Well, in the Apollo days, urine was just dumped overboard. The service module's fuel cells made more then enough water as a byproduct of electrical production. Pretty much the same setup for the shuttle; in fact, the shuttle will typically offload extra water onto the station before departing. The station uses solar panels for electricity. Good news: no need to haul up liquid hydrogen and oxygen to supply electrical power. Bad news: no more free water source, especially once we discontinue the shuttle. Orion, Soyuz, Progress, ATV, and even SpaceX's Dragon all use solar power. This means we now need reclaim as much water from urine, rather then just dumping it, hence the toilet all of the sudden becomes a much more complex piece of equipment.
The Orion escape system is similar to the Apollo setup; that is, a rocket mounted above the crew capsule is, in the event of an emergency, supposed to yank the capsule off with enough acceleration to get clear of any explosion. Of course, there's an upper limit of how much force you can apply without killing the crew, and on a normal launch, the escape system is just dead weight, despite the fact that it's more powerful then the Atlas rocket that put Mercury capsules into orbit, so there are constraints. Obligatory Wikipedia link.
I thought it was swallowed up by the Sycorax on Christmas two years ago.
(Yes, I know that The Christmas Invasion aired three years ago, but there was that one year time loss early in the first season of Doctor Who, between Rose and Aliens of London that hasn't really been accounted for since. Should actually put Torchwood ahead a year, too.)
What's always confused me more is that while the Touch/iPhone has the largest screen, making them best for watching videos, the recon-named Classics are the ones that have hard drives, making them the best choice to store video. (Honestly, its the only way your going to fill 120 or 160 GB.)
PAX East Coast will open in Boston in 2010. I'm hoping it'll live up to its west coast brethren, as I probably drove half way to Boston to catch a flight to go out west.
Hmm. Itersting bug in/.. Hit the preview button, type some more into the textbox while the preview loads. The text won't show up in the preview, but it will in the post.dsafsdaf
Isn't that his whole origin story? WWII experimental "super soldier serum" turned a gangly wimp into well-toned Nazi killing machine? (If I'm off, that
Yeah, but that's only for a week at a time three or for weeks a year. There's still the "This program was brought to you with support from..." at either end of a show, though. It's really just extra-expensive advertising. (Is it tax deductible?)
naming a class HillaryClinton is just ridiculous. I wonder if there are variables named intCheatCount in the diebold software? Well, there's probably one in the BillClinton class.
The typical Slashdotter only thinks they're knowledgeable and intelligent. But... but......but I have Excellent Karma!?! Then perhaps when you die you'll be reincarnated as MacGyver.
Must have been an old article I was reading then. So, this makes Vermont the only state without iPhone service and the only state that President Bush hasn't visited while in office. Guess which one I'm broken up about. (Hint: it doesn't rhyme with "smush.")
Does this mean we can finally get iPhones in the AT&T-less hinterlands of Vermont. AT&T doesn't operate any towers in the state, so they won't let you open an account with a Vermont address. I think Alaska is in the same boat.
Its covered in the Tertiary Phase of the the radio series, too, with Douglas Adams himself providing the voice of Agrajag. Apparently, he read for an audio book version of Life, the Universe, and Everything, so they lifted the audio and worked in Simon Jones's lines. He may also show up in the episode four of the Quintessential Phase at Stavromula Beta.
Plus they managed to tack on a bit of an epilogue or three, softening the blow that is the original ending of Mostly Harmless, and explaining where the Lintillas went.
Probably spy satellites. Some of the consume quite a bit of electricity. I think it goes for thinks like high-power radar arrays and the like, but IANACIAE. Given that RTGs have a "battery life" measured in years, could also be used for equipment stationed in places where it's not convenient for someone to be swapping the batteries or to plug it into the grid.
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The BSG movie was created by man. It was camed. It was torrented. There are many copies...
Hey, it's a living.
Well, in the Apollo days, urine was just dumped overboard. The service module's fuel cells made more then enough water as a byproduct of electrical production. Pretty much the same setup for the shuttle; in fact, the shuttle will typically offload extra water onto the station before departing. The station uses solar panels for electricity. Good news: no need to haul up liquid hydrogen and oxygen to supply electrical power. Bad news: no more free water source, especially once we discontinue the shuttle. Orion, Soyuz, Progress, ATV, and even SpaceX's Dragon all use solar power. This means we now need reclaim as much water from urine, rather then just dumping it, hence the toilet all of the sudden becomes a much more complex piece of equipment.
The Orion escape system is similar to the Apollo setup; that is, a rocket mounted above the crew capsule is, in the event of an emergency, supposed to yank the capsule off with enough acceleration to get clear of any explosion. Of course, there's an upper limit of how much force you can apply without killing the crew, and on a normal launch, the escape system is just dead weight, despite the fact that it's more powerful then the Atlas rocket that put Mercury capsules into orbit, so there are constraints. Obligatory Wikipedia link.
I thought it was swallowed up by the Sycorax on Christmas two years ago.
(Yes, I know that The Christmas Invasion aired three years ago, but there was that one year time loss early in the first season of Doctor Who, between Rose and Aliens of London that hasn't really been accounted for since. Should actually put Torchwood ahead a year, too.)
Hey, she also played Kitty Pryde in the last X-Men movie. That qualifies her, right?
And the next time they let her drive, she ran into another ship!
What's always confused me more is that while the Touch/iPhone has the largest screen, making them best for watching videos, the recon-named Classics are the ones that have hard drives, making them the best choice to store video. (Honestly, its the only way your going to fill 120 or 160 GB.)
PAX East Coast will open in Boston in 2010. I'm hoping it'll live up to its west coast brethren, as I probably drove half way to Boston to catch a flight to go out west.
Hmm. Itersting bug in /.. Hit the preview button, type some more into the textbox while the preview loads. The text won't show up in the preview, but it will in the post.dsafsdaf
Isn't that his whole origin story? WWII experimental "super soldier serum" turned a gangly wimp into well-toned Nazi killing machine? (If I'm off, that
So, anyone tried the Windows build of Firefox 3.0 under Wine 1.0 yet?
Yeah, but that's only for a week at a time three or for weeks a year. There's still the "This program was brought to you with support from..." at either end of a show, though. It's really just extra-expensive advertising. (Is it tax deductible?)
FYI I am a spy.
Actually, Verizon is in the process of selling its VT, NH, and ME landlines to FairPoint.
They'll give you a car, but they'll probably wire it with explosives first.
Must have been an old article I was reading then. So, this makes Vermont the only state without iPhone service and the only state that President Bush hasn't visited while in office. Guess which one I'm broken up about. (Hint: it doesn't rhyme with "smush.")
Does this mean we can finally get iPhones in the AT&T-less hinterlands of Vermont. AT&T doesn't operate any towers in the state, so they won't let you open an account with a Vermont address. I think Alaska is in the same boat.
Its covered in the Tertiary Phase of the the radio series, too, with Douglas Adams himself providing the voice of Agrajag. Apparently, he read for an audio book version of Life, the Universe, and Everything, so they lifted the audio and worked in Simon Jones's lines. He may also show up in the episode four of the Quintessential Phase at Stavromula Beta.
Plus they managed to tack on a bit of an epilogue or three, softening the blow that is the original ending of Mostly Harmless, and explaining where the Lintillas went.
Probably spy satellites. Some of the consume quite a bit of electricity. I think it goes for thinks like high-power radar arrays and the like, but IANACIAE. Given that RTGs have a "battery life" measured in years, could also be used for equipment stationed in places where it's not convenient for someone to be swapping the batteries or to plug it into the grid.