For as many problems as we have in the states (yes, we have a lot), I sure as hell don't want anyone else dictating the rules of the net. If you live outside of the U.S., and feel the same way, create your own "master" DNS and make your own rules. Nothing is stopping you.
Just noticed that he "consults" for the company, not works for it. This being the case, he has absolutely no say in the decision. The only thing I can say: cover your ass. Get everything in writing. If you have a verbal conversation, follow it up with an e-mail. Remember... shit flows downhill. They WILL try to find a way to shift the blame. Make sure you do not become the scapegoat.
Get the resume ready. If I were a client of a company that had such shitty protection of my data, I'd find another company ASAP. I expect that said person would do much better finding another place to work.
Electromagnetic launchers have to accelerate the sails to escape velocity, nearly 25,000 MPH. The drag on an object goes up as the square of the velocity. Try calculating how much energy you'd have to put into an object to get it through the atmosphere and up to the L1 point. Huge.
Because, of course, we could not fold the objects into something smaller and have the sucker unfold in outer space...
... they could restore sight, but with 100 times the clarity (think more pixels) than human sight? Would the brain be able to cope with this? Would baseball players be able to bat.800 because they could see the seams of the ball better? Is there anything that fundamentally prevents some kind of development like this from happening?
Untrue. We are social creatures. There is strong evidence to suggest that having grandparents around turned out to be a huge advantage to humans. By having experience in the society, parenting improved., and shared child rearing improved survival rates.
Parent post is an example of way oversimplified evolutionary theory.
It is more because it is so much harder to compete with a term that is already widely used. "miserable failure" returns so many less results than George Bush. It requires a much more concerted "attack" to "hijack" the more popular term. In many cases, the hijackings are not going to take over the top spot, but will get in the top two or three.
Actually, you could. Get a massive object on the opposite side of the black hole. Get it close enough that you can maintain a thrust that will keep you at a steady point relative to the black hole. Make sure thrust is angled so it will not "strike" the black hole.
Using this process, gravity will pull the black hole away.
Now, this would take one hell of a lot of energy to do, but it is possible.
I have never found a really good explanation for this: How do we know a blackhole truly has an infinite density, and not just so incredibly dense that it, in fact, has a stronger gravity than even light can escape? My mind has a difficult time with something becoming infinitely small. I can understand it becoming so tight that there is no space between the smallest particles, but cannot fathom something smaller than that.
I hold the Microsoft Certified Solutions Developer. When I went job searching, I had so many folks calling me that I stopped returning calls.
Having said that, the credentials open up a lot of doors to interviews. However, once you get the interviews, you still have to prove the work experience and knowledge. The only places that accept credentials without verifying knowledge are companies I do not want to work for.
Bottom line: Certifications help you to rise to the top in the first cut. Work experience, personal skills get you through the second cut. In depth knowldge gets you the job. Business skills get you the promotions.
Ignore the certs if you want, but you'll have a harder time getting the interviews.
By the time you've got your 'weapon' off the ground, the enemy (presumably a nuclear equipped nation) has already spied you running the thing up via IR spy satellites or even ground observers. The enemy can then send a conventional ICBM or even FOBS over before the launcher sends it's payload.
Errrm. Wouldn't it be relatively simple to bury this, having the ramp coming up out of the ground? Or at least cover the darn thing up? And the time to get something up to ICBM distances is not the same as it would take to break orbit.
Slashdot Mirror
Thank You!
For as many problems as we have in the states (yes, we have a lot), I sure as hell don't want anyone else dictating the rules of the net. If you live outside of the U.S., and feel the same way, create your own "master" DNS and make your own rules. Nothing is stopping you.
Just noticed that he "consults" for the company, not works for it. This being the case, he has absolutely no say in the decision. The only thing I can say: cover your ass. Get everything in writing. If you have a verbal conversation, follow it up with an e-mail. Remember... shit flows downhill. They WILL try to find a way to shift the blame. Make sure you do not become the scapegoat.
Get the resume ready. If I were a client of a company that had such shitty protection of my data, I'd find another company ASAP. I expect that said person would do much better finding another place to work.
Sarcasm or not, you should question everything you read, no matter how trusted the source.
I don't believe this is true at all!
Electromagnetic launchers have to accelerate the sails to escape velocity, nearly 25,000 MPH. The drag on an object goes up as the square of the velocity. Try calculating how much energy you'd have to put into an object to get it through the atmosphere and up to the L1 point. Huge.
Because, of course, we could not fold the objects into something smaller and have the sucker unfold in outer space...
... they could restore sight, but with 100 times the clarity (think more pixels) than human sight? Would the brain be able to cope with this? Would baseball players be able to bat .800 because they could see the seams of the ball better? Is there anything that fundamentally prevents some kind of development like this from happening?
The best thing Slashdot could do is tell the rest of the world about their plight.
Errrm. There is nothing preventing them from getting IE7. It just won't be automatic. Any Japanese person can download IE 7 right now.
Chairman Brown
I hope you're being funny.
The "Chairman" would be the clue that, yes, he is being funny.
After that, you don't really matter to evolution.
Untrue. We are social creatures. There is strong evidence to suggest that having grandparents around turned out to be a huge advantage to humans. By having experience in the society, parenting improved., and shared child rearing improved survival rates.
Parent post is an example of way oversimplified evolutionary theory.
Nah. This is just our plan (U.S.) to save Social Security.
What sort of applications are they concerned about?
I'm not sure. But if I get a richer, more responsive mine sweeper then I'm all for it..
Because Kim Jong apparently had his paypal account frozen the week before.
Thanks. You narrowed the field down to five hundred million people.
It is more because it is so much harder to compete with a term that is already widely used. "miserable failure" returns so many less results than George Bush. It requires a much more concerted "attack" to "hijack" the more popular term. In many cases, the hijackings are not going to take over the top spot, but will get in the top two or three.
Anyone want to post the correct links?
(must post anonymously so people don't figure out I RTFA)
As Carl Sagan said, "We are all made of starstuff.".
As the worm said, "We are all made of Saganstuff."
How else do you get breakfast?
Nothing new since Thursday?
The momentum of the system is the same regardless of the configuration of the system..
If this is your plan, then it would not matter whether it orbited or not. You could just throw it in the event horizon. Wouldn't matter.
Actually, you could. Get a massive object on the opposite side of the black hole. Get it close enough that you can maintain a thrust that will keep you at a steady point relative to the black hole. Make sure thrust is angled so it will not "strike" the black hole.
Using this process, gravity will pull the black hole away.
Now, this would take one hell of a lot of energy to do, but it is possible.
I have never found a really good explanation for this: How do we know a blackhole truly has an infinite density, and not just so incredibly dense that it, in fact, has a stronger gravity than even light can escape? My mind has a difficult time with something becoming infinitely small. I can understand it becoming so tight that there is no space between the smallest particles, but cannot fathom something smaller than that.
Can anyone help me out here?
I hold the Microsoft Certified Solutions Developer. When I went job searching, I had so many folks calling me that I stopped returning calls.
Having said that, the credentials open up a lot of doors to interviews. However, once you get the interviews, you still have to prove the work experience and knowledge. The only places that accept credentials without verifying knowledge are companies I do not want to work for.
Bottom line: Certifications help you to rise to the top in the first cut. Work experience, personal skills get you through the second cut. In depth knowldge gets you the job. Business skills get you the promotions.
Ignore the certs if you want, but you'll have a harder time getting the interviews.
By the time you've got your 'weapon' off the ground, the enemy (presumably a nuclear equipped nation) has already spied you running the thing up via IR spy satellites or even ground observers. The enemy can then send a conventional ICBM or even FOBS over before the launcher sends it's payload.
Errrm. Wouldn't it be relatively simple to bury this, having the ramp coming up out of the ground? Or at least cover the darn thing up? And the time to get something up to ICBM distances is not the same as it would take to break orbit.
Nope. a = v^2 / r. So it will ramp up to the full acceleration.