Although a number of variants of the metric system emerged in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries the term is now often used as a synonym for "SI" or the "International System of Units" - the official system of measurement in almost every country in the world.
It used to be the case that killing a panda in China would get you the death penalty. But then the law was changed 1997 and now it's a measly 10 years in jail.
Thanks for pointing it out. I had a feeling 400kg was kinda high for a plane this light; should've went to their site for the data instead of blindly relying on Wikipedia.
I guess I was still thinking inside the box and thought that GP was suggesting using these to replace the cargo jets that transfer goods between distribution centers. Now that you mentioned it, it is indeed excellent for local deliveries. No need to worry about the landing part, just parachute the package down.
Most Fedex/UPS trucks load up once in the morning, spend all day out delivering, and return in the afternoon/evening. Solar planes can follow the same schedule; take off in the morning and land in the afternoon.
Seems like every time I sign up for a non-Google service and get used to it, within a couple years Google pull the rug out from under me.
When I signed up for GrandCentral it was the greatest thing since sliced bread. And then Google came in, brought the company, re-branded their service as Google Voice, and then shutdown GrandCentral. The problem is, Google Voice doesn't support Canadian numbers, but GrandCentral did. It's been 3 years since then and I'm still waiting for Google Voice to come up north to restore the service I lost 3 years ago.
I know, I know, it's a free economy and Google can buy whatever company they want. Neither GrandCentral nor Google owe me any service and they're in no obligation to provide any service to Canada. But I still wish Google hasn't done that.
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Excuse me, could you please clarify what this means? I'm not familiar with this phrase and googling it only gets me your writing.
Although a number of variants of the metric system emerged in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries the term is now often used as a synonym for "SI" or the "International System of Units" - the official system of measurement in almost every country in the world.
Merriam Webster:
A decimal system of weights and measures based on the meter and on the kilogram
Don't forget it solves global warming too! Two birds with one stone.
Torr isn't SI. And it's spelled "without", not "with out".
It used to be the case that killing a panda in China would get you the death penalty. But then the law was changed 1997 and now it's a measly 10 years in jail.
Since our founding fathers are all spinning in their graves right now, might as well hook them up to generators and harvest the free energy.
The first transorbital lobotomy was performed in 1946, one year after Hilter's death.
Lobotomies stopped being routine in the 70's.
This should explain it for you.
It now sits dormant in the Port of Amsterdam
And here I thought it would require a proprietary port.
You use that word as if it's an insult.
Obligatory XKCD
The stock market is a zero-sum game. Whatever money you make will be taken out of other investors, thus draining mankind's industrial capacity.
What you actually want to do is create new wealth by introducing future technology.
wiping data from partitions D through I
Thank God I hid all my porn on C drive!
Thanks for pointing it out. I had a feeling 400kg was kinda high for a plane this light; should've went to their site for the data instead of blindly relying on Wikipedia.
I guess I was still thinking inside the box and thought that GP was suggesting using these to replace the cargo jets that transfer goods between distribution centers. Now that you mentioned it, it is indeed excellent for local deliveries. No need to worry about the landing part, just parachute the package down.
Most Fedex/UPS trucks load up once in the morning, spend all day out delivering, and return in the afternoon/evening. Solar planes can follow the same schedule; take off in the morning and land in the afternoon.
Solar planes aren't ideal for carrying cargo due to their low wing loading. This prototype can only carry 400kg of cargo for example.
They're perfect for surveillance, meteorology, and surveying, but they're terrible for moving large amounts of cargo very quickly.
I just injected a woosh into your HTTP stream.
You should feel it soon; or maybe it'll just go over your head again.
Did you guys look at FreeBSD?
Seems like every time I sign up for a non-Google service and get used to it, within a couple years Google pull the rug out from under me.
When I signed up for GrandCentral it was the greatest thing since sliced bread. And then Google came in, brought the company, re-branded their service as Google Voice, and then shutdown GrandCentral. The problem is, Google Voice doesn't support Canadian numbers, but GrandCentral did. It's been 3 years since then and I'm still waiting for Google Voice to come up north to restore the service I lost 3 years ago.
I know, I know, it's a free economy and Google can buy whatever company they want. Neither GrandCentral nor Google owe me any service and they're in no obligation to provide any service to Canada. But I still wish Google hasn't done that.
There are around 50 million target shooters in the country. How many people put fully functional cars on top of buildings?
Two factors:
It's hydrocarbons, not water.
Titan's surface pressure is 1.5 bars, 50% higher than Earth.
Maybe it's because coffee drinks are on average slightly richer and rich people has a slightly less chance of getting cancer?
If cash can cure AIDS, why not cancer too?