Just wondering, what is the airspeed velocity of an unladen swallow, both african and european. On the note of Mythbusters however, I remember the trombone-mute firecracker myth (trombonist blew his mute out with a firecracker during the 1812) and how it was "busted". The thing is, the mythbusters failed to take into account the pressure buildup of air entering the trombone through the mouthpiece. We know the man in the myth was playing his muted trombone because they state that he burned his lips. They need to retest with air blowing in to see if it makes a difference.
The interesting thing is not the idea of the pilot being connected to the plane, but the pilot flying itself. By connecting people with machine the two would cease to be seperate entities. Of course, I would find it most interesting to be directly linked to a computer with internet access. And if other people were linked to computers with internet access, a hive mind would eventually develop across the entire planet. But what would it feel like to be directly linked to a computer on the internet and then have the power go out? Ow.
Actually, I doubt that. I don't think that atmosphere is held in by electromagnetism. You have to realize that Mars already has an atmosphere, just not one that supports life as we know it on Earth. If you doubt this, atmosphere on Mars is evident in the fact that it has dust storms, which are caused by wind, and you can't have wind in a vacuum. I would rather send the little buggers to the moon (if they could reproduce) because, with their ability to "swarm" and become a larger object, we would be able to observe, and see if perhaps they would become actual multicellular (or multiTETular) "organisms". I suggest doing this on the moon because it is 1) closer and 2) we're fairly sure there isn't life ther anyway.
Actually Neal Stephenson wrote a book that concerns the subject. It is called Diamond Age (or) A Young Ladies Illustrated Primer. Not to get into detail, but it is actually based on nanotech and not genotech, but the idea of a seed that can sprout into anything comes up, although I think it was portrayed as a downfall to civilization. Read the book though, it is explained so much better.
post script, it should be listed under Diamond Age
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Actually, it means that you can improve both your hearing and your vision at the same time.
Just wondering, what is the airspeed velocity of an unladen swallow, both african and european. On the note of Mythbusters however, I remember the trombone-mute firecracker myth (trombonist blew his mute out with a firecracker during the 1812) and how it was "busted". The thing is, the mythbusters failed to take into account the pressure buildup of air entering the trombone through the mouthpiece. We know the man in the myth was playing his muted trombone because they state that he burned his lips. They need to retest with air blowing in to see if it makes a difference.
They're sony, they don't need customer loyalty. F**k pants too.
Where'd the "T" come from? Demonstraion of Autonomous Rendezvous. There is no "T". Is anyone else bothered by this?
The interesting thing is not the idea of the pilot being connected to the plane, but the pilot flying itself. By connecting people with machine the two would cease to be seperate entities. Of course, I would find it most interesting to be directly linked to a computer with internet access. And if other people were linked to computers with internet access, a hive mind would eventually develop across the entire planet. But what would it feel like to be directly linked to a computer on the internet and then have the power go out? Ow.
Actually, I doubt that. I don't think that atmosphere is held in by electromagnetism. You have to realize that Mars already has an atmosphere, just not one that supports life as we know it on Earth. If you doubt this, atmosphere on Mars is evident in the fact that it has dust storms, which are caused by wind, and you can't have wind in a vacuum. I would rather send the little buggers to the moon (if they could reproduce) because, with their ability to "swarm" and become a larger object, we would be able to observe, and see if perhaps they would become actual multicellular (or multiTETular) "organisms". I suggest doing this on the moon because it is 1) closer and 2) we're fairly sure there isn't life ther anyway.
But of course the only way to get him one is to pass through the barrier, and I can only think of one crew with the capabilites.
Actually Neal Stephenson wrote a book that concerns the subject. It is called Diamond Age (or) A Young Ladies Illustrated Primer. Not to get into detail, but it is actually based on nanotech and not genotech, but the idea of a seed that can sprout into anything comes up, although I think it was portrayed as a downfall to civilization. Read the book though, it is explained so much better.
post script, it should be listed under Diamond Age