No, because in Soviet Russia they probably would have decided it was too inefficient even by their standards. Just because they were totalitarian doesn't mean they were completely stupid.
As good as Indiana Jones is, there always comes a time when it's necessary to just let it go. The original movies were, are, and will continue to be classics. Creating more films in an attempt to replicate the success of the first ones, will never succeed. There's no way a replacement could ever be found for Harrison Ford, and even if there was, there's no similar replacement for the Nazis. The Russians belong to Bond. Quite frankly, everything exists in a specific time and place, and the window of opportunity for Indiana Jones has probably already expired. You only have so much time in which you can continue the series and have them remain relevent. Fifty years from now, will the next generation appreciate and enjoy the original Indiana Jones films like we do now? After a hundred years, the threat of Nazism will have diminished greatly in the minds of most the world. To sum it all up, I think trying to continue the IJ franchise is a losing battle from the start-impossible to do successfully, and eventually worthless even if accomplished.
Errr, they'd be halfway there? Not yet in space, nor really much of anywhere important. They'd just be..halfway. Building the ascender for a space elevator should not be the difficult part of this endeavour. It's comparable to a bunch of automotive engineers running into great technical conunundrums while trying to figure out how to make a wheel.
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Except that sometimes, evolution just simply fucks up. Can we say "vestigial organs"? What about cancer, you could make the same idiotic claim that, since lots of people have cancer, it's obvious that it's an evolutionary product that serves some higher good. It's thinking like this that underlies Creationist thinking: the incessant need to find a reason or purpose or explanation for everything. In their case they do it in order to justify their beliefs. Quite simply, evolution doesn't THINK. It simply is. It's not even a law or theory as much as it is a simple process; a description for certain events that have a tendency to happen. The human genetic code isn't some shrine to higher thought or order, anymore than the code in Windows is. Both have more than their fair share of fuckups, plain and simple.
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Man, The House ALWAYS wins.....
That's why, if you're smart, you put make sure you *are* the house.
Does anyone else have this spooky feeling about all of this? I like Google, I like Gmail, but I'm beginning to become disturbed not by the downside of Google's products, but rather by their lack of a downside. The big G is well on its way to controlling a significant percentage of the internet. Economics might have predicted something like this, but it still strikes me as ominous.
Then again, it could be because I have the soundtrack to John Carpenter's The Thing playing in the background. Hmmm...
Well, an atomic bomb only converts a small fraction of the mass into energy. However, in an ideal matter/antimatter reaction, all of the material is destroyed, releasing energy. I would imagine an antimatter hydrogen bomb would have essentially the same yield as one made of normal matter. It would simply be much more efficient to just let the antimatter annihilate.
If I understood the article correctly, you have to actually save the virus file, and then try to view it. Only then will it infect. From what I read, it would seem just opening a webpage with the "image" on it would not infect a computer.
That is quite possibly the most intelligent and unfortunately accurate summarization of the situation in Iraq I've read yet. Sadly, the ultimate truth of the matter is that the American public is the very reason we cannot win.
I dunno about you, but not only am I hesitant of my abilities to project urine into my face, but I'm also rather disinclined to do so, even in an emergency. Then again, you must already be rather odd to be living in the frozen corner of the globe known as Alaska.
Is it just me, or does anyone else here find themselves asking: why on earth was this package designed for a highly risky re-entry and capture with dozens of possible points of failure, causing a complete failure of the mission as a result? Consider: we have a Space Shuttle that makes semi-regular flights into space and to the ISS. We have a permanently manned space station. The Space Shuttle has more than enough room to store the Genesis probe in the cargo bay, and return it safely. G's aren't going to be very much of an issue (certainly less than that 100 mph instanteous deceleration). So why wasn't the probe put into a stable orbit, or captured by the ISS, so that it could be retrieved and brought back by the Shuttle? Depending on the schedule, it might've well been possible to shoehorn the recovery into a pre-existing mission. Was there perhaps some sort of rivalry going on at NASA, that caused them to preclude use of the shuttle? Or were they just stupid?
Because bone is such a wonderfully elastic material..? Riiiiight. The real reason you can take a punch without your jaw falling off is that the muscles surrounding the bones stretch. All of those tissues are flexible, and it is those same tissues that allow normal movement. The contraction of muscle groups is what allows us to breathe, walk, talk, etc. Bones, on the other hand, are just anchors and structural support. The flexibility of bone is little more than that of titanium, and which a jaw is made out of matters not one whit. The parent has no idea what he's talking about.
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No, because in Soviet Russia they probably would have decided it was too inefficient even by their standards. Just because they were totalitarian doesn't mean they were completely stupid.
As good as Indiana Jones is, there always comes a time when it's necessary to just let it go. The original movies were, are, and will continue to be classics. Creating more films in an attempt to replicate the success of the first ones, will never succeed. There's no way a replacement could ever be found for Harrison Ford, and even if there was, there's no similar replacement for the Nazis. The Russians belong to Bond. Quite frankly, everything exists in a specific time and place, and the window of opportunity for Indiana Jones has probably already expired. You only have so much time in which you can continue the series and have them remain relevent. Fifty years from now, will the next generation appreciate and enjoy the original Indiana Jones films like we do now? After a hundred years, the threat of Nazism will have diminished greatly in the minds of most the world. To sum it all up, I think trying to continue the IJ franchise is a losing battle from the start-impossible to do successfully, and eventually worthless even if accomplished.
Aim for the knees! For God's sake, aim for the knees!!
Durrr, please ignore parent. It's late and I'm tired/stupid. *beats head against wall*
What if you're running off of a NAT wireless network?
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You're telling us you A: have a relationship, B: are married, C: get sex regularly, and D: have a wife who likes pr0n.
I *might* be wrong here, but the ol' "Bullshit-O-Meter" is blinking awfully hard here. This is, after all, slashdot. But hey, what do I know?
Please submit your comment, Sir, to Wired. It would make a beautiful guest column.
Errr, they'd be halfway there? Not yet in space, nor really much of anywhere important. They'd just be..halfway. Building the ascender for a space elevator should not be the difficult part of this endeavour. It's comparable to a bunch of automotive engineers running into great technical conunundrums while trying to figure out how to make a wheel.
That's a mighty big "if", you know.
Why was parent modded insightful and not "funny"??
It's made out of antimatter! Don't try landing, the results could be catastrophic!!!
For the record, I *must* be a science fiction geek, because only a true SF fan would remember that Niven story.
Bravo. My thoughts precisely..with slightly less anger than I would have likely used.
Except that sometimes, evolution just simply fucks up. Can we say "vestigial organs"? What about cancer, you could make the same idiotic claim that, since lots of people have cancer, it's obvious that it's an evolutionary product that serves some higher good. It's thinking like this that underlies Creationist thinking: the incessant need to find a reason or purpose or explanation for everything. In their case they do it in order to justify their beliefs. Quite simply, evolution doesn't THINK. It simply is. It's not even a law or theory as much as it is a simple process; a description for certain events that have a tendency to happen. The human genetic code isn't some shrine to higher thought or order, anymore than the code in Windows is. Both have more than their fair share of fuckups, plain and simple.
Man, The House ALWAYS wins.....
That's why, if you're smart, you put make sure you *are* the house.
Does anyone else have this spooky feeling about all of this? I like Google, I like Gmail, but I'm beginning to become disturbed not by the downside of Google's products, but rather by their lack of a downside. The big G is well on its way to controlling a significant percentage of the internet. Economics might have predicted something like this, but it still strikes me as ominous.
Then again, it could be because I have the soundtrack to John Carpenter's The Thing playing in the background. Hmmm...
Well, an atomic bomb only converts a small fraction of the mass into energy. However, in an ideal matter/antimatter reaction, all of the material is destroyed, releasing energy. I would imagine an antimatter hydrogen bomb would have essentially the same yield as one made of normal matter. It would simply be much more efficient to just let the antimatter annihilate.
I can't get the vote screen to show up at all. Anyone else having this problem?
If I understood the article correctly, you have to actually save the virus file, and then try to view it. Only then will it infect. From what I read, it would seem just opening a webpage with the "image" on it would not infect a computer.
Why would I pay 150,000.00 USD just for a case mod accessory that refuses to do so much as open the CD drive? Artificial intelligence my ass.
That is quite possibly the most intelligent and unfortunately accurate summarization of the situation in Iraq I've read yet. Sadly, the ultimate truth of the matter is that the American public is the very reason we cannot win.
I dunno about you, but not only am I hesitant of my abilities to project urine into my face, but I'm also rather disinclined to do so, even in an emergency. Then again, you must already be rather odd to be living in the frozen corner of the globe known as Alaska.
Is it just me, or does anyone else here find themselves asking: why on earth was this package designed for a highly risky re-entry and capture with dozens of possible points of failure, causing a complete failure of the mission as a result? Consider: we have a Space Shuttle that makes semi-regular flights into space and to the ISS. We have a permanently manned space station. The Space Shuttle has more than enough room to store the Genesis probe in the cargo bay, and return it safely. G's aren't going to be very much of an issue (certainly less than that 100 mph instanteous deceleration). So why wasn't the probe put into a stable orbit, or captured by the ISS, so that it could be retrieved and brought back by the Shuttle? Depending on the schedule, it might've well been possible to shoehorn the recovery into a pre-existing mission. Was there perhaps some sort of rivalry going on at NASA, that caused them to preclude use of the shuttle? Or were they just stupid?
Pawned to whom? The Martians?
Because bone is such a wonderfully elastic material..? Riiiiight. The real reason you can take a punch without your jaw falling off is that the muscles surrounding the bones stretch. All of those tissues are flexible, and it is those same tissues that allow normal movement. The contraction of muscle groups is what allows us to breathe, walk, talk, etc. Bones, on the other hand, are just anchors and structural support. The flexibility of bone is little more than that of titanium, and which a jaw is made out of matters not one whit. The parent has no idea what he's talking about.
Maybe not, but it can get you 5 -10
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