User: KransHopeson

Re:Terraforming Mars?

On: NASA Wants To Invade Mars With Glowing JellyPlants

I think that if Mars were shown to have no life whatsoever, it would a terrible waste to not make use of it to the fullest extent possible.

What, like stripmining it to get those useful iron oxides, then using the iron to build starships?

Re:Why didn't they...

On: Scramjet Test Flight Less Than Successful

> Well, first once a rocket is lit, it will consume all fuel, period.

Only solid-fuel rockets. The scram-jet is a liquid-fuel system (as far as I know). I'm sure the Space Shuttle can turn on and off its engines whenever it likes.

Re:In the words of Robert Goddard

On: Scramjet Test Flight Less Than Successful

The most important piece of technical information to know about the result of a multi-billion dollar technology research project, I'm sure.

Not.

What's the point?

On: "Encounter 2001" To Send Human DNA To Space

The article said that "part of your DNA" would be sent. What good is just a part? Even if all the different parts added up to a full genome, it still wouldn't be sufficient to "clone" a human.

Anyway, how are we certain that an aliens know what DNA is, or how to decode it? Or that the DNA would last however many millenia it would take for the probe to get to the "aliens"?

Those people worried about being cloned by malicious aliens seem paranoid. ;-)

Re:silly name...

On: MP3Pro Released

> Im sure you all can name a few more...

AGP Pro?

Re:What is quality?

On: MP3Pro Released

> I'd say let's go for Ogg.

I agree. Go for Ogg. Maybe it could get the same success in the compressed audio field that Apache has in the Web Server one.

Open Source is good, because you can see how the software works, if you want.

Microsofts claim that Open Source stifles innovation is ludicrous. Look at the success of Apache, PHP, MySQL... the list goes on and on.

Maybe they mean that Open Source stifles their profits...?