According to the Moscow Times:
"Kreidenko said in a telephone interview that a glitch in the software that controls the DM-3 may have caused the failure."
Well, at least the russians don't get inches mixed up with centimeters like *some* space agencies have been known to...
>>Bummer about the missiles/bombs tho...
You'd still be *far* better off than in any conventional above-ground residence and at least on par with the WWII Anderson Shelter.
Sustain a direct hit and you're screwed in any case. However historically, a lot more buildings have destroyed by shock waves and flying debris than by direct bomb hits, and structures coverd by thick layers of soft earth are excellent at withstanding the former.
As anyone who's read the book knows, hobbits do not accept human authority in any way, shape or form. They generally like to stay out of sight of humans, particularly the tax collecting and permit inspecting variety - and living in a hole in the ground certainly is consistant with that end.
The Indian people have been putting up with Christian missionaries for centuries. I doubt missionaries of the MSFT variety stand any more of a chance of fooling them.
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According to the Moscow Times: "Kreidenko said in a telephone interview that a glitch in the software that controls the DM-3 may have caused the failure."
Well, at least the russians don't get inches mixed up with centimeters like *some* space agencies have been known to...
My guess is that's what the prehistoric cavedwellers mentioned in the article originally invented the technique for.
>>Bummer about the missiles/bombs tho... You'd still be *far* better off than in any conventional above-ground residence and at least on par with the WWII Anderson Shelter. Sustain a direct hit and you're screwed in any case. However historically, a lot more buildings have destroyed by shock waves and flying debris than by direct bomb hits, and structures coverd by thick layers of soft earth are excellent at withstanding the former.
As anyone who's read the book knows, hobbits do not accept human authority in any way, shape or form. They generally like to stay out of sight of humans, particularly the tax collecting and permit inspecting variety - and living in a hole in the ground certainly is consistant with that end.
The Indian people have been putting up with Christian missionaries for centuries. I doubt missionaries of the MSFT variety stand any more of a chance of fooling them.