PS. If a supergun has a basic design similar to German V-3, it might be almost bearable to humans...
No. If you work out the G forces required at launch to ballistically get into orbit, solid objects such as electronics will not survive. Live subject would not have a chance.
However the official white house coffee is Kona coffee grown and processed in Kona Hawaii. I've had some and it is amazingly good. At least something is still made in America.
No, these are patents on ideas which are obvious. Its just often cheaper to licence the patent than fight it in court.
It's pretty obvious there would be much more R&D without any of this patent nonsense. Instead of money going to useless blood sucking lawyers, the money could be going to researchers. Not to mention the redirection of effort from patenting nonsense to real research and problem solving.
but also from a philosophical and -- perhaps most importantly -- theological point of view.
Why would the discovery of life, even intelligent life in the universe have any impact on theology? Where does it say in the bible, or any other religious text for that matter, that we are alone in the universe?
Given the vast numbers of galaxies, starts within those galaxies, and then planets around those stars, statistically the percentage of humans per planet is so low it can be safely assumed to be zero.
China to Google: "Listen to us and obey our laws, even though they do not apply to us and we will abuse this power against your company and your users."
Maybe the score counter rolled over but the game itself just got harder and harder (or in some cases maxed out).
I thenk the article is inaccurate. When I think of 'classic games' I think of pac-man, joust, centipede, galaxia, etc. These were all games where there was no ending at all. The games with clear cut endings came much later.
Trust me - arguing with a gun nut is hardly a strenuous intellectual activity.
And I didn't say you *were* a fundamentalist crackpot, I said arguing with a gun nut is *like* arguing with a fundamentalist crackpot. Unless of course you also happen to *be* a fundamentalist crackpot.
Interesting that you choose not to respond to my point about the National Firearms Act or the militia. I'll take your silence as a tacit admission that you were wrong on both counts, have no idea what you are talking about and are only repeating the talking points of the Brady campaign.
No, it's just like talking to young earth fundamentalist crackpots - I don't feel like wasting my time convincing you of something you will not change your mind of anyway, regardless of what I say.
It is well known that ethanol blended fuels result in lower mpg performance.
Ethanol is also an alcohol that will attract water into the gasoline resulting in the phase separation of the fuel. Shelf life of gasoline with alcohol is therefore reduced to less than three months.
Take a close look at the performance gasolines - they contain NO ethanol (So for Shell: Bronze/Silver/Gold blends, Bronze=10%ethanol, Silver=5% and Gold=0%)
The ONLY reason for adding ethanol is to reduce the gasoline demand so the US imports less oil. That and another use to get rid of the surplus corn from the ridiculous federal corn subsidy.
I'm not confusing them - I know that the conservative idea and todays Republicans have very little relationship to one another.
Actually in many respects I would call myself a conservative, but there would be no way in hell I'd ever vote Republican the way the party stands now. Democrats are closer to the conservative idea than Republicans.
Ok. So 2009 was the TDI, and 2010 is the Audi. So there are TWO clean diesel cars.
If you bothered to actually look you'd find the diesels from Mercedes and BMW as well as Audi and VW all are quite clean these days.
I have absolutely no interest in ever purchasing a diesel. None. If I had one I'd have to drive well out of my way to find a station that sells diesel, and even then there would be one pump off to the side for transports.
I'll stick to my hybrid SUV and take my 45mpg, thanks.
Because it is in the context of a 'well regulated militia'. Housing a large number of unregistered automatic weapons is in no way 'well-regulated', nor can a bunch of yahoos with guns hung on the back window of a pickup truck be considered a militia.
'Bear arms' refers to the right to serve in the military. Yes they wanted to keep the right for citizens to have their own personal firearm, but no one in their right mind thinks the intent was for average citizens to have the ridiculous amount of firepower they have now.
Maybe because your car is so heavy that the weight of passengers can be neglected. So you're carrying ALL that car weight all the time, burning gasoline to move all that weight, just to move you and some passengers?
And real world I STILL get 45mpg. Aren't hybrids amazing?
Heck VW diesels keep winning the green vehicle awards over the hybrids.
No. 2009 was the FIRST year a VW diesel won, and represents the FIRST time a VW was able to pass emissions in all 50 states. So there is ONE 2009 model out there with descent emissions. What does that have to say about all the other soot and sulfur belching monstrosities?
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PS. If a supergun has a basic design similar to German V-3, it might be almost bearable to humans...
No. If you work out the G forces required at launch to ballistically get into orbit, solid objects such as electronics will not survive. Live subject would not have a chance.
actually i would say a space elevator is a funding problem.
Speaking as an aerospace engineer, I would say building a space elevator is a reality problem
For those that are interested, the official White House coffee is Kona Joe Reserve (http://www.konajoe.com/)
Right on - awesome post.
However the official white house coffee is Kona coffee grown and processed in Kona Hawaii. I've had some and it is amazingly good. At least something is still made in America.
No, these are patents on ideas which are obvious. Its just often cheaper to licence the patent than fight it in court.
It's pretty obvious there would be much more R&D without any of this patent nonsense. Instead of money going to useless blood sucking lawyers, the money could be going to researchers. Not to mention the redirection of effort from patenting nonsense to real research and problem solving.
Offtopic?? Laser mounted sharks are NEVER offtopic!
but also from a philosophical and -- perhaps most importantly -- theological point of view.
Why would the discovery of life, even intelligent life in the universe have any impact on theology? Where does it say in the bible, or any other religious text for that matter, that we are alone in the universe?
Given the vast numbers of galaxies, starts within those galaxies, and then planets around those stars, statistically the percentage of humans per planet is so low it can be safely assumed to be zero.
Ok, so for those Linux kernel developers that use SysRq, just map the windows key to that functionality.
Not on my Dell laptop. The SysRq is on F10 and PrntScrn is next to it on F11.
I've occasionally used the screen paste PrntScrn feature, but never used SysRq
China to Google: "Listen to us and obey our laws, even though they do not apply to us and we will abuse this power against your company and your users."
Sounds like Bush and Cheney got new jobs...
Maybe the score counter rolled over but the game itself just got harder and harder (or in some cases maxed out).
I thenk the article is inaccurate. When I think of 'classic games' I think of pac-man, joust, centipede, galaxia, etc. These were all games where there was no ending at all. The games with clear cut endings came much later.
Love Stargete, and SGU is ok but I think it is trying way to hard to mimic the BSG look and feel.
Trust me - arguing with a gun nut is hardly a strenuous intellectual activity.
And I didn't say you *were* a fundamentalist crackpot, I said arguing with a gun nut is *like* arguing with a fundamentalist crackpot. Unless of course you also happen to *be* a fundamentalist crackpot.
Interesting that you choose not to respond to my point about the National Firearms Act or the militia. I'll take your silence as a tacit admission that you were wrong on both counts, have no idea what you are talking about and are only repeating the talking points of the Brady campaign.
No, it's just like talking to young earth fundamentalist crackpots - I don't feel like wasting my time convincing you of something you will not change your mind of anyway, regardless of what I say.
It is well known that ethanol blended fuels result in lower mpg performance.
Ethanol is also an alcohol that will attract water into the gasoline resulting in the phase separation of the fuel. Shelf life of gasoline with alcohol is therefore reduced to less than three months.
Take a close look at the performance gasolines - they contain NO ethanol (So for Shell: Bronze/Silver/Gold blends, Bronze=10%ethanol, Silver=5% and Gold=0%)
The ONLY reason for adding ethanol is to reduce the gasoline demand so the US imports less oil. That and another use to get rid of the surplus corn from the ridiculous federal corn subsidy.
The Supreme Court disagrees with you.
You haven't actually read it have you? 'Well regulated militia' are the EXACT words from the SAME SENTENCE as 'right to bear arms'.
The intent was for the citizenry to possess sufficient firepower to serve as the final check and balance against a tyrannical government.
Complete and utter bullshit. It was for national defense in a militia, not for attacks within the boarders from itself.
I'm not confusing them - I know that the conservative idea and todays Republicans have very little relationship to one another.
Actually in many respects I would call myself a conservative, but there would be no way in hell I'd ever vote Republican the way the party stands now. Democrats are closer to the conservative idea than Republicans.
Ok. So 2009 was the TDI, and 2010 is the Audi. So there are TWO clean diesel cars.
If you bothered to actually look you'd find the diesels from Mercedes and BMW as well as Audi and VW all are quite clean these days.
I have absolutely no interest in ever purchasing a diesel. None. If I had one I'd have to drive well out of my way to find a station that sells diesel, and even then there would be one pump off to the side for transports.
I'll stick to my hybrid SUV and take my 45mpg, thanks.
Because it is in the context of a 'well regulated militia'. Housing a large number of unregistered automatic weapons is in no way 'well-regulated', nor can a bunch of yahoos with guns hung on the back window of a pickup truck be considered a militia.
'Bear arms' refers to the right to serve in the military. Yes they wanted to keep the right for citizens to have their own personal firearm, but no one in their right mind thinks the intent was for average citizens to have the ridiculous amount of firepower they have now.
Maybe because your car is so heavy that the weight of passengers can be neglected. So you're carrying ALL that car weight all the time, burning gasoline to move all that weight, just to move you and some passengers?
And real world I STILL get 45mpg. Aren't hybrids amazing?
You stated that the budget does not start with the president but in congress. This is clearlyfalse. The president creates and submits the budget.
Heck VW diesels keep winning the green vehicle awards over the hybrids.
No. 2009 was the FIRST year a VW diesel won, and represents the FIRST time a VW was able to pass emissions in all 50 states. So there is ONE 2009 model out there with descent emissions. What does that have to say about all the other soot and sulfur belching monstrosities?
Says somebody whose last experience with a diesel car was probably back in the '80s. Or at least with that vintage of a vehicle.
If there is a vehicle in front of me with black smoke coming out of the exhaust during acceleration, its almost guaranteed to be a VW diesel
Ok. 60% are for hunting and the majority of the remainder are WWII relics.
Don't let the facts get in the way of your *imaginary* rights that justify owning enough firepower to liberate a small country.