the speed couldn't be varied because there's a counterbalance coming back at you at the same speed. otherwise the math doesn't work and it all falls down.
while one goes up, the other comes down. you don't want the final possible speed of the ascent elevator to come down on the earth at you.
you can't test for the existence of God. therefore Science shouldn't waste it's time on it.
to think that there's people out there who think Science's sole purpose is to discredit religion is ridiculous. it's like saying that the sole purpose of cars is to make horses extinct.
RTFA. it was funded entirely by the university (this was a deliberate attempt to avoid politics, it seems), however it received some non financial support from an environmental group. they stressed that that group had no editorial control.
the air you breathe has thousands of chemicals in it. the word "chemical" doesn't necessarily mean "bad".
look at the list of compounds in common foods and be horrified.
that said, like nuclear power, i support the concept, but i have little faith that it'll ever be done properly so long as there's money involved.
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geothermal works for new zealand, and the islands are certainly similar in a lot of ways.
however, there's a bit of a population and industry gap there. and not even new zealand's very small population is entirely geothermal.
most that i've asked have all said bang for buck, get a honda or a toyota.
exactly, we just need genes that encode for a cock-n-balls, and genes that allow us to open stuck jars and reach high objects.
yes - they're good at breeding, which is all that's required for a survival advantage over people that suck at breeding.
well played, sir.
whoever modded this down is a nincompoop.
wow, turning it into GOP v Democrats, are we?
it really can be worked into any discussion, can't it?
don't forget "green" corn ethanol...
yes, but their collective situation and yet their continuing commitment to science makes this even more telling for the Americans, no?
"hmm... i wonder if i could somehow 'engineer' this plant to be resistant to my company's herbicide?"
"you're mad"
the speed couldn't be varied because there's a counterbalance coming back at you at the same speed. otherwise the math doesn't work and it all falls down.
while one goes up, the other comes down. you don't want the final possible speed of the ascent elevator to come down on the earth at you.
i call shotgun on the exit row seats!
i think at those altitudes the rockets will be using hydrazine or similar... i'm not too sure where the 2nd and 3rd stages kick in though.
10 gigs of RAM? maybe that was insane in 1999...
bah. why do i bother?
it's folly to say there's _definitely_ no God, in the same way it's folly to say you're 100% sure there's no monster under my bed.
but 9 times out of 10 it's just the frigging dog.
Strawman fail.
making a claim is not the same as making no claim. this is faulty reasoning.
oops, phrasing error. hope the point gets through my over caffeinated post.
everything that can be tested. that's the point.
you can't test for the existence of God. therefore Science shouldn't waste it's time on it.
to think that there's people out there who think Science's sole purpose is to discredit religion is ridiculous. it's like saying that the sole purpose of cars is to make horses extinct.
there's also plenty of "virtual costs" that can be written off as losses for tax purposes.
it's very hard to know what a company earns from what it publishes.
you mad?
watch we don't send you INTO THE SUN!! HAAHA!
RTFA. it was funded entirely by the university (this was a deliberate attempt to avoid politics, it seems), however it received some non financial support from an environmental group. they stressed that that group had no editorial control.
the air you breathe has thousands of chemicals in it. the word "chemical" doesn't necessarily mean "bad".
look at the list of compounds in common foods and be horrified.
that said, like nuclear power, i support the concept, but i have little faith that it'll ever be done properly so long as there's money involved.
money, like power, corrupts.
this is actually not that bad an idea for someone with less scruples than me... Anonymous? you listening to this?
i can imagine some /b/tard hacking scientology and posting CP...
i think the 256 might actually be analogous to spectral bins - we hear in FFT land, IIRC.
with 256 bins they could run something like shazam, then charge for some poor bugger who's had "octopuses garden" stuck in their head for a week.
dude, you're meant to be doing man things, like reaching high objects, changing tyres, and opening stuck jar lids.
does this imply that you'd prefer to run your PS3 than eat?