Knowing that we are not alone in the universe would be a profound realization, and contact with an alien civilization could produce amazing technological innovations and cultural insights.
The universe includes all the galaxies. Our sun will probably burn out before we get a message from another galaxy. Stick to your own galaxy. That is difficult enough.
How has she "got her terms wrong" there? If we find out we're not alone in the galaxy, we'll also know we're not alone in the universe.
If I simply posted something controversial*, like an entire article about how "global warming is bullshit", that would get 300 comments, easily.
That's practically a tautology. Of course you'll get comments if you post something controversial, since those tend to be matters of opinion and everyone's got a different one.
If you post about something that's a plain, simple fact (such as this discovery of yet another exoplanet) there really isn't a lot of room for discussion. 300 "Yes, this is a thing that happened" comments don't contain a lot of information.
The fact that discovering exoplanets has become routine is, in and of itself, awesome, but that happened some time ago.
Nice bit of click-baiting, failing to mention what the innovative idea actually was:
To maintain stability during its new campaign, mission engineers turned to the sun for help, using the continuous pressure of photons from sunlight to act as a counterbalance.
"Team America" Gets Post-Hack Yanking At Alamo Drafthouse, Too
And from your link:
Update: On Thursday, multiple theaters, including the Alamo Drafthouse in Dallas/Fort Worth, stated that screenings of Team America have been canceled.
Note: This Georgia, rather than this one, that is.
You could have actually said which Georgias you were talking about, instead of requiring someone to visit (or at least hover over) the links. Hyperlinks are great and all, but using them to disambiguate plain text when better-written text would have solved the problem is a bit silly. For example:
"Note: that's Georgia the Eastern European country, rather than Georgia the US state."
If nothing else, it would probably make it a lot less confusing for anyone relying on a screen reader.
It'd be hard for it not to given that it weighs five times as much.
But that's not "given" - it's not stated in the story, and I don't personally happen to have any idea how much an aircraft carrier weighs off the top of my head, so the story pointing out that it displaces as much water as six aircraft carriers - that's what the linked article says - is useful information. Though a direct weight comparison would probably make more sense to the average reader.
Technically considered aerostats, since they are tethered to mooring stations, these lighter-than-air vehicles will hover at a height of 10,000 feet
What do you make a 10,000ft tether out of, and what are the dangers? Presumably it's going to limit air traffic in the area, and will the angle and direction of the tether will vary depending on wind strength and direction?
What would happen if the tension provided by the balloon's lift was removed, for whatever reason?
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Not only is this a dupe, it's an out-of-date dupe:
http://article.gmane.org/gmane...
what does this tell us about the real terrorist threat level in Europe?
Why, that government intrusion into communications is what's really stopping the terrorists, before they even get to the airport. Duh.
26 Foot Long Boat
No, it's a 26 foot long sculpture.
the next one caught on my quickly
That must've stung.
Let's say a tree is 1m direct to sun. In nighttime
Ah, but who said anything about nighttime?
Yes, but if there's a guy standing in the next half-acre, you know you're not the only person the planet.
And she gets her terms wrong.
The universe includes all the galaxies. Our sun will probably burn out before we get a message from another galaxy. Stick to your own galaxy. That is difficult enough.
How has she "got her terms wrong" there? If we find out we're not alone in the galaxy, we'll also know we're not alone in the universe.
Disabled Access is a Dalek conspiracy.
What's news is that
an international team of researchers has proved
etc.
If I simply posted something controversial*, like an entire article about how "global warming is bullshit", that would get 300 comments, easily.
That's practically a tautology. Of course you'll get comments if you post something controversial, since those tend to be matters of opinion and everyone's got a different one.
If you post about something that's a plain, simple fact (such as this discovery of yet another exoplanet) there really isn't a lot of room for discussion. 300 "Yes, this is a thing that happened" comments don't contain a lot of information.
The fact that discovering exoplanets has become routine is, in and of itself, awesome, but that happened some time ago.
A tree would give more light than a torch.
How'd you work that out? Can't quite work out what you mean.
Nice bit of click-baiting, failing to mention what the innovative idea actually was:
To maintain stability during its new campaign, mission engineers turned to the sun for help, using the continuous pressure of photons from sunlight to act as a counterbalance.
Godammit.
Snape kills Dumbledore!
Did you read the headline?
"Team America" Gets Post-Hack Yanking At Alamo Drafthouse, Too
And from your link:
Update: On Thursday, multiple theaters, including the Alamo Drafthouse in Dallas/Fort Worth, stated that screenings of Team America have been canceled.
I assume that the summary was blindly copy-pasted from the linked story before they fixed their text.
The attempt did, of course, occur around 11:30pm.
coondoggie writes
No, no he didn't. Why do we continue with this charade?
Note: This Georgia, rather than this one, that is.
You could have actually said which Georgias you were talking about, instead of requiring someone to visit (or at least hover over) the links. Hyperlinks are great and all, but using them to disambiguate plain text when better-written text would have solved the problem is a bit silly. For example:
"Note: that's Georgia the Eastern European country, rather than Georgia the US state."
If nothing else, it would probably make it a lot less confusing for anyone relying on a screen reader.
There was Quantum Leap.
Either it is joke, or a commentary about the utility of 3D printing.
Or it says something about what you think a poop pile looks like, in which case you may need to see a doctor.
Enough of this 3D printing malarkey. When are they going to find out if ants can be trained to sort tiny screws in space?
Is this a school bus?
and never will be
How could you possibly know that?
An electronic switch knows nothing. A massive piles of electronic switches cannot know something.
A neuron knows nothing, and yet a "massive pile" of neurons can know, understand, imagine, lie, cheat, steal, love, hate, and dream.
AI may not be here yet, but it's practically inevitable.
It'd be hard for it not to given that it weighs five times as much.
But that's not "given" - it's not stated in the story, and I don't personally happen to have any idea how much an aircraft carrier weighs off the top of my head, so the story pointing out that it displaces as much water as six aircraft carriers - that's what the linked article says - is useful information. Though a direct weight comparison would probably make more sense to the average reader.
Technically considered aerostats, since they are tethered to mooring stations, these lighter-than-air vehicles will hover at a height of 10,000 feet
What do you make a 10,000ft tether out of, and what are the dangers? Presumably it's going to limit air traffic in the area, and will the angle and direction of the tether will vary depending on wind strength and direction?
What would happen if the tension provided by the balloon's lift was removed, for whatever reason?
...by telling us what "AP" and "CS" mean.
Nah, just kidding this time. About CS, at least. AP I don't know.
One of Microsoft's particular goals is to "reach every individual girl in her house."
Oh, I see, it's okay when Microsoft says it, but I get a lecture from the cops. Typical!
At a complete guess, the sheet resistance is possibly as measured at above the superconducting temperature.