Alright, let's see here. An average divergence for a class 3B green laser is around 1.2mRad, with a (on the large side) 1.5mm aperture. At 500 feet (152.4m):
1.5 + (152.4 * 1.2) mm = 18.438cm
Roughly.6 ft diameter which, while probably larger than the distance between eyes, I'd have to say people that aim at planes and helicopters have really good aim. While the heli pilot could easily have been hurt if this laser was of the higher powers one can easily get around the web (ie 200mw), a plane is much further up, the cockpit would merely be green, the pilot would not be hurt. Remember that energy decreases with area. It's probably a distance squared type thing, but my physics is rusty.
Is it really that hard to NOT shine a laser at a helicopter? I mean the thing takes up maybe 30'' of arc of 180deg of sky... Idiots.
rather confusing at first. It's probably my settings that caused only the headline of the story to appear on the front page of/., but Tabula Rasa is also the title of the episode of StarGate Atlantis tonight.
Of course Halo 6 will exist, if one said it didn't they'd be saying Microsoft doesn't like money. Then they'd have to have an "oh, wait" moment. At the very least the intelligent thing to do would be to let things simmer for an even longer time before hyping Halo 4 to the point everyone that sees a commercial will immediately contract some form of reproductive tract cancer.
Almost all the classes (all except math), have started using blackboard.com at my local community college (Harper College). A good portion of the teachers haven't yet come up with a good use for it besides posting homework assignments there instead of just writing it on the board or saying what to read at the end of the class when everyone's trying to filter out the door. Even worse, homework in my physics class is now 4 multiple choice questions posted online and she ("professor") never goes over them. The class time on Wed. is dedicated to practicing problems, but she won't even help. She just posts a PDF of the solutions on the online site. It ridiculous, at what point should I not have to pay for credit hours, eventually it might as well be $300 to send me a textbook (if that) and an account to the online site with solutions, plus a team of people that answer questions in a chat with a virtual MS-Paint OLE'd into the browser window.
Lemme get this straight. One of our planes, flew in our air space, and it was a bomber carrying bombs (ok, missiles with nukes, but same concept). Surely ordinance is misplaced fairly regularly. It's more important to keep track of nukes, but as I read in the paper this morning, these are apparently "advanced" warheads. Isn't the whole point of not using the gun-type nuke to avoid an unwanted detonation? So there's not a whole lot of danger from one of these things crashing (which probably happens more than we're allowed to know anyway).
Essentially the same story broke in January. Variations of the hydrogen peroxide theory have been around for half a year now. A quick Google search for "Viking probe hydrogen peroxide" (no quotes) will come up with quite a few results.
I never thought they did a particularly good job of dealing with the fallout of the downfall of the Goa'uld. I had this whole expectation of off-world prison camps for zealot Jaffa, and on going massive battles with the Goa'uld merely just using human cannon fodder. And possibly tying the origin of the Egyptian mythology and specifically the creation myth of the BNBN (sp?) stone being like a crashed vaguely upside down Ancient ship piloted by Atum or something. Anyhow, they moved on to the (yeah, similar) Ori story arc rather quickly.
I'd rather see all the possible story outlets than not have it be taken anywhere. Is it just me or has Jack gone from humorously cynical to a bit of an ass?
But if there's only one green, then things partake in the form of green. If there's a form of consciousness-ness, then human brains merely partake in a form?
see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theory of Forms (P.S. which is rather poorly written, get a copy of The Republic) (PPS, Aristotle's catagories is similar except for the real objects themselves being "most real" and the forms being "universal properties" or something like that, you may find more logic in this argument rather than Plato)
I'd rather have my SG-1 back. SG-1, Eureka, and recently Dead Like Me are the only things I've managed to like on SciFi. Farscape was always far too silly for me (pun unintended). Unrelated Obligatory Sarcasm: Wrestling is Science Fiction!
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I love when that transaction completes.
That's really nothing compared with what you can get other places like StarPhaser.com or WickedLasers.
Alright, let's see here. An average divergence for a class 3B green laser is around 1.2mRad, with a (on the large side) 1.5mm aperture.
.6 ft diameter which, while probably larger than the distance between eyes, I'd have
At 500 feet (152.4m):
1.5 + (152.4 * 1.2) mm = 18.438cm
Roughly
to say people that aim at planes and helicopters have really good aim. While the heli pilot could
easily have been hurt if this laser was of the higher powers one can easily get around the web
(ie 200mw), a plane is much further up, the cockpit would merely be green, the pilot would not
be hurt. Remember that energy decreases with area. It's probably a distance squared type thing, but
my physics is rusty.
Is it really that hard to NOT shine a laser at a helicopter? I mean the thing takes up maybe 30'' of arc of 180deg of sky... Idiots.
In Soviet Russia, ...you speak into the mic?
rather confusing at first. It's probably my settings that caused only the headline of the story to appear on the front page of /., but Tabula Rasa is also the title of the episode of StarGate Atlantis tonight.
touché. :)
By forcing "updates" down its throat for "its own good"?
Of course Halo 6 will exist, if one said it didn't they'd be saying Microsoft doesn't like money. Then they'd have to have an "oh, wait" moment. At the very least the intelligent thing to do would be to let things simmer for an even longer time before hyping Halo 4 to the point everyone that sees a commercial will immediately contract some form of reproductive tract cancer.
He must have totally ignored the Lioplurodon...
Almost all the classes (all except math), have started using blackboard.com at my local community college (Harper College). A good portion of the teachers haven't yet come up with a good use for it besides posting homework assignments there instead of just writing it on the board or saying what to read at the end of the class when everyone's trying to filter out the door. Even worse, homework in my physics class is now 4 multiple choice questions posted online and she ("professor") never goes over them. The class time on Wed. is dedicated to practicing problems, but she won't even help. She just posts a PDF of the solutions on the online site. It ridiculous, at what point should I not have to pay for credit hours, eventually it might as well be $300 to send me a textbook (if that) and an account to the online site with solutions, plus a team of people that answer questions in a chat with a virtual MS-Paint OLE'd into the browser window.
Which is rather broken considering how often I'm able to tell those things that I'm over 100 years old. If I can be ancient, a 12 year old can be 23.
Lemme get this straight. One of our planes, flew in our air space, and it was a bomber carrying bombs (ok, missiles with nukes, but same concept). Surely ordinance is misplaced fairly regularly. It's more important to keep track of nukes, but as I read in the paper this morning, these are apparently "advanced" warheads. Isn't the whole point of not using the gun-type nuke to avoid an unwanted detonation? So there's not a whole lot of danger from one of these things crashing (which probably happens more than we're allowed to know anyway).
Essentially the same story broke in January. Variations of the hydrogen peroxide theory have been around for half a year now. A quick Google search for "Viking probe hydrogen peroxide" (no quotes) will come up with quite a few results.
Cats can be rather intelligent. An analogy using the IQ of your cat might be putting the bar a bit too high...
Why not? Sure beats paying Catholic priests..
Can you actually explain the difference?
Damn right, it really pissed me off. I sent them an angry letter.
I never thought they did a particularly good job of dealing with the fallout of the downfall of the Goa'uld. I had this whole expectation of off-world prison camps for zealot Jaffa, and on going massive battles with the Goa'uld merely just using human cannon fodder. And possibly tying the origin of the Egyptian mythology and specifically the creation myth of the BNBN (sp?) stone being like a crashed vaguely upside down Ancient ship piloted by Atum or something. Anyhow, they moved on to the (yeah, similar) Ori story arc rather quickly.
I'd rather see all the possible story outlets than not have it be taken anywhere. Is it just me or has Jack gone from humorously cynical to a bit of an ass?
But if there's only one green, then things partake in the form of green. If there's a form of consciousness-ness, then human brains merely partake in a form?
see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theory of Forms
(P.S. which is rather poorly written, get a copy of The Republic)
(PPS, Aristotle's catagories is similar except for the real objects themselves being "most real" and the forms being "universal properties" or something like that, you may find more logic in this argument rather than Plato)
Out of curiosity, what would you define as SG-1's formula?
I wasn't complaining, I was failing to be funny.
Or how they can be bloodied up in one match, and yet can come back later in one show perfectly fine and never have any scars in later matches!
They must pick some actual SciFi show to spend their medical insurance on...
Or worse yet a John Cusack horror film that still ends up being a romantic comedy. *cough* 1408 *cough*
I'd rather have my SG-1 back. SG-1, Eureka, and recently Dead Like Me are the only things I've managed to like on SciFi. Farscape was always far too silly for me (pun unintended).
Unrelated Obligatory Sarcasm: Wrestling is Science Fiction!
How about a new name? We're constantly getting new fantasies; I don't see anything "Final" about this...