Much better to spend those 15 minutes working out which 6 photos to take, then taking a small burst of each than to simply walk around being Miss Snap Happy.
How do you know she doesn't spend an hour going around the house and gardens before a 15 minute burst of taking photos? And I doubt six photos are enough to be sure you've got a good idea of a house - that'd be, what, one from the front, one from the back, one of the garden and only three from inside?
In a sense, they already have. There is only a limited range of designs that are possible (and the drawing of it standing with legs apart is not one of them), so what it would have looked like would be a statue, legs together, one arm raised, at the entrance to a harbour. In other words, like the Statue of Liberty. Except not as big.
Well, in terms of commercial viability, there were reports back in 2000 such as this one which stated that France declined to participate in Vega because of concerns about its commercial viability (although they did fund the P80 advanced solid propulsion stage).
As long as they have movies that the kids want to see brought to life. They can only coast on past successes for so long, after that it'll be decline and fall. So they either need to produce good movies themselves, or sign agreements with those who can.
too bad I just bought a new nikon d70. Its almost as good as having 500 megspx
Er... what? In terms of sheer performance the Nikon d70 is 6 megapixels isn't it? That's like saying 'Ooh, the new Porsche 911 Turbo S is nice, but I just bought a shopping trolley, it's almost as good'.
OK, the Nikon d70 is a bit more portable than a 500megapixel camera attached to a 4 metre telescope, but in terms of impressing with numbers...
squandered away our nuclear exeprtise and brought about the decline of the civillian nuclear industry
Oddly enough, the scientists I know who are most disparaging about nuclear power in general, and Sellafield in particular, are the ones who have worked there...
You just completely contradicted yourself in the same paragraph
It didn't read that way to me. Put it this way, if you get stung by a wasp, do you grab a stick and hit the nearest bee's nest?
The complaint is not that we should sit back and do nothing, but that we should only attack after first thinking about things. Properly. Otherwise, things go wrong, no matter how powerful you are.
From the article in today's BBC News: The US military at first insisted that there was a fault with the RAF Tornado's 'friend-foe' recognition system but later admitted they were having problems with the Patriot missile system's software.
Volunteer projects in the community? What if you'd prefer to do charity work that works with problems a little further away than something that might interfere with your comfortable world on your drive to work? Let's face it, if your company relies on global industry - and it almost certainly does - then putting something back to the (relatively) poor in California doesn't exactly compensate for exploitation of other parts of the world that we're all implicated in.
In other words, in this policy it appears that charity begins, and ends, at home. Foreigners can get stuffed.
Uh... a pyramid is the simplest way to build a tall structure that won't easily fall down. So their appearance all over the world doesn't really mean anything.
Yeah, liberal lefties like Rupert Murdoch make me sick...
No, the reason the media don't report it isn't their 'hatred of capitalism', it's because it isn't sensational enough. Bad things are sensational, whether it's US troops being shot up, princesses dying in Parisian road tunnels, or Democrat presidents playing around with interns. Companies investing money into research isn't news, it's business. Results get reported in the business news, they only reach the main news either when it goes wrong, or the good news is big enough (and simple enough) that it fits their sensationalist agenda.
Nothing wrong with waste vegetable oil though. Well, apart from the tax levels on it in the UK...
No it's not.
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All human activity since the industrial revolution is less than one small to moderate eruption
Uh... do you actually have a cite for that?
Because, for example, the eruption of Mount St Helens put 1 Million tonnes of sulfur aerosols into the stratosphere - these are the things that have the most effect on the worldwide climate, the ash from volcanos is local effect only.
Now, a million tonnes sounds absolutely huge. But it is still only just over five times what, say, the State of Louisiana emits as sulfur dioxide every year.
So in other words - the US easily produces as much sulfur dioxide, and more, every year than the explosion of Mount St Helens.
Or put it this way - you get sulfur dioxide from burning fossil fuels. We mine, worldwide, billions of tonnes of coal every year (the US alone produces just under a billion). How much sulfur dioxide do you think all that lot produces? The answer is that a typical small coal-fired power station (100 MW) may produce from 20 000 up to 30 000 tons of sulphur dioxide a year. In other words, Mt St Helens is worth a measly 40 small coal-fired power stations. How many of them are there in the US alone?
people in the UK are prohibited by law from defending themselves,
Wrong. Incorrect. You have been misinformed. Lied to. Britons are not prohibited from defending themselves. If someone attacks you, putting you in fear of your life, you are allowed to use violent force.
What you are not allowed to do is lie in wait with a shotgun and shoot an unarmed burglar in the back. Your property is not yourself.
A recent case from The Guardian shows where the law lies.
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This is Slashdot. Try either Richmond, Washington or Lindon, Utah.
How do you know she doesn't spend an hour going around the house and gardens before a 15 minute burst of taking photos? And I doubt six photos are enough to be sure you've got a good idea of a house - that'd be, what, one from the front, one from the back, one of the garden and only three from inside?
That's still sexist. Change it to Personduck.
In a sense, they already have. There is only a limited range of designs that are possible (and the drawing of it standing with legs apart is not one of them), so what it would have looked like would be a statue, legs together, one arm raised, at the entrance to a harbour. In other words, like the Statue of Liberty. Except not as big.
Well, in terms of commercial viability, there were reports back in 2000 such as this one which stated that France declined to participate in Vega because of concerns about its commercial viability (although they did fund the P80 advanced solid propulsion stage).
So, now you have no honey, and your plants aren't being pollenated.
As long as they have movies that the kids want to see brought to life. They can only coast on past successes for so long, after that it'll be decline and fall. So they either need to produce good movies themselves, or sign agreements with those who can.
Not in the article, but in their submission of proposal to Fermilab PAC, they state
So, not more data per image, just more images.Er... what? In terms of sheer performance the Nikon d70 is 6 megapixels isn't it? That's like saying 'Ooh, the new Porsche 911 Turbo S is nice, but I just bought a shopping trolley, it's almost as good'.
OK, the Nikon d70 is a bit more portable than a 500megapixel camera attached to a 4 metre telescope, but in terms of impressing with numbers...
Oddly enough, the scientists I know who are most disparaging about nuclear power in general, and Sellafield in particular, are the ones who have worked there...
It didn't read that way to me. Put it this way, if you get stung by a wasp, do you grab a stick and hit the nearest bee's nest?
The complaint is not that we should sit back and do nothing, but that we should only attack after first thinking about things. Properly. Otherwise, things go wrong, no matter how powerful you are.
105,000ft? People have been higher than that in balloons (US Naval officers Malcolm Ross and Vic Parther reached 113,740 ft).
Why? Can they count? They get confused if presented with more than two options? 'They just do' isn't much of an explanation.
And don't bother feeling bad about Deutsch, he's definitely smart.
In other words, in this policy it appears that charity begins, and ends, at home. Foreigners can get stuffed.
Or, if you're in the UK, watch Channel 4 at 11pm tonight (Monday 10th). They're showing it.
Uh... a pyramid is the simplest way to build a tall structure that won't easily fall down. So their appearance all over the world doesn't really mean anything.
No, the reason the media don't report it isn't their 'hatred of capitalism', it's because it isn't sensational enough. Bad things are sensational, whether it's US troops being shot up, princesses dying in Parisian road tunnels, or Democrat presidents playing around with interns. Companies investing money into research isn't news, it's business. Results get reported in the business news, they only reach the main news either when it goes wrong, or the good news is big enough (and simple enough) that it fits their sensationalist agenda.
Nothing wrong with waste vegetable oil though. Well, apart from the tax levels on it in the UK...
Because, for example, the eruption of Mount St Helens put 1 Million tonnes of sulfur aerosols into the stratosphere - these are the things that have the most effect on the worldwide climate, the ash from volcanos is local effect only.
Now, a million tonnes sounds absolutely huge. But it is still only just over five times what, say, the State of Louisiana emits as sulfur dioxide every year.
So in other words - the US easily produces as much sulfur dioxide, and more, every year than the explosion of Mount St Helens.
Or put it this way - you get sulfur dioxide from burning fossil fuels. We mine, worldwide, billions of tonnes of coal every year (the US alone produces just under a billion). How much sulfur dioxide do you think all that lot produces? The answer is that a typical small coal-fired power station (100 MW) may produce from 20 000 up to 30 000 tons of sulphur dioxide a year. In other words, Mt St Helens is worth a measly 40 small coal-fired power stations. How many of them are there in the US alone?