Not necessarily. The fact that it broke into two pieces as it passed over Chelyabinsk (watch the videos of the event, there were two large sonic booms, hence two large pieces) implies that it had already been melted down quite a bit. And, yes, there were two large pieces; one of the online videos I've seen (one of the ones taken with a dashboard camera) clearly shows two large flareups.
Sorry, but you're wrong. "What did you loose?" is not a valid sentence. At least, it's not valid from the standpoint of common usage. I've done puhlenty of reading in my long life and I have never, ever seen this particular phrase used anywhere. Even saying it aloud sounds awkward unless it's followed by a qualifier such as "upon the world?" But you're right, 'lose' and 'loose' are very common mistakes, along with affect/effect, you/your/you're, its/it's and many others. And they're getting more common as society continues backsliding into post-technological laziness and illiteracy. This is just one more indication that the last factor of the Drake equation must be shorter than we humans would like to believe.
Proof positive of what I've always known: The general intelligence level of human civilization is going down. Each succeeding generation is dumber than the last. This disgusting deterioration of the SyFy channel is only the most obvious peak of this social iceberg. The only way I see to fix this situation would be to fire everyone on SyFy's staff younger than 30 and replace its leadership with pentagenarian SF writers.
You live below your mother's basement??? (LOL!!) You'd have to, to be well-shielded from cosmic rays. Living in a basement doesn't shield you from rays coming from above. And even so, some rays are so energetic that they'll reach you even if you lived a mile underground in a mine.
This may be off-topic, but WTH. Re your sig: Take a look at this YouTube video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-QRCKNoUgko It's a hoot! (If the link doesn't work then just search for "Stapelfahrer Klaus (subtitled)".)
Okay, so we make Panama (which is close enough to the equator) our 51st state and build our rectennae in its offshore territorial waters. Then we strike a deal with Cuba to give us permission to run an underground power line across their island just outside of Havana in return for some free electricity. Connect the line to the tip of Florida and into our power grid and it's done. (Actually, Panama would probably become our 52nd state, just to keep from pissing off the Puerto Ricans.
ALON (otherwise known as aluminum oxynitride) is an aluminum ceramic that has the curious property of being transparent while also being almost as strong as steel. It's being tested by the military for use as transparent armor. Check out http://www.technovelgy.com/ct/Science-Fiction-News.asp?NewsNum=481 for more info.
Seems Scotty knew what he was talking about after all!
Hasn't anyone thought about getting a cheap lens and holding it just in front of the iPhone's camera so that it can focus at macro distances? Sure, it would have to be the right size and thickness but if scanning barcodes with an iPhone is that important to someone then this is one workable solution. One good source for lenses is Edmund Scientific http://scientificsonline.com/.
The best solution would be to wait 5-10 years or so and then scan them with a terahertz scanner which, with luck, should be available around then. Then you could just place the closed magazine on the faceplate, close the cover and the terahertz light would penetrate through the entire magazine and automatically separate the pages into individual files based on their Z-position. You may have to adjust the filenames, however, to correct the automatic page numbering. After all, nothing's perfect. As with all new technology, there are bound to be errors. Of course, whether that type of scanner would be affordable to the average computer-user is another matter. But there would probably be scanning services available, like there are now with the still-new 3D-printing tech.
Dachannien's explanation is the correct one. LEDs sometimes use 'multiplexing' power sources, causing the segments to flicker when you move your eyes quickly. This is also true of some of the newer LED automobile tailights.
I guess I didn't get the joke. Oh, c'mon! Imagine a planeload of supposedly distinguished astronomers all strapped to their seats with half of them staring out the side windows as the pilot flies the plane on its side so they can look straight up at the meteor shower (since you need to look up near the shower's origin to see any decent number of them): "Hey, I just saw a bright one!" "Oooh, look at that one!" (Etc. etc.) Meanwhile, the other half (on the other side of the plane) are saying "Hey, come on guys, that's enough. It's our turn now." "Hey pilot! Tip the plane the other way, willya?"
Any actual proof of a majority of CDs listed for $19
It could be that CDs were probably around $20 when P2P exploded They were. The last full-price non-discount CD I bought was 'Europop' by Eiffel 65 but that was back in 1999 when the album first came out and mp3 ripping was not yet well-known. I remember paying $18 for it at Tower Records and kicking myself for spending so much on something that probably would have only a few good songs on it. I decided then and there not to spend anywhere near as much on any ordinary CD again.
There is just something about those snorting, sweaty beasts that a rumbling mechanical carriage can't replace. Your music collection must be made up of old shellac 78s! Big deal! Even those can be ripped to mp3s.
Why are you asking me what kind of equipment they are using? I wasn't. They're almost certainly flying in a plane equipped with ultra-wide-field scopes purposely designed for meteor viewing. But the image of the scientists belted in their seats while the pilot banks the plane from side to side so that they can look straight up through the side windows was just so hilarious that I just had to share it with everybody.
Flying above the weather gives you a much better view. Really??? A better view of what? Light pollution? Light schmight! The only way these scientists are going to see any meteors is if they happen to glimpse a couple flashing by the side windows. Or does this plane have a skylight? (Through which they can see the sky lights! Ha ha!) Or maybe the pilot will turn the plane on its side while they're viewing? Right! Seriously, unless this is a special plane with a window or some kind of scopes in the ceiling they're not going to see much.
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Not necessarily. The fact that it broke into two pieces as it passed over Chelyabinsk (watch the videos of the event, there were two large sonic booms, hence two large pieces) implies that it had already been melted down quite a bit. And, yes, there were two large pieces; one of the online videos I've seen (one of the ones taken with a dashboard camera) clearly shows two large flareups.
Sorry, but you're wrong. "What did you loose?" is not a valid sentence. At least, it's not valid from the standpoint of common usage. I've done puhlenty of reading in my long life and I have never, ever seen this particular phrase used anywhere. Even saying it aloud sounds awkward unless it's followed by a qualifier such as "upon the world?" But you're right, 'lose' and 'loose' are very common mistakes, along with affect/effect, you/your/you're, its/it's and many others. And they're getting more common as society continues backsliding into post-technological laziness and illiteracy. This is just one more indication that the last factor of the Drake equation must be shorter than we humans would like to believe.
Your (and a whole lot of others') refusal to use the shift key hurts mine.
Hurts your what? Your shift key?
Stabbing someone with an exclamation point will have no effect. Everyone knows points are dimensionless.
Proof positive of what I've always known: The general intelligence level of human civilization is going down. Each succeeding generation is dumber than the last. This disgusting deterioration of the SyFy channel is only the most obvious peak of this social iceberg. The only way I see to fix this situation would be to fire everyone on SyFy's staff younger than 30 and replace its leadership with pentagenarian SF writers.
Hah! Good one! Here's the ultimate "Your mom's so fat..." joke: "Your mom's so fat she blocks neutrinos!"
You live below your mother's basement??? (LOL!!) You'd have to, to be well-shielded from cosmic rays. Living in a basement doesn't shield you from rays coming from above. And even so, some rays are so energetic that they'll reach you even if you lived a mile underground in a mine.
Seems to me most of those stolen minutes must have been spent counting all those "4400" words.
This may be off-topic, but WTH. Re your sig: Take a look at this YouTube video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-QRCKNoUgko It's a hoot!
(If the link doesn't work then just search for "Stapelfahrer Klaus (subtitled)".)
Why wasn't this modded up? To, say, five (insightful)? You moderators must already be living in a virtual reality.
Okay, so we make Panama (which is close enough to the equator) our 51st state and build our rectennae in its offshore territorial waters. Then we strike a deal with Cuba to give us permission to run an underground power line across their island just outside of Havana in return for some free electricity. Connect the line to the tip of Florida and into our power grid and it's done. (Actually, Panama would probably become our 52nd state, just to keep from pissing off the Puerto Ricans.
This one's even better:
http://www.badmovies.org/movies/crawleye/crawleye6.jpg
It's from a really creepy 50s B-movie.
And Welch's for the kids.
What election???
ALON (otherwise known as aluminum oxynitride) is an aluminum ceramic that has the curious property of being transparent while also being almost as strong as steel. It's being tested by the military for use as transparent armor. Check out http://www.technovelgy.com/ct/Science-Fiction-News.asp?NewsNum=481 for more info.
Seems Scotty knew what he was talking about after all!
Uh, people...
Hasn't anyone thought about getting a cheap lens and holding it just in front of the iPhone's camera so that it can focus at macro distances? Sure, it would have to be the right size and thickness but if scanning barcodes with an iPhone is that important to someone then this is one workable solution. One good source for lenses is Edmund Scientific http://scientificsonline.com/.
So what does Peter Noone have to do with this?
The best solution would be to wait 5-10 years or so and then scan them with a terahertz scanner which, with luck, should be available around then. Then you could just place the closed magazine on the faceplate, close the cover and the terahertz light would penetrate through the entire magazine and automatically separate the pages into individual files based on their Z-position. You may have to adjust the filenames, however, to correct the automatic page numbering. After all, nothing's perfect. As with all new technology, there are bound to be errors. Of course, whether that type of scanner would be affordable to the average computer-user is another matter. But there would probably be scanning services available, like there are now with the still-new 3D-printing tech.
Dachannien's explanation is the correct one. LEDs sometimes use 'multiplexing' power sources, causing the segments to flicker when you move your eyes quickly. This is also true of some of the newer LED automobile tailights.
Oh, c'mon! Imagine a planeload of supposedly distinguished astronomers all strapped to their seats with half of them staring out the side windows as the pilot flies the plane on its side so they can look straight up at the meteor shower (since you need to look up near the shower's origin to see any decent number of them): "Hey, I just saw a bright one!" "Oooh, look at that one!" (Etc. etc.) Meanwhile, the other half (on the other side of the plane) are saying "Hey, come on guys, that's enough. It's our turn now." "Hey pilot! Tip the plane the other way, willya?"
Just how old are you?
It could be that CDs were probably around $20 when P2P exploded
They were. The last full-price non-discount CD I bought was 'Europop' by Eiffel 65 but that was back in 1999 when the album first came out and mp3 ripping was not yet well-known. I remember paying $18 for it at Tower Records and kicking myself for spending so much on something that probably would have only a few good songs on it. I decided then and there not to spend anywhere near as much on any ordinary CD again.
Your music collection must be made up of old shellac 78s! Big deal! Even those can be ripped to mp3s.
I wasn't. They're almost certainly flying in a plane equipped with ultra-wide-field scopes purposely designed for meteor viewing. But the image of the scientists belted in their seats while the pilot banks the plane from side to side so that they can look straight up through the side windows was just so hilarious that I just had to share it with everybody.
Really??? A better view of what? Light pollution? Light schmight! The only way these scientists are going to see any meteors is if they happen to glimpse a couple flashing by the side windows. Or does this plane have a skylight? (Through which they can see the sky lights! Ha ha!) Or maybe the pilot will turn the plane on its side while they're viewing? Right! Seriously, unless this is a special plane with a window or some kind of scopes in the ceiling they're not going to see much.