I don't see where I mentioned a "perpetual state of civil war." The fact is there have been occasions where thieves have used large amounts of firepower to commit crimes and police issued firearms could not stop them. Cops have had to requisition weapons from local gun stores in order to end the gun fight. Yet no one could reasonably say this is a perpetual state of civil war.
Well, when you have bank robbers using assualt rifles and body armor, soliders on the street corner, or at least heavily armed police officers, doesn't seem like all that bad an idea.
Great, so instead of using whatever product Microsoft provides her with by default and never changing, she'll use whatever product the OEM provides her with by default and never change. Not a whole lot better.
Imagine a browser where, when it crashed, it had a high probability of killing you and the possibility of killing someone near you. When that day happens, I'll start taking these car analogies seriously.
Tribes seems to be doing rather well against that for a game that relies solely on software in the hands of users. Sure, it got up to version 1.11, but it's been over four years since then and I don't notice any cheats for it.
In some areas stores ask you for your phone number so they can determine what (county) tax rate to charge you (in addition to simply collecting customer information, of course). You can always refuse. I'd be really surprised if they said you had to give them your phone number.
(although I'm unsure what Rhapsody uses, maybe it uses MP3Pro which is pretty good)
From TFA:
AT RealRhapsody, you can directly compare apples to Apple, as the two companies use the same software standard for compression, and Rhapsody beats Apple hands down: 192 to 128.
Except the cable would be kept taught by the Earth's rotation, so the only thing you would need to do to boost the top of the platform is to remove the payload from the elevator, at any point, and let physics do the rest.
Sure, if you're talking metric tons. However, there are two other types of tons. One is the short ton (2000 lbs) and the other is the long ton (2,240 lbs). I'm guessing, since the brits do weight with lbs and stones, the signage that refers to "ton" is probably refering to the "short" variety, so it would still need to be changed.
Similar to the way the scram jet that was tested will, in that we get a UAV spotting a "high value target" enter a building somewhere and we fire something that can reach him in under 30 minutes, as opposed to the current six hours plus with a Tomahawk cruise missile. Would have been very useful in getting Bin Ladin during the Clinton administration.
Well, if we subscribed to that point of view, then what use would there be for the entire penal system? If arresting, prosecuting and jailing criminals doesn't protect anyone, why do we waste the resources?
You do realize that the energy required to travel at 25,000 mph != traveling at 25,000 mph? If so, then why are you trying to argue a point different from one being discussed? And yes, my method would allow you to escape Earth's pull, it would take an extraordinary ammount of time, even in galactic terms, but eventually you'd be flying across the solar system. The potential energy that you discussed would have slowly been transfered from the Earth's momentum to you. Take the Moon for example. It's slowly moving away from the Earth. In several billion years it'll break orbit and go flying off somewhere. In the meantime, as it moves away, it slows the Earth's rotation down. That energy has got to go somewhere, I'll let you figure out where.
Look, the statement that we are dealing with is "you MUST reach 25,000mph to escape the gravitational pull of the Earth," not "it is more efficient/practical with current means to reach 25,000mph to escape the gravitational pull of the Earth." If you're going to argue against something make sure you know what that something is.
If you would like a potential real life scienerio in the future, look to the concept of the space elevator. Cimb it up to the point where you're in a perfect geosynchronous orbit with the planet (approximately 22,236 miles). Climb it at any speed you want using any energy source you want, it need not be 25,000mph using a chemical rocket. Once you're there, leave the elevator. Take a rock (you did remember to bring a rock, right?), chuck it down to the Earth. Congratulations! You have reached escape velocity, and the fastest you have traveled is just a smidge over 6,876mph (your tangential velocity).
Except the twit is saying you must reach 25,000mph in order to escape the Earth's pull, not simply "reach escape velocity". If I travel at a constant 1m/s up from the Earth's surface, I will eventually put enough distance between myself and the Earth that a mere 1m/s is enough to escape Earth's gravity well, as gravity's strength decreases exponentially the further away you get.
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I don't see where I mentioned a "perpetual state of civil war." The fact is there have been occasions where thieves have used large amounts of firepower to commit crimes and police issued firearms could not stop them. Cops have had to requisition weapons from local gun stores in order to end the gun fight. Yet no one could reasonably say this is a perpetual state of civil war.
Well, when you have bank robbers using assualt rifles and body armor, soliders on the street corner, or at least heavily armed police officers, doesn't seem like all that bad an idea.
But by using IE, aren't they already confortable with random pieces of software being installed on their computer? :)
Great, so instead of using whatever product Microsoft provides her with by default and never changing, she'll use whatever product the OEM provides her with by default and never change. Not a whole lot better.
Imagine a browser where, when it crashed, it had a high probability of killing you and the possibility of killing someone near you. When that day happens, I'll start taking these car analogies seriously.
Tribes seems to be doing rather well against that for a game that relies solely on software in the hands of users. Sure, it got up to version 1.11, but it's been over four years since then and I don't notice any cheats for it.
In some areas stores ask you for your phone number so they can determine what (county) tax rate to charge you (in addition to simply collecting customer information, of course). You can always refuse. I'd be really surprised if they said you had to give them your phone number.
I was about to come back and correct myself. Isn't it wonderful that we have such informative articles here on Slashdot?
(although I'm unsure what Rhapsody uses, maybe it uses MP3Pro which is pretty good)
From TFA:
Sure it does...
Alright, not quite the same thing, but darn close.
That's odd... it was only yesterday that I was using IE on a Mac...
Hey! Stop with the bashing of the Kerry supporters!
MAKE DUBYA A ONE-TERMER!
Multiply the one by two and I'll second it!
Except the cable would be kept taught by the Earth's rotation, so the only thing you would need to do to boost the top of the platform is to remove the payload from the elevator, at any point, and let physics do the rest.
But I didn't say you had escaped Earth's gravity, just that you have the proper velocity to eventually escape Earth's gravity.
Sure, if you're talking metric tons. However, there are two other types of tons. One is the short ton (2000 lbs) and the other is the long ton (2,240 lbs). I'm guessing, since the brits do weight with lbs and stones, the signage that refers to "ton" is probably refering to the "short" variety, so it would still need to be changed.
And a Predator with a Hellfire missile isn't faster than a marine with a rifle. You assume all UAVs will be UCAVs.
Similar to the way the scram jet that was tested will, in that we get a UAV spotting a "high value target" enter a building somewhere and we fire something that can reach him in under 30 minutes, as opposed to the current six hours plus with a Tomahawk cruise missile. Would have been very useful in getting Bin Ladin during the Clinton administration.
Well, if we subscribed to that point of view, then what use would there be for the entire penal system? If arresting, prosecuting and jailing criminals doesn't protect anyone, why do we waste the resources?
Plus how would you know not to arrest someone for not giving you their name if... well... you don't know their name?
"Hey Bob, any outstanding warrants for a John Doe?"
You do realize that the energy required to travel at 25,000 mph != traveling at 25,000 mph? If so, then why are you trying to argue a point different from one being discussed? And yes, my method would allow you to escape Earth's pull, it would take an extraordinary ammount of time, even in galactic terms, but eventually you'd be flying across the solar system. The potential energy that you discussed would have slowly been transfered from the Earth's momentum to you. Take the Moon for example. It's slowly moving away from the Earth. In several billion years it'll break orbit and go flying off somewhere. In the meantime, as it moves away, it slows the Earth's rotation down. That energy has got to go somewhere, I'll let you figure out where.
Look, the statement that we are dealing with is "you MUST reach 25,000mph to escape the gravitational pull of the Earth," not "it is more efficient/practical with current means to reach 25,000mph to escape the gravitational pull of the Earth." If you're going to argue against something make sure you know what that something is.
If you would like a potential real life scienerio in the future, look to the concept of the space elevator. Cimb it up to the point where you're in a perfect geosynchronous orbit with the planet (approximately 22,236 miles). Climb it at any speed you want using any energy source you want, it need not be 25,000mph using a chemical rocket. Once you're there, leave the elevator. Take a rock (you did remember to bring a rock, right?), chuck it down to the Earth. Congratulations! You have reached escape velocity, and the fastest you have traveled is just a smidge over 6,876mph (your tangential velocity).
This is also basically what the US did in WWI and WWII.
Except the twit is saying you must reach 25,000mph in order to escape the Earth's pull, not simply "reach escape velocity". If I travel at a constant 1m/s up from the Earth's surface, I will eventually put enough distance between myself and the Earth that a mere 1m/s is enough to escape Earth's gravity well, as gravity's strength decreases exponentially the further away you get.
So... we start cattle ranching on Mars?