One of the issues that I keep reading about a space elevator is how the cart will be provided energy to move up. Well, how about a space goldola instead of a space elevator. Why not have the orbiting mass have a pulley connected to two pulleys on the ground with each at a seperate ground (or ocean) station seperated by several kilometers.
The accute triangle that this system would create would allow a space gondola to ride up a moving cable without getting entangled. The cable, of course, being moved by the ground station allowing the gondola to carry more weight. The gondolas could also be returned to earth rather than discarded into space when the orbiting mass becomes massiv enough.
Another benefit is the ability to easily repair a camaged cable. As the cable passes through each ground station a L.A.S.E.R. could scan the cable for small fractures and they could be repaired. The cable could be thickened in the same fashion by adding more layers to the existing cable as it passes through the ground stations.
And another benefit of this three pulley system is in the event of a catastrophic failure of the cable. If the cable breaks at a single point, the breaks can be applied at the orbiting mass and at the ground stations. No matter where a single break is the mass will be connedted to at least one ground station.
Space gondolas, w00t!
I want Tim Burton and a team of uber nerds to make this film. I would like to see a Star Wars film that is truelly dark and not made for little kids or adults without a frontal lobe. Tim Burton is great at making dark and strange films that are suitable for children. I'm sure Star Wars film he might make would be sans any Jar-Jar-esque characters
They asked for people to volunteer equipment for a render farm. I don't have the l33t programming skills to write the code, but it would be cool if we could help render in a SETI@home style distributed rendering.
Does anyone ever read some of these posts and think that these people who just "don't get it" are planted by Microsoft? Maybe I'm paranoid, but that doesn't mean it's not happening
With the small physical size and large memory capacity might we eventually see a motherboard manufacturer shipping a Linux distro integrated into the motherboard? Not necessarily for the sake of using as you default OS, but as a distro with a full set of diagnostic tools. In any event, this sort of crap is way cool!
Borat Sagdiyev is Kazakhstan's sixth most famous man. A leading journalist from the State run TV network, Borat has been sent to the United States to report on all aspects of American life. From baseball to Broadway, Borat asks the questions no westerner would dream of in his tireless quest for knowledge, telling dating agencies he will 'crush' women who are unfaithful, touching the penises of Vietnam veterans in Atlanta, urinating on trees with new age gurus in Sedona. Borat on his first ever trip abroad presents a picture of America that only Charles Manson would recognize.
"The action is seen as a warning to other telcos not to prevent the growth of VoIP over their networks"
Does this count as a dupe or will it need to read that quote a third time?
I agree with this law because video games actually *do* make children commit crimes.
I remember one time as a child a kid started throwing hammers at me from the top of a table. At first I didn't know what to do, but then I saw a bird in a turtle shell and jumped at the opportunity (no pun intended, I'm being serious here). I took the remaining shell and threw it at the other kid. He paused for a second and then continued to throw hammers at me. I found a second turtle-bird thing and repeated the process. The kid fell through the floor and was never heard from again. I, on the other hand, was hit by a hammer that was still flying through the air.
For the fifteen years after that event I have come to enjoy being a dwarf. It makes it easier to get under certain floating brick walls. I think I would like to one day be big again, but I still have not found the right mushroom, only the ones that make fire shoot out of my arse.
What terrible language they use: "tried to ban a device which allowed TV shows to be pirated." They make it seem like the default state is one where the shows could not be pirated rather than using language that would indicate the state where a device would be implemented as being restricted.
This is probably a bit off topic, but it's been bothering me and I would like to see what others think.
For broadcasts like satellite radio and television how can it possibly be illegal to intercept them and view their contents? I feel that if you don't want me to view your satellite feed, keep your electromagnetic radiation out of my back yard.
I wonder what effects a Longhorn product delay would have? Could people be more compelled to upgrade to a *nix as the *nix's improve and XP ramains stagnent? I wonder...
I had a microscope and a telescope when I was a kid and I remember them being the coolest things I owned. A microscope or a telescope will introduce a child to a whole new world that they can't see on their own. They may even get to wondering about other aspects of life that they can't directly interact with or see with their naked eyes (e.g. how a tree works).
I wonder if there is any correlation between the reversal of the poles and evolution. An increased exposure to cosmic radiation may increase the normal rate of mutation of a species. It would be interesting to look at the fossil record and compare the pole reversals with the arrival of new species or, perhaps, even the end of a species.
Because it is in print, not speech. We use "Gitmo" or "Getmo" depending on who is talking and that is okay. It's kind of like when people talk about MySQL. Sure, we say "my sequal," but nobody woule ever write it that way in a book. So, it's okay to say "Gitmo" or "Getmo" or whatever you want to use for short in speaking, but the offical military shorthand for Quantanamo Bay is GTMO. At least that's what it says on all the signs around here, military web sites, and my orders.
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Here in the the good 'ole U.S. of A. we are busy at this time of night.
We are all asleep
We dream of things tomorrow
Cheeseburgers for lunch?
One of the issues that I keep reading about a space elevator is how the cart will be provided energy to move up. Well, how about a space goldola instead of a space elevator. Why not have the orbiting mass have a pulley connected to two pulleys on the ground with each at a seperate ground (or ocean) station seperated by several kilometers. The accute triangle that this system would create would allow a space gondola to ride up a moving cable without getting entangled. The cable, of course, being moved by the ground station allowing the gondola to carry more weight. The gondolas could also be returned to earth rather than discarded into space when the orbiting mass becomes massiv enough. Another benefit is the ability to easily repair a camaged cable. As the cable passes through each ground station a L.A.S.E.R. could scan the cable for small fractures and they could be repaired. The cable could be thickened in the same fashion by adding more layers to the existing cable as it passes through the ground stations. And another benefit of this three pulley system is in the event of a catastrophic failure of the cable. If the cable breaks at a single point, the breaks can be applied at the orbiting mass and at the ground stations. No matter where a single break is the mass will be connedted to at least one ground station. Space gondolas, w00t!
I want Tim Burton and a team of uber nerds to make this film. I would like to see a Star Wars film that is truelly dark and not made for little kids or adults without a frontal lobe. Tim Burton is great at making dark and strange films that are suitable for children. I'm sure Star Wars film he might make would be sans any Jar-Jar-esque characters
They asked for people to volunteer equipment for a render farm. I don't have the l33t programming skills to write the code, but it would be cool if we could help render in a SETI@home style distributed rendering.
Does anyone ever read some of these posts and think that these people who just "don't get it" are planted by Microsoft? Maybe I'm paranoid, but that doesn't mean it's not happening
I for one welcome our robotic arm wielding monkey overlords.
With the small physical size and large memory capacity might we eventually see a motherboard manufacturer shipping a Linux distro integrated into the motherboard? Not necessarily for the sake of using as you default OS, but as a distro with a full set of diagnostic tools. In any event, this sort of crap is way cool!
It looks to me like they ought to figure out a way to get better mileage out of their server, so it can survive a slashdotting...
where do I preorder?
http://www.hbo.com/alig/bios/
And that problem is the shuttle.
Throw the shuttle down the well
And my country will be free
Was anyone else readig the cartoon and waiting for the erotica to begin?
"The action is seen as a warning to other telcos not to prevent the growth of VoIP over their networks" Does this count as a dupe or will it need to read that quote a third time?
I agree with this law because video games actually *do* make children commit crimes.
I remember one time as a child a kid started throwing hammers at me from the top of a table. At first I didn't know what to do, but then I saw a bird in a turtle shell and jumped at the opportunity (no pun intended, I'm being serious here). I took the remaining shell and threw it at the other kid. He paused for a second and then continued to throw hammers at me. I found a second turtle-bird thing and repeated the process. The kid fell through the floor and was never heard from again. I, on the other hand, was hit by a hammer that was still flying through the air.
For the fifteen years after that event I have come to enjoy being a dwarf. It makes it easier to get under certain floating brick walls. I think I would like to one day be big again, but I still have not found the right mushroom, only the ones that make fire shoot out of my arse.
What terrible language they use: "tried to ban a device which allowed TV shows to be pirated." They make it seem like the default state is one where the shows could not be pirated rather than using language that would indicate the state where a device would be implemented as being restricted.
This is probably a bit off topic, but it's been bothering me and I would like to see what others think.
For broadcasts like satellite radio and television how can it possibly be illegal to intercept them and view their contents? I feel that if you don't want me to view your satellite feed, keep your electromagnetic radiation out of my back yard.
Kids and their damn printing presses; I mean Rock and Roll; I mean Video games; I mean...
I wonder what effects a Longhorn product delay would have? Could people be more compelled to upgrade to a *nix as the *nix's improve and XP ramains stagnent? I wonder...
I've always wondered what would would happen if I were hit with spam at 130kph.
I usually read the instructions while the battery is charging and I can't do anything with the device, but am too interested in the device to wait.
I had a microscope and a telescope when I was a kid and I remember them being the coolest things I owned. A microscope or a telescope will introduce a child to a whole new world that they can't see on their own. They may even get to wondering about other aspects of life that they can't directly interact with or see with their naked eyes (e.g. how a tree works).
I wonder if there is any correlation between the reversal of the poles and evolution. An increased exposure to cosmic radiation may increase the normal rate of mutation of a species. It would be interesting to look at the fossil record and compare the pole reversals with the arrival of new species or, perhaps, even the end of a species.
Apples and oranges are both fruit. It think it's fair to compare them.
Because it is in print, not speech. We use "Gitmo" or "Getmo" depending on who is talking and that is okay. It's kind of like when people talk about MySQL. Sure, we say "my sequal," but nobody woule ever write it that way in a book. So, it's okay to say "Gitmo" or "Getmo" or whatever you want to use for short in speaking, but the offical military shorthand for Quantanamo Bay is GTMO. At least that's what it says on all the signs around here, military web sites, and my orders.
I'd vote for bush because he's such an http://goatse.cx/ of a guy!