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PhD Candidate Talks About the Physics of Space Battles 361

Posted by samzenpus on Thursday December 17, 2009 @03:18PM from the load-photon-torpedoes dept.

darthvader100 writes "Gizmodo has run an article with some predictions on what future space battles will be like. The author brings up several theories on propulsion (and orbits), weapons (explosives, kinetic and laser), and design. Sounds like the ideal shape for spaceships will be spherical, like the one in the Hitchhiker's Guide movie."

Google Earth To Show Ocean Floor 181

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on Monday February 02, 2009 @10:02AM from the no-running-from-big-brother-google dept.

f1vlad writes "Google is expected to announce the addition of ocean floor imagery to its Google Earth project, which will complete digital representation of our planet. 'The existing site, to which an estimated 400 million people have had access, already includes three-dimensional representations of large cities around the world and includes images from street-level and aerial photography covering thousands of miles across Britain and elsewhere. The new additions to the website are expected to include views of the ocean, and portions of the seabed. They will also provide detailed environmental data that will enhance information about the effect of climate change on the world's seas and oceans.'"

Comment did china do this as well on the great wall? (Score 1) 279

by Big Torque on Sunday December 23, 2007 @07:32PM (#21801248) Attached to: Email In the 18th Century

I think China also had a simialer thing with the great wall. Dose anyone know more about this.

Comment Re:Waitasec, being in China... (Score 1) 692

by ReconRich on Thursday November 04, 2004 @04:01PM (#10727359) Attached to: China's Superior Technologies

As far as the homeless, or dare I refer to them as bums without offending someone, well most of them tend to choose that sort of life. Some people are always going to want to avoid society, avoid responsibility, and avoid work. To some the choice of living a poor life with a shorter life expectancy etc is their choice.

Hardly. I spent a few months homeless back in the 80's - trust me, anyone who can get out of that lifestyle will. The people who are chronically homeless are almost universally mentally ill, substance dependent, or both. These are people who are too fucked up to choose anything.

-- Rich

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