net gain: more energy comes out than went in ->
with a net gain, you could restart the process from scratch, repeatedly and get more energy each time, even without a self-renewing reaction.
how do we know they are secure enough to prevent others from hacking in and doing that to your NOT stolen computer that you are using? Seems a huge potential downside.
Actually it makes me think of the ask.com commercials. Google doesn't have the tools because the developers aren't as motivated to act quickly?
Still, I use google over ask - all the tools in the world aren't useful if you don't have the right materials to use them on (in this case - a search engine that actually provides relevant, or at least, semi relevant results).
/\ informative/insightful/underated the parent please.
In most places I've worked it's been no more than once per two weeks for the prorgrammers. The buisiness side of things has more, but hey, that's what business people are payed for, to sit around and talk while others do the work.
Ok, the business side fo things does do work, but the programmers shouldn't have to go to meetings like that. Their meetings are more like the occasional team huddle to verify that they are working on the right path - 5 minutes, quick, and to the point
having a stronger examination on the games rated is a good idea IMO. The ratings can help the purchasers not only decide what games they want (or in the case of parents, what they want their kdis to have), and the more accurate the ratings are, the mor reliable the decisions can be.
Not to mention I'd love to have the job of one of those testers...
"What do you do?" "I sit around and play video games all day."
neither am I. There are too many issues with the concept - it's nice, and I like trying to solve problems, but I think the problem of gravity manipulation will be solved before the problems of a space elevator.
didn't you just do that in telling me not to? Fortunately I've not seen it, unfortunately that means I may miss some references I shouldn't make in the same sentance, sorry.
Well, for the solenoid, I was thinking more along the lines of the solenoids are fixed, not around the cable, though a solenoid around the cable, with magnetic chunks spaced evenly around it could work.
Basically, take a multi-cable system (2-4 cables should do it), and build solenoids anchored to the cables all the way up (NOT cheap), and then put the cage in the center... A cable with magnetic chunks and the solenoid going around it would be cheaper.
As for the micrometoriets, take some structural cables, not used for transport (except for the fixed solenoid ring system, then transport cables work too), and attach mounting brackets around them and just build an aluminum, iron, whatever tube around the whole mess. Again, kindof expensive.
I don't think that robot was pulling on the cable, nor would these elevators be operated by cable.
The principle would probably either map to a solenoid gun (good idea, could also capture energy from a descending cage), or wheels that hug the cable and roll up/down it without actually pulling.
The purpose of the tether is to anchor the station, so to speak, and act as a guid for vehicles going up/down.
you pretty much got my main thoughts right there. What worries me is the same problem as with the cerial box cards - there is some bleedover of the image from off angels. Would the same thing happen here? I can just see all the posters here who suggested goatse doing that, and then having the image of goatse subconciously burned into their mind because there is a very minor image bleed of it...
actually, they'd be able to travel faster because there would be more accelleration time. It would take just over ten seconds at 1G (2G force on the passangers) to get to a velocity of 100meters per second, at which point you have 360,000 seconds, or 100 hours. Now with a lower accelleration, but a longer acceleration, that could be cut down significantly. Once acceleration stops, you are back to 1G (minus the effects of your distance from earth).
since I can't upmod you, I'll just say that's a very good point - a lot of those videos are repeat visitors probably, and quite possibly people trying to up their own watched cound...
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net gain: more energy comes out than went in -> with a net gain, you could restart the process from scratch, repeatedly and get more energy each time, even without a self-renewing reaction.
although complex, if there IS a net gain, couldn't that be used to keep the reaction going, even without ignition?
I could care less about the acceptable use. I'm more worried about their one-stop-shop for hackers who want backdoors.
how do we know they are secure enough to prevent others from hacking in and doing that to your NOT stolen computer that you are using? Seems a huge potential downside.
no, they are probably mounted on Intel chips.
what's even worse is on the show John Doe...
This guy knows everything (except who is is)
and he's using a Mac? If he knew everything, he'd save the money and use a PC runing Linux or BSD.
that is a valid point. I guess I think of a meeting as 3+ people, typically half an hour or longer, formally planned and organized.
yeah.
Actually it makes me think of the ask.com commercials. Google doesn't have the tools because the developers aren't as motivated to act quickly?
Still, I use google over ask - all the tools in the world aren't useful if you don't have the right materials to use them on (in this case - a search engine that actually provides relevant, or at least, semi relevant results).
/\ informative/insightful/underated the parent please.
In most places I've worked it's been no more than once per two weeks for the prorgrammers. The buisiness side of things has more, but hey, that's what business people are payed for, to sit around and talk while others do the work.
Ok, the business side fo things does do work, but the programmers shouldn't have to go to meetings like that. Their meetings are more like the occasional team huddle to verify that they are working on the right path - 5 minutes, quick, and to the point
Really. Some of that seems nice from a worker prospective, but 3 meetings a week? That seems... excessively many...
For it's national defense program? The whole "do everything with lasers" mindset seems to fit.
Where's Austin Powers when you need him?
having a stronger examination on the games rated is a good idea IMO. The ratings can help the purchasers not only decide what games they want (or in the case of parents, what they want their kdis to have), and the more accurate the ratings are, the mor reliable the decisions can be.
Not to mention I'd love to have the job of one of those testers...
"What do you do?"
"I sit around and play video games all day."
neither am I. There are too many issues with the concept - it's nice, and I like trying to solve problems, but I think the problem of gravity manipulation will be solved before the problems of a space elevator.
it was pure sarcasm, meant mostly in jest, related to the comments on the previous DRM patch
How did it affect DRM such that it encouraged MS to do this?
didn't you just do that in telling me not to? Fortunately I've not seen it, unfortunately that means I may miss some references I shouldn't make in the same sentance, sorry.
Well, for the solenoid, I was thinking more along the lines of the solenoids are fixed, not around the cable, though a solenoid around the cable, with magnetic chunks spaced evenly around it could work. Basically, take a multi-cable system (2-4 cables should do it), and build solenoids anchored to the cables all the way up (NOT cheap), and then put the cage in the center... A cable with magnetic chunks and the solenoid going around it would be cheaper. As for the micrometoriets, take some structural cables, not used for transport (except for the fixed solenoid ring system, then transport cables work too), and attach mounting brackets around them and just build an aluminum, iron, whatever tube around the whole mess. Again, kindof expensive.
I don't think that robot was pulling on the cable, nor would these elevators be operated by cable.
The principle would probably either map to a solenoid gun (good idea, could also capture energy from a descending cage), or wheels that hug the cable and roll up/down it without actually pulling.
The purpose of the tether is to anchor the station, so to speak, and act as a guid for vehicles going up/down.
you pretty much got my main thoughts right there. What worries me is the same problem as with the cerial box cards - there is some bleedover of the image from off angels. Would the same thing happen here? I can just see all the posters here who suggested goatse doing that, and then having the image of goatse subconciously burned into their mind because there is a very minor image bleed of it...
well, more likely some vipers will try to mate with it... They do kinda stand an wiggle before/during, it's an honest mistake.
wow, that would be nice, though I'd want an 8-10 button model for that.
actually, they'd be able to travel faster because there would be more accelleration time. It would take just over ten seconds at 1G (2G force on the passangers) to get to a velocity of 100meters per second, at which point you have 360,000 seconds, or 100 hours. Now with a lower accelleration, but a longer acceleration, that could be cut down significantly. Once acceleration stops, you are back to 1G (minus the effects of your distance from earth).
actually, it's not a complete vacuum. The concept most use as "vacuum" is relative - simlpy a system with less pressure than another.
No, she's just trying to make a bunch of cheesy 60s/70s space horror flics
"SWALLOWS... IN SPACE!!!"
Followed by:
"BATS... IN SPACE!!!"
Summing up the series with:
"INSECT EGGS... IN SPACE!!!"
You have to end the title "IN SPACE!!!"
since I can't upmod you, I'll just say that's a very good point - a lot of those videos are repeat visitors probably, and quite possibly people trying to up their own watched cound...