Also performing far better than expected was the lightsaber used by Skywalker's dark nemesis Darth Vader in 1980's The Empire Strikes Back, which fetched $118 000 dollars instead of the estimated $40 000 - $60 000.
Given enough data, Eagle's algorithms were able to predict what people -- especially professors and Media Lab employees -- would do next and be right up to 85 percent of the time.
So this system can predict where someone -- who regualary follows a timetable -- day in day out -- will be. Wow.
You could do the same thing for me, just look at my lecture timetable. ...Oh wait
Given enough data, Eagle's algorithms were able to predict what people -- especially professors and Media Lab employees -- would do next and be right up to 85 percent of the time.
So this system can predict where someone -- who regualary follows a timetable day in day out -- will be. Wow.
You could do the same thing for me, just look at my lecture timetable. ...Oh wait
Funny you should say that because they probably would abort, albeit not 100' off the pad. There are two ascent (pre orbital) abort modes.
The first, RTLS (Return To Launch Site Abort Mode) can be initiated upto T+4mintues20 and involves an early ET (External Tank) seperation followed by a powered phase to bleed of excess fuel and a glide phase which see's the orbiter return to KSC at approximately T+25minutes.
The second is the TAL (Transatlantic Abort Landing). This can be initiated in the event of critical failure after T+4minutes20. The orbiter continues in a balistic trajectory downrange across the Atlantic to land at a runway in Spain, Gambia or Morocco. Landing occurs T+45minutes.
This single statement has just put to waste all my well thought out security measures. You know how you just have to push that big red button? now i can't help myself I just have to click on the big blue E!
So while adding gps why not also require manufacturer's limit the cars top speed according to speed zone they are in. Of course this would stop people jeopordising their life, however the government wouldn't make any money.
Speed limiting could easily be implimented at the design/manufacture stage. If the risk is so great why introduce an intrusive device for monitoring people breaking the law when they could introduce a just as intrusive device that prevents people breaking the law.
Seriously aren't we being taxed enough already. I wonder if speeding is really the menace to life that the government has recently been 'informing' everyone.
In other news the chancelor of the exchequer predicts record revenues from speeding fines...
Why in the hell should I be excited about this one?
If you have no interst in the universe outside your basement you probably won't get excited. However if you happen to be an astrophysicist or even have a remote interest in new discoveries then you might just find this interesting, because we've never seen anything like this before.
The planet in question posses the largest known core of any known extrosolar planet. So what? you say, well this just happens to be the first observational evidence supporting a planetary formation theory known as core accretion. So thanks to this observation confirming the theory, we now know that there should be a lot more of these planets. And as such a little bit more about the universe around us.
But of course because we cant get there tommorow this sort of work is a waste of time.... Tell you what, why don't you return to your cave and I'll send you an email when we've invented warp drive and found another planet. Then you can go live on it and the rest of us can waste out time with these boring discoveries.
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Better than expected != more than
In Soviet Russia, budget cuts you!
So this system can predict where someone -- who regualary follows a timetable -- day in day out -- will be. Wow.
...Oh wait
You could do the same thing for me, just look at my lecture timetable.
So this system can predict where someone -- who regualary follows a timetable day in day out -- will be. Wow.
...Oh wait
You could do the same thing for me, just look at my lecture timetable.
I believe they have also depleted the supply of ants responsible for sorting the tiny screw's.
No, it makes you a hacker.
What is this, li-ght-ning you speak of?
The first, RTLS (Return To Launch Site Abort Mode) can be initiated upto T+4mintues20 and involves an early ET (External Tank) seperation followed by a powered phase to bleed of excess fuel and a glide phase which see's the orbiter return to KSC at approximately T+25minutes.
The second is the TAL (Transatlantic Abort Landing). This can be initiated in the event of critical failure after T+4minutes20. The orbiter continues in a balistic trajectory downrange across the Atlantic to land at a runway in Spain, Gambia or Morocco. Landing occurs T+45minutes.
Assistant: Sir, the TV ratings for the launch are the highest in ten years.
Everyone: Yay!
Controller: And how's the spacecraft doing?
Assistant: I dunno. All this equipment is just used to measure TV ratings.
This single statement has just put to waste all my well thought out security measures. You know how you just have to push that big red button? now i can't help myself I just have to click on the big blue E!
Speed limiting could easily be implimented at the design/manufacture stage. If the risk is so great why introduce an intrusive device for monitoring people breaking the law when they could introduce a just as intrusive device that prevents people breaking the law.
Seriously aren't we being taxed enough already. I wonder if speeding is really the menace to life that the government has recently been 'informing' everyone.
In other news the chancelor of the exchequer predicts record revenues from speeding fines...
more to the point, can we run linux on it?
Ok, now imagine a beowolf cluster of these......running linux.....with frikin' lasers!
Don't question the status quo/big business.
If you have no interst in the universe outside your basement you probably won't get excited. However if you happen to be an astrophysicist or even have a remote interest in new discoveries then you might just find this interesting, because we've never seen anything like this before.
The planet in question posses the largest known core of any known extrosolar planet. So what? you say, well this just happens to be the first observational evidence supporting a planetary formation theory known as core accretion. So thanks to this observation confirming the theory, we now know that there should be a lot more of these planets. And as such a little bit more about the universe around us.
But of course because we cant get there tommorow this sort of work is a waste of time.... Tell you what, why don't you return to your cave and I'll send you an email when we've invented warp drive and found another planet. Then you can go live on it and the rest of us can waste out time with these boring discoveries.
No, but I did think how GoogleEarth + Orbiter would = wow!
I feel a great disturbance in the Internet. As if millions of Pakistani nerds cried out in terror, and were suddenly silienced.
1. [Generic business idea]
2. Piracy
3. Profit!
Why do you think they call the percentage they take from each pot the 'rake'?
because they're bloody raking it in!
Card counting can only be used when playing blackjack as a method of tracking the high-value and low-value cards.
You cant count cards in poker because the deck is shuffled after every hand.
............. This news just in ............. Microsoft products inefficient ... more at ten.
5. Profit!
Heh, it's funny because it's true. Oh wait...
This is fire
Oh wait, were not playing knifey-spoony?
Firefox catches popups and banners but what action can i take against /vertisements. We need some kind of Tivo solution for /.