybe in Nivens Inferno rather than Dante's
Good on her for surviving
.WTF and .OMG
I thought a pony was 25 pounds.
Why not ask for more?
At the church you have the organist and the choir, and hire a band rather than a deejay for the reception.
Under the Republicans we are turning so far to the right that we could easily miss it.
Bloomberg wants to outlaw cookies in NYC
What is the definition of "Classical" music? I thought that the works composed by Bach, Beethoven, Mozart and so on were out of copyright anyway..
If somebody composes something nowdays can it be still called "Classical" ?
I can understand that other genres of music can change over time (Like Pop , Rock and Country) but I thought that "Classical" was a period definition.
Heres a car analogy - a car manufactured on or before 1918 is defined as a "veteran" and from 1919 to 1930 is "Vintage"
About King Canute (Not sure where he was King of, probably some Scandinavian country.)
Anyway he passed a royal decree forbidding the tide to rise. It didn't work out so well.
Just about all the sit-down type restaurants I have been to offer free refills onstandard fountain soda. (Of course I don't live in NYC)
I think this will mostly affect take away and drive up customers.
Anyway while Mayor Bloomberg may be promoting this, isn't NYC a democracy? With an election coming up how many of the elected city representatives will back this plan.
If the ban does pass, then I guess pweople should boycott restuarants in NYC for a while, and go across the river to New Jersey for a meal. Gov Chris Christie doesn't seem to be worried about restricting calorie intake.
If you're not going into orbit an equatorial launch doesn't make a lot of difference (it did say suborbital in the summary)
But the question remains, how high does tthe FAA's jurisdiction go?
If you had a semi-orbital trajectory from say the Cook Islands (in the Pacific) and landing in the UK would the FAA still have to give you clearance?
A few hundred years ago the British sent a ship out to the Pacific to observe the Transit Of Venus, with Captain James Cook in charge.
In addition to observing the rare astronomical event, he also discovered Australia
Which didn't turn out so good for the people who had been living there for 40,000 years.
Why does this story have the NASA logo
Maybe the Govt will sell NASA to Spacex
In the Geographical sense Oz and NZ are as far away from Europe as you can get (NZ is exactly opposite Spain in fact) but in terms of Intelectual Property they are included in Europe (for example DVD region codes)
Its a bit like those History/NATGEO programs about 'Life After People' - the whole question is, what happened to the people will determine what it would look like.
The main thing that will cause the end of email is a disaster that would wipe out civilization. (Gamma Ray Burst,, dinosaur killer asteroid, supervolcano, genetically engineered plague, or Vogon Constructor fleet etc.
Where some people still believe in the literal truth of Genesis
Does this calculation account for the existance of
Dark Matter
Dark Energy
The Dark Side of the Force
The Dark Side of the Moon
first they have to find the offending molecule
As far as I know Memorial day is only observed in the US of A.
Most of the rest of the allies commemorate the fallen of the wars on the 11th day of the 11th month (to mark the end of the first world war)
Except for those of us from down under who remember our fallen troops on ANZAC day (25th April) the anniversary of the Gallipoli landings
Only useful if we are ever attacked by canada.
Its not that desktop ornament with the steel balls on strings is it?
I thought the puzzle about Newton was why did Apple abandon it.
Gig you mention HP? I expect there will be fire sale on their laptop inventory any day now...
Maybe they mean Gigawatt hours, rather than gigawatts per hour
So what is the 17th of may? I heard that was some Norwegian celebration. (Syttende Mai or something like that.) It was on the calendar at work. I live in Minnesota