Please make sure portability is in the specifications.
There is a need to fit a unit in an inconspicuous van or truck which can be left near a major airport.
Target selection is not an issue, any plane will do.
So here is my idea: distribute the social networks. A user joins the server they want, is allocated a user id which is user@domain.com, analogous to a Jabber ID, and they can add people to their network who exist on other servers.
Hmm. P2P PeopleAggregator?
If approval is needed for a server to join, then what's being created is FOAF P2P PA.
Uranium, at least, is concentrated in the Earth's crust and depleted in the core. Metallic asteroids probably have very little uranium.
Uranium is depleted in the core, but is in both the crust and mantle. And there's a lot of mantle material.
You're right that material from the core of a differentiated asteroid has less uranium if the object has enough gravity to compress molten iron to form a dense crystalline structure. If it merely differentiated to material like Earth's mantle then uranium could be anywhere.
If a metallic asteroid came from a body which got hot due to radioactivity, it is more likely to contain fissionables than a similar cluster of material which happened to be less dense. Of course, there is the chance that fission caused nuclear reactions which increased how the rate of decay.
But being about 4.63 billion years old, wouldn't they be the least radioactive materials in our solar system?
As radioactive as all the other objects of similar composition. The asteroids and Earth formed from the same material, although being further from the Sun they might be less dense. Time is not a factor, as all the uranium and other radioactive material was already present. Actually, there was a lot more radioactive material back then.
Probably most asteroids have some radioactive material in them. The metallic asteroids have more metals than we have available on Earth, including fissionables.
Not that it matters much what an asteroid is made of when it's landing on you.
Oops. Buckyballs tend to form when oxygen and nitrogen are not present. Many flames have edges with no oxygen, but there would be nitrogen unless enough gases are being emitted from the fuel.
Obviously the air being loaded with buckyballs made dinosaurs too stupid to live. Well, we don't know the effects of buckyballs in the air. I propose they be tested on dinosaurs immediately!
The article does not mention that buckyballs are present in soot, and are already in the environment. What is the present level of buckyballs outdoors? What is it after natural wildfires?
Unfortunately, the genetic differences between fish and humans prevent easy comparison of the toxic effects of dihydrogen monoxide. Preliminary study suggests that fish are not affected much by inhalation of the material. However, they seem to have become addicted to DHMO, as removing their supply of the material seems to quickly produce withdrawal symptoms similar to the effects of "cold turkey" cessation in human drug addicts. Of course, in this case the result is more like "cold fish", which seems to be the characteristic behavior after withdrawal symptoms end. Further study of the subjects is difficult due to their extreme listlessness and lack of response to any stimulation other than deep-frying.
There are also economic arguments toward going into space. One which could have a significant effect is mining in space. Although best done by automation due to long travel times, having heavy metals available in free space would allow more activities in space by humans. Even simple iron or steel would have many uses. The large amount of fissionables available from asteroid mining would certainly be a useful power source. Although just having water would also be necessary.
Humans need to get into space simply because Earth is not a closed system. We can't keep all our eggs in this basket at the bottom of a gravity well. The solar system affects us and has more resources than are available on Earth.
"The new findings are somewhat surprising because many scientists had predicted that buckyballs would not linger in water but would quickly form clumps and sink." The findings have yet to be peer-reviewed."
This study was not needed.
The science is settled.
The consensus in the scientific world already decided that buckyballs sink.
Because the study has not yet been examined by peers in the scientific world, this can not be happening.
Scientists already decided buckyballs are safe.
There is no need to expend the effort in getting some of this "water" material and actually test it.
Because the results of buckyballs in water are already known, something must be wrong with this experiment.
Science is always right, this must be part of a smear campaign organized by opponents to science.
Obviously, the fish must have conspired to try to show science is wrong.
The fish must have pretended to have brain damage or caused the damage as part of the plot.
Stupid fish.
I believe moving towards you to zoom in has already been implemented at the physical layer, but they can't claim the laws of Physics as a feature.
The feature may have some interesting effects, with the optical zoom interacting with the on-screen zoom.
But as someone mentioned, a jolt on a bus could appear to jiggle the view window over an unmoving "document" -- the same could be done with the Z-axis, so a jolt toward you could reduce the image so as to keep the apparent size the same. (not that the screen has enough resolution to make the reduction optically perfect)
However, motion sickness is caused when the visual movement does not match that of the inner ear. I wonder how an unmoving object would be interpreted; maybe those with head-worn displays have some experience. (The reaction apparently is because many poisons cause visual distortions, so the resulting nausea is intended to trigger vomiting and remove any poisonous material which is still in the stomach.)
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Making a good UI may require skill, but if someone with skill makes a UI library then others can make use of the skill in the library.
Chickens have warmer blood.
Please make sure portability is in the specifications.
There is a need to fit a unit in an inconspicuous van or truck which can be left near a major airport.
Target selection is not an issue, any plane will do.
Huh?
Why is someone posting my MAC address?
Is the Hall of Technical Documentation Weirdness also technical documentation weirdness, so it should include itself?
If you can read this, you are the enemy.
That's what I thought: It's not junk, it's collectibles.
Let's not forget Personal Rapid Transit (PRT), with travel pods sliding around town.
If approval is needed for a server to join, then what's being created is FOAF P2P PA.
Uranium is depleted in the core, but is in both the crust and mantle. And there's a lot of mantle material.
You're right that material from the core of a differentiated asteroid has less uranium if the object has enough gravity to compress molten iron to form a dense crystalline structure. If it merely differentiated to material like Earth's mantle then uranium could be anywhere.
If a metallic asteroid came from a body which got hot due to radioactivity, it is more likely to contain fissionables than a similar cluster of material which happened to be less dense. Of course, there is the chance that fission caused nuclear reactions which increased how the rate of decay.
As radioactive as all the other objects of similar composition. The asteroids and Earth formed from the same material, although being further from the Sun they might be less dense. Time is not a factor, as all the uranium and other radioactive material was already present. Actually, there was a lot more radioactive material back then.
Not that it matters much what an asteroid is made of when it's landing on you.
Oops. Buckyballs tend to form when oxygen and nitrogen are not present. Many flames have edges with no oxygen, but there would be nitrogen unless enough gases are being emitted from the fuel.
Obviously the air being loaded with buckyballs made dinosaurs too stupid to live. Well, we don't know the effects of buckyballs in the air. I propose they be tested on dinosaurs immediately!
The article does not mention that buckyballs are present in soot, and are already in the environment. What is the present level of buckyballs outdoors? What is it after natural wildfires?
Thank you all, my response to the study has now been peer-reviewed.
The science is still settled, and this study was not needed.
Unfortunately, the genetic differences between fish and humans prevent easy comparison of the toxic effects of dihydrogen monoxide. Preliminary study suggests that fish are not affected much by inhalation of the material. However, they seem to have become addicted to DHMO, as removing their supply of the material seems to quickly produce withdrawal symptoms similar to the effects of "cold turkey" cessation in human drug addicts. Of course, in this case the result is more like "cold fish", which seems to be the characteristic behavior after withdrawal symptoms end. Further study of the subjects is difficult due to their extreme listlessness and lack of response to any stimulation other than deep-frying.
There is no "12:00 AM". There is an 11:59 PM and a 12:01 AM. The proper term is "Midnight".
Since fusion power has changed from always being 20 years in the future to always being 10 years in the future.
Humans need to get into space simply because Earth is not a closed system. We can't keep all our eggs in this basket at the bottom of a gravity well. The solar system affects us and has more resources than are available on Earth.
Incidentally: " 03/26/04 - SpaceDev Seeks Top Spacecraft Program Managers and Engineers"
This study was not needed.
The science is settled.
The consensus in the scientific world already decided that buckyballs sink.
Because the study has not yet been examined by peers in the scientific world, this can not be happening.
Scientists already decided buckyballs are safe.
There is no need to expend the effort in getting some of this "water" material and actually test it.
Because the results of buckyballs in water are already known, something must be wrong with this experiment.
Science is always right, this must be part of a smear campaign organized by opponents to science.
Obviously, the fish must have conspired to try to show science is wrong.
The fish must have pretended to have brain damage or caused the damage as part of the plot.
Stupid fish.
The feature may have some interesting effects, with the optical zoom interacting with the on-screen zoom.
But as someone mentioned, a jolt on a bus could appear to jiggle the view window over an unmoving "document" -- the same could be done with the Z-axis, so a jolt toward you could reduce the image so as to keep the apparent size the same. (not that the screen has enough resolution to make the reduction optically perfect)
However, motion sickness is caused when the visual movement does not match that of the inner ear. I wonder how an unmoving object would be interpreted; maybe those with head-worn displays have some experience. (The reaction apparently is because many poisons cause visual distortions, so the resulting nausea is intended to trigger vomiting and remove any poisonous material which is still in the stomach.)
Ah, but they don't have to pay to import it from India.
Apparently Atiyah and Singer have become entangled.
So, how do the astronauts on ISS feel about attempts to measure their deviation? And what type of scientists have come up with deviation theories?