The neat thing about that steaming pile of crap is that all it has to do is add a small amount of resistance and it will change the sound, so that they can claim an effect even in blind tests. Of course, so would a 5 cent resistor.:)
The bizarre quantum claims are outrageous. It doesn't even sound a little bit plausible.
We also love to nuke ourselves in that book... While I like sci-fi, it's not the only genre that I read and I have to admit that it ALL seems a little cornball to me. It was still a really good book.:) I love the whole "Princess of Mars" series, too, despite actually laughing out loud at the cheesiness sometimes.
I like the novel approach that "Footfall" took: the aliens aren't very smart - their technology came from a predecessor species on their planet that had driven itself extinct. Everything they could do with technology came from ancient documents. So they came in with a tremendous technology advantage, but also an evolutionary disadvantage.
Avoid night travel. Only fly big commercial aircraft. Check the weather at your point of departure, route, and destination. It would be difficult to calculate the risk of an air fatality because under such conditions it can be hard to find examples.
It is twisty, but chances are you don't need anything that you didn't bother to convert after several generations of product. A theoretical loss to historians, but also a nice low-pass filter for them as well:)
There exists a conversion path for every thing that you listed. If you are concerned about the longevity of a particular format, you should probably avoid proprietary solutions.
It's even worse, but it avoids the word "goto" (while still being a goto IMHO): while(1) {
if (!AquireResource1()) break;
DoStuffWithResources();
break; } Cleanup();
The US has several manned programs in "testing". There is NASA's own Orion, which has flown unmanned, and should be ready to carry people in about 6 years. Boeing and Bigelow have the CST-100, which has not flown yet - but is scheduled to be crewed in late 2017. Furthest along is probably SpaceX, with their Dragon V2, scheduled to be crewed in early 2017. The last two options are particularly exciting, since they promise to cut the cost of getting an astronaut to the space station by up to 2/3 compared to a Soyuz launch.
We are still recovering from the lack of development that occurred when NASA was using every dime to fly the space shuttle and construct the space station.
Most of the agencies you listed cooperate with one another, but I totally agree that the more the merrier. Great to see the Europeans excited about space travel, and spending time and money on making vehicles cheaper.
This whole topic is really weirding me out. My dad has always said (well, for at least 20 years or so) that he plays the lottery just for the fantasy of winning. In reply, I often make the same lame joke about being almost as likely to find the winning ticket in the parking lot. We're not so clever, me and my dad.
I'm pretty thoroughly married to the libertarian ideology of "Life, Liberty, and the (somewhat squishy) Persuit of Happiness" as the only innate rights. Libertarian ideals themselves are not much older than copyright, so I don't put much weight on ancient history when it comes to legitimacy. Another - probably more universal - example is the philosophy of science. Very new, but far more successful than any previous attempt to describe the natural world.
I was trying to be clear that I was referring to virtual rights, but it is a hard concept to discuss when straightforward terms have been co-opted for another purpose. To be clear, when I said that consumers have no innate right to intellectual property, I meant the pretend "property" created by copyright law - not the physical media that it resides on.
I was objecting to "Shadow of Eternity's" implication that the DMCA infringes on a fundamental right. It does, but in exactly the same way as other intellectual property laws.
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The neat thing about that steaming pile of crap is that all it has to do is add a small amount of resistance and it will change the sound, so that they can claim an effect even in blind tests. Of course, so would a 5 cent resistor. :)
The bizarre quantum claims are outrageous. It doesn't even sound a little bit plausible.
We also love to nuke ourselves in that book... While I like sci-fi, it's not the only genre that I read and I have to admit that it ALL seems a little cornball to me. It was still a really good book. :) I love the whole "Princess of Mars" series, too, despite actually laughing out loud at the cheesiness sometimes.
I like the novel approach that "Footfall" took: the aliens aren't very smart - their technology came from a predecessor species on their planet that had driven itself extinct. Everything they could do with technology came from ancient documents. So they came in with a tremendous technology advantage, but also an evolutionary disadvantage.
It makes me so angry all I see is pink.
Avoid night travel. Only fly big commercial aircraft. Check the weather at your point of departure, route, and destination. It would be difficult to calculate the risk of an air fatality because under such conditions it can be hard to find examples.
They have access to plenty of diesel subs during NATO exercises.
It is twisty, but chances are you don't need anything that you didn't bother to convert after several generations of product. A theoretical loss to historians, but also a nice low-pass filter for them as well :)
There exists a conversion path for every thing that you listed. If you are concerned about the longevity of a particular format, you should probably avoid proprietary solutions.
If you are going that route, you can also make similar decisions with your air travel.
You are correct. I was referring to NASA's cost.
Well, that's true, right?
Yes, because people would have run into those problems and someone else would have made the same warnings.
He probably saved someone a lot of grief way back when, though.
It's even worse, but it avoids the word "goto" (while still being a goto IMHO):
while(1) {
if (!AquireResource1()) break;
DoStuffWithResources();
break;
}
Cleanup();
But how would they know where it was going to come out from?
Aerodrome is better. "Air Runner". Too bad it flew like a rock.
The US has several manned programs in "testing". There is NASA's own Orion, which has flown unmanned, and should be ready to carry people in about 6 years. Boeing and Bigelow have the CST-100, which has not flown yet - but is scheduled to be crewed in late 2017. Furthest along is probably SpaceX, with their Dragon V2, scheduled to be crewed in early 2017. The last two options are particularly exciting, since they promise to cut the cost of getting an astronaut to the space station by up to 2/3 compared to a Soyuz launch.
We are still recovering from the lack of development that occurred when NASA was using every dime to fly the space shuttle and construct the space station.
They went straight up instead of giving it an orbital velocity.
Most of the agencies you listed cooperate with one another, but I totally agree that the more the merrier. Great to see the Europeans excited about space travel, and spending time and money on making vehicles cheaper.
If you want to get technical, then you could check the weather along your plane route, too. How many clear-weather commercial plane crashes are there?
You have the illusion of control, but no actual chance to do anything about a drunk coming into your lane or t-boning you at a red light.
This whole topic is really weirding me out. My dad has always said (well, for at least 20 years or so) that he plays the lottery just for the fantasy of winning. In reply, I often make the same lame joke about being almost as likely to find the winning ticket in the parking lot. We're not so clever, me and my dad.
I'm pretty thoroughly married to the libertarian ideology of "Life, Liberty, and the (somewhat squishy) Persuit of Happiness" as the only innate rights. Libertarian ideals themselves are not much older than copyright, so I don't put much weight on ancient history when it comes to legitimacy. Another - probably more universal - example is the philosophy of science. Very new, but far more successful than any previous attempt to describe the natural world.
I was trying to be clear that I was referring to virtual rights, but it is a hard concept to discuss when straightforward terms have been co-opted for another purpose. To be clear, when I said that consumers have no innate right to intellectual property, I meant the pretend "property" created by copyright law - not the physical media that it resides on.
I was objecting to "Shadow of Eternity's" implication that the DMCA infringes on a fundamental right. It does, but in exactly the same way as other intellectual property laws.
Yeah, I'm not sure where we are disagreeing?
Of course they could watch movies. They would not be able to "own" them, or have any rights over them whatsoever.