= 2,200 lbs, whereas the standard (non-metric) ton = 2,240 lbs. 40 lbs or less than 20 kg difference. So at the full 40 tonne load, the difference is about the same as an adult male.
The concept involves making the airship (and only the airship) "neutral buoyant". In other words, the amount of helium on board would only be sufficient to counterbalance the airframe and crew.
Lift is to be provided by swivelling thrusters, making the entire beast a hybrid of a helicopter and airship.
Being neutral in buoyancy would mean that the entire weight of the payload is supported by the rotors, so that when the payload is dropped off, the airship does not rise, it simply remains where it is.
It is interesting to take a good long look at the news footage of the crash. If you do, you'd notice that all the hydrogen burned off in the first couple of seconds, and by the time the Hindenburg actually hit the ground, it had all gone.
The fire and most casualties were from the combustion of the diesel fuel and other combustible materials in the structure, not from the hydrogen itself.
The Force in Star Wars is only a thinly veiled reference to The Tao.
Not so much referring to the Tao (The Way), which in it's purest form is not a "force" at all.
The Force of Star Wars fame is actually referring to Ch'i (or Qi in current transcription), which is referred to in the Tao Te Ching. It is also known as Ki in Japanese thought, and is equivalent to Prana in Hindu thought. Native American thaught also has something similar.
Yes, I realize this is way off-topic, but incorrect info needs to be challenged....
Actually the iPhone is only available on three networks, albeit the three biggest networks - Telstra, Optus and Vodafone.
Last time I read about the iPhone, it was only Optus and Vodaphone who will have it. That makes some sense, as the Optus 3G network (as distinct from the 2G/GSM network) is shared between Optus and Vodaphone.
Ironically it's not available on the "3" network".
If Telstra are offering the iPhone, then it is also available on the "3" network, since Telstra's 3G network (not their 2G network) is shared with 3. (I am a Telstra customer, and I can tell you that my 3G Sony Ericsson, which is "locked to Telstra", will quite happily function with a SIM from 3....
btw, I feel the need to mention that H2O ice doesn't sublimate, CO2 ice does. As mentioned in another reply, water ice does sublimate at low pressure. Not only that, but water vapour sublimates at normal pressures too. That's how snow forms....
That would be still be slander, unless you really were a member of Al Qaeda.. Not necessarily... Defamation in Australian law requires that the statement must cause a third party to "think less of" the person. If your boss had a neutral or slightly positive opinion of al Qaeda (or of Islam), then his opinion of you might remain unchanged, in which case no defamation has occurred.
Of course, what most commenters are missing is that there is a difference between Australia and New Zealand. The incident is in New Zealand, not Australia, so it is possible that their defamation law is different.
Their thinking might be a bit wooly though:p) (The Aussies will get that one).
In Australia it is. It has to be not only true, but in the public's interest to know it. Depends on which State you are being sued in. Some States, truth is a defence. Other (most) states, it is not. "Qualified Privilege", as it is known, requires that the person publishing the defamation (a) has reason to believe the information to be true (it doesn't actually have to be true), and that the person to whom it was published had a right to know.
(Viking literally means a person who comes from a bay or similar.) Actually, "viking" was originally a verb (present participle). I developed into a gerund. More correct to say that "Lief went viking." than "Lief was a Viking".
Actually it has far more interest for druids etc. ...not to mention Wiccans and all the other shades of Pagans.
Sort of like Christmas being near another pagan day. Actually, they're both Pagan Festivals. What we now celebrate as Easter was originally the full moon following the Spring Equinox in the Northern Hemisphere. The Church of Rome "Christianized" it by the addition of "The Sunday following the...".
Christmas, OTOH remains unchanged as far as dates go. Roughly 3 days after the midwinter solstice, it would be the earliest point at which the sun could be seen to be moving North again.
Then of course, there is Halloween (Samhain to the Pagans)....
I'm sorry, but rms has meant "root-mean-square" to me for about 15 years, or roughly 8 years longer than I've known about GNU or Linux
That's what it's meant to me for 39 years (and I'm not a mathematician either). considering that I've only been aware of Stallman's existence for around 4 years....
Keep hearing folks saying how fast Firefox/Mozilla is. Well, I'm sorry but in my experience Firefox sucks!
It is Slow. I mean ssllooowwww. Painfully slow......
I have Opera, Netscape 7, Mozilla 1.6, Firefox and of course Konqueror installed on my box. And I use all of them at some point (sometimes a site won't render correctly in Opera, so I try some of the others).
Of them all, Firefox is the slowest. A page that akes about 10 seconds to load in Opera takes up to 2 minutes (that's 12 times as long) to display in Firefox. Mozilla is marginally faster, as it Netscape.
And this is on the same machine (Celeron 366 with 384 MB RAM).
Unless and until the Mozilla team can improve their rendering times, I cannot recommend any of their products. I'm sticking to Opera (which has all the features of Firefox that I need, and unlike Mozilla has a Java plugin that works).
Yeah, sure. That's assuming you are weird enough to actually *like* the Gnome interface and widget set. Gnome has the most butt-ugly look and feel I've ever seen, and it's a PITA to configure...
Just open the files in OpenOffice.org 1.0. ne need to worry, as the necessary filters are built right in, and function seamlessly. This applies to _all_ M$ Office docs, up to and including XP.
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tonne != ton
True, but it's very close....
1 tonne = 1,000 kg = 1,000,000 grams
= 2,200 lbs, whereas the standard (non-metric) ton = 2,240 lbs. 40 lbs or less than 20 kg difference. So at the full 40 tonne load, the difference is about the same as an adult male.
Seems most haven't been following the story :( (which is not really new - http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/07/11/skyhook_jhl_40_boeing/ from yesterday's Register.
The concept involves making the airship (and only the airship) "neutral buoyant". In other words, the amount of helium on board would only be sufficient to counterbalance the airframe and crew.
Lift is to be provided by swivelling thrusters, making the entire beast a hybrid of a helicopter and airship.
Being neutral in buoyancy would mean that the entire weight of the payload is supported by the rotors, so that when the payload is dropped off, the airship does not rise, it simply remains where it is.
It is interesting to take a good long look at the news footage of the crash. If you do, you'd notice that all the hydrogen burned off in the first couple of seconds, and by the time the Hindenburg actually hit the ground, it had all gone.
The fire and most casualties were from the combustion of the diesel fuel and other combustible materials in the structure, not from the hydrogen itself.
Is there a difference?
The Force in Star Wars is only a thinly veiled reference to The Tao.
Not so much referring to the Tao (The Way), which in it's purest form is not a "force" at all.
The Force of Star Wars fame is actually referring to Ch'i (or Qi in current transcription), which is referred to in the Tao Te Ching. It is also known as Ki in Japanese thought, and is equivalent to Prana in Hindu thought. Native American thaught also has something similar.
The concept predates Taoism by quite some time.
If you like Gnome, you'll love KDE4. It lacks many of the same features Gnome lacks
I noticed that :)
Actually the iPhone is only available on three networks, albeit the three biggest networks - Telstra, Optus and Vodafone.
Last time I read about the iPhone, it was only Optus and Vodaphone who will have it. That makes some sense, as the Optus 3G network (as distinct from the 2G/GSM network) is shared between Optus and Vodaphone.
Ironically it's not available on the "3" network".
If Telstra are offering the iPhone, then it is also available on the "3" network, since Telstra's 3G network (not their 2G network) is shared with 3. (I am a Telstra customer, and I can tell you that my 3G Sony Ericsson, which is "locked to Telstra", will quite happily function with a SIM from 3....
Of course, what most commenters are missing is that there is a difference between Australia and New Zealand. The incident is in New Zealand, not Australia, so it is possible that their defamation law is different. Their thinking might be a bit wooly though :p) (The Aussies will get that one).
> unless TFA is grossly inaccurate, concerning the situation there.
In fact, the article simplifies the situation, which is actually much more complex.
I'm sorry, but rms has meant "root-mean-square" to me for about 15 years, or roughly 8 years longer than I've known about GNU or Linux
That's what it's meant to me for 39 years (and I'm not a mathematician either). considering that I've only been aware of Stallman's existence for around 4 years....
Keep hearing folks saying how fast Firefox/Mozilla is. Well, I'm sorry but in my experience Firefox sucks! It is Slow. I mean ssllooowwww. Painfully slow...... I have Opera, Netscape 7, Mozilla 1.6, Firefox and of course Konqueror installed on my box. And I use all of them at some point (sometimes a site won't render correctly in Opera, so I try some of the others). Of them all, Firefox is the slowest. A page that akes about 10 seconds to load in Opera takes up to 2 minutes (that's 12 times as long) to display in Firefox. Mozilla is marginally faster, as it Netscape. And this is on the same machine (Celeron 366 with 384 MB RAM). Unless and until the Mozilla team can improve their rendering times, I cannot recommend any of their products. I'm sticking to Opera (which has all the features of Firefox that I need, and unlike Mozilla has a Java plugin that works).
Yeah, sure. That's assuming you are weird enough to actually *like* the Gnome interface and widget set. Gnome has the most butt-ugly look and feel I've ever seen, and it's a PITA to configure...
At least OpenOffice.org has a good-looking UI.
>Note to others:
>Before anyone jump down my throat think Access...
Yes, thats the only one that wont import directly into OpenOffice.org. The data can be accessed though, but its a bit of fluffing about.
Just open the files in OpenOffice.org 1.0. ne need to worry, as the necessary filters are built right in, and function seamlessly. This applies to _all_ M$ Office docs, up to and including XP.