Another great one is GNU. And to be picky, "self-recursive" is either redundant or would need to add another level like GNUIUL, "GNU's not Unix it's usually Linux." I think.
Still, I think he made a good point. At such high velocities, a rock suddenly encountering an atmosphere is comparable to a lower velocity object encountering a solid surface. And it *is* a semantic issue... I would describe an egg hitting a door as exploding too. So now that I think of it, yes, the asteroid does violently disintegrate (explode) combined with a large shock wave from the the rocks momentum and probably more importantly from the heat.
Thanks slashdot-cloud-brain!
Those videos were really informative to me. I had always heard and read reports about how an "exploding" comet or asteroid had caused the devastation. But why and how would these things explode?! Well, they don't. But the all the momentum they transfer to the air creates a very devastating shock wave.
Frist psot!! Grits for everyone! I'd like to see someone more talented than myself integrate every Slashdot meme into a single sentence if possible, to commemorate the depths of our collective dorkiness.:)
Every NASA dollar is spent right here on Earth. Gah, your post is so infuriating to me! How do you put a price tag on inspiration? You would prefer to live in a world where we hadn't decided to go to the moon or create an amazing space station? It's a damn good investment and if we took a couple percent off what the military gets then NASA could do even more.
This isn't FUD. There are real, well thought out alternative architectures which can provide major cost savings. Check out http://www.directlauncher.com/
Yeah, I think 10x power of at least the PS2 is reasonable considering they were once saying 1000x (?!). If PS3 is 10 times more powerful than my PC then we will all be dazzled. I'm fairly dazzled by the Unreal 3 previews, but I'm assuming PS3 will go beyond even that.
Haha... I misinterpretted the title that way too at first.
The US seriously needs to jump on this band wagon if we want to compete with the Taiwanese Borg Swarm Armies with nanobots in their lungs in the near future. (teehee) If we're scratching our asses over here reading about the Ubiquitous Net in the latest edition of Wired while the Taiwanese are actually DOING IT we're gonna find ourself falling behind in what I think will be unforseen technological advances. (Kinda unspecific, I know, but I just have a gut feeling that said interconnectivity will be an enabler of unprecedented efficiency and productivity).
The moderators think otherwise. While definately not applicable to positive Informative/Insightful moderation, the validity of positive Funny moderation has to be trusted. Kinda like "the customer is always right,"... "the moderator is always right" when it comes to humor. In addition, I assert that this post will be modded +500 Genius Insight and will land me the Nobel Prize of Slashdottery.
Er, yeah. hehe
All joking aside, I find this very disturbing. I'm still using a CRT at work, which I am at pretty much 8 hours a day. Being employed in a technical field I anticipate working with computers the rest of my life... I'm sure I'm not alone in this respect.
So, what then? Use a TFT display? Wait for bionic eyes (that would rule:)?
They should pursue both inventions. Why does everyone think that a space program is the entity stopping other inventions from happening? It's not. NASA is not stopping the creation of efficient wind power. God damnit. Bitch about the military's budget instead. Stop messing with the real estate investment opportunity of a lifetime.
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Crap. It should be GUL, "GNU's usually Linux." Moderate me to oblivion pitiless Slashdotters...
Another great one is GNU. And to be picky, "self-recursive" is either redundant or would need to add another level like GNUIUL, "GNU's not Unix it's usually Linux." I think.
Bwahaha! I never thought about it but yes, the Borg will most likely be born from angry /. readers of the future.
Still, I think he made a good point. At such high velocities, a rock suddenly encountering an atmosphere is comparable to a lower velocity object encountering a solid surface. And it *is* a semantic issue... I would describe an egg hitting a door as exploding too. So now that I think of it, yes, the asteroid does violently disintegrate (explode) combined with a large shock wave from the the rocks momentum and probably more importantly from the heat. Thanks slashdot-cloud-brain!
Those videos were really informative to me. I had always heard and read reports about how an "exploding" comet or asteroid had caused the devastation. But why and how would these things explode?! Well, they don't. But the all the momentum they transfer to the air creates a very devastating shock wave.
All your hives are belong to us!
Don't forget that in Soviet Russia, when the Russian mob uses Excel to keep track of their extortion payments, Bill Gates faults YOU!!
Frist psot!! Grits for everyone! I'd like to see someone more talented than myself integrate every Slashdot meme into a single sentence if possible, to commemorate the depths of our collective dorkiness. :)
A tube in zero G wouldn't do shit, smartypants. He was being sarcastic.
Every NASA dollar is spent right here on Earth. Gah, your post is so infuriating to me! How do you put a price tag on inspiration? You would prefer to live in a world where we hadn't decided to go to the moon or create an amazing space station? It's a damn good investment and if we took a couple percent off what the military gets then NASA could do even more.
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=9005566792 811497638
Watch it. He explains his views in this video.
e-gads! Man, that is so Web 1.0 of them.
This isn't FUD. There are real, well thought out alternative architectures which can provide major cost savings. Check out http://www.directlauncher.com/
Apparently, you are a loser.
What the fuck is a fast vegetable??
Shoulda added this before: An Unreal 3 Preview: http://gamesdomain.yahoo.com/preview/28441
Yeah, I think 10x power of at least the PS2 is reasonable considering they were once saying 1000x (?!). If PS3 is 10 times more powerful than my PC then we will all be dazzled. I'm fairly dazzled by the Unreal 3 previews, but I'm assuming PS3 will go beyond even that.
OMG. I've just, right now, quit smoking.
Haha... I misinterpretted the title that way too at first.
The US seriously needs to jump on this band wagon if we want to compete with the Taiwanese Borg Swarm Armies with nanobots in their lungs in the near future. (teehee) If we're scratching our asses over here reading about the Ubiquitous Net in the latest edition of Wired while the Taiwanese are actually DOING IT we're gonna find ourself falling behind in what I think will be unforseen technological advances. (Kinda unspecific, I know, but I just have a gut feeling that said interconnectivity will be an enabler of unprecedented efficiency and productivity).
The moderators think otherwise. While definately not applicable to positive Informative/Insightful moderation, the validity of positive Funny moderation has to be trusted. Kinda like "the customer is always right," ... "the moderator is always right" when it comes to humor. In addition, I assert that this post will be modded +500 Genius Insight and will land me the Nobel Prize of Slashdottery.
Er, yeah. hehe
All joking aside, I find this very disturbing. I'm still using a CRT at work, which I am at pretty much 8 hours a day. Being employed in a technical field I anticipate working with computers the rest of my life... I'm sure I'm not alone in this respect.
:)?
So, what then? Use a TFT display? Wait for bionic eyes (that would rule
Don't say "Smoke up," damnit.
OMG, high-five on that one. lol. That was the perfect punchline.
You are such a nerd. :-P
Apples and Oranges.
They should pursue both inventions. Why does everyone think that a space program is the entity stopping other inventions from happening? It's not. NASA is not stopping the creation of efficient wind power. God damnit. Bitch about the military's budget instead. Stop messing with the real estate investment opportunity of a lifetime.
Isn't the significance of this technology that of developing true three-dimensional ICs ? I thought that the "next step" was 3D CPUs.
Why are you guys talking abotu handling these things? I probably have no idea what I'm talking about but maybe someone could enlighten me.