Jupiter is a lot closer than Saturn and we just did exactly that with Cassini-Huygens. It'd probably be a few years before we'd be able to but it's certainly possible.
There would definitely be some technological hurdles we'd need to cross but again I can't imagine they would be impossible to get around.
From what I heard it sounds like that was already tried but the developers felt they weren't offered enough so they turned it down. That's when Hasbro sent in the dogs...er...lawyers...
(minutes elapsed)
Though now after having looked around I can't find any sources to back me up, so I could just be spouting off rumor.
or, from a gaming perspective: a toolkit and development studio that is more or less drag and drop vs. an extremely difficult though flexible system that requires (at least required ME to) relearning how to program for multiple cores. In my personal opinion (having programmed for 14 years now) DirectX is MUCH easier than OpenGL.
Again, this is personal preference, but if you want relevancy then you can't ignore the gaming!
My question: I understand treating the physical symptoms as a multi-faceted disease, but what about the psychological aspects? Ethically I see nothing wrong with extending life, but have you received any flak from any religious or scientific circles that what you're doing is fundamentally wrong?
A) To the A/C you never help a cause by posting stupid responses like that.
B) I'll use the example of polio. By simply not allowing people to contract it, you stop the spread. Without looking anything more up, I believe there have been no new cases in years. Just because it doesn't cure a single individual doesn't mean it won't cure our RACE of the disease. Not trying to be pedantic, merely reinforcing my previous statement!
You're forgetting a lot, and because I'm lazy I'm not giving numbers, just ideas:
Cost of electricity, cost of maintenance and repair, initial (inflated? R&D has to factor in there somewhere) cost of the vehicle... There's more to think about!
I personally use Avast, but truthfully it's because it's the only one I've found for free that supported XP x64. That's not to say there aren't others, more or less it was the first one I found that did the trick and didn't piss me off!
We've been seeing cures for "stuff" for the past century as it is. Examples: Malaria Typhoid Fever Chicken Pox Measels Polio Tetanus Diptheria Yellow Fever Small Pox...on and on...
Next up (hopefully) Diabetes, HIV Infection, Cancer, Herpes...etc... and we're making advances in all. The problem is is that we're vulnerable as humans. Eradicate one problem and something new will ultimately take its place.
The point of science is advancement. If, someday, we do end up running the Earth dry of resources, it would be nice to at least know what to expect.
My personal philosophy is not religion, it's not atheism or even agnosticism. I believe that humans are just like any other organism, and our intention is to survive. In the same light, our best trait is our intelligence. I only WISH I had retractable claws or gills... Let me put it this way, which is paraphrased from someone's quote I can't find:
"Humans are the Universes way of figuring itself out."
So the soil composition of Mars isn't wholly important for YOUR (seemingly more spent than not... probably) existence, but you're just being selfish.
Think of the children!!! (and I'm only being barely sarcastic.)
All new innovation is based on someone's old innovation. Ever hear of Alfred Russel Wallace? -- probably not, but you've probably heard of most of his work through the guy who pretty much ripped HIM off (yet in the process made it more concise and with more applied observation!)
Google, sleazy? Or Google, business... It's not like source code and design documents aren't "borrowed" constantly anyway...
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Jupiter is a lot closer than Saturn and we just did exactly that with Cassini-Huygens. It'd probably be a few years before we'd be able to but it's certainly possible.
There would definitely be some technological hurdles we'd need to cross but again I can't imagine they would be impossible to get around.
HIPAA, not HIPPA.
I hate you so much right now.
Um, no. You're wrong:
http://environment.newscientist.com/
From what I heard it sounds like that was already tried but the developers felt they weren't offered enough so they turned it down. That's when Hasbro sent in the dogs...er...lawyers...
(minutes elapsed)
Though now after having looked around I can't find any sources to back me up, so I could just be spouting off rumor.
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=26.674078,60.292969&ie=UTF8&layer=xc&ll=38.529032,-123.03297&spn=0.025649,0.10849&z=14&cbll=38.512787,-123.036791&panoid=uzIRz_E2q_FGDiPqEByN2w&cbp=2,53.87383275261618,,0,1.5505226480835514
So this makes sense! Pot = Evil, Google does no Evil, therefore Google does no Pot!
Somehow I find this hard to believe but this at least explains why they took these pics!
I'd think bigger...combine the effects of 10^XXX nano-engines painted on the bottom of a giant aluminum hollow frisbee! Earth where?
or, from a gaming perspective: a toolkit and development studio that is more or less drag and drop vs. an extremely difficult though flexible system that requires (at least required ME to) relearning how to program for multiple cores. In my personal opinion (having programmed for 14 years now) DirectX is MUCH easier than OpenGL.
Again, this is personal preference, but if you want relevancy then you can't ignore the gaming!
baiting you for hell?
or outsourced
Space quake! Staring Kevin Bacon and Alf, two strangers caught in a struggle to remain still. I can see it now!
Alf: We can't leave the ship, it's only six degrees outside! Hah! I kill me!
My question: I understand treating the physical symptoms as a multi-faceted disease, but what about the psychological aspects? Ethically I see nothing wrong with extending life, but have you received any flak from any religious or scientific circles that what you're doing is fundamentally wrong?
CRAP I did NOT mean to mod this insightful, hence my post (damn damn DAMN!)
A) To the A/C you never help a cause by posting stupid responses like that.
B) I'll use the example of polio. By simply not allowing people to contract it, you stop the spread. Without looking anything more up, I believe there have been no new cases in years. Just because it doesn't cure a single individual doesn't mean it won't cure our RACE of the disease. Not trying to be pedantic, merely reinforcing my previous statement!
You're forgetting a lot, and because I'm lazy I'm not giving numbers, just ideas:
Cost of electricity, cost of maintenance and repair, initial (inflated? R&D has to factor in there somewhere) cost of the vehicle... There's more to think about!
In this case me means "A chubby (noun.)" Not to be confused with "to BE chubby (adj.)"
I personally use Avast, but truthfully it's because it's the only one I've found for free that supported XP x64. That's not to say there aren't others, more or less it was the first one I found that did the trick and didn't piss me off!
We've been seeing cures for "stuff" for the past century as it is.
Examples:
Malaria
Typhoid Fever
Chicken Pox
Measels
Polio
Tetanus
Diptheria
Yellow Fever
Small Pox...on and on...
Next up (hopefully) Diabetes, HIV Infection, Cancer, Herpes...etc... and we're making advances in all. The problem is is that we're vulnerable as humans. Eradicate one problem and something new will ultimately take its place.
Domo Arigato, Mr. Roboto
Gotta love capitalism! Besides, you can avoid the hardware now anyway between VMs and straight up x86 ports of OSX.
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T....tuh.....t....time to leave?
4) "He" is irrelevant, regardless of my beliefs.
The point of science is advancement. If, someday, we do end up running the Earth dry of resources, it would be nice to at least know what to expect.
My personal philosophy is not religion, it's not atheism or even agnosticism. I believe that humans are just like any other organism, and our intention is to survive. In the same light, our best trait is our intelligence. I only WISH I had retractable claws or gills... Let me put it this way, which is paraphrased from someone's quote I can't find:
"Humans are the Universes way of figuring itself out."
So the soil composition of Mars isn't wholly important for YOUR (seemingly more spent than not... probably) existence, but you're just being selfish.
Think of the children!!! (and I'm only being barely sarcastic.)
All new innovation is based on someone's old innovation. Ever hear of Alfred Russel Wallace? -- probably not, but you've probably heard of most of his work through the guy who pretty much ripped HIM off (yet in the process made it more concise and with more applied observation!)
Google, sleazy? Or Google, business... It's not like source code and design documents aren't "borrowed" constantly anyway...