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Well, there are two parts. First, most complex chemical compounds that are stable for long periods of time are largely carbon and hydrogen based. The study of these compounds is in fact called "organic chemistry." We assume that complex organisms have systems composed of organics.
Secondly, it's a question of abundance. It's entirely possible that life could be made out of francium, however there's simply not very much of it in the universe. (No more than 2 grams on the Earth right now!)
Also a factor is that we limit our definition of what life is in a useful way. For instance, if we define life as something that consumes and creates waste, reproduces and eventually expires, then fire would qualify. However, it's a little silly to consider fire living, and so we narrow our scope of what "life" can be. In order to use our limited resources to accomplish such a daunting task, we just have to focus on a small demographic: carbon, sentient, sufficiently advanced to receive our signal.
I believe it was Voltaire who said, "I do not agree with what you have to say, but I'll defend to the death your right to say it."
Actually, it was Beatrice Hall. She was remarking that it would be typical of something Voltaire would say.
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Light doesn't necessarily degrade as a factor of time itself. Most signal degradation on Earth is caused by atmosphere, dust, etc. Another big factor is the source power and the time given to receive the signal.
For instance our Sun outputs 3.8e26 watts per second. This object is much more luminous. In space, there is no atmosphere. However, there is dust, but it tends to stick together in clouds, and not scatter itself all around. In fact, the picture you're looking at is a great part dust (see all the dark marbling?) What media there is between stars is not very dense (on the order of one atom per cm^3!) and does not cause a lot of interference. As far as gravitational lensing, that is only a factor when there is a large object between the source and the destination, and this is a pretty straight shot.
The image does degrade by a factor of 1/r^2, however this can be accounted for by using a very long exposure time (weeks if necessary) that is why the other stars look so bright.
Anyways, before our Sun could go supernova, it would have to swell to red giant so large that it would engulf the Earth, so it's a moot point.
In that regard though, the explosion would be more than enough to destroy Pluto without slowing down. The Sun makes up 99.9% of the mass in our solar system, and so the planets wouldn't really have much of a defense.
IIRC, the latest generation of fingerprint scanners are less concerned with the surface of the skin and are more interested in an IR map of the capillaries in your finger.
I don't think gummy bears would cut it....unless they have veins... eww.
Osama Bin Laden is certaintly one of our biggest enemies of the state. We shouldn't tip him off to what we're doing to catch him.
The old Soviet Union cast a dark shadow over us, and we did as little as possible to give our competition an advantage.
However, this is not about the tactics our government takes against our enemies. This is about the tactics our government takes against us. This is not about the Taliban or the Kremlin. This is about you and me.
Although it's possible the season in which they occurred has shifted over time, the months have not really changed as far as their time in the year.
January was named for Janus, who symbolized doorways and transitions. Prayers to Janus traditionally occurred even before prayers to Zeus. He had two faces, one for looking forward, and one for looking back, and was a natural choice for the beginning of the year.
Of course, you seem to be aware that September-December were initially the 7th-10th months, when July and August were inserted to honor Julius and Augustus...
You would be surprised at what an atom doesn't have. Regardless, the original reply claimed that the gravity of a cloud of gas and dust increases as it contracts and that is simply untrue. Additionally, gravity is not at all related to exposed surface area.
Hardly helpful for a nebulous smattering of gases across the size of a galaxy and lacking any particular surface at all. Although yes, gravitation does increase squarely as distance to center of mass decreases, it neglects our context where the original statement asserted that the pull of an object would be more significant if it simply took up less space. This is absolutely untrue.
Close enough, but there are two things I need to chime in on:
I. Gravity does not increase as density increases, you probably were thinking mass.
II. Heat plays no role in Hydrostatic Equillibrium, which is the balance of the inward gravitational force of the star and the outward pressure of it's mass.
The distiction in Choktaw has more to do with the source of the information. eg "This is something I know" vs. "This is something Bob told me". It only really affects truthfulness in the sense that you can stand behind your own information, but not something you're just repeating from someone else.
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Third, you actually need the pin to make it work.
Personally, I think the most important point is that you need a pin to use it. :)
Secondly, it's a question of abundance. It's entirely possible that life could be made out of francium, however there's simply not very much of it in the universe. (No more than 2 grams on the Earth right now!)
Also a factor is that we limit our definition of what life is in a useful way. For instance, if we define life as something that consumes and creates waste, reproduces and eventually expires, then fire would qualify. However, it's a little silly to consider fire living, and so we narrow our scope of what "life" can be. In order to use our limited resources to accomplish such a daunting task, we just have to focus on a small demographic: carbon, sentient, sufficiently advanced to receive our signal.
Actually, it was Beatrice Hall. She was remarking that it would be typical of something Voltaire would say.
For instance our Sun outputs 3.8e26 watts per second. This object is much more luminous. In space, there is no atmosphere. However, there is dust, but it tends to stick together in clouds, and not scatter itself all around. In fact, the picture you're looking at is a great part dust (see all the dark marbling?) What media there is between stars is not very dense (on the order of one atom per cm^3!) and does not cause a lot of interference. As far as gravitational lensing, that is only a factor when there is a large object between the source and the destination, and this is a pretty straight shot.
The image does degrade by a factor of 1/r^2, however this can be accounted for by using a very long exposure time (weeks if necessary) that is why the other stars look so bright.
HTH
Anyways, before our Sun could go supernova, it would have to swell to red giant so large that it would engulf the Earth, so it's a moot point.
In that regard though, the explosion would be more than enough to destroy Pluto without slowing down. The Sun makes up 99.9% of the mass in our solar system, and so the planets wouldn't really have much of a defense.
Actually, it's 1/r^2, and even with that degeneracy factor, a supernova would be powerful enough to vaporize objects as far as the Oort cloud.
I don't think gummy bears would cut it. ...unless they have veins... eww.
Dammit! That's my birthday!
*sigh* I guess I needed more socks anyways.
Osama Bin Laden is certaintly one of our biggest enemies of the state. We shouldn't tip him off to what we're doing to catch him.
The old Soviet Union cast a dark shadow over us, and we did as little as possible to give our competition an advantage.
However, this is not about the tactics our government takes against our enemies. This is about the tactics our government takes against us. This is not about the Taliban or the Kremlin. This is about you and me.
Ketchup is a vegetable, baby!
I'm pretty sure that's supposed to read:
Intesat reported a few days ago that its IS-804 Satellite is... LOST IN SPACE!
But maybe I'm just being a pedant
Umm... Cash. It's green with little president's pictures on it.
Agreed. I would even go so far as to say that if they told us about it in the first place, it's only because they have something worse going on.
1000's of "Treason" caught in sting.
Hope This Helps ;)
January was named for Janus, who symbolized doorways and transitions. Prayers to Janus traditionally occurred even before prayers to Zeus. He had two faces, one for looking forward, and one for looking back, and was a natural choice for the beginning of the year.
Of course, you seem to be aware that September-December were initially the 7th-10th months, when July and August were inserted to honor Julius and Augustus...
I don't see what the fuss is about, it's just where the texture repeats!
Did anybody else read that as the-Dirk-Diggler-dept?
You would be surprised at what an atom doesn't have. Regardless, the original reply claimed that the gravity of a cloud of gas and dust increases as it contracts and that is simply untrue. Additionally, gravity is not at all related to exposed surface area.
Hardly helpful for a nebulous smattering of gases across the size of a galaxy and lacking any particular surface at all. Although yes, gravitation does increase squarely as distance to center of mass decreases, it neglects our context where the original statement asserted that the pull of an object would be more significant if it simply took up less space. This is absolutely untrue.
I. Gravity does not increase as density increases, you probably were thinking mass.
II. Heat plays no role in Hydrostatic Equillibrium, which is the balance of the inward gravitational force of the star and the outward pressure of it's mass.
The distiction in Choktaw has more to do with the source of the information. eg "This is something I know" vs. "This is something Bob told me". It only really affects truthfulness in the sense that you can stand behind your own information, but not something you're just repeating from someone else.
I cut my hair and put on a suit to go feed my family
The Devil is often seen about town in a sharp looking suit.
So what exactly do you do for a living?
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