You being the enemy of a friend, groupthink demands that I dismiss anything you say as heresy, but-but-but... does not compute! I am Nomad, I am perfect....
If these so-called synapses can't spontaneously self-assemble and inter-connect, they still have a LOT of work to do to achieve real AI. A more likely practical use for this was mentioned in another article about it: repairing damaged tissue in human brains (or perhaps deliberately "re-wire" portions to alter function).
What do you suggest, then, to actually get the spare fuel to each of the depots? How do you propose to do that without expending fuel to get there with it in the first place? Can you build us a big stargate? But wait... ooops, how will you get the destination stargate there in the first place? That would require fuel! Maybe you have an insanely long-range quantum transporter in your closet/basement?
There are certainly legions of people who don't watch|read enough, but maybe you've been watching too much science fiction?
I think my high expectations must be getting the better of me again... because to me "game changing" would be orbital solar, non-deficit fusion, superconducting motors... or a Dyson Sphere.
... if he didn't have a purely selfish agenda because it would just happen to directly benefit his state/district economically long before we'd even get there, and even if it gets cancelled later and we don't.
I wish it weren't so believable. Unfortunately the United States government (at the least) has become more adept at spinning its bad behavior to sound good rather than becoming adept at actual good behavior. So much for principles....
Well you got the LAST name spelled correctly, at least. If we morphed you and the GP commenter together we might get a critter who can actually spell consistently!
This GVCS is exactly what a colony ship would want to take along on a one-way trip to a new home away from home (be it Mars or some idyllic exoplanet). There's another partnership opportunity for them....
I never said the United States didn't do the same thing. It certainly did, as have many other nations. I didn't mention it for brevity and because I figured it was self-evident (basic human behavior).
No, they won't. They'll do the same thing they've been doing for generations now: they'll study what we're doing (e.g. SpaceX), both legally and not-legally, copy it at first like a baby learning a new language, then learn how to integrate what they learn into their own way of doing things, and finally wind up doing it better or at least more cheaply than we can.
The material is being used for its additive insulation value, PERIOD. It is not a moisture barrier, nor is it there to block "sheetrock mites". WTF? THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS SHEETROCK MITES.
Good grief. The original unsubstantiated hysteria in TFA was bad enough; don't heap more FUD on the pile.
SF novels and movies almost always depict extraordinary events. Why else craft the stories in the first place? People always tend to die during extraordinary events. What would truly be shocking is if they didn't die. People are fragile often clueless little gnats on the cosmic stage; they get swatted and squished during extraordinary events and never see it coming. Extraordinary events wouldn't be extraordinary events if people weren't dying.
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Well, git off yer lauryls* and do it!
* (Sulfate, that is.)
If she tastes like chicken I might be in for a bite. White or dark meat?
... Umami?
You being the enemy of a friend, groupthink demands that I dismiss anything you say as heresy, but-but-but... does not compute! I am Nomad, I am perfect....
If these so-called synapses can't spontaneously self-assemble and inter-connect, they still have a LOT of work to do to achieve real AI. A more likely practical use for this was mentioned in another article about it: repairing damaged tissue in human brains (or perhaps deliberately "re-wire" portions to alter function).
What do you suggest, then, to actually get the spare fuel to each of the depots? How do you propose to do that without expending fuel to get there with it in the first place? Can you build us a big stargate? But wait... ooops, how will you get the destination stargate there in the first place? That would require fuel! Maybe you have an insanely long-range quantum transporter in your closet/basement?
There are certainly legions of people who don't watch|read enough, but maybe you've been watching too much science fiction?
I think my high expectations must be getting the better of me again... because to me "game changing" would be orbital solar, non-deficit fusion, superconducting motors... or a Dyson Sphere.
Do I win a free one-way ticket to the Moon if I guess correctly what the wager was about?
... if he didn't have a purely selfish agenda because it would just happen to directly benefit his state/district economically long before we'd even get there, and even if it gets cancelled later and we don't.
It seems to have come across just fine, if you knew to ask that question....
I wish it weren't so believable. Unfortunately the United States government (at the least) has become more adept at spinning its bad behavior to sound good rather than becoming adept at actual good behavior. So much for principles....
Ask Smelch. He seems to have an intimate relationship with him.
El Cid Meier?
Well you got the LAST name spelled correctly, at least. If we morphed you and the GP commenter together we might get a critter who can actually spell consistently!
This GVCS is exactly what a colony ship would want to take along on a one-way trip to a new home away from home (be it Mars or some idyllic exoplanet). There's another partnership opportunity for them....
I never said the United States didn't do the same thing. It certainly did, as have many other nations. I didn't mention it for brevity and because I figured it was self-evident (basic human behavior).
No, they won't. They'll do the same thing they've been doing for generations now: they'll study what we're doing (e.g. SpaceX), both legally and not-legally, copy it at first like a baby learning a new language, then learn how to integrate what they learn into their own way of doing things, and finally wind up doing it better or at least more cheaply than we can.
You have a banker as a sugar daddy, don't you?
You make me want to return to subsistence farming ASAP. Know anybody who has a couple milk cows and some chickens for sale?
So what are they saying, that gravity is actually the best antibiotic? In that case, we should all move to Jupiter.
There is "prior art" for this idea, if you know where to look. OKCupid.com has has a crowd-sourced "flagmod" system for its Web site for years.
You must be deadly at poker. I really wasn't seeing your tell. Sorry for being so snippy.
The material is being used for its additive insulation value, PERIOD. It is not a moisture barrier, nor is it there to block "sheetrock mites". WTF? THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS SHEETROCK MITES.
Good grief. The original unsubstantiated hysteria in TFA was bad enough; don't heap more FUD on the pile.
So capsaicin is "fun"? It has alternate uses for dog and crowd control, fer chrissakes!
SF novels and movies almost always depict extraordinary events. Why else craft the stories in the first place? People always tend to die during extraordinary events. What would truly be shocking is if they didn't die. People are fragile often clueless little gnats on the cosmic stage; they get swatted and squished during extraordinary events and never see it coming. Extraordinary events wouldn't be extraordinary events if people weren't dying.