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  1. Re:Mars on Mars Had Surface Water for Eons · · Score: 2, Interesting

    If there was life then the right kinds of test should be able to find traces of it. I wonder if they've got the right stuff for the tests on the rover. There's only so much you can fit on that thing.

  2. Advice... on How Would You Handle a $1,000,000 Coding Error? · · Score: 1
    Any advice for the poor schmuck who's going to get the blame?

    Start looking for a new job.

  3. Re:Yes on Is Math A Sport? · · Score: 1

    And what country is that?

  4. Re:Yes on Is Math A Sport? · · Score: 0

    By your definition trying to see how long I can stand on one foot is a sport, working in congress is a sport... no, I don't think so. Potential doesn't mean jack, everything on the planet has the potential to be turned into a contest. And reflexes are certainly not a 'mental' activity, at least not in the way math or jeapordy is. Reflexes are muscle memory, it's mental in the sense that everything your body does is somewhat controlled by the brain, but it is certainly not mental in the common sense meaning of the word. I would certainly consider NASCAR a sport, it's highly physical. The fact that a car is involved doesn't change that any more then the fact that a glove is involved changes baseball.

  5. Re:Yes on Is Math A Sport? · · Score: 1

    Those are games. Many sports are in fact games, but not all games are sports and not all sports are games.

  6. Re:Yes on Is Math A Sport? · · Score: 1

    That's funny, cause that 'physical skill' part is what makes a sport a sport.

  7. Re:why is this public knowledge? on X43-A on to Mach 10 · · Score: 1

    Yea, sorry. I brainfart often...

  8. Re:A Third of the Way There... on X43-A on to Mach 10 · · Score: 1

    That was interesting, thanks. But I wouldn't referance people to your sig too much, I have prefs set up to not even display them.

  9. Re:why is this public knowledge? on X43-A on to Mach 10 · · Score: 1

    The speed of sound increases with the altitude, so I'd be surprised if any of the shuttles ever oficially crossed Mach 10.

  10. Re:why is this public knowledge? on X43-A on to Mach 10 · · Score: 1

    This craft is alot smaller and capable of alot more accelleration then the shuttle. The shuttle has to burn for a lot longer time to get into orbit.

  11. Re:A Third of the Way There... on X43-A on to Mach 10 · · Score: 1

    I'm not an expert on the subject, but I don't think the normal laws of drag apply to a scramjet. Planes/cars/other stuff passed through the air, but scramjets rely on passing a large quantity of that air through the engine.

  12. Re:A Third of the Way There... on X43-A on to Mach 10 · · Score: 1
    escape velocity is 25,000 miles per hour

    At ground level. It lowers as altitude is raised, and scramjets aren't exactly low altitude machines...

  13. Re:Hooorah! on Steven Hawking Loses Bet On Black Holes? · · Score: 1

    We wouldn't have a damn clue what to experiment with without theory. We also wouldn't have a clue what the results of our experiments ment. It's all physics. Theory, experiment, data, it all flows hand in hand. To try and seperate it out and call one stage more or less important then the other is ridiculous.

  14. Re:Bah! I can do that too.. on Like A Cat, New Robot Lands On Its Feet · · Score: 1

    They do when you account for air resistance.

  15. Re:A better idea behind the project... on Like A Cat, New Robot Lands On Its Feet · · Score: 1

    It's not supposed to land.... the point is just to prove that you can control your angular orientation.

  16. Re:Of course... on Tubes vs Transistors: An Audible Difference? · · Score: 1

    Your eardrums wont blow until 160 decibels. You can even take as high as 185 if it's just a really short hit. I'm pretty sure 200 is where your lungs rupture and you die.

  17. Re:Of course... on Tubes vs Transistors: An Audible Difference? · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Oh you'd be able to feel it for sure, lol. But I know for a fact the number is 140, I'm just not sure what happens when you go over that, is it kinda like an organic clip maybe? Or does it just garble and not even register as sound? I don't know...

  18. Re:Not to mention.. on Tubes vs Transistors: An Audible Difference? · · Score: 1
    I wouldn't play mp3s on a big home stereo of course

    That's what I'm talking about. It doesn't take much to sound better then radio cause that stuff is practically fucking flattened to fit into the bandwidth.

  19. Re:Of course... on Tubes vs Transistors: An Audible Difference? · · Score: 1

    Actually, the Pro Tools 192's aren't highly reguarded in the audio industry. They are high quality with respect to consumer gear for sure, but I know alot of engineers that are pretty disapointed with the performance.

  20. Re:Of course... on Tubes vs Transistors: An Audible Difference? · · Score: 1

    People have been arguing over the analog v. digital for a long time now. I hardly think the issue is settled because one PhD has made his decision.

  21. Re:Not to mention.. on Tubes vs Transistors: An Audible Difference? · · Score: 1

    You had a really good point there until you mentioned mp3's, which honestly do sound like crap.

  22. Re:Of course... on Tubes vs Transistors: An Audible Difference? · · Score: 1

    Signals outside the 20-20 range may not be directly pervievable, but they're effects often are.

  23. Re:Of course... on Tubes vs Transistors: An Audible Difference? · · Score: 1

    That doesn't prove much, it's pretty widely known that the 192's aren't that great. They're much more commonly used as a digital in for pro tools. Generally, in good studio's that is, a more high end converter will do the actuall ADC work. Knowone is debating that the converters sound the same. Every single converter ever made is going to have a slightly diffrent output then any other. But diffrent doesn't mean worse.

  24. Re:Of course... on Tubes vs Transistors: An Audible Difference? · · Score: 1

    Not quite, human hearing tops out at around 140.

  25. Re:Proud? on The Man Who Knew Too Much · · Score: 1

    If death wasn't such an unknown then people wouldn't be as frightened of it.