Here's the problem I have with your story. If the materials are such a big part of the cost, why does the $120 physical textbook have an e-book version that costs me $90? TO RENT! If I want to keep using it after the semester is over, I need to pay another $25.
Let me get this straight. It is lethal to living beings but makes them completely "clear".
I do believe this would solve a number of issues with Scientology. Adherents could become a "Clear" and achieve oneness with the great L. Ron all at once!
Get it thru your head. It isn't the Category, it is the rain.
Read up on Hurricane Camille and what it did to Virginia as a Tropical Storm. Not even a Category 1, and that was after going full inland from Mississippi, up and then over the Appalachian Mountains.
You'd be awed at what a foot of rain, in mountainous terrain, over a period of about 4 hours will do.
The subject being "nuclear", reasonable opinions are unfortunately not the norm. Especially after the incident in Fukoshima, Japan.
I already responded to another post explaining that my intent was to make clear this was an engineering issue, and shouldn't be thought of as a knee-jerk reaction.
While possibly a good idea, be prepared for the protesters. Specifically the group that complains every time a rocket blasts off carrying fissile material. What if it explodes on launch?
Also, expect a few wingnuts who complain about ruining the pristine landscape of the moon.
The same way that is stopped now with every other item you purchase. By complaining to the store and authorities, and by suing them if necessary. At the very least, stop going there and tell everyone you can.
Wow, nice subtle troll. I believe the French and Belgians would beg to differ with you.
Belgian cartographer Gerardus Mercator published the first modern atlas, Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, in 1570. He showed the Prime Meridian running through Antwerp. The Royal Observatory in Greenwich wasn't commissioned until 1675 -- 105 years later.
The Paris Observatory was commissioned in 1667 and completed in 1671, a good 4 years before the British even started on theirs.
The Greenwich line is used because when the vote was taken in 1884, over two-thirds of all ships and tonnage used it as the reference meridian on their maps. That is, British economic dominance was at its peak and most of the ships already used it. Oh, and it pissed off the French, which was always a plus to the Brits back then.
Fairly easy to detect, if you have access to the target machine multiple times.
Take bit-level snapshot of hard drive on first visit.
On subsequent visits, take bit-level snapshots and compare them. If the "random" data changes between snapshots, then something is touching it and your plausibility goes out the window.
Which is absurd. The only thing you really need to upgrade is the graphics card every now and then.
Which games are 64-bit and can (and do) take advantage of more than 4 Gb of RAM? Do they sell machines with less any more?
I haven't bumped into a lot of games that really tax my CPU if it is relatively recent. Just buy a good one for the initial machine and let it sit for 3-5 years until you actually do replace the whole machine.
Graphics cards are a different story. When the cycle come around and some new top-end card is released, the price drops on all the others. It is a great time to buy last year's top-end card. And if you stick with the same chipset maker (nVidia or ATI) you probably won't have anything more to do than pop out the old card and pop in the new one. Unified drivers make it that simple.
Swapping the graphics card is massively simpler than replacing all your software and stuff because you got a whole new machine.
Recess appointment are short-term fixes. Quoting your own link to Wikipedia:
To remain in effect a recess appointment must be approved by the Senate by the end of the next session of Congress, or the position becomes vacant again; in current practice this means that a recess appointment must be approved by roughly the end of the next calendar year.
In this case, the rules were written by NARA. And I speak from personal experience in this subject when I say they are truly Byzantine.
I've asked our records management attorneys a few times the simple questions of "is this a record" and "how long do I have to retain it". I usually leave in a daze and still don't know.
Of course, Nome isn't where they'd want to bring it across. That is just the nearest populated place. Looking at a map, there is a far radar station called "Tin City" that is at the tip of the Seward Peninsula and the closest landfall to the Diomede Islands. From there, we're still talking 150 miles over what looks to be marsh and mountains to Nome.
I agree that the numbers look seriously low-balled.
Let me explain something about D.C. They didn't crawl, they sprinted.
5 minutes after the all clear was given to get back in the buildings, everyone was heading home to "make sure the kids/pets were safe". Instead of the normal traffic mess at 4:30 p.m., it started at 2:20 p.m..
And if hurricane Irene passes anywhere this side of Bermuda, look for D.C. to be a ghost town as people "telecommute".
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In limited areas, yes.
If an island is uninhabited, I'm willing to venture a guess that the demand for high-speed network connectivity by residents is fairly low.
Here's the problem I have with your story. If the materials are such a big part of the cost, why does the $120 physical textbook have an e-book version that costs me $90? TO RENT! If I want to keep using it after the semester is over, I need to pay another $25.
Let me get this straight. It is lethal to living beings but makes them completely "clear".
I do believe this would solve a number of issues with Scientology. Adherents could become a "Clear" and achieve oneness with the great L. Ron all at once!
Xenu is quaking in his boots at the though.
Get it thru your head. It isn't the Category, it is the rain.
Read up on Hurricane Camille and what it did to Virginia as a Tropical Storm. Not even a Category 1, and that was after going full inland from Mississippi, up and then over the Appalachian Mountains.
You'd be awed at what a foot of rain, in mountainous terrain, over a period of about 4 hours will do.
The subject being "nuclear", reasonable opinions are unfortunately not the norm. Especially after the incident in Fukoshima, Japan.
I already responded to another post explaining that my intent was to make clear this was an engineering issue, and shouldn't be thought of as a knee-jerk reaction.
Good luck with your optimism, though. :-)
Physics is the same in both those places as here on Earth. Yes, they would work.
That's Phase 2.
A more accurate link would have been this.
I'm not arguing for complete negligence, but rather that this is an engineering issue that can be solved.
While possibly a good idea, be prepared for the protesters. Specifically the group that complains every time a rocket blasts off carrying fissile material. What if it explodes on launch?
Also, expect a few wingnuts who complain about ruining the pristine landscape of the moon.
The same way that is stopped now with every other item you purchase. By complaining to the store and authorities, and by suing them if necessary. At the very least, stop going there and tell everyone you can.
Fraud is a crime.
Exactly. Think Rolls Royce and Volvo. Both are big manufacturers of aircraft engines.
Marriage and procreation are two different things. Watch an episode of Jenny Jones, Montel Williams or Jerry Springer for details.
Wow, nice subtle troll. I believe the French and Belgians would beg to differ with you.
Belgian cartographer Gerardus Mercator published the first modern atlas, Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, in 1570. He showed the Prime Meridian running through Antwerp. The Royal Observatory in Greenwich wasn't commissioned until 1675 -- 105 years later.
The Paris Observatory was commissioned in 1667 and completed in 1671, a good 4 years before the British even started on theirs.
The Greenwich line is used because when the vote was taken in 1884, over two-thirds of all ships and tonnage used it as the reference meridian on their maps. That is, British economic dominance was at its peak and most of the ships already used it. Oh, and it pissed off the French, which was always a plus to the Brits back then.
How does it stack up against X-Plane or MS Flight Sim?
Does it support things like the Saitek Pro Flight Yoke, Pedals and switch panels?
The "features" page doesn't really cover stuff like that.
I just bought a brand new Matrox graphics card last month to handle 4-8 simultaneous displays.
I need to see if the support is provided by the MGA driver they are now dropping, or there is a newer driver with a different name.
Only if you're a Packers or Lions fan.
Fairly easy to detect, if you have access to the target machine multiple times.
Take bit-level snapshot of hard drive on first visit.
On subsequent visits, take bit-level snapshots and compare them. If the "random" data changes between snapshots, then something is touching it and your plausibility goes out the window.
Which is absurd. The only thing you really need to upgrade is the graphics card every now and then.
Which games are 64-bit and can (and do) take advantage of more than 4 Gb of RAM? Do they sell machines with less any more?
I haven't bumped into a lot of games that really tax my CPU if it is relatively recent. Just buy a good one for the initial machine and let it sit for 3-5 years until you actually do replace the whole machine.
Graphics cards are a different story. When the cycle come around and some new top-end card is released, the price drops on all the others. It is a great time to buy last year's top-end card. And if you stick with the same chipset maker (nVidia or ATI) you probably won't have anything more to do than pop out the old card and pop in the new one. Unified drivers make it that simple.
Swapping the graphics card is massively simpler than replacing all your software and stuff because you got a whole new machine.
No. I've so far defaulted to "keep EVERYTHING" until I can get -- in writing -- an opinion otherwise.
Recess appointment are short-term fixes. Quoting your own link to Wikipedia:
In this case, the rules were written by NARA. And I speak from personal experience in this subject when I say they are truly Byzantine.
I've asked our records management attorneys a few times the simple questions of "is this a record" and "how long do I have to retain it". I usually leave in a daze and still don't know.
Right. Which is it, then? Minesweeper, Solitaire or something on Facebook? :-)
Very informative. Thank you.
Of course, Nome isn't where they'd want to bring it across. That is just the nearest populated place. Looking at a map, there is a far radar station called "Tin City" that is at the tip of the Seward Peninsula and the closest landfall to the Diomede Islands. From there, we're still talking 150 miles over what looks to be marsh and mountains to Nome.
I agree that the numbers look seriously low-balled.
Let me explain something about D.C. They didn't crawl, they sprinted.
5 minutes after the all clear was given to get back in the buildings, everyone was heading home to "make sure the kids/pets were safe". Instead of the normal traffic mess at 4:30 p.m., it started at 2:20 p.m..
And if hurricane Irene passes anywhere this side of Bermuda, look for D.C. to be a ghost town as people "telecommute".