Why red, green, blue and yellow? They are all primary colors, and contrast well to the human eye
GREEN is NOT a primary color!!! This is one of my biggest pet peeves. Green is a secondary color along with purple and orange, it is made by combining yellow and blue.
I work in the TV industry and so many people believe green is a primary color because they see "RGB" monitors (ok that was a while ago), or the red green and blue connections on HD TVS, "they must all be primary colors". Argh!
The problem isnt the space drives.... its that the "vacuum of space" has shit in it.
You didn't say that? Your statement infers that high speed space travel is impossible because of pebbles/shit in space.
My statement says you are showing limited thinking to believe with a few thousand or million years more scientific advancement, a race could not come up with a way to deal with it.
The universe is about 14 billion years old, it is very likely that alien races could have gotten started well before us.
Your faith in the existence long lived, superiorly intelligent, and technologically advanced alien race that has solved all problems and perhaps can even manipulate universal constants at whim is laughable. You might as well be saying, "But the pegasus riding leprechauns..."
So if there are other life forms out there they couldn't possibly be more advanced than us? They couldn't have reached the industrial age a million years ago (in a universe that is 14-15 Billion years old). Given that that is HIGHLY possible, do you get what the difference between a few hundred years and 1,000,000 years is? We can not possibly imagine what science could come up with in that amount of time. It is hard for us to envision more than 10-20 years into the future.
I am continually amazed at the limited thinking by these posts, and the inability for anyone to "think outside the box" of current scientific knowledge.
Ok, so we eventualy invent our own 0.5c space drives and go ahead and try to leave our solar system at 0.5c...
We run through the Kuiper Belt where we collide with a tiny pebble that is lazily orbiting our solar system
The relative velocity of a bullet, fired from a low velocity pistol, when it hits something is generally between 300meters/second and 600meters/second. Now imagine a bullet with a relative velocity of 150,000,000meters/second. The problem isnt the space drives.... its that the "vacuum of space" has shit in it.
Are you serious? We are such infants when it comes to science. A few hundred years, at best, of science and we have concluded that there is no way to deal with space pebbles? A race that has a few thousand or million or billion years on us will have figured out how to deal with "space shit". Your line of thinking is similar to the main story; if we can't understand or envision "how" with our VERY limited scientific knowledge, it must not exist or be possible.
Haven't you read the Bible? The stars and moon were created so that we can see at night, nothing more. Why would there be life on a bunch of night lights?
Various analyses suggest that using spacecraft that travel at a tenth of the speed of light, the colonization wavefront could take some 50 million years to sweep the galaxy.
They really think that 1/10 the speed of light is all Alien civilizations could muster? That seems very short sighted to me. It should at least be figured at 1/2, if not faster than the speed of light. There are scientist, Including Steven Hawking, that say Warp drive may be possible. It amazes me that because we haven't figured out a way to easily go faster than 1/10 the speed of light, then that must be the limit.
You are the first person I have ever heard say "I use Konqueror", I didn't think anyone used it. I figured it was some throw back browser that was still included in Linux distros for nostalgic reasons. What does it do for you that Safari or FF wouldn't/doesn't do?
We all joke, and to some extent say, "good job" to the hackers. We forget these guys are no different than the robbers and thugs you see on "cops" or the evening news, they are just more covert. No one cheers on the armed gunman, robbing a convenience store. It bothers me these guys aren't viewed in the same light.
An ABC News poll released Sunday found that 61 percent of Americans believe the account of creation in the Bible's book of Genesis is "literally true" rather than a story meant as a "lesson."
That floors me every time I see something like it. To think how far we have come and to still have people believing it is unbelievable. Religion is perpetual brainwashing. You believe it because your parents did and they took you too church so it could be drilled into your brain from the time you were very young, way to young to now better. The same is true for them and their parents and so on and so on...... I just can't believe that intelligent adults can't see through it, I believe they don't even try, or "think".
Church does offer a nice sense of community and support, but I believe it also lessens critical thinking. "I don't need to worry or think about it because God will take care of it" or "I don't need to 'think', God is in control".
The first web page I ever created (never finished though) was on Geocities, what's left is here http://www.geocities.com/brad1138/ but it is disappearing fast. Had pictures of kids and family etc.... I always wondered how long it would last, over 10 years isn't bad I guess.
In case you're serious, IANAL is an acronym for "I am not a lawyer" Related acronyms for those that ARE lawyers, there are also IAAL TINLA(I am a lawyer, this is not legal advice) and IANYL(I am not your lawyer)
Yes, thankfully he wasn't in Congress, where all spending bills originate, so he's good and blameless of the current mess. And he and his Party did not have control of the Congress for the last few years, nor were consistent blocks to appeals for oversight into the housing market fiascoes of Freddie Mac/Fannie Mae.
Oh wait...
Granted that Dems are usually regarded as the "spend" party. To characterize the unbelievable growth of the debt over the last 8 yeas as the Dems fault is quite a stretch, the Republicans had complete control for 6 of the 8 years. Also, the only time the debt hasn't been wildly growing out of control since 1980 was during the Clinton Admin.
Obama is inheriting an UNBELIEVABLE debt/deficit. There will need to be cuts EVERYWHERE. It almost isn't fair to put this article up on/. Of course all of us geeks don't want to see the space program cut.
That should be correct but have you tried any of those online IQ test? It isn't hard to score 130+. Maybe me and my wife are that smart but I think the average person, of the kind that I know, work with, frequent/. etc probably would score 120-140 or more. I guess that offsets the "hillbilly/trailer trash" out there that I don't see/associate with (there must be more of them with IQs of 60-80 than I thought). Or it could just be that the online IQ tests aren't very accurate.
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So you want me to put my PS3 in the oven at 400 degrees?
What ever happened to the Aurora?
Why red, green, blue and yellow? They are all primary colors, and contrast well to the human eye
GREEN is NOT a primary color!!! This is one of my biggest pet peeves. Green is a secondary color along with purple and orange, it is made by combining yellow and blue.
I work in the TV industry and so many people believe green is a primary color because they see "RGB" monitors (ok that was a while ago), or the red green and blue connections on HD TVS, "they must all be primary colors". Argh!
You went on about something I didn't say
The problem isnt the space drives.... its that the "vacuum of space" has shit in it.
You didn't say that? Your statement infers that high speed space travel is impossible because of pebbles/shit in space.
My statement says you are showing limited thinking to believe with a few thousand or million years more scientific advancement, a race could not come up with a way to deal with it.
The universe is about 14 billion years old, it is very likely that alien races could have gotten started well before us.
Your faith in the existence long lived, superiorly intelligent, and technologically advanced alien race that has solved all problems and perhaps can even manipulate universal constants at whim is laughable. You might as well be saying, "But the pegasus riding leprechauns..."
So if there are other life forms out there they couldn't possibly be more advanced than us? They couldn't have reached the industrial age a million years ago (in a universe that is 14-15 Billion years old). Given that that is HIGHLY possible, do you get what the difference between a few hundred years and 1,000,000 years is? We can not possibly imagine what science could come up with in that amount of time. It is hard for us to envision more than 10-20 years into the future.
I am continually amazed at the limited thinking by these posts, and the inability for anyone to "think outside the box" of current scientific knowledge.
Ok, so we eventualy invent our own 0.5c space drives and go ahead and try to leave our solar system at 0.5c ...
We run through the Kuiper Belt where we collide with a tiny pebble that is lazily orbiting our solar system
The relative velocity of a bullet, fired from a low velocity pistol, when it hits something is generally between 300meters/second and 600meters/second. Now imagine a bullet with a relative velocity of 150,000,000meters/second. The problem isnt the space drives.... its that the "vacuum of space" has shit in it.
Are you serious? We are such infants when it comes to science. A few hundred years, at best, of science and we have concluded that there is no way to deal with space pebbles? A race that has a few thousand or million or billion years on us will have figured out how to deal with "space shit". Your line of thinking is similar to the main story; if we can't understand or envision "how" with our VERY limited scientific knowledge, it must not exist or be possible.
Haven't you read the Bible? The stars and moon were created so that we can see at night, nothing more. Why would there be life on a bunch of night lights?
Various analyses suggest that using spacecraft that travel at a tenth of the speed of light, the colonization wavefront could take some 50 million years to sweep the galaxy.
They really think that 1/10 the speed of light is all Alien civilizations could muster? That seems very short sighted to me. It should at least be figured at 1/2, if not faster than the speed of light. There are scientist, Including Steven Hawking, that say Warp drive may be possible. It amazes me that because we haven't figured out a way to easily go faster than 1/10 the speed of light, then that must be the limit.
and Konqueror (at work)
You are the first person I have ever heard say "I use Konqueror", I didn't think anyone used it. I figured it was some throw back browser that was still included in Linux distros for nostalgic reasons. What does it do for you that Safari or FF wouldn't/doesn't do?
nice!
We all joke, and to some extent say, "good job" to the hackers. We forget these guys are no different than the robbers and thugs you see on "cops" or the evening news, they are just more covert. No one cheers on the armed gunman, robbing a convenience store. It bothers me these guys aren't viewed in the same light.
just go Bing it!
Is that Chandler Bing or Bing Crosby?
An ABC News poll released Sunday found that 61 percent of Americans believe the account of creation in the Bible's book of Genesis is "literally true" rather than a story meant as a "lesson."
That floors me every time I see something like it. To think how far we have come and to still have people believing it is unbelievable. Religion is perpetual brainwashing. You believe it because your parents did and they took you too church so it could be drilled into your brain from the time you were very young, way to young to now better. The same is true for them and their parents and so on and so on ...... I just can't believe that intelligent adults can't see through it, I believe they don't even try, or "think".
Church does offer a nice sense of community and support, but I believe it also lessens critical thinking. "I don't need to worry or think about it because God will take care of it" or "I don't need to 'think', God is in control".
How about we just shoot all hackers?
The first web page I ever created (never finished though) was on Geocities, what's left is here http://www.geocities.com/brad1138/ but it is disappearing fast. Had pictures of kids and family etc.... I always wondered how long it would last, over 10 years isn't bad I guess.
Yeah. Splunge for me too.
But where does Rock Hudson fit into String theory?
You believe that pink unicorns don't exists
Isn't that "Invisible pink unicorns"?
Does it make this really cool sound?
H3y! I s4w Hackers and it was T3H Sh1T! Its r34lly cool! Just cause old people liek you dun get it!!!!!1!! dont dis what you dont g-3-t!!!!
Does Journey ever get credit for inventing Leetspeak?
I think I'll pass on that. Don't really want that sort of power aimed directly at the boys.
This early test subject agrees.
In case you're serious, IANAL is an acronym for "I am not a lawyer" Related acronyms for those that ARE lawyers, there are also IAAL TINLA(I am a lawyer, this is not legal advice) and IANYL(I am not your lawyer)
or IUWTMA
(I use way too many acronyms)
Yes, thankfully he wasn't in Congress, where all spending bills originate, so he's good and blameless of the current mess. And he and his Party did not have control of the Congress for the last few years, nor were consistent blocks to appeals for oversight into the housing market fiascoes of Freddie Mac/Fannie Mae. Oh wait...
Granted that Dems are usually regarded as the "spend" party. To characterize the unbelievable growth of the debt over the last 8 yeas as the Dems fault is quite a stretch, the Republicans had complete control for 6 of the 8 years. Also, the only time the debt hasn't been wildly growing out of control since 1980 was during the Clinton Admin.
Obama is inheriting an UNBELIEVABLE debt/deficit. There will need to be cuts EVERYWHERE. It almost isn't fair to put this article up on /. Of course all of us geeks don't want to see the space program cut.
I wonder how it looks once the tadpole is fully developed.
A little like this
Didn't you mean "any evidence for it"?
An IQ of 100 is the 50th percentile.
That should be correct but have you tried any of those online IQ test? It isn't hard to score 130+. Maybe me and my wife are that smart but I think the average person, of the kind that I know, work with, frequent /. etc probably would score 120-140 or more. I guess that offsets the "hillbilly/trailer trash" out there that I don't see/associate with (there must be more of them with IQs of 60-80 than I thought). Or it could just be that the online IQ tests aren't very accurate.