Built around 1970, my parents' house has shingles nailed onto longerons, like a sort of lath. From inside the attic you can see the underside of the shingles. Raccoons easily can get in by tearing a hole through the shingles.
I agree with the unlocked fire safe advice. My small, $600, 300 lb. theft/fire safe was pried off the floor bolt and removed in about 30 minutes. In addition to 2 jewelry boxes, it contained lots of "fire" stuff like documents and keys. If the thieves had opened the safe they would have left half the stuff behind.
The IADC and its member space agencies (which I think includes the work of Drs. Lewis and Krag) are all studying the effects these large constellations will have on the space debris environment. Here's the IADC statement from last year. The ESA conference this week and IADC next week are starting to show the results.
One issue is that the existing debris-reduction standards allow a certain small probability of payload/mission failure per payload. When a single "mission" launches hundreds or thousands of (possibly identical) payloads, even those small failure rates practically guarantee an increase in failed and abandoned satellites.
The new work will help determine if the regulations should be applied per-satellite (no change), per-constellation (expensive), or something else.
They can survive, but don't thrive in extreme environments. From what I've read they're pretty much dormant until the environment returns to something they can handle. Also, wikipedia says they "feed on plant cells, algae, and small invertebrates". The seeded bacteria, which survive on heat/light and chemicals, might eventually provide an environment for waterbears.
It's the long list of co-authors who get abbreviated mention, who may or may not have written but probably worked on the project and proof-read the paper. If not feline, then I agree it's odd there aren't first-name initials, too. It was "Sylvester" that clued you in, right?
Agreed. Inertial dampers and gravity generators make stories easier, so even a little bit of physics shows the writers are trying harder. The fictional Starfury of Babylon 5 probably addresses the force and acceleration issues. I think the ideas of modern aerial combat (e.g., drones, missiles) have passed by the N-Dimensional Fighter of the early 1990's, but it's a neat idea.
Clever wordplay? When I saw "Uber" I thought the word "gig" referred to a small, horse-drawn carriage. (After looking it up, I see that gig can also be "a light, fast, narrow boat adapted for rowing or sailing".) Then I thought maybe she meant it's harmful, so maybe she meant the pronged-thing-on-a-handle, also known as a frog-sticker. Finally reading the comments, I realized "gig" meant an un-contracted, one-off performance.
Yes, there needs to be a separation of climate-change-deniers from climate-change-root-cause-skeptics. (Does this distinction exist?) The latter group can still work on answers to the question, "Now what do we do?"
I've even heard it more-broadly stated that there are NO long-term stable lunar orbits. It's an issue for orbital debris: since (1) objects don't burn up on entry, and (2) an uncontrolled orbit is impossible to predict in the long term, therefor all lunar orbiters should be removed rather than abandoned and lunar deorbits should be targeted rather than random.
My church just handed out (free!) 2013 calendars to parishoners. I was starting to worry about that Dec. 31st thing, but now I know we're good for another 12 months.
Besides, who with any business sense publishes a calendar that lasts 5000 years, and distributes it carved in stone?
I've heard that, in addition to smoke removal, fresh air (or water) lowers a room's temperature and can prevent flash-over. There must be an optimal solution among the inputs -- people get degrees in this stuff.
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Built around 1970, my parents' house has shingles nailed onto longerons, like a sort of lath. From inside the attic you can see the underside of the shingles. Raccoons easily can get in by tearing a hole through the shingles.
Tastes like success!
Rather than helicopter, the natural way to deliver Hyperloop tube sections is via airship .
I agree with the unlocked fire safe advice. My small, $600, 300 lb. theft/fire safe was pried off the floor bolt and removed in about 30 minutes. In addition to 2 jewelry boxes, it contained lots of "fire" stuff like documents and keys. If the thieves had opened the safe they would have left half the stuff behind.
Madison Priest's "magic box" fits the description.
The 1DS still has length: _
The 1DS XL has more: __
The IADC and its member space agencies (which I think includes the work of Drs. Lewis and Krag) are all studying the effects these large constellations will have on the space debris environment. Here's the IADC statement from last year. The ESA conference this week and IADC next week are starting to show the results.
One issue is that the existing debris-reduction standards allow a certain small probability of payload/mission failure per payload. When a single "mission" launches hundreds or thousands of (possibly identical) payloads, even those small failure rates practically guarantee an increase in failed and abandoned satellites.
The new work will help determine if the regulations should be applied per-satellite (no change), per-constellation (expensive), or something else.
They can survive, but don't thrive in extreme environments. From what I've read they're pretty much dormant until the environment returns to something they can handle. Also, wikipedia says they "feed on plant cells, algae, and small invertebrates". The seeded bacteria, which survive on heat/light and chemicals, might eventually provide an environment for waterbears.
It's the long list of co-authors who get abbreviated mention, who may or may not have written but probably worked on the project and proof-read the paper. If not feline, then I agree it's odd there aren't first-name initials, too. It was "Sylvester" that clued you in, right?
Agreed. Inertial dampers and gravity generators make stories easier, so even a little bit of physics shows the writers are trying harder. The fictional Starfury of Babylon 5 probably addresses the force and acceleration issues. I think the ideas of modern aerial combat (e.g., drones, missiles) have passed by the N-Dimensional Fighter of the early 1990's, but it's a neat idea.
Clever wordplay? When I saw "Uber" I thought the word "gig" referred to a small, horse-drawn carriage. (After looking it up, I see that gig can also be "a light, fast, narrow boat adapted for rowing or sailing".) Then I thought maybe she meant it's harmful, so maybe she meant the pronged-thing-on-a-handle, also known as a frog-sticker. Finally reading the comments, I realized "gig" meant an un-contracted, one-off performance.
Yes, there needs to be a separation of climate-change-deniers from climate-change-root-cause-skeptics. (Does this distinction exist?) The latter group can still work on answers to the question, "Now what do we do?"
So it's like sitting on the porch in Houston during the summer (i.e., May-Sept.).
Over the years, I've looked long and hard at Lego kits and parts. I've never found any that fit in a zero budget (thus my limited collection).
This is my experience with the store near me in south Houston. They didn't have anything that wasn't available in the Target store next door.
I don't know Montana, but that Texas tollway described in the original post has feral hogs.
The way you describe it, the result sounds like "I have no mouth, and I must scream" (the story; I don't know the game).
"You take both pills, you'll wake up in bed, and I'll show you how deep the rabbit hole really goes..."
Enough of what NOT to do... Remember the Alamo! Remember Goliad!
an echo chamber here.
If Disney opened up a Death Star, I expect we'd all have to spend at least 2 years there.
I've even heard it more-broadly stated that there are NO long-term stable lunar orbits. It's an issue for orbital debris: since (1) objects don't burn up on entry, and (2) an uncontrolled orbit is impossible to predict in the long term, therefor all lunar orbiters should be removed rather than abandoned and lunar deorbits should be targeted rather than random.
My church just handed out (free!) 2013 calendars to parishoners. I was starting to worry about that Dec. 31st thing, but now I know we're good for another 12 months.
Besides, who with any business sense publishes a calendar that lasts 5000 years, and distributes it carved in stone?
I would add the old "Antenna data reference manual" and a somewhat newer book by the same author, Joseph Carr, Practical Antenna Handbook.
I've heard that, in addition to smoke removal, fresh air (or water) lowers a room's temperature and can prevent flash-over. There must be an optimal solution among the inputs -- people get degrees in this stuff.