Catherine Bly Cox and Charles Murray's stupendous (a mild word here) book, Apollo tells this back story between pages 130 and 175 or so.
My recollection of the germ:
The early engines were unstable and would flame out or shake themselves to pieces. These faults were apparently corrected by trial and error iteration on the injector plates, but the question was how to determine that they had been fully solved with a reasonable test regimen.
The bomb test was a metric to force an instability on an engine that had proven to run stably, and the requirement was that the engine had to resume a stable burn within 4/10th second. The goal was that this forced instability would help assuage doubts about what their limited tests might not be showing them. The accepted engine design actually stabilizing within 1/10th of a second.
I don't see how a powerloss caused this... the coolant hardware or plumbing must have failed or ruptured or vital systems that could generate power in the manner a nuclear plant does prevented it from functioning.
Why, if there is too much heat despite a shutdown/cooldown being underway, do they not simply generate power from the turbines for on-site use in mediating the 1-2 day cooldown? Something has to be broken, not just a generator, as half the place's design is expressly intended to convert heat into power. This is before you even consider the other 5 reactor cores. Why is failure of a generator even a tiny issue?
Let's outlaw driving down the street, then, as it is even more invasive. The person doing that needn't content himself with an instant, but can stick around until he sees the most intimacy-compromising moment the day offers him (from the street, that is)
I don't want to have 20 different credit card billing relationships, and employ 5 different downloading and storage systems for the media I purchase. Apple right now has my trust. It demonstrated an understanding that I'd rather buy content on a title basis, and not on a collection basis (CDs or a palette of cable TV shows with -- puke-- ads). What innovation has NBC given me that acknowledged my preferences and assumed a modicum of intelligence in me, their customer? None.
For my own creations, I designed moralIP [moralip.com] which is my view on how to morally protect designs. I never copyright or patent my writings or inventions -- and even if others steal them, my market base grows with new people interested in what I have to say, or what I've invented. That's the unseen hand of the market at work, and I love every minute of it.
How's the cash flow working out on that? The unseen hand is often rather clammy and limp.
The people I know who are obsessed with privacy are among the least interesting people I know, as far as the glimpses taken through the web cams I've hidden throughout their homes.
I don't understand that observation. I'm still pointing and clicking and doing repetitive tasks. I still have 25 or so backpack slots filled with stuff I need for some forgotten (and possibly lapsed) purpose.
I enjoy the game every so often, but need to find my buddies online to really get into a play session.
Idiot mathematicians have been failing for years, but the problem is their efforts have been conducted at 1 atmosphere and room temperature. The round edges of the null digit can't cut ANYTHING under those conditions.
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That would be some nice seating, indeed
Actually.. wars stop the Olympics, not vice-versa.
Catherine Bly Cox and Charles Murray's stupendous (a mild word here) book, Apollo tells this back story between pages 130 and 175 or so.
My recollection of the germ:
The early engines were unstable and would flame out or shake themselves to pieces. These faults were apparently corrected by trial and error iteration on the injector plates, but the question was how to determine that they had been fully solved with a reasonable test regimen.
The bomb test was a metric to force an instability on an engine that had proven to run stably, and the requirement was that the engine had to resume a stable burn within 4/10th second. The goal was that this forced instability would help assuage doubts about what their limited tests might not be showing them. The accepted engine design actually stabilizing within 1/10th of a second.
This film has been rated NP Complete
I don't see how a powerloss caused this... the coolant hardware or plumbing must have failed or ruptured or vital systems that could generate power in the manner a nuclear plant does prevented it from functioning.
Why, if there is too much heat despite a shutdown/cooldown being underway, do they not simply generate power from the turbines for on-site use in mediating the 1-2 day cooldown? Something has to be broken, not just a generator, as half the place's design is expressly intended to convert heat into power. This is before you even consider the other 5 reactor cores. Why is failure of a generator even a tiny issue?
By any chance, does your console smell strongly of freshly-brewed coffee?
While we're at it, let's blast the faces off the statues in our parks.
Can we just prescribe a pill to people voicing these irrational privacy concerns?
The /dance emote for the Tauren was enough to ensure massive success for me.
Let's outlaw driving down the street, then, as it is even more invasive. The person doing that needn't content himself with an instant, but can stick around until he sees the most intimacy-compromising moment the day offers him (from the street, that is)
tone
Is there a real difference between the two when you get right down to it?
I hardly think it's fair to judge the overall value of the system to society by one success.
tone
I don't want to have 20 different credit card billing relationships, and employ 5 different downloading and storage systems for the media I purchase. Apple right now has my trust. It demonstrated an understanding that I'd rather buy content on a title basis, and not on a collection basis (CDs or a palette of cable TV shows with -- puke-- ads). What innovation has NBC given me that acknowledged my preferences and assumed a modicum of intelligence in me, their customer? None.
tone
Now, can we zap all languages that have
1. needless use of gender?
2. character-based alphabets?
before moving on to simplify the few reasonable ones remaining:
"I go", so why can't it also be "she go"? It's stupid to have variations that make learning difficult, and yet which convey no information at all.
tone
How's the cash flow working out on that? The unseen hand is often rather clammy and limp.
The people I know who are obsessed with privacy are among the least interesting people I know, as far as the glimpses taken through the web cams I've hidden throughout their homes.
... but Google allows others to do it FOR me. How great is that?
tone
I have to believe your use of those "improved" apostrophes is an intentional funny.
tone
I don't understand that observation. I'm still pointing and clicking and doing repetitive tasks.
I still have 25 or so backpack slots filled with stuff I need for some forgotten (and possibly lapsed) purpose.
I enjoy the game every so often, but need to find my buddies online to really get into a play session.
tone
and did he perhaps see Apple TV?
muRobot
On a similar note, do you know what Armor guys call the Infantry?
"Crunchies"
XML ... the CSV of Y2K!
I'd say anyone going to Iraq is equipped with a Slinky and some Super Balls
Idiot mathematicians have been failing for years, but the problem is their efforts have been conducted at 1 atmosphere and room temperature. The round edges of the null digit can't cut ANYTHING under those conditions.
tone
... and send over some Twister