If corn weren't such a tempting crop due to heavy subsidies then maybe some of those corn farmers would switch to hay. Maybe the beef would be a bit more expensive, but at least the cow's would stop farting so much methane and helping to breed these damned super-bugs.
But how does a laser push an object into the atmosphere? What good does heating up one side of it do?
It was already mentioned in this thread, but a laser broom would do the job by burning off bits of a piece of debris, generating thrust and pushing the debris into an orbit with a lower perigee.
I'm not even sure what the whole "wargame" consisted of to begin with. Correct me if I'm wrong, but from the sound of things, the entire event was just a bunch of guys sitting around at a table, with their staff telling them what's "happening". Everything they do (i.e. talking about it) is unable to change what they're being told.
Seems to me like it doesn't need to have any basis in reality. It could have had any conclusion they want it to. For all it matters the scenario could have been an invasion by space gorillas and proved that the United States is [prepared/unprepared] to fend of laser banana cannons! When you add the fact that these guys wouldn't even necessarily be part of the government response to the events depicted, how does anyone get "We are unprepared for a cyberattack" out of it?
Also, "Cyber ShockWave" sounds like the title of a bad novel you'd find at a drug store in the late 1990's.
I can see no rational argument to lock up an 18 year old boy because his 17 year old girlfriend texted him a picture of her breasts, an image he had no chance to refuse before seeing it's content.
The scariest and most irrational part is that not only does the 18 year old get it for possessing child porn, but the 17 year old gets prosecuted for producing child porn. And then they both get to enjoy spending the rest of their lives informing their neighbors that they're child molesters.
Even worse is that you get basically the same punishment for pissing in a bush.
I don't think they're scrapping the Orion capsule entirely. Bigelow is working on the Orion Lite, a lighter version of the Orion that strips all the features not needed for LEO operations. Of course, since it's designed for flights up to the ISS or other potential space stations, not deeper space missions.
My question is, since the Dream Chaser seems to be designed for that same niche, are they supporting both so they can have their pick of crew vehicles in case one doesn't pan out, or is there another reason?
I think the big deal over the naked-child-picture-scanners is that the hypocrite bastards insisting we all go through all this security bullshit are the same fuckers who insist on so many other freedom restricting things to "protect the children" and all that crap. I agree, it's logically inconsistent to complain about the stuff they do to fight kiddie porn, then turn around and use those same arguments you decried to fight these intrusive scanners. At the same time, though, it's an even bigger hypocrisy for them to make such a deal about child porn and then, basically, say "It's not child porn if the government does it".
I went to Catholic school for a number of years. While I wouldn't personally recommend it, they actually taught us evolution with little to no religion interjected into it. It may not have been the best education in the world, but they had to conform to New York State standards and whatnot. Bizarrely, the first time I remember hearing a teacher say they didn't believe in evolution was my biology class at the public high school.
Just out of curiosity, what denomination, if any, was running your school? They sound like a bunch of nutjobs who should be put out of business.
Even if a 1.5 light second long cable were feasible you'd still have to deal with the fact that, as far as I understand, the anchor would have to be in geosynchronous orbit. Since the Moon isn't in geosynchronous orbit, the surface moves relative to the Moon you'd end up winding the cable around the planet.
A good mnemonic for this is that REISUB is "busier" spelt backwards. (Raising Elephants Is So Utterly Boring is another common mnemonic.)
I always liked Reboot Even If System Utterly Broken, since that's kinda what REISUB does. But hey, any mnemonic that helps you remember is a good mnemonic, right?
Well what are we getting from them? What do we gain from a debatably more "stable" Middle east? Aside from the Jewish and Christian Zionist vote we have no reason to do anything in an area where they two main resources are oil we apparently don't much need, and sand (whoopee!). Even then, wouldn't the Zionists be better served by depriving Arabs of oil money, which in their eyes would deprive Muslim nations of funding potentially used for invasion or terrorism of Israel?
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If corn weren't such a tempting crop due to heavy subsidies then maybe some of those corn farmers would switch to hay. Maybe the beef would be a bit more expensive, but at least the cow's would stop farting so much methane and helping to breed these damned super-bugs.
That's an oxymoron.
It was already mentioned in this thread, but a laser broom would do the job by burning off bits of a piece of debris, generating thrust and pushing the debris into an orbit with a lower perigee.
I'm not even sure what the whole "wargame" consisted of to begin with. Correct me if I'm wrong, but from the sound of things, the entire event was just a bunch of guys sitting around at a table, with their staff telling them what's "happening". Everything they do (i.e. talking about it) is unable to change what they're being told.
Seems to me like it doesn't need to have any basis in reality. It could have had any conclusion they want it to. For all it matters the scenario could have been an invasion by space gorillas and proved that the United States is [prepared/unprepared] to fend of laser banana cannons! When you add the fact that these guys wouldn't even necessarily be part of the government response to the events depicted, how does anyone get "We are unprepared for a cyberattack" out of it?
Also, "Cyber ShockWave" sounds like the title of a bad novel you'd find at a drug store in the late 1990's.
More like you wearing a bulletproof vest tomorrow fixes the problem of me shooting you today.
I'm beginning to doubt there's a single place on this entire planet that's on the right side of the border.
The scariest and most irrational part is that not only does the 18 year old get it for possessing child porn, but the 17 year old gets prosecuted for producing child porn. And then they both get to enjoy spending the rest of their lives informing their neighbors that they're child molesters.
Even worse is that you get basically the same punishment for pissing in a bush.
Ah, yes, the long lost "11th Commandment".
Only 6 pages? You're clearly not trying hard enough. Make it 11 pages; 10 pages, one for each of the top ten, and one for the intro page.
I don't think they're scrapping the Orion capsule entirely. Bigelow is working on the Orion Lite, a lighter version of the Orion that strips all the features not needed for LEO operations. Of course, since it's designed for flights up to the ISS or other potential space stations, not deeper space missions.
My question is, since the Dream Chaser seems to be designed for that same niche, are they supporting both so they can have their pick of crew vehicles in case one doesn't pan out, or is there another reason?
I think the big deal over the naked-child-picture-scanners is that the hypocrite bastards insisting we all go through all this security bullshit are the same fuckers who insist on so many other freedom restricting things to "protect the children" and all that crap. I agree, it's logically inconsistent to complain about the stuff they do to fight kiddie porn, then turn around and use those same arguments you decried to fight these intrusive scanners. At the same time, though, it's an even bigger hypocrisy for them to make such a deal about child porn and then, basically, say "It's not child porn if the government does it".
Wait, so that means they have two stargates around Colorado Springs? Or did they decide to move the gate out of the mountain and into town?
I went to Catholic school for a number of years. While I wouldn't personally recommend it, they actually taught us evolution with little to no religion interjected into it. It may not have been the best education in the world, but they had to conform to New York State standards and whatnot. Bizarrely, the first time I remember hearing a teacher say they didn't believe in evolution was my biology class at the public high school.
Just out of curiosity, what denomination, if any, was running your school? They sound like a bunch of nutjobs who should be put out of business.
It may not be true in the American military (or whichever country you served with), but it is true in the Israeli military: http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3052074,00.html
But do-it-yourself is the Slashdot way!
Perhaps that's why we use only 10% of our brain. The other 90% is waiting for us to make a video game it's good at.
Even if a 1.5 light second long cable were feasible you'd still have to deal with the fact that, as far as I understand, the anchor would have to be in geosynchronous orbit. Since the Moon isn't in geosynchronous orbit, the surface moves relative to the Moon you'd end up winding the cable around the planet.
I always liked Reboot Even If System Utterly Broken, since that's kinda what REISUB does. But hey, any mnemonic that helps you remember is a good mnemonic, right?
I knew we should have shown him "Electro-gonorrhea: The Noisy Killer"!
I don't know if that's a story about the hypocrisy of Linden Labs, or a sad commentary on the nature of human beings.
China doesn't have any girls, you insensitive clod!
What the hell? This is Slashdot! If I wanted to read an article then I would have gone somewhere else!
Well what are we getting from them? What do we gain from a debatably more "stable" Middle east? Aside from the Jewish and Christian Zionist vote we have no reason to do anything in an area where they two main resources are oil we apparently don't much need, and sand (whoopee!). Even then, wouldn't the Zionists be better served by depriving Arabs of oil money, which in their eyes would deprive Muslim nations of funding potentially used for invasion or terrorism of Israel?
Dr. Doom is a "he", not an "it". Way to be rude.
Very. For the most part they'd be right.