There will probably be a number of "exlusion zones" for such an impact on the Moon, more than you would think.
Aside from the historic Apollo LEMs, there would be lunar seismometers, laser reflection mirrors, and impact/landing sites for prior Russian and American unmanned craft.
I know that some directors in their DVD commentaries have lamented about the overuse of steadicam and the excessively smooth camera movements it can create.
Hey, mods - thanks for the Redundant! Did it ever occur to you that maybe I had typed my comment at the same time or slightly before the other one appeared?
Norton Internet Security prevents many of my clients from using the Internet at all, even when I adjust the settings.
So I have them get a hardware firewall.
If you notice an asteroid with a swarthy complexion, a headscarf and a Koran using this simulation against sensitive targets on Earth, please notify the Dept of Homeland Security - immediately.
Who's out there right now making music that's relevant to our times, makes you think, but also makes you want to sing along?
Answer: hardly anybody, and that's perhaps the biggest part of the probelm.
An hour or two after the power went out Aug 14, I was walking around my home city in lower NY state.
I ran into a two-person TV crew. They were from some independent, possibly foreign station (I never found out which it was).
The woman did an MOS interview with me, and she kept harping on the terrorism thing.
I had to keep insisting that a terror attack was the last thing on my mind, and poor power grid management was the first thing on my mind.
Sheesh!
Hmmm... I remember seeing something on TV showing the Inuits building canoes out of wooden planks that were made pliable with boiling hot seal oil. That was at least 20 years ago.
If only the subject of the story had watched the same program I did back then...
I hear this again and again that somehow if people who don't pay what they are supposed to, deficits wouldn't be as severe.
Nonsense, I say. Budgets are predicated on spending priorities and incoming receipts. Governments will spend what they want, regardless of how much revenue is taken in.
How many times has a government instituted a new tax (Connecticut's fairly recent income tax, for example) to "close a budget gap" only to have that same gap magically reappear.
I just don't believe that those uncollected taxes are specially earmarked for "deficit reduction."
I wrote a pithy note to Forbes five years ago in reply to a story about WinCE-based car computers.
What I said still holds true, "Some people can handle any technology while they're on the road and still drive, and some can't. It's the process of sorting them out that frightens me."
On a lighter note, it sure changes the meaning of "crashing"
Please go out and see the desert, especially Death Valley. Experience the perfect silence and more stars than you've ever seen. Go out on a moonless or cresent-moon night and feel completely encased in darkness so perfect you can't even see your hand in front of your face.
I knew about this because it was a national story. I honestly don't follow much about South Dakota, although I loved driving through and seeing the Badlands and Mount Rushmore in person.
True, my comment wasn't especially relevant, except in the sense of it being an example of a powerful person who broke the law repeatedly and was content to shrug it off and "simply pay the fine."
It's especially egregious in the case of politicians, because they routinely exempt themselves from justice.
It's outrageous that a person ran through a stop signal, and killed someone. It's more outrageous that they were a persistent violator of traffic laws. It's even more outrageous that this was someone who makes laws and is sworn to uphold them.
Bill Janklow was a recalcitrant breaker of traffic laws. He went on record saying, "Oh, I'll just pay the fine" even though he probably racked up enough violations to have his license taken away.
He kept on "paying the fine" until his car met a motorcyle and the person driving the latter was killed.
A client of mine brought in their Gateway PC to a Gateway Country store for a nonresponsive keyboard issue.
The tech ignored my client's request to have the data backed up, blithely ran the system recovery CDs and of course, didn't fix the problem.
A LOT of computer stores and repair shops hide their sloppy work behind "we're not responsible for your data" signs, which is pretty sick, since it's often the data that's the most valuable thing on the machine.
Set up a decoy squad of people with nothing but really twangy country and western tunes in their ipods.
I doubt many muggers will try it again after they get a taste of ol' Merle in his prime.
Has been thirty years away for fifty years.
Now we know that was hopelessly optimistic...
We're laying groundwork...
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Manned exploration may be expensive and hazardous, but every manned mission helps lay a small amount of groundwork for our eventual future of living and working in space.
We need a "backup homeworld" to save our species from annihilation by natural or manmade disaster.
Having colonies on Mars, the Moon, Lagrange points and beyond would serve the purpose very nicely.
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There will probably be a number of "exlusion zones" for such an impact on the Moon, more than you would think. Aside from the historic Apollo LEMs, there would be lunar seismometers, laser reflection mirrors, and impact/landing sites for prior Russian and American unmanned craft.
I know that some directors in their DVD commentaries have lamented about the overuse of steadicam and the excessively smooth camera movements it can create.
Was Garrett Brown. Moderators: please don't mark as "redundant" since at the time of this posting, no one else has mentioned this.
Hey, mods - thanks for the Redundant!
Did it ever occur to you that maybe I had typed my comment at the same time or slightly before the other one appeared?
Norton Internet Security prevents many of my clients from using the Internet at all, even when I adjust the settings. So I have them get a hardware firewall.
If you notice an asteroid with a swarthy complexion, a headscarf and a Koran using this simulation against sensitive targets on Earth, please notify the Dept of Homeland Security - immediately.
Any insufficiently explained-away magic is therefore indistinguishable from technology?
Who's out there right now making music that's relevant to our times, makes you think, but also makes you want to sing along? Answer: hardly anybody, and that's perhaps the biggest part of the probelm.
KINGDOM - toggles hospital ghosts on or off
SEEYAINCOURT - immunity to malpractice suits
An hour or two after the power went out Aug 14, I was walking around my home city in lower NY state. I ran into a two-person TV crew. They were from some independent, possibly foreign station (I never found out which it was). The woman did an MOS interview with me, and she kept harping on the terrorism thing. I had to keep insisting that a terror attack was the last thing on my mind, and poor power grid management was the first thing on my mind. Sheesh!
Is lower the springs on the house and install a kit that will make it bounce up and down.
Hmmm... I remember seeing something on TV showing the Inuits building canoes out of wooden planks that were made pliable with boiling hot seal oil. That was at least 20 years ago. If only the subject of the story had watched the same program I did back then...
I hear this again and again that somehow if people who don't pay what they are supposed to, deficits wouldn't be as severe.
Nonsense, I say. Budgets are predicated on spending priorities and incoming receipts. Governments will spend what they want, regardless of how much revenue is taken in.
How many times has a government instituted a new tax (Connecticut's fairly recent income tax, for example) to "close a budget gap" only to have that same gap magically reappear.
I just don't believe that those uncollected taxes are specially earmarked for "deficit reduction."
I wrote a pithy note to Forbes five years ago in reply to a story about WinCE-based car computers. What I said still holds true, "Some people can handle any technology while they're on the road and still drive, and some can't. It's the process of sorting them out that frightens me." On a lighter note, it sure changes the meaning of "crashing"
Please go out and see the desert, especially Death Valley. Experience the perfect silence and more stars than you've ever seen. Go out on a moonless or cresent-moon night and feel completely encased in darkness so perfect you can't even see your hand in front of your face.
You have to call the following number: 809-234-4646
I knew about this because it was a national story. I honestly don't follow much about South Dakota, although I loved driving through and seeing the Badlands and Mount Rushmore in person.
True, my comment wasn't especially relevant, except in the sense of it being an example of a powerful person who broke the law repeatedly and was content to shrug it off and "simply pay the fine."
It's especially egregious in the case of politicians, because they routinely exempt themselves from justice.
It's outrageous that a person ran through a stop signal, and killed someone. It's more outrageous that they were a persistent violator of traffic laws. It's even more outrageous that this was someone who makes laws and is sworn to uphold them.
Bill Janklow was a recalcitrant breaker of traffic laws. He went on record saying, "Oh, I'll just pay the fine" even though he probably racked up enough violations to have his license taken away. He kept on "paying the fine" until his car met a motorcyle and the person driving the latter was killed.
A client of mine brought in their Gateway PC to a Gateway Country store for a nonresponsive keyboard issue. The tech ignored my client's request to have the data backed up, blithely ran the system recovery CDs and of course, didn't fix the problem. A LOT of computer stores and repair shops hide their sloppy work behind "we're not responsible for your data" signs, which is pretty sick, since it's often the data that's the most valuable thing on the machine.
Vader: (holding aloft paternity test results)Luke, I'm 99.99999% sure I am your father... Luke: No!!!! That's almost impossible...!
Set up a decoy squad of people with nothing but really twangy country and western tunes in their ipods. I doubt many muggers will try it again after they get a taste of ol' Merle in his prime.
Has been thirty years away for fifty years. Now we know that was hopelessly optimistic...
Manned exploration may be expensive and hazardous, but every manned mission helps lay a small amount of groundwork for our eventual future of living and working in space. We need a "backup homeworld" to save our species from annihilation by natural or manmade disaster. Having colonies on Mars, the Moon, Lagrange points and beyond would serve the purpose very nicely.
But it can sure as hell stave off misery.
Crew of six Russians circumcizes the Earth in 90 minutes in their new craft, "The Clipper." Zero-G vodka and caviar party to follow.