3,000 years is not permanent.
3,000 years is old in a historical time frame.
3,000 years is young in geologic time frames.
OK -- so why is it only 3,000 years old?
What happened 3,000 years ago?
Hmm.. There was a burst of warmth about 3,000 years ago, then the temp dropped to our present cold period.
But conundrum is what powers the alien slow death ray, which is causing us to create even more and giving the death ray even more power and even more slowness!
I think the Bender Award is more important due to its indication of the continuing growth of Unix. Because Bender looks further ahead to the future, he knows the value of Unix. It apparently also will survive both global warming and nuclear winter. But I'm not sure how much of an honor it is to get an award from Bender.
That was obviously from the "Radioactive things will explode easily" believers with a sense of "If I haven't seen it before, it is something new" for history.
The plutonium is too little for a bomb, and arranged to only warm a device which converts heat to electricity.
There is plutonium in those cinder blocks around your basement, and in the lawn and rock garden. BOOM!
Someone forgot those big comet pieces which hit Jupiter a few years ago. If a fireball was going to ignite Jupiter we would have seen it happen then.
No matter how much hydrogen is in Jupiter's atmosphere, it won't catch fire or explode. Not enough oxygen.
A fire, even on a planetary scale, won't give off enough heat or light to bother our planet.
Even amateur astronomers know that Jupiter is well known for affecting asteroid orbits, and undoubtedly has been hit by many asteroids. Even a small metallic asteroid has many more fissionable elements than have been mined or that we can reach to mine them. So huge amounts of radioactives have already hit Jupiter.
Those asteroids also created fireballs bigger than Texas. The little heat is less than nothing.
Life is dangerous. Jupiter isn't a threat. A few days ago we got blasted by a star far across the Milky Way with more power than the Sun hits us with. If a nova or another magnetar like that one nearby hits us, then we either have something to worry about or we won't have anything to worry about ever. All our eggs are in this one basket.
If God wants to take someone to court, he'll first have to create an attorney in his own image...
No, not even an omniscient God can comprehend the Law and court procedures.
Actually, it was Art Bell.
He's back, working weekends on Coast to Coast AM.
No, I only listen as practice in spotting the good science and the unwitting comedy.
If it took off from level ground, accelerating into the wind under its own power, then its engine was already pushing into the wind enough to accelerate so leaving the ground does not affect airspeed.
The downward slope of the rails did provide acceleration, so if the engine was not also accelerating the craft into the wind the craft would slow when the downward acceleration ended. If the craft was accelerating into the wind due to the engine, there was enough thrust to offset the wind anyway.
The Wrights already had a glider, which they used to practice flying.
As others mentioned, the Flyer was not launched until the winds were strong enough. Drop it off the John Hancock building to get a reliable breeze. Clearance needed from Air Traffic Control and Ground Control :-)
I like the other firm's TV advertising, showing the Wright Flyer zooming across the sky with a huge jet engine mounted above the wings.
My household budget doesn't yet allow me to buy a huge jet engine, even after taking into account the reduction in commute time. And the early hour I'd have to do the drive in order to find little enough traffic on the road.
(For those who think taking off in a strong wind is a problem -- it isn't if you fly into the wind. A 25 MPH wind is a 25 MPH airspeed, so when the airplane accelerates 10 MPH on the ground, the wings are experiencing 35 MPH. Same reason an aircraft carrier works better by turning into the wind to launch planes. )
A Duh! would be wings on a car, trying to launch into the wind with acceleration from the wheels. As soon as the wheels leave the ground, the vehicle will slow down to match the thrust of whatever air propulsion you're using. Although it will accelerate vertically if you've driven off a cliff.
Is the heat shield large enough to avoid touching the enclosure within? I recognize the wide vertical slot is where the pole fits -- did you intentionally make a wide slot to allow air circulation for cooling the heat shield?
The design and installation look good. In a place which gets heavy weather I'd put a hard surface around the heat shield. Or I'd search for a plastic "cooler" to use to make the heat shield.
At least one chain, cable, or rotproof rope to a solid object would be a good idea, so a wind which tips off the weights can't blow the assembly into a customer or their car. (In a place which gets frost, anchoring the weights is a good idea so ice can't shift them away)
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You have 10 seconds to decide if that was a joke.
The article did not include a link to the pin-up.
He was referring to the gesture which everyone flips at lawyers.
3,000 years is not permanent.
3,000 years is old in a historical time frame.
3,000 years is young in geologic time frames.
OK -- so why is it only 3,000 years old?
What happened 3,000 years ago?
Hmm.. There was a burst of warmth about 3,000 years ago, then the temp dropped to our present cold period.
Does your country require Environmental Impact Statements?
Don't worry, Grimace is safely in a remote secure location.
But conundrum is what powers the alien slow death ray, which is causing us to create even more and giving the death ray even more power and even more slowness!
That's plutoform, you geocentric bigot.
I, for one, welcome our cold-blooded cold-hearted overlords. And remember to come see the St. Paul Winter Carnival! Fun for the whole family and pod!
Or maybe there is more carbon dioxide because there is not enough dust in the air, so Ocean Plant Life Slows Down and Absorbs Less Carbon .
We all know that popularity controls reality.
I think the Bender Award is more important due to its indication of the continuing growth of Unix. Because Bender looks further ahead to the future, he knows the value of Unix. It apparently also will survive both global warming and nuclear winter. But I'm not sure how much of an honor it is to get an award from Bender.
Uranium on the surface or in the air (i.e., coal plant fly ash) can get hit by cosmic rays and be changed to plutonium. That's in the links above.
Notice that cinder blocks may include...cinders. Ash from coal. Concentrated minerals.
Confirmation of the exact amount of additional mass needed is left as an experiment for the reader.
Shhh. As long as he doesn't realize that, our bugs can still transmit to us.
If God wants to take someone to court, he'll first have to create an attorney in his own image...
No, not even an omniscient God can comprehend the Law and court procedures.
Actually, it was Art Bell.
He's back, working weekends on Coast to Coast AM.
No, I only listen as practice in spotting the good science and the unwitting comedy.
My household budget doesn't yet allow me to buy a huge jet engine, even after taking into account the reduction in commute time. And the early hour I'd have to do the drive in order to find little enough traffic on the road.
A Duh! would be wings on a car, trying to launch into the wind with acceleration from the wheels. As soon as the wheels leave the ground, the vehicle will slow down to match the thrust of whatever air propulsion you're using. Although it will accelerate vertically if you've driven off a cliff.
The design and installation look good. In a place which gets heavy weather I'd put a hard surface around the heat shield. Or I'd search for a plastic "cooler" to use to make the heat shield.
At least one chain, cable, or rotproof rope to a solid object would be a good idea, so a wind which tips off the weights can't blow the assembly into a customer or their car. (In a place which gets frost, anchoring the weights is a good idea so ice can't shift them away)
So is that 1 gig using 1024K units or 1000 units?