No shit. What the hell do you think patents are for? They may or may not be socially desireable, but don't lose sight of the fact that they are government-granted monopolies. Preventing competition is what they are all about (Licensees are not competitors. They are customers.)
Chances are the cockroach has changed in minor ways- because their environment has. But the fact is- they were near perfect design for the niche to begin with- they haven't had to change much.
We know only that their gross skeletal anatomy has not changed much. At the cellular level they may have changed quite a lot due to environmental changes such as new viruses, bacteria, and environmental toxins.
Same with Vostok- if an organism is of near perfect design for that environment- they could very well stay more-or-less the same for billions of years. Any derivitive from the optimal design would be a move away from it.
While evolution would be slow in such a small, cold environment it would still occur. One of the most important features of the environment of most organisms is other organisms, and those other organisms can spontaneously develop characteristics that make what was an optimal design suboptimal. For example, it is likely that the mechanisms that cockroaches used for disposing of neurotoxins for millions of years are no longer optimal.
Physically cockroaches look the same today as they did millions of years ago because they are a pretty darn good-design that can't be improved upon for any of the environments that have come and gone since.
While their carapaces may look the same there could be (and probably are) many substantial changes at the cellular and/or organ level.
This is not a swarm of robots cooperating. It's a single computer remotely operating a bunch of quadrotors. Impressive, but not what you imply that it is.
Jet fuel is cheaper than rockets. There are rumors of a rocket-driven bunker buster for the F35 (which obviously couldn't carry a 15 tonner). This thing will be supersonic when it hits, though.
No. They already have bombs that carry much more explosive. The point of this thing is to penetrate deeply due high kinetic energy (it will be well into the supersonic when it hits). The idea is to set off a "moderate" charge down near the bunker. A much larger one near the surface would not be nearly as effective (and two moderate ones even less so).
It carries "only" 5,300 lbs of explosive. The "bigger" bomb probably would not carry any more explosive: just more weight to make it penetrate deeper.
There are other approaches, such as intelligent rocket-propelled bombs that smash through blast doors by brute force (that doesn't require all that much weight) and then blast their way down tunnels with rockets, bouncing off the walls and smashing through walls and doors. They wouldn't be as spectacular as these but might be more effective (if you can find an entrance to aim them at). The USA may have these and not be talking about them.
Seems to me that hiding all the entrances to a tunnel complex where heavy industrial operations are being carried out would be difficult.
The LCLS isn't really a laser. It's a coherent synchrotron radiation source. But yes, intense x-rays are required to knock electrons out of the inner shells of the neon atoms.
Thank you for this. I do not own and do not expect to own an AR15 but I may make one of these just so that I can violate Federal law in yet another way (if it is in fact true that possession of the part is illegal. If not I won't bother). And no, I won't make it out of ABS on a "3D printer".
Assuming that the issue is infringement of the copyright on the things as sculpture, he was creating derivatives. That's one of the exclusive rights of the copyright owner. It's as if he took your novel, changed the names of a few characters, added a chapter, and published.
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No shit. What the hell do you think patents are for? They may or may not be socially desireable, but don't lose sight of the fact that they are government-granted monopolies. Preventing competition is what they are all about (Licensees are not competitors. They are customers.)
Why?
We know only that their gross skeletal anatomy has not changed much. At the cellular level they may have changed quite a lot due to environmental changes such as new viruses, bacteria, and environmental toxins.
While evolution would be slow in such a small, cold environment it would still occur. One of the most important features of the environment of most organisms is other organisms, and those other organisms can spontaneously develop characteristics that make what was an optimal design suboptimal. For example, it is likely that the mechanisms that cockroaches used for disposing of neurotoxins for millions of years are no longer optimal.
While their carapaces may look the same there could be (and probably are) many substantial changes at the cellular and/or organ level.
When you started using Microsoft Windows.
> ...for nontrivial things.
But we're talking about Facebook.
If you don't have a Facebook account how can you be "tagged"?
Probably because they are human. Humans are not rational.
Of course they will. They can die. And they will.
> /. needs to avoid publishing nonsense...
Half the articles would vanish (and 3/4 of the comments).
This is not a swarm of robots cooperating. It's a single computer remotely operating a bunch of quadrotors. Impressive, but not what you imply that it is.
> Drop two of the smaller bombs. Better yet, drop 3 or 4.
Thereby making 3 or four holes near the surface, leaving the bunker unharmed. The goal is to penetrate deeply, not to make a bigger bang.
Jet fuel is cheaper than rockets. There are rumors of a rocket-driven bunker buster for the F35 (which obviously couldn't carry a 15 tonner). This thing will be supersonic when it hits, though.
No. They already have bombs that carry much more explosive. The point of this thing is to penetrate deeply due high kinetic energy (it will be well into the supersonic when it hits). The idea is to set off a "moderate" charge down near the bunker. A much larger one near the surface would not be nearly as effective (and two moderate ones even less so).
It carries "only" 5,300 lbs of explosive. The "bigger" bomb probably would not carry any more explosive: just more weight to make it penetrate deeper.
There are other approaches, such as intelligent rocket-propelled bombs that smash through blast doors by brute force (that doesn't require all that much weight) and then blast their way down tunnels with rockets, bouncing off the walls and smashing through walls and doors. They wouldn't be as spectacular as these but might be more effective (if you can find an entrance to aim them at). The USA may have these and not be talking about them.
Seems to me that hiding all the entrances to a tunnel complex where heavy industrial operations are being carried out would be difficult.
Close your FaceBook account.
> Apple already screen it for you.
Don't you mean Apple already sold it for you?
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A resonator is not an essential feature of a laser (Light Amplification by Stimulated emission of Radiation).
The LCLS isn't really a laser. It's a coherent synchrotron radiation source. But yes, intense x-rays are required to knock electrons out of the inner shells of the neon atoms.
Bullshit. No one has to have a Google account.
Thank you for this. I do not own and do not expect to own an AR15 but I may make one of these just so that I can violate Federal law in yet another way (if it is in fact true that possession of the part is illegal. If not I won't bother). And no, I won't make it out of ABS on a "3D printer".
Assuming that the issue is infringement of the copyright on the things as sculpture, he was creating derivatives. That's one of the exclusive rights of the copyright owner. It's as if he took your novel, changed the names of a few characters, added a chapter, and published.
Why do you want to hurt horses?