This may be true for the Thruway, but is not the case for NYC. Revenue generated from tolls on NYC bridges (at least the ones owned by the Triborough Bridge and Tunnel Authority, a division of the MTA) is used to fund a significant portion of the operating costs of public transit. Without tolls from, for example, the Verrazano Narrows Bridge, the subway fare would be much higher than $2.50.
Voting went fine, but they ran out of "I voted!" stickers! How could this happen?? How else can I vent my smug satisfaction at having exercised my same-freedom-everyone-else-also-has?
Here in NYC they don't even bother offering "I voted!" stickers. The smug satisfaction is just presumed on everyone's part.
Madman is about Turing and Godel's lives (and the parallels between them) during the time of their most profound work, with a decent discussion of the philosophy and logic behind their discoveries. Dreams is a fun romp through Einstein's imagination as he toys with various theories of time while daydreaming at his job in the patent office.
Daily Kos is not a "news outlet". It's a partisan blog.
Well it started out that way, but clearly it has risen in stature to the point where it can now be compared to FoxNews in terms of reliability and integrity!
Sci-fi author Alistair Reynolds explored the concept of emergency euthanasia as a medical procedure in his novel "Pushing Ice". For deep space missions, casualties beyond the facilities of the ship to manage would be suffused with H2S to displace the oxygen before it could start damaging tissues.
Granted; in the story there was unspecified nano-based medicine to facilitate the revival, but the basic idea is there.
850,000lbf (lbf = pounds force) is a relatively small load. It is easy to forget exactly how strong steel is in tension: using standard 50ksi steel (typical structural steel), only about 18 sq-in would be required to hold the rocket down (albeit with no factor of safety).
For comparison, the main cables in the George Washington suspension bridge in New York each carry ~260,000,000lbf, and are designed to resist almost 3 times that load. While the amount of thrust developed by the Falcon 9 is seriously impressive for a lift vehicle, it is trivial from a ground-based engineering standpoint.
There is a reason structural engineers work in kips not pounds (1 kip = 1000lb), and yes IAASE.
Scarily, copper is not the only metal being blatantly stolen these days.
I have been involved in several infrastructure projects in/around NYC, and we have had to deal with warning signs, barricades, metal siding, and cast iron fences walking off.
It has become standard to include in project specifications that all metal elements be "Secured against theft" as part of the design.
Still, development of products like this should certainly help accelerate the widespread acceptance/affordability of technological integration in the classroom.
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This may be true for the Thruway, but is not the case for NYC. Revenue generated from tolls on NYC bridges (at least the ones owned by the Triborough Bridge and Tunnel Authority, a division of the MTA) is used to fund a significant portion of the operating costs of public transit. Without tolls from, for example, the Verrazano Narrows Bridge, the subway fare would be much higher than $2.50.
Voting went fine, but they ran out of "I voted!" stickers! How could this happen?? How else can I vent my smug satisfaction at having exercised my same-freedom-everyone-else-also-has?
Here in NYC they don't even bother offering "I voted!" stickers. The smug satisfaction is just presumed on everyone's part.
I highly recommend both A Madman Dreams of Turing Machines by Janna Levin, and Einstein's Dreams by Alan Lightman.
Madman is about Turing and Godel's lives (and the parallels between them) during the time of their most profound work, with a decent discussion of the philosophy and logic behind their discoveries. Dreams is a fun romp through Einstein's imagination as he toys with various theories of time while daydreaming at his job in the patent office.
Both are excellent reads and a great deal of fun.
Daily Kos is not a "news outlet". It's a partisan blog.
Well it started out that way, but clearly it has risen in stature to the point where it can now be compared to FoxNews in terms of reliability and integrity!
risen, or sunk...?
Karma wasn't a big enough goal already?
Clearly, the /. crowd is far more concerned with rewards in this mere physical plane
Sci-fi author Alistair Reynolds explored the concept of emergency euthanasia as a medical procedure in his novel "Pushing Ice". For deep space missions, casualties beyond the facilities of the ship to manage would be suffused with H2S to displace the oxygen before it could start damaging tissues.
Granted; in the story there was unspecified nano-based medicine to facilitate the revival, but the basic idea is there.
850,000lbf (lbf = pounds force) is a relatively small load. It is easy to forget exactly how strong steel is in tension: using standard 50ksi steel (typical structural steel), only about 18 sq-in would be required to hold the rocket down (albeit with no factor of safety).
For comparison, the main cables in the George Washington suspension bridge in New York each carry ~260,000,000lbf, and are designed to resist almost 3 times that load. While the amount of thrust developed by the Falcon 9 is seriously impressive for a lift vehicle, it is trivial from a ground-based engineering standpoint.
There is a reason structural engineers work in kips not pounds (1 kip = 1000lb), and yes IAASE.
1) Introduce entire copyrighted catalog of RIAA as material evidence
2) Request public records of proceedings
3) ????
4) Profit!
sheer elegance in its simplicity!
Scarily, copper is not the only metal being blatantly stolen these days. I have been involved in several infrastructure projects in/around NYC, and we have had to deal with warning signs, barricades, metal siding, and cast iron fences walking off. It has become standard to include in project specifications that all metal elements be "Secured against theft" as part of the design.
I think it is...
if ever there was need for +1 Disturbing, this is it...
i believe you meant
"1", "2", "3", "4"... "5"
Interactive whiteboards are actually not all that uncommon these days.
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Still, development of products like this should certainly help accelerate the widespread acceptance/affordability of technological integration in the classroom.