He's over-reacting simply because he remembers how the Tina Fey/Sara Palin thing went down; a lot of low-information voters didn't know the difference what Fey said in character of Palin and what Palin actually said.
There are no uninteresting numbers. Proof: Assume N is the smallest uninteresting number. That property in itself makes it interesting. Therefore there can be no smallest uninteresting number, so logically uninteresting numbers cannot exist. QED.
I believe that's the ontological proof that you're a total nerd.
I think the estimate of dust particles is too high, because a bright laser has just been shining along that column of space. That should move or evaporate much of the dust.
The particles aren't just sitting there, they're already moving. The calculation above assumes that over a long enough trip the average odds of impact are roughly the same as if it's all static, but the particles that would strike wouldn't have been in the column when the craft started it's journey.
This opens the possibility that the craft could potentially be configured to minimize cross section in the direction of travel, if that would reduce the exposure.
To put that in perspective, imagine an indestructible needle/pin and put 1816 Empire State Buildings on top of that indestructible pin and then put your spacecraft under that pin...
According to this paper there is one dust particle per million cubic meters in local interstellar space (a figure that surprised me, it seemed much higher than I expected).
That seemed high to me, too. But this is what was really surprising from that link:
Starship deceleration caused by tether-dust collisions is about an order of magnitude less than deceleration caused by collisions between the tether and interstellar hydrogen atoms.
Some nodes and web filaments would undoubtedly be destroyed by dust collisions en route, but would be multiply redundant. On arrival, the probe would be tattered and torn but still functional.
But would they? I wonder what the odds are?
There's a whole lot of empty between us and the nearest star. I wonder what the actual odds are of collision over that distance. Would be a neat problem for someone who knows this stuff... which is not me.
1) He was impeached, for perjury and obstruction of justice. He was acquitted of both charges.
2) The "justice" he obstructed was only about whether he fucked his intern. Being tried for perjuring yourself about something that was not, itself, illegal is about as perfect an example of a "technicality" as you're going to find.
Anyone know why they would come in at an angle and straighten up at the last moment? Is it actually easier to control that way, or is it to protect the landing pad in case of a list-second abort?
If there are fewer than N people in the pre-check lane, grab the next passenger (or group) from the regular lane. You can adjust N based on local conditions including number and experience of agents, etc.
Sure, you could game this system if you really practiced and worked at it. But doing so would be harder than just blowing up the screening line anyway, so no one would bother.
OK, chips are supposed to, but I mean food that you eat with a fork.
One reason you cook with salt is that it suppresses bitter flavors. Electronically stimulating the taste buds might trigger a salty taste, but I wonder what it will do for suppressing bitter.
But hey, shoot up a private party, and as long as you have a funny-sounding name and vaguely brownish skin color, then the government wants to protect you, at any cost.
So the government protects you if you're a minority. And that's bad.
Of course, double standard -- if you're a white christian male and you shoot up a school full of kids, the response is "hey, shit happens", and the government does nothing.
Really, this country is fucked. Completely.
But the government protects you if you're a white Christian male. And that's bad.
Did the FBI just get one judge to issue an illegal order, then they withdrew the case while that order was under appeal, and claim a precedent-setting win?
I don't see that the feds used the term "legal precedent", but that's clearly the impression they want to give.
Dude... I'm talking about people whose houses have just been destroyed and they're going to rebuild on the same spot. What does 100 years have to do with that?
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This was from 'Moving Pictures', 1981 and probably their most successful album ever.
And the first one I ever bought. Going to have to go home and listen to it all again. On YouTube, because I only own it on cassette.
Ever heard of FOD? Foreign Object Debris.
Scroll to the bottom of this page to see the piece of metal that took down the Concorde.
In case that's too hard, here's the picture. According to Wikipedia, it was 435 millimetres (17.1 in) long, 29 to 34 millimetres (1.1 to 1.3 in) wide and about 1.4 millimetres (0.055 in) thick. There are parts on civilian drones much larger than that.
So if that was a drone that bounced off the nose, there could be pieces littering the runway large enough to take down a jet.
He's over-reacting simply because he remembers how the Tina Fey/Sara Palin thing went down; a lot of low-information voters didn't know the difference what Fey said in character of Palin and what Palin actually said.
That's because what Fey said in character was damn near the exact text of what Palin said.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?...
Facebook is just a forum they should stay neutral and let the Democratic process work.
Should Fox News stay neutral and let the Democratic process work?
If the answer is "Yes" for Facebook and "No" for Fox, why?
There are no uninteresting numbers. Proof: Assume N is the smallest uninteresting number. That property in itself makes it interesting. Therefore there can be no smallest uninteresting number, so logically uninteresting numbers cannot exist. QED.
I believe that's the ontological proof that you're a total nerd.
I think the estimate of dust particles is too high, because a bright laser has just been shining along that column of space. That should move or evaporate much of the dust.
The particles aren't just sitting there, they're already moving. The calculation above assumes that over a long enough trip the average odds of impact are roughly the same as if it's all static, but the particles that would strike wouldn't have been in the column when the craft started it's journey.
This opens the possibility that the craft could potentially be configured to minimize cross section in the direction of travel, if that would reduce the exposure.
Wish I had mod points to I could raise this above the wrongness.
To put that in perspective, imagine an indestructible needle/pin and put 1816 Empire State Buildings on top of that indestructible pin and then put your spacecraft under that pin...
But how far are you dropping it from?
According to this paper there is one dust particle per million cubic meters in local interstellar space (a figure that surprised me, it seemed much higher than I expected).
That seemed high to me, too. But this is what was really surprising from that link:
Starship deceleration caused by tether-dust collisions is about an order of magnitude less than deceleration caused by collisions between the tether and interstellar hydrogen atoms.
"Vacuum" is weird.
You clearly didn't RTFA. Paraphrasing a good bit, but: in Iceland, forklift is elevator
My point was that single story datacenters don't need freight elevators.
...then you'd think they'd build their data center on a barge or something...
Why float it when you can sink it?
There is no logically reason to have single story datacenters.
You've obviously never driven a forklift onto a freight elevator.
Holy crap, yes. Someone please do this like yesterday.
Some nodes and web filaments would undoubtedly be destroyed by dust collisions en route, but would be multiply redundant. On arrival, the probe would be tattered and torn but still functional.
But would they? I wonder what the odds are?
There's a whole lot of empty between us and the nearest star. I wonder what the actual odds are of collision over that distance. Would be a neat problem for someone who knows this stuff ... which is not me.
Not quite, and not technically.
1) He was impeached, for perjury and obstruction of justice. He was acquitted of both charges.
2) The "justice" he obstructed was only about whether he fucked his intern. Being tried for perjuring yourself about something that was not, itself, illegal is about as perfect an example of a "technicality" as you're going to find.
Anyone know why they would come in at an angle and straighten up at the last moment? Is it actually easier to control that way, or is it to protect the landing pad in case of a list-second abort?
If there are fewer than N people in the pre-check lane, grab the next passenger (or group) from the regular lane. You can adjust N based on local conditions including number and experience of agents, etc.
Sure, you could game this system if you really practiced and worked at it. But doing so would be harder than just blowing up the screening line anyway, so no one would bother.
OK, chips are supposed to, but I mean food that you eat with a fork.
One reason you cook with salt is that it suppresses bitter flavors. Electronically stimulating the taste buds might trigger a salty taste, but I wonder what it will do for suppressing bitter.
I almost want to get that. Almost.
But hey, shoot up a private party, and as long as you have a funny-sounding name and vaguely brownish skin color, then the government wants to protect you, at any cost.
So the government protects you if you're a minority. And that's bad.
Of course, double standard -- if you're a white christian male and you shoot up a school full of kids, the response is "hey, shit happens", and the government does nothing.
Really, this country is fucked. Completely.
But the government protects you if you're a white Christian male. And that's bad.
So wait ... what was your point again?
Did the FBI just get one judge to issue an illegal order, then they withdrew the case while that order was under appeal, and claim a precedent-setting win?
I don't see that the feds used the term "legal precedent", but that's clearly the impression they want to give.
Japanese AI Program Wrote a Short Novel, Almost Won a Literary Prize
Microsoft's 'Teen Girl' AI Experiment Becomes a 'Neo-Nazi Sex Robot'
I know where to shop for my AI.
Finally, "Made in the USA" stands for something again.
Ah. That's not quite how it sounded in the long link.
tl;dr
Got a link to a shorter version of what's happening in Wisconsin?
Dude ... I'm talking about people whose houses have just been destroyed and they're going to rebuild on the same spot. What does 100 years have to do with that?