Actually, according to the link you posted, 'Aught' (or 'owt' in Northern English dialects) should really mean 'Anything' or 'All'. 'Aught' meaning zero is a false division of 'A naught' that has gained common use, like a napron or a nadder (snake).
Gas giants have solid, liquid, and gaseous phases in their planetary sphere, and don't have a surface as such. 'floating' would pose no mobility problem in such an environment, regardless of gravitational forces. Iain M Banks' 'The Algebraist' revolves around a gas giant ecology.
Orientation of the motion sensor circuit board is irrelevant. There is a constant 'acceleration' due to gravity that can be used as a baseline to zero the accelerometers.
The word you're looking for is Hygroscopic. From the article you linked to:
The similar sounding but unrelated word hydroscopic is sometimes used in error for hygroscopic. A hydroscope is an optical device used for making observations deep under water.
A related word, deliquescent, refers to substances so hygroscopic they will dissolve themselves using water absorbed from the air.
Fibres can be braided, just like we have with wool, cotton, or hemp for many centuries. If compressed radially, the tensile strength could conceivably be brought back up to somewhere near the ideal.
Because Iceland and Canada get much of their energy from renewables and have arctic climates (more heating required). Luxembourg has a small enough population that it's a statistical blip.
I believe it was the introduced pigs that escaped and bred, as well as the omnipresent ship rats, that wiped out the dodos - or, more specifically, their eggs. The dodo itself was probably just killed on sight on general principles, for practice or fun, rather than for food - I'd imagine you could just run after them and catch them if you wanted to. As a fresh-off the boat settler, it'd be a pretty unsettling thing to have wandering through your newly claimed farmland.
In a situation with no predators, the selective factors (within a single species) would be resistance to disease, ability to reach food sources, and efficient use of heat (doing more with less). I'm not sure about resistance to disease, but the other two would favour size over other factors such as speed and agility. Basically evolution led these things to being walking targets.
Douglas Adams's favourite book of his own is 'Last Chance to See', a travelogue about searching for near-extinct animals. He describes New Zealand's kakapos, a similarly flightless island-bound bird currently under threat from rats. This one's a type of huge parrot, whose best method of defense is either a) freezing or b) running up a tree and jumping in the hope that it can suddenly remember how to fly (they can't), neither of which works against stoats or feral cats. Big, naive birds that Darwin's after with a vengeance. Only 86 remain.
No one publishes an article every time it happens, wondering "why beds claim lives".
Viz once published a 'letter' along the lines of:
Sirs,
I am repeatedly reading of people's last words from their deathbeds. That manufacturers are allowed to continue producing these deathbeds is a disgrace.
Close. More likely, M was based on Stella Rimington, the first publicly named Head of MI5 (Intelligence), although Bond is affiliated chiefly with MI6 (Counter-Intelligence).
"He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life: and he that believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth on him." John 3:36
"He who sacrificeth unto any god, save unto the Lord only, he shall be utterly destroyed." Exodus 22:20
"Thou shalt not suffer a witch to live." Exodus 22:18
It seems worthwhile to point out that after RTFA, the pilot was held in Leeds; the scheme is now being tested in London. For those who don't know, Leeds is about 200 miles from London.
Candy Bar is a form factor. The other major form factor is Clamshell. A candy bar phone (like the nokia 6600) is one that has the screen and keypad on one side, and is about the same size as a candy bar.
The Doctor has 13 incarnations, or 12 regenerations, IIRC. there's some debate over whether Paul McGann counts from the movie.
However, I seem to remember that there is a McGuffin that allowed The Master more than his 13 allotted regenerations - shouldn't be surprised if something similar is written in for the Doctor when his time finally comes.
I was thinking particularly of his performance in the three-part mini-series '40', in which he played the straight role of a flamboyant advertising exec amazingly well.
Other contenders for the role include Bill Nighy and comedian
Eddie Izzard.
Eddie Izzard as the Doctor could be the best thing to happen to television ever.
If it ever happens though, I'm sure the BBC will go out of their way to cock it up in a typically British fashion; though the new series does give me some hope.
The trouble with the UK is that you can't do the 'Yoo Ess Ay!'-while-clutching-a-miniature-flag chant because there aren't enough syllables. You could add in a cha-cha-cha to make it 'Yoo Kay, cha-cha-cha', although that's perhaps a little too flamboyant.
For the majority of the UK's population, the 3-syllable pronunciation 'Ing-er-lund' will suffice for such purposes.
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Actually, according to the link you posted, 'Aught' (or 'owt' in Northern English dialects) should really mean 'Anything' or 'All'. 'Aught' meaning zero is a false division of 'A naught' that has gained common use, like a napron or a nadder (snake).
If only there were some way to account for both Time And the Relative Dimension In Space.
Gas giants have solid, liquid, and gaseous phases in their planetary sphere, and don't have a surface as such. 'floating' would pose no mobility problem in such an environment, regardless of gravitational forces. Iain M Banks' 'The Algebraist' revolves around a gas giant ecology.
Orientation of the motion sensor circuit board is irrelevant. There is a constant 'acceleration' due to gravity that can be used as a baseline to zero the accelerometers.
Dude, 'fob' is a word, not an acronym, unless your keychain is Fresh Off the Boat.
A related word, deliquescent, refers to substances so hygroscopic they will dissolve themselves using water absorbed from the air.
Fibres can be braided, just like we have with wool, cotton, or hemp for many centuries. If compressed radially, the tensile strength could conceivably be brought back up to somewhere near the ideal.
It doesn't work when spoken, either, despite what the song would have you believe. UK & US pronounce potato the same. We pronounce tomato differently.
Oh, and before someone starts ragging on the Brits for being inconsistent, they have to explain Kansas vs Arkansas.
Because Iceland and Canada get much of their energy from renewables and have arctic climates (more heating required). Luxembourg has a small enough population that it's a statistical blip.
Yeah, that's like, what, $300k US?
I believe it was the introduced pigs that escaped and bred, as well as the omnipresent ship rats, that wiped out the dodos - or, more specifically, their eggs. The dodo itself was probably just killed on sight on general principles, for practice or fun, rather than for food - I'd imagine you could just run after them and catch them if you wanted to. As a fresh-off the boat settler, it'd be a pretty unsettling thing to have wandering through your newly claimed farmland.
In a situation with no predators, the selective factors (within a single species) would be resistance to disease, ability to reach food sources, and efficient use of heat (doing more with less). I'm not sure about resistance to disease, but the other two would favour size over other factors such as speed and agility. Basically evolution led these things to being walking targets.
Douglas Adams's favourite book of his own is 'Last Chance to See', a travelogue about searching for near-extinct animals. He describes New Zealand's kakapos, a similarly flightless island-bound bird currently under threat from rats. This one's a type of huge parrot, whose best method of defense is either a) freezing or b) running up a tree and jumping in the hope that it can suddenly remember how to fly (they can't), neither of which works against stoats or feral cats. Big, naive birds that Darwin's after with a vengeance. Only 86 remain.
No one publishes an article every time it happens, wondering "why beds claim lives".
Viz once published a 'letter' along the lines of:
Sirs,
I am repeatedly reading of people's last words from their deathbeds. That manufacturers are allowed to continue producing these deathbeds is a disgrace.
Yours, etc
If you balance all of the quarters on their edge you can choose any two arbitrary groupings - no coins would be heads up.
But I prefer your solution.
Close. More likely, M was based on Stella Rimington, the first publicly named Head of MI5 (Intelligence), although Bond is affiliated chiefly with MI6 (Counter-Intelligence).
How about calling the wings "re-entry control surfaces"?
Because you're tired from a gruelling travel itinerary, its late at night and you're just happy to see a sign you recognise?
Come on. Travel can be difficult, and the parent poster admits they ended up preferring the local alternatives. Your horse really isn't that high.
"He who sacrificeth unto any god, save unto the Lord only, he shall be utterly destroyed." Exodus 22:20
"Thou shalt not suffer a witch to live." Exodus 22:18
Likewise, just quoting from a (hehe) holy text.
Ditto.
It seems worthwhile to point out that after RTFA, the pilot was held in Leeds; the scheme is now being tested in London. For those who don't know, Leeds is about 200 miles from London.
Candy Bar is a form factor. The other major form factor is Clamshell. A candy bar phone (like the nokia 6600) is one that has the screen and keypad on one side, and is about the same size as a candy bar.
The Doctor has 13 incarnations, or 12 regenerations, IIRC. there's some debate over whether Paul McGann counts from the movie.
However, I seem to remember that there is a McGuffin that allowed The Master more than his 13 allotted regenerations - shouldn't be surprised if something similar is written in for the Doctor when his time finally comes.
Glaxo-Smithkline-Wellcome? ICI? Shell Petroleum? BOC?
That's off the top of my head, of course.
I was thinking particularly of his performance in the three-part mini-series '40', in which he played the straight role of a flamboyant advertising exec amazingly well.
In this case, the "for one" subclause is entirely appropriate, I feel.
Eddie Izzard as the Doctor could be the best thing to happen to television ever.
If it ever happens though, I'm sure the BBC will go out of their way to cock it up in a typically British fashion; though the new series does give me some hope.
The trouble with the UK is that you can't do the 'Yoo Ess Ay!'-while-clutching-a-miniature-flag chant because there aren't enough syllables. You could add in a cha-cha-cha to make it 'Yoo Kay, cha-cha-cha', although that's perhaps a little too flamboyant.
For the majority of the UK's population, the 3-syllable pronunciation 'Ing-er-lund' will suffice for such purposes.