If I stood on some of this matter that was flying out of a sun, and shot a bullet in the direction I was going, that bullet would break the speed of light!
No, because 0.001% of the speed of light is still 300,000 meters per second. I don't believe you will find a gun that shoots a bullet that fast.
But you have an interesting theory there, nonetheless. I once asked myself what would happen if two space ships flying at 70% of the speed of light and one cross the another, flying in opposite directions. Since speed is relative to the a point of reference, one space ship would be at 140% of the speed of light to the other. So, what happens?
I thought like this some time ago too... but then I found out that where I live (a humid place of the world), negative films can least even less than CD-R's if not properly stored. And CD-R's can be backed up without loss in the content's quality.
I also found out that the printing of the same negative a few years after it was taken doesn't reproduce the same results. I probably didn't store the negative film properly, but I didn't want to have to bother about that. What I do is to keep the digital pics files even after they are printed and also back them up.
No, you are not being dumb. I noticed that a second after I read the summary too.
The weird part is that you posted your comment more than 4 hours after the article was posted, and it's hard to believe that no slashdotter noticed that before!
What if we produce a subspecies (I think that line is awfully close), are responsible for its care and preventing its extinction?
What if we create a subspecies with limited intellect and self awareness, but capable of simple tasks: dig here, carry this from here to there, turn the red lever sideways, turn the blue lever up and down, etc.
I don't know about you guys, but I think that robots would be much cooler than apes when we are talking about simple tasks. And much less ethical questions would be arisen.
He's wrong on occasion - but that doesn't mean he's ALWAYS wrong. I happen to agree with him here, although I don't think that it will ruin Apple or anything.
Come on, that's John Dvorak! LA LA LA LA I CAN'T HEAR YOU!!! (sends mind to a happy place)
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I've lived all my life in countries that use the metric system, so I have to ask... does the pound have an "official reference" like the kilogram?
..but how can they make sure the new kilogram weighs a kilogram? :)
They put it on a scale, silly!
>>>>>>If I stood on some of this matter that was flying out of a sun, and shot a bullet...
>>>>I don't believe you will find a gun that shoots a bullet that fast.
>>I don't believe you will find that you can stand on this matter flying out of a sun either...
I don't believe I let myself walk right into this conversation! He he...
If I stood on some of this matter that was flying out of a sun, and shot a bullet in the direction I was going, that bullet would break the speed of light!
No, because 0.001% of the speed of light is still 300,000 meters per second. I don't believe you will find a gun that shoots a bullet that fast.
But you have an interesting theory there, nonetheless. I once asked myself what would happen if two space ships flying at 70% of the speed of light and one cross the another, flying in opposite directions. Since speed is relative to the a point of reference, one space ship would be at 140% of the speed of light to the other. So, what happens?
AAAAAAAARRRRRGHHH!!
Sorry again, I couldn't keep it...
Sounds like a good reason to keep my film cameras
I thought like this some time ago too... but then I found out that where I live (a humid place of the world), negative films can least even less than CD-R's if not properly stored. And CD-R's can be backed up without loss in the content's quality.
I also found out that the printing of the same negative a few years after it was taken doesn't reproduce the same results. I probably didn't store the negative film properly, but I didn't want to have to bother about that. What I do is to keep the digital pics files even after they are printed and also back them up.
Put a Terminator on every plane.
If will only work if Sarah Connor become an airplane hijacker...
Spam problem has been solved (at least for me), by Google on gMail. In three years, I got no more than 10 spam e-mail in my inbox.
What the hell? What kind of company is this?!
Sheldonsoft?
seeing as this stuff still looks to be too expensive and fragile to be treated as disposable.
Paper was once a very expensive media too!
More than that...
I read the text
looking for rhymes!!!
Looks like a haiku.
No, you are not being dumb. I noticed that a second after I read the summary too.
The weird part is that you posted your comment more than 4 hours after the article was posted, and it's hard to believe that no slashdotter noticed that before!
FREEDOM FRIES!!
Isn't spaghetti noodle carbohidrate?
Anyway, are you talking about food or about the Flying Spaghetti Monster Church's creationism theory?
What if we produce a subspecies (I think that line is awfully close), are responsible for its care and preventing its extinction?
What if we create a subspecies with limited intellect and self awareness, but capable of simple tasks: dig here, carry this from here to there, turn the red lever sideways, turn the blue lever up and down, etc.
I don't know about you guys, but I think that robots would be much cooler than apes when we are talking about simple tasks. And much less ethical questions would be arisen.
Thanks heavens I live in a country where the constitution forbids extradicting its national, no matter what's the reason.
I married a divorced mother of 3. Can I say I'm recycling children instead of dumping the planet with new ones?
The majority of the world lives outside the US [...]
Wow! So, that means that THERE IS A WORLD OUTSIDE THE US? I'm baffled...
...if the sequence "4 8 15 16 23 42" is copyrighted as well...
If this device can be solar powered and split O2 from CO2, we could terraform Mars!
We would only need to add some hydrogen to be able to form H2O, but that's another story...
An elephant has much more meat than an antelope. But do you see lions attacking an elephant? No, because it's much harder to beat to be worth it.
Not to mention astrolabes, sextants and compasses.
We've got to a point if it's not high-tech, it's useless.
He's wrong on occasion - but that doesn't mean he's ALWAYS wrong. I happen to agree with him here, although I don't think that it will ruin Apple or anything.
Come on, that's John Dvorak! LA LA LA LA I CAN'T HEAR YOU!!! (sends mind to a happy place)
Wow, 99%? Obviously you AREN'T a pollster or statistician and don't know first thing about statistics.
73.6% of all statistics are made up in the moment they are stated.
...does this mean Iran does have a legitimate reason to have a nuclear program after all?
As much as the US and A had a legitimate reason to invade Iraq. And the reasons are the same: cheaper energy and getting rid of old enemies.