Everyone thought the whole vertical landing idea was hokum until those surprising first tests of the DC-X. Then unaccountably, NASA abandoned all DC-X development after the first test failure. The reason has always been a mystery.
Rather than returning an asteroid sample to Earth, I would rather see a probe that could expand on Rosetta-style station keeping to make multiple contacts with an asteroid and do microscopic analysis of its surface at each place. Such an asteroidal assay mission would be the first step toward mining.
Eccentric billionaires taking risks are the people who get things done. NASA would never have thought of landing a rocket on its tail, and wouldn't have allowed its most adventurous engineers to try it.
While anti-bacterial soaps are pointless for most people, there is no reason or justification for the FDA to regulate them since these active ingredients are otherwise safe and widely used.
Watch for some of the banned antibacterials to turn up in a pricey pharma-manufactured hospital disinfectant
"Yet another reason to bow before me, you iPhone-using bastards."
I have to admit that the first time I saw an Android user carefully running an antivirus on her phone before firing up her banking app, I understood how sharing stories about malware and fishy apps brings such users together as a community. Our butlers and concierges are no substitute for the fellowship of the Droid campfire.
"Yeah, and now they are exporting this shit in other countries. There are now antivaxers with public stands on european markets."
And need I mention the anti-GMO sentiment all over Europe, and Germany with its nuclear hysteria? If there is one thing Hollywood is good at, it's spreading ideas.
Round up that legion of hopeless, worthless street people and relocate them to a camp out in the Mojave somewhere. Bulldoze the Tenderloin and replace it with high rise apartments. That would be the start of a more livable San Francisco.
Though Aurora was a well-written defense of its thesis, the story is belied by its own posited scenario, which is that after several hundred years of colonizing and industrializing the solar system, man sends out the first generation starship. So if life is inextricably bound to the planet where it evolved, how could the solar system have ben settled in the first place?
"If there are roughly 1000x as many these large planetary bodies floating in interstellar space as there are stars, then perhaps it'll be feasible to travel to them in tens of years traveling at speeds achievable by nuclear fusion (hundredths of "C")."
Which right away raises the question: who else might be already doing this?
It's not that you can shoot someone you really believe is running away, but that you think you are still in danger. You might tell the court that it was too dark to clearly see what he was doing, or you had reason to think he would bring reinforcements, etc.
"It's interesting to note that the crime of burglary in Missouri includes the escape of the burglars. In light of this, it is completely legal to combine the burglary statute and the castle doctrine statute to justify shooting a burglar in the back as they flee the scene."
Homeowners here in Arizona have the same right. The SCOTUS has ruled that police, being held to professional rules of engagement, may not shoot a fleeing suspect. Homeowners are not deemed to be law enforcement professionals.
If you have no idea what the negotiated price of the item you're buying is, you are not part of the market for it. Someone else is negotiating for you, in this case your insurance company.
"And, to cover any misunderstandings, if the phone has no carrier, it cannot transmit, either."
None of these quibbles apply if you just download your iOS updates over WiFi, which you want to do in any case to avoid burning through your data cap. It's a swich right there in Settings.
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How quickly the young whippersnappers forget.
Everyone thought the whole vertical landing idea was hokum until those surprising first tests of the DC-X. Then unaccountably, NASA abandoned all DC-X development after the first test failure. The reason has always been a mystery.
To weigh something in microgravity, wouldn't you have to subject it to a precisely calibrated thrust while observing its acceleration?
Oh, and just for the snark value I would name my mission New Gunner Girls.
Rather than returning an asteroid sample to Earth, I would rather see a probe that could expand on Rosetta-style station keeping to make multiple contacts with an asteroid and do microscopic analysis of its surface at each place. Such an asteroidal assay mission would be the first step toward mining.
Eccentric billionaires taking risks are the people who get things done. NASA would never have thought of landing a rocket on its tail, and wouldn't have allowed its most adventurous engineers to try it.
"There's no 'state of sin',"
I don't believe in Nevada either.
While anti-bacterial soaps are pointless for most people, there is no reason or justification for the FDA to regulate them since these active ingredients are otherwise safe and widely used.
Watch for some of the banned antibacterials to turn up in a pricey pharma-manufactured hospital disinfectant
"Well, I know I'm a million times as humble as thou art"
Clop clop clop clop BANG! clop clop...
That was an Amish driveby shooting.
"Yet another reason to bow before me, you iPhone-using bastards."
I have to admit that the first time I saw an Android user carefully running an antivirus on her phone before firing up her banking app, I understood how sharing stories about malware and fishy apps brings such users together as a community. Our butlers and concierges are no substitute for the fellowship of the Droid campfire.
So BSD nomenclature is now in line with Apple's new OS type naming.
"Yeah, and now they are exporting this shit in other countries. There are now antivaxers with public stands on european markets."
And need I mention the anti-GMO sentiment all over Europe, and Germany with its nuclear hysteria? If there is one thing Hollywood is good at, it's spreading ideas.
"Ok, so what would you have them do exactly?"
Round up that legion of hopeless, worthless street people and relocate them to a camp out in the Mojave somewhere. Bulldoze the Tenderloin and replace it with high rise apartments. That would be the start of a more livable San Francisco.
That's nice. I'd also like a personal masseuse and a vacation house at the beach that I can use for five weeks a year. Where do we sign up?
You would have to sign up in Germany.
Though Aurora was a well-written defense of its thesis, the story is belied by its own posited scenario, which is that after several hundred years of colonizing and industrializing the solar system, man sends out the first generation starship. So if life is inextricably bound to the planet where it evolved, how could the solar system have ben settled in the first place?
"If there are roughly 1000x as many these large planetary bodies floating in interstellar space as there are stars, then perhaps it'll be feasible to travel to them in tens of years traveling at speeds achievable by nuclear fusion (hundredths of "C")."
Which right away raises the question: who else might be already doing this?
Not in the Oort cloud, where all the volatiles are. We already have an example of weird low-temperature chemistry in Pluto.
Place head between legs
Kiss arse good-bye
It has been some time since Hawking has been able to do that.
Is used for microwave communication, so it could be that. A bounced signal or something.
I'm thinking this is likely to be leakage from some local ransomware server.
It's not that you can shoot someone you really believe is running away, but that you think you are still in danger. You might tell the court that it was too dark to clearly see what he was doing, or you had reason to think he would bring reinforcements, etc.
"It's interesting to note that the crime of burglary in Missouri includes the escape of the burglars. In light of this, it is completely legal to combine the burglary statute and the castle doctrine statute to justify shooting a burglar in the back as they flee the scene."
Homeowners here in Arizona have the same right. The SCOTUS has ruled that police, being held to professional rules of engagement, may not shoot a fleeing suspect. Homeowners are not deemed to be law enforcement professionals.
This is a neat idea, but won't it just put a lot more iPads out there in the open for the gangbangers to grab?
This would be great in Tokyo, though.
If you have no idea what the negotiated price of the item you're buying is, you are not part of the market for it. Someone else is negotiating for you, in this case your insurance company.
"I don't know why you would call Lenin (not Lennin) a communist or a socialist, he was a totalitarian dictator."
No true Muscovite...
"You can use a iPhone with no carrier."
You can also set one up with a prepaid carrier rather than a fixed monthly contract.
"And, to cover any misunderstandings, if the phone has no carrier, it cannot transmit, either."
None of these quibbles apply if you just download your iOS updates over WiFi, which you want to do in any case to avoid burning through your data cap. It's a swich right there in Settings.