One problem, IMO, is if they had stuck with the evil Dr Smith, at some point Maj West would have just killed the SOB while the rest applauded. As the bumbling Dr Smith, he could get by with more without getting killed.
I seriously doubt that any spy, agent or terrorist carries along encrypted plans. Even plans are not communicated. This has been understood for well over a thousand years of warfare. At best, there are a series of code words which are clues to events, but alone, are meaningless. Hence, if you are going to go through with a plan, you might communicate, "The match is on." But even that is suspicious. Probably something more along the lines of quoting some obscure text.
Venus's surface is around 460C (860F). Robotic probes sent to take photos of the surface melt. It's like the automatically cleaning cycle on decent ovens all the time. If you're looking at the moons further out, you're dealing with extreme cold. Mars is the only viable place beyond the moon based on how we can deal with the extreme temperatures. We also need gravity to be just right for any extended period, without which, we'll suffer with massive health problems.
Life is space isn't as easy as jumping on a spaceship and carrying on like it's a shopping mall. Forget the crap you see in TV and movies.
Are the outer moons any colder than the dark side of our moon? Not saying it would be practical, after all, we don't exactly have houses on our moon, or Mars, either. Just that they're not much worse than our moon or Mars.
I don't think Venus would be feasible. Too hot! However, there's still various asteroids and moons. Maybe even Pluto. Other than the distance, they'd be as feasible as our moon or Mars.
There was a long stretch when I would look for something to watch and see nothing but reality & sitcoms. It is a lot better now, and I've dropped several otherwise good shows just because I don't have time to watch them, but for awhile my evening entertainment consisted of surfing the web and yelling at Bill O'Reilly.
The last time I used my phone to find a route, it gave me something which I didn't think looked right. So, I went the way I thought was right, and found that though the phone's directions would have gotten me there, my directions were more direct and quicker.
Advertising works, but not necessarily the way they plan. One ad did a great job convincing me to buy a remedy for indigestion. The only problem is, they were trying to sell car insurance!
I once made a tongue in cheek remark that the best thing about election years was that they temporarily bumped off the stupid drug ads for the stupid political ads.
My GF's phone provider advertised "unlimited" and in the same ad mentioned "1 GB data". IMHO, it should be illegal to advertise "unlimited", since there's no such thing.
Ironically, I've been having wifi problems on my Win 10 desktop. It's fine on my iStuff, my Kindle, and even my W8 laptop, but it goes down every so often on my w10 desktop.
I've been considering getting a replacement for an aging laptop. My experiences installing Linux have been variable, even on desktops, so I'm thinking about pre-installed. Does anyone have any experience with those? Are System 76 or EmperorLinux any good?
Win ME, Vista, and 8 reeked of incompetence. Win 10 smells more of evil. Granted, it probably won't drive Joe Sixpack to the good side, but it bugs me more than those previous Microsoft failures did.
Fighting off a knife-wielding attacker hand-to-hand is one of the most dangerous things you can do. There is a reason the police are authorized to shoot at assailants that are charging at them with a blade. That's also why tazers were invented, to incapacitate them at a long-enough range.
Also, I don't buy that the restaurant staff subdued the methhead bare-handed, and the article doesn't even give a hint. There's plenty of objects in a restaurant that can be used to subdue someone holding a knife, such as trays, chairs, or, gasp, a big kitchen knife.
That's in Australia. The proper response to someone pulling a knife on you there is to look at their knife, sneer at them, and pull out your gigantic blade saying, "This is a knife".
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And by then, everyone's forgotten about the series and started watching something else, and the networks wonder why the viewership has plummeted.
One problem, IMO, is if they had stuck with the evil Dr Smith, at some point Maj West would have just killed the SOB while the rest applauded. As the bumbling Dr Smith, he could get by with more without getting killed.
Do the "unlimited" vacation people work for AT&T/Verizon?
We need to declare war on "wars".
I seriously doubt that any spy, agent or terrorist carries along encrypted plans. Even plans are not communicated. This has been understood for well over a thousand years of warfare. At best, there are a series of code words which are clues to events, but alone, are meaningless. Hence, if you are going to go through with a plan, you might communicate, "The match is on." But even that is suspicious. Probably something more along the lines of quoting some obscure text.
"Winter is coming".
Venus's surface is around 460C (860F). Robotic probes sent to take photos of the surface melt. It's like the automatically cleaning cycle on decent ovens all the time. If you're looking at the moons further out, you're dealing with extreme cold. Mars is the only viable place beyond the moon based on how we can deal with the extreme temperatures. We also need gravity to be just right for any extended period, without which, we'll suffer with massive health problems.
Life is space isn't as easy as jumping on a spaceship and carrying on like it's a shopping mall. Forget the crap you see in TV and movies.
Are the outer moons any colder than the dark side of our moon? Not saying it would be practical, after all, we don't exactly have houses on our moon, or Mars, either. Just that they're not much worse than our moon or Mars.
I don't think Venus would be feasible. Too hot! However, there's still various asteroids and moons. Maybe even Pluto. Other than the distance, they'd be as feasible as our moon or Mars.
If you're going from Mexico to Texas, you know you can breathe the air, drink the water, and eat the food. You can't do that on Uranus (or even Mars).
There was a long stretch when I would look for something to watch and see nothing but reality & sitcoms. It is a lot better now, and I've dropped several otherwise good shows just because I don't have time to watch them, but for awhile my evening entertainment consisted of surfing the web and yelling at Bill O'Reilly.
IMO, product placement is much better than interrupting the content every few minutes to try to sell some crappy product.
The last time I used my phone to find a route, it gave me something which I didn't think looked right. So, I went the way I thought was right, and found that though the phone's directions would have gotten me there, my directions were more direct and quicker.
Maybe we'll have autonomous cars on Mars. Should be easier, without existing traffic and people to worry about.
Advertising works, but not necessarily the way they plan. One ad did a great job convincing me to buy a remedy for indigestion. The only problem is, they were trying to sell car insurance!
I once made a tongue in cheek remark that the best thing about election years was that they temporarily bumped off the stupid drug ads for the stupid political ads.
My GF's phone provider advertised "unlimited" and in the same ad mentioned "1 GB data". IMHO, it should be illegal to advertise "unlimited", since there's no such thing.
Is this Batman? Or Fatman?
Have you ever read the ingredients of prepackaged food? Hint: it doesn't contain just one ingredient.
What's bad is when the first ingredient that I recognize as food is halfway down the list.
Ironically, I've been having wifi problems on my Win 10 desktop. It's fine on my iStuff, my Kindle, and even my W8 laptop, but it goes down every so often on my w10 desktop.
A real security upgrade would replace Windows with Linux.
With a minimum of "S" sounds.
Reflexes? Maybe. But in running speed, we're slightly ahead of an ambitious turtle. Even one of those tiny dogs with 2 inch legs can outrun us.
1. Ubuntu is still better than Windows 10.
2. You could always try Fedora/Debian/Slackware/FreeBSD.
I've been considering getting a replacement for an aging laptop. My experiences installing Linux have been variable, even on desktops, so I'm thinking about pre-installed. Does anyone have any experience with those? Are System 76 or EmperorLinux any good?
Win ME, Vista, and 8 reeked of incompetence. Win 10 smells more of evil. Granted, it probably won't drive Joe Sixpack to the good side, but it bugs me more than those previous Microsoft failures did.
Fighting off a knife-wielding attacker hand-to-hand is one of the most dangerous things you can do. There is a reason the police are authorized to shoot at assailants that are charging at them with a blade. That's also why tazers were invented, to incapacitate them at a long-enough range.
Also, I don't buy that the restaurant staff subdued the methhead bare-handed, and the article doesn't even give a hint. There's plenty of objects in a restaurant that can be used to subdue someone holding a knife, such as trays, chairs, or, gasp, a big kitchen knife.
That's in Australia. The proper response to someone pulling a knife on you there is to look at their knife, sneer at them, and pull out your gigantic blade saying, "This is a knife".