That doesn't mean sitting a 3-year-old on top of a case of dynamite and handing him a fucking flamethrower is a good idea.
Depends on what your end game is. If your hoping the 3 year old will set off the dynamite by setting it on fire, then your out of luck. Dynamite doesn't explode when burnt, but it does burn very nicely. So if you want to have a really nice fire then, there you go.
Actually, up grade the media too. I watched a documentary how they are preserving documents on etched sapphire. Supposed to have a shelf life in the billions of years.
I was expecting it to be a digital disk, basically a big ass cdrom. I was surprised when it was explained that it was basically ordinary microfilm process. The reason was excellent too. Basically, if civilization blew itself back to the stone age, we could read the disks with a basic magnifying glass.
If he was just using password protected zip files, I might be more inclined to believe his story, The fact that he was trying to hide what he was doing cast his story in a bad light.
There are lots of unknowns. I did really simplify the process. One of the theories that I'm thinking about here is that plate tectonics on Venus is locked in place because of a lack of lubrication. There is a theory that water under the plates serves as a lubricant to keep the plates from locking in place like they have on venus.
One of the items that points to this is that surface of venus appears to be young. The theory is every few million years the entire surface of venus cracks open along plate boundaries allowing for the molten materials under the crust to "resurface" the whole planet. It's kind of far out out there but sounds possible..
Not that easy. I was able to move venus into a orbit closer to earth but the orbit was far from stable. It's amazing how balanced the solar system is. I just added a few km/per second to venus' orbital speed, and it would sent venus ether spiraling into the sun or out of the solar system
But we are moving planets. Each time we swing a probe around a planet we are changing it's orbit, but granted its not enough to really matter. But its still there.
But that is the basic process in which we can move planets. We just have to scale it up. Alter the orbit of asteroids, place them in the right orbit and have them transfer energy required from one body to another. Give enough of them and enough time it can be done.
I've always thought Venus was a better choice than Mars. It has the one thing that Mars will never have, mass. An from some of the radar data we got back Magellan it probably still has a molten core. Scrubbing the atmosphere, cracking the crust to start plate tectonics, and adding water to create oceans are all daunting tasks but are doable. Even adding a moon to stabilize the planet can be done.
The biggest issue would be altering the rotation of the planet. Which also can be done, look up a dyson motor.
Not really, on both accounts. We already have the basic capacity to start terraforming Mars. The rest would be a learn as we go process. Now whether it would worth terraforming Mars, to me, is another question.
As for moving Venus, or any planet, that two is not beyond our current capacity. Granted its a daunting process but given time we could do it. Here is something to think about. We have already altered the orbits of every major body in the solar system with the possible exception of the sun.
Doesn't any body in the computer field really use these things? I know several "mundanes", consult your jargon file for that use in this context, that use them. They have their houses wired with alexa and the google version. But every computer "professional" that I know won't touch the things with a 3 meter pole.
My daughter wanted to put one in the family apartment. I instructed her that it might come in to conflict with rule #1. That rule being any machine that exhibits any form or self awareness would be dispatched with base ball bat.
I'm sure that is what you have been told. Hell, you may even believe it. But by virtually every real world indicator Trump is doing a good job. An this is truth no matter what you have been told or choose to believe. Now this might not be truth tomorrow but as it currently stands as truth now.
Now I've learned not to debate with people with TDS so this will be the last thing I say in this thread on it. Take it as truth or not, it really doesn't matter to me..
The Governor of NY, Andrew Cuomo, is probably trying for a 2020 bid against Trump,
Cuomo would be a fool to do so. Unless Trump chooses not to run or something happens in the next 2 years he has pretty much has 2020 in the bag. Despite what the talking heads on TV keep saying Trump is actually doing a good job as president. This, and the fact that his support among Republicans is at 80%. The highest of any president since Ronald Reagan.
This, and with the expected massive losses expected for the Democratic party in the mid-terms, it would be best that the Democratic party concede 2020 as well as 2018. Instead the Democratic should concentrate on damage control and hope for a 2024 victory. Right now to the average voter the Democratic party looks like lunatic asylum run by the Three Stooges.
They could start by distancing themselves from the more radical congressional members and those running like Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. They should also put a muzzle on Maxine Waters who is seen as a loon by most American voters anyway. The Democratic party should actively attempt to remove Waters from their membership by supporting her opponent in the upcoming midterms.
The Democratic party is losing many long term members who see the current party as being anti American and seeking to regain power through any means possible. They just don't see the Democratic party being their party any more so they are choosing to go Republican this year and in 2020. Nancy Pelosi see this and has distanced herself and tried to reign in more radical elements.
Scientists at the University of Alberta have demonstrated a new data storage technique that stores zeroes and ones by the presence (or absence) of individual hydrogen atoms
In other words a exotic design that barely works in the lab, with no chance of working in the real world. But give us 20 years and we might have something.
Didn't we hear the same thing about some holographic crystal storage 20 years ago?
Funny. I don't see them jacking up the cost of the subscription service. Its still a good deal but I'm not to happy with them trying to force it on people.
I was keeping digital cable TV around for just this reason. I would like to have something playing in the background just for random background noise. Then I did a survey on what everyone in my house watched. I found that I was the only one watching the digital cable service, and basically all I was doing was having it play Foxnews to a empty room. Basically, I was paying $60 a month for Foxnews. One of those WTF moments.
I now achieve the same thing with Plex. I created a playlist of old TV shows, Nightcourt, Hogans Heros, Gilligans Island, Brady Bunch, and tossed in some Bugs Bunny cartoons. Now when I want random background noise I just hit shuffle on Plex. The Bugs Bunny might have to go thought. I find myself skipping all the rest of the shows and watching BB. Maybe a BB playlist would be in order.....
Well I guess they can count me as a customer even though the basic cable isn't even hooked up. Come to think of it. I'm not sure my TV has a way to hook up a basic cable to it.
That's dumb of you both to say. Netflix doesn't equal HBO
Not really. Not wanting to be nickled and dimed by having a dozen different subscriptions to watch a handful of shows on each. My rule is if it isn't on Netflix then I'm not going to watch it. I actually have a lot more interesting things to do with my time than watch TV. So if it wasn't for my family I doubt that I would even have Netflix. I would much rather watch a documentary or a lecture than most of the crap on netflix anyway.
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My first encounter with Lotus notes went something like this, "what a piece of shit." You could pay me to manage it, but I doubt you could afford me.
That doesn't mean sitting a 3-year-old on top of a case of dynamite and handing him a fucking flamethrower is a good idea.
Depends on what your end game is. If your hoping the 3 year old will set off the dynamite by setting it on fire, then your out of luck. Dynamite doesn't explode when burnt, but it does burn very nicely. So if you want to have a really nice fire then, there you go.
Actually, up grade the media too. I watched a documentary how they are preserving documents on etched sapphire. Supposed to have a shelf life in the billions of years.
I was expecting it to be a digital disk, basically a big ass cdrom. I was surprised when it was explained that it was basically ordinary microfilm process. The reason was excellent too. Basically, if civilization blew itself back to the stone age, we could read the disks with a basic magnifying glass.
Apple does the exact same thing. What makes you think they are any better than google?
If he was just using password protected zip files, I might be more inclined to believe his story, The fact that he was trying to hide what he was doing cast his story in a bad light.
An I would lose my anonymous stalker around slashdot. What a shame that would be.
There are lots of unknowns. I did really simplify the process. One of the theories that I'm thinking about here is that plate tectonics on Venus is locked in place because of a lack of lubrication. There is a theory that water under the plates serves as a lubricant to keep the plates from locking in place like they have on venus.
One of the items that points to this is that surface of venus appears to be young. The theory is every few million years the entire surface of venus cracks open along plate boundaries allowing for the molten materials under the crust to "resurface" the whole planet. It's kind of far out out there but sounds possible..
Not that easy. I was able to move venus into a orbit closer to earth but the orbit was far from stable. It's amazing how balanced the solar system is. I just added a few km/per second to venus' orbital speed, and it would sent venus ether spiraling into the sun or out of the solar system
But we are moving planets. Each time we swing a probe around a planet we are changing it's orbit, but granted its not enough to really matter. But its still there.
But that is the basic process in which we can move planets. We just have to scale it up. Alter the orbit of asteroids, place them in the right orbit and have them transfer energy required from one body to another. Give enough of them and enough time it can be done.
I've always thought Venus was a better choice than Mars. It has the one thing that Mars will never have, mass. An from some of the radar data we got back Magellan it probably still has a molten core. Scrubbing the atmosphere, cracking the crust to start plate tectonics, and adding water to create oceans are all daunting tasks but are doable. Even adding a moon to stabilize the planet can be done.
The biggest issue would be altering the rotation of the planet. Which also can be done, look up a dyson motor.
I like this. One thing we can say from our history is we are damn good at bashing rocks together.
Truth, we are already moving planets. I'll let you figure out how.
I wonder how difficult of a exerciser this would be to set up in Universal Sandbox.
Not really, on both accounts. We already have the basic capacity to start terraforming Mars. The rest would be a learn as we go process. Now whether it would worth terraforming Mars, to me, is another question.
As for moving Venus, or any planet, that two is not beyond our current capacity. Granted its a daunting process but given time we could do it. Here is something to think about. We have already altered the orbits of every major body in the solar system with the possible exception of the sun.
I think that is a excellent ideal. If we locked it to one core and made it useless then it will die off faster. I like that.
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Doesn't any body in the computer field really use these things? I know several "mundanes", consult your jargon file for that use in this context, that use them. They have their houses wired with alexa and the google version. But every computer "professional" that I know won't touch the things with a 3 meter pole.
My daughter wanted to put one in the family apartment. I instructed her that it might come in to conflict with rule #1. That rule being any machine that exhibits any form or self awareness would be dispatched with base ball bat.
Wait, which Trump? He's doing a terrible job,
I'm sure that is what you have been told. Hell, you may even believe it. But by virtually every real world indicator Trump is doing a good job. An this is truth no matter what you have been told or choose to believe. Now this might not be truth tomorrow but as it currently stands as truth now.
Now I've learned not to debate with people with TDS so this will be the last thing I say in this thread on it. Take it as truth or not, it really doesn't matter to me..
The Governor of NY, Andrew Cuomo, is probably trying for a 2020 bid against Trump,
Cuomo would be a fool to do so. Unless Trump chooses not to run or something happens in the next 2 years he has pretty much has 2020 in the bag. Despite what the talking heads on TV keep saying Trump is actually doing a good job as president. This, and the fact that his support among Republicans is at 80%. The highest of any president since Ronald Reagan.
This, and with the expected massive losses expected for the Democratic party in the mid-terms, it would be best that the Democratic party concede 2020 as well as 2018. Instead the Democratic should concentrate on damage control and hope for a 2024 victory. Right now to the average voter the Democratic party looks like lunatic asylum run by the Three Stooges.
They could start by distancing themselves from the more radical congressional members and those running like Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. They should also put a muzzle on Maxine Waters who is seen as a loon by most American voters anyway. The Democratic party should actively attempt to remove Waters from their membership by supporting her opponent in the upcoming midterms.
The Democratic party is losing many long term members who see the current party as being anti American and seeking to regain power through any means possible. They just don't see the Democratic party being their party any more so they are choosing to go Republican this year and in 2020. Nancy Pelosi see this and has distanced herself and tried to reign in more radical elements.
Scientists at the University of Alberta have demonstrated a new data storage technique that stores zeroes and ones by the presence (or absence) of individual hydrogen atoms
In other words a exotic design that barely works in the lab, with no chance of working in the real world. But give us 20 years and we might have something.
Didn't we hear the same thing about some holographic crystal storage 20 years ago?
Funny. I don't see them jacking up the cost of the subscription service. Its still a good deal but I'm not to happy with them trying to force it on people.
I was keeping digital cable TV around for just this reason. I would like to have something playing in the background just for random background noise. Then I did a survey on what everyone in my house watched. I found that I was the only one watching the digital cable service, and basically all I was doing was having it play Foxnews to a empty room. Basically, I was paying $60 a month for Foxnews. One of those WTF moments.
I now achieve the same thing with Plex. I created a playlist of old TV shows, Nightcourt, Hogans Heros, Gilligans Island, Brady Bunch, and tossed in some Bugs Bunny cartoons. Now when I want random background noise I just hit shuffle on Plex. The Bugs Bunny might have to go thought. I find myself skipping all the rest of the shows and watching BB. Maybe a BB playlist would be in order.....
Well I guess they can count me as a customer even though the basic cable isn't even hooked up. Come to think of it. I'm not sure my TV has a way to hook up a basic cable to it.
That's dumb of you both to say. Netflix doesn't equal HBO
Not really. Not wanting to be nickled and dimed by having a dozen different subscriptions to watch a handful of shows on each. My rule is if it isn't on Netflix then I'm not going to watch it. I actually have a lot more interesting things to do with my time than watch TV. So if it wasn't for my family I doubt that I would even have Netflix. I would much rather watch a documentary or a lecture than most of the crap on netflix anyway.