...and Russians never really had a taste of democracy, except for few years in the first half of the 90's, which for many reasons left people with bad aftertaste...
Actually...ISS could in fact be built without Shuttle, just not exactly the same ISS - US/EU/JAP modules were designed from the ground up to be launched by Shuttle, but the Russian part is actually...sligthly redesigned Mir 2.
As for Hubble...it's not a big secret that it's one of the many satellites of this kind...it's just the only one not pointing towards Earth. And while it seems that at least one of "towards" ones was launched by Shuttle...it seems US had other means too...Delta and Atlas LEO payloads are also comparable to Shuttle ones (as for Hubble repairs - I'd guess it's possible that launching new one would cost something in the range of one Shuttle launch)
It's not really that good at launching massive stuff into space; it's got too much dead weight.
Russian Proton rocket has basically the same payload to LEO as Shuttle (plus it does that from higher lattitude). And Saturn and Energia were capable of 4-5 times more (yes, yes, Energia also launched Russian Shuttle...but in this case Buran itself was only a payload)
What's "funny" is that many people really wouldn't notice much difference...many (most?) laptops don't have separate pgup/pgdwn keys, and since they're more than 50% of computers sold...
Well, I look at 37,7 (and even somewhat lower) as "requiring attention" already... (TBH this perception of mine might be influenced by the thing that due to medical reasons I was carefull in the past about high temperature)
BTW, temperature of human body, when measured in C, is ALWAYS given with first decimal number. So it's actually quite precise.
Thanks for explanation, it might start to make more sense to me... (right now I basically only know how much is -40 and 100; when communicating with somebody using F it's usually Google calculator for me...)
But as to making more sense - what's easier to aquire, brine or simply water? Freezing point of water is of course quite easy - but why use something different than in the first case (brine) and why put 32 degrees between those two points? Temperature of human body...not necceserilly straightforward. Boling water - piece of cake.
So...take on of the most abundant substances on Earth, freeze it, boil it, divide by 100. Makes sense.
Actually - central Europe. Extremities I witnessed were 37 degress C in summer and -28 in winter (daytime). By "really cold" I meant more "start to dress properly" (or alternativelly - "you might start to think about dressing more lightly" in pre-spring), sort of borderline temperature which sends a clear message.
When it comes to climatic usage as in "usage by climatalogists", well...I'd put a wild guess that they don't have any issues with Celsius.
As for day-to-day usage - one could still argue that 0 in Celsius is still quite adequate; tells you when you should start to dress really warm. And at the point of -18 degrees Celsius/0 Fahrenheit you should be not only dressed warm - you should start to be carefull. So Fahrenheit is sort of borderline here again, just like with 100.
Summing up your last paragraph - like I said, just a matter of what you're used to.
BUT - don't you agree that using the same scale no matter the situiation makes more sense?... (heck, I'm basically "fluent" also in Kelvins thanks to beeing used to Celsius scale)
In Celsius 0 is also very cold, but at the same time more meaningfull ("what will happen to water today?" or "what can fall from the sky today?"). Same with 100, also very hot, and usefull even in the kitchen. (and both 0 and 100 can be easily calibrated on Earth). And no, 100 Fahrenheit isn't very usefull medically - it's a temperature of somebody with severe fewer; if it would be "normal"/"border one" - I would agree with that one.
As for precision - BS, even Celsius scale has way more precision than we need in day-to-day life; people usually think in terms such as "it's around zero today", "it's just above zero", "it's around 5", "a bit below 10", "low dozens" and so on...
PS. All this critique from somebody who's compatriot of Daniel Fahrenheit...
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Well, Rez was published initially on the Dreamcast.
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I hate it how the way major distros are packaged (regarding patents/etc.) is tailored towards US market...why do I (and...most people on the planet) have to download mp3 codec or dvd decrypting library after installation? (necessitating internet connection - yes, it happened few times that I could switch to Linux somebody without net access; but...nope, way too much hassle with installing all the things that should be there from the start)
Why "two versions, full and castrated one for US" model didn't ever catch on?
Well, to be completelly fair mp3 decoding depends (afaik) on a catridge that has mp3 decoder chip on it...still, it wouldn't make hypothetical 8-bit SOC much more expensive...
When it comes to normal sized laptops, one could say that touchpoint vs. trackpoint is a thing of personal preference (though from what I see around most people with touchpad only laptops use mouse if they can help it, going even to such ridiculous means as using minimouse on the smooth surface of the laptop (when "on the move") next to touchpad; otoh people who have trackpoints often use them even if notebook sits on the desk in their home)
BUT...when it comes to netbooks...touchpads on them are borderline unuseable due to small size. Trackpoint still works well in such small form factor...
Ehhh...Lenovo had a chance of replacing ridiculously small touchpads found in all netbooks with a trackpoint, ending up with THE best netbook on the market.
BTW, I wonder how that'll work out...from what I know people buy those NES clones thinking they are something more...why would they trust next one, from the story?
Because that might be close it...in TFA they even mention "consoles with a keyboard" that are apparently popular in India as their starting point (adding to them network functionality).
BTW, the TFA is wrong about one detail - those consoles aren't based on Apple II, they're NES clones (still...the same CPU as in Apple II)
So I guess if you want to see what their machine will be capable of, check Contiki ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contiki ) on C-64 with ethernet adapter.
No Mars probes used perchlorates. And even if some did...do you realise the difference in scale between miniscule amounts such probe would care and the whole f***ing planet?
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...and Russians never really had a taste of democracy, except for few years in the first half of the 90's, which for many reasons left people with bad aftertaste...
Actually...ISS could in fact be built without Shuttle, just not exactly the same ISS - US/EU/JAP modules were designed from the ground up to be launched by Shuttle, but the Russian part is actually...sligthly redesigned Mir 2.
As for Hubble...it's not a big secret that it's one of the many satellites of this kind...it's just the only one not pointing towards Earth. And while it seems that at least one of "towards" ones was launched by Shuttle...it seems US had other means too...Delta and Atlas LEO payloads are also comparable to Shuttle ones (as for Hubble repairs - I'd guess it's possible that launching new one would cost something in the range of one Shuttle launch)
It's not really that good at launching massive stuff into space; it's got too much dead weight.
Russian Proton rocket has basically the same payload to LEO as Shuttle (plus it does that from higher lattitude). And Saturn and Energia were capable of 4-5 times more (yes, yes, Energia also launched Russian Shuttle...but in this case Buran itself was only a payload)
What's "funny" is that many people really wouldn't notice much difference...many (most?) laptops don't have separate pgup/pgdwn keys, and since they're more than 50% of computers sold...
On Symbian you can also self sign.
Just use pumped-storage hydroelectricity next to wind farms.
Well, I look at 37,7 (and even somewhat lower) as "requiring attention" already... (TBH this perception of mine might be influenced by the thing that due to medical reasons I was carefull in the past about high temperature)
BTW, temperature of human body, when measured in C, is ALWAYS given with first decimal number. So it's actually quite precise.
Thanks for explanation, it might start to make more sense to me... (right now I basically only know how much is -40 and 100; when communicating with somebody using F it's usually Google calculator for me...)
But as to making more sense - what's easier to aquire, brine or simply water? Freezing point of water is of course quite easy - but why use something different than in the first case (brine) and why put 32 degrees between those two points? Temperature of human body...not necceserilly straightforward. Boling water - piece of cake.
So...take on of the most abundant substances on Earth, freeze it, boil it, divide by 100. Makes sense.
Actually - central Europe. Extremities I witnessed were 37 degress C in summer and -28 in winter (daytime). By "really cold" I meant more "start to dress properly" (or alternativelly - "you might start to think about dressing more lightly" in pre-spring), sort of borderline temperature which sends a clear message.
When it comes to climatic usage as in "usage by climatalogists", well...I'd put a wild guess that they don't have any issues with Celsius.
As for day-to-day usage - one could still argue that 0 in Celsius is still quite adequate; tells you when you should start to dress really warm. And at the point of -18 degrees Celsius/0 Fahrenheit you should be not only dressed warm - you should start to be carefull. So Fahrenheit is sort of borderline here again, just like with 100.
Summing up your last paragraph - like I said, just a matter of what you're used to.
BUT - don't you agree that using the same scale no matter the situiation makes more sense?... (heck, I'm basically "fluent" also in Kelvins thanks to beeing used to Celsius scale)
It only makes sense because you're used to it.
In Celsius 0 is also very cold, but at the same time more meaningfull ("what will happen to water today?" or "what can fall from the sky today?"). Same with 100, also very hot, and usefull even in the kitchen. (and both 0 and 100 can be easily calibrated on Earth). And no, 100 Fahrenheit isn't very usefull medically - it's a temperature of somebody with severe fewer; if it would be "normal"/"border one" - I would agree with that one.
As for precision - BS, even Celsius scale has way more precision than we need in day-to-day life; people usually think in terms such as "it's around zero today", "it's just above zero", "it's around 5", "a bit below 10", "low dozens" and so on...
PS. All this critique from somebody who's compatriot of Daniel Fahrenheit...
Well, Rez was published initially on the Dreamcast.
http://www.gamegirladvance.com/archives/2002/10/26/sex_in_games_rezvibrator.html
I'm sure that's THE game your girl would love :P
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I hate it how the way major distros are packaged (regarding patents/etc.) is tailored towards US market...why do I (and...most people on the planet) have to download mp3 codec or dvd decrypting library after installation? (necessitating internet connection - yes, it happened few times that I could switch to Linux somebody without net access; but...nope, way too much hassle with installing all the things that should be there from the start)
Why "two versions, full and castrated one for US" model didn't ever catch on?
Well, then Lenovo could just give another model more classic/non trendy look and...a trackpoint...
Well, to be completelly fair mp3 decoding depends (afaik) on a catridge that has mp3 decoder chip on it...still, it wouldn't make hypothetical 8-bit SOC much more expensive...
When it comes to normal sized laptops, one could say that touchpoint vs. trackpoint is a thing of personal preference (though from what I see around most people with touchpad only laptops use mouse if they can help it, going even to such ridiculous means as using minimouse on the smooth surface of the laptop (when "on the move") next to touchpad; otoh people who have trackpoints often use them even if notebook sits on the desk in their home)
BUT...when it comes to netbooks...touchpads on them are borderline unuseable due to small size. Trackpoint still works well in such small form factor...
Ehhh...Lenovo had a chance of replacing ridiculously small touchpads found in all netbooks with a trackpoint, ending up with THE best netbook on the market.
Instead...they're only average/good... :/
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-8517523543573905150
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SymbOS
http://youtube.com/group/symbos
Check those three links if you're in doubt about what can be accomplished on 8-bit system.
http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=636401&cid=24480979
BTW, I wonder how that'll work out...from what I know people buy those NES clones thinking they are something more...why would they trust next one, from the story?
Because that might be close it...in TFA they even mention "consoles with a keyboard" that are apparently popular in India as their starting point (adding to them network functionality).
BTW, the TFA is wrong about one detail - those consoles aren't based on Apple II, they're NES clones (still...the same CPU as in Apple II)
So I guess if you want to see what their machine will be capable of, check Contiki ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contiki ) on C-64 with ethernet adapter.
No Mars probes used perchlorates. And even if some did...do you realise the difference in scale between miniscule amounts such probe would care and the whole f***ing planet?
Out of curiosity...from where do you know how ET tech looks like?
So, will we soon see FSF-blessed project?