You know what they say about men and their sportscars, right?
No, nobody has the slightest clue what you're talking about.
They say men who buy flashy impressive cars do it to make up for a lack of self esteem caused by having a small penis.
It's a shame they say that. Many men buy flashy impressive cars for the flashy impressive technology under the hood. Maybe "they" - who say that - are explaining away their jealousy or ignorance of the hobby by trying to bring car lovers down a notch. (Disclaimer: I do not own a flashy impressive car - I own a common Mustang in the unflashy color of dark grey - but can see a million other reasons than low self esteem to spend money on one)
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This is not a troll, this is informative.
this is not flamebait, this is redundant
Redundant? THIS.. IS.. +5 INSIGHTFUL!!!!!!!!
Do you realise just how much energy is being circulated in the upper atmosphere....? Yep the kites will steal some of that energy, but to make any real impact you would have to have so many kites that you would encounter other bigger problems a long time before you managed to reduce the jet stream by any significant ammount.... Hell what happens when you fly planes in the jetstream?
That's what we said about automobiles and smog.
1900's: Automobiles produce smog, but it would never have an impact on the environment... why, you would need MILLIONS of automobiles in one city to produce smog that is noticeable. We're just talking about a few thousand cars..
2000's: Examine LA auto-related smog levels. Also, it's no longer ridiculous to consider having millions of automobiles in one city.
2000's: Do you realize how many billions of kites you will need to even cause a dent in the gulf stream? We're just talking about a few kites over one city.
2100's: Damn, who knew flying billions of kites in the air would have catastrophic unpredictable effects on our climate?
Now, a controversial new scientific study suggests that a chunk of a comet caused the 5-10 megaton fireball, bouncing off the atmosphere and back into orbit around the sun. The scientists have even identified a candidate Tunguska object--now more than 100 million miles away--that will pass close to Earth again in 2045. Is there a hidden, but powerful, danger inside the seemingly harmless comet?
Please note that Popular Mechanics definition of "close to" is something different that most people's. At any rate, the key to this theory is that hydrogen and oxygen in the ice shard exploded upon entering the atmoshphere, resulting in the difficult-to-explain explosion pattern (previous theories contend that the object must have "skipped" on the atmosphere and then re-entered at the exact same spot). This would also sadly dash the theory that Nikola Tesla was responsible.
The power requirements mean it will have to dissipate huge amounts of heat, generate lots of noise which means it'll essentially be carrying a "shoot me!" sign and individuals without any form of body power assist can already kill tanks, bring down helicopter gunships etc.
As a form of fork lift I can see some advantages in logistics, but not on the sharp end of a military.
Really? My desktop computer consumes about 220watts and is about 30dB with all my fans (quiet fans). According to TFA, this exoskeleton eats up about 250 watts, alot of which will be used up in motion. 95% of the 220 watts in my computer go directly to heat, because the only moving parts are small fans.
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