...Steve Jobs take credit for other people's work in this video, just like always.
Where? I didn't see him claiming at any point to have single-handedly developed it. Are you claiming he didn't play any part at all in it? If not, then you're just plain wrong and you know it.
Or perhaps the reports here have a bigger clue than you. Yes, jet fuel is kerosene, but not all kerosene is jet fuel. If they were, in fact, using jet fuel, using the more specific term would be more accurate. Do you have some reason for thinking they got their facts wrong here?
Jet fuel is liquid, too. They could have reported that they used liquid, which would be equally true... but even less specific and thus less informative. The more specific you can be, the better.
Old habits die hard. Don't forget about other fun gas-related units, such as the hundred (standard) cubit feet, ccf.
That's "cubic" feet. You're going really old school when you start talking about cubits.
Only that was what was said. They said they were the same size as a basketball court...
Actually, that's not what they said. They said that the probe would not have been able to power itself even with solar panels the size of a basketball court. It's a hypothetical statement. My car would not be able to lift itself, even if it was filled with hydrogen. This is true, but in saying this, I'm not saying my car is actually filled with hydrogen, just pointing out that it wouldn't have enough lift even if it was.
Granted the way they said it unfortunately implied what you said. But it's not what they actually said.
...and if it's not written in assembler, it's probably not three lines. I think the entirety of the code in memcpy looks something like:
while ( n-- ) *d++ = *s++;
. (And then there's the environmental advantage of mining asteroids over terrestrial mining.)
What, pray tell, might the advantage be? I dare say that creating a rocket and fuel to launch tones of stuff far enough into space to reach an asteroid is going to be pretty rough on the local environment. Then add the ability to return at least some recovered mass and I'm thinking we are nowhere near an environmental wash for quite some time.
You are either overestimating the environmental impact of a rocket, or way, way, way underestimating the environmental impact of mining on Earth. Also, "far enough into space to reach an asteroid"? The fact that you thought this worth mentioning, rather than simply saying "launch tons of stuff into space", makes it sound like you mistakenly believe it takes a lot more effort to send something to an asteroid than it does to get it into orbit, which is pretty much the exact opposite of the case. Get to orbit, and you're nearly done. The amount of fuel you'll expend getting to an asteroid is just a few extra percent on top of what it took to get to orbit. In any case, you'd have a near impossible task to design a rocket that had as much environmental impact as a mine.
Once you have your own 'coin,' you just need to convince people that it is worth something.
And if you succeed, it will be worth something.
One error is excusable, but three or more glaring errors are absolutely unacceptable.
Absolutely. You should ask for your money back.
[Citation needed]
"Most mammals normally cease to produce lactase, becoming lactose intolerant, after weaning,[4] but some human populations have developed lactase persistence, in which lactase production continues into adulthood. It is estimated that 75% of adults worldwide show some decrease in lactase activity during adulthood.[5] The frequency of decreased lactase activity ranges from 5% in northern Europe through 71% for Sicily to more than 90% in some African and Asian countries.[6]"
70% would mean that 7 out of every 10 people I know would be lactose intolerant. However, that ratio for me is more like 1 in every 100.
So either I'm an extreme statistical outlier or you're spouting bullshit. Guess which one I'm betting it is?
Do not try to generalize from personal experience: you are not the center of the universe. (You are, in fact, a moron.) The human mutation that allows some adult humans to continue to tolerate lactose into adulthood, an extremely abnormal trait for mammals, is only common among those of northern European descent, becoming an increasing smaller minority the further afield you get from northern Europe or its colonies.
I tell them to turn to the study of mathematics, for it is only there that they might escape the lusts of the flesh. -- Thomas Mann, "The Magic Mountain"