What concerned me more was the fact that after entering the atmosphere Anakin concluded they were "really picking up speed!" Friction anyone?
I suppose what he meant to say was "now were really picking up parsecs!"
By the end I thought epIII was great but for the first hour or so I had almost written it off because of those bloody droids! I know Lucas likes to inject a bit of 'humour' into things but honestly does every droid need to go wooo! oowie! weeee! zzoiks! when it is dismembered??
Since the beginning of time man has yearned to destroy the sun. I will do the next best thing...block it out! [presses a button raising a shield over the model town]
Unless your talking about something of extremely large mass, how would dropping something from orbit be anywhere near as destructive as conventional explosives? What is your intended target, a house?
Added to the fact that it must include a propulsion system to deorbit. So you already have the basic structure of a missle. Why not cut the weight by how ever many powers, save millions on lofting all that weight to space and duct tape a warhead on the end?
I don't quite understand what you mean by, I must be a mac user. Are you implying there is something wrong with the pc mouse?
I also don't agree with you that there has been any fundamental design changes in the way we use a mouse today. The way in which movement of the forearm and wrist is used to control the pointer is based on exactly the same functionality concieved by Douglas Engelbart in the early 60's. Unless of course you consider adding another button to be a revolution in design.
I think you'll find the reason the basic design principals of the mouse havn't changed is because they work very well. Why go altering the dynamic of the arm so as to put more strain on the upper arm? You can see immediately that this gun type of 'mouse' will be uncomfortable to use over prelonged periods. And as you suggested I will be voting with my wallet and it won't be costing me $40 to find this out.
I also use a mouse most days throughout the week and coincidentaly have been doing alot of CAD in a CAE module at university and haven't come across any problems. I will conceed however that i don't do it proffesionaly every day week in week out. I've also used a trackball and found it very practical however i couldn't use one for day to day computing, which I believe is where the mouse excels.
Honestly why do they keep trying to re-invent the wheel here, what's wrong with the mouse? Give me a way of controlling my PC just by thinking about it, until then I'm not interested.
I agree how is this different to robots on an assembly line assembling a car, change 'car' to 'copies of the robot performing the assembly' and you have a/. story. The only reason it hasn't been done before is theres no point?
It looks more like a pre-production prototype to me. Notice the lack of ergonomic design and flatness of the controller. I would be very suprised if this is the final incarnation.
"continuing investigation that uses observation, hypothesis testing, measurement, experimentation, logical argument and theory building to lead to more adequate explanations of natural phenomena."
Forgive me the WTC was an incorrect example of the point i was trying to make. I believe the WTC was of hollow steel construction, however even without the extreme temperatures present during the WTC failure hollow steel structures are susceptible to sustained elevated temperatures over prolonged periods. Probably a moot point though as a normal fire could have been dealt with before causing failure.
The point i was trying to make (albeit poorly) was that a reinforcing material encased within concrete does not necassarily need to be exposed directly to flame to be weakened. Normal reinforced conrete under low/moderate load typically only has a fire resistance of about 2 hours.
Potholes are infact caused by the freeze thaw cycle. During the winter water seeps into the ground freezes and hence expands, pushing the road surface up. When ambient temperatures rise the ground thaws returning to its normal level but the pavement often remains raised, this creates a cavity under the pavement. The action of cars passing over the cavity causes the road surface to crack and fall into the cavity, the rest is history. This wear could be caused by a snow plough but i doubt it is the cause in the majority of cases.
As an iteresting side, damage can also be caused during the frozen period and occurs on motorways due to the increased speed and use. As a wheel passes over a raised frozen 'bump' the supension compresses. There is then a period when the wheel is airborne as the rebound of the suspension and weight of the car pushes the wheel back onto the surface. The repeated action of this leads to a spot on the road after the raised section that suffers increased wear. This promotes uneven wear of the road surface, thats why sometimes you will find a section of motorway that is rr eea llyy bb umm p p ppyyy.
During the 9/11 attacks I believe the temperature was high enough to actually melt the steel embedded in the reinforced concrete which contributed to if not caused the structural failure. I doubt these fibers have a higher temp threshold than steel.
Great so we're all getting tagged.
At least I'll be able to get some tinfoil socks to cover the GPS transmitter for christmas, instead of those impractical cotton ones I always get....
It would provide an excellent basis for a study on methods for tracking large numbers of the population.
...And when you think about it there are all sorts of criminals out there who want to murder/rape/kidnap/carjack you, they could be right outside you door now, they could pounce at any time it really isn't safe for you out there. What we really need is to tag all the criminals, remeber they are criminals so it's ok really, everything will be ok soon.
But when you think about it how do we know we got them all? anyone has the potential to be a criminal you know, could be your next door neighbour is a criminal. Then theres the terrorists/communists/insurgants/dissidents we really need to make sure your not a terrorist/communist/insurgant/dissident, because you could be, they're everywhere plotting against us you know. Its for the best really and don't forget we just want to make things safer and easier for you because it's a scary place out there.
Well we got those evil crimanls great news isn't it! The only problem is were not all that happy about your polical ideas and we noticed that you've been socialising with some other people who have the wrong political ideas.
Just browsing through the comments i found myself asking a few questions. Firstly , what exactly is the point in tracking previous offenders via GPS? and how does this prevent them from re-offending?
Just think about the logistics involved to make such a sytem worthwhile. How will these people be monitored? If they enter an area they shouldn't be in, will an enforcement squad be sent out to detain them immediately? If not then it would be negligent to have released someone who you have determined poses a risk (the risk quantified by the tagging) in the first place.
If the point of tracking the movements of someone is to prevent them from entering certain areas, this would suggest they already pose a risk of commiting an offence (guilty before proven innocent anyone?). It begs the question, if you use GPS to track someone and as such deem them to pose a risk to society, should they even be released in the first place? It seems to be a contradiction of terms. A tagging system would not prevent someone re-offending.
Although it would provide an excellent basis for a study on methods for tracking large numbers of the population.
...And when you think about it there are all sorts of criminals out there who want to murder/rape/kidnap/carjack you, they could be right outside you door now, they could pounce at any time it really isn't safe for you out there. What we really need is to tag all the criminals, remeber they are criminals so it's ok really, everything will be ok soon.
But when you think about it how do we know we got them all? anyone has the potential to be a criminal you know, could be your next door neighbour is a criminal. Then theres the terrorists/communists/insurgants/dissidents we really need to make sure your not a terrorist/communist/insurgant/dissident, because you could be, they're everywhere plotting against us you know. Its for the best really and don't forget we just want to make things safer and easier for you because it's a scary place out there.
Well we got those evil crimanls great news isn't it! The only problem is were not all that happy about your polical ideas and we noticed that you've been socialising with some other people who have the wrong political ideas.
Ive just started watching again with whatever season is currently airing on UK Sky tv. The problem for me was the running plot with the Xindi. I missed a few episodes midway through the first season and just couldn't get back into it.
For me they killed it by making it so you had to watch every episode to follow the running plot. I don't really remember anything like that with TNG which I think most people would agree has been the best series.
Oh and the fact that in the 22nd century any joker can build a temporal contraption on their lunch break!
"intends to defend his innocence against any charge that he harmed the Cosmosphere or the federal space program."
but didn't deny the more serious charges of wire fraud, mail fraud, theft of government property and interstate transportation of stolen property. I know if I had been accused of something I didnt do, I would make a point of denying the actual charges brought against me.
Could this be done to relieve pressure at active volcanos? That would be seriously cool (or hot, depending on your perspective!) if it was was possible to drill down into a volcano base and just siphon off the pressure. I could see several problems with this though as the liquid magma would probably cool down too much on its journey to the surface and probably block your tunnel. Also it would require loads of pipes to siphon any serious ammount. In theory though...
So wait, they use a high tech system of...... rocks...... to repair their fences.
Well obviously the logical progression would be to implement a network of autonomous robots controlled by a computerised surveilance system. My only concern is if they have enough rocks to build this perfectly plausable system......
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aswell
Perhaps, they were accelerating....?
What concerned me more was the fact that after entering the atmosphere Anakin concluded they were "really picking up speed!"
Friction anyone?
I suppose what he meant to say was "now were really picking up parsecs!"
By the end I thought epIII was great but for the first hour or so I had almost written it off because of those bloody droids! I know Lucas likes to inject a bit of 'humour' into things but honestly does every droid need to go wooo! oowie! weeee! zzoiks! when it is dismembered??
/comicbookguy
Worst, slapstick, ever...
The big question is which trilogy will be next? VII,VIII,IX or X,XI,XII of course you can also ask this question every thirty years or so.
Since the beginning of time man has yearned to destroy the sun. I will do the next best thing...block it out!
[presses a button raising a shield over the model town]
Unless your talking about something of extremely large mass, how would dropping something from orbit be anywhere near as destructive as conventional explosives? What is your intended target, a house?
Added to the fact that it must include a propulsion system to deorbit. So you already have the basic structure of a missle. Why not cut the weight by how ever many powers, save millions on lofting all that weight to space and duct tape a warhead on the end?
I don't quite understand what you mean by, I must be a mac user. Are you implying there is something wrong with the pc mouse?
I also don't agree with you that there has been any fundamental design changes in the way we use a mouse today. The way in which movement of the forearm and wrist is used to control the pointer is based on exactly the same functionality concieved by Douglas Engelbart in the early 60's. Unless of course you consider adding another button to be a revolution in design.
I think you'll find the reason the basic design principals of the mouse havn't changed is because they work very well. Why go altering the dynamic of the arm so as to put more strain on the upper arm? You can see immediately that this gun type of 'mouse' will be uncomfortable to use over prelonged periods. And as you suggested I will be voting with my wallet and it won't be costing me $40 to find this out.
I also use a mouse most days throughout the week and coincidentaly have been doing alot of CAD in a CAE module at university and haven't come across any problems. I will conceed however that i don't do it proffesionaly every day week in week out. I've also used a trackball and found it very practical however i couldn't use one for day to day computing, which I believe is where the mouse excels.
Honestly why do they keep trying to re-invent the wheel here, what's wrong with the mouse? Give me a way of controlling my PC just by thinking about it, until then I'm not interested.
The trouble is with the system the way it is, if it reach's that point it's too late to get out!
Gentlemen, [toasts] To Bureaucracy!
I agree how is this different to robots on an assembly line assembling a car, change 'car' to 'copies of the robot performing the assembly' and you have a /. story. The only reason it hasn't been done before is theres no point?
It looks more like a pre-production prototype to me. Notice the lack of ergonomic design and flatness of the controller. I would be very suprised if this is the final incarnation.
Forgive me the WTC was an incorrect example of the point i was trying to make. I believe the WTC was of hollow steel construction, however even without the extreme temperatures present during the WTC failure hollow steel structures are susceptible to sustained elevated temperatures over prolonged periods. Probably a moot point though as a normal fire could have been dealt with before causing failure.
The point i was trying to make (albeit poorly) was that a reinforcing material encased within concrete does not necassarily need to be exposed directly to flame to be weakened. Normal reinforced conrete under low/moderate load typically only has a fire resistance of about 2 hours.
Potholes are infact caused by the freeze thaw cycle. During the winter water seeps into the ground freezes and hence expands, pushing the road surface up. When ambient temperatures rise the ground thaws returning to its normal level but the pavement often remains raised, this creates a cavity under the pavement. The action of cars passing over the cavity causes the road surface to crack and fall into the cavity, the rest is history. This wear could be caused by a snow plough but i doubt it is the cause in the majority of cases.
As an iteresting side, damage can also be caused during the frozen period and occurs on motorways due to the increased speed and use. As a wheel passes over a raised frozen 'bump' the supension compresses. There is then a period when the wheel is airborne as the rebound of the suspension and weight of the car pushes the wheel back onto the surface. The repeated action of this leads to a spot on the road after the raised section that suffers increased wear. This promotes uneven wear of the road surface, thats why sometimes you will find a section of motorway that is rr eea llyy bb umm p p ppyyy.
During the 9/11 attacks I believe the temperature was high enough to actually melt the steel embedded in the reinforced concrete which contributed to if not caused the structural failure. I doubt these fibers have a higher temp threshold than steel.
Oh, people can come up with statistics to prove anything. 14% of people know that.
Catbeller is witch! burn him!
Great so we're all getting tagged.
At least I'll be able to get some tinfoil socks to cover the GPS transmitter for christmas, instead of those impractical cotton ones I always get....
It would provide an excellent basis for a study on methods for tracking large numbers of the population.
...And when you think about it there are all sorts of criminals out there who want to murder/rape/kidnap/carjack you, they could be right outside you door now, they could pounce at any time it really isn't safe for you out there. What we really need is to tag all the criminals, remeber they are criminals so it's ok really, everything will be ok soon.
But when you think about it how do we know we got them all? anyone has the potential to be a criminal you know, could be your next door neighbour is a criminal. Then theres the terrorists/communists/insurgants/dissidents we really need to make sure your not a terrorist/communist/insurgant/dissident, because you could be, they're everywhere plotting against us you know.
Its for the best really and don't forget we just want to make things safer and easier for you because it's a scary place out there.
Well we got those evil crimanls great news isn't it! The only problem is were not all that happy about your polical ideas and we noticed that you've been socialising with some other people who have the wrong political ideas.
Im afraid you will have to come with me...
Just browsing through the comments i found myself asking a few questions. Firstly , what exactly is the point in tracking previous offenders via GPS? and how does this prevent them from re-offending?
...And when you think about it there are all sorts of criminals out there who want to murder/rape/kidnap/carjack you, they could be right outside you door now, they could pounce at any time it really isn't safe for you out there. What we really need is to tag all the criminals, remeber they are criminals so it's ok really, everything will be ok soon.
Just think about the logistics involved to make such a sytem worthwhile. How will these people be monitored? If they enter an area they shouldn't be in, will an enforcement squad be sent out to detain them immediately? If not then it would be negligent to have released someone who you have determined poses a risk (the risk quantified by the tagging) in the first place.
If the point of tracking the movements of someone is to prevent them from entering certain areas, this would suggest they already pose a risk of commiting an offence (guilty before proven innocent anyone?). It begs the question, if you use GPS to track someone and as such deem them to pose a risk to society, should they even be released in the first place? It seems to be a contradiction of terms. A tagging system would not prevent someone re-offending.
Although it would provide an excellent basis for a study on methods for tracking large numbers of the population.
But when you think about it how do we know we got them all? anyone has the potential to be a criminal you know, could be your next door neighbour is a criminal. Then theres the terrorists/communists/insurgants/dissidents we really need to make sure your not a terrorist/communist/insurgant/dissident, because you could be, they're everywhere plotting against us you know.
Its for the best really and don't forget we just want to make things safer and easier for you because it's a scary place out there.
Well we got those evil crimanls great news isn't it! The only problem is were not all that happy about your polical ideas and we noticed that you've been socialising with some other people who have the wrong political ideas.
Im afraid you will have to come with me...
Ive just started watching again with whatever season is currently airing on UK Sky tv. The problem for me was the running plot with the Xindi. I missed a few episodes midway through the first season and just couldn't get back into it. For me they killed it by making it so you had to watch every episode to follow the running plot. I don't really remember anything like that with TNG which I think most people would agree has been the best series.
Oh and the fact that in the 22nd century any joker can build a temporal contraption on their lunch break!
Strange that his attorney only stated that he
"intends to defend his innocence against any charge that he harmed the Cosmosphere or the federal space program."
but didn't deny the more serious charges of wire fraud, mail fraud, theft of government property and interstate transportation of stolen property. I know if I had been accused of something I didnt do, I would make a point of denying the actual charges brought against me.
Could this be done to relieve pressure at active volcanos? That would be seriously cool (or hot, depending on your perspective!) if it was was possible to drill down into a volcano base and just siphon off the pressure. I could see several problems with this though as the liquid magma would probably cool down too much on its journey to the surface and probably block your tunnel. Also it would require loads of pipes to siphon any serious ammount. In theory though...
So wait, they use a high tech system of...... rocks...... to repair their fences.
Well obviously the logical progression would be to implement a network of autonomous robots controlled by a computerised surveilance system. My only concern is if they have enough rocks to build this perfectly plausable system......
what next?
.50 cal machinegun and rpg upgrade!
.........Of course they will have to tarmac over the DMZ so the mecha's can walk (read 'shuffle/slide') about...
Obviously a couple hundred of these with a
For anyone who missed it a slashdot article from a couple of days ago