I certainly trust Soviet trained engineers to launch this thing successfully without air-bursting right after take off, scattering radioactive debris throughout the atmosphere. The Russians have a long, celebrated, history of safety and caution when it comes to their nuclear and aerospace endeavors--together they'll be a winning combination!
(and for those who think I'm being too harsh on the Russians, I wouldn't trust NASA to launch a nuclear powered spacecraft either)
NASA and Russia have already launched "nuclear powered spacecraft", typically using a Radioisotope thermoelectric generator. Its needed if you are gonna send a satellite where the sun don't shine. Take Cassini, or the Voyager probes for instance. The difference as I understand it is they would use the electricity to power a high specific impulse low thrust engine, such as an ion thruster.
We've looked to people's personal letters and diaries in the past to gain incite on how they viewed the events of their days. Even in this modern era of information, how much of this window will be lost to future generations, as people are able to better control access to their personal material? I doubt my email will be as accessible as my great grandfathers letters in a hundred years. Apparently, my facebook page will be gone as well. I'm not saying its a bad thing, I for one value that I can keep personal correspondence private. I just wonder how future generations will view it.
Meant as a joke but it will sadly happen like this. It is incredible that we can have this level of clear investigation into evolution. And it is something that people have innately known since early agriculture (replanting grain using the best seeds, genetic engineering). Yet in the US:
51% of people believe god created man as he is.
30% said god created us and we can evolve
15% say humans evolved with out god.
These figures are a terrifying example of humans ability to deny what should be blatantly obvious. If we can do this imagine how many things people must get completely wrong no matter the level of obviousness.
Also, did you know that 90% of statistics are made up on the spot? Of course, the difference between this post and yours is I'm gonna include a source.
No offense, but if you are gonna make outlandish claims about the opinions of people in the US, please provide something to back it up.
Take for instance casinos, where there is a ton of loose money and a ton of CCTV. It seems to help prevent crimes in a controlled environment pretty well (Ocean's 11 aside).
I suspect that CCTV could be a much more effective crime prevention/detection tool if properly utilized. And, obviously as many others have posted... is it really worth it to accept Big Brother watching your back?
This is a feature. Cracking is yet another thing about the iPhone that Just Works. I believe Steve Jobs would be proud.
I Cracked my iPhone the first time I dropped it, 30 seconds flat. But if you read the fine print, it turns out Apples warranty doesn't cover the screen.
But we can ask ourselves if this little dance has benefited the consumer, and in that regard, I'd have to argue that we have better web browsers, better search tools, better web-email accounts, and yes even better operating systems (more MS vs Apple than MS vs Google... and by better OS, I of course mean Windows 7). So to Microsoft and Google, I say have at it!
The more "harmless" wars start to look, the easier it will be for politicians to convince the public to go to war.
One could argue that the opposite has been seen over the past century, as mobilization of antiwar sentiment happens earlier and earlier over the course of progressively less costly wars (in terms of American casualties). I would argue that the effects of mass media far out-trump an effective military when it comes to gaining popular support.
"(Yes, I'm sure you're going to point out that Washington had been a general. But move on to Adams, Jefferson and Madison and you'll find no military service in their resumes.)"
actually...
Madison was a Colonel in the Virginia Militia,
Jefferson was a Commander in the Virginia Militia,
and Adams served as chairman of the Continental Congress's Board of War (1776-1777), making him the simultaneous equivalent of today's Secretary of Defense and Chairman of Senate Armed Services Committee.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_Presidents_by_military_service
who says you need to let go of something from the top of the elevator? Yeah there's some deltaV loss required to get out of the initial elliptic orbital trajectory, but you don't need massive rockets once you get up there. We're still talking about huge savings!
"Personally, I find it a bit hard to believe that a civilization is smart enough to travel interstellar distances but too stupid to use basic camouflage"
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I certainly trust Soviet trained engineers to launch this thing successfully without air-bursting right after take off, scattering radioactive debris throughout the atmosphere. The Russians have a long, celebrated, history of safety and caution when it comes to their nuclear and aerospace endeavors--together they'll be a winning combination!
(and for those who think I'm being too harsh on the Russians, I wouldn't trust NASA to launch a nuclear powered spacecraft either)
NASA and Russia have already launched "nuclear powered spacecraft", typically using a Radioisotope thermoelectric generator. Its needed if you are gonna send a satellite where the sun don't shine. Take Cassini, or the Voyager probes for instance. The difference as I understand it is they would use the electricity to power a high specific impulse low thrust engine, such as an ion thruster.
We've looked to people's personal letters and diaries in the past to gain incite on how they viewed the events of their days. Even in this modern era of information, how much of this window will be lost to future generations, as people are able to better control access to their personal material? I doubt my email will be as accessible as my great grandfathers letters in a hundred years. Apparently, my facebook page will be gone as well. I'm not saying its a bad thing, I for one value that I can keep personal correspondence private. I just wonder how future generations will view it.
Meant as a joke but it will sadly happen like this. It is incredible that we can have this level of clear investigation into evolution. And it is something that people have innately known since early agriculture (replanting grain using the best seeds, genetic engineering). Yet in the US: 51% of people believe god created man as he is. 30% said god created us and we can evolve 15% say humans evolved with out god. These figures are a terrifying example of humans ability to deny what should be blatantly obvious. If we can do this imagine how many things people must get completely wrong no matter the level of obviousness.
Also, did you know that 90% of statistics are made up on the spot? Of course, the difference between this post and yours is I'm gonna include a source. No offense, but if you are gonna make outlandish claims about the opinions of people in the US, please provide something to back it up.
Take for instance casinos, where there is a ton of loose money and a ton of CCTV. It seems to help prevent crimes in a controlled environment pretty well (Ocean's 11 aside). I suspect that CCTV could be a much more effective crime prevention/detection tool if properly utilized. And, obviously as many others have posted... is it really worth it to accept Big Brother watching your back?
This is a feature. Cracking is yet another thing about the iPhone that Just Works. I believe Steve Jobs would be proud.
I Cracked my iPhone the first time I dropped it, 30 seconds flat. But if you read the fine print, it turns out Apples warranty doesn't cover the screen.
Another alternative that I like is Fossil, which is about as easy as it gets to use, and comes with a wiki and bug tracking built in.
But we can ask ourselves if this little dance has benefited the consumer, and in that regard, I'd have to argue that we have better web browsers, better search tools, better web-email accounts, and yes even better operating systems (more MS vs Apple than MS vs Google... and by better OS, I of course mean Windows 7). So to Microsoft and Google, I say have at it!
The more "harmless" wars start to look, the easier it will be for politicians to convince the public to go to war.
One could argue that the opposite has been seen over the past century, as mobilization of antiwar sentiment happens earlier and earlier over the course of progressively less costly wars (in terms of American casualties). I would argue that the effects of mass media far out-trump an effective military when it comes to gaining popular support.
Many of the competitions were short (90 minutes per round, one round per week), and timed to have rounds on the weekends.
clearly you don't recall past successful genetic experiments as a result of such radioactive waste disposal!
"have you used the Internet lately? Invented at CERN"
I didn't know Al Gore worked at CERN!
now if only we could get this to power a delorean...
"(Yes, I'm sure you're going to point out that Washington had been a general. But move on to Adams, Jefferson and Madison and you'll find no military service in their resumes.)"
actually...
Madison was a Colonel in the Virginia Militia, Jefferson was a Commander in the Virginia Militia, and Adams served as chairman of the Continental Congress's Board of War (1776-1777), making him the simultaneous equivalent of today's Secretary of Defense and Chairman of Senate Armed Services Committee.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_Presidents_by_military_service
who says you need to let go of something from the top of the elevator? Yeah there's some deltaV loss required to get out of the initial elliptic orbital trajectory, but you don't need massive rockets once you get up there. We're still talking about huge savings!
how about what many college classes do... your grade on the final can replace your grade for the class.
There simply isn't that much demand (or foreseeable need for) "sending small unmanned craft to do [unspecified] things"
Seems like there's a pretty good market to me.
UC Berkeley has their archived webcasts also... http://webcast.berkeley.edu/
There's a reason that "rocket science" is used as an idiom to indicate something that's extremely hard, you know.
Whats so hard about rocket science? Pointy end goes up
when I was a little kid, I'd just cut eye holes in my ghost costume. I'd imagine a soldier would do the same.
"Personally, I find it a bit hard to believe that a civilization is smart enough to travel interstellar distances but too stupid to use basic camouflage"
Oh believe me, they are quite good.
Nobody said make couldn't exist before you make make.
You're very clever, young man, very clever, but it's turtles all the way down
Q: What did the postdoc applied mathmatics student say to the first year undergrad?
A: Do you want fries with that?
Yes...I DO want to live for ever. There can be only one...
Human: how does that make you feel?
ALICE: My emotion chip is not yet developed.
http://alice.pandorabots.com/
Extended G-forces during launch might be a good test of how well solder joints, connectors, and other components are made.
;-)
Hmm... sounds like an expensive test plan. How about just testing g-forces in the lab?