"Purple scum, in the pond" "Lately the spectrum doesn't seem the same" "I feel funny, and I don't know why" "Excuse me while you turn green and I die..."
I'd think there is nothing magical about the frequencies of light being used but it is more of a matter of those are the requencies that happened to work with early protective pigments. Maybe the blues needed to be absoarbed for protective reasons and the energy from that absoarption started to get channeled into a photosynthetic processes.
Many times they don't even address the question they are trying to answer. For instance they had a question about whether a Japanese sword could cut a hot machine gun barrel. But instead of having a person (or equivalent) swing it they had a very powerful machine do it. So they would have proven (if it had worked) that a very powerful machine could do it.
The ultimate goal of every American food manufacturer is to produce a product that can sit on a shelf, unrefrigerated, indefinately. They've already achieved this with Twinkies.
So what if Iran stole (or had passed on to them) copies of nuke plant training docs. Isn't the non-weapons use of nuclear power what the US gov would prefer them to be engaged in? Hell, we should be offering nuke plant training to them. If they are serious about using nuke power for peaceful purposes they'd take us up on it (and if we were serious about not obstructing peaceful nuke power we'd still offer it). Congressman Harry Mitchell should learn something about how power generating nuke plants work and the big leap between them and weapons manufacture.
Well obviously, but in this case they'll have a specific $ amount to go with it. When they don't keep track of $ per page the cost of your printouts get blended into the general costs.
I have a box full of old Dragon mags including the "Baba Yaga's Hut" adventure. They are next to my old, 1st edition AD&D books. I never got into fantasy novels though. "Boobs & Swords" books always struck me as cheesy.
I also have a bunch of Advanced Squad Leader boxes but I think that is a different class of nerd.
Woe unto the employee who doesn't check the file size and sends a 200 page doc to the printer. There'll be someone from HR waiting for them when they go to get it.
If it is based on who files first then what is stopping a competitor from stealing your idea and filing? You file to secure your rights. Many small startups based on cutting edge ideas take many years to get to a marketable product and that can be just the R&D part, never mind building the business end of it. In the mean time they need to protect their core invention. It simply isn't as easy for everyone as you make it sound.
But if you don't have the infrastructure in place already it might take at least 5 years for some little guy just to get his idea to the market. Not everyone is a big business.
I'd support reducing the time for copyrights though.
Like most things simpler is usually better. People under stress (i.e. combat) don't want dozens of gizmos and indicators to keep track of. Complicated gear is also more prone to breakdowns and is harder on logistics.
I've read about pilots in Vietnam who got sick of the barrage of audio signals they got in the cockpit from various instruments. They started turning them off, just leaving on their radios and SAM indicators.
"but HEAVEN FORBID if any minors see NAKED PEOPLE"
I survived seeing lots of bare breasts in German TV ads when I went to Iceland (they show some German channels). I came back unscathed but I did buy a lot of German shampoo for some reason.
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"Purple scum, in the pond"
"Lately the spectrum doesn't seem the same"
"I feel funny, and I don't know why"
"Excuse me while you turn green and I die..."
I'd think there is nothing magical about the frequencies of light being used but it is more of a matter of those are the requencies that happened to work with early protective pigments. Maybe the blues needed to be absoarbed for protective reasons and the energy from that absoarption started to get channeled into a photosynthetic processes.
In Disney's case it is 70 yrs + as long as Walt's head stays frozen.
I saw the episode but they ended up cranking the machine so hard that the sword was almost bending in half.
Would the cat still have yawned if you hadn't? You need a control kitty.
Many times they don't even address the question they are trying to answer. For instance they had a question about whether a Japanese sword could cut a hot machine gun barrel. But instead of having a person (or equivalent) swing it they had a very powerful machine do it. So they would have proven (if it had worked) that a very powerful machine could do it.
The ultimate goal of every American food manufacturer is to produce a product that can sit on a shelf, unrefrigerated, indefinately. They've already achieved this with Twinkies.
A nuclear reactor does not automatically equal a breeder reactor
So what if Iran stole (or had passed on to them) copies of nuke plant training docs. Isn't the non-weapons use of nuclear power what the US gov would prefer them to be engaged in? Hell, we should be offering nuke plant training to them. If they are serious about using nuke power for peaceful purposes they'd take us up on it (and if we were serious about not obstructing peaceful nuke power we'd still offer it). Congressman Harry Mitchell should learn something about how power generating nuke plants work and the big leap between them and weapons manufacture.
It's too late for April Fools jokes isn't it?
I keep my laptop under my tinfoil hat. Problem solved.
I blame the heavy metal band "Judas Priest".
I think it is time to start the NVGA, "National Video Game Association". Maybe Charlton Heston is still available.
No wonder why I've never heard of a vampire getting AIDS, and they are constantly exposed to tainted blood.
OMG, I'm speechless, and curious...
Well obviously, but in this case they'll have a specific $ amount to go with it. When they don't keep track of $ per page the cost of your printouts get blended into the general costs.
I have a box full of old Dragon mags including the "Baba Yaga's Hut" adventure. They are next to my old, 1st edition AD&D books. I never got into fantasy novels though. "Boobs & Swords" books always struck me as cheesy.
I also have a bunch of Advanced Squad Leader boxes but I think that is a different class of nerd.
Woe unto the employee who doesn't check the file size and sends a 200 page doc to the printer. There'll be someone from HR waiting for them when they go to get it.
If it is based on who files first then what is stopping a competitor from stealing your idea and filing? You file to secure your rights. Many small startups based on cutting edge ideas take many years to get to a marketable product and that can be just the R&D part, never mind building the business end of it. In the mean time they need to protect their core invention. It simply isn't as easy for everyone as you make it sound.
But if you don't have the infrastructure in place already it might take at least 5 years for some little guy just to get his idea to the market. Not everyone is a big business.
I'd support reducing the time for copyrights though.
Like most things simpler is usually better. People under stress (i.e. combat) don't want dozens of gizmos and indicators to keep track of. Complicated gear is also more prone to breakdowns and is harder on logistics.
I've read about pilots in Vietnam who got sick of the barrage of audio signals they got in the cockpit from various instruments. They started turning them off, just leaving on their radios and SAM indicators.
"Nobody would choose the AK over the M16 for any foot-based combat."
Just most of the world's armed forces and militias.
Guess I'll have to get my ass up there and see Alaska before one of the world's last unspoilt places becomes an industrial throughway.
And my point is that they shouldn't, not if they do or not.
I fixed your comment for you:
Oh, I agree, but laws in this country, at least in theory, represent the collective cash donations of the people.
"but HEAVEN FORBID if any minors see NAKED PEOPLE"
I survived seeing lots of bare breasts in German TV ads when I went to Iceland (they show some German channels). I came back unscathed but I did buy a lot of German shampoo for some reason.