We have mine-sweeping dolphins that actually find stuff? That strikes me as way more important than the torpedo. It's not that the torpedo is unimportant, but we've got one of those already.
...when ANY article includes the phrase "spontaneous criticality." Seriously, that's up there with "Honey, something's been bothering me" as a phrase you never, ever want to hear in any context.
This seems like a terrible idea. I wouldn't touch Bit.ly for something official at work now that go.usa.gov is live. That requires a federal gov't e-mail address as a login, and people abusing the system can be stopped at the account level.
Admittedly, before go.usa.gov went live I needed to use a shortening service on occasion, but I always used tinyurl preview links when that came up. I figured that it was the least I could do to improve transparency for users.
You don't need an atmosphere to radiate heat away. You're thinking of convection. But radiating is the least efficient way to do it.
That's true. However, isn't the temperature of the surrounding atmosphere immaterial to the amount of heat that can be lost via radiation? I just assumed that TFA was talking convection because I didn't see radiation as being viable in that context or dependent in any way on how "cold" the moon was.
You're probably right. I don't see how we get something like this till we have at least a medium-sized permanent moon base with a data center buried deep enough in the regolith or underlying rock to be reasonably safe from cosmic ray interference. And I still don't think you can use the lunar "atmosphere" for any sort of heat sinking, in any case. For the record, though, IANA Astrophysicist.
No kidding. That's why I wrote "near-vacuum," which is an accurate description of the "atmosphere" of the moon. The moon has a much more dense "atmosphere" than interstellar or even interplanetary space, but I still don't think it's enough to provide heat-sinking to any noticeable degree.
I thought heat-sinking in near-vacuum conditions was difficult because, although it's very cold temperature-wise, the ability of the "air" to hold heat is so limited that you can't move very much away.
If there's a complete devastation warning, I'm getting the heck out. And some of the first things I grab will be the his&hers external backup drives. Together they'll take up a few dozen cubic inches, and you have complete system states on there for our systems. If there's more time, I might grab the towers or at least disassemble them and take out the drives, but the backups are a good, easy-to-grab start. I won't even grab the cords if I'm in a hurry...those are easy enough to replace for cheap.
This is the first time that I'm considering finding alternatives to Slashdot. There is no excuse for this. Slashdot staff should know better. I'll have to look around, what do you all suggest as alternative?
(Even the captcha is on my side, the word is "LISTEN". LISTEN/.)
I haven't had to look for alternatives before, either. Maybe Boing Boing?
In case this wasn't clear enough, you known that line that companies cross that pisses their users off and sends them into a death spiral, a la Digg? You just crossed it. Step back very quickly or you'll have big problems.
This.
Seriously, did y'all have to kick Taco out before you could pull this crap? I've been reading/. daily, no, more than daily, for nearly 10 years, and this post made me seriously think about quitting.
Bridge thieves actually _were_ a threat to the Brass Bridge in Ankh-Morpork. I thought they were just slacking off by guarding the bridge instead of actually investigating crimes, but it turns out they were right when they claimed to be several steps ahead of the criminal element. I stand corrected.
It's not super-scary and extremely funny, with great characters and interactions. I recommend the TuTu mod for it, though it does flesh out some of the darker corners of the story. For instance, she should under no circumstances ask Kivan about what happened to his girlfriend.
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We have mine-sweeping dolphins that actually find stuff? That strikes me as way more important than the torpedo. It's not that the torpedo is unimportant, but we've got one of those already.
...when ANY article includes the phrase "spontaneous criticality." Seriously, that's up there with "Honey, something's been bothering me" as a phrase you never, ever want to hear in any context.
Nope. They would still need a test of bucket and body physics.
And whatever rag doll physics are needed when someone takes an arrow to the knee.
That's right! Everyone knows that holding bananas is the real evolutionary use of hands!
So I guess it was Take Your Daughter To Work Day at Boeing? I wonder who won the science fair, or if there were any survivors?
I hear Time magazine is having trouble moving beyond that demographic, so the transition may be harder than you think.
Wow. This post was both informative and epic. No sarcasm. I am seriously impressed.
Admittedly, before go.usa.gov went live I needed to use a shortening service on occasion, but I always used tinyurl preview links when that came up. I figured that it was the least I could do to improve transparency for users.
I wonder how fast they'll fix this issue after major political figures start getting added to "Gay Studs" and "Scouting for Sex" groups?
You don't need an atmosphere to radiate heat away. You're thinking of convection. But radiating is the least efficient way to do it.
That's true. However, isn't the temperature of the surrounding atmosphere immaterial to the amount of heat that can be lost via radiation? I just assumed that TFA was talking convection because I didn't see radiation as being viable in that context or dependent in any way on how "cold" the moon was.
You're probably right. I don't see how we get something like this till we have at least a medium-sized permanent moon base with a data center buried deep enough in the regolith or underlying rock to be reasonably safe from cosmic ray interference. And I still don't think you can use the lunar "atmosphere" for any sort of heat sinking, in any case. For the record, though, IANA Astrophysicist.
What about ALW? Anthropic Lunar Warming.
Liberal propaganda. Everyone knows that ALW is really the only thing keeping the next Lunar Glaciation at bay.
No kidding. That's why I wrote "near-vacuum," which is an accurate description of the "atmosphere" of the moon. The moon has a much more dense "atmosphere" than interstellar or even interplanetary space, but I still don't think it's enough to provide heat-sinking to any noticeable degree.
I thought heat-sinking in near-vacuum conditions was difficult because, although it's very cold temperature-wise, the ability of the "air" to hold heat is so limited that you can't move very much away.
Fuck the cloud. All my data is in Heaven administered by God! Nothing can go wrong. Everything is where it should be. Simply perfect.
Rationalizing disk failure won't bring your data back.
Just wait three days.
If there's a complete devastation warning, I'm getting the heck out. And some of the first things I grab will be the his&hers external backup drives. Together they'll take up a few dozen cubic inches, and you have complete system states on there for our systems. If there's more time, I might grab the towers or at least disassemble them and take out the drives, but the backups are a good, easy-to-grab start. I won't even grab the cords if I'm in a hurry...those are easy enough to replace for cheap.
That's good (if depressing) to know, thanks.
This is the first time that I'm considering finding alternatives to Slashdot. There is no excuse for this. Slashdot staff should know better. I'll have to look around, what do you all suggest as alternative?
(Even the captcha is on my side, the word is "LISTEN". LISTEN /.)
I haven't had to look for alternatives before, either. Maybe Boing Boing?
In case this wasn't clear enough, you known that line that companies cross that pisses their users off and sends them into a death spiral, a la Digg? You just crossed it. Step back very quickly or you'll have big problems.
This.
Seriously, did y'all have to kick Taco out before you could pull this crap? I've been reading /. daily, no, more than daily, for nearly 10 years, and this post made me seriously think about quitting.
Bridge thieves actually _were_ a threat to the Brass Bridge in Ankh-Morpork. I thought they were just slacking off by guarding the bridge instead of actually investigating crimes, but it turns out they were right when they claimed to be several steps ahead of the criminal element. I stand corrected.
2100 EST on a Saturday night? What are all of you people doing reading /. now?
Seriously? Like, what? Everyone that normally reads slashdot is supposed to be out at a bar right now or something?
Exactly! I posted that from a bar while I was chatting to a pair of Slovakian models. I totally am not sitting around my house in my PJs.
Slashdotted within ten minutes at 2100 EST on a Saturday night? What are all of you people doing reading /. now?
It's not super-scary and extremely funny, with great characters and interactions. I recommend the TuTu mod for it, though it does flesh out some of the darker corners of the story. For instance, she should under no circumstances ask Kivan about what happened to his girlfriend.
That depends. Did you remember to activate the gene for extreme dwarfism first, or have they already gotten lightsabers?
It is malfunctioning. Only the Shover Escape System will protect you.