(e.g. Try to write a haiku poem while standing in an elevator with 15 opera singers screaming 15 different operas, in 15 different languages, in falsetto, directly at you vs. sitting on a bench in quiet stretch of open woods).
Actually it is very easy to write a great haiku in a falling elevator. You should try that sometime.
I had to jump back to Slashdot and I hurriedly scrolled through the comments in a panic thinking I was slowly losing my mind and that this was just the first step.
When I see a slashdot article like this, I usually filter and read the posts which have been modded funny only.
FTA, $6mil/launch is for a satellite launcher Falcon I. What is its payload, just one satellite? It is just a launch vehicle, and its main feature is partial reusability. To actually launch people into space a launcher is not enough, you need also a reusable orbiter with sufficient life support for several astronauts for several days. In particular, man-rated Falcon V is currently at $16mil, and it still lacks an orbiter. So $6mil per launch for a satellite is pretty expensive, considering that Russian ICBMs (although not reusable) are $1mil for a dozen (fuel is not included). By the way, how hard is it to modify an ICBM into a reusable launcher? AFAIK, the Russians, who already have pretty reliable and inexpensive orbiter (Soyuz) are working on reusability of their launchers as well as a new reusable orbiter (Klipper).
This reactor accelerates the ions to high energy, so it's not "cold fusion".
When gravity accelerates the cold Niagara's water, doesn't the water stay cold? When the vacuum cleaner accelerates the cold air, doesn't it stay cold? When a frozen asteroid speeds up when falling onto the Moon, doesn't it stay cold? I believe the temperature is the thermodynamic state variable (so is enthropy), which reflects chaotic movement of the molecules relatively to each other, rather than just speed(energy) of the substance. In this experiment, particles keep some order when they are ionized and accelerated by the electromagnetic forces. One can still argue it is rather cold when compared, say, to Sun's core or a thermonuclear bomb.
The ionized deuterium atoms then accelerated by this field towards a solid target of erbium deuteride (ErD2). They collide with it at such
high energies that some fuse with the target.
By definition, reaction of atoms with high energy can not be called cold fusion or room-temperature fusion.
according to this, Russia's area of 17,075,200 km^2 is divided 77:23 between Asian and European parts. Interestingly, Russia population of 143 mil is divided 26:73 between Asians and Europeans. That is, the average population density in Asian part of Russia is less than 3 people per km^2 and average population density in European part of Russia is 26.5 people per km^2.
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We may not be able to reliably measure their destructive force because there are no trailer parks for them to tear up...
But NASA's Department of Martian Live Video can always borrow some trailers from Miramax or Universal.
We have to admit this, Slashdot editors a running an experiment probably studying reaction of us, humans, to the dupes.
I have read two of his books, and interestingly, I did not see a single mention of Russia.
How about Russia-Ukraine-Norway-USA Sea Launch project? Ukraine is still building Zenit boosters.
Imagine all the 'hard' work teachers, parents and guidance counselors put into brainwashing every kid that he/she must go to University.
Every kid must go to the University, period. Seriously.
If you set yourself up as a C box by running the software, and you know that your machine is being used to commit criminal acts such as piracy,
But you don't know this for sure. For all you know you are a part of legal downloads using a legal copy of P2P software.
60% Of U.S. Believe Life Exists On Other Planets
But how many believe in the afterlife?
(e.g. Try to write a haiku poem while standing in an elevator with 15 opera singers screaming 15 different operas, in 15 different languages, in falsetto, directly at you vs. sitting on a bench in quiet stretch of open woods).
Actually it is very easy to write a great haiku in a falling elevator. You should try that sometime.
ICBM target practice
Instead of inter-continental ballistic missiles. It should be called AAM, Air-to-Ad-Missiles.
just reached Earth this morning
is it usual for black holes to appear in the morning?
I had to jump back to Slashdot and I hurriedly scrolled through the comments in a panic thinking I was slowly losing my mind and that this was just the first step.
When I see a slashdot article like this, I usually filter and read the posts which have been modded funny only.
Yeah, clearly, 24 per cent per computer is a mistake of editors.
FTA, $6mil/launch is for a satellite launcher Falcon I. What is its payload, just one satellite? It is just a launch vehicle, and its main feature is partial reusability. To actually launch people into space a launcher is not enough, you need also a reusable orbiter with sufficient life support for several astronauts for several days. In particular, man-rated Falcon V is currently at $16mil, and it still lacks an orbiter. So $6mil per launch for a satellite is pretty expensive, considering that Russian ICBMs (although not reusable) are $1mil for a dozen (fuel is not included). By the way, how hard is it to modify an ICBM into a reusable launcher? AFAIK, the Russians, who already have pretty reliable and inexpensive orbiter (Soyuz) are working on reusability of their launchers as well as a new reusable orbiter (Klipper).
First Glimpse of Target Comet.
This is a politically correct term for victim
Becuase messuring by passenger mile, I believe you are very very wrong
Yes, measuring by passenger-mile, unmanned missions have much higher rate of failure.
This reactor accelerates the ions to high energy, so it's not "cold fusion".
When gravity accelerates the cold Niagara's water, doesn't the water stay cold? When the vacuum cleaner accelerates the cold air, doesn't it stay cold? When a frozen asteroid speeds up when falling onto the Moon, doesn't it stay cold? I believe the temperature is the thermodynamic state variable (so is enthropy), which reflects chaotic movement of the molecules relatively to each other, rather than just speed(energy) of the substance. In this experiment, particles keep some order when they are ionized and accelerated by the electromagnetic forces. One can still argue it is rather cold when compared, say, to Sun's core or a thermonuclear bomb.
But why one would choose Linux over Tiger on the PowerMac?
a small DC fan
Doesn't 2000rpm fan produce 2kHz electromagnetic wave regardless of the current?
the magnetic field used to de-gauss an HDD had to be about as strong as a car-lifting magnet.
Or, if applied in the right place, it could be as strong the a hand of a compass.
according to this, Russia's area of 17,075,200 km^2 is divided 77:23 between Asian and European parts. Interestingly, Russia population of 143 mil is divided 26:73 between Asians and Europeans. That is, the average population density in Asian part of Russia is less than 3 people per km^2 and average population density in European part of Russia is 26.5 people per km^2.
Wiley is a counterexample, which proves the statement. On the other hand, see Grigori Perelman...
I think you're going to see better proofs from computers.
Someday a human will come up with a 20 page correct proof of a 4-color theorem.
Do you have a proof for 1=1?
If only I kept my homework from 1st grade...
When the algorithm is published, you can implement it from scratch on a different computer.
Can you implement Windows from scratch? Can you guarantee there are no bugs?