What? If you're in low-earth orbit and you shoot a hypothetical bullet at 300km/sec while pointing your gun directly at the center of the earth, your bullet will impact the earth in less than a second. That's a hell of a quick de-orbit maneuver.
If we want to talk about steps in the right direction, how about Hulu.com? You sit through something like 60 seconds of commercials per episode of whatever you want to watch, but otherwise everything is perfectly free. The service is designed very well and is well implemented. As far as "new business models" go, I think the people in charge of this site really know what they're doing.
I'm happy enough with the service that I gladly advertise it for them. I regularly watch Colbert Report episodes one or two days after they air there.
there are no commercials. That would definitely be less awesome if there were.
I gladly sit through Hulu.com commercials. The service that they provide essentially for free (about 60-90 seconds of your time per 30 minute episode) is well-enough implemented that I'm more than happy to watch their commercials. The people in charge of their site really, really know what they're doing.
Unless the bullet is traveling at a high enough velocity to strike the earth before its sideways motion can move it enough keep it from striking the earth and keep it in orbit.
There have only been four untethered EVAs. Three of them to test the Manned Maneuvering Unit, and one to test a similar but smaller variant to be used for personnel rescue.
If that were true, the dollar wouldn't be worth the paper it were printed on. A 25% fluctuation in the value of the dollar does not even begin to approach the kind of "worthless" we are talking about if the U.S. couldn't back its currency.
Satchel nukes and devices that fit within safely firable artillery shells or were hand-portable were manufactured in usable quantities. Some key bridges in Germany were even designed to be destroyed by man-portable nukes that would be emplaced upon full-scale war.
at the moment there are no KNOWN antimatter bombs. but to put this into perspective in 1940s there were no KNOWN nuclear bombs until after nagasaki and hiroshima. by known i mean outside of the military and associated trades. (official secrets act?)
There's also no KNOWN lost Ark of the Covenant or photon torpedoes or earthquake/weather control devices in government possession. By known, I mean outside of military and associated trades. (Official Secrets Act?)
Well, in my mind 50% loss is quite a lot, but I said there's really nothing fundamentally wrong with your post. Just thought it was an interesting enough fact.;)
There's nothing wrong with your post--I'm just pointing out that it's still not close to 100% conversion:
Not all of that energy can be utilized by any realistic technology, because as much as 50% of energy produced in reactions between nucleons and antinucleons is carried away by neutrinos, so, for all intents and purposes, it can be considered lost.
Does anyone know how much energy this takes? They mentioned the previous petawatt laser experiment that was decommissioned, but I didn't see where it mentioend the power required for this experiment.
The great thing about this for spaceflight isn't that it takes a lot or a little to produce antimatter, but rather that the density of usable energy is orders upon orders of magnitude greater than chemical or electric rockets. Denser energy leads to more fuel carried leads to greater delta v leads to semi-relativist flight leads to hate leads to suffering. These can even be used within the atmosphere to launch rockets from the ground easier than you can say "prompt gamma ray output".
Also, I have one final thing I want you to consider. This is Chewbacca. Chewbacca is a Wookiee from the planet Kashyyyk. But Chewbacca lives on the planet Endor. Now think about it; that does not make sense!
Why would a Wookiee, an eight-foot tall Wookiee, want to live on Endor, with a bunch of two-foot tall Ewoks? That does not make sense! But more important, you have to ask yourself: What does this have to do with this case? Nothing. Ladies and gentlemen, it has nothing to do with this case! It does not make sense! Look at me. I'm a guy defending a distributed computing project, and I'm talkin' about Chewbacca! Does that make sense? Ladies and gentlemen, I am not making any sense! None of this makes sense! And so you have to remember, when you're in that jury room deliberatin' and conjugatin' the Emancipation Proclamation, [approaches and softens] does it make sense? No! Ladies and gentlemen of this supposed jury, it does not make sense! If Chewbacca lives on Endor, you must acquit! The defense rests.
If you aren't devoting all of your resources towards combating the heat death of the universe, then pray tell, what sort of short-sighted project are you wasting your time and money on?
Why do you have internet access, or a computer at all? You should be out volunteering your time for better causes, rather than posting to an internet forum that nobody will read in three days' time.
Or, maybe, we can balance doing several of these things at once. SETI@home, Folding@home, Einstein@home, and whatever tickles your fancy. Unless God exists and moral relativism is a crock, then you really shouldn't look down on other such projects. There's always something bigger, better, and more pressing that you could be devoting your time, money, and effort towards.
While I can't see the actual article, if the summary is correct than most of the top 6 computers run faster than that. While it's an impressive feat for SETI, there are faster computers in a single unit now.
From the article: The top six all run in excess of 400 Teraflops.
Hmm, no, the summary does not say that at all. Maybe you misread the '500'?;)
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What? If you're in low-earth orbit and you shoot a hypothetical bullet at 300km/sec while pointing your gun directly at the center of the earth, your bullet will impact the earth in less than a second. That's a hell of a quick de-orbit maneuver.
What's this about years, now?
You sit in a darkened page that says essentially: "You can only use this service in the US. You are not in the US, so bugger off."
What do you do?
> look
It's too dark to look.
> listen
You hear panting.
> Run Away
Run where?
> run e
Your path is blocked by something. You are eaten by a grue.
> God dammit
You can't go down. You are dead.
At least it's a step in the right direction!
If we want to talk about steps in the right direction, how about Hulu.com? You sit through something like 60 seconds of commercials per episode of whatever you want to watch, but otherwise everything is perfectly free. The service is designed very well and is well implemented. As far as "new business models" go, I think the people in charge of this site really know what they're doing.
I'm happy enough with the service that I gladly advertise it for them. I regularly watch Colbert Report episodes one or two days after they air there.
there are no commercials. That would definitely be less awesome if there were.
I gladly sit through Hulu.com commercials. The service that they provide essentially for free (about 60-90 seconds of your time per 30 minute episode) is well-enough implemented that I'm more than happy to watch their commercials. The people in charge of their site really, really know what they're doing.
There's been a new breakthrough in home-video marketing. Instant cassettes! They're out in stores before the movie is finished. ;)
You say "Who's on first" one more time, I'll break your arm! ;)
Unless the bullet is traveling at a high enough velocity to strike the earth before its sideways motion can move it enough keep it from striking the earth and keep it in orbit.
There have only been four untethered EVAs. Three of them to test the Manned Maneuvering Unit, and one to test a similar but smaller variant to be used for personnel rescue.
Now I ride the Easystreet bus to Karmaville. ;)
Found a video of the astronaut losing the tool bag. After it got out of reach, there was simply no going after it.
If that were true, the dollar wouldn't be worth the paper it were printed on. A 25% fluctuation in the value of the dollar does not even begin to approach the kind of "worthless" we are talking about if the U.S. couldn't back its currency.
So in (post-)Soviet Russia, noun nouns YOU? I think you mixed up the formula there, bub! ;)
Satchel nukes and devices that fit within safely firable artillery shells or were hand-portable were manufactured in usable quantities. Some key bridges in Germany were even designed to be destroyed by man-portable nukes that would be emplaced upon full-scale war.
"Suitcase nukes" are just a hip and a skop away.
at the moment there are no KNOWN antimatter bombs. but to put this into perspective in 1940s there were no KNOWN nuclear bombs until after nagasaki and hiroshima. by known i mean outside of the military and associated trades. (official secrets act?)
There's also no KNOWN lost Ark of the Covenant or photon torpedoes or earthquake/weather control devices in government possession. By known, I mean outside of military and associated trades. (Official Secrets Act?)
Hmm, as I recall they were 0.013 and 0.021 megatons for Hiroshima and Nagasaki, respectively. ;)
Also, when you write it this way, it makes the impact of "20 megaton" nuclear bombs a lot more powerful. Pin not indented.
Well, in my mind 50% loss is quite a lot, but I said there's really nothing fundamentally wrong with your post. Just thought it was an interesting enough fact. ;)
As far as I was aware, one of the major roadblocks to that was the
Nah, after you defeat the Onett Chief of Police, they open up the roadblock down the path that leads to Twoson.
Not all of that energy can be utilized by any realistic technology, because as much as 50% of energy produced in reactions between nucleons and antinucleons is carried away by neutrinos, so, for all intents and purposes, it can be considered lost.
Does anyone know how much energy this takes? They mentioned the previous petawatt laser experiment that was decommissioned, but I didn't see where it mentioend the power required for this experiment.
The great thing about this for spaceflight isn't that it takes a lot or a little to produce antimatter, but rather that the density of usable energy is orders upon orders of magnitude greater than chemical or electric rockets. Denser energy leads to more fuel carried leads to greater delta v leads to semi-relativist flight leads to hate leads to suffering. These can even be used within the atmosphere to launch rockets from the ground easier than you can say "prompt gamma ray output".
Also, I have one final thing I want you to consider. This is Chewbacca. Chewbacca is a Wookiee from the planet Kashyyyk. But Chewbacca lives on the planet Endor. Now think about it; that does not make sense!
Why would a Wookiee, an eight-foot tall Wookiee, want to live on Endor, with a bunch of two-foot tall Ewoks? That does not make sense! But more important, you have to ask yourself: What does this have to do with this case? Nothing. Ladies and gentlemen, it has nothing to do with this case! It does not make sense! Look at me. I'm a guy defending a distributed computing project, and I'm talkin' about Chewbacca! Does that make sense? Ladies and gentlemen, I am not making any sense! None of this makes sense! And so you have to remember, when you're in that jury room deliberatin' and conjugatin' the Emancipation Proclamation, [approaches and softens] does it make sense? No! Ladies and gentlemen of this supposed jury, it does not make sense! If Chewbacca lives on Endor, you must acquit! The defense rests.
If you aren't devoting all of your resources towards combating the heat death of the universe, then pray tell, what sort of short-sighted project are you wasting your time and money on?
Why do you have internet access, or a computer at all? You should be out volunteering your time for better causes, rather than posting to an internet forum that nobody will read in three days' time.
Or, maybe, we can balance doing several of these things at once. SETI@home, Folding@home, Einstein@home, and whatever tickles your fancy. Unless God exists and moral relativism is a crock, then you really shouldn't look down on other such projects. There's always something bigger, better, and more pressing that you could be devoting your time, money, and effort towards.
So your statement about there being no faster supercomputer than Seti is still incorrect.
Nah, it's just restin'. ;)
Oops. ;)
While I can't see the actual article, if the summary is correct than most of the top 6 computers run faster than that. While it's an impressive feat for SETI, there are faster computers in a single unit now.
From the article: The top six all run in excess of 400 Teraflops.
Hmm, no, the summary does not say that at all. Maybe you misread the '500'? ;)
SETI@home gets 495 teraFLOPS, according to this site: http://boincstats.com/stats/project_graph.php?pr=sah
Sure, it's not one supercomputer, but it still does more calculations for one purpose than any other single supercomputer can.