A good start. 18. Enforce the 2nd amendment. It is not about hunting, it is about the citizens being armed as well as the military so the government can't tyrannize the people. 19. Disband the ATF. Prosecute agents and officers (ATF, FBI, Police, etc.) who willfully violate the rights of citizens. The murderers of Ruby Ridge, Waco, etc. should be locked up at the very least. 20a. Require an IQ test prior to voting. "You must be this smart to vote". Require voter to pass a written test on the constitution and current issues before voting. 20b. Require a voter to have paid taxes in the last 4 years leading up to an election. If you can't contribute you shouldn't have any say in how the money is spent. 20c. Require proof of past military service or other government to earn the right to vote. If you aren't willing to defend and support your country you shouldn't have any say in how it is run. 21. Line-item veto!
I think he's referring to the amount of energy available in a given square of sunlight. You can't get more energy out of it than already exists, no matter what the efficiency.
I'm pretty sure you are right... the earth is almost 25,000 miles in circumference, and rotates once in 24 hours, which comes out to just over 1000mph at the equator.
If only you had multiple personality disorder you could sell yourself as an entire development team!
They say I have megalomania... once I'm emperor of the world I'll show them a thing or two!
I used an HP Ipaq for years, then switched to a Windows Smartphone, and now finally to an Android smartphone. A Kindle is great for battery life and daylight reading, but way too big to carry around all the time. The smartphone has drawbacks... bad battery life, small screen, but can be read in all but the brightest lighting conditions, and mainly, I have it on me ALL the time. I never know when I'm going to get a few minutes to read, and since I always have the phone with me it is very convenient. I have read hundreds of books this way in the last 10 years, in line at the store, in the bathroom, waiting for a pizza, waiting for updates to download on a client's computer, etc.
This was my choice too... I did a search to see if anyone got there first and sure enough...
I usually love post-apocalyptic stories, but this one had a very depressing ending.
A lot of Andre Norton's stuff, like "Daybreak 2250AD"...I've loved post-apcalypse stuff ever since, or "Breed to Come", "The Zero Stone". I could go on for hours.
...when I was a kid were "The Runaway Robot" by Lester del Rey and "Secret Under the Sea" by Robert Silverberg. I think I still have them in a box somewhere.
Russia still hasn't managed to do what the US did in 1969 (43 years ago). When they actually land a human on another celestial body then they will have cred.
L. Sprague de Camp - "Lest Darkness Fall"...Probably my all-time favorite.
Andre Norton - "Daybreak 2250 AD" or "Star-Man's Son"...I had a thing for post-apocalyptic stuff when I was a kid. i secretly hoped for a nuclear war so I could live in such a world!
Brian Aldiss - "Starship"
Eric Frank Russell - "Wasp"....someone mentioned this one earlier. Also "Men, Martians, and Machines"
Niven and Pournell - "The Mote in God's Eye" and "The Gripping Hand"
Larry Niven - "The Integral Trees" and "The Smoke Ring". Also all of the "Ringworld" books.
Harlan Ellison - "Phoenix Without Ashes"...they made a really BAD TV series (The Starlost) based on this book. Too bad, because the book was really good.
Steven Gould - "Wildside"
Kenneth Bulmer - "Keys to the Dimension" series.
E. C. Tubb - The "Dumarest" series.
I had a server that had been running for 8 years on the same mirrored desktop-quality 40GB drives, 24/7, without a hiccup. I replaced the power supply and fans more than once during that period, but the drives never failed. Finally replaced the server with new hardware and virtualized the old server on it. The point is that you never can tell with hard drives. I've had them fail soon after installation, and I've had them last for years. I do tend to always use enterprise-rated drives now in servers, but it's no guarantee they'll last longer.
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Sounds like yet another good reason to dump Apple, as if you really needed it.
Why don't you just make ten louder and make ten be the top number?
Because 11 is better.
Still the best WW2 combat flight simulator around. If I had more free time I'd fly more missions.
A good start.
18. Enforce the 2nd amendment. It is not about hunting, it is about the citizens being armed as well as the military so the government can't tyrannize the people.
19. Disband the ATF. Prosecute agents and officers (ATF, FBI, Police, etc.) who willfully violate the rights of citizens. The murderers of Ruby Ridge, Waco, etc. should be locked up at the very least.
20a. Require an IQ test prior to voting. "You must be this smart to vote". Require voter to pass a written test on the constitution and current issues before voting.
20b. Require a voter to have paid taxes in the last 4 years leading up to an election. If you can't contribute you shouldn't have any say in how the money is spent.
20c. Require proof of past military service or other government to earn the right to vote. If you aren't willing to defend and support your country you shouldn't have any say in how it is run.
21. Line-item veto!
That's all, folks!
I think he's referring to the amount of energy available in a given square of sunlight. You can't get more energy out of it than already exists, no matter what the efficiency.
Sounds simple. Step 1: Invent 100% efficient solar cell. Step 2: Invent power beaming. Step 3: Profit!
I'm pretty sure you are right... the earth is almost 25,000 miles in circumference, and rotates once in 24 hours, which comes out to just over 1000mph at the equator.
Slashdot effect strikes again!
If only you had multiple personality disorder you could sell yourself as an entire development team! They say I have megalomania... once I'm emperor of the world I'll show them a thing or two!
I used an HP Ipaq for years, then switched to a Windows Smartphone, and now finally to an Android smartphone. A Kindle is great for battery life and daylight reading, but way too big to carry around all the time. The smartphone has drawbacks... bad battery life, small screen, but can be read in all but the brightest lighting conditions, and mainly, I have it on me ALL the time. I never know when I'm going to get a few minutes to read, and since I always have the phone with me it is very convenient. I have read hundreds of books this way in the last 10 years, in line at the store, in the bathroom, waiting for a pizza, waiting for updates to download on a client's computer, etc.
This was my choice too... I did a search to see if anyone got there first and sure enough... I usually love post-apocalyptic stories, but this one had a very depressing ending.
A lot of Andre Norton's stuff, like "Daybreak 2250AD"...I've loved post-apcalypse stuff ever since, or "Breed to Come", "The Zero Stone". I could go on for hours.
Oh, and, while not really Science Fiction, "The Mad Scientists' Club" by Bertrand R. Brinley was pretty cool.
...when I was a kid were "The Runaway Robot" by Lester del Rey and "Secret Under the Sea" by Robert Silverberg. I think I still have them in a box somewhere.
I get my kicks ABOVE the shell, sunshine!
Viagra.
Russia still hasn't managed to do what the US did in 1969 (43 years ago). When they actually land a human on another celestial body then they will have cred.
L. Sprague de Camp - "Lest Darkness Fall" ...Probably my all-time favorite.
Andre Norton - "Daybreak 2250 AD" or "Star-Man's Son" ...I had a thing for post-apocalyptic stuff when I was a kid. i secretly hoped for a nuclear war so I could live in such a world!
Brian Aldiss - "Starship"
Eric Frank Russell - "Wasp" ....someone mentioned this one earlier. Also "Men, Martians, and Machines"
Niven and Pournell - "The Mote in God's Eye" and "The Gripping Hand"
Larry Niven - "The Integral Trees" and "The Smoke Ring". Also all of the "Ringworld" books.
Harlan Ellison - "Phoenix Without Ashes" ...they made a really BAD TV series (The Starlost) based on this book. Too bad, because the book was really good.
Steven Gould - "Wildside"
Kenneth Bulmer - "Keys to the Dimension" series.
E. C. Tubb - The "Dumarest" series.
I read a couple of his books and was not impressed. "Battlefield Earth" was outright crap.
This was one of the earliest non-juvenile SciFi book I ever read back in the 60s and I have read it several times since. I think it holds up well.
Robert Silverberg, "Time of the Great Freeze".
That's what I though when I first saw it too! Does that make us bad?
Whoa! Nuclear powered windshield wipers! How cool is that?
I had a server that had been running for 8 years on the same mirrored desktop-quality 40GB drives, 24/7, without a hiccup. I replaced the power supply and fans more than once during that period, but the drives never failed. Finally replaced the server with new hardware and virtualized the old server on it. The point is that you never can tell with hard drives. I've had them fail soon after installation, and I've had them last for years. I do tend to always use enterprise-rated drives now in servers, but it's no guarantee they'll last longer.