They must be able to tell the difference between the vibrations from escaping air vs those caused by the multitudes of systems running like A/C, ventilation, etc. Maybe they turn them off briefly to remove background noise and vibrations before searching for leaks.
Judging from the article it looks like they are after pinhole sized holes from micrometeorites. I assume a hole that size would create a slow leak that wouldn't be obvious. Big holes would be easy to detect because the astronaut's eyes would pop out "Total Recall" style.
$2000 will buy a lot of cheap beer, cigs, and scratch tickets for your garden variety crook. Maybe the guy(s) thought that $2000 was the magic number that the victims would consider low enough to pay just to get it over with and without bothering to call the cops on them.
Phones that cut out after a few hours, cell phones with shitty signal quality, mp3s with lower audio quality than CDs or analog recordings, viewing movies or TV on tiny portable screens, yah, this is progress!
The next phase in coporate profiteering. Desperate for growth these tired behemoths are not satisfied to say how you can buy their products but now have the gall to tell you what you can do with it once you own it. I look forward to toaster companies saying "You can only use this toaster for wheat bread, any other use is a violation of the toaster license."
Speaking of ignoring your health, especially blood sugar. My brother was very active (sailboarding, motorcycles, hikes) but he also has genetic diabetes. He basically ignored it (never tested, ignored comments from our sister who is a nurse) until he had chest pains in his early 40's. He got a stress test and the doctor immediately sent him into surgery for a quintuple heart bypass! He sure doesn't ignore it anymore but he could've saved himself a lot of misery if he'd had dealt with it earlier. He is able to be pretty active again fortunately.
Though at the same time there was also the trend towards "super sizing" with massive Big Gulps, triple burgers, and oversized dinner portions. I'm shocked when I can actually eat a dinner out without having to take some home or feeling stuffed.
I'd add that were are usually smothered in noise pollution as well. Either we are hit with it or we invite it in (ipods). In the city you get the constant dull noise of cars, booming car stereos, truck backup beepers, etc. In the suburbs you get leaf blowers and ear shattering Harleys, among others. Then, on top of it, some people seem to be incapable of moving without headphones. Try going camping and remaining perfectly quiet, it can feel like a shock.
Yes, smoking causes a low grade inflammatory response throughout the whole body (part of the immune response). While this may lessen IBD (source?) it also creates a constant source of imflammatory stress that results in damage first and foremost to the circulatory system. It is like having a chronic infection combined with carcinogens constantly being deposited in your lungs.
Sorry to hear that. I think my mom is in the same boat. She is starting to lose her short term memory and has inhereted type 2 diabetes. I've met with people with advanced Alzheimer's and it is an incredibly shitty way to go (for the whole family).
Generally these claims are also mixed in with the usual conspiracy rant, "My discovery is dismissed by the academic elites in their ivory towers who are too stuck in the ways of conventional science to accept my radical breakthrough! They conspire to keep me out of their big money journals. I'd be happy to demonstrate it to a group of my friends in a dark room, cameras interfere with my device."
We can thank Dr Leaky for his groundbreaking archeological work in Silicon Valley. His famous "protonerd" fossil remains were dated via C14 and their physical association with a number of ancient nerd tools including crude slide rules, vacuum tubes, and soldering irons. A number of early nerd homes have been found including the foundation of a garage and a basement lair that are theorized to have belonged to the resident's parents. Nearby midden piles filled with snack wrappers, TV dinner trays, and receipts from Radio Shack show that these sites were used for decades. One nerd grave had what seems to be an especially large and heavily bearded nerd "lord". He was buried with many valuable personal items including an IPO announcement, QSL cards, a first edition Little Lulu comic, his soldering iron, his HAM radio license, and a large assortment of ancient snacks. He was also buried with a large number of Avalon Hill war games but unfortunately most of the counters had been taken by grave robbers along with an Altair 8800.
"Fuji give happy boy A#1 photocopy! You always sunshine with infinite possibilities. Many English from Japanese are forever making. OCR gives mankind single point. Please flush when eliminated."
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They must be able to tell the difference between the vibrations from escaping air vs those caused by the multitudes of systems running like A/C, ventilation, etc. Maybe they turn them off briefly to remove background noise and vibrations before searching for leaks.
Judging from the article it looks like they are after pinhole sized holes from micrometeorites. I assume a hole that size would create a slow leak that wouldn't be obvious. Big holes would be easy to detect because the astronaut's eyes would pop out "Total Recall" style.
NASA is working on spaceship-safe matches for that.
Picasa is good enough for my photo needs (i.e. straightening, lightening) and it is free too.
$2000 will buy a lot of cheap beer, cigs, and scratch tickets for your garden variety crook. Maybe the guy(s) thought that $2000 was the magic number that the victims would consider low enough to pay just to get it over with and without bothering to call the cops on them.
Obviously it was some kids trying to prevent a remake of the original Indiana Jones movies.
No, you put it on the guy's nose Three Stooges style and crank it to 50 ft lbs.
Mod +5 funny
Phones that cut out after a few hours, cell phones with shitty signal quality, mp3s with lower audio quality than CDs or analog recordings, viewing movies or TV on tiny portable screens, yah, this is progress!
The next phase in coporate profiteering. Desperate for growth these tired behemoths are not satisfied to say how you can buy their products but now have the gall to tell you what you can do with it once you own it. I look forward to toaster companies saying "You can only use this toaster for wheat bread, any other use is a violation of the toaster license."
But if they taser you please take it like a man instead of screaming "Ow! Ow! Owie! Ow!"
Speaking of ignoring your health, especially blood sugar. My brother was very active (sailboarding, motorcycles, hikes) but he also has genetic diabetes. He basically ignored it (never tested, ignored comments from our sister who is a nurse) until he had chest pains in his early 40's. He got a stress test and the doctor immediately sent him into surgery for a quintuple heart bypass! He sure doesn't ignore it anymore but he could've saved himself a lot of misery if he'd had dealt with it earlier. He is able to be pretty active again fortunately.
Though at the same time there was also the trend towards "super sizing" with massive Big Gulps, triple burgers, and oversized dinner portions. I'm shocked when I can actually eat a dinner out without having to take some home or feeling stuffed.
I'd add that were are usually smothered in noise pollution as well. Either we are hit with it or we invite it in (ipods). In the city you get the constant dull noise of cars, booming car stereos, truck backup beepers, etc. In the suburbs you get leaf blowers and ear shattering Harleys, among others. Then, on top of it, some people seem to be incapable of moving without headphones. Try going camping and remaining perfectly quiet, it can feel like a shock.
Yes, smoking causes a low grade inflammatory response throughout the whole body (part of the immune response). While this may lessen IBD (source?) it also creates a constant source of imflammatory stress that results in damage first and foremost to the circulatory system. It is like having a chronic infection combined with carcinogens constantly being deposited in your lungs.
Sorry to hear that. I think my mom is in the same boat. She is starting to lose her short term memory and has inhereted type 2 diabetes. I've met with people with advanced Alzheimer's and it is an incredibly shitty way to go (for the whole family).
So if social activity and exercise are factors does that mean that most Slashdotters are going to become senile?
Generally these claims are also mixed in with the usual conspiracy rant, "My discovery is dismissed by the academic elites in their ivory towers who are too stuck in the ways of conventional science to accept my radical breakthrough! They conspire to keep me out of their big money journals. I'd be happy to demonstrate it to a group of my friends in a dark room, cameras interfere with my device."
Like when they spy on you in the airport for having a "bad" book?
But a cliché is like a car metaphor...ok, nothing to see here, move along.
PC: "You want me to stick the mouse where? Now, now, there is no need to think like that. Here, play some minesweeper..."
We can thank Dr Leaky for his groundbreaking archeological work in Silicon Valley. His famous "protonerd" fossil remains were dated via C14 and their physical association with a number of ancient nerd tools including crude slide rules, vacuum tubes, and soldering irons. A number of early nerd homes have been found including the foundation of a garage and a basement lair that are theorized to have belonged to the resident's parents. Nearby midden piles filled with snack wrappers, TV dinner trays, and receipts from Radio Shack show that these sites were used for decades. One nerd grave had what seems to be an especially large and heavily bearded nerd "lord". He was buried with many valuable personal items including an IPO announcement, QSL cards, a first edition Little Lulu comic, his soldering iron, his HAM radio license, and a large assortment of ancient snacks. He was also buried with a large number of Avalon Hill war games but unfortunately most of the counters had been taken by grave robbers along with an Altair 8800.
I'm waiting for Knight Boat, the crime solving boat!
Dr Strangelove had a wheel that could also calculate radioactive half-lives.
"Fuji give happy boy A#1 photocopy! You always sunshine with infinite possibilities. Many English from Japanese are forever making. OCR gives mankind single point. Please flush when eliminated."