I type longer URLs in the search box to let google handle my typos. It's quicker and safer that way. God knows what lives at the other end of some of the URLs I've mangled.
If Google benefits, well good on them. I benefit too.
If the Skylon ever begins flying it will never be man-rated for one simple reason: engine unstart (hammer shock) is a safety of flight issue. This is one of the problems that killed NASP.
If one of the engines ever unstarts, it will suddenly become a drag producer instead of a thrust producer. With massive drag way out on the wing on one side of the aircraft and massive thrust way out on the wing on the other side, the Skylon will snap sideways to the airflow and be torn apart by aerodynamic forces.
The way the Skylon is now, I wouldn't invest in it and I wouldn't get in it.
One thing the West could do is send money, food, water, supplies, communication equipment, weapons, etc. to the rebel forces. I'm sure the CIA is contingency-planning this right now in case the President orders it. It could be quid-pro-quo deal, something like "there's a lot more of this if the oil fields keep pumping."
1. Norway 2. Australia 3. New Zealand 4. United States 5. Ireland 6. Liechtenstein 7. Netherlands 8. Canada 9. Sweden 10. Germany
From the link: "The Human Development Index (HDI) is a comparative measure of life expectancy, literacy, education and standards of living for countries worldwide."
Dogs, especially those bred for it, can be trained to sniff out explosives. The article makes it clear there's a minimum threshold for a bomb big enough to structurally damage an airplane, presumably the dogs can reliably find something at or below that threshold.
The shoebomber, the underwear bomber, and the ink cartridge bomb all used PETN which is difficult for dogs to scent due its low vapor output and stability.
Google "total solar irradiance" for direct satellite measurements of solar output from 1978 to the present. Compare to temperature records over the same period. Then re-evaluate your trust in a source that tells you something you can prove false in a matter of seconds.
For those who don't have a few seconds free, here ya go:
It will show that Americans care more about comedy than about politics. Why would it be surprising in a country where only a small percentage of the people vote?
..which makes sense since most Americans think that politics is a joke.
One of the people quoted in TFA thinks it might be due to increased CO2. I have a hard time buying that. Because it's heavy, it's hard to get CO2 into the thermosphere. It would be tough to get an in situ measurement of CO2 and it's ionization products with any existing instrument[.]
I think the quote was referring to CO2 in the lower atmosphere trapping thermal energy there and keeping it from reaching the upper atmosphere. This effect cools the upper atmosphere and the thermosphere, causing contraction. The climate models predict the drop in temperature and upper atmosphere measurements back it up. However it appears the contraction predictions need a bit more work.
Since we're on the topic, I'll tell you what the biggest weakness is of the IPCC report WGI (which is more reliable): it doesn't establish anywhere that computer models are accurate. This is understandable, because really they aren't. Unfortunately so much of the case for global warming comes from computer models. If you take away their predictions, then most of the serious problems of global warming go away.
Sorry, that myth has been comprehensively debunked. Here is one of many debunkings written by climate scientists:
The climate models I am running on climateprediction.net begin in 1820. They do that to correlate the various models with the climate record since 1820. Only models that show a good correlation are used to predict the future. There are plenty of links on the site showing this correlation, take a peek.
Unfortunately, nuclear bombs don't produce useful energy. We've had nuclear bombs for decades, but other than a deterrent against enemies, they're really not very useful devices.
This is new, unprecedented, and totally destructive to good governance.
I don't really disagree with you, but it's not quite that bad. From your Wikepedia link:
"In the 2007-08 session of Congress, there were 112 cloture votes and some have used this number to argue an increase in the number of filibusters occurring in recent times. However, the Senate leadership has increasingly utilized cloture as a routine tool to manage the flow of business, even in the absence of any apparent filibuster. For these reasons, the presence or absence of cloture attempts cannot be taken as a reliable guide to the presence or absence of a filibuster."
When the SSID is hidden, clients broadcast the SSID in search of the wireless LAN wherever they are. This tells attackers about your laptop.
Many people's laptops do this regardless of the setting on the access point. This is the default in XP. You have to make sure the "Connect even if the network is not broadcasting" box is unchecked to turn off client broadcasting. In Vista and I believe W7 this is off by default.
But a test vehicle for what? What are the ultimate objectives of the program?
Among other things, it could be used as a platform to carry and move spy satellites. Due to the limited amount of fuel they carry the orbits of spy satellites are predictable and expensive to change. The military could use this as a way to give existing spy satellites greater flexibility on orbit, leaving a satellite in orbit and flying back periodically to refuel, or returning to earth with the satellite and relaunching later. It might even be used to re-direct orbits of existing satellites to extend their useful lifetime.
I once spoke to an artist in a market fair. She was selling paintings and prints of paintings.
I was thinking of buying a painting from her. I asked if I would have the right to make prints of the painting I bought. She said I wouldn't - the rights remained with her.
I did not buy her painting.
Why this attitude from artists?
Of course you don't have the rights to copy her work. Otherwise you could go into business competing against her, selling copies of work she created with no artistic contribution by you whatsoever. Why is this confusing?
If you want any respect for your opinions you might want to rethink your use of the Daily Mail as a reference. Their wild accusations and sensationalist reporting are legendary. Here is an excellent rebuttal of the exaggerations in your link:
For cars, both Ford and Saab have built V-4s. V-4s are more common for motorcycles though because an inline engine makes the engine too wide (motorcycle engines sit sideways in the chassis). Honda, Yamaha, Suzuki, Ducati and Aprilia all have V-4s in their motorcycles.
A park you say... I've heard rumors of this place. Please, tell me more.
It's in that big room with the blue ceiling! It's kind of a big room so you may have to pack a lunch if you want to go all the way to the park. One annoying thing - I've looked high and low and I've never found the dimmer switch for that damn light.
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I type longer URLs in the search box to let google handle my typos. It's quicker and safer that way. God knows what lives at the other end of some of the URLs I've mangled.
If Google benefits, well good on them. I benefit too.
If the Skylon ever begins flying it will never be man-rated for one simple reason: engine unstart (hammer shock) is a safety of flight issue. This is one of the problems that killed NASP.
If one of the engines ever unstarts, it will suddenly become a drag producer instead of a thrust producer. With massive drag way out on the wing on one side of the aircraft and massive thrust way out on the wing on the other side, the Skylon will snap sideways to the airflow and be torn apart by aerodynamic forces.
The way the Skylon is now, I wouldn't invest in it and I wouldn't get in it.
More likely it was trichinosis, which is still a problem in developing countries:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trichinosis/
Nobody knew what caused it until the 1800's, but the ancients did know that pork was involved.
Here's one:
http://www.nasa.gov/images/content/136214main_BlueMarble_2005_west.jpg
And here's another (seriously, download it!):
http://www.google.com/earth/index.html
Enjoy!
One thing the West could do is send money, food, water, supplies, communication equipment, weapons, etc. to the rebel forces. I'm sure the CIA is contingency-planning this right now in case the President orders it. It could be quid-pro-quo deal, something like "there's a lot more of this if the oil fields keep pumping."
This meme gets repeated so often on slashdot it almost seems like the truth.
Almost.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_Human_Development_Index
1. Norway
2. Australia
3. New Zealand
4. United States
5. Ireland
6. Liechtenstein
7. Netherlands
8. Canada
9. Sweden
10. Germany
From the link: "The Human Development Index (HDI) is a comparative measure of life expectancy, literacy, education and standards of living for countries worldwide."
The shoebomber, the underwear bomber, and the ink cartridge bomb all used PETN which is difficult for dogs to scent due its low vapor output and stability.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pentaerythritol_tetranitrate
From the wiki article:
For those who don't have a few seconds free, here ya go:
Insolation record 1975-2006 (see the black irradiance curve):
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Solar-cycle-data.png
Global temperatures 1880-2008:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f4/Instrumental_Temperature_Record.png
I think the quote was referring to CO2 in the lower atmosphere trapping thermal energy there and keeping it from reaching the upper atmosphere. This effect cools the upper atmosphere and the thermosphere, causing contraction. The climate models predict the drop in temperature and upper atmosphere measurements back it up. However it appears the contraction predictions need a bit more work.
Sorry, that myth has been comprehensively debunked. Here is one of many debunkings written by climate scientists:
climate-myths-we-cant-trust-computer-models
The climate models I am running on climateprediction.net begin in 1820. They do that to correlate the various models with the climate record since 1820. Only models that show a good correlation are used to predict the future. There are plenty of links on the site showing this correlation, take a peek.
The Russians might disagree with that:
http://www.livescience.com/technology/russia-nuke-gulf-oil-well-100512.html
I don't really disagree with you, but it's not quite that bad. From your Wikepedia link:
"In the 2007-08 session of Congress, there were 112 cloture votes and some have used this number to argue an increase in the number of filibusters occurring in recent times. However, the Senate leadership has increasingly utilized cloture as a routine tool to manage the flow of business, even in the absence of any apparent filibuster. For these reasons, the presence or absence of cloture attempts cannot be taken as a reliable guide to the presence or absence of a filibuster."
Oh please. That thing is clearly a triangular weather balloon viewed from below, like this one.
Any platform aspiring to the POSIX standard uses 8-bit bytes which pretty much means everybody, but it wasn't always that way:
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2098149/what-platforms-have-something-other-than-8-bit-char
A lot of the embedded stuff like DSPs use 16 or 32-bit bytes. If you own the processing stream you can pretty much do what you want inside of it.
Many people's laptops do this regardless of the setting on the access point. This is the default in XP. You have to make sure the "Connect even if the network is not broadcasting" box is unchecked to turn off client broadcasting. In Vista and I believe W7 this is off by default.
China owns the TLD .cn. Since country TLDs are controlled by the country I'm sure if Google leaves China they will lose the URL.
Currently the main Google page outside of China appears to be www.google.com/intl/zh-CN/.
Among other things, it could be used as a platform to carry and move spy satellites. Due to the limited amount of fuel they carry the orbits of spy satellites are predictable and expensive to change. The military could use this as a way to give existing spy satellites greater flexibility on orbit, leaving a satellite in orbit and flying back periodically to refuel, or returning to earth with the satellite and relaunching later. It might even be used to re-direct orbits of existing satellites to extend their useful lifetime.
FTFY.
Of course you don't have the rights to copy her work. Otherwise you could go into business competing against her, selling copies of work she created with no artistic contribution by you whatsoever. Why is this confusing?
Of course! That way they can have their cake and eat it too.
If you want any respect for your opinions you might want to rethink your use of the Daily Mail as a reference. Their wild accusations and sensationalist reporting are legendary. Here is an excellent rebuttal of the exaggerations in your link:
http://deepclimate.org/2010/01/11/mojib-latif-slams-daily-mail/
And here is a climate scientist's view of the whole "email-gate" affair:
http://www.realclimate.org/index.php/archives/2009/11/the-cru-hack/
V-4 engines certainly do exist.
For cars, both Ford and Saab have built V-4s. V-4s are more common for motorcycles though because an inline engine makes the engine too wide (motorcycle engines sit sideways in the chassis). Honda, Yamaha, Suzuki, Ducati and Aprilia all have V-4s in their motorcycles.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V4_engine
There have also been a number of V-2 engines. The only V engine I have not heard of below 16 are V-14s.
It's in that big room with the blue ceiling! It's kind of a big room so you may have to pack a lunch if you want to go all the way to the park. One annoying thing - I've looked high and low and I've never found the dimmer switch for that damn light.