Apparently, fuel mileage is horrible, as they only got it out of our atmosphere with enough drive to get it to go a certain way.
No steering wheel... in fact, no steering at all.
The only radio it's equipped with is one with NASA, which mainly consists of things that remind you of 11th grade pre-calc, which makes CB in Iowa sound like the greatest radio station ever.
No brakes, which would definitely help when you get a little too close to a star.
No reverse. No park. Apparently, no stopping for a bathroom break or for lunch.
No legroom. No room for anyone period.
No Internet. The only computer on there has the processing power of a stapler.
No climate control, which would certainly help in -350 F temperatures in space.
The biggest plus I can think of that Pioneer 10 has with a car is cruise control. Of course, on Pioneer you can't turn it off.
Anyway, we should send another one out there to try to catch up with it and hook it up with a cable modem and it'll cut that time into a fourth...
Not like it matters, I think my TI-83 has more processing power than the Pioneer does. I heard that it has more processing power than the Eagle, the lander that first landed Neil Armstrong and "Buzz" Aldrin on the moon in 1969. Considering that Pioneer was only sent out three years later, I'm probably not too far off.
Maybe I should launch off my TI with an Estes rocket and call it Pioneer 10 Mark II?
The extraterrestrial life that finds Pioneer 10 might say something similiar. Their leader might say something along the lines of:
"Friends, collegues, I'm not as in tune with this foreign piece of equipment unlike some of you geniouses there in the back. I don't know about these diodes and this circuitry. I'm just an alien. This is strange. This spacecraft frieghtens me. This beeping, it's like black magic to me. I don't know how this thing flew around in the sky. It could be demons or ghosts, I don't know.
But you know what? Just in case, let's blow this mother****er up."
- Now that/.ers have built Quake weaponary, we must also figure out how to build the plasma rifle from the DOOM series. Maybe construct a set of modded paintballs with mini-light sticks in them to make them glow blue until they hit you, and it'll look just as cool.
- Check out the schems for the stun guns on howstuffworks.com and sodder it together instead of wasting your time with the circuit boards. Put it into a case in your jacket pocket and wire the contacts through the lining and down your sleeve. Wear a leather glove with the studded knuckles and hook them up (carefully, lest you zap yourself instead) to the metal studded knuckles. BRZAP - knocks 'em out with one punch. This is a lesson on How To Get That Amazingly Powerful Killing Punch From First-Person Shooters.
To try to put a black box in everyone's cars would cost more than anyone in England would care to pay taxes for on top of all the pretty dresses they buy the Queen and her family.
It would also run off the battery power of the car, which would cause everyone to buy new car batteries every five days, which no one would enjoy.
The computer mainframes to record all the stuff is ridiculous, considering how many they'd have to purchase (and the PSE&G price tag per month to run the damn things), and how would you bill it? Are you going to send a bill to the person the car is registered to? What if someone steals your car? What if you lend your car to someone?
And this is all on top of the debate about rich people vs. poor people. It's just a generally bad idea. If you want, kick the royal family out and that will save Britain millions each year from upkeep of the palace to the giant pointless banquets to the huge wardrobes that do no one good anyway.
Whoever thought of this must be smoking something heavily.
They now have the singing fish hacks availible at http://www.ai.mit.edu/~vona/bass/bass.html. They're funny as hell, especially when you consider all the funny things you can make it say.
My dad works for the letter carrier's union and if snail-mail dies, I'm out on the streets and I'll have to support myself through school and my company - which isn't going places right now...
Wow. Bush actually might be smart for once... sort of. He's contradicting himself completely from his campaign, so that looks pretty bad on his record. However, he may be saving a few lives here, which is a definite plus.
And for all those of you who have read "Is Our Children Learning?", you know that the author of that book is certain that Dick Cheney did NOT make this desicion!
I still can't believe that Bush did something smart. Wow.
Wonder if he'll make a speech... then I'll stop babbling about how smart he seems suddenly when he screws up all of his grammar.
*slaps himself in the forehead*
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The biggest plus I can think of that Pioneer 10 has with a car is cruise control. Of course, on Pioneer you can't turn it off.
Doesn't sound much unlike AOL on a 56k.
Anyway, we should send another one out there to try to catch up with it and hook it up with a cable modem and it'll cut that time into a fourth...
Not like it matters, I think my TI-83 has more processing power than the Pioneer does. I heard that it has more processing power than the Eagle, the lander that first landed Neil Armstrong and "Buzz" Aldrin on the moon in 1969. Considering that Pioneer was only sent out three years later, I'm probably not too far off.
Maybe I should launch off my TI with an Estes rocket and call it Pioneer 10 Mark II?
The extraterrestrial life that finds Pioneer 10 might say something similiar. Their leader might say something along the lines of:
"Friends, collegues, I'm not as in tune with this foreign piece of equipment unlike some of you geniouses there in the back. I don't know about these diodes and this circuitry. I'm just an alien. This is strange. This spacecraft frieghtens me. This beeping, it's like black magic to me. I don't know how this thing flew around in the sky. It could be demons or ghosts, I don't know.
But you know what? Just in case, let's blow this mother****er up."
That's right, children, advanced life forms.
- Now that /.ers have built Quake weaponary, we must also figure out how to build the plasma rifle from the DOOM series. Maybe construct a set of modded paintballs with mini-light sticks in them to make them glow blue until they hit you, and it'll look just as cool.
- Check out the schems for the stun guns on howstuffworks.com and sodder it together instead of wasting your time with the circuit boards. Put it into a case in your jacket pocket and wire the contacts through the lining and down your sleeve. Wear a leather glove with the studded knuckles and hook them up (carefully, lest you zap yourself instead) to the metal studded knuckles. BRZAP - knocks 'em out with one punch. This is a lesson on How To Get That Amazingly Powerful Killing Punch From First-Person Shooters.
What fun geeks really have! WOO!
You said it.
More like, haha, I'm an American. I'm commenting on Britain from across the sea, not commenting on Britain from a complete insiders point of view.
Whoopah.
To try to put a black box in everyone's cars would cost more than anyone in England would care to pay taxes for on top of all the pretty dresses they buy the Queen and her family.
It would also run off the battery power of the car, which would cause everyone to buy new car batteries every five days, which no one would enjoy.
The computer mainframes to record all the stuff is ridiculous, considering how many they'd have to purchase (and the PSE&G price tag per month to run the damn things), and how would you bill it? Are you going to send a bill to the person the car is registered to? What if someone steals your car? What if you lend your car to someone?
And this is all on top of the debate about rich people vs. poor people. It's just a generally bad idea. If you want, kick the royal family out and that will save Britain millions each year from upkeep of the palace to the giant pointless banquets to the huge wardrobes that do no one good anyway.
Whoever thought of this must be smoking something heavily.
They now have the singing fish hacks availible at http://www.ai.mit.edu/~vona/bass/bass.html. They're funny as hell, especially when you consider all the funny things you can make it say.
Make mine CowboyNeal!
-- Eddy Johnson
My dad works for the letter carrier's union and if snail-mail dies, I'm out on the streets and I'll have to support myself through school and my company - which isn't going places right now...
*rolls his eyes* Weird...
Damn, thought I had the fp, too.
Someone else who is interested and quotes Weezer when in doubt. =w=
Wow. Bush actually might be smart for once... sort of. He's contradicting himself completely from his campaign, so that looks pretty bad on his record. However, he may be saving a few lives here, which is a definite plus. And for all those of you who have read "Is Our Children Learning?", you know that the author of that book is certain that Dick Cheney did NOT make this desicion! I still can't believe that Bush did something smart. Wow. Wonder if he'll make a speech... then I'll stop babbling about how smart he seems suddenly when he screws up all of his grammar. *slaps himself in the forehead*