Over the course of five years, if you gave NASA the US military's budget, you could establish a lunar colony with a regular rotation, and once industrial facilities are set up there, you could set up a semipermanent habitat at Earth's L4 or L5 points, which would make for a great place to launch interplanetary manned and unmanned exploration from. Probably would be somewhat more cost-effective to make an O'Neill cylinder rather than a torus, though I suppose a torus would be less expensive.
Then again, given that budget and a heavy investment in materials science, you could see a space elevator ready to be built by then too.
There are a lot of things that would suddenly become possible in a world where nations aren't assholes toward each other, but the reality is that they are. America's just a bigger target than most, at the moment. That's just the way things are.
If memory serves, there actually is (or at least was, I forget the particulars) a Lexus model where the engine was quite literally inaccessible to the consumer -- it had a large cover over it, when you opened the engine compartment. You could replace the battery but nearly everything else you had to take it to a dealer or one of their mechanics to remove that cover.
And if memory serves it went over like a lead balloon.
Well, despite that a lot of Google's products seem to still have the beta tag, it also means that they aren't necessarily going to be held to the same standard. For example, when Gmail decides to up and die for a few hours while they upgrade.
Clearly I will have to outsource my slashdotting to India, just as I outsourced my MMORPG moneymaking and my catalog ordering and tech support calling.
A bold idea. And just about as efficient in fighting inflation as boiling a few thousand gallon of water from the ocean would be at fighting high tide...
Yes, I'm sure that those will be a major threat, right behind the Russian Air Force completing replacement of their obsolescent aircraft with the Sukhoi Su-47.
These tags are quite honestly silly and I think I'm going to start tagging articles with these tags as causationisnotcausation from now on, for all the sense it makes.
What happened to only getting DNA evidence from felons? This seems insane, there's no reason at all that someone ACCUSED of a misdemeanor crime should have to submit (and, most likely, pay for!) DNA samples unless it was important to the court case. If this goes through, I can only wonder what they'll be asking for next. Getting DNA from children to put into a database, like they've done with fingerprints in some places?
'Because I said so and I know I'm right. If you don't agree with me you're an idiot for caring more about the 89% of PC users who aren't using a Mac or Linux.'
Is it me or do all the 'in 5-10 years' tech stories lately say that everything is going to look like Minority Report?
Did this suddenly become the only sci-fi movie that might represent what things are going to look like a decade from now? Nevermind that it's probably going to look almost the same as it does these days unless Obama decides to tear down and rebuild every city in the nation.
The Explorers rolled because they have a higher center of gravity, but in the end, the fault was Firestone's because their defective tires were bursting and causing them to go out of control, which means the drivers lost control and the SUV flipped. Just like they would if a driver going sixty on the highway decided to jerk the steering wheel to one side -- that would cause them to flip too. The flipping itself was Firestone's fault because it was caused by their defective tires bursting and causing the loss of control.
(Disclaimer: I have a family member who was responsible for much of the findings on Ford's side.)
Notwithstanding that I think a great number of users here think idle is a waste of space, a headline like this ought to be taken seriously, not treated as if it were a joke. This guy compromised the accounts of nearly a thousand customers, and that is a HUGE breach for Verizon's customers.
Des Cartes walks into a bar and orders himself a drink. The bartender says to him, "Do you want a refill?"
Des Cartes replies, "I think not." And he disappears into a puff of smoke.
This is going to happen in February, why on earth should a tropical storm delay it if it's still September? For that matter, why would it be delayed at all? Is there something mystical and magical about tropical storms that we don't know here?
Good citizens stay indoors while the proud national military is out arresting the fools who would wish to harm our proud nation!
This is China. Do you think they don't have contingency plans for things like that? More importantly... how are they going to coordinate to do this without attracting enough notice to shut it down before it begins?
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No, no, they discontinued filing any further suits in August of that year. Surely you don't expect that they will skip August of next year?
Is it too much to ask for these to be modded right?
I've got mod points today but I can't find the +1 frightening...
Over the course of five years, if you gave NASA the US military's budget, you could establish a lunar colony with a regular rotation, and once industrial facilities are set up there, you could set up a semipermanent habitat at Earth's L4 or L5 points, which would make for a great place to launch interplanetary manned and unmanned exploration from. Probably would be somewhat more cost-effective to make an O'Neill cylinder rather than a torus, though I suppose a torus would be less expensive.
Then again, given that budget and a heavy investment in materials science, you could see a space elevator ready to be built by then too.
There are a lot of things that would suddenly become possible in a world where nations aren't assholes toward each other, but the reality is that they are. America's just a bigger target than most, at the moment. That's just the way things are.
If memory serves, there actually is (or at least was, I forget the particulars) a Lexus model where the engine was quite literally inaccessible to the consumer -- it had a large cover over it, when you opened the engine compartment. You could replace the battery but nearly everything else you had to take it to a dealer or one of their mechanics to remove that cover.
And if memory serves it went over like a lead balloon.
Why they changed it, I can't say. People just liked it better that way.
Not all of them do. For example, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Davis-Besse_Nuclear_Power_Station
You'd be surprised how many people fall for one of these schemes, then move on to the next, lose out, and move on to the next to lose out again...
Well, despite that a lot of Google's products seem to still have the beta tag, it also means that they aren't necessarily going to be held to the same standard. For example, when Gmail decides to up and die for a few hours while they upgrade.
Clearly I will have to outsource my slashdotting to India, just as I outsourced my MMORPG moneymaking and my catalog ordering and tech support calling.
A bold idea. And just about as efficient in fighting inflation as boiling a few thousand gallon of water from the ocean would be at fighting high tide...
Rot a luc lac.
Which is apparently beef. I guess it's trying to give you food poisoning.
Yes, I'm sure that those will be a major threat, right behind the Russian Air Force completing replacement of their obsolescent aircraft with the Sukhoi Su-47.
These tags are quite honestly silly and I think I'm going to start tagging articles with these tags as causationisnotcausation from now on, for all the sense it makes.
Funny, this doesn't LOOK like Idle...
What happened to only getting DNA evidence from felons? This seems insane, there's no reason at all that someone ACCUSED of a misdemeanor crime should have to submit (and, most likely, pay for!) DNA samples unless it was important to the court case. If this goes through, I can only wonder what they'll be asking for next. Getting DNA from children to put into a database, like they've done with fingerprints in some places?
...but I got so distracted with those shiny X10 pop-up ads.
'Because I said so and I know I'm right. If you don't agree with me you're an idiot for caring more about the 89% of PC users who aren't using a Mac or Linux.'
Is it me or do all the 'in 5-10 years' tech stories lately say that everything is going to look like Minority Report? Did this suddenly become the only sci-fi movie that might represent what things are going to look like a decade from now? Nevermind that it's probably going to look almost the same as it does these days unless Obama decides to tear down and rebuild every city in the nation.
The Explorers rolled because they have a higher center of gravity, but in the end, the fault was Firestone's because their defective tires were bursting and causing them to go out of control, which means the drivers lost control and the SUV flipped. Just like they would if a driver going sixty on the highway decided to jerk the steering wheel to one side -- that would cause them to flip too. The flipping itself was Firestone's fault because it was caused by their defective tires bursting and causing the loss of control. (Disclaimer: I have a family member who was responsible for much of the findings on Ford's side.)
Notwithstanding that I think a great number of users here think idle is a waste of space, a headline like this ought to be taken seriously, not treated as if it were a joke. This guy compromised the accounts of nearly a thousand customers, and that is a HUGE breach for Verizon's customers.
Probably for the same reason that I apparently haven't had any mod points since July.
Des Cartes walks into a bar and orders himself a drink. The bartender says to him, "Do you want a refill?" Des Cartes replies, "I think not." And he disappears into a puff of smoke.
This is going to happen in February, why on earth should a tropical storm delay it if it's still September? For that matter, why would it be delayed at all? Is there something mystical and magical about tropical storms that we don't know here?
Good citizens stay indoors while the proud national military is out arresting the fools who would wish to harm our proud nation!
This is China. Do you think they don't have contingency plans for things like that? More importantly... how are they going to coordinate to do this without attracting enough notice to shut it down before it begins?