You didn't think something 4.5 billion years old would have a few wrinkles?
Dude, the universe is only 6,000 years old and all the stuff about evolution and stars millions of light years away are nothing but lies straight from the pit of hell. Voyager is going to be destroyed any day now as it crashes head-on into the firmament. Hopefully in the last few seconds it can send back the sound of the flood waters being held back by the firmament.
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Voyager is currently traveling 38,100 miles per hour, or 1/17600 the speed of light. As such, just to cross our galaxy, it would take 211.2 Million years.
If you tried to cross our galaxy, you'd first have to compensate for the orbital speed of the Sun around the galactic center. You'd need a lot more speed to do that. (It's the same problem as with getting a solar probe close enough to the Sun.)
Maybe its time to put Voyager to pasture; we can build new, better and faster Voyager III probes running Linux (probably Android) and Solar Wind for propulsion.
I would skip a few probes and go straight for Voyager 6. But be careful not to lose the "transmit data" command on some forgotten tape, or we're all screwed.
Could we just get the list of who the NSA isn't spying on? It seems to be much shorter.
So, you believe that we're the only inhabited planet in the universe?
Times change. Actual stuff might be less interesting or even plain bad, but the breakthrough would remain in history.
The same happens with pretty much any art. Most literature no older than 100 years looks now dated and plain boring (yes, even golden classics). Music from 2 decades ago is mostly stuff that nobody listens anymore (Yes, i know there are exceptions, but few and far between). However, if it was a huge success or a breakthrough (invention, innovation, something fresh, etc), it's worth mentioning and remembering.
Yes, they do. There's plenty of good old music, but I'd argue that the reason many don't listen to it is lack of exposure, and dramatic improvements in fidelity. Who want's to listen to something that sounds like it was played in a trash can, or old scratchy black and white movies with poor special effects? As for old art, my wife and I recently visited the Louvre, and while there was plenty of cool stuff, many of the paintings just looked the same (quickly boring). Why? Most likely because they were all commissioned to paint monarchs or similar religious over and over.
Sid did some great work. But some of the recent stuff with his name on it is just crap in my opinion.
You have to be nutters to live in SF.
Or fruits.
You could have done much better than that. For example:
Technology is people
That's obvious, because Soylent Green is technology.
There is no explanation of why the federal figures increased so much
Because we can!
--Obama
They did the same bit to get people to move from XP to 7. And everyone lost their minds then, too. Why would anyone expect things to be different this time?
We should all know by now that this is part of Microsoft's business plan. Get you to keep buying the same product over and over.
A Through-Wall Gesture Interface
Wi-Vi leverages its ability to track motion to enable a through-wall gesture-based communication channel.
That will be great in hostage situations for the cops to check whether the perps are giving them the finger.
It is easier to change the specification to fit the program than vice versa.