No. The main problem is that they are weapons of mass destruction that can vaporize entire cities in an instant.
Not even close. The bomb itself, and soft targets close underneath yes. If it's a very large nuke, it may level the CBD and destroy most unreinforced brick/wood buildings in a small city. Those photos of Hiroshima? That is from fires more than blast or flash. Tokyo was worse.
Just curious, are you the only person in Sweden who supports Trump?
Maybe he hates Trump, but sees Trump as the toxic chemo drug needed to free Sweden of its current cancer. Sweden was once liberal, but more and more of the population are from extremely conservative cultures.
Even the first "failed" British test in 1957 has a 300kt yield. The recent NK test was about 10kt.
I don't think we can say that NK is claiming to have an H-bomb in the usual sense of the word. They've probably attempted to boost it with tritium, which I've learned from Tom Clancy is a lot easier than a Teller-Ulam design. Is there any evidence that NK has progressed beyond a gun-type u235 weapon like the South Africans had?
A 10kt weapon is peanuts compared to their conventional capability. Unless/until they can make it small enough to deliver by long-range missile, it is of little military value.
So what does an obese person have in their refrigerator after all?
Who cares? Its already fun to stare at their trolley in the supermarket, and slowly raise your eyes to their face in mock horror. The content is no surprise - sugary drinks, frozen dinners, cookies and other baked goods, Kellogs cereals and chips. Nothing that requires effort to prepare. The fridge might be relatively bare, as most junk food goes in pantry or freezer.
The more important question, of course, is "what gave birth to the universe?"
No, that question makes no sense. If something "gave birth" it would be a part of the universe, and you be asking where that something came from. The universe must lift itself by its own bootstraps.
It does not even make sense to say that the universe exists, because if you think about it, to exist means that an instance is located in our universe, or a subset of it, such as our planet. If the universe is everything, there is no context for it to exist in.
Really? Where? Here in Australia, my Finish dishwasher tablets list ingredients as >30% phosphates. They have removed the phosphates from clothes washing powder, but not dishwashing.
Not necessarily. Years ago I hacked a Fisher & Paykel washing machine in this way. It shared the same control-panel PCB as more expensive models. I just had to solder extra switches and LEDs to the PCB. I think it even had the silk-screening to tell me what they did. No firmware change needed, I now had extra settings like delayed start and more cycles.
But here was the case that really put the final nail in the coffin - so to speak - against gay marriage bans.
Thats awful. Here in Australia gay or straight couples are treated the same for tax purposes as formally married couples. But formal gay marriage is still a hot political issue, even though it has little practical consequence.
it really makes much more sense to just get the boxed set. Rip or not but you will still have it after it disappears from Netflix.
Too much effort to rip all that physical media, especially when other people have already done it for you. Nobody rips CDs any more, you just download it from a paid service or torrents etc.
Netflix could save the world obscene amounts of bandwidth (billions of dollars in infrastructure upgrades?) if they'd just allow clients to cache programs. If only it could off-peak download the next episode in a series I'm watching, or movies added to "My List", the world would be a better place. I really believe Netflix could prosper with no DRM at all, and an open API, but the studios are blocking it. Just as they did with music, but the industry did not collapse when Apple removed DRM. Netflix adds real value, that people are happy to pay for.
With inheritance, like anyone else, it helps to have a will. I expect getting probate would be a bit more complicated. Instead of a marriage certificate, there will be plenty of other documentation - tax returns, social security,... But IANAL.
Does some not involved person have to attest to the couple's coupleness?
I know that is done for defactos to get a spouse visa. But you may need that for a de-jure marriage too. Might be needed for probate if the office is not otherwise satisfied.
The headgear bit applies to PASSPORTS. Not driver's licenses.
I don't know about your state or province, but in many places like mine, head coverings are not allowed, with an exception for religious headwear that is normally worn in public. Typically a hijab or Sikh turban. It does not allow for ceremonial head-dress such as a bishops hat or colander.
Whether Pastafarianism meets the definition of religion is irrelevant, as the headwear is purely for ceremonial occasions. Similar for Muslims or Jews who only wear a skull-cap for prayers or on the sabbath.
The idea was to show that religions are ridiculous.
No, the idea was to parody the teaching of intelligent design and creationism in public schools (in the US). Something I think (hope) has never happened in New Zealand, outside of catechism classes.
But somehow His Noodliness has taken on a life beyond the American Bible Belt.
Ah, classic AC answer. First assuming that tower weight/complexity is linear to height and gravity. (its actually easier than that) Then neglecting the small matter of infrastructure required. Good steel suppliers and crane hire are rare on the moon. Otherwise you are talking about launching a skyscraper to the moon?
Hilarious, but not as funny as when Douglas Adams did it.
There are precisely 2 points on the moon that have (basically) uninterrupted line-of-sight to earth AND line of sight to the sun (ie power).
Nice idea, but the lunar axis is inclined 1.5 degrees to the ecliptic. Not as bad as earth, but you are going to need a tower half a mile high holding up your massive solar array, to catch the winter sun. Small engineering problem there.
Worse, the lunar orbit has a 5 degree inclination, so the Earth (2 degrees across) will be rising and setting on a monthly cycle. Hardly uninterrupted. What were you planning to do with this polar base?
has a de-facto ownership based on occupancy.
You might want to google the South Pole of the earth for a precedent that contradicts that.
So you're suggesting that the Republicans and Democrats would both go with the same candidate?
Is the whole country polarised into two factions? Googling I see party membership in the US is very high - around 20% of the population. I guess people sign up so they can participate in the nomination process? (It's more like 1% in my country)
That still leaves a much larger number of people who are not members of either party, but still vote in the elections. But yes, why wouldn't a large number of republicans to vote against Trump? Has the country really become so insanely partisan?
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No. The main problem is that they are weapons of mass destruction that can vaporize entire cities in an instant.
Not even close. The bomb itself, and soft targets close underneath yes. If it's a very large nuke, it may level the CBD and destroy most unreinforced brick/wood buildings in a small city. Those photos of Hiroshima? That is from fires more than blast or flash. Tokyo was worse.
Just curious, are you the only person in Sweden who supports Trump?
Maybe he hates Trump, but sees Trump as the toxic chemo drug needed to free Sweden of its current cancer.
Sweden was once liberal, but more and more of the population are from extremely conservative cultures.
Even the first "failed" British test in 1957 has a 300kt yield. The recent NK test was about 10kt.
I don't think we can say that NK is claiming to have an H-bomb in the usual sense of the word.
They've probably attempted to boost it with tritium, which I've learned from Tom Clancy is a lot easier than a Teller-Ulam design.
Is there any evidence that NK has progressed beyond a gun-type u235 weapon like the South Africans had?
A 10kt weapon is peanuts compared to their conventional capability. Unless/until they can make it small enough to deliver by long-range missile, it is of little military value.
Here in the Netherlands we have muslims for that.
Are your Muslims there all conservative fundamentalists?
Muslims I know drink, just as the Jews eat ham and Christians have sex before marriage.
So what does an obese person have in their refrigerator after all?
Who cares? Its already fun to stare at their trolley in the supermarket, and slowly raise your eyes to their face in mock horror.
The content is no surprise - sugary drinks, frozen dinners, cookies and other baked goods, Kellogs cereals and chips. Nothing that requires effort to prepare.
The fridge might be relatively bare, as most junk food goes in pantry or freezer.
I just came here for the lawyer jokes.
The more important question, of course, is "what gave birth to the universe?"
No, that question makes no sense. If something "gave birth" it would be a part of the universe, and you be asking where that something came from.
The universe must lift itself by its own bootstraps.
It does not even make sense to say that the universe exists, because if you think about it, to exist means that an instance is located in our universe, or a subset of it, such as our planet. If the universe is everything, there is no context for it to exist in.
Really? Where? Here in Australia, my Finish dishwasher tablets list ingredients as >30% phosphates.
They have removed the phosphates from clothes washing powder, but not dishwashing.
Not necessarily. Years ago I hacked a Fisher & Paykel washing machine in this way.
It shared the same control-panel PCB as more expensive models.
I just had to solder extra switches and LEDs to the PCB. I think it even had the silk-screening to tell me what they did.
No firmware change needed, I now had extra settings like delayed start and more cycles.
Yeah, pics or it didn't happen.
You sick bastard ... oh, *that* kind of hacking. I thought this was a Charles Manson kind of story.
Does that get information, or just data?
Not sure the editors know what words are.
Inconceivable!!
But here was the case that really put the final nail in the coffin - so to speak - against gay marriage bans.
Thats awful. Here in Australia gay or straight couples are treated the same for tax purposes as formally married couples.
But formal gay marriage is still a hot political issue, even though it has little practical consequence.
https://www.ato.gov.au/Individ...
Because that is the opposite order of when they were written.
CS Lewis wrote and published his books from 1949-1956.
Perhaps GP meant to say "The Hobbit", which was published first, and is a children's book, like the Chronicles, but unlike LotR.
it really makes much more sense to just get the boxed set. Rip or not but you will still have it after it disappears from Netflix.
Too much effort to rip all that physical media, especially when other people have already done it for you. Nobody rips CDs any more, you just download it from a paid service or torrents etc.
Netflix could save the world obscene amounts of bandwidth (billions of dollars in infrastructure upgrades?) if they'd just allow clients to cache programs. If only it could off-peak download the next episode in a series I'm watching, or movies added to "My List", the world would be a better place. I really believe Netflix could prosper with no DRM at all, and an open API, but the studios are blocking it. Just as they did with music, but the industry did not collapse when Apple removed DRM.
Netflix adds real value, that people are happy to pay for.
With inheritance, like anyone else, it helps to have a will. I expect getting probate would be a bit more complicated. ...
Instead of a marriage certificate, there will be plenty of other documentation - tax returns, social security,
But IANAL.
Does some not involved person have to attest to the couple's coupleness?
I know that is done for defactos to get a spouse visa. But you may need that for a de-jure marriage too.
Might be needed for probate if the office is not otherwise satisfied.
The headgear bit applies to PASSPORTS. Not driver's licenses.
I don't know about your state or province, but in many places like mine, head coverings are not allowed, with an exception for religious headwear that is normally worn in public. Typically a hijab or Sikh turban. It does not allow for ceremonial head-dress such as a bishops hat or colander.
Whether Pastafarianism meets the definition of religion is irrelevant, as the headwear is purely for ceremonial occasions. Similar for Muslims or Jews who only wear a skull-cap for prayers or on the sabbath.
In other countries, we just retrospectively recognise de-facto marriage, no need for any registration with the state.
In Australia, the face mites try to kill you.
Strewth mite, I dun geddit?
The idea was to show that religions are ridiculous.
No, the idea was to parody the teaching of intelligent design and creationism in public schools (in the US).
Something I think (hope) has never happened in New Zealand, outside of catechism classes.
But somehow His Noodliness has taken on a life beyond the American Bible Belt.
Ah, classic AC answer.
First assuming that tower weight/complexity is linear to height and gravity. (its actually easier than that)
Then neglecting the small matter of infrastructure required. Good steel suppliers and crane hire are rare on the moon.
Otherwise you are talking about launching a skyscraper to the moon?
Hilarious, but not as funny as when Douglas Adams did it.
There are precisely 2 points on the moon that have (basically) uninterrupted line-of-sight to earth AND line of sight to the sun (ie power).
Nice idea, but the lunar axis is inclined 1.5 degrees to the ecliptic. Not as bad as earth, but you are going to need a tower half a mile high holding up your massive solar array, to catch the winter sun. Small engineering problem there.
Worse, the lunar orbit has a 5 degree inclination, so the Earth (2 degrees across) will be rising and setting on a monthly cycle. Hardly uninterrupted.
What were you planning to do with this polar base?
has a de-facto ownership based on occupancy.
You might want to google the South Pole of the earth for a precedent that contradicts that.
3-phase is not unusual, especially in older houses. Garden bores with 3-phase pump motors used to be common.
Thanks, that explains a lot.
I'd like to think a Trump nomination would scare the bejesus out of middle America and drive many more to the polls.
the threat of Hillary's "lawlessness" or Bernnie's "socialism" might scare people
Hillary ? A pillar of the establishment - how does that scare republicans? Because she is a woman?
And after Reagan went senile in office, can't the Democrats find someone who would be under 75 by the time they finished a second term?
So you're suggesting that the Republicans and Democrats would both go with the same candidate?
Is the whole country polarised into two factions? Googling I see party membership in the US is very high - around 20% of the population.
I guess people sign up so they can participate in the nomination process? (It's more like 1% in my country)
That still leaves a much larger number of people who are not members of either party, but still vote in the elections.
But yes, why wouldn't a large number of republicans to vote against Trump? Has the country really become so insanely partisan?