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You'd barely need any gas at all. As the outside pressure would be zero, you could blow in it before launching and the breath should expand the whole thing.
So, for a brief instant, the power usage of the United States DOUBLED.
Woohoo, so let's not wonder why NY is about to follow California.
Here's an astrophysics question.
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If we blew up the earth, what would happen to the orbit of the moon? Would it necessarily stay the same (relative the sun) ? Or is it possible that based on it's position relative to the earth when it exploded its velocity vector would be going out of the solar system or crashing into the sun?
"For that money [$140k], a local company called the Gene Donati Orchestras will send a string quartet to your home and play on your patio once a week for more than a year. Which is why audiophiles spend a lot of time defending their sanity."
What I don't understand about the original quote is that most people listen to their music more than once a week for a year.
A string quartet is one thing. Will they send a whole opera company to your house too?
Thank You. I was actually considering making my next computer a Cube, mainly because I wanted one of those displays. I've never owned a mac, and it never occurred to me to ask if that display was PC compatible. I mean, who would have thought?
Although, I still might migrate to the cube, because I like the idea of a totally silent system.
I don't believe that SA is completely gone. It's been suspended indefinately. If there were WWIII, or if the DOD changed their mind, they would turn it back on again. There's still a separate signal for military and civilian units I think.
Even surveyors wouldn't want the Ruskis to use our satellites for their smart bombs.
I'm not sure how exact it has to be before it's considered sensitive. I've seen military maps of bases where you can determine the location of a particular building to within 20 meters.
If the car would not run on modern roads, and had a value $50, I would just junk it. If you know someone who wants it, fine, but a 286 is worthless and takes up valuable space.
I'm assuming they tell you what your kid had for lunch, so they can be confronted if they have an eating disorder. Confrontation is a much better way to solve that then "Let them starve and they'll learn the consequences themselves". It's a phase they'll grow out of as adults anyway. Well, what do I know? I am not a psychiatrist.
Anyway, fuck all that. It's nobody's damn business what their kid had for lunch. If they lose 50 pounds, then be concerned.
Actually, there is a very simple solution that doesn't involve the Government intruding in our lives. The PRIVATE insurance company can put it in their policy, if they choose, that they don't cover victims who weren't wearing a seatbelt. It's very easy for them to tell from a crash whether the seatbelt was employed or not.
If McDonald's served 94 degree celcius coffee on purpose then they must have done they same every other time they served coffee.
If this was the first time that lady ever bought coffee from McDonald's I would understand, but shouldn't she have known how hot it would be from past experience?
That's kind of like buying [some heavy object] and then suiing if you drop it on your foot and injure yourself. Sometimes shit happens.
I don't understand this. Does that mean you take 900 and divide it by the number of humans, 6 billion, and that gives you the number of years between someone dying somewhere on Earth? (probably a few seconds)
Wouldn't the number work out to be very close to 72? I don't understand why 900 is so large, unless I'm doing something wrong and comparing apples to oranges.
Re:Isn't it Ironic, Don't Ya Think?
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The LAV III. It's manufactured in Canada and is a Light Armored Vehicle (hence the name). It's lighter than a main battle tank (Abrams) so it can be transported by a smaller cargo plane (C-130 as opposed to C-5).
It's supposed to be more versatile than a regular tank too, you can put different kinds of turrets on it, use it to carry troops, that kind of stuff. It has eight wheels by the way. (and can be driven on a highway without fscking up the road)
Assuming there's perfect competition (which is a big assumption), they would have to charge barely enough to make an overall profit (or else they'd be undercut by their competitor) If they jack up the prices in the Summer, that means that the price you pay in the Winter is lower than the price you'd have to pay if they charged the same.
Suppose you have 100 Cokes to give out. There are 1000 people who want one. How do you decide who gets one?
a) First come, first served, (wait on line)
b) Lottery
c) Auction. (or practical equivalent: try to figure out the right price so exactly 100 people want one)
C) Auction generate the most money for the Seller, it is also frequently the best for the consumer as well. With (A), the people who want one the most have to get there before everyone else to wait for the Coke to be availble. The same people get it as (C), usually, because whoever wants one more will be willing to wait longer. They would much rather pay a few extra bucks than do the equivalent of getting paid to wait on line (There are much more important things for them to do) Also, the System doesn't benefit from their "work" waiting in line, and the seller gets less, which means less $$$ in the System.
(B)is better than (A), although impractical. The problem with (B) is that you're not giving the Coke to the ones who want it the most. The System doesn't benefit because maybe someone who got one of the Cokes was only willing to pay $.25, because he wanted to feed it to a squirrel. The Coke gets wasted.
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You'd barely need any gas at all. As the outside pressure would be zero, you could blow in it before launching and the breath should expand the whole thing.
I don't know about you, but I don't think I'm a direct descendant of Jesus.
So, for a brief instant, the power usage of the United States DOUBLED.
Woohoo, so let's not wonder why NY is about to follow California.
If we blew up the earth, what would happen to the orbit of the moon? Would it necessarily stay the same (relative the sun) ? Or is it possible that based on it's position relative to the earth when it exploded its velocity vector would be going out of the solar system or crashing into the sun?
"For that money [$140k], a local company called the Gene Donati Orchestras will send a string quartet to your home and play on your patio once a week for more than a year. Which is why audiophiles spend a lot of time defending their sanity."
What I don't understand about the original quote is that most people listen to their music more than once a week for a year.
A string quartet is one thing. Will they send a whole opera company to your house too?
Hmmm, now that you mention it, I have wondered why some buildings are NOT on the map when doing land-nav.
The level of secrecy probably varies from base to base though.
Thank You. I was actually considering making my next computer a Cube, mainly because I wanted one of those displays. I've never owned a mac, and it never occurred to me to ask if that display was PC compatible. I mean, who would have thought?
Although, I still might migrate to the cube, because I like the idea of a totally silent system.
I don't believe that SA is completely gone. It's been suspended indefinately. If there were WWIII, or if the DOD changed their mind, they would turn it back on again. There's still a separate signal for military and civilian units I think.
Even surveyors wouldn't want the Ruskis to use our satellites for their smart bombs.
How about make one of the items in the cache some sort of GPS Jammer? Or stash the jammer farther away, so you can't just hone in on its signal?
I'm not sure how exact it has to be before it's considered sensitive. I've seen military maps of bases where you can determine the location of a particular building to within 20 meters.
Maybe he just wants to be black?
But isn't that exactly what we were going to do to Russia? Except that he's proposing the missile never come back down.
If the car would not run on modern roads, and had a value $50, I would just junk it. If you know someone who wants it, fine, but a 286 is worthless and takes up valuable space.
IT'S OLD!!!! Who the hell cares? When something outlives it's usefulness, you chuck it and get a better one.
Am I the only one who doesn't see anything wrong with that?
Once I took apart a guy's computer, smashed all the parts with a baseball bat, and then put it all back together. Now THAT was a funny prank.
(OK so maybe I didn't really do it)
Being the primary builder and organizer of the International Space Station, possibly the largest construction project ever,
I think the Great Wall of China was the largest construction project ever. Certainly bigger than the space station, in both size and importance.
The export restrictions on cryptography have been lifted.
I'm assuming they tell you what your kid had for lunch, so they can be confronted if they have an eating disorder. Confrontation is a much better way to solve that then "Let them starve and they'll learn the consequences themselves". It's a phase they'll grow out of as adults anyway. Well, what do I know? I am not a psychiatrist.
Anyway, fuck all that. It's nobody's damn business what their kid had for lunch. If they lose 50 pounds, then be concerned.
Actually, there is a very simple solution that doesn't involve the Government intruding in our lives. The PRIVATE insurance company can put it in their policy, if they choose, that they don't cover victims who weren't wearing a seatbelt. It's very easy for them to tell from a crash whether the seatbelt was employed or not.
If McDonald's served 94 degree celcius coffee on purpose then they must have done they same every other time they served coffee.
If this was the first time that lady ever bought coffee from McDonald's I would understand, but shouldn't she have known how hot it would be from past experience?
That's kind of like buying [some heavy object] and then suiing if you drop it on your foot and injure yourself. Sometimes shit happens.
Come on, the bike weighs 460 pounds.
With rider, that's a 600 pound explosive projectile. Moving at 250mph, how is this not useful in any military situation?
I don't understand this. Does that mean you take 900 and divide it by the number of humans, 6 billion, and that gives you the number of years between someone dying somewhere on Earth? (probably a few seconds)
Wouldn't the number work out to be very close to 72? I don't understand why 900 is so large, unless I'm doing something wrong and comparing apples to oranges.
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The LAV III. It's manufactured in Canada and is a Light Armored Vehicle (hence the name). It's lighter than a main battle tank (Abrams) so it can be transported by a smaller cargo plane (C-130 as opposed to C-5).
It's supposed to be more versatile than a regular tank too, you can put different kinds of turrets on it, use it to carry troops, that kind of stuff. It has eight wheels by the way. (and can be driven on a highway without fscking up the road)
Assuming there's perfect competition (which is a big assumption), they would have to charge barely enough to make an overall profit (or else they'd be undercut by their competitor) If they jack up the prices in the Summer, that means that the price you pay in the Winter is lower than the price you'd have to pay if they charged the same.
Suppose you have 100 Cokes to give out. There are 1000 people who want one. How do you decide who gets one?
a) First come, first served, (wait on line)
b) Lottery
c) Auction. (or practical equivalent: try to figure out the right price so exactly 100 people want one)
C) Auction generate the most money for the Seller, it is also frequently the best for the consumer as well. With (A), the people who want one the most have to get there before everyone else to wait for the Coke to be availble. The same people get it as (C), usually, because whoever wants one more will be willing to wait longer. They would much rather pay a few extra bucks than do the equivalent of getting paid to wait on line (There are much more important things for them to do) Also, the System doesn't benefit from their "work" waiting in line, and the seller gets less, which means less $$$ in the System.
(B)is better than (A), although impractical. The problem with (B) is that you're not giving the Coke to the ones who want it the most. The System doesn't benefit because maybe someone who got one of the Cokes was only willing to pay $.25, because he wanted to feed it to a squirrel. The Coke gets wasted.