In Soviet Russia............. Man, I can't even finish the joke, because it would be: (A)Too Ironic. (B)Liable to get me a ticket to Gitmo. (C)Foolish to criticize the government without using 50 anonymous proxy servers. (D)Too Ironic.
This was done in the 60's, however the plane used was a rocket plane. The aircraft carried it's own oxygen and it's own fuel. Essentially, Willey Coyote strapped a big ass bottle rocket to his butt and was dropped from a B-52.
This is the first time that these speeds were reached by an air breathing engine.
I have three different recordings on my hard drive right now. The first is freeway traffic, lasting 7 minutes, second is a waiting room at UC Davis medical center, and third is downtown traffic recorded from a street corner.
All of these mp3 files are about 7 minutes long, and sound pretty good played with Winamp. I find I can usually make a good enough excuse in 4 minutes of phone conversation to cover my butt with my boss. I never even considered that I could sell these, I have been GIVING them away.
I wonder if I could sue someone???
"If a car were as reliable as most consumer electronics, there would be little reasons for most people to get inside the hood on a routine basis."
Funny you should mention that, I have been buying a new DVD player every year. Paying $100+USD for the things, you would think they would not be disposable.
There is NOTHING like the sound of a Merlin engine, with the throttles at the firewall. An aquaintance of mine, (I wish I could say he was a good freind), restore's and flies old warbirds. I was lucky enough to be invited to an airport to watch the first flight of a P-51D after it had been restored to flight worthiness. The sound that thing made as it passed over the runway at 400 mph was breathtaking.
*sorry for the drama in the above statement*
On Earth, with one standard gravity, and a nitrogen/oxygen atmosphere of 1000 millibars, 1000 cubic feet of helium can lift approx. 64 lbs
Where Mars has 1/3 less gravity, and a mostly CO2 atmosphere at about 10 millibars.
If I am doing the math correctly, the same about of helium on Mars would only be able to lift about one pound. Can anyone verify that?
It's my understanding that the Martian atmoshpere is a lot thinner than ours. How much helium would be needed to support several hundred pounds of equipment? Wouldn't hydrogen be a better gas?
The first thing that came to my mind, was Sylvestor Stallone, in the movie "Judge Dredd".:Judge Dredd.........."This block is under arrest, we have reason to beleive that someone here is using Limewire to trade illegal mp3 files, anyone caught with a non-sanction'ed copy of Red Red Wine, will be shot"
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In Soviet Russia.............
Man, I can't even finish the joke, because it would be:
(A)Too Ironic.
(B)Liable to get me a ticket to Gitmo.
(C)Foolish to criticize the government without using 50 anonymous proxy servers.
(D)Too Ironic.
Brings to mind......"All your base are belong to us" :)
This was done in the 60's, however the plane used was a rocket plane. The aircraft carried it's own oxygen and it's own fuel. Essentially, Willey Coyote strapped a big ass bottle rocket to his butt and was dropped from a B-52. This is the first time that these speeds were reached by an air breathing engine.
Wish I still had a moderator point for this post. This would be a +1 insightfull.
No..........contstruction workers that stopped off to have a pint at lunch!
I have three different recordings on my hard drive right now. The first is freeway traffic, lasting 7 minutes, second is a waiting room at UC Davis medical center, and third is downtown traffic recorded from a street corner. All of these mp3 files are about 7 minutes long, and sound pretty good played with Winamp. I find I can usually make a good enough excuse in 4 minutes of phone conversation to cover my butt with my boss. I never even considered that I could sell these, I have been GIVING them away. I wonder if I could sue someone???
"If a car were as reliable as most consumer electronics, there would be little reasons for most people to get inside the hood on a routine basis." Funny you should mention that, I have been buying a new DVD player every year. Paying $100+USD for the things, you would think they would not be disposable.
There is NOTHING like the sound of a Merlin engine, with the throttles at the firewall. An aquaintance of mine, (I wish I could say he was a good freind), restore's and flies old warbirds. I was lucky enough to be invited to an airport to watch the first flight of a P-51D after it had been restored to flight worthiness. The sound that thing made as it passed over the runway at 400 mph was breathtaking. *sorry for the drama in the above statement*
I was always under the impression that bandwidth was paid for by the customers. If you pay for it, it should not matter how you use it.
On Earth, with one standard gravity, and a nitrogen/oxygen atmosphere of 1000 millibars, 1000 cubic feet of helium can lift approx. 64 lbs Where Mars has 1/3 less gravity, and a mostly CO2 atmosphere at about 10 millibars. If I am doing the math correctly, the same about of helium on Mars would only be able to lift about one pound. Can anyone verify that?
It's my understanding that the Martian atmoshpere is a lot thinner than ours. How much helium would be needed to support several hundred pounds of equipment? Wouldn't hydrogen be a better gas?
The first thing that came to my mind, was Sylvestor Stallone, in the movie "Judge Dredd". :Judge Dredd.........."This block is under arrest, we have reason to beleive that someone here is using Limewire to trade illegal mp3 files, anyone caught with a non-sanction'ed copy of Red Red Wine, will be shot"