the x-15 never reached its design goals because a hypersonic shockwave burned a hole through the ventral fin on flight #199 and nearly destroyed the aircraft.
the x-15 had to use an ablative coating to survive the heat because material sciences could not provide sufficient heat resistance
note that one had a fuel expl0sion and one became a smoking hole somewhere out west
...because the psychometrist who is in room with you (one on one) governs the speed of the test. IIRC, mine took about 4 hours. I guess you weren't manipulating very many 3d objects and that sort of thing.
...let me connect through "TIA" (The Internet Adapter) to a SLIP connection using Trumpet Winsock and the winsock.dll files I downloaded from one of my favorite local boards.
Not to support crazy science fiction ideas, but I do remember -a while back- an article that discussed a "plasma" field that could be created around a spaceship (or whatever) that could exert force on objects entering that field. I recall that the author stated it was a neat thing to see with the eye, and the scientists who created it were sticking their fingers into it. It wasn't strong enough to do anything but make a tingling sensation, and it glowed a blue color if I remember correctly
(quotes around plasma because I can't remember the term they used)
I can't conceive how it will function as a primary power source because of the mechanics that would be necessary to start the process.
In the same manner, you won't have a "neutral" since it probably can't be turned off and on rapidly for docking maneuvers, et al. Perhaps it could use buckets like a jetski (or any jet aircraft using clamshell reversers), but I wonder how well it reacts to a high backpressure created by such a device....
Maybe we'll get to see some of that great KABOOM action when these things explode or when two boats collide!
Well, ask any pilot who has flown a GPS approach (albeit nonprecision like a localizer approach, while ILS is a precision approach) what he used for primary navigation.
I went to college in california, and I later moved to one of the deeper layers of hell (Atlanta, GA) for a job. Talk about shocked, what KROQ is playing today won't make it through the sludge (the south) for another 3-4 months. Even the Clear Channel stations have this lag.
I don't like all music played by stations like KROQ and O-Rock (Orlando - I'm in grad school in daytona beach now) but at least you have "new" music.
I'm always perusing Live105 (SFO) and KROQ for new songs that will never even make it to the south (I like subsonic on Live105).
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As long as I'm writing a new message, let me talk about 96.7 The Buzz; in Peachtree City outside of Atlanta. Clear channel has one of it's power stations (96.1) in the market, but opened up this station under the guise of a small family owned (the pot smoking DJ's uncle bought it for him) station that plays new music.
Well, the music is still always a month old and plays crap compared to the stations it attempts to imitate. Mind you, there are no Clear Channel adverts on the station, but it slams the other rock station (99x) in the market with hostile adverts without a peep about it's CC bretheren.
That is just pure evil on the part of clear channel if you ask me. Damn the FCC to hell.
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the x-15 never reached its design goals because a hypersonic shockwave burned a hole through the ventral fin on flight #199 and nearly destroyed the aircraft.
the x-15 had to use an ablative coating to survive the heat because material sciences could not provide sufficient heat resistance
note that one had a fuel expl0sion and one became a smoking hole somewhere out west
oh yeah, and it never made it into orbit
geez, how wonderfully superior to the shuttle...
that thing ran Win95 with 4 megs of ram and no FPU.
Win 3.1 on it was a dream when I first bought it...
Such dear memories
take the reciprocal of that numberand you get how many seconds since the original slashdot debut of this topic
His statement is completely and totally incorrect.
FGCS-Selective Availability Removal
President Turns Off GPS Selective Availability
To be critical, how many cosmonauts wound up crinkled by accident?
I'll take my chanced with rutan's glider; those parachute cords get tangled too easily.
...because the psychometrist who is in room with you (one on one) governs the speed of the test. IIRC, mine took about 4 hours. I guess you weren't manipulating very many 3d objects and that sort of thing.
...let me connect through "TIA" (The Internet Adapter) to a SLIP connection using Trumpet Winsock and the winsock.dll files I downloaded from one of my favorite local boards.
Am I the only person who thought this was a post about dropping tabs of acid?
I mean, who is Hyatt anyway?
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=00/07/25/163522 8&mode=thread
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Force Fields And Plasma Shields Get Closer
Posted by timothy on 03:23 AM July 26th, 2000
from the use-half-power-for-melting-butter dept.
http://www.space.com/businesstechnology/technolog
Not to support crazy science fiction ideas, but I do remember -a while back- an article that discussed a "plasma" field that could be created around a spaceship (or whatever) that could exert force on objects entering that field. I recall that the author stated it was a neat thing to see with the eye, and the scientists who created it were sticking their fingers into it. It wasn't strong enough to do anything but make a tingling sensation, and it glowed a blue color if I remember correctly
(quotes around plasma because I can't remember the term they used)
at airnav.com you can browse by state, search by city, etc...
Intersections are 5 letter designations...
on the VOR DME 36L the initial approach fix is the DISNY intersection; there is also a "GOOFY four arrival" and a "MINEE three arrival."
on departures to the north, the first intersection you'll cross is GUANO
North's newest book, Mission Compromised talks about the proliferation of an encrypted communications device like the one in question.
ummm soho is in new york?
SOuth of HOuston street...
Remember how long it took to reinstate the STS program after the Challenger Incident?
What are the chances NASA will send up STS 108 on schedule?
Will they use the soyuz emergency capsule to return earthside?
God rest their souls...
mmmmm... Flipper...
I get so hungry when I go to SeaWorld.
(mahi mahi is for hippies)
I can't conceive how it will function as a primary power source because of the mechanics that would be necessary to start the process.
In the same manner, you won't have a "neutral" since it probably can't be turned off and on rapidly for docking maneuvers, et al. Perhaps it could use buckets like a jetski (or any jet aircraft using clamshell reversers), but I wonder how well it reacts to a high backpressure created by such a device....
Maybe we'll get to see some of that great KABOOM action when these things explode or when two boats collide!
these are more realistic
1. Invent electromagnetic ship docking system
2. Call it a tractor beam!
3. ???
4. Profit!!!!
they can learn what ??? is from the RIAA and Iridium
Well, ask any pilot who has flown a GPS approach (albeit nonprecision like a localizer approach, while ILS is a precision approach) what he used for primary navigation.
ah... rememeber those 5 drums of thinwire coaxial we used to use for network storage back in the day? latency and storage? same thing.
I think it works kinda like that...
or precaching the wrong page:
Wow! that's fast, too bad it isn't the page I wanted to see
I know a lot of people who found their MCSE cert's in a CrackerJax box.
I went to college in california, and I later moved to one of the deeper layers of hell (Atlanta, GA) for a job. Talk about shocked, what KROQ is playing today won't make it through the sludge (the south) for another 3-4 months. Even the Clear Channel stations have this lag.
I don't like all music played by stations like KROQ and O-Rock (Orlando - I'm in grad school in daytona beach now) but at least you have "new" music.
I'm always perusing Live105 (SFO) and KROQ for new songs that will never even make it to the south (I like subsonic on Live105).
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As long as I'm writing a new message, let me talk about 96.7 The Buzz; in Peachtree City outside of Atlanta. Clear channel has one of it's power stations (96.1) in the market, but opened up this station under the guise of a small family owned (the pot smoking DJ's uncle bought it for him) station that plays new music.
Well, the music is still always a month old and plays crap compared to the stations it attempts to imitate. Mind you, there are no Clear Channel adverts on the station, but it slams the other rock station (99x) in the market with hostile adverts without a peep about it's CC bretheren.
That is just pure evil on the part of clear channel if you ask me. Damn the FCC to hell.
Some college radio startions are starting to use RCFM because it is a great deal cheaper than a low power transmitter in the educational band...
Too bad it's range is 500 feet so you really can't hear it off campus...
Do you how a CEO pictures his company's health insurance plan in his mind?
It's a way to increase worker productivity.
It has nothing to do caring for the workers needs. You might not like unions, but someone has to keep the life-sucking monsters at bay.
Oh yeah, rent isn't that low in vegas anymore...