Project Orion would get around this problem by using thousands of little charges, detonated close to the reflector - and it would still take years to accelerate.
Also, at least one proposal had the charges fling polyethelene at the reflector, which would presumably increase the energy transfer a bit. Shaping the charge to direct its energy in the direction of the spacecraft would help too.
An interesting side note -- the Orion team consulted with Coca-Cola on the best way to deploy the charges. Coke's experience with vending machines proved quite helpful in that regard -- reliably dispensing cans or bottles of soda isn't too different than lobbing nukes.
Actually, it's quite constitutional. For the punishment to be unconstitutional, it has to be both cruel and unusual. Five years of assrape may be cruel, but if every man convicted of a certain crime were given that sentence, it wouldn't be unusual.
There have been court decisions in the past that make clear mention of the fact that the phrase "cruel and unusual" is explicitly a Boolean AND; however, as far as I know, none of these decisions specifically relate to assrape.
There's a simple solution; post it as a hex (or binary or octal) dump. You can then claim that it's just an excerpt of the first trillion or so digits of pi. By the time Apple's lawyers determine it isn't, the guys who decoded & published it will be long dead.
Table salt is sodium chloride, not sodium nitrate. IIRC, most salt subsitutes are potassium chloride, not potassium nitrate. Sodium nitrate is occasionally used for curing meats like bacon, pastrami, and sausage.
And let's not forget all the heart disease patients -- lots of them take nitrates. I take one nitrate drug (Imdur) daily, and occasionally take nitroglycerine; the latter would, practically by definition, set off any sensitive explosive detector.
Instead, the Orion would have worked by dropping fission or thermonuclear explosives out the rear of a vehicle When the Orion team needed to figure out how to dispense the nuclear charges, they consulted Coca-Cola. Coke's experience with vending machines proved quite useful to the Orion designers; reliably dispensing cans of cold caffeine/sugar water isn't too different from lobbing nukes out the back of a spaceship.
That said, I think if they are going to have a 21st century MacGyver, they need to rewrite his back story a bit. I think in the show he had a physics (and maybe chemistry?) degree, but for this decade they'd better give him a compsci/computer engineering degree instead (perhaps still combined with his physics or chem degree). And they almost have to make him more hacker-ish. In the 21st century, 90% of what he does would touch computers, so if they make him a reverse engineering expert specializing in software (which is the easiest thing to circumvent/mess with/jury rig), he might be believable again. I've seen clips on youtube of people hacking those electronic signs over freeways and putting in their own personal messages, and there's really no end to what software you can hack at this point. So if they took that route, he'd be believable again. Sounds good to me -- I have degrees in computer engineering, physics, and maths, and I've done a bit of reverse engineering. Maybe I should audition for the role.
However, Bush is somewhat dyslexic. He interpreted the oath to mean that he would preserve, protect, and defend the office of President, and execute the Constitution. This may explain why he considers himself to be a great leader -- he has brilliantly lived up to the oath of office as he understood it.
Well, my Moto 6200 doesn't even have a HDMI port -- it puts out HD on DVI, component, and FireWire. I run the component output through a Hava box to my Sony 51" rear-projection CRT.
My folks have a Scientific Atlanta box & they're using the component output, too. I don't recall if that box has a HDMI port, but it probably does, as they made the switch to HD only in the last six months or so, whereas I've been on HD for about 4 years.
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They had the domain crusoe.com, which they bought from a friend of mine for somewhere around $5K. Maybe he can buy it back now.
No, because they're organic.
FYI, Greenwald is on vacation this week, so he probably won't be adding much to the discussion.
The rest of the world is still scratching it's head trying to figure out what significant event happened on the 9th of November.
I was born.
The real reason the astronauts didn't fly away is because they were wearing heavy boots.
Project Orion would get around this problem by using thousands of little charges, detonated close to the reflector - and it would still take years to accelerate.
Also, at least one proposal had the charges fling polyethelene at the reflector, which would presumably increase the energy transfer a bit. Shaping the charge to direct its energy in the direction of the spacecraft would help too.
An interesting side note -- the Orion team consulted with Coca-Cola on the best way to deploy the charges. Coke's experience with vending machines proved quite helpful in that regard -- reliably dispensing cans or bottles of soda isn't too different than lobbing nukes.
W may be Alton's worst nemesis, but he can't help going back to her
IIRC, the woman who plays W is AB's real-life chiropractor, so of course he keeps going back to her.
Actually, it's quite constitutional. For the punishment to be unconstitutional, it has to be both cruel and unusual. Five years of assrape may be cruel, but if every man convicted of a certain crime were given that sentence, it wouldn't be unusual.
There have been court decisions in the past that make clear mention of the fact that the phrase "cruel and unusual" is explicitly a Boolean AND; however, as far as I know, none of these decisions specifically relate to assrape.
It's been done
There's a simple solution; post it as a hex (or binary or octal) dump. You can then claim that it's just an excerpt of the first trillion or so digits of pi. By the time Apple's lawyers determine it isn't, the guys who decoded & published it will be long dead.
I am skeptical that analyzing the content of the books can lead to good recommendations, let alone "infallible".
You're obviously not Catholic.
IOW, sublime is sublime.
Table salt is sodium chloride, not sodium nitrate. IIRC, most salt subsitutes are potassium chloride, not potassium nitrate. Sodium nitrate is occasionally used for curing meats like bacon, pastrami, and sausage.
And let's not forget all the heart disease patients -- lots of them take nitrates. I take one nitrate drug (Imdur) daily, and occasionally take nitroglycerine; the latter would, practically by definition, set off any sensitive explosive detector.
The Science Channel will have live coverage Sunday night between 7 & 9 PM ET.
The Brits are on top of this -- the Ministry of Defence has released some of their UFO files.
or on top-tier foreign athletes who might beat the Chinese competitors.
The remastering was done in 2005 -- it's the remastered version that currently airs on the Science Channel.
I'm watching an episode right now on the Science Channel.
it's just like this one, except everyone wears cowboy hats.
You're half right -- no one who posts on Slashdot has a life.
However, Bush is somewhat dyslexic. He interpreted the oath to mean that he would preserve, protect, and defend the office of President, and execute the Constitution. This may explain why he considers himself to be a great leader -- he has brilliantly lived up to the oath of office as he understood it.
Well, my Moto 6200 doesn't even have a HDMI port -- it puts out HD on DVI, component, and FireWire. I run the component output through a Hava box to my Sony 51" rear-projection CRT.
My folks have a Scientific Atlanta box & they're using the component output, too. I don't recall if that box has a HDMI port, but it probably does, as they made the switch to HD only in the last six months or so, whereas I've been on HD for about 4 years.