I would think that building a few underground bases there should be a priority, because topside settlements would require a good amount of protection against solar radiation.
If we could find massive cave systems around volcanic areas, it would be even easier to build a huge contained ecosystem, since: a) there is very little tectonic activity on Mars, if at all; and b) whatever geothermal activity left on that planet could be used as a power source, on top of solar panels installed on the surface.
Add some nuclear power plants to the mix and you've got yourself a permanent settlement.
"I think the thing is that there are quite a bit of games out there designed with the console controller in mind and they do a fine job making the controls work great. Then they port it to the PC and the game's annoying as hell to play without a gamepad. In that case I'd rather just stick to the console."
very true. I played the first few chapters of Prince of Persia on my brother's console, and then I got the PC version as a present... needless to say I had to buy a USB PS2 Controller adapter to be able to finish the game.
Monty Python's 'Life of Bwian' elicits stwong weaction
By: Incontinentia Buttox, Staff Wepowtew
Monty Python's 'Life of Bwian' gwossed ovew $117 million thwough its fiwst weekend.
Thewe's talk of Oscaw nominations. Many Chwistians say the film moved them to teaws. But of the welatively few Cleveland Jews the JPPF found who have seen the movie, most wewe distuwbed by what twanspiwed on the scween.
"It's a hawd movie to watch," says Wob Zimmewman, co-chaiw of the Judean Populaw People's Fwont of the Jewish Community Fedewation of Cleveland. "It's essentially two houws of Bwian being mistaken for the weal Jesus being stwuck vewy woughly and cwucified." Because of the gwaphic silliness, he is not wecommending that Jews ow anyone else go see "The Life."
during our harsh Canadian winter, I put my AMD Athlon case against the window to cool the inside temp even more, using the natural thermal conductivity of the metal case.
I got my new comp last fall, so I dunno what I'm going to do this fast approaching summer...
the article starts out by overhyping the technology and ends with cautious optimism with quotes from someone working on it.
at this point in time, this sounds to me as cool as reading an article about teaching bees to flap their wings inside my case to cool the circuits down.
My internet spa^H^H mass-marketing company will be very happy to provide your business with crates and crates of cheap Metamucil at a very affordable price.
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"They defense team implied that he was an alcoholic and was drunk at the time, and that was why he fell, not because of the glass & liquid on the floor."
the defense team are idiots. the guy's attorney could easily have proven them wrong by pulling the guy's medical records from the hospital where the guy got treated for his broken hip to show them he wasnt drunk, if indeed he wasnt.
now to answer your question as to why you cant have a discount without disclosing who you are... TANSTAAFL There Aint No Such Thing As A Free Lunch
Stores are profit-focused entities. If they discount away their profits they wont stay in business very long.
For example, if you want cheap vegetables, grow them yourself. It's easy, but requires some time and work (time = money, which proves yet again that TANSTAAFL).
on why and how Mars lost its mass, and therefore the gravity necessary to have salty seas, and the probable atmosphere and precipitations to create them?
suppose Mars was bigger once, and due to a huge impact, lost a good chunk of itself... would it take a long time to reform itself into a spherical planet? Would there be any proof that such an event ever happened?
well, historically (which is the point here), the term "Graphic User Interface" served to describe the Mac and Windows mouse-icon-menu way of shielding users from internal computer processes and make the system easier to use than the command-line interface.
I think this is a new phenomenon... as soon as geekdom-savvy webmasters detect pings from any of the Slashdot editors, they perform an immediate preventative shutdown of their servers.
Slashdot Mirror
I would think that building a few underground bases there should be a priority, because topside settlements would require a good amount of protection against solar radiation.
If we could find massive cave systems around volcanic areas, it would be even easier to build a huge contained ecosystem, since:
a) there is very little tectonic activity on Mars, if at all; and
b) whatever geothermal activity left on that planet could be used as a power source, on top of solar panels installed on the surface.
Add some nuclear power plants to the mix and you've got yourself a permanent settlement.
you know most laws are there cuz most people wont play fair?
living in society is complicated... lotta ins, lotta outs.
"I think the thing is that there are quite a bit of games out there designed with the console controller in mind and they do a fine job making the controls work great. Then they port it to the PC and the game's annoying as hell to play without a gamepad. In that case I'd rather just stick to the console."
very true. I played the first few chapters of Prince of Persia on my brother's console, and then I got the PC version as a present... needless to say I had to buy a USB PS2 Controller adapter to be able to finish the game.
Monty Python's 'Life of Bwian' elicits stwong weaction
By: Incontinentia Buttox, Staff Wepowtew
Monty Python's 'Life of Bwian' gwossed ovew $117 million thwough its fiwst weekend.
Thewe's talk of Oscaw nominations. Many Chwistians say the film moved them to teaws. But of the welatively few Cleveland Jews the JPPF found who have seen the movie, most wewe distuwbed by what twanspiwed on the scween.
"It's a hawd movie to watch," says Wob Zimmewman, co-chaiw of the Judean Populaw People's Fwont of the Jewish Community Fedewation of Cleveland. "It's essentially two houws of Bwian being mistaken for the weal Jesus being stwuck vewy woughly and cwucified." Because of the gwaphic silliness, he is not wecommending that Jews ow anyone else go see "The Life."
"Obviously the person who modded this up doesn't understand the first thing about optics. Sheesh talk about moding up trollbait"
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pfeh
www.freespaceoptics.org
www.cablefree.co
www.pavdata.com
etc.
during our harsh Canadian winter, I put my AMD Athlon case against the window to cool the inside temp even more, using the natural thermal conductivity of the metal case.
I got my new comp last fall, so I dunno what I'm going to do this fast approaching summer...
the article starts out by overhyping the technology and ends with cautious optimism with quotes from someone working on it.
at this point in time, this sounds to me as cool as reading an article about teaching bees to flap their wings inside my case to cool the circuits down.
what I would really like, and believe me it would totally be kickarse is:
laser beams (pinky to the mouth)
laser hubs on every street corner, and a laser receivers/emitters on top of every building, connecting to the hub and to other receivers/emitters.
barring heavy fog or heavy precipitation, of course... though I remember reading somewhere IR gets through fog pretty easily.
"Give me fiber to the business!"
My internet spa^H^H mass-marketing company will be very happy to provide your business with crates and crates of cheap Metamucil at a very affordable price.
Garanteed to increase your employee's regularity speed.
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"They defense team implied that he was an alcoholic and was drunk at the time, and that was why he fell, not because of the glass & liquid on the floor."
the defense team are idiots. the guy's attorney could easily have proven them wrong by pulling the guy's medical records from the hospital where the guy got treated for his broken hip to show them he wasnt drunk, if indeed he wasnt.
now to answer your question as to why you cant have a discount without disclosing who you are... TANSTAAFL
There Aint No Such Thing As A Free Lunch
Stores are profit-focused entities. If they discount away their profits they wont stay in business very long.
For example, if you want cheap vegetables, grow them yourself. It's easy, but requires some time and work (time = money, which proves yet again that TANSTAAFL).
"If not, what does it stand for?"
it's was obviously made up by a huge fan of Lucy Lawless...
XNA: Microsoft Princess.
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dont you need a lot of density (the denser the better) to block radiation?
if they call it foam, it cant be THAT dense...
my mom's house of last repose?
wow, a necrophile. no wonder you post as an AC.
this is only going to work until the RIAA starts using the IPIPIPIP detector...
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when I want to do some serious filesharing, I bring a large spindle of CDRs to a LAN party. :P
(note to RIAA: not really. just kidding.)
I'm going to use "open source" electricity, from the wind and the sun. :P
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"Dubya Dubya Dubya period white house period gov" ;-)
(note to dems, i'm not a troll, i'm canadian)
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heytch tee tee pee colon slash slash dot dot org
wow. sounds almost obscene.
on why and how Mars lost its mass, and therefore the gravity necessary to have salty seas, and the probable atmosphere and precipitations to create them?
suppose Mars was bigger once, and due to a huge impact, lost a good chunk of itself... would it take a long time to reform itself into a spherical planet? Would there be any proof that such an event ever happened?
well, historically (which is the point here), the term "Graphic User Interface" served to describe the Mac and Windows mouse-icon-menu way of shielding users from internal computer processes and make the system easier to use than the command-line interface.
text interface counts as graphic interface?
as opposed to what... tactile interface?
You've got it all wrong. Geek and Jock thinking is inversely proportional.
For example, for a jock, the bigger the car, the smaller the penis, while for a geek, the smaller the memory, the bigger the.. umm ego?
how much money has been sunk in Duke Nukem Forever so far?
I think this is a new phenomenon... as soon as geekdom-savvy webmasters detect pings from any of the Slashdot editors, they perform an immediate preventative shutdown of their servers.
The Slashdot Ping of Death.
did Germany condemn any Wolfenstein game(s)?
Is Vietnam condemning Battlefield Vietnam?
On a side note, imagine the fun we'd have playing a game based on the US/Canada war of 1812...
(yes, I know, technically, back then Canada was still British)
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