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Comment: Re:SS2 is not a real space ship (Score 1) 164

by Calinous (#33857050) Attached to: SpaceShipTwo Flies Free For the First Time

It goes to space based on the current understanding of the atmosphere highest limit (above that is space). The edge of space is conventionally at 100 km (or 62 miles).
      It is true, the velocity of the Space Ship 2 at that altitude is negligible - and it would need some 6+ km/s (I think), or more than four miles a second to stay in orbit.
      So, in the end, it's just a novelty thing. Just like the first flights of the Wright brothers (and other pioneers in aviation) were tens of feets (and altitudes reached were in the tens of inches), figuratively landing in the same place where their flight started

Comment: Re:I like AMD (Score 1) 362

by Calinous (#33673364) Attached to: AMD One-Ups Intel With Cheap Desktop Chips

Frankly, there was a time when motherboard reviews from Anandtech presented the number of times the board crashed during testing. It then went lower and lower, then they only crashed when using interleaved memory banks, then they didn't crash at all during normal use.
      Or maybe the crashes weren't reported any longer.

Comment: Re:Why Still Pursuing This? (Score 1) 250

by Calinous (#33672650) Attached to: First Human-Powered Ornithopter

Not to mention power needed. What use is a human powered airplane that needs the power level of an athlete, while it would expect a small total load? What do you do against a front wind? While winds of 25 km/h are not common, winds of 12 km/h are quite common (and would double your flight time when going against them).
      Also, this airplane seems to use more parking space than a couple of cars

Comment: Re:Cue increase in accidents (Score 1) 825

by Calinous (#33488370) Attached to: Gubernatorial Candidate Wants to Sell Speeding Passes for $25

There is the issue of the car in front not braking, but catastrophically stopping (hitting a downed tree, or a stopped truck, or something). That makes you unable to stop if your speed is high enough, even if you're 6 seconds behind him (which, at 60 mph is about 500 feet - or 100 km/h and 160 meters)

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