Comment Re:Dupe? (Score 1) 76
Jesus was definitely right about a lot of things. So were Muhammed and Budda and Pythagoras.
Jesus was definitely right about a lot of things. So were Muhammed and Budda and Pythagoras.
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Is it kosher then? Or does reality temporarily take precedence over mythology when someone is wounded?
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Nice veiled insult. Saving a human life is considered, as per our mythology, more important than any other commandment. We drive ambulances on the sabbath and use pig implants when that is needed to save a life. There is no "temporary" about that, it is our custom.
Some religions value the afterlife more than human life. Some religions value vague interpretations of scripture more than human life. Some politicians value religion more than human life. Jews believe in human life first, all else second.
I remember seeing something like this as a coating to a wound dressing
Correct. We (Israel) used this to terrific effect in last year's operation in Gaza. It saved lives on both sides.
I've been to a Turkish spa. I think you're right, I've seen all I needed to see in the spa.
It was the February 8 attempt here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D...
More details here:
http://www.waaytv.com/space_al...
Diagnosis: Air Force tracking radar went down 2m30s before launch.
If you are referring to the recent delay which caused SpaceX to launch almost a week late and scrap a landing attempt due to an Air Force radar station idiot being trigger happy on the "no go" call, then I agree completely.
Perhaps MI5 should hire him for penetration testing instead of putting him in jail!
I think that having inmates penetration test each other is common only in American jails.
Actually, it is pretty much accepted from what I understand that the Moon had several influences on the rise and development of life on this planet, from (among others) stabilizing our spin, to moderating the seasons, deflection of large asteroids, and even to the development of optic cones in addition to rods (or rods in addition to cones, I forget which), etc.
I think that it was Asimov that pointed out that our Moon follows a fully concave path around the Sun, i.e. never travels backwards, and in his opinion that defined us (for him) as a dual-planet system.
In order to account for binary systems, I generally look at the central axis of rotation - if it's inside one of the bodies, that body is the 'primary' - IE a planet, sun, whatever. If it's outside, then it's a double system.
So if the moon were located about 20% further from Earth, then you would consider the Earth-Moon system a binary system?
Hi neighbor! I've been to Aqaba though I haven't dived there. You should know that as an Israeli, I'm very happy to see Jordan building a nuclear power plant. We (humans) need _clean_ energy, even if it is more expensive than burning carbon. And anything that advances the Jordanian standard of living is good for the entire area, especially considering what is happening on Jordan's northern and eastern borders right now.
Most nuclear countries will see Ukraine as a cautionary tale. They disarmed and got invaded.
Libya, too.
Or at least their certs removed from valid CA Root lists that, for example, Mozilla uses. If not, why not? A trust has been breached.
The truth is that users have no way of knowing which of the tens of certificates included in the browser to leave and which to remove. This Super User question remains without a satisfactory answer, even as browser cert issues pile up almost monthly:
http://superuser.com/questions...
Good question. According to this guy, both Mercury (no mention if Redstone or Atlas) and Gemini broke 7 g:
http://space.stackexchange.com...
I would imagine that the Gemini curves looked something like g = t + sin(t) as they had real pogo problems with the Titan rockets. If you find an actual graph, please post it!
The low gravity of Moon would allow the elderly (and other infirm) to remain mobile for many years after they would've become wheelchair-bound on Earth.
In order to enjoy 0.3 g on the Moon, you need to suffer 3+g for a good ten minutes leaving Earth. I'm not sure that the elderly or infirm will stand for that.
The Saturn V's actually were one of the slowest-accelerating human-rated craft to ever launch, and they hit a peak of 40 m/s^2, about 4 g, at MECO 1:
http://history.nasa.gov/ap11fj...
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