I was confronted with this EXACT same situation in my head this Christmas. My folks went out on a limb and, between the iPod and the MyFi, got me the MyFi. Oh, god, how I wish I could download songs onto it...
I wished for an iPod after seeing the sparse techno music collection on the XM techno stations (massive amounts of repeated songs), and the mesh of the two would have sold me like no other. Heck, that'd be #1 on my wish list hands down, before car repairs or anything. Why? Because my MyFi has in-car capabilities, and listening to the radio, my recorded songs from the radio, and my own downloaded songs would have been...
Well, *DROOL*......
I don't think it'd take a physicist to say "duh" to this, but...
Space elevators are a bad idea. Planets were made separate for a reason.
Let's say we make an elevator to an asteroid. Alright, we have a nice attachment to it and can use it for the elevator purposes. Now, what if something intersects the line while flying past and breaks it? What if there are humans on this line, on the wrong side to get to safety? A strong cable won't hold against mini-planets, my friend.
I'm just not gathering where this'll all be attached... and how it'll have any sort of longevity of use.
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Well since Britain's court system doesn't rely as strongly on precedence as the US systems do, it's just the luck of the draw with the judge.
I was confronted with this EXACT same situation in my head this Christmas. My folks went out on a limb and, between the iPod and the MyFi, got me the MyFi. Oh, god, how I wish I could download songs onto it... I wished for an iPod after seeing the sparse techno music collection on the XM techno stations (massive amounts of repeated songs), and the mesh of the two would have sold me like no other. Heck, that'd be #1 on my wish list hands down, before car repairs or anything. Why? Because my MyFi has in-car capabilities, and listening to the radio, my recorded songs from the radio, and my own downloaded songs would have been... Well, *DROOL*......
I don't think it'd take a physicist to say "duh" to this, but...
Space elevators are a bad idea. Planets were made separate for a reason.
Let's say we make an elevator to an asteroid. Alright, we have a nice attachment to it and can use it for the elevator purposes. Now, what if something intersects the line while flying past and breaks it? What if there are humans on this line, on the wrong side to get to safety? A strong cable won't hold against mini-planets, my friend.
I'm just not gathering where this'll all be attached... and how it'll have any sort of longevity of use.