someone that i work with handed me a CD-R last week...velvet revolver. i didn't ask for it, and he had never given me music in the past. maybe this band will get bigger IN PART DUE TO the CD being copy protected. ya know, the music finding more ears cause nerds are poppin' boners when they break the protection?
no kidding. i don't know how many other grammar nazis are out there, but whoever proofread his letter for him needs to be beaten very loudly. he's a ceo?
If we have to sue corporations as citizens because our law enforcement turns a blind eye, so be it.
I agree with that. It's just too bad that the people who are actually passionate about the cause are (more than likely) well-outnumbered by the people who simply see this as Free Money.
But what makes you think that you are entitled to anything? Why isn't this a fine levied by the government?
I bought an assload of CDs in the 90s. But it was all my choice - I saw a CD, looked at the price, and made a conscious decision that I was willing to part with $15.99 to buy it. I could have just as easily decided that it was too much, and that maybe, just maybe, I can actually live without it.
[putting flame suit on]
Congrats to all those of you who joined the class action lawsuit. That mean, naughty music industry duped you into buying all those CDs - you had not the will power to say no.
Next week you should receive your check from McDonald's for forcing you to lead a life as a fatty.
[/end rant]
I mean, come on. Yeah, they should pay. But why to you? Why not to a charity?
No, it doesn't take a lot more energy to take the space shuttle to a 50 deg orbit... but it sharply reduces the payload. That is because the space shuttle, being a "1.5-stage" launcher, has an extreme mass ratio.
Huh?! Launching at low inclinations and to the east maximizes how much you take advantage of the Earth's rotation. Your argument didn't account for why there is a smaller payload capability at higher inclinations. It's due to the extra fuel needed to gain the extra speed you don't achieve by flying a lower incl. A heavier vehicle would need that much more prop.
*whisper* That's why we launch from the east coast, not the west --> we always launch to the east in the same direction as the earth's rotation, east, and it's over an unpopulated area, ie, the Atlantic Ocean.
This is something I've thought about, but never did much research into it...are there certain companies that tend to put the non-skippable ads at the beginning? Or do I just not know of a way to by-pass them? Fwd and Menu don't seem to work, and it only serves to piss me off.
If I knew which companies were guilty, I would go out of my way NOT to buy any of those movies.
you're right - that's why you design all this stuff in up front, for example, launch windows (so you're as close to in-plane as possible).
don't know if this helps, but a 1 deg inclination change at an altitude of 200 miles above earth results in a 70 mile difference in latitude 1/4 orbit later. a 1 deg inclination orbit extends 70 miles above and below the equator. i guess that doesn't do a lot to help the discussion, but...well...yeah.
man, i'm tellin' ya. take a tire off a bike. spin the wheel. it's takes relatively little force to speed it up or slow it down (very analogous to raising/lowering an orbit). however, try to change the angle of the axle (same as an out of plane burn) - that angular momentum resists the change... that resistance larger with larger velocity and radius. now increase that velocity to 17500 miles / hr and the radius 4000+ miles - you're talking MEGA angular momentum. it's the same thing that keeps a spinning top upright. it's simply not an easy concept to visualize. please don't make me whip out formulas. i can do it, but it kinda hurts the noggin.:)
agreed on the ball concept. give it a puff of wind - it eventually goes off the road. but it goes in a straight line (different than the original path) after the puff of wind is gone, right? the path does not continue to curve away from the original line. the distance between the lines grows at a constant rate, but the path it traces is a straight line. ok, now hold that thought.
given an arbitrary orbit, an object in space will continue to orbit in the same geometry indefinitely as long as we ignore orbital drag (friction), right? there are no forces present except gravity, and we happily orbit ad nauseum. this is no different our state after an out of plane burn! the burnout orbit is just another arbitrary orbit. if we are coasting after the out of plane burn, why would our path continue to curve? the geometry has been modified due to the burn, but once it is done, we have defined a new orbit. (as it turns out, the original orbit and the new orbit will have 2 common points - they intersect at the point of the burn, and 180 degrees away. prove this to yourself - use a ball and 2 rubber bands, each of which bisects the ball. they WILL cross in 2 places.)
when we start talking angular momentum, that's r cross v, right hand rule and stuff. now we're testing what i remember of physics. my gut tells me that an out of plane burn adds no energy to the system, rather, angular momentum is preserved and the burn only serves to point the angular momentum vector (normal to the orbital plane) in a new direction (same magnitude).
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The log says he planned to donate the money to charity.
I read this thing last weekend - long read - and it's still in progress. A very funny story.
cool, but i really could've done without the shirtless guy. wtf?
someone that i work with handed me a CD-R last week...velvet revolver. i didn't ask for it, and he had never given me music in the past. maybe this band will get bigger IN PART DUE TO the CD being copy protected. ya know, the music finding more ears cause nerds are poppin' boners when they break the protection?
The one thing that I've never forgotten was from one of the sequences at the beginning of the game where Nurse Edna says, "What's your point, Ed?"
I'll say it every once in a while to someone, unforunately no one else makes the connection.
s/"bag of crack"/"undercover hooker"
what's your point?
mispelling, eh? mkay.
FWIW, next time, can we wait till Fri afternoon to post beer stories?
My day just got a lot longer...
Or is it just a slow news day?
That, and the fact that it's 5:00 in the freakin' morning! Man, give it a few hrs - you'll get your SCO update.
but as we've seen...its horribly flawed.
Careful, jerking your knee so suddenly like that might result in an injury.
no kidding. i don't know how many other grammar nazis are out there, but whoever proofread his letter for him needs to be beaten very loudly. he's a ceo?
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If we have to sue corporations as citizens because our law enforcement turns a blind eye, so be it.
I agree with that. It's just too bad that the people who are actually passionate about the cause are (more than likely) well-outnumbered by the people who simply see this as Free Money.
But what makes you think that you are entitled to anything? Why isn't this a fine levied by the government?
I bought an assload of CDs in the 90s. But it was all my choice - I saw a CD, looked at the price, and made a conscious decision that I was willing to part with $15.99 to buy it. I could have just as easily decided that it was too much, and that maybe, just maybe, I can actually live without it.
[putting flame suit on]
Congrats to all those of you who joined the class action lawsuit. That mean, naughty music industry duped you into buying all those CDs - you had not the will power to say no.
Next week you should receive your check from McDonald's for forcing you to lead a life as a fatty.
[/end rant] I mean, come on. Yeah, they should pay. But why to you? Why not to a charity?
ya know, i've always heard that if you're gonna pass out in your car, put the keys in the glove compartment/back seat/trunk for that very reason.
;)
are speaking from experience?
horrid coverage reputation? odd, i've never heard of it. care to elaborate?
#include <stdio.h>
void main() {
printf("well, screw you then.\n");
}
actually, I found that pretty funny - profanity can be quite prevalent in my debug output...anyone else do this?
No, it doesn't take a lot more energy to take the space shuttle to a 50 deg orbit... but it sharply reduces the payload. That is because the space shuttle, being a "1.5-stage" launcher, has an extreme mass ratio.
Huh?! Launching at low inclinations and to the east maximizes how much you take advantage of the Earth's rotation. Your argument didn't account for why there is a smaller payload capability at higher inclinations. It's due to the extra fuel needed to gain the extra speed you don't achieve by flying a lower incl. A heavier vehicle would need that much more prop.
*whisper* That's why we launch from the east coast, not the west --> we always launch to the east in the same direction as the earth's rotation, east, and it's over an unpopulated area, ie, the Atlantic Ocean.
This is something I've thought about, but never did much research into it...are there certain companies that tend to put the non-skippable ads at the beginning? Or do I just not know of a way to by-pass them? Fwd and Menu don't seem to work, and it only serves to piss me off.
If I knew which companies were guilty, I would go out of my way NOT to buy any of those movies.
you're right - that's why you design all this stuff in up front, for example, launch windows (so you're as close to in-plane as possible).
don't know if this helps, but a 1 deg inclination change at an altitude of 200 miles above earth results in a 70 mile difference in latitude 1/4 orbit later. a 1 deg inclination orbit extends 70 miles above and below the equator. i guess that doesn't do a lot to help the discussion, but...well...yeah.
man, i'm tellin' ya. take a tire off a bike. spin the wheel. it's takes relatively little force to speed it up or slow it down (very analogous to raising/lowering an orbit). however, try to change the angle of the axle (same as an out of plane burn) - that angular momentum resists the change ... that resistance larger with larger velocity and radius. now increase that velocity to 17500 miles / hr and the radius 4000+ miles - you're talking MEGA angular momentum. it's the same thing that keeps a spinning top upright. it's simply not an easy concept to visualize. please don't make me whip out formulas. i can do it, but it kinda hurts the noggin. :)
they already have... :)
good question. lemme give it a try.
agreed on the ball concept. give it a puff of wind - it eventually goes off the road. but it goes in a straight line (different than the original path) after the puff of wind is gone, right? the path does not continue to curve away from the original line. the distance between the lines grows at a constant rate, but the path it traces is a straight line. ok, now hold that thought.
given an arbitrary orbit, an object in space will continue to orbit in the same geometry indefinitely as long as we ignore orbital drag (friction), right? there are no forces present except gravity, and we happily orbit ad nauseum. this is no different our state after an out of plane burn! the burnout orbit is just another arbitrary orbit. if we are coasting after the out of plane burn, why would our path continue to curve? the geometry has been modified due to the burn, but once it is done, we have defined a new orbit. (as it turns out, the original orbit and the new orbit will have 2 common points - they intersect at the point of the burn, and 180 degrees away. prove this to yourself - use a ball and 2 rubber bands, each of which bisects the ball. they WILL cross in 2 places.)
when we start talking angular momentum, that's r cross v, right hand rule and stuff. now we're testing what i remember of physics. my gut tells me that an out of plane burn adds no energy to the system, rather, angular momentum is preserved and the burn only serves to point the angular momentum vector (normal to the orbital plane) in a new direction (same magnitude).