The drag of the air that the vehicle is pushing through. Yes, that would affect the piston and the water too, but not as much with the vehicle in front (think of a race car tailing another closely to cut drag and save fuel). Er, I think you'll find water's tendency to spread out will cause drag to affect it more than it afffects a fairly aerodynamic rocket.
Oh, and after "lift-off" you better get your engines going fast - otherwise that aircraft carrier weight of water moving at 3000 ft/s behind you might catch up and shoot you straight out of the air. Which force is making it accelerate towards you?
"At this point"? And they're at "Release Candidate 2"? What if I just switch my complaint to the one that they have their priorities absolutely screwed up?
I commented on what I can see and not on what I can't see? Yeah, I'm a real idiot. The rational thing is obviously to make up things in my head and comment of that!
Silly me for thinking a "Release Candidate" is something that is actually finished for release.
Colours, fonts, and icons are all over the place. Insane and useless borders and gradients cluttering up the interface, and an overall lack of clarity of any kind. It's like a big joke.
I mean, just look at that krunner screenshot again. What is that thing? Black, white, black, white, then suddenly grey and shaded and colourful icons, and fonts right out of a VGA BIOS.
The Theora video codec, obviously, as that was the subject of the discussion. And it is pretty obvious it is a limitation of the format itself - it's a far more primitive design than more modern codecs like h.264.
The format also sucks compared to most everything else.
Plus, it is not actually free of patents, the patent owners have just given a very broad license to use them for free. I'm not sure how that works out legally for companies like Apple or Nokia, it may or may not figure into it.
I had no idea there were rules to what could be posted. "It's not against the rules, so I can do what I want!" is the favourite excuse of the coward and incompetent.
Ron Paul is against racism. Yet he still gladly published racist material. You know, if you want to claim to be "against racism", I think the absolute bare minimum requirement is that you do not publish racist material under your name. I mean, that seems sort of obvious.
Ron Paul is against racism. Wouldn't it be the biggest insult to them to take their money while campaigning against racism? No, no and no. No honest human being would do that. That is the most disingenuous attempt at spin I have seen in a long, long time.
The only objection to teaching intelligent design in schools is when it is taught in science class, as it is clearly not science. You just said all opinions are equally valid. Lots of people are of the opinion that it is both true, and science. Who are you to claim different?
I'll also add this:
See, that's the kind of stupid argument that causes people to have so little interest in science That is unfortunate, perhaps, but if you change that, you are no longer actually doing science, you would be doing something else entirely. It is not a "stupid argument", it is the very foundation of science.
No, those are theories. These are very different to "opinions". And they are not equal - neither holds in all cases, but some hold in more than others, and those are objectively better.
Like I said: I can have the opinion that jumping out from a fifth-story window, I will be able to fly. You will be hard pressed to explain why this is equally as valid as Newton's laws of gravity.
In many ways, this is an ancient division. The liberal view that all opinions are equally valid is threatened by the authoritarian arrogance of certain truth. Its a shame that science is often the tool of the authoritarians. This should be a lesson learned from history, but alas. The search for truth via the scientific method was never the search for certain truth - it isn't about shutting out new theories - or silencing different views. This is why I cringe every time I hear the words "scientifically proven". The truth is powerful and begets arrogance. Do not, I repeat, not mix up your politics and your science!
It is quite simple. In science, all opinions are most definitely not equally valid, and that has nothing whatsoever to do with if you are liberal or authoritarian. Seriously, stop believing this, it is dangerous and stupid.
As a short and brutal example: If "all opinions are equally valid" in science, how about putting it to the test: Go jump out of a fifth-story window, and believe very strongly that Newton's laws do not actually hold, and see where that gets you.
Nature cares not for your views and opinions. Nature is straightforward and brutal, no matter what you belive about it. And that, that is the truth.
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The fact that you might not please absolutely everyone is no excuse to not try and please as many as possible, either.
The submarine won't reach any significant speed because of the immense drag of moving through the water. The launch tube doesn't have that problem.
"At this point"? And they're at "Release Candidate 2"? What if I just switch my complaint to the one that they have their priorities absolutely screwed up?
Customizataion is never an excuse for a horrible default. The sooner Linux programmers (and fanboys) learn this, the better for the platform.
I commented on what I can see and not on what I can't see? Yeah, I'm a real idiot. The rational thing is obviously to make up things in my head and comment of that!
Silly me for thinking a "Release Candidate" is something that is actually finished for release.
Customizataion is never an excuse for a horrible default. The sooner Linux programmers (and fanboys) learn this, the better for the platform.
No, seriously, I was curious how it was shaping up, design-wise, and I check out the site and find stuff like this:
http://www.kde.org/announcements/announce_4.0-rc2/krunner.jpg
And this:
http://www.kde.org/announcements/announce_4.0-rc2/dolphin.jpg
Colours, fonts, and icons are all over the place. Insane and useless borders and gradients cluttering up the interface, and an overall lack of clarity of any kind. It's like a big joke.
I mean, just look at that krunner screenshot again. What is that thing? Black, white, black, white, then suddenly grey and shaded and colourful icons, and fonts right out of a VGA BIOS.
The Theora video codec, obviously, as that was the subject of the discussion. And it is pretty obvious it is a limitation of the format itself - it's a far more primitive design than more modern codecs like h.264.
The format also sucks compared to most everything else.
Plus, it is not actually free of patents, the patent owners have just given a very broad license to use them for free. I'm not sure how that works out legally for companies like Apple or Nokia, it may or may not figure into it.
Yes, those are the ones I was alluding to.
Decent graphics software, apparently.
He put it under his name, no? CmdrTaco does not do that.
Maybe if "game" means "FPS" to you.
Meanwhile, consoles get Ico, Shadow of the Colossus, Katamari Damacy, Rez, and so on, and so on. PCs get... More FPSes.
Cost of an education? More than you can afford, it seems.
Perhaps you should take the time to re-read what you replied to, if you're wondering why you got downmodded.
Go back and read what spawned this discussion. The original poster attacked science because "all opinions are equally valid".
Uh... Are you really replying to me? If you are, maybe you should worry more about reading comprehension and less about science.
No, those are theories. These are very different to "opinions". And they are not equal - neither holds in all cases, but some hold in more than others, and those are objectively better.
Like I said: I can have the opinion that jumping out from a fifth-story window, I will be able to fly. You will be hard pressed to explain why this is equally as valid as Newton's laws of gravity.
It is quite simple. In science, all opinions are most definitely not equally valid, and that has nothing whatsoever to do with if you are liberal or authoritarian. Seriously, stop believing this, it is dangerous and stupid.
As a short and brutal example: If "all opinions are equally valid" in science, how about putting it to the test: Go jump out of a fifth-story window, and believe very strongly that Newton's laws do not actually hold, and see where that gets you.
Nature cares not for your views and opinions. Nature is straightforward and brutal, no matter what you belive about it. And that, that is the truth.