The only reason this ridiculous gravity pull method is even considered is that the asteroid may actually be a loose pile of rocks or snow/dust, not holding together strong enough to be pulled directly by pushing/pulling in one spot.
Actually I see one problem with this method, the mass ejected from the station keeping thrusters would hit the asteroid and cancel the effect of the gravity pull.
It's like getting into a basket and trying to lift yourselves up.
They would have to fire multiple thrusters at an angle away from asteroid lowering the effectiveness of it all which is unfortunate because this is what translates into actual orbit change of the asteroid. It may be harder than it looks to stay very close to a big asteroid and keep position in a way that does not affect the asteroid.
For gravity effect you need to be as close as possible, while it becomes harder and harder not to hit the asteroid with your thruster plumes.
Maybe put the engines on a long cable so that they are far enough to fire at a smaller angle and let the heavy part of the spaceship hang towards the asteroid?
But, how would the "good guys" log all your traffic in case they need some dirt on you ten yars later?
That is the problem with all commercial security, they want it to be secure and insecure at the same time...
Just selling digital copies is not a viable way of making money.
Value of a digital copy for everyone else equals to value of work you put into making it, which is ZERO.
Even if you factor in the cost of making the initial original, because you can make infinite copies, it is still ZERO.
How many sane people would pay for something they know cost you nothing?
Pay you over and over again for the same work you did?
When they know they could make the copy themselves for zero cost?
It is like you picking a rock and trying to sell it to someone who saw you do it for a ridiculously high price, with plenty of other rocks lying around.
Making laws so that only you can do it to make this fly is not fair.
Why should you be allowed to make money for free while everyone else has to work?
Forget about selling digital copies as a way to make money.
Sell licenses. Sell tickets. Just dont sell copies please. Stop already. Stahp!
Public has entered the enlightened stage of not taking _anything_ from Microsoft - open or not.
Common sense now says there is or will be a catch to it and anyone who takes it will regret it.
That is what happens when people get burned repeatedly. They learn. Astroturf this away if you can:)
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LOL ever heard of cross compilers?
Man, have you seen what coffee does in large doses? Or freaking water?
Then some idiot brings a USB key he found on the parking lot :)
Because metric makes more sense, the units are systematically built from each other so they require no magic coefficients in calculations.
Maybe Parrot will start taking the the runaway problems more seriously if that's the case.
That's not a bug, that's a feature. Now go and buy a new one!
The only reason this ridiculous gravity pull method is even considered is that the asteroid may actually be a loose pile of rocks or snow/dust, not holding together strong enough to be pulled directly by pushing/pulling in one spot. Actually I see one problem with this method, the mass ejected from the station keeping thrusters would hit the asteroid and cancel the effect of the gravity pull. It's like getting into a basket and trying to lift yourselves up. They would have to fire multiple thrusters at an angle away from asteroid lowering the effectiveness of it all which is unfortunate because this is what translates into actual orbit change of the asteroid. It may be harder than it looks to stay very close to a big asteroid and keep position in a way that does not affect the asteroid. For gravity effect you need to be as close as possible, while it becomes harder and harder not to hit the asteroid with your thruster plumes. Maybe put the engines on a long cable so that they are far enough to fire at a smaller angle and let the heavy part of the spaceship hang towards the asteroid?
But, how would the "good guys" log all your traffic in case they need some dirt on you ten yars later? That is the problem with all commercial security, they want it to be secure and insecure at the same time...
Probably extreme high frequency narrow beam to satellite.
Windows 8 Banana. Comes with free gorilla arm.
They can't have it both ways.
Oh but they can! They always pick what is best for them, arbitrarily.
Want to make a backup copy of your DVD? It's a license, you can't.
You scratched your DVD? It's an item, you have to buy a new one for a full price!
Value of a digital copy for everyone else equals to value of work you put into making it, which is ZERO.
Even if you factor in the cost of making the initial original, because you can make infinite copies, it is still ZERO.
How many sane people would pay for something they know cost you nothing? Pay you over and over again for the same work you did?
When they know they could make the copy themselves for zero cost?
It is like you picking a rock and trying to sell it to someone who saw you do it for a ridiculously high price, with plenty of other rocks lying around.
Making laws so that only you can do it to make this fly is not fair. Why should you be allowed to make money for free while everyone else has to work?
Forget about selling digital copies as a way to make money. Sell licenses. Sell tickets. Just dont sell copies please. Stop already. Stahp!
It's just a DRM scheme to stop pirates from stealing the intellectual property in the modified genome...
Yes I am paranoid, but: The only reason they would not want you to look whats really inside would be that you would not like what you find in there.
Dump the TV already. I did.
That only works if you are winning hands down. Once the war comes to homeland, it stops being such fun and profitable experience you all think it is.
Are they trying to shoot down the drone so that they can eat it?
It's obvious where this is heading... mandatory implants and constant surveillance for everyone
If you are familiar with the Apache 2.0 license you would know it doesn't matter.
I think I can see what the business plan is:
Ummm let me guess.. PATENTS? Preferably some held by a puppet empty shell company like Nokia, not Microsoft directly?
Public has entered the enlightened stage of not taking _anything_ from Microsoft - open or not. Common sense now says there is or will be a catch to it and anyone who takes it will regret it. That is what happens when people get burned repeatedly. They learn. Astroturf this away if you can :)
Iranian plutonium for North korean nukes? Yay!
IEEE is pretty ridiculous with their choping of the standards into multiple parts that each costs as the whole former standard!
You don't need a database to detect gypsy here, you can tell by the sudden lack of your wallet :)
You can still put it on a flat panel of glass.
Having a single key sure simplifies the NSA backdoor management though. Taxpayers are saving money here!