I wouldn't consider it likely that oxygen-devouring microbes would survive on a planet with hardly any to consume, much less having evolved in the first place. Anerobic (non-oxygen-breathing) microbes cannot metabolize oxygen and are actually killed by exposure to it. Mostly likely a mars microbe would die the moment it was within our atmosphere.
How about...
Step 1. Freeze until cold cold cold (like a regular superconductor)
Step 2. Reengineer humans to be comfortable at near absolute temperatures and lower room temperature accordingly.
Step 3. Have a room temperature superconductor
Step 4. PROFIT!!!!
Good point, the teachers make the biggest difference in education. A good teacher can get a kid to want to learn and succed while a bad one will kill his/her motivation in no time flat. Math and English teachers especially.
Plus I often turn my phone off when in classesrooms, theatres, and restaruants out of consideration for others and because I don't want to answer calls at those times. Now how do I read the clock on the mobile if it is turned off?
Plus a nice-looking watch much more stylish than looking at your mobile all the time.
I read it too, good novel, but I was disappointed to find it was the first part of a trilogy and I couldn't find the second book and the third does not appear to have been ever published. Real shame, as it was a good concept.
The supernova thing happened in Robert Sawyer's "Calculating God". Aliens came to Earth searching for proof of a creator's existance and one piece of evidence was that all three worlds including the Earth had suffered near simultaneous mass extinction events. When a nearby star went supernova near the end of the book a creature believed to be this creator appeared and put up a shield to block the radiation from hitting the three worlds. It's a pretty good novel.
"So I took a look (cat/dev/rand) and was surprised to find the complete works of Shakespeare stored in a device on my system. Linux never ceases to amaze me."
I gotta make that into a sig.
Plus most Americans like to drive their cars and some will use any excuse to do so.
Traffic doesn't bother me much if it isn't rush hour. Plus some of our tollways around Chicago have quick express lanes for those who don't drive like old ladies.
I thought it was a reference to Stephen Baxter's Manifold:Space in which there is a race of aliens refered to as the 'Sun Crackers' that actually do cause stars to go nova in order to power their lightsail ships.
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I wouldn't consider it likely that oxygen-devouring microbes would survive on a planet with hardly any to consume, much less having evolved in the first place. Anerobic (non-oxygen-breathing) microbes cannot metabolize oxygen and are actually killed by exposure to it. Mostly likely a mars microbe would die the moment it was within our atmosphere.
How about... Step 1. Freeze until cold cold cold (like a regular superconductor) Step 2. Reengineer humans to be comfortable at near absolute temperatures and lower room temperature accordingly. Step 3. Have a room temperature superconductor Step 4. PROFIT!!!!
Good point, the teachers make the biggest difference in education. A good teacher can get a kid to want to learn and succed while a bad one will kill his/her motivation in no time flat. Math and English teachers especially.
Oh how I wish I hadn't used up my mod points the other day when I saw this.
The atmosphere is probably too thin to rely on atmospheric bouncing of radio waves.
Shortwave radio requires an ionosphere, which requires a magnetic field, which Mars severly lacks.
And at least one team died when their Soyuz capsule lost pressure on reentry, but we get the point.
Plus I often turn my phone off when in classesrooms, theatres, and restaruants out of consideration for others and because I don't want to answer calls at those times. Now how do I read the clock on the mobile if it is turned off? Plus a nice-looking watch much more stylish than looking at your mobile all the time.
I read it too, good novel, but I was disappointed to find it was the first part of a trilogy and I couldn't find the second book and the third does not appear to have been ever published. Real shame, as it was a good concept.
Guiness certainly is one of those beers you either love or you hate.
The supernova thing happened in Robert Sawyer's "Calculating God". Aliens came to Earth searching for proof of a creator's existance and one piece of evidence was that all three worlds including the Earth had suffered near simultaneous mass extinction events. When a nearby star went supernova near the end of the book a creature believed to be this creator appeared and put up a shield to block the radiation from hitting the three worlds. It's a pretty good novel.
"So I took a look (cat /dev/rand) and was surprised to find the complete works of Shakespeare stored in a device on my system. Linux never ceases to amaze me."
I gotta make that into a sig.
"And this is the machine that goes *PING* to let you know that your baby is still alive."
When they let go? More like if.
Johnny Mnemonic has absolutely nothing to do with Paycheck. Why don't you people actually read the summaries?
Remember a little event called the Prohibition, when America tried to ban alcohol? That went over real well, didn't it?
Is no one going to talk about that or are we just going to be whining about the french all day?
The Doctor who becomes the lizard is played by Bruce Campbell, and you can see him briefly in the trailer.
So how is the Flat-Earth Society doing these days?
Why bother arguing with him Ali, you can't win with an idiot.
Plus most Americans like to drive their cars and some will use any excuse to do so. Traffic doesn't bother me much if it isn't rush hour. Plus some of our tollways around Chicago have quick express lanes for those who don't drive like old ladies.
That's because we don't want to rely on someone else to take us somewhere and especially when the trains often do not go were we want to go.
Last I checked, Mars rotated at nearly the same speed as Earth. Sure you haven't confused it with Venus?
I was about to say, haven't people been able to build these things for years now?
I thought it was a reference to Stephen Baxter's Manifold:Space in which there is a race of aliens refered to as the 'Sun Crackers' that actually do cause stars to go nova in order to power their lightsail ships.