Why was this modded troll? The space junk in low earth orbit would be travelling about 16,000 mph faster than the elevator cable. You can't just maneuver the cable away from oncoming space junk the way you would the Shuttle or the ISS. 16,000 mph is really really fast, and KE = 1/2 mv^2. It might not "shear it off" but couldn't it do some major damage? How do they plan to deal with this?
I agree... assuming, of course, you realize that the only pirates in this story are the printer manufacturers setting up artificial monopolies so they can sell ink for 7 times the price of Dom Perignon.
Paypal is used for most Ebay transactions, and according to Dick Cheney, Ebay is what's keeping our economy going. I'd say more, but I need to go to the store for canned food, plastic sheeting, and duct tape.
It's like a monitor, except it's a lot cheaper, the resolution sucks, and you can't read Slashdot. All it does is show crappy Real Video type stuff all day. Worse, it's mostly advertisements, and when there's not an ad, people in the programs often talk about or use products anyway, which is basically another form of advertising. On the plus side, I heard companies like Sony and Nintendo sell boxes that you can hook up to a tv screen and play video games. These boxes will also let you watch Star Wars or Lord of the Rings or other DVDs on your tv screen too. Yes the resolution sucks, but the main advantage of watching a movie on a TV screen is that you can get a huge TV screen (42 inches let's say) for a lot less money than what you'd pay for the same size monitor. It's a tradeoff.
How long until I can get one of these for my car? If the picture quality is good enough, you could go 70mph through the fog no matter how thick it is. Even if it's not that good, it would make driving a little safer in the desert, where dust storms can come up suddenly with no warning (ever driven through AZ or NM? There's warning signs everywhere about dust storms).
Of course, it will be on the expensive luxury cars first, and it will be another 10-15 years before it shows up on the Civics and Kias.
the elctoral college is supposed to prevent fads and trends of the people messing up and selecting someone incompetent to be president. Like in California.
Oh yes. Thanks to the Electoral College, there's no way we could ever send some incompetent B movie actor to the White House. Or some trailer trash from the South that hits on anything that moves. Or some spoiled bratty rich kid whose only accomplishments are waiting for his daddy to get him out of trouble, dodging the draft, and trading away Sammy Sosa.
Dude, since there's no people in Siberia, that means there's also no traffic cops in Siberia. 150 * 48 = 7200. If you have a nice, fast car there's a number of civil war sites you could get to in 2 days or less, especially if you have multiple drivers and remember that you gain time when travelling west.
You do need an additional plugin, which I STAY IN YOUR OWN LANE YOU IDIOT just got done installing. It's kind of OH SHIT nice, except there's no LOOK WHERE YOU'RE GOING YOU ALMOST HIT ME backspace function. They need to work on this because right now WHY ARE YOU BRAKING the comments end up full of off topic OH SHIT OH SHIT
Damn, that guy's front seat is full of empty Budweiser cans. What's the number for the highway patrol? Oh wait, I should end that slashdot comment I was writing.
People who pull off these scams aren't interested in most goods - they want cash. I suppose that the easiest method is to buy a case or 10 of cigarettes or to try to return a high-dollar item. The former can be sold almost anywhere and the latter will give the thief cash, but only after a second pass at the Wal Mart chain. The latter is a high-risk approach and it isn't consistent with an ongoing breach...
It could be great news for you though. Right now, the insurance companies assume you drive a certain way just because of your age and what kind of car you drive. If you don't fit the typical pattern, i.e. if you drive the speed limit, don't run red lights, etc., your insurance rates will go down, possibly way down, because now the insurance company has a way of knowing the truth about how you drive.
I kinda wish I was an IBM lawyer. They're making phat bank and they must know it's all going to fall apart in the end. They'll walk away with pockets full of cash and they'll get to keep their jobs I bet. (IANAL)
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Why was this modded troll? The space junk in low earth orbit would be travelling about 16,000 mph faster than the elevator cable. You can't just maneuver the cable away from oncoming space junk the way you would the Shuttle or the ISS. 16,000 mph is really really fast, and KE = 1/2 mv^2. It might not "shear it off" but couldn't it do some major damage? How do they plan to deal with this?
Don't ascribe the incompetence of one person to an entire military! We have the best, strongest military in the world!
Exactly. Just like the moral justification that justifies the death penalty.
I agree... assuming, of course, you realize that the only pirates in this story are the printer manufacturers setting up artificial monopolies so they can sell ink for 7 times the price of Dom Perignon.
You were on the right track the first time. It's actually a new rendering technique they're using in the matrix.
http://board.iexbeta.com/index.php?showtopic=47688
Just twice: in 1876 and in 2000.
Anything broadcast over the open airwaves can be freely recorded and copyied.
Not if you don't have the express written consent of Major League Baseball it isn't.
Paypal is used for most Ebay transactions, and according to Dick Cheney, Ebay is what's keeping our economy going. I'd say more, but I need to go to the store for canned food, plastic sheeting, and duct tape.
But that's impossible! Half the teams play their games at home on any given weekend!... Oh I get it. :)
The game ends in a tie.
There's no way the HOA in a stuck-up neighborhood like that one would let them do that.
It's like a monitor, except it's a lot cheaper, the resolution sucks, and you can't read Slashdot. All it does is show crappy Real Video type stuff all day. Worse, it's mostly advertisements, and when there's not an ad, people in the programs often talk about or use products anyway, which is basically another form of advertising. On the plus side, I heard companies like Sony and Nintendo sell boxes that you can hook up to a tv screen and play video games. These boxes will also let you watch Star Wars or Lord of the Rings or other DVDs on your tv screen too. Yes the resolution sucks, but the main advantage of watching a movie on a TV screen is that you can get a huge TV screen (42 inches let's say) for a lot less money than what you'd pay for the same size monitor. It's a tradeoff.
How long until I can get one of these for my car? If the picture quality is good enough, you could go 70mph through the fog no matter how thick it is. Even if it's not that good, it would make driving a little safer in the desert, where dust storms can come up suddenly with no warning (ever driven through AZ or NM? There's warning signs everywhere about dust storms).
Of course, it will be on the expensive luxury cars first, and it will be another 10-15 years before it shows up on the Civics and Kias.
How about the undisclosed location where they were keeping Dick Cheney?
Although the technology began with blue screens, green screens are far more prevalent today.
I guess Hollywood is finally ditching their Windows 98 installations and replacing them with old school monochrome monitors.
As long as caffeine isn't on the list of banned substances, I don't think they have anything to worry about.
the elctoral college is supposed to prevent fads and trends of the people messing up and selecting someone incompetent to be president. Like in California.
Oh yes. Thanks to the Electoral College, there's no way we could ever send some incompetent B movie actor to the White House. Or some trailer trash from the South that hits on anything that moves. Or some spoiled bratty rich kid whose only accomplishments are waiting for his daddy to get him out of trouble, dodging the draft, and trading away Sammy Sosa.
Dude, since there's no people in Siberia, that means there's also no traffic cops in Siberia.
150 * 48 = 7200. If you have a nice, fast car there's a number of civil war sites you could get to in 2 days or less, especially if you have multiple drivers and remember that you gain time when travelling west.
You do need an additional plugin, which I STAY IN YOUR OWN LANE YOU IDIOT just got done installing. It's kind of OH SHIT nice, except there's no LOOK WHERE YOU'RE GOING YOU ALMOST HIT ME backspace function. They need to work on this because right now WHY ARE YOU BRAKING the comments end up full of off topic OH SHIT OH SHIT
Damn, that guy's front seat is full of empty Budweiser cans. What's the number for the highway patrol? Oh wait, I should end that slashdot comment I was writing.
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People who pull off these scams aren't interested in most goods - they want cash. I suppose that the easiest method is to buy a case or 10 of cigarettes or to try to return a high-dollar item. The former can be sold almost anywhere and the latter will give the thief cash, but only after a second pass at the Wal Mart chain. The latter is a high-risk approach and it isn't consistent with an ongoing breach...
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Those ways are effective. Here's another:
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It could be great news for you though. Right now, the insurance companies assume you drive a certain way just because of your age and what kind of car you drive. If you don't fit the typical pattern, i.e. if you drive the speed limit, don't run red lights, etc., your insurance rates will go down, possibly way down, because now the insurance company has a way of knowing the truth about how you drive.
The restroom lines are going to be really long in 2006...
I kinda wish I was an IBM lawyer. They're making phat bank and they must know it's all going to fall apart in the end. They'll walk away with pockets full of cash and they'll get to keep their jobs I bet. (IANAL)
What about the Atlas 3 and the Atlas 4? Did these guys take counting lessons from the RIAA?
Really? I came up with 65,501.