If Mars had oceans and rivers as theorized, then there must have been a significant atmosphere for those liquid bodies to form.
As for Venus, while it doesn't have much of a magnetosphere, it has a constant supply of SO2 and CO2 from volcanic activity and enough gravity to keep the heavier atmospheric molecules from being stripped away.
Mars, OTH, can be truely colonized. It has water, O2, N2, Carbon, etc. It has everything needed, except that it has a thin atmosphere. It is possible that Mars actually has life on it as well.
Unfortunately, terra-forming Mars is all but impossible due to the lack of a strong magnetosphere, which allowed the solar wind to strip the atmosphere in the first place. Then there is the issue of a surface soil which is radioactive from billions of years of exposure.
IMO, the best use of resources would be towards the continued development of space stations and launch/reentry technologies. At a minimum it is the first step in colonizing space.
Federalist #68 by Alexander Hamilton Published March 14, 1788
The mode of appointment of the Chief Magistrate of the United States is almost the only part of the system, of any consequence, which has escaped without severe censure, or which has received the slightest mark of approbation from its opponents. The most plausible of these, who has appeared in print, has even deigned to admit that the election of the President is pretty well guarded. I venture somewhat further, and hesitate not to affirm, that if the manner of it be not perfect, it is at least excellent. It unites in an eminent degree all the advantages, the union of which was to be wished for.
It was desirable that the sense of the people should operate in the choice of the person to whom so important a trust was to be confided. This end will be answered by committing the right of making it, not to any preestablished body, but to men chosen by the people for the special purpose, and at the particular conjuncture.
It was equally desirable, that the immediate election should be made by men most capable of analyzing the qualities adapted to the station, and acting under circumstances favorable to deliberation, and to a judicious combination of all the reasons and inducements which were proper to govern their choice. A small number of persons, selected by their fellow-citizens from the general mass, will be most likely to possess the information and discernment requisite to such complicated investigations.
It was also peculiarly desirable to afford as little opportunity as possible to tumult and disorder. This evil was not least to be dreaded in the election of a magistrate, who was to have so important an agency in the administration of the government as the President of the United States. But the precautions which have been so happily concerted in the system under consideration, promise an effectual security against this mischief. The choice of SEVERAL, to form an intermediate body of electors, will be much less apt to convulse the community with any extraordinary or violent movements, than the choice of ONE who was himself to be the final object of the public wishes. And as the electors, chosen in each State, are to assemble and vote in the State in which they are chosen, this detached and divided situation will expose them much less to heats and ferments, which might be communicated from them to the people, than if they were all to be convened at one time, in one place.
Nothing was more to be desired than that every practicable obstacle should be opposed to cabal, intrigue, and corruption. These most deadly adversaries of republican government might naturally have been expected to make their approaches from more than one querter, but chiefly from the desire in foreign powers to gain an improper ascendant in our councils. How could they better gratify this, than by raising a creature of their own to the chief magistracy of the Union? But the convention have guarded against all danger of this sort, with the most provident and judicious attention. They have not made the appointment of the President to depend on any preexisting bodies of men, who might be tampered with beforehand to prostitute their votes; but they have referred it in the first instance to an immediate act of the people of America, to be exerted in the choice of persons for the temporary and sole purpose of making the appointment. And they have excluded from eligibility to this trust, all those who from situation might be suspected of too great devotion to the President in office. No senator, representative, or other person holding a place of trust or profit under the United States, can be of the numbers of the electors. Thus without corrupting the body of the people, the immediate agents in the election will at least enter upon the task free from any sinister bias. Their transient existence, and their detached situation, already taken notice of, afford a satisfactory prospect of their continuing so, to the conclusion of it. The business of cor
Games that suck on consoles:
FPS - Need a Keyboard and Mouse
RTS - Need a Keyboard and Mouse
MMORPG - Need a Keyboard and Mouse
Flight Simulators - Need a Keyboard and Flight Stick
Now that we've established that the PS2 & XBOX suck for the above, we can revisit the premise.
Would I switch if the best of the traditional PC games were ported to MAC in a timely manner... ummmm No, because Apple hardware is too expensive.
Give it some time for God's sake
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10 years ago almost nobody had broadband access. It takes time to build an infrastructure, whether through government intervention or market forces. I'm sure with in a few years broad band will be as pervasive as cable tv, due to market demand.
Suicide Girls was developed to be a celbration of attitude of young women rather than specifically providing a visual stimulation for male sexual climax.
You do realize most of us lost our "virginity" to the women's underwear section of a Sears catalog.
The problem is that mankind has never proven it could build any structure to last the time needed weather the half life of these radioactive elements. Building a "permanent" underground facility will need to last ten's of thousands of years.
Quirks and Quarks did a great story on these nuclear waste storage scenarios in September.
NPR did a story on the most efficient way to search for extra-terrestrial life, where it would be more efficient (energy/economic) to send craft out to distant solar systems rather than beam signals there. Apparantly the loss in signal strength is so severe (inverse square law) that signals get lost in the cosmic background.
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If Mars had oceans and rivers as theorized, then there must have been a significant atmosphere for those liquid bodies to form. As for Venus, while it doesn't have much of a magnetosphere, it has a constant supply of SO2 and CO2 from volcanic activity and enough gravity to keep the heavier atmospheric molecules from being stripped away.
Mars, OTH, can be truely colonized. It has water, O2, N2, Carbon, etc. It has everything needed, except that it has a thin atmosphere. It is possible that Mars actually has life on it as well.
Unfortunately, terra-forming Mars is all but impossible due to the lack of a strong magnetosphere, which allowed the solar wind to strip the atmosphere in the first place. Then there is the issue of a surface soil which is radioactive from billions of years of exposure.
IMO, the best use of resources would be towards the continued development of space stations and launch/reentry technologies. At a minimum it is the first step in colonizing space.
Well I know our development shops in India send it down the river Ganges.
Federalist #68
by Alexander Hamilton
Published March 14, 1788
The mode of appointment of the Chief Magistrate of the United States is almost the only part of the system, of any consequence, which has escaped without severe censure, or which has received the slightest mark of approbation from its opponents. The most plausible of these, who has appeared in print, has even deigned to admit that the election of the President is pretty well guarded. I venture somewhat further, and hesitate not to affirm, that if the manner of it be not perfect, it is at least excellent. It unites in an eminent degree all the advantages, the union of which was to be wished for.
It was desirable that the sense of the people should operate in the choice of the person to whom so important a trust was to be confided. This end will be answered by committing the right of making it, not to any preestablished body, but to men chosen by the people for the special purpose, and at the particular conjuncture.
It was equally desirable, that the immediate election should be made by men most capable of analyzing the qualities adapted to the station, and acting under circumstances favorable to deliberation, and to a judicious combination of all the reasons and inducements which were proper to govern their choice. A small number of persons, selected by their fellow-citizens from the general mass, will be most likely to possess the information and discernment requisite to such complicated investigations.
It was also peculiarly desirable to afford as little opportunity as possible to tumult and disorder. This evil was not least to be dreaded in the election of a magistrate, who was to have so important an agency in the administration of the government as the President of the United States. But the precautions which have been so happily concerted in the system under consideration, promise an effectual security against this mischief. The choice of SEVERAL, to form an intermediate body of electors, will be much less apt to convulse the community with any extraordinary or violent movements, than the choice of ONE who was himself to be the final object of the public wishes. And as the electors, chosen in each State, are to assemble and vote in the State in which they are chosen, this detached and divided situation will expose them much less to heats and ferments, which might be communicated from them to the people, than if they were all to be convened at one time, in one place.
Nothing was more to be desired than that every practicable obstacle should be opposed to cabal, intrigue, and corruption. These most deadly adversaries of republican government might naturally have been expected to make their approaches from more than one querter, but chiefly from the desire in foreign powers to gain an improper ascendant in our councils. How could they better gratify this, than by raising a creature of their own to the chief magistracy of the Union? But the convention have guarded against all danger of this sort, with the most provident and judicious attention. They have not made the appointment of the President to depend on any preexisting bodies of men, who might be tampered with beforehand to prostitute their votes; but they have referred it in the first instance to an immediate act of the people of America, to be exerted in the choice of persons for the temporary and sole purpose of making the appointment. And they have excluded from eligibility to this trust, all those who from situation might be suspected of too great devotion to the President in office. No senator, representative, or other person holding a place of trust or profit under the United States, can be of the numbers of the electors. Thus without corrupting the body of the people, the immediate agents in the election will at least enter upon the task free from any sinister bias. Their transient existence, and their detached situation, already taken notice of, afford a satisfactory prospect of their continuing so, to the conclusion of it. The business of cor
Or is this still a sub-release?
No Wi-Fi mentioned in the specs. Is there any technical reason Wi Fi can't be integrated into a cell? Is it a conflict of frequencies?
Does this mean I'm no longer allowed to play UT??
The fact that games have to support a keyboard and mouse. (and no I don't count glitchy emulators as "supported")
Games that suck on consoles: FPS - Need a Keyboard and Mouse RTS - Need a Keyboard and Mouse MMORPG - Need a Keyboard and Mouse Flight Simulators - Need a Keyboard and Flight Stick Now that we've established that the PS2 & XBOX suck for the above, we can revisit the premise. Would I switch if the best of the traditional PC games were ported to MAC in a timely manner ... ummmm No, because Apple hardware is too expensive.
I'm partial to the Sahara myself
10 years ago almost nobody had broadband access. It takes time to build an infrastructure, whether through government intervention or market forces. I'm sure with in a few years broad band will be as pervasive as cable tv, due to market demand.
I heard it's Star Trek V bad ... *shudder* elderly Uhura strip tease scene
Suicide Girls was developed to be a celbration of attitude of young women rather than specifically providing a visual stimulation for male sexual climax.
You do realize most of us lost our "virginity" to the women's underwear section of a Sears catalog.
2. Would they make good slaves?
We IT folk have enough competition as it is!
I'd honestly prefer the following freedoms:
... by taxing others
... by taxing others
... by taxing others
The freedom to get the health care I need at a reasonable cost
The freedom to retire
The freedom from having to worry about paying through the nose for a good education for my children
Doesn't sound like freedom to me. Whatever happened to personal responsibility??
The problem is that mankind has never proven it could build any structure to last the time needed weather the half life of these radioactive elements. Building a "permanent" underground facility will need to last ten's of thousands of years.
Quirks and Quarks did a great story on these nuclear waste storage scenarios in September.
i'd do her
... yeah I'm sure she's flattered
As opposed to your usual crusty tube sock
NPR did a story on the most efficient way to search for extra-terrestrial life, where it would be more efficient (energy/economic) to send craft out to distant solar systems rather than beam signals there. Apparantly the loss in signal strength is so severe (inverse square law) that signals get lost in the cosmic background.
Just stick antenna in your pants and you'll be a hit with the ladies.
I only buy name brand electronics, like Magnetbox and Sorny.
I remember Piper saying that on either Piper's Pit or the TNT show. Thanks for the info, I correct it
The scientists got their samples and the public got a cool crash video
All you have to do is reroute power from the phaser bank to the deflector array.
"You can't polish a turd"
Coders who lack the necessary financial or social rewards in their lives sometimes choose the dark side of the force.
No, people who lack necessities like money for food and rent turn to "shady" or sometimes illegal practices.