A "radiation detector" - like a Geiger counter? Wrong type of instrument for EMF. If she was using a Geiger and it was a'clicking away, she probably has radon seepage problems; common in modern homes.
All you need to detect high levels of EMF is a flourescent light bulb.
from article: " Rutan has spent a celebrated career designing airplanes like the Voyager, the first aircraft to fly around the world without refueling. He doesn't classify as an immigrant from high tech"
Voyager? Not high tech? The first aircraft to fly around the world without stopping for fuel? Methinks he's pretty modest... y'know, I think I like this guy.
Good Bog, you have an S.O. that likes Star Wars? You lucky dog, you.:-)
I personally think AOTC could have benefitted from some real input from the fans. There were a lot of good ideas about solving the plot inconsistencies out there. But at that time, GL didn't seem to know that fanfix existed (other than the few "authorized official history fanfic" novels. Most were crap, IMHO
There are many things in the SW universe that could be made into wonderful short story plots. I've written a few myself. But they don't exist according to GL.
I wish he'd concentrate more on keeping the SW universe alive than he does on C&C....
I fast forward thru those sections. Seeing it in the theater was funny - every time the scene(s) came up there was a collective groan from the adults in the audience and giggles from the teenies. Funny.
Was it like the total berserker attitude produced by Nat. Enquirer headlines such as "Elvis seen with Jodi Foster and Keanu Reeves sharing a hotel room overnight!"? I frequently find myself torn between laughing hysterically and setting fire to the rags...but they probably won't let me read/. in prison after attempted arson in a slow food joint.:-)/rant
"Generally speaking, VCRs don't have such a far reaching capability."
Not compared to internet filesharing, true, but back then, VCRs looked like a huge threat (mainly because of their price and availability). I'd argue that the reaction of **AA is the same. "Uh oh, a threat to our profit margins."
"VCRs on the other hand, often used for simply watching something at a different time (you are out when a particular program is being aired), or you are taping something you have a right to view (you pay for cable, and are taping a program or movie that you have paid for access to"
Mind you, they don't like time shifting much either; they want to feed you their content *right now* 24 hours a day and charge you for all of it, as much as they can get away with. This is not really a battle about copyright, it's a battle about control of who feeds what crap to the mass of people (thank Bog I don't watch TV:-).
"You are aware that your government is in possession of everything from automatic rifles to nuclear weapons? You don't stand a chance if the US military can be convinced to take you down. "
"The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants." -TJ
I hope Dubya hasn't read Heinlein. Be afraid...be very afraid, GWB....we might be able to dump 100t grain loads on your head if you continue with the space program....
Yes, but it's still more inefficient to store solar energy in batteries ( in the lunar environment, it's be pretty easy to store O and H as liquids, just shade them from sunlight.)
The energy equation is moot when you get the energy for the cost of the infrastructure and maintenance. It's not the same problem as on earth (ie, the US) where we have to replace an infrastructure with something new. On the moon it's an entirely different problem to which solutions such as electrolyzation lend themselves well.
Yeah, there are no hydrogen wells. But we're still ignoring the energy well (ie, Sol).
"Actually scientists have always considered stellar and planetary dynamos to be very enigmatic"
True. But there have been a lot of discoveries like this in the last decade or so that make "current" (OMG, pun) models obsolete. That's why the computer models (our second best test of the many theories) are evolving so fast.
"The story isn't about the dynamo, it's about how the heliosphere's shape changes in response to magnetic fields on the surface. As for the double north pole, the article states "it's a fairly normal side-effect of the solar cycle."
Don't be so pedantic, I think we are talking about the same thing - the EM mechanism of Sol. My point was that there is still a lot to be understood about how stars work, no matter how much we think we understand. So we're basically agreed, neh?
Y'know, some of us do try to present concepts in ways that most people will understand. I was trying to be as simple as possible. Pardon me if I wasn't entirely accurate.
" Lest we not forget beyond the ISP's that don't care, you have the equally as bad ISP's that just don't know wtf they are doing. "
It's the same thing. Crap, man, there's something like a half million IT people out of work in the US alone. That's a HUGE job pool. If they can't bother to hire someone competent, then they just don't care. I've dealt with that subject with my local ISP enough.
I hear you on the spam. I have 5 accounts I use regularly, all except two on different servers, and I deal with over a hundred spams a day (these accounts have been around for a long time and actively used, most of them:) That doesn't even mention the other accounts I use on a semi regular basis.
I've had it. It's time for a formal declaration of war on these suckers. A war with rules, tho, like limiting collateral damage:)
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Ah, but for how long?
A "radiation detector" - like a Geiger counter? Wrong type of instrument for EMF. If she was using a Geiger and it was a'clicking away, she probably has radon seepage problems; common in modern homes.
All you need to detect high levels of EMF is a flourescent light bulb.
SB
from article: " Rutan has spent a celebrated career designing airplanes like the Voyager, the first aircraft to fly around the world without refueling. He doesn't classify as an immigrant from high tech"
... y'know, I think I like this guy.
Voyager? Not high tech? The first aircraft to fly around the world without stopping for fuel? Methinks he's pretty modest
SB
No, more like a poorly programmed AI with a limited rule set.
SB
Good Bog, you have an S.O. that likes Star Wars? You lucky dog, you. :-)
I personally think AOTC could have benefitted from some real input from the fans. There were a lot of good ideas about solving the plot inconsistencies out there. But at that time, GL didn't seem to know that fanfix existed (other than the few "authorized official history fanfic" novels. Most were crap, IMHO
There are many things in the SW universe that could be made into wonderful short story plots. I've written a few myself. But they don't exist according to GL.
I wish he'd concentrate more on keeping the SW universe alive than he does on C&C....
Cheers
SB
I fast forward thru those sections. Seeing it in the theater was funny - every time the scene(s) came up there was a collective groan from the adults in the audience and giggles from the teenies. Funny.
and the beach overlook scene
"sand is coarse....blah blah blah but you're smooth blah blah "
For Bog's sake, Lucas, farm the poetic romance out to someone else.
Face it, you simply can't write scripts as well as other people.
""he would probably play Han's Solo's grandfather or something.""
*shudder* Don't give Lucas ideas. I can just see it.
Dark robed figure: Han, I am your grandfather!
Han: No, no.....NOOOOO!
Palpatine grins slowly, then cackles evilly...."See, even the Sith get a little action once in a while."
Was it like the total berserker attitude produced by Nat. Enquirer headlines such as "Elvis seen with Jodi Foster and Keanu Reeves sharing a hotel room overnight!"? I frequently find myself torn between laughing hysterically and setting fire to the rags...but they probably won't let me read /. in prison after attempted arson in a slow food joint. :-) /rant
SB
"Generally speaking, VCRs don't have such a far reaching capability."
:-).
:-)
Not compared to internet filesharing, true, but back then, VCRs looked like a huge threat (mainly because of their price and availability). I'd argue that the reaction of **AA is the same. "Uh oh, a threat to our profit margins."
"VCRs on the other hand, often used for simply watching something at a different time (you are out when a particular program is being aired), or you are taping something you have a right to view (you pay for cable, and are taping a program or movie that you have paid for access to"
Mind you, they don't like time shifting much either; they want to feed you their content *right now* 24 hours a day and charge you for all of it, as much as they can get away with. This is not really a battle about copyright, it's a battle about control of who feeds what crap to the mass of people (thank Bog I don't watch TV
Hope that wasn't a "huge debate"
SB
Send a case of hookers? Hey, I want one of those! Mmmmm....yummy...
Oh...um, what were we talking about again?
SB
"The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants." -TJ
SB
Not at 80 mph.
It's the beer you're drinking whilst packing that makes it interesting
:-) was the ones, uh, you know,
afterward. (I know, I'm in the middle of a move)
Anyway my first impression of "move movies"
with lots of undulating motion in them....
In any case, this story is very good news.....
SB
I hope Dubya hasn't read Heinlein. Be afraid...be very afraid, GWB....we might
be able to dump 100t grain loads on your head if you continue with the space
program....
OH GOD WHAT AM I SAYING!
*runs away in fear and shame*
Yes, but it's still more inefficient to store solar energy in batteries ( in the lunar environment, it's be pretty easy to store O and H as liquids, just shade them from sunlight.)
The energy equation is moot when you get the energy for the cost of the infrastructure and maintenance. It's not the same problem as on earth (ie, the US) where we have to replace an infrastructure with something new. On the moon it's an entirely different problem to which solutions such as electrolyzation lend themselves well.
Yeah, there are no hydrogen wells. But we're still ignoring the energy well (ie, Sol).
SB
" Is there any potential for disrupting the moon's orbit?"
Good LORD we need better physics education.Worldwide, if possible.
No offense, dude. Your teachers sucked.
"Actually scientists have always considered stellar and planetary dynamos to be very enigmatic"
True. But there have been a lot of discoveries like this in the last decade or so that make "current" (OMG, pun) models obsolete. That's why the computer models (our second best test of the many theories) are evolving so fast.
"The story isn't about the dynamo, it's about how the heliosphere's shape changes in response to magnetic fields on the surface. As for the double north pole, the article states "it's a fairly normal side-effect of the solar cycle."
Don't be so pedantic, I think we are talking about the same thing - the EM mechanism of Sol. My point was that there is still a lot to be understood about how stars work, no matter how much we think we understand. So we're basically agreed, neh?
Y'know, some of us do try to present concepts in ways that most people will understand. I was trying to be as simple as possible. Pardon me if I wasn't entirely accurate.
SB
That's the funniest thing I've read in days.
Let me know if you ever find that "update"
SB
LOL
I'd bet we see this pop up in a SF book a few years from now. Way too many possibilities.
A power tap was an idea I had too.
SB
"Jodie Foster is in love with you and tells you to do things"
Sigh.....
I was in the middle of making up a story submission for this one. Argh!
:-)
This is actually quite interesting. It means that the internal dynamo within our parent star is not understood quite as well as we thought.
I wonder, when we've studied this more, what we'll learn about high intensity magnetic fields, and how it will contribute to fusion research.
Let's hope a lot
SB
" Lest we not forget beyond the ISP's that don't care, you have the equally as bad ISP's that just don't know wtf they are doing. "
:) That doesn't even mention the other accounts I use on a semi regular basis.
:)
It's the same thing. Crap, man, there's something like a half million IT people out of work in the US alone. That's a HUGE job pool. If they can't bother to hire someone competent, then they just don't care. I've dealt with that subject with my local ISP enough.
I hear you on the spam. I have 5 accounts I use regularly, all except two on different servers, and I deal with over a hundred spams a day (these accounts have been around for a long time and actively used, most of them
I've had it. It's time for a formal declaration of war on these suckers. A war with rules, tho, like limiting collateral damage
Sigh.
SB