They're doing CG Yoda so Yoda can show why he's the master... in battle... with duel lightsabers (not those wimpy double ones the Sith use either - two separate lightsabers, at once, with all of his skills in the Force, too)
The only Jedi that is supposed to come close to Yoda in his fighting skills is Mace Windu, and he's pretty badass... as you'll see in Episode II.
BTW, the other reason is that Lucas thought Yoda looked weird in Episode I as the only muppet... Just watch him talk and compare it to any of the other characters. It becomes *really* obvious he's a muppet, and looks fake.
I think it was the Air Force that did this from its high-altitude research balloons. (NASA hadn't even been created yet)
I think the guy (IIRC they only did this once) did get a bit of frostbite on some of his fingers/toes and did have a bit of low-pressure whatzit, but didn't die and didn't have any really major health problems.
The ceramic tiles on the space shuttle heat up because of air resistance almost entirely from its orbital velocity, not its vertical velocity due to gravity. (Vertical velocity much much smaller than its horizontal/orbital velocity)
As far as I can tell, registered memory is a little better for servers or workstations with very high memory loads.
Taken from Crucial's memory glossary: Registered memory Registers delay memory information for one clock cycle to ensure all communication from the chipset is collected by the clock edge, providing a controlled delay on heavily loaded memories.
Mainly because it's the first 2001 date in ISO format that can be found in pi. Specifically, between the 2771405th and 2771418th digits (counting the 3). The obligatory link to the actual decimals.
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Mesa think yousa joake naut foonie.
See the fight between Dooku and Yoda? They couldn't figure out how to do it realistically with muppets, so Yoda is CG in Episode II.
Jar Jar's a senator in Episode II. You'll be seeing a lot of him.
They're doing CG Yoda so Yoda can show why he's the master... in battle... with duel lightsabers (not those wimpy double ones the Sith use either - two separate lightsabers, at once, with all of his skills in the Force, too)
The only Jedi that is supposed to come close to Yoda in his fighting skills is Mace Windu, and he's pretty badass... as you'll see in Episode II.
BTW, the other reason is that Lucas thought Yoda looked weird in Episode I as the only muppet... Just watch him talk and compare it to any of the other characters. It becomes *really* obvious he's a muppet, and looks fake.
Xenu's not Unix
And it's really just a crappy ohm/skin resistance meter.
I thought that was all governments...
Scientologists make me laugh.
Quick way to make crispy Astronauts.
See that big orange box strapped to his rear?
That's a porta-potty.
And I doubt there will be an inflatable dinosaur.
The meteorite part sounds quite accurate, though.
*Splat*
One atom, supercooled, superconducting, cold fusion powered computers, coming to your inkjet printer today!
Too bad it never materialized.
COUGHvaporwareCOUGH
How many Quibits to a Q*Bert?
It doesn't count if you submit an article after it gets on the main page.
Taken from Crucial's memory glossary:
Registered memory
Registers delay memory information for one clock cycle to ensure all communication from the chipset is collected by the clock edge, providing a controlled delay on heavily loaded memories.
I gotta get me one of those.
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Ha ha ha ha....
ST:YAOTWTD
(Star Trek: You Are On The Way To Destruction)
Mainly because it's the first 2001 date in ISO format that can be found in pi. Specifically, between the 2771405th and 2771418th digits (counting the 3). The obligatory link to the actual decimals.
Except most solar panels are guarunteed to output 90% power for at least 20 years.
Oh yeah? Map this!
AGTAATGCATGCATCATCTSATGCATGCAT
Bet his program can't handle that!