Hey, thanks for the math! I forgot to add one more wrinkle. Supplying enough gas to adequately fill the bottle to 20-30 km and then ionizing it! Oh ya, and protecting yourself from the plasma -- so I guess you'd need a torus-shaped magnetic field.
From the TFA: ...need to generate a magnetic field and then fill it with ionised gas called plasma... "You don't need much of a magnetic field to hold off the solar wind. You could produce the shield 20-30 kilometres away from the spacecraft,"...
Hmm, what would be the energy requirements to create a "magnet bottle" to a distance of 20-30 kilometers? They got the idea for the shield from fusion reactor tech, but I'm guessing one would need a Warp Core to power this thing... Oh ya, and not have every piece of metal in the ship pinned against a wall:-)
The answer is simple: the powers that be do NOT want the masses to understand the true nature of the universe because if we did understand it, limitation and impossibility wouldn't exist.
Actually, if we were to ever understand the true nature of the universe it would immediately disappear and be replaced by something even more bizarre. Some people say that this has already happened...
(Thank you Douglas Adams.)
Now, once the method for FTLT becomes apparent, why would each of those ideas merit a patent? And yet they seem to, under the current system.
I agree with you, but was just pointing out a flaw in the logic that: if there's exactly one way to accomplish something, the solution is clear and obvious.
In some cases, the solution becomes obvious after discovery - a kind of DOH! moment, but it still wasn't discovered any sooner. A person should get some reward for seeing what no one else could.
Other times, the solution becomes obvious after the knowledge front has moved along (like powered flight).
It's possible that things would be better if more of us had monkeys in our pants...:-)
if you want to perform some task, and there is exactly one way to accomplish that task, that the solution is clear and obvious
Let's imagine that someday, someone discovers a way to achieve faster-than-light travel. I would argue that it probably won't be clear and obvious -- otherwise we'd have discovered it already.
Given time and further discovery, it may become clear and obvious, but not at first...
The Architecture for those beasts was WAY ahead of its time.
Well... We did manage to crash our Cray II by taking a flash photograph.
Apparently, the system had a fluid sensor to shutdown the box if the Fluorinert level dropped. The sensor worked by tracking the light level -- fluid dropped, more light received -- you see where I'm going with this. They repositioned the sensor so it wasn't pointing at the plexiglass facing the observation window.
I tried to run a "whois 'Paul Ohm'" like they did in the movie "The Net", but it didn't give me picture of his employee ID badge. What gives? Perhaps if I hit the Esc key a few times, I can hack into his computer and get it...
I can't imagine where people get all these ideas about "super hackers" and the like. Now where are my VR goggles? I need to hack a Cray using this pay phone down the street...
Fidel got it right on this one, in order to protect the few (and rich) local corn farmers (not to mention the oil barons), U.S. impedes cheap sugar...
Actually, I believe the tariff on imported sugar cane is to protect the (approx) 600 U.S. cane farmers. This lead to the use of (cheaper) domestic high-fructose corn syrup, yada, yada, yada. Stupid, yes, but that's special interests for you...
Anybody who's an English major presumably wants to be one because they enjoy writing (due to the "do you want fries with that?" job prospects).
Actually, my wife had a BA and MA in English. A degree in your field was required (and an advanced degree encouraged) to be a high-school teacher in the state of New York (where she grew up). Such is not the case on other states (like Virginia) which only require an Education degree, with coursework in your intended field, though this is now changing.
Susan eventually taught every grade level from 5th through college. One high school here offered dual enrollment with a community college, but required the teacher to have a Masters in English. Only two people in the school qualified to teach it, my wife and the principal.
She ended up teaching Gifted students here in Virginia Beach (5-15 to a class) and her salary was about 70k.
You are correct Sir! I had thought of Rogue, but someone had already posted it. I initially played Rogue, but switched to Hack as it was more challenging. Don't get me wrong, it was easy enough to get killed in battle in either game, but I felt that Hack was really trying to put its foot in my ass.
For example, if you didn't eat in Rogue, you'd faint, wake in a number of turns, stumble and faint - repeat. Eventually, though, you could find food and play on. In Hack, no food and you die -- plus you had to deal with your hungry dog (or cat) the next time you played.
In fact, I still have and play a copy of NetHaxk on my home PC.
"NetHack is widely considered one of the hardest games of all time, due to its intentional lack of a facility to reload a saved game after making a mistake." -- NetHack
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Those British scientists are wacky.
Hmm, what would be the energy requirements to create a "magnet bottle" to a distance of 20-30 kilometers? They got the idea for the shield from fusion reactor tech, but I'm guessing one would need a Warp Core to power this thing... Oh ya, and not have every piece of metal in the ship pinned against a wall :-)
Actually, if we were to ever understand the true nature of the universe it would immediately disappear and be replaced by something even more bizarre. Some people say that this has already happened...
(Thank you Douglas Adams.)
Which, if expressed in the population, would decimate /.
I agree with you, but was just pointing out a flaw in the logic that: if there's exactly one way to accomplish something, the solution is clear and obvious.
In some cases, the solution becomes obvious after discovery - a kind of DOH! moment, but it still wasn't discovered any sooner. A person should get some reward for seeing what no one else could.
Other times, the solution becomes obvious after the knowledge front has moved along (like powered flight).
It's possible that things would be better if more of us had monkeys in our pants... :-)
Let's imagine that someday, someone discovers a way to achieve faster-than-light travel. I would argue that it probably won't be clear and obvious -- otherwise we'd have discovered it already.
Given time and further discovery, it may become clear and obvious, but not at first...
Wow a whole $200k over two years; they must really be serious!
Nothing is everything to everyone.
If Print Screen is disabled, how will the RIAA gather evidence?
Well... We did manage to crash our Cray II by taking a flash photograph.
Apparently, the system had a fluid sensor to shutdown the box if the Fluorinert level dropped. The sensor worked by tracking the light level -- fluid dropped, more light received -- you see where I'm going with this. They repositioned the sensor so it wasn't pointing at the plexiglass facing the observation window.
Ahh, those were the days.
I can't imagine where people get all these ideas about "super hackers" and the like. Now where are my VR goggles? I need to hack a Cray using this pay phone down the street...
The fluid was Fluorinert and it was pretty expensive when I admin'ed the Cray II at NASA Langley back in 1988.
I'm sorry, but this is /. and we only allow automotive analogies here. Please rephrase.
Now, I'm confused. If the survey is correct, for whom was GEICO's site Intelligently Designed?
So, CAT-5e is out?
Actually, I believe the tariff on imported sugar cane is to protect the (approx) 600 U.S. cane farmers. This lead to the use of (cheaper) domestic high-fructose corn syrup, yada, yada, yada. Stupid, yes, but that's special interests for you...
Actually, my wife had a BA and MA in English. A degree in your field was required (and an advanced degree encouraged) to be a high-school teacher in the state of New York (where she grew up). Such is not the case on other states (like Virginia) which only require an Education degree, with coursework in your intended field, though this is now changing.
Susan eventually taught every grade level from 5th through college. One high school here offered dual enrollment with a community college, but required the teacher to have a Masters in English. Only two people in the school qualified to teach it, my wife and the principal.
She ended up teaching Gifted students here in Virginia Beach (5-15 to a class) and her salary was about 70k.
The battery might be a bit bukly on your cornea. I'll waiting for mirrored contacts...
This explains Sponge Bob (and the effects of TV in general).
For all other geeks, there's OpenBSD :-)
[Sorry, couldn't resist!]
These are just tool marks left by the builders on Magrathea. Nothing to see here; please move along...
...until someone posts these new NBC videos over on YouTube.... I hear NBC will call their site NoobTube.
Apparently the new Google Video service (YouTube) motto, "See no Evil" hasn't caught on yet... :-)
Now if they can mount freakin' LASERs on them as well...
For example, if you didn't eat in Rogue, you'd faint, wake in a number of turns, stumble and faint - repeat. Eventually, though, you could find food and play on. In Hack, no food and you die -- plus you had to deal with your hungry dog (or cat) the next time you played.
In fact, I still have and play a copy of NetHaxk on my home PC.
"NetHack is widely considered one of the hardest games of all time, due to its intentional lack of a facility to reload a saved game after making a mistake." -- NetHack