I'm surprised at the way they were doing it. I'd think they'd have a backdoor into the telco to do this, but apparently this location info normally gets sent out of the country and they just had to intercept it? WTF?
That's what makes it legal. They are intercepting foreign communications, not domestic.
I said "after", not "because of". I didn't know when they dropped their "Easter egg" routes, but I knew it would have been after 9-11. I didn't realize 9-11 pre-dated Google maps itself.
kW/hour is rate of change of power, or how much demand or supply changes over time. Not something a household would need to worry about, but the folks at the power generating stations might make use of such units.
Isn't it amazing how people will fail to use wikipedia or even dictionary.com before disagreeing with some point that they know nothing about? Shocking.
There's plenty of room for misunderstanding or just plain being wrong but jiminy.
I'm not sure what you're referring to, but on the off chance that you're referring to me:
Specific impulse (usually abbreviated Isp) is a way to describe the efficiency of rocket and jet engines. It represents the force with respect to the amount of propellant used per unit time.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Specific_impulse
If the "amount" of propellant... is given in terms of weight (such as in kiloponds or newtons), then specific impulse has units of time.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Specific_impulse
Are fly by wire brakes even legal? It was my understanding that there must always be a mechanical linkage between the brake pedal and the brakes, just to give you a hail mary if your brake booter craps out.
Ditto with the steering, no? It's that way with power steering and brakes.
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Good luck and lets hope it's not "Per aspera ad astra".
Better "Per aspera ad astra" than "Per defectum, in flammas"
...their rockets will "break to zero velocity" ...
It probably makes more sense in Chinese.
Two things: Chartering a flight is still commercial, and you still have to go through airport security.
I'm surprised at the way they were doing it. I'd think they'd have a backdoor into the telco to do this, but apparently this location info normally gets sent out of the country and they just had to intercept it? WTF?
That's what makes it legal. They are intercepting foreign communications, not domestic.
No one forces you to use commercial airlines when you travel.
Um... What other airlines are there? Military, perhaps, but I don't expect that they take on civilian passengers very often.
we're watching history in the making right now even though many of us don't realize it.
I'm not. History was removed from my basic cable lineup.
Mountain caves are still underground. The key being that if there is ground above you, you are underground.
"underground cave" is there another kind?
Yes, that annoys me too. However, there are snow caves and ice caves
Ah! So these hominini are the monkey's uncle we keep hearing about?
I said "after", not "because of". I didn't know when they dropped their "Easter egg" routes, but I knew it would have been after 9-11. I didn't realize 9-11 pre-dated Google maps itself.
Maybe Kayak Car Rentals has Aquadas, or Humdingas available for rent.
Google never lies.
Which rock have you been living under? Google dropped the "Swim the Atlantic" and "Kayak the Pacific" routing after 9-11.
Maybe the power draw ramps up over time? Rate of change of power can be measured in kW/h.
kW/hour is rate of change of power, or how much demand or supply changes over time. Not something a household would need to worry about, but the folks at the power generating stations might make use of such units.
I don't know about where you're at, but around here, we get billed in dollars and cents.
One thing I've wondered for a while is, why don't we have robots making clothes?
What makes you think that we DON'T have robots making clothes?
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You'd have to restructure the economy, because when nobody has jobs, then nobody has money with which to buy things.
Isn't it amazing how people will fail to use wikipedia or even dictionary.com before disagreeing with some point that they know nothing about? Shocking.
There's plenty of room for misunderstanding or just plain being wrong but jiminy.
I'm not sure what you're referring to, but on the off chance that you're referring to me:
Specific impulse (usually abbreviated Isp) is a way to describe the efficiency of rocket and jet engines. It represents the force with respect to the amount of propellant used per unit time.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Specific_impulse
If the "amount" of propellant ... is given in terms of weight (such as in kiloponds or newtons), then specific impulse has units of time.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Specific_impulse
Here's the thing... if there is only one document, and it is in a private library, is it in the public domain?
And they're all available only in Comic Sans.
There is a project underway to convert the documents to Papyrus in order to make it look more olde-timey.
Merlin vacuum engine ignited to begin a five minute, 20 second burn that delivered the SES-8 A 20 second burn that lasted 5 minutes - truly awesome.
Rocket engine efficiency is measured in seconds, so it is entirely possible to have a 20 second burn that lasts 5 minutes.
Undershirt in the summer? Clearly you and I do not live in the same climate.
Are fly by wire brakes even legal? It was my understanding that there must always be a mechanical linkage between the brake pedal and the brakes, just to give you a hail mary if your brake booter craps out.
Ditto with the steering, no? It's that way with power steering and brakes.
I can see how it could aid a hilly ride, but unless it's running an air conditioner, the rider is still going to sweat.
Aww! I was hoping you'd say I was begging the question on that last one.