I'm watching the stream now of them assembling the Ares and I must say the VAB is the most impressive building I've ever seen. I got to tour the inside (way back in the early 90s) and the amount of empty space available, inside a building that can withstand hurricane force winds. It is truly mind-boggling.
I've always wondered about that building. Why is it so much better to do the assembly vertically, rather than doing it horizontally and then raising the vehicle afterwards?
My 25" widescreen computer monitor is my TV. My tuner card is an freebie my ex-roomie gave me so no HD. No big loss as far as I can tell. It's very rare that I'm watching something that I feel I would enjoy more if it had more pixels.
That's because the screen isn't big enough. I didn't notice the huge difference between DVDs and HD content before I saw it on a ~80 inch screen (by projector). On small screens the difference is slight, but try it on something big and you'll see.
You get about one shot every 2 minutes if you have four guys that know what they are doing, and you burn more than $10 worth of powder for ever shot. And the things are heavy. They will not get far.
I like the Kindergarten Style, or KS, of the Information Assurance Awareness course, or IAA course, that the Department of Defense, or DOD, has made.
I doesn't expect you to have many Working Cognitive Functions, or WCFs, or make use of Common Sense, or CS. Additionally, it probably cost A Lot of Money, or ALM, to make, and you can rest assured that you as a US Citizen, or USC, helped pay for it.
It's not as simple as that, unfortunately. Say you need an estimation of pi for an initial value of a chaotic dynamical system. Depending on how far ahead in time you need to approximate the solution of this dynamical system (and how accurate you want that approximation) you could potentially need pi to arbitrary precision. The problem is that while the initial error may be tiny, it builds over time. I don't have a specific example (or usage scenario), but chaotic systems appear in many applications.
... Assume the Finland price for all of western Europe - and we pay 5x the cost for something 5x as expensive to provide..
People don't realize how large the US is.. and that most plans now days there is no roaming from sea to sea.. thats alot of area to provide for..
This would be valid if there was a comparable level of coverage EVERYWHERE in the US. I lived a year in NYC and later took a two month long road trip from east coast to west coast. And cell phone coverage, both in the city and on the road, was sporadic at best (I had AT&T). Random cut-offs, no coverage, etc. I have yet to experience the same in Europe. And this is not for 3G data or anything fancy, just regular cell phone calls.
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I'm watching the stream now of them assembling the Ares and I must say the VAB is the most impressive building I've ever seen. I got to tour the inside (way back in the early 90s) and the amount of empty space available, inside a building that can withstand hurricane force winds. It is truly mind-boggling.
I've always wondered about that building. Why is it so much better to do the assembly vertically, rather than doing it horizontally and then raising the vehicle afterwards?
Isn't thata great? He is full of De Winne!
De Winne FTW!
So what you are saying is that licensing is not that complicated if you have a bunch of cash to throw around?
No no no, it's chairs that get thrown around.
Oh, and that math puzzle in the video game thing was just idiotic.
Exactly. I turned off the TV at that exact moment.
we lost all the plans for Apollo and the Saturn 5
Not quite. According to Henry Spencer, what we lost was not the plans, but the know-how to turn the plans into hardware.
So what you're saying is, that you lost your German scientists?
My 25" widescreen computer monitor is my TV. My tuner card is an freebie my ex-roomie gave me so no HD. No big loss as far as I can tell. It's very rare that I'm watching something that I feel I would enjoy more if it had more pixels.
That's because the screen isn't big enough. I didn't notice the huge difference between DVDs and HD content before I saw it on a ~80 inch screen (by projector). On small screens the difference is slight, but try it on something big and you'll see.
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"I promise I'll only detonate outside."
You get about one shot every 2 minutes if you have four guys that know what they are doing, and you burn more than $10 worth of powder for ever shot. And the things are heavy. They will not get far.
Plus, it's not exactly a silent weapon. :)
I like the Kindergarten Style, or KS, of the Information Assurance Awareness course, or IAA course, that the Department of Defense, or DOD, has made.
I doesn't expect you to have many Working Cognitive Functions, or WCFs, or make use of Common Sense, or CS. Additionally, it probably cost A Lot of Money, or ALM, to make, and you can rest assured that you as a US Citizen, or USC, helped pay for it.
The Best Space programme to Mars
Designed by Apple
As long as stylish, minimalistic interiors of ships that explode are your thing.
I agree. It should have been Microsoft.
Then we'll just add those rights to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. The right to bear arms! Who's with me?
Ok, then let's be consistent:
Helum, Lithum, Beryllum, Sodum, Magnesum, Aluminum, Potassum, Calcum, Scandum, Titanum, Vanadum, Chromum, Gallum, Germanum, Selenum, Rubidum, Strontum, Yttrum, Zirconum, ah, who needs more than 40 protons.
When I buy fries, mine are made from real potatoes, cut on the spot, properly fried in expensive fluid fat that is replaced often.
I think you need to rethink what healthy food is.
A nice little article on why it's useless to know pi to more than 50 digits in this universe.
http://everything2.com/title/Too%2520small%2520a%2520Universe%2520to%2520memorize%2520Pi
It's not as simple as that, unfortunately. Say you need an estimation of pi for an initial value of a chaotic dynamical system. Depending on how far ahead in time you need to approximate the solution of this dynamical system (and how accurate you want that approximation) you could potentially need pi to arbitrary precision. The problem is that while the initial error may be tiny, it builds over time. I don't have a specific example (or usage scenario), but chaotic systems appear in many applications.
I imagined pure evil as that maniac who wants to control the world for his own benefit, at the cost of anyone elses lives or pleasures.
Am I the only one who thought Big Oil here? Or any Mega Corp.
No one ever went broke underestimating the intelligence of the American public.
No, but it has been misunderestimated before.
How many gallons of electricity does it hold?
... Assume the Finland price for all of western Europe - and we pay 5x the cost for something 5x as expensive to provide..
People don't realize how large the US is.. and that most plans now days there is no roaming from sea to sea.. thats alot of area to provide for..
This would be valid if there was a comparable level of coverage EVERYWHERE in the US. I lived a year in NYC and later took a two month long road trip from east coast to west coast. And cell phone coverage, both in the city and on the road, was sporadic at best (I had AT&T). Random cut-offs, no coverage, etc. I have yet to experience the same in Europe. And this is not for 3G data or anything fancy, just regular cell phone calls.
... A peaceful and civilized nation needs to keep the biggest and best weapons on hand, else they be overrun by mongols (figuratively).
And to which peaceful nation are you referring?
"Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me."
That would be "Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, ... ..., shame on you.". Even the former president knows that.
...This isn't France. We don't censor free speech.
This, on the other hand, can quite appropriately be modded Troll.
But, it seems, exclusive to the US. Know of anything similar in Europe and the rest of the world?
Argh. Sorry. They do deliver elsewhere.
... and it's thirteen dollars. Plus, the whole thing is non-profit.
https://www.galileoscope.org/gs/
But, it seems, exclusive to the US. Know of anything similar in Europe and the rest of the world?
It's not too expensive, it's a great piece of software, and the best OS Microsoft has put out yet.
Say what you will about Linux or OSX, but I honestly think that Windows 7 is going to have a good future.
Score:4, Interesting. Seriously?!