Note that one implication here is that Martian soil will burn even under Martian conditions if you heat it properly - it has its own oxygen supply.
Martian bonfires anyone ?
The soil itself won't catch fire. There just happens to be just enough perchlorate to combust the tiny amounts of organics at the right temperature. Heat the soil, it gives off a few wisps of smoke, maybe a sparkle or two. Not nearly enough to start a self-sustaining fire.
What bugged me, is that Cloverfish attacked the Polarilla, tossed the Polarilla aside, and then went after the scrawny human frantically . . . why not just eat the Polarilla?
I suspect the popular vote result and widespread ignorance of how the electoral college works is what inflamed the majority of the wild-eyed Bush haters from the start.
I mean, it's not like he won 25 electoral votes by a margin of 537 votes out of 6 million in a state with rampant reports of election fraud.
Bush's motorcade was pelted with snowballs on the way to his inauguration while Obama got a party. With the except of a couple of months after 9-11, Bush was pretty much relentlessly attacked by the media, Hollywood elites and blogosphere for all eight years.
Bush won by a razor thin margin, ultimately lost the popular vote and there was wide suspicion of election fraud. Obama won by a landslide. So the difference in inaugurations might have something to do with more people simply liking Obama better.
You'll find all manner of unpleasant things compared to Obama as well as cute backronyms of his name and the cold creeping realization that some people actually believe the batshit crazy things they are saying.
The goal of any military is to accomplish its missions with minimal collateral damage. At the very least, it's important to know the extent of damages that are being caused and if the cost is worth the benefit. Killing local marine wildlife every time they do a sub-hunting excercise might be cause to change their procedures a bit.
and the lifespan of human existence is easily less than 10,000 years
We've got 10-20k years of some semblance of history, but anatomically modern humans have been around for 200,000 years or so. Unless you're referring to the Earth being 5,000 or so years old (astronomical, biological, geological, etc evidence to the contrary be dammed).
They left the colonies with around 50,000 people. By the time they reach Earth Mk 2, there's around 30,000 remaining alive. So let's say half the original colonials survived since a portion of the remaining population were born after the holocaust. 5 years. A healthy person can survive a couple months without food. Knowing how to farm won't help here, because plants don't grow instantly. So they must survive on provisions, foraging and fishing and hunting.
^and that's with the plastic outer casing. MicroSD cards could be made even smaller if there was a good reason to do so. As if it wasn't difficult enough to handle them. Especially when you're as clumsy and fat-fingered as I am.
It still comes with the territory. And while skill is the actual most important trait to want in a Doctor, bedside manner and plain old customer service is critically important as well. And it's not just the experience with the doctor that influences whether a patient is happy with the care they're receiving. People seldom go to doctor's whe they're feeling great, so they're already in a bad mood. Appointment process, waiting room, nurses, INSURANCE & BILLING all play big factors.
Besides, any Doctor that even attempts to prohibit his or her patients from reviewing him/her sounds shady on principle and I wouldn't trust my health care to them.
^Ah yes. Nothing is hindering our economy more than pesky things like schools, road and bridge maintenance, national defence, and police & fire protection. Shut it all down! That's the ticket!
There is no difference (as far as I can tell) between the Dev1 and a rooted G1. The firmwares are interchangeable. There's also no evidence Google is even deliberately keeping Dev1 users out. They just haven't released an updated Market App for the Dev1 yet. Even if they did, it would be stupid since it's pretty trivial to put on the rooted retail firmware.
Whether it's aps or apricots, some people will steal. That's life. Some security measures are reasonable "to keep honest people honest" so long as they don't piss off the customers who actually wanted to pay them.
It'll work in any country with a GSM network, however the 3g radio only works at T-mobile US's frequencies. Not sure about the UK version of the G1 tho.
Then they encountered a signal they didn't recognize and couldn't understand, and got all excited like kids in a candy store. Someone suggested that it was probably something being worked on at Rockwell itself, and so they pulled out a directional antenna, left our office, and started running through the halls trying to track it down.
Your story conjures a mental image for me of a group of very serious-looking MIB types huddled in front of an oscilliscope, suddenly grinning big and pulling out a gun-with-a-dish and running around the facility giggling.
They lie. The GE CFL's a bought a couple months back claimed to be "instant on." There's about a 1 second delay between flipping the switch and getting light, and they flicker a bit and take a few minutes to get to full stable brightness. I just bought some from Home Depot and will try those tonight.
Ikea's self-branded CFLs are pretty good. Those are truly instant on.
"Developing" != "war torn and starving." There are lots of impoverished areas that have food and clean water, just insufficient education. That's where this laptop was aimed at.
Then why did you get the coupons? Those could have gone to someone who really needed them and cut down on the shortage. Maybe you should give them to Moryath.
Maybe he wants a broadcast-capable TV available should the cable go out. I got one for just that purpose. I'm in hurricane territory, so I might be without power and cable for a prolonged period of time. It would be nice to be able to break out the generator and tuner box and watch some TV to kill some of the boredom.
Additionally, if he still has the coupons but ultimately elects not to use them, they'll expire and the money will be given to someone else waiting for a coupon.
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The soil itself won't catch fire. There just happens to be just enough perchlorate to combust the tiny amounts of organics at the right temperature. Heat the soil, it gives off a few wisps of smoke, maybe a sparkle or two. Not nearly enough to start a self-sustaining fire.
What bugged me, is that Cloverfish attacked the Polarilla, tossed the Polarilla aside, and then went after the scrawny human frantically . . . why not just eat the Polarilla?
I think "Republican" would be a better modern day soviet analog.
I mean, it's not like he won 25 electoral votes by a margin of 537 votes out of 6 million in a state with rampant reports of election fraud.
Bush won by a razor thin margin, ultimately lost the popular vote and there was wide suspicion of election fraud. Obama won by a landslide. So the difference in inaugurations might have something to do with more people simply liking Obama better.
I can't stomach the idiocy, but feel free to dig around Free Republic, WorldNet Daily, Powerline, Patriot Room, etc.
You'll find all manner of unpleasant things compared to Obama as well as cute backronyms of his name and the cold creeping realization that some people actually believe the batshit crazy things they are saying.
The sun is very "spinny" and "swirly." And spots last long enough to come into view eventually.
The goal of any military is to accomplish its missions with minimal collateral damage. At the very least, it's important to know the extent of damages that are being caused and if the cost is worth the benefit. Killing local marine wildlife every time they do a sub-hunting excercise might be cause to change their procedures a bit.
I'd put one in my house and the other one in my office. Instant commute!
Of course, I'd *really* like to have more than one set of linked portals. Then I could set up a work-home-bar arrangement . . .
What's the difference between a borked install in a VM vs a borked install on bare metal? You can reimage either.
We've got 10-20k years of some semblance of history, but anatomically modern humans have been around for 200,000 years or so. Unless you're referring to the Earth being 5,000 or so years old (astronomical, biological, geological, etc evidence to the contrary be dammed).
They left the colonies with around 50,000 people. By the time they reach Earth Mk 2, there's around 30,000 remaining alive. So let's say half the original colonials survived since a portion of the remaining population were born after the holocaust. 5 years. A healthy person can survive a couple months without food. Knowing how to farm won't help here, because plants don't grow instantly. So they must survive on provisions, foraging and fishing and hunting.
^and that's with the plastic outer casing. MicroSD cards could be made even smaller if there was a good reason to do so. As if it wasn't difficult enough to handle them. Especially when you're as clumsy and fat-fingered as I am.
It still comes with the territory. And while skill is the actual most important trait to want in a Doctor, bedside manner and plain old customer service is critically important as well. And it's not just the experience with the doctor that influences whether a patient is happy with the care they're receiving. People seldom go to doctor's whe they're feeling great, so they're already in a bad mood. Appointment process, waiting room, nurses, INSURANCE & BILLING all play big factors.
Besides, any Doctor that even attempts to prohibit his or her patients from reviewing him/her sounds shady on principle and I wouldn't trust my health care to them.
^Ah yes. Nothing is hindering our economy more than pesky things like schools, road and bridge maintenance, national defence, and police & fire protection. Shut it all down! That's the ticket!
^Hmmm . . . I wasn't aware of that.
Juries can (and do) convict on testimony alone, and the law ultimately boils down to what you can convince a jury of.
There is no difference (as far as I can tell) between the Dev1 and a rooted G1. The firmwares are interchangeable. There's also no evidence Google is even deliberately keeping Dev1 users out. They just haven't released an updated Market App for the Dev1 yet. Even if they did, it would be stupid since it's pretty trivial to put on the rooted retail firmware.
Whether it's aps or apricots, some people will steal. That's life. Some security measures are reasonable "to keep honest people honest" so long as they don't piss off the customers who actually wanted to pay them.
It'll work in any country with a GSM network, however the 3g radio only works at T-mobile US's frequencies. Not sure about the UK version of the G1 tho.
Your story conjures a mental image for me of a group of very serious-looking MIB types huddled in front of an oscilliscope, suddenly grinning big and pulling out a gun-with-a-dish and running around the facility giggling.
At least they didn't lose any nukes.
They lie. The GE CFL's a bought a couple months back claimed to be "instant on." There's about a 1 second delay between flipping the switch and getting light, and they flicker a bit and take a few minutes to get to full stable brightness. I just bought some from Home Depot and will try those tonight.
Ikea's self-branded CFLs are pretty good. Those are truly instant on.
"Developing" != "war torn and starving." There are lots of impoverished areas that have food and clean water, just insufficient education. That's where this laptop was aimed at.
Maybe he wants a broadcast-capable TV available should the cable go out. I got one for just that purpose. I'm in hurricane territory, so I might be without power and cable for a prolonged period of time. It would be nice to be able to break out the generator and tuner box and watch some TV to kill some of the boredom.
Additionally, if he still has the coupons but ultimately elects not to use them, they'll expire and the money will be given to someone else waiting for a coupon.
So keep them stored in a cool dry place after ripping them. If the NAS goes tits up, you still have the original physical media as backup.