Life needs energy, sure, but that doesn't mean the energy has to be in the form of solar light. Some of Solar System moons get quite a lot of energy by tidal heating; for an extreme example, see Io.
What I wonder is how plausible would be to get Cassini back through Interplanetary Transport Network (low energy routes throughout our system). In the future Cassini power will diminish to a point where it will be hard to keep experiment packages alife. But perhaps there would be just enough propellant by then to direct it back through ITN? Just enough power to keep main systems alive for few decades? Bring it closer to us, so in 50 years or so we can examine it easily. Perhaps something hatched on for the ride while Cassini was flying through plumes from Enceladus in orbit around Saturn...
Or it's finding a use for previous main mobile phone instead of giving it to children as a toy to destroy or throwing it away after few years of battery decay in the drawer.
Though it's a good hint at what to do with your life. I seem to notice perhaps significant number of people who quickly loose health and die only after putting themselves in a position of boredom (usually badly thought out retirement or likewise change of place of residence); even if it can be traced to direct causes, new bad habits.
Well, if you really want GPS...Nokia 5230, currently the cheapest Nokia worldphone with free worldwide GPS (voice nav, no data connection required - maps (free updates) can be stored on memory card) costs a little over $200 without contract. Though it doesn't have WiFi...5800 or E52 are probably the cheapest in this case (also with free navigation), and they can act as a hotspot.
If you're fine with something simpler there's 2710 Nav Edition for 170$, and there will be soon 5233 for the same price (supposedly without 3G...). They (and 5230) are able to provide data access...through Bluetooth, locked out by Apple.
iPhone is very unatractive, price-wise, in places where mobile planes are a little more sensible.
Besides, I would need to carry a separate, proper mobile phone anyway due to its battery life. With iTouch there's no worries about battery - if it suddenly dies...nothing really happens. Tethering would be nice for very occasional moments I want Internet access and there's no WiFi around.
Too bad its hampered by certain manufacturers...I would be glad if I could pair iTouch to a typical Nokia "dumbphone" which includes Bluetooth & "modem" funcionality; but I don't see Apple allowing that.
At least one can always turn Symbian smartphone into WiFi hotspot. Even one bonus then: works with DS.
Well, K750 is 5 years old already. The platform was refreshed in the meantime; now it has even multitasking for installed application, a good browser...I'm not really sure why it's not considered a "smartphone" one.
Google Android navigation requires data connection to work (which it does only in the US, apparently...), making it much worse then standalone GPS devices or Nokia Ovi Maps (the latter is essentially identical to standalone GPS, but the updates are free)
I buy a new $99.00 garmin yearly and that not only gives me a new map data set, but new hardware to boot!... Nope, it's dumb to spend a couple grand on an in dash unit and then pay out the butt yearly for updates.
Times have changed. Now the biggest manufacturer of cellphones offers proper navigation in their smartphones, with free updates.
You might look into using Opera, its latest 10-series still supports not only 10.4, but also 10.3. Also has quite good security record and on older machines it is readily apparent how snappy Opera is (don't forget using its built-in adblocker)
Shuttle supply chain is winding now for quite some time, I wouldn't be very surprised if continuing it would be end up similarly costly to pushing Constellation and both Ares rockets forward...but with only three orbiters and not much to do with them.
Shuttle is past its time; it wasn't really used as intented (landing quickly after launch to escape shutdown attempt), bringing down satellites was quickly abandoned, new space telescopes are beyond its abilities anyway, and we can launch space station modules performing rendezvous by themselves. We just need it this last few times to launch modules...designed to be launched by Shuttle.
12 Euro, 4 GiB, valid for three months (if recharged again just before this 3 month point, any unused data is added to the next portion, with new expiration date)
I also like 120 Euro, 31 GiB, includes HSDPA USB dongle (which you own...), valid for a year.
Exercise equipment is essential for keeping the crew healthy; Cupola is a useful observation deck for EVA and Canadarm activities as well as basic Earth observation - that it also provides a very nice view is a good thing, if only because of possible benefits in keeping the crew functioning nicely, all around.
Speaking of hauling equipment - the view of Shuttle on the launchpad with cargo visible was really depressing; so much barely needed structure, so much waste in launched mass...
What are you talking about? On one hand, I very concisely said that TFS points out possible (though it doesn't really call it that way) influence of research by industry while also it ignores such possibility on the "other side". Basic logic calls for pointing that one out.
Besides, when going further into the topic of "radiation is bad", formal logic becomes less and less usefull in a discussion...
It's not a belief. It's a simple realistic possibility (just as well as industry influencing the research), which might be actually without any ill-intentions on both sides (with so many different) research; ignored by TFS and by you.
But consider: there is much less of such hysteria in most of EU (I know, I live here); EU is also the place where frivolous lawsuits don't go very far (while fines for companies when there's a legitimate case are huge). Coincidence?
You could have just caused a fatal stroke in yourself, which will manifest itself in few weeks; initiated by the sequence of actions involved in that post.
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Wrong moon; Titan is where it's at, with several times more hydrocarbons that total amount present on Earth.
Life needs energy, sure, but that doesn't mean the energy has to be in the form of solar light. Some of Solar System moons get quite a lot of energy by tidal heating; for an extreme example, see Io.
What I wonder is how plausible would be to get Cassini back through Interplanetary Transport Network (low energy routes throughout our system). In the future Cassini power will diminish to a point where it will be hard to keep experiment packages alife. But perhaps there would be just enough propellant by then to direct it back through ITN? Just enough power to keep main systems alive for few decades? Bring it closer to us, so in 50 years or so we can examine it easily. Perhaps something hatched on for the ride while Cassini was flying through plumes from Enceladus in orbit around Saturn...
Or it's finding a use for previous main mobile phone instead of giving it to children as a toy to destroy or throwing it away after few years of battery decay in the drawer.
...executives holding large amounts of stock have a vested interest in the company doing well...
Or in dumping the stock at the highest possible price, no matter the long term consequences of their actions.
I think being able to read text with basic level of comprehension is expected here; no need for an expectation to read minds which you suggest.
And Nokia Ovi maps, explicitly mentioned by me, is a software running on their smartphones.
Though it's a good hint at what to do with your life. I seem to notice perhaps significant number of people who quickly loose health and die only after putting themselves in a position of boredom (usually badly thought out retirement or likewise change of place of residence); even if it can be traced to direct causes, new bad habits.
And you conveniently didn't notice that I mentioned also Nokia smartphones...how exactly?
There's nothing stopping him from spending more money. Got it.
Well, if you really want GPS...Nokia 5230, currently the cheapest Nokia worldphone with free worldwide GPS (voice nav, no data connection required - maps (free updates) can be stored on memory card) costs a little over $200 without contract. Though it doesn't have WiFi...5800 or E52 are probably the cheapest in this case (also with free navigation), and they can act as a hotspot.
If you're fine with something simpler there's 2710 Nav Edition for 170$, and there will be soon 5233 for the same price (supposedly without 3G...). They (and 5230) are able to provide data access...through Bluetooth, locked out by Apple.
iPhone is very unatractive, price-wise, in places where mobile planes are a little more sensible.
Besides, I would need to carry a separate, proper mobile phone anyway due to its battery life. With iTouch there's no worries about battery - if it suddenly dies...nothing really happens. Tethering would be nice for very occasional moments I want Internet access and there's no WiFi around.
That's only what you were made to believe in.
Nokia 5230 costs a little over $200 without contract, unlocked, with free worldwide navigation.
Too bad its hampered by certain manufacturers...I would be glad if I could pair iTouch to a typical Nokia "dumbphone" which includes Bluetooth & "modem" funcionality; but I don't see Apple allowing that.
At least one can always turn Symbian smartphone into WiFi hotspot. Even one bonus then: works with DS.
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ahh, frak this, I don't care anymore; just another day, another idiocy ;p
Expect great deal of win prior and during Euro 2012 (btw, ot even one stadium is close to ready; it's clear that half of crucial autobahns won't be)
Well, K750 is 5 years old already. The platform was refreshed in the meantime; now it has even multitasking for installed application, a good browser...I'm not really sure why it's not considered a "smartphone" one.
Google Android navigation requires data connection to work (which it does only in the US, apparently...), making it much worse then standalone GPS devices or Nokia Ovi Maps (the latter is essentially identical to standalone GPS, but the updates are free)
I buy a new $99.00 garmin yearly and that not only gives me a new map data set, but new hardware to boot! ...
Nope, it's dumb to spend a couple grand on an in dash unit and then pay out the butt yearly for updates.
Times have changed. Now the biggest manufacturer of cellphones offers proper navigation in their smartphones, with free updates.
It's dumb to spend additional $99 yearly.
It means "active cellphone numbers", links to sources covering most of the world here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mobile_phone_penetration_rate
Having a private number and a job issued one isn't that unheard of. Or the second for safer communication with lover/etc....
I don't really see it, even in the case of US which has relatively low cellphone penetration of 90%.
(relatively low compared to most of European countries, where more than 100% is the norm; with Finland at 130%)
So...just use a browser that still gets maintained?
Opera probably will be for quite some time, it's current version officialy supports 10.3
You might look into using Opera, its latest 10-series still supports not only 10.4, but also 10.3. Also has quite good security record and on older machines it is readily apparent how snappy Opera is (don't forget using its built-in adblocker)
Shuttle supply chain is winding now for quite some time, I wouldn't be very surprised if continuing it would be end up similarly costly to pushing Constellation and both Ares rockets forward...but with only three orbiters and not much to do with them.
Shuttle is past its time; it wasn't really used as intented (landing quickly after launch to escape shutdown attempt), bringing down satellites was quickly abandoned, new space telescopes are beyond its abilities anyway, and we can launch space station modules performing rendezvous by themselves. We just need it this last few times to launch modules...designed to be launched by Shuttle.
So, another one.
12 Euro, 4 GiB, valid for three months (if recharged again just before this 3 month point, any unused data is added to the next portion, with new expiration date)
I also like 120 Euro, 31 GiB, includes HSDPA USB dongle (which you own...), valid for a year.
Exercise equipment is essential for keeping the crew healthy; Cupola is a useful observation deck for EVA and Canadarm activities as well as basic Earth observation - that it also provides a very nice view is a good thing, if only because of possible benefits in keeping the crew functioning nicely, all around.
Speaking of hauling equipment - the view of Shuttle on the launchpad with cargo visible was really depressing; so much barely needed structure, so much waste in launched mass...
What are you talking about? On one hand, I very concisely said that TFS points out possible (though it doesn't really call it that way) influence of research by industry while also it ignores such possibility on the "other side". Basic logic calls for pointing that one out.
Besides, when going further into the topic of "radiation is bad", formal logic becomes less and less usefull in a discussion...
It's not a belief. It's a simple realistic possibility (just as well as industry influencing the research), which might be actually without any ill-intentions on both sides (with so many different) research; ignored by TFS and by you.
But consider: there is much less of such hysteria in most of EU (I know, I live here); EU is also the place where frivolous lawsuits don't go very far (while fines for companies when there's a legitimate case are huge). Coincidence?
You could have just caused a fatal stroke in yourself, which will manifest itself in few weeks; initiated by the sequence of actions involved in that post.
You just don't know.