Comment Ha, made me laugh. (Score 1) 382
But they could suggest Congress write new laws instead of just noting that Congress would need to take action.
"Congress take action" - Ha.
But they could suggest Congress write new laws instead of just noting that Congress would need to take action.
"Congress take action" - Ha.
... Wow, curiosity is really not your forte, is it?
"Because it's there and we haven't been/know close to nothing about it" is a _perfectly_ good answer. This is science we're talking about, and raw research and exploration don't need another reason.
I'm plenty curious, but won't be signing up for that first manned mission to the surface of the Sun -- we haven't been there either, the movie Sunshine not withstanding (and it didn't go too well for them anyway)
Here's a hint: no one's been there yet.
Since you're on
While "Because it's there and we haven't been" is a valid answer, it isn't really a good answer.
yes. hundreds of thousands of minor planets. 5 dwarf planets AND EIGHT FULL FLEDGED PLANETS.
And, of course, once we start naming Dwarf planets, will want Elf planets, Hobbit planets, Orc planets, etc...
... [pluto] was a bit of an oddball compared to the other eight, with a highly eccentric and tilted orbit, a diminutive size.
Though there's no absolute rules against a planet having those characteristics. Perhaps a planet caught by, not formed within, the system might match some/all of those, etc...
I can see the desire for have more specific names for different types of things, but I can also see the appeal in keeping things simple.
Sometimes a driver simply isn't available for Linux, QNX, VxWorks or other embedded OSes.
That is actually the best argument to avoid such hardware. Rely on hardware that is open standards based, then you can reduce dependency on proprietary drivers
The reason they have to stay with XPe is because there probably aren't any drivers for Vista/Win7/Win8/Win8.1 So much for the benefit of reusing XP drivers
On the other hand, I'm sure whatever is needed could be ported to NetBSD - which can probably also run on these things, as it runs on just about everything else, including toasters. Just sayin' that there's more to wide-spread hardware portability than just XPe.
... this is like saying "I stopped watering my houseplant, and at some point, it died. We don't know there's any relationship there."
My favorite line from a college Logic book: "Breathing causes death. Everyone who has died was an habitual breather."
F-18E/F will likely outperform it [F-35] as an air superiority fighter, as will Eurofighter. All of these are cheaper and proven to work.
The F-35 isn't intended as a air-superiority fighter, the F-22 is. From: http://theaviationist.com/2014...
But now, the F-22 must be upgraded through a costly service life extension plan and modernization program because, “If I do not keep that F-22 fleet viable, the F-35 fleet frankly will be irrelevant. The F-35 is not built as an air superiority platform. It needs the F-22,” says [Chief of U.S. Air Force Air Combat Command Gen. Michael] Hostage to Air Force Times.
In addition, from Wikipedia:
F-22
F-35
Blame the voters - they put those politicians into office.
Voters that work at Lockheed or associated sub-contractors... Other voters that sell stuff to the first set of voters... Ultimately, we'll all be directly or indirectly building F-35s. It's turtles all the way down.
Just a quick googling reveals that Python has "list index out of range" errors. So. The difference is one of consequence, not of type. In C you get undefined behavior.
Technically, remembering my C books, I think it is defined - as being "undefined". So it's a feature, not a problem.
Heck, why not a premium hike for owners of this or that "aggressiveness gene"? What if in the future we got a quick "+50 cents" tweet for every scoop of ice cream?
The Beam Brush checks up on your teeth-brushing technique. "... What I cannot understand is how politicians fail to understand what a future Kenneth Starr is going to do with data like this."
Bad example? You say that now, but just wait until we get a President caught brushing his teeth side-to-side and not up-and-down, then you'll be wishing for a Ken Starr to try and take him down.
The Airbus patent shows a windowless cockpit that removes the windows or reduces them to partial views of the outside world. Instead, exterior views are provided by a display formed by back projection, lasers, holograms, or OLED imaging systems fed by cameras outside the fuselage.
Great. Now sharks will want to be pilots.
Sure, if you want to be Mr. "glass half empty."
Neither half empty or half full, just twice as large as it needs to be.
"All the people are so happy now, their heads are caving in. I'm glad they are a snowman with protective rubber skin" -- They Might Be Giants