"Space pressure would not cause two matter bubbles to be attracted to one another over a distance, and that is precicly what we observe in an orbit - one matter bubble has continous force being applied to it in the direction of the other bubble."
Actually, I think it does. I'm not certain. But what if you had some water floating in space (say in a space station in zero-g. Now, naturally that water would form itself into a sphere...like the universe). But what if we now add very small air bubbles to it with a staw in random places. Would those air bubbles not move toward eachother forming one giant bubble in a sphere of water?
I've always belived that our concept of gravity is wrong. I think the reason our universe is expanding is not because of "dark energy", but because space is trying to displace a minority substance called matter.
Imagine if you will that the earth is a bubble in water. The more dense a planet is (or the higher the air pressure is in a bubble), the more effort it takes for space to want to displace that matter. But, what if we could control the "pressure". In other words, what if we could spoof a matter in the form of energy in front of a space craft? Rather then the ship propelling itself through space, you could instead have space push the craft much like the difference in water pressure wants to push an air bubble to the surface.
This was discussed in a NOVA special about String Theory in The Elegant Universe. You can watch all three hours of the program online for free. I think the part about the speed of gravity (as to if it's effect are instant or at the speed of light) are in the first hour of the program. Check it out here
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/elegant/program.htm l
I made it my homepage to remind people patch up their M$ boxes to prevent worms from spreading to the rest of us responsible users of Windows. Personally, I love WinXP over Linux. I think this is the best OS for what I do with my computer. But damn, would people PLEASE patch up their Wintel computers!!
So how long would this "blast wave" of energy once it reaches Earth and beyond? Would it last for 5 seconds, or a few days? If it's less then a 24 hour period, maybe Humans by then could calculate the time of impact and thus shild themselves by moving to the other side of the Earth. Once the event is over, just take a jet and fly back home to your own country.
Maybe Venus is in the middle of a polar shift...(thus the drop in megnetic field) but I doubt it. But what really puzzles me is this. Why is it that the intense heat on Venus does not boil away at it's own atmosphere. I would think that this would eventually cool down the planet to the point a natural ballance would accour in atmospheric pressure and temperature relitive to it's orbit around the Sun.
It's not just with scientist in America. It's an issue revolving around human nature. When one is so convenced in what one believes in, it becomes a point that what you believe in is now no different then religious faith. It's at that point, that you never question...but asume to hold true.
Remember when people thought the world was still flat? And that was durring a time before America was around.
According to this PDF document, there might be natural gas and oil on Mars (ok, so in Mars). That's assuming there was life on Mars too. Check it out here. www.jmcgowan.com/oilmars.pdf
They could come in handy in drilling for oil on Mars. And yes...some geologiest ponder that the earth was formed with hydrocarbons rather then just bio-mass. It's an interesting though when you think about all of the underground "lakes" of oil in the middle east. And if such a theory is hold true, a little global warming would do Mars some good!
That's why I have a e-mule account. For example, Hotmail provides a free e-mule account that I use. Want to make that account available to SPAMers? Suit your self. I'll just create anotherone and ignore the now plundered spammed account.
That's too bad. I was hoping that Spirit might be able to investigate Beagle when it's mission is over. Maybe even give beagle a nudge if it's upside down or something. Of course, any time taken to investigate the Beagle failure is that much less time devoted to science on Mars. And and doubt congress would appreciate NASAs use of the publics tax dollars in this manor either.
The problem with emulation is that everything being emulated is processed on the main CPU. For example, The SNES has dedicated processors for logic, video, and audio. But when you emulate the SNES on a computer, the main CPU is emulating everything. Then, the respective resaults are exported to the video card and audio. So in a nutshell, the video card in your PC is not doing any kind of work directly relating to the SNES video (just acting as a frame buffer really).
But, I do find it interesting that the N64 was not only emulated, but if you had a 3D video card, there was a glide wrapper that actually accelerated emulated 3D functions of the N64. It's almost like distributed emulation as far as the hardware is concerned in your PC.
The "Super FX Chip" was for real. Basically, it was a RISK FPU co-processor that ran at 10.5 Mhz inside the cartridge. While the SNES main CPU ran at 3.58Mhz, the ability to crunch floating point data much faster alowed for the SNES to render 3D games such as Starfox. There were also games in the works for using the Super FX2 Chip. But, it never surfaced. The FX2 system was having two FX chips in a cartridge running side by side for twice the performance.
As for Sega's "blast processing", I've heard that it's implemntation was nothing more then pre-processing data, then having the resaults pulled from memory at a later time. So basically, you had buffered data that acted as a processing template for future use. But, I personally cannot confirm this.
Damn, this puts space heaters to shame. Just how much power would these chips consume? And when you run them, could you recycle the water to cool them back to the water heater in your home?
Seriously, when does the power requirements out weigh the need for this kind of processing power?
I hope not, I really hope that your country does NOT get attacked. But if it ever happens, you will change your tune. You would be a spineless blob of goo to just sitback and take it.
Remember. You can NOT have peace without victory. If someone pushes me, I will push back harder. Maybe that's why your so unhappy. Prolly because you live in a country that wants to be so politically correct, that it takes precedence over your very own safety. Oh well, that's not my problem. Suck it up chump.
If you are a citizen of the US, then you have basic rights even in a time of war. But, if you are not a citizen and cause harm to this country, then be happy your still alive. Because durring wartime, you do NOT want to be an enemy of the US.
Now, any members of Al Queda want to challenge me and my Desert Eagle? Then step right up you dirty ragheads. Let me show you what rights you have. Alah will want to speak with you as well after I'm done with ya
I see nothing wrong with ID-ing visitors from other countries at this point. After all, in the US, we are in a state of war. And until that changes, there will continue to be clampdowns in the name of security.
Does anyone remember the ColdWar? I remember hearing about those "Duck and Cover" videos children had to practice for in an event of nuclear war. Yet, I don't hear anyone bitching about that.
According to the BBB, this is what they have to say about SCO.
"Based on BBB files, this company has a satisfactory record with the Bureau. Any complaints processed by the Bureau in its three-year reporting period have been resolved. The number and type of complaints are not unusual for a company in this industry. "
Seriously, I blame the parent if anything. It's their damn job to raise kids properly. And I don't want to hear any excuses about having to work and stuff. If your childs has a friend over taking part in inappropriate, lay down the law of the household. Also, let his or her parents know of what's going on as well.
People tend to forget that having proper society is a team effort among fellow citizens. If you leave your head in the ground like nothing is happening, then you are doing more harm then good for the rest of us.
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Will it play Duke Nukem 3D....forever?
...Or, would the air work it's way out of the sphere of water?
"Space pressure would not cause two matter bubbles to be attracted to one another over a distance, and that is precicly what we observe in an orbit - one matter bubble has continous force being applied to it in the direction of the other bubble."
Actually, I think it does. I'm not certain. But what if you had some water floating in space (say in a space station in zero-g. Now, naturally that water would form itself into a sphere...like the universe). But what if we now add very small air bubbles to it with a staw in random places. Would those air bubbles not move toward eachother forming one giant bubble in a sphere of water?
I've always belived that our concept of gravity is wrong. I think the reason our universe is expanding is not because of "dark energy", but because space is trying to displace a minority substance called matter.
Imagine if you will that the earth is a bubble in water. The more dense a planet is (or the higher the air pressure is in a bubble), the more effort it takes for space to want to displace that matter. But, what if we could control the "pressure". In other words, what if we could spoof a matter in the form of energy in front of a space craft? Rather then the ship propelling itself through space, you could instead have space push the craft much like the difference in water pressure wants to push an air bubble to the surface.
This was discussed in a NOVA special about String Theory in The Elegant Universe. You can watch all three hours of the program online for free. I think the part about the speed of gravity (as to if it's effect are instant or at the speed of light) are in the first hour of the program. Check it out here
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http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/elegant/program.ht
I made it my homepage to remind people patch up their M$ boxes to prevent worms from spreading to the rest of us responsible users of Windows. Personally, I love WinXP over Linux. I think this is the best OS for what I do with my computer. But damn, would people PLEASE patch up their Wintel computers!!
So how long would this "blast wave" of energy once it reaches Earth and beyond? Would it last for 5 seconds, or a few days? If it's less then a 24 hour period, maybe Humans by then could calculate the time of impact and thus shild themselves by moving to the other side of the Earth. Once the event is over, just take a jet and fly back home to your own country.
Maybe Venus is in the middle of a polar shift...(thus the drop in megnetic field) but I doubt it. But what really puzzles me is this. Why is it that the intense heat on Venus does not boil away at it's own atmosphere. I would think that this would eventually cool down the planet to the point a natural ballance would accour in atmospheric pressure and temperature relitive to it's orbit around the Sun.
It's not just with scientist in America. It's an issue revolving around human nature. When one is so convenced in what one believes in, it becomes a point that what you believe in is now no different then religious faith. It's at that point, that you never question...but asume to hold true.
Remember when people thought the world was still flat? And that was durring a time before America was around.
I don't get it. What's so funny about that pic in relation to the parent post? Or is this more british dry humor that I'm oblivious to?
According to this PDF document, there might be natural gas and oil on Mars (ok, so in Mars). That's assuming there was life on Mars too. Check it out here. www.jmcgowan.com/oilmars.pdf
They could come in handy in drilling for oil on Mars. And yes...some geologiest ponder that the earth was formed with hydrocarbons rather then just bio-mass. It's an interesting though when you think about all of the underground "lakes" of oil in the middle east. And if such a theory is hold true, a little global warming would do Mars some good!
That's why I have a e-mule account. For example, Hotmail provides a free e-mule account that I use. Want to make that account available to SPAMers? Suit your self. I'll just create anotherone and ignore the now plundered spammed account.
Just wait until Adobe gets payed off to include corporate logos from being scanned or altered either. Seems far fetched? Well...just read my sig.
That's too bad. I was hoping that Spirit might be able to investigate Beagle when it's mission is over. Maybe even give beagle a nudge if it's upside down or something. Of course, any time taken to investigate the Beagle failure is that much less time devoted to science on Mars. And and doubt congress would appreciate NASAs use of the publics tax dollars in this manor either.
Why do you buy your girlfriend toys? Are you not man enough for her? Just pay me instead and I will take a prick at it for ya. >;-P
The problem with emulation is that everything being emulated is processed on the main CPU. For example, The SNES has dedicated processors for logic, video, and audio. But when you emulate the SNES on a computer, the main CPU is emulating everything. Then, the respective resaults are exported to the video card and audio. So in a nutshell, the video card in your PC is not doing any kind of work directly relating to the SNES video (just acting as a frame buffer really).
But, I do find it interesting that the N64 was not only emulated, but if you had a 3D video card, there was a glide wrapper that actually accelerated emulated 3D functions of the N64. It's almost like distributed emulation as far as the hardware is concerned in your PC.
The "Super FX Chip" was for real. Basically, it was a RISK FPU co-processor that ran at 10.5 Mhz inside the cartridge. While the SNES main CPU ran at 3.58Mhz, the ability to crunch floating point data much faster alowed for the SNES to render 3D games such as Starfox. There were also games in the works for using the Super FX2 Chip. But, it never surfaced. The FX2 system was having two FX chips in a cartridge running side by side for twice the performance.
As for Sega's "blast processing", I've heard that it's implemntation was nothing more then pre-processing data, then having the resaults pulled from memory at a later time. So basically, you had buffered data that acted as a processing template for future use. But, I personally cannot confirm this.
How much wood can a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood?
Damn, this puts space heaters to shame. Just how much power would these chips consume? And when you run them, could you recycle the water to cool them back to the water heater in your home?
Seriously, when does the power requirements out weigh the need for this kind of processing power?
I hope not, I really hope that your country does NOT get attacked. But if it ever happens, you will change your tune. You would be a spineless blob of goo to just sitback and take it.
Remember. You can NOT have peace without victory. If someone pushes me, I will push back harder. Maybe that's why your so unhappy. Prolly because you live in a country that wants to be so politically correct, that it takes precedence over your very own safety. Oh well, that's not my problem. Suck it up chump.
If you are a citizen of the US, then you have basic rights even in a time of war. But, if you are not a citizen and cause harm to this country, then be happy your still alive. Because durring wartime, you do NOT want to be an enemy of the US.
Now, any members of Al Queda want to challenge me and my Desert Eagle? Then step right up you dirty ragheads. Let me show you what rights you have. Alah will want to speak with you as well after I'm done with ya
I see nothing wrong with ID-ing visitors from other countries at this point. After all, in the US, we are in a state of war. And until that changes, there will continue to be clampdowns in the name of security.
Does anyone remember the ColdWar? I remember hearing about those "Duck and Cover" videos children had to practice for in an event of nuclear war. Yet, I don't hear anyone bitching about that.
According to the BBB, this is what they have to say about SCO.
"Based on BBB files, this company has a satisfactory record with the Bureau. Any complaints processed by the Bureau in its three-year reporting period have been resolved. The number and type of complaints are not unusual for a company in this industry. "
Something is not....right.
Seriously, I blame the parent if anything. It's their damn job to raise kids properly. And I don't want to hear any excuses about having to work and stuff. If your childs has a friend over taking part in inappropriate, lay down the law of the household. Also, let his or her parents know of what's going on as well.
People tend to forget that having proper society is a team effort among fellow citizens. If you leave your head in the ground like nothing is happening, then you are doing more harm then good for the rest of us.