According to this article it has to get it right the first time, and will go into a useless solar orbit or smash into Jupiter if the breaking maneuver fails. There's very little margin for error.
It does have restart logic such that if the Jupiter radiation causes the engines to stop or computer to crash, it has auto-restart mechanisms in place to try to finish the job.
A hearty welcome from the Zircoids. We are happy to find out that Earth has [censored] and [censored]. This shows that at least some of the people of Earth are [censored]. Please avoid [censored], it has caused terrible problems for other civilizations. We hope to contact you again at [censored].
Only Earth is a planet! Boot the rest out and build a wall, a yuuuuge beautiful wall. I kind of like Uranus though; its fine, wispy clouds remind me of my great hair.
Fuck AT&T! What a goddawful company. I have to admit, their technology is slightly above average (which is not saying much per telecom conglomerates these days), but their billing gimmicks and annoying caffeinated telemarketers are steaming multi-colored piles of Zika-infected-maggot-filled moldy horse shit.
While I will steer clear of accusations of intent here; in terms of service and innovation, oligopolies usually end up sucking rotting eggs in the longer term such that we should have policies and/or regulations in place to encourage competition in key services and technologies.
I know most conservatives will balk at such, but it contradicts their usual push for competition, and oligopolies have insufficient competition. Having a slightly bigger gov't is the least evil compared to letting oligopolies rot progress and choices.
True, but most snakes and lizards have lower metabolism, and thus don't need as much food and water, which may have been scarce after a climate disaster.
Just before the Permian-Triassic extinction event (PT), about 250m years ago, large mammal-like reptiles (proto-mammals) were more common than lizard-like reptiles. The proto-mammals were the top of the food-chain.
But after PT, the lizard-like reptiles recovered faster, becoming the dinosaurs, and the proto-mammals were mostly small skittish creatures.
The Cretaceous-Paleogene extinction event* (CP), the one that ended the dino's about 65m years ago, was pretty much the reverse: the lizard-ish reptiles recovered slower than the mammals.
There was a short period early in the CP recovery where large dinosaur-like birds, think ostrich on steroids, seemed to have had the upper hand. (Birds are closely related to the dino's.) But, mammals eventually prevailed, as least as the largest beasts.
If Trump gets us nuked, large dino/birds/lizards may make a comeback. If the pattern continues, it's their turn again.
* Also known as Cretaceous-Tertiary extinction event
If you want a full picture of the situation, density should be considered. That may not matter from a typical consumer's perspective, but could from a political and national budget perspective.
That's by city, not country. I would expect it to be cheaper to service cities, but semi-rural and rural areas have to be included also in the total, and often cities end subsiding rural areas in the US, for various political reasons. In short, rural areas "drag the rest down" in terms of implementation costs.
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According to this article it has to get it right the first time, and will go into a useless solar orbit or smash into Jupiter if the breaking maneuver fails. There's very little margin for error.
It does have restart logic such that if the Jupiter radiation causes the engines to stop or computer to crash, it has auto-restart mechanisms in place to try to finish the job.
Dear Earth,
A hearty welcome from the Zircoids. We are happy to find out that Earth has [censored] and [censored]. This shows that at least some of the people of Earth are [censored]. Please avoid [censored], it has caused terrible problems for other civilizations. We hope to contact you again at [censored].
Thank You,
The Zircoids.
Amen! New cars are a bad deal unless it's for ego or to get laid.
Buying cars about 3 to 6 years old are a much better deal, finance-wise.
Sex
Many people are happy to say what they think about general org practices that need some rework.
I have an urge to go dance on his/her lawn.
Only Earth is a planet! Boot the rest out and build a wall, a yuuuuge beautiful wall. I kind of like Uranus though; its fine, wispy clouds remind me of my great hair.
What happens if the nozzles fail to work and it keeps going? Will it get a second chance, like Japan's Venus probe?
Why don't they just ASK our opinions on office flow and harmony (or lack of) instead of buy expensive buggy crapware to do it?
640,000 bots oughtta be enough for anyone.
Remember, it's not how long it is, but what you can do with it.
Hey, is it just me, or is the title a bit.....odd?
Fuck AT&T! What a goddawful company. I have to admit, their technology is slightly above average (which is not saying much per telecom conglomerates these days), but their billing gimmicks and annoying caffeinated telemarketers are steaming multi-colored piles of Zika-infected-maggot-filled moldy horse shit.
They NEED competition sooooo badly, it hurts.
Gawwwd, such a dumb-ass on many levels. I hope the bastard does get fired.
Maybe Harry turns him on. Ya never know.
So the ozone is Holeir-than-Thou
Can you prove this in a general sense, or are you just guessing?
While I will steer clear of accusations of intent here; in terms of service and innovation, oligopolies usually end up sucking rotting eggs in the longer term such that we should have policies and/or regulations in place to encourage competition in key services and technologies.
I know most conservatives will balk at such, but it contradicts their usual push for competition, and oligopolies have insufficient competition. Having a slightly bigger gov't is the least evil compared to letting oligopolies rot progress and choices.
You mean decimals got decimated? If humans had 12 fingers, would it be "heximated"?
True, but most snakes and lizards have lower metabolism, and thus don't need as much food and water, which may have been scarce after a climate disaster.
Perhaps the authors over-did it intentionally to trigger the Streisand Effect.
Just before the Permian-Triassic extinction event (PT), about 250m years ago, large mammal-like reptiles (proto-mammals) were more common than lizard-like reptiles. The proto-mammals were the top of the food-chain.
But after PT, the lizard-like reptiles recovered faster, becoming the dinosaurs, and the proto-mammals were mostly small skittish creatures.
The Cretaceous-Paleogene extinction event* (CP), the one that ended the dino's about 65m years ago, was pretty much the reverse: the lizard-ish reptiles recovered slower than the mammals.
There was a short period early in the CP recovery where large dinosaur-like birds, think ostrich on steroids, seemed to have had the upper hand. (Birds are closely related to the dino's.) But, mammals eventually prevailed, as least as the largest beasts.
If Trump gets us nuked, large dino/birds/lizards may make a comeback. If the pattern continues, it's their turn again.
* Also known as Cretaceous-Tertiary extinction event
If you want a full picture of the situation, density should be considered. That may not matter from a typical consumer's perspective, but could from a political and national budget perspective.
Freedom to get ripped off by Comcast and the other ISP oligopoly bandits?
That's by city, not country. I would expect it to be cheaper to service cities, but semi-rural and rural areas have to be included also in the total, and often cities end subsiding rural areas in the US, for various political reasons. In short, rural areas "drag the rest down" in terms of implementation costs.