Well, not quite. I'd wait until it's possible to build a space elevater, then build a hotel up there. That just might cost more than a billion, though.
I cliped out a newspaper from the hartford courant a while ago that says that Microsoft loses $150 for every X-Box they sell. They estimated that Microsoft will lose $1.1 billion dollars this year. To Microsoft, that's not a huge amount of money, but they do lose money on the console.
There's nothing physically stressfull about traveling at high speeds. The g force would only come into play when the plane changed speeds. This leads to the question of how long does it take to accelerate to Match 7.6? 7.6 G's would be bad for you, but a constant 1 G over a period of time would not. IIRC, a scramjet needs to be at very high speeds to work at all, so acceleration probably would pose a problem for commercial flights.
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Yes, it is very likely that the waste put into Yucca Mountain will be safe for as long as the containers don't corrode. That is supposed to happen after about 10,000 years, IIRC. Does anyone else see a problem with this? If we're still around in 10,000 years, our decendants are going to hate us for filling a mountain full of nuclear waste. Sure, by then we may not be around anymore, we might be able to safely clean up the waste, it might end up as big of a disaster as the Y2K bug was, but still 10,000 years seems a little short for nuclear waste. Other, longer lasting methods, have been regected--one country is encasing thier nuclear waste in granite, making it safe for something like half a million years.
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It's going to be overcast until morning. Looks like I'll have to wait another year.
Well, not quite. I'd wait until it's possible to build a space elevater, then build a hotel up there. That just might cost more than a billion, though.
I cliped out a newspaper from the hartford courant a while ago that says that Microsoft loses $150 for every X-Box they sell. They estimated that Microsoft will lose $1.1 billion dollars this year. To Microsoft, that's not a huge amount of money, but they do lose money on the console.
But such a laser mover would not be able to mow around trees and such. Or, if it could, you would not have a very healthy tree.
There's nothing physically stressfull about traveling at high speeds. The g force would only come into play when the plane changed speeds. This leads to the question of how long does it take to accelerate to Match 7.6? 7.6 G's would be bad for you, but a constant 1 G over a period of time would not. IIRC, a scramjet needs to be at very high speeds to work at all, so acceleration probably would pose a problem for commercial flights.
Because being hypocritical is one of the foundations of the USA.
Oh you crazy slashdot! In the time it took to write my question, it had been answered.
Er, pardon my ignorance, but who is Wil Wheaton?
Yes, it is very likely that the waste put into Yucca Mountain will be safe for as long as the containers don't corrode. That is supposed to happen after about 10,000 years, IIRC. Does anyone else see a problem with this? If we're still around in 10,000 years, our decendants are going to hate us for filling a mountain full of nuclear waste. Sure, by then we may not be around anymore, we might be able to safely clean up the waste, it might end up as big of a disaster as the Y2K bug was, but still 10,000 years seems a little short for nuclear waste. Other, longer lasting methods, have been regected--one country is encasing thier nuclear waste in granite, making it safe for something like half a million years.