You're aware he's been dead for over 30 years, are you? Not only would the credibility of "Chairman Mao says" be quite impacted by this fact, but also I'm afraid the photo on the ad wouldn't look so glamorous. On the other hand you'd be guaranteed he'd make the largest smile he's ever made on a photo.
From the blurb itself, it's five time the size of earth, it's revolving around a cooler sun than earth, and it might not have liquid water or a thick atmosphere. Yeah, that's exactly like earth!
You're missing the point. By Earth-like they mean telluric planet, as in, not a gas giant. That's all. And that matters because until now we haven't found so many of them, most of the planets we've found were gas giants orbiting close to their star. But as time goes by we find ever decreasingly large planets that get closer and closer to the Earth in size.
It's a poorly written and shite article, but the box off to the side says:
One of two newly discovered exoplanets is nearly the size of Earth...
So, assuming they're talking about the same one, it should be roughly 5 times our gravity.
The Earth has a density of about 5.5, so if that planet was 5 times heavier than Earth, it would have a density of 27.5 am I right? Even if it was made of pure gold it couldn't be that dense.
Yeah but people don't live in the desert. A little recognised but important factor of power generation is that transporting electricty hundreds of miles wastes massive proportions of it.
Well, even moreso if you send it from space;-) but I get your point. By the way would you by any chance know how much is lost over a mile? Just wondering, I'd like to know.
-Yes but too much [tobacco] is bad for you.
-Well of course too much is bad for you, that's
what "too much" means you blithering twat. If
you had too much water it would be bad for you,
wouldn't it? "Too much" precisely means that
quantity which is excessive, that's what it means.
Could you ever say "too much water is good for
you"? I mean if it's too much it's too much. Too
much of anything is too much. Obviously. Jesus.
Oh I am lazy too but I didn't have to bother, I just double clicked the links and it opened in new tabs, that's to this Firefox extension (https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/1939)
Yeah, I said I was lazy, that means I'm too lazy to type <a href="https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/1939">this</a>. Oh wait.. crap.
Now that you bring that up it does sound indeed a bit high, and after a quick googling I can't find any information that would allow to confirm or not that claim. I just remember reading a few years ago that the USA had 42% of its territory desert while Africa only had 30-something%
Wow... where to start.. do you realise that if you really were to implement that function using my approach the resulting fucking would weight exabytes, right? lol so, improving the efficiency isn't required here. hehe. It was all a joke you know;-)
With the cost of solar cells and LEDs plummeting, a solar cell roof installation with closed-circuit LEDs might soon become cheaper than a ceiling window.
What do you know! Soon enough it'll all get so efficient that with closed-circuit LEDs shining on solar cells you'll be able to make your own infinite source of energy!!
Oh shit that's a hell of good idea! The first one to the patent office wins!!
You didn't even read the Wikipedia article I linked, did you? If you did you wouldn't claim that "you CANNOT store electricity", either that or you're a moron.
I mean seriously, you could probably get more power on a full moon night with those than with all the solar panels you could put up into space.
Quoting yourself: "Wow OK that's stupid". Google "moon albedo" to start with and then do some math.
What goddamn fucking math, fool?! Do you know how much solar panels you could put in American desert vs. how much in space, the efficiency of the transmission of energy from space, the efficiency of energy transmission on the ground from the middle of the desert, how much the atmosphere impacts the performance of solar panels, and whatever other variable you'd have to take in consideration to make any such maths? No, so STFU, sucker. Besides, that was a fucking hyperbole to begin with, or some shit like that.
Oh, is that so? Then why don't you just invade some more oil-producing countries?
And WTF does it have to do with anything? Other countries don't necessarily have the same concerns, the same resources or the same problems to begin with, so yeah we're better off sticking to the USA cause that's what really matters here anyways. Not like you'll find a one-size fits-all solution for the whole world. As you pointed out Europe for example doesn't have quite the deserted space the USA have, so yeah you realised that while it could be a solution in the US it couldn't be the case for a heap load of other countries. Which closes the discussion about other countries, unless you're going to insist that because it's not a solution for every country it can't be a solution for one.
Yes, right, why read books when you can read Slashdot instead?
"Oh look at me, I read books, I'm such an intellectual. Reading books makes me a better person, good for me!!!1 ^_^". Yeah right, but if you've only read one fucking book about the topic at hand then shut up, cause you can't pretend to have an unbiased and balanced opinion, you can only repeat what you've read with a minor twist.
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I know thanks. I was address the supposition that the planet was the same radius, and therefore the same volume.
Why not just use duct tape on the US and see if that fixes anything.....
There, fixed it for you. There ain't no problem that duct tape can't fix!
A solution to nasty-tasting seawater! Lemonade oceans FTW!
Yum! Salty lemonade, my favourite!
If it's less than 14 Earth masses it's rocky. Simple as that ;-)
What's that compress density you're talking about??
You're aware he's been dead for over 30 years, are you? Not only would the credibility of "Chairman Mao says" be quite impacted by this fact, but also I'm afraid the photo on the ad wouldn't look so glamorous. On the other hand you'd be guaranteed he'd make the largest smile he's ever made on a photo.
WHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOSH!!!!
From the blurb itself, it's five time the size of earth, it's revolving around a cooler sun than earth, and it might not have liquid water or a thick atmosphere. Yeah, that's exactly like earth!
You're missing the point. By Earth-like they mean telluric planet, as in, not a gas giant. That's all. And that matters because until now we haven't found so many of them, most of the planets we've found were gas giants orbiting close to their star. But as time goes by we find ever decreasingly large planets that get closer and closer to the Earth in size.
It's a poorly written and shite article, but the box off to the side says:
One of two newly discovered exoplanets is nearly the size of Earth...
So, assuming they're talking about the same one, it should be roughly 5 times our gravity.
The Earth has a density of about 5.5, so if that planet was 5 times heavier than Earth, it would have a density of 27.5 am I right? Even if it was made of pure gold it couldn't be that dense.
Only 59.1% of users are up-to-date? I guess the submitter is the kind who sees the glass 40.9% empty.
Updating the robots.txt is not a security measure. The web servers should never reveal the MMS without authentication in the first place.
Hey, thanks for ruining the joke, jerk :-(
"42% of the USA's territory is desert"
Yeah but people don't live in the desert. A little recognised but important factor of power generation is that transporting electricty hundreds of miles wastes massive proportions of it.
Well, even moreso if you send it from space ;-) but I get your point. By the way would you by any chance know how much is lost over a mile? Just wondering, I'd like to know.
I feel a great disturbance in the Internet, as if millions of webmasters suddenly cried out in terror and suddenly updated their robots.txt file.
Too much of anything can kill you.
Semi-obligatory :
-Yes but too much [tobacco] is bad for you.
-Well of course too much is bad for you, that's what "too much" means you blithering twat. If you had too much water it would be bad for you, wouldn't it? "Too much" precisely means that quantity which is excessive, that's what it means. Could you ever say "too much water is good for you"? I mean if it's too much it's too much. Too much of anything is too much. Obviously. Jesus.
For the lazy:
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Oh I am lazy too but I didn't have to bother, I just double clicked the links and it opened in new tabs, that's to this Firefox extension (https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/1939)
Yeah, I said I was lazy, that means I'm too lazy to type <a href="https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/1939">this</a>. Oh wait.. crap.
First thing I read was "Hardon Collider"
Muahaha! I can't believe no one made that joke before!
Oh wait..
Now that you bring that up it does sound indeed a bit high, and after a quick googling I can't find any information that would allow to confirm or not that claim. I just remember reading a few years ago that the USA had 42% of its territory desert while Africa only had 30-something%
When do we get the rest? And wtf is (a==1) even supposed to be for?
you see, anyone can be a kernel developer! Hmm... You just gave me an idea for a movie. RedHatatouille.
Haha, quite my original thought, except the awesome pun ;)
I agree wholeheartedly, but I don't believe that's what I was trying to say through my comment hehe.
Wow... where to start.. do you realise that if you really were to implement that function using my approach the resulting fucking would weight exabytes, right? lol so, improving the efficiency isn't required here. hehe. It was all a joke you know ;-)
Yay... too bad a dozen people already beat you to it (both writing more efficient code and missing the joke).
With the cost of solar cells and LEDs plummeting, a solar cell roof installation with closed-circuit LEDs might soon become cheaper than a ceiling window.
What do you know! Soon enough it'll all get so efficient that with closed-circuit LEDs shining on solar cells you'll be able to make your own infinite source of energy!!
Oh shit that's a hell of good idea! The first one to the patent office wins!!
lol.. I.. I'm a bit confused.. you're not really being sarcastic, are you?
You didn't even read the Wikipedia article I linked, did you? If you did you wouldn't claim that "you CANNOT store electricity", either that or you're a moron.
Quoting yourself: "Wow OK that's stupid". Google "moon albedo" to start with and then do some math.
What goddamn fucking math, fool?! Do you know how much solar panels you could put in American desert vs. how much in space, the efficiency of the transmission of energy from space, the efficiency of energy transmission on the ground from the middle of the desert, how much the atmosphere impacts the performance of solar panels, and whatever other variable you'd have to take in consideration to make any such maths? No, so STFU, sucker. Besides, that was a fucking hyperbole to begin with, or some shit like that.
Oh, is that so? Then why don't you just invade some more oil-producing countries?
And WTF does it have to do with anything? Other countries don't necessarily have the same concerns, the same resources or the same problems to begin with, so yeah we're better off sticking to the USA cause that's what really matters here anyways. Not like you'll find a one-size fits-all solution for the whole world. As you pointed out Europe for example doesn't have quite the deserted space the USA have, so yeah you realised that while it could be a solution in the US it couldn't be the case for a heap load of other countries. Which closes the discussion about other countries, unless you're going to insist that because it's not a solution for every country it can't be a solution for one.
Yes, right, why read books when you can read Slashdot instead?
"Oh look at me, I read books, I'm such an intellectual. Reading books makes me a better person, good for me!!!1 ^_^". Yeah right, but if you've only read one fucking book about the topic at hand then shut up, cause you can't pretend to have an unbiased and balanced opinion, you can only repeat what you've read with a minor twist.