Comment Re:Laser gun.... who knows. Railgun though (Score 1) 185
A railgun projectile that travels slow enough that the target can evade before the projectile reaches it? Meh.
Shotgun railguns!!!
A railgun projectile that travels slow enough that the target can evade before the projectile reaches it? Meh.
Shotgun railguns!!!
So you are going to cover every surface of every target with a mirror? Let me know how that goes for you.
Well at least that way there won't be any trouble tracking it.
What else do you want people to "learn" from it?
They should learn not to keep all their "investments" in options and other derivatives. Then be amazed when the market reverses and wipes them out. That's called "gambling". Derivatives should only make up a small portion of your portfolio as a hedge and then only when you really know what you're doing.
I had a couple of uncles who had millions in call options in early '99 who blasted me for being a fool for telling them to get out. A year later they were singing the "but nobody saw it coming!" song.
that quote is a myth; the guy actually said more along the lines of so many new things have been invented that he wouldn't be surprised if there were less new inventions in the future. which is a far cry from saying nothing new would be invented.
Think about it, the total energy of all the shock and sonic boom is equal to amount of jet fuel burnt
Well duh, ANY engine noise is "energy wasted on shaking the air" as any engineer can tell you. A 787 is nice and quiet compared to other airliners but it's still burning fuel to shake some air. It is a legit question to ask if it is *economical* to shake the air at the sonic boom level.
they chose to make issuing paper money illegal - "No State shall
the key word being "State". Whenever reading the Constitution, pay attention to whether it specifies "Congress" or "States". The item you've quoted specifies States may not, meaning the Congress may. Other items specify Congress may not, meaning States may. The terms "Congress" and "States" are not just interchangable, generic terms for "government" in the Constitution.
Translation: We can't afford (read: won't pay) for real security personnel
In all fairness, United is a huge company and like any huge company has tremendous inertia. Probably it's nearly impossible to get IT security bugs properly identified and fixed even if the CEO came to daily scrum meetings. A bounty for external parties is at least a realization they have this problem.
Would you prefer he go off the deep end into scientology like the actress who does bart's voice?
Why have online voting? Really, voting in person means people who are interested enough bestir themselves to do so. And if they are interested enough to go vote, presumably they at least know the candidates' names ahead of time and hopefully something of the issues. Until you can guarantee there are no ultra-low information voters then universal turnout is not good. Otherwise might as well turn voting over to Mechanical Turk.
"Mother, stay out of this."
Except his mom was married to a cuckold named joseph while she was knocked up with another guy's baby.
So..., you're saying that all the Old Testament crap is right out the window? Cool. Please tell all your fellow "Christians"
Ever notice that to most christians a 1,000 page bible is 900 pages of unread filler around the 100 pages about yeshua?
Hint: the moon is beyond geosync distance but somehow it manages to stay in orbit
In the long term this is incorrect. The moon's orbit is not permanent. Since the original question is what devices will keep working without humans present then the correct answer is likely satellites, but those are not forever.
If you hit the wall in an Indy Car and don't take your hands off the wheel, you'll break your wrists.
They could use a drive-by-wire whose force feedback isn't strong enough to break a wrist. Wouldn't the car be safer without a steering wheel aimed at the driver's chest? F16's use a joystick on the side; a racecar could do the same.
I know someone who beats all the rest of you: my mother's bff still uses her Amana Radarange she got in 1969.
My favorite structure on Mars is the giant clockwork thing in Watchmen. But I guess that doesn't quite meet the breathable air requirement.
With your bare hands?!?
