Ya, the Pantheon. I'm terrible with names (I actually read that wikipedia article just a week ago).
If they seal the clock up dust shouldn't be too big of an issue (big 'if' of course). Probably humans will damage it at some point, one way or another.
Actually, it is made from concrete (not reinforced concrete either). I remember the tour guide mentioning that modern concrete would barely be able to hold up its own weight in the dome part if it wasn't reinforced. They knew a thing or two about how to build structures back then. Also, the original huge metal door is still being used. Also, the Parthanon is in a state of very good repair. If its maitenance continues there's no reason to believe it wouldn't look as good 7500 years from now.
The key is maitenance. If people maintain the structures they'll last. If the pyramids hadn't been gutted by people long ago they'd probably look almost as good as when they were brand new. The only thing missing would be the paint.
There are still intact buildings from the Roman era. I was just at the Parthanon and it didn't look like a ruin to me. Of course, it has been maintained all these years because it was used as a church.
Even so, you still save on paying county and city level sales taxes. In Colorado, the state sales tax is 2.9%. If I were to purchase a product in my local city (Boulder) the total sales tax would be about 8.5%. So I would still be saving 5.6% of the cost and still be legal.
The downside is I wouldn't be supporting the purchase and maintenance of open space (where I believe approx. 1/5 of city sales tax goes in Boulder), various charities the city supports, etc.
No, it is true. You have the right to assemble on property under your control without any permit. You need a permit when you want to assemble on public property in groups large enough to interfere with traffic and other citizens using the public space. Your right to assemble doesn't override other's right to freely move (another right under the Constitution). Permits are needed to regulate the use of public space (and they are granted much more often than not and for the ones that aren't, usually a modified application for a permit is accepted).
Does this give you any practical advantage though? I like doing outdoor activities after work and it really sucks when the day gets an hour shorter. Not everywhere is well lit you know (like open space areas, large city parks, golf courses, etc). Cycling becomes more dangerous after dark as well.
The guy talking about the turbopumps was correct. I read yesterday that they did a test in the early 80s where the fuel line ran dry causing the turbopumps to spin too fast, to the point of causing 'uncontrolled' damage.
The oxygen wouldn't be hot without hydrogen to combust with. Rather, you would have super-cold oxygen coming directly in contact with a hot combustion chamber, probably causing the structure to fail as it rapidly cools (from stress caused by the temperature difference from the inner and outer part of the chamber). It's the same reason why you wouldn't put boiling water into a frozen glass container.
You probably don't live near London. From what I've read they have some of the most congested roads anywhere and don't have room to expand highways as we can in the US.
Actually, I was thinking of the wrong battery type (some need to be deep cycled every so often). For lithium-ion batteries the best strategy for long term storage is to store it at 40% charge (in a fridge if possible--not the freezer though). See here for details.
Any laptop's battery will fail if it just sits unused without every recharging/discharging. If you rarely use a laptop then you need to be sure to power it from the battery for a couple of hours and then recharge it at least once per month to extend the life of the battery.
Didn't your school break the 'smart' kids away from the 'average' ones? If I remember correcly it first happened to me in the 4th grade. If enough people call you a genius you sometimes refer to yourself as one (especially when you're younger).
Personally, I wish everyone felt they were a genius. I find that many people underestimate their own intelligence and use that as an excuse to not continue studying or to restrict their professional ambitions.
if you add what americans pay PRIVATELY for their health care to their tax bill - wait for it -- they become the most taxed people on earth.
I don't believe you. Where are you getting this stat from? I spend about $400 per year on health related stuff (about half is for glasses alone). In the event of an emergency my health provider would cover most of the costs (I would need to still pay at least $1000, but I don't expect emergencies to occur often).
With the money I save on taxes I'm able to spend it on preventative measures, like joining a fitness club.
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If you have an apartment facing south you can also place the antenna near a window (if there's no balcony). The window will drop the signal strength somewhat but it should still work.
Enclose the disk in a protective shell like Sony's MiniDiscs. Then they are virtually impervious to scratches (I've yet to replace any of my MiniDiscs after years of use).
2 reasons why it won't happen:
Not backwards compatable. I would disagree since the enclosure could be made in such a way that an empty, reusable one could be used to put older DVDs and CDs in.
Disk never needs replacement. This would seem like a plus unless you are the manufacturer...
That's the best test I've seen suggested for a candidate for proving evolution wrong. However, even if T-Rex ate humans how likely would it be for us to find the evidence (pop. of humans would have theoretically been very small and fossilized skeletons of mammals are rare)? Is there a more likely test that you could come up with that would disprove evolution? Due to the complicated nature of dating fossils I would presume that a human skeleton that seemed to be much too old would have its date adjusted for any number of plausible reasons used in the dating process (rather than taking it as truth which would conflict with evolutionary theory).
Given how flexible the theory is I doubt that any statistical method would prove that it is bogus (esp. since genetic adaption occures regardless of whether the entire theory of evolution is correct). I'm of the opinion that evolution and ID are both nearly impossible to disprove regardless of which one is correct. (mainly due to the lack of evidence over large time scales and inability to time travel to allow for direct observations)
The bill continued exisiting funding for such projects and added funding for building up the backbone of the Internet as I understand it. I'm sure a similar bill would have been passed one way or another around the same time without Gore's intervention (considering that there hadn't been a let down in internet research since it started in the late 60s).
Of course Gore helped in setting up the Internet just as many others did. That doesn't give him the right to say ("I took the initiative in creating the internet."). Even on the legislative side I'm sure many lobbyists, assistants and fellow Congress men helped draft the bill and took the initiative to bring it before Gore in the first place.
Umm, his memory is accurate. That is exactly what Gore said (although it is a partial quote, he left off the first part of the sentence). No matter how you interpret the sentence it is wrong. Gore was not that crucial towards the development of the Internet.
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If they seal the clock up dust shouldn't be too big of an issue (big 'if' of course). Probably humans will damage it at some point, one way or another.
The key is maitenance. If people maintain the structures they'll last. If the pyramids hadn't been gutted by people long ago they'd probably look almost as good as when they were brand new. The only thing missing would be the paint.
There are still intact buildings from the Roman era. I was just at the Parthanon and it didn't look like a ruin to me. Of course, it has been maintained all these years because it was used as a church.
The downside is I wouldn't be supporting the purchase and maintenance of open space (where I believe approx. 1/5 of city sales tax goes in Boulder), various charities the city supports, etc.
Unless you're in Spain. Be careful what you eat in dark rooms there...
Name one piece of software that doesn't crash.
yesUnless you run yes as: `yes > bla`. Bad things happen then.
No, it is true. You have the right to assemble on property under your control without any permit. You need a permit when you want to assemble on public property in groups large enough to interfere with traffic and other citizens using the public space. Your right to assemble doesn't override other's right to freely move (another right under the Constitution). Permits are needed to regulate the use of public space (and they are granted much more often than not and for the ones that aren't, usually a modified application for a permit is accepted).
Does this give you any practical advantage though? I like doing outdoor activities after work and it really sucks when the day gets an hour shorter. Not everywhere is well lit you know (like open space areas, large city parks, golf courses, etc). Cycling becomes more dangerous after dark as well.
The guy talking about the turbopumps was correct. I read yesterday that they did a test in the early 80s where the fuel line ran dry causing the turbopumps to spin too fast, to the point of causing 'uncontrolled' damage.
The oxygen wouldn't be hot without hydrogen to combust with. Rather, you would have super-cold oxygen coming directly in contact with a hot combustion chamber, probably causing the structure to fail as it rapidly cools (from stress caused by the temperature difference from the inner and outer part of the chamber). It's the same reason why you wouldn't put boiling water into a frozen glass container.
While Iraq isn't as bad off as Afgahnistan was, it's getting there.
You probably don't live near London. From what I've read they have some of the most congested roads anywhere and don't have room to expand highways as we can in the US.
Actually, I was thinking of the wrong battery type (some need to be deep cycled every so often). For lithium-ion batteries the best strategy for long term storage is to store it at 40% charge (in a fridge if possible--not the freezer though). See here for details.
Hardware-accelerated physics is in the works.
Any laptop's battery will fail if it just sits unused without every recharging/discharging. If you rarely use a laptop then you need to be sure to power it from the battery for a couple of hours and then recharge it at least once per month to extend the life of the battery.
Didn't your school break the 'smart' kids away from the 'average' ones? If I remember correcly it first happened to me in the 4th grade. If enough people call you a genius you sometimes refer to yourself as one (especially when you're younger).
Personally, I wish everyone felt they were a genius. I find that many people underestimate their own intelligence and use that as an excuse to not continue studying or to restrict their professional ambitions.
I don't believe you. Where are you getting this stat from? I spend about $400 per year on health related stuff (about half is for glasses alone). In the event of an emergency my health provider would cover most of the costs (I would need to still pay at least $1000, but I don't expect emergencies to occur often).
With the money I save on taxes I'm able to spend it on preventative measures, like joining a fitness club.
If you have an apartment facing south you can also place the antenna near a window (if there's no balcony). The window will drop the signal strength somewhat but it should still work.
2 reasons why it won't happen:
Doesn't the PS2 have a PS1 chip on it to play PS1 games? Couldn't the XBox 2 do the same, using a XBox 1 CPU to play the XBox 1 games?
I wonder how quickly the google cluster in the US could factor these numbers. Days, perhaps, if they used all of their computers?
Given how flexible the theory is I doubt that any statistical method would prove that it is bogus (esp. since genetic adaption occures regardless of whether the entire theory of evolution is correct). I'm of the opinion that evolution and ID are both nearly impossible to disprove regardless of which one is correct. (mainly due to the lack of evidence over large time scales and inability to time travel to allow for direct observations)
Of course Gore helped in setting up the Internet just as many others did. That doesn't give him the right to say ("I took the initiative in creating the internet."). Even on the legislative side I'm sure many lobbyists, assistants and fellow Congress men helped draft the bill and took the initiative to bring it before Gore in the first place.
Umm, his memory is accurate. That is exactly what Gore said (although it is a partial quote, he left off the first part of the sentence). No matter how you interpret the sentence it is wrong. Gore was not that crucial towards the development of the Internet.
Thanks for saving me a few bucks. I forgot about bookpool.