<blockquote>opinion polls stating that more than 50 per cent of the American people believe there is an extraterrestrial presence and more than 80 per cent believe the government is not telling the truth about this phenomenon.</blockquote>
Presumably that's 80% of 50%, rather than an additional 30% believing the government is covering up an alien presence in which they themselves do not believe?
XCOM was the first game I can remember seeing adverts for on bus shelters, etc. Before it, computer games adverts were pretty much confined to games shop windows and hobbyist magazines.
Only if there's an awful lot of it, and if it's concentrated around each galactic halo. You can probably discount rogue planets as providing enough mass (because you'd need hundreds per star), and the black holes described here probably ended up as the cores of galaxies.
Several Hollyword studios have shown interest in the script for a film treatment of the evacuation of Dunkirk, where the US Navy rescues the British Army from the clutches of the Nazis and a small band of US Marines fights a desperate rearguard action against the massed SS Panzer divisions.
No-one's giving up on CAT5 to the desktop. As I_am_Chris pointed out, most of us have decent wifi coverage and access to eduroam already, so it's the off-campus access which will be the main benefit.
IIRC, the Osprey has a cross-linkage to provide power to the other prop if one engine fails (or is shot out). Also the wings and engines can be rotated and/or folded up so it can be stored and moved more easily. All in all, it's a pretty complicated bit of engineering, yet co-axial rotors have been used successfully in helicopters for decades (Hoodlum, Werewolf, et al).
...because the usual nutters will denounce it as the Mark of the Beast and a sign of the End Times, and get their Congresspersons wound up into creating a grandstanding religio-political furore aimed at currying votes and soliciting campaign contributions.
Still, it's always fun to watch from the sidelines.
I see no reason why they shouldn't paint this thing green and call it Thunderbird Two. That way it'd be so much easier to control the altitude, because it'd be on strings.
> “I’m one of the few people in the world who can say, ‘I know what everything is worth'," he declares. "Everything in the whole world is worth what anyone else is prepared to pay for it. And that’s it. Simple.”
He certainly overvalues his own worth -- I bet he picked that up from playing Civilisation IV (which quotes the Roman writer who made the original statement).
Too right. I saw it fly in rehearsal on the Friday, and the only time that day when we could hear anything more than tinny music from the PA was when that git commentator was creaming himself.
Presumably it would have to be calibrated by comparison with an earlier scan. If the resolution is sufficient to detect a tunnel entrance or an IED (commonly a 155mm shell, so let's say less than a metre long) then that's an awful lot of data to be collated even along major roads, frequently enough to be useful. Dumping two dozen empty coke cans (or a few lengths of copper pipe) in one spot might be enough to confuse or misdirect it. Burying a dead goat wouldn't help either.
Technology has all too often little to offer beyond the Mk.I Eyeball, backed up by experience and common sense. Without error bars the technology risks becoming a dangerous distraction.
<em>This is why anyone who is truly concerned about the environment should always, without exception, light their farts. Failure to do so is colossally irresponsible in a global warming context.</em>
According to Dr. James L. A. Roth, the author of Gastrointestinal Gas (Ch. 17 in Gastroenterology, v. 4, 1976) most people (2/3 of adults) pass farts that contain no methane. Exceptions must be allowed, else the unnecessary combustion of of matches or lighter fluid creates a greater problem than it potentially solves.
The black hole isn't one solar mass, it's just described as being on the same scale as a star's mass. The black hole is estimated to be 16-24 solar masses.
You were given a dowsing kit? Implying that someone bought it for you? What a waste of money. I made my own from a wire coathangar and two biros when I was ten years old.
I soon came to the conclusion that dowsing was total bollocks (although the rods did gain a new lease of life as an idiot detector when my little brother asked me what I was up to).
But why are the phytoplankton short of iron? If the present situation is a normal part of their lifecycle or population cycle then feeding them iron now may only create greater instabilities further down the line.
It's rare that there are any simple answers in a complex system.
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Safe?
> A prototype Robo Bonobo – we're safe so long as we have stairs
"EL-E-VATE."
"The violent detonation happened in 1843"
I think you mean it was observed on Earth in 1843.
I'm a bit worried by all those trains on the roads.
When the yuppies from the 80s start dropping dead, it will be time to celebrate!
<blockquote>opinion polls stating that more than 50 per cent of the American people believe there is an extraterrestrial presence and more than 80 per cent believe the government is not telling the truth about this phenomenon.</blockquote>
Presumably that's 80% of 50%, rather than an additional 30% believing the government is covering up an alien presence in which they themselves do not believe?
Cyberdyne?! Someone's tempting fate...
"I cannot begin to guess..."
"I cannot begin to guess why this little comet became such a big internet sensation"
I'm happy to make a guess: too many people are too fucking stupid.
Possible leaks?
At -60C, could the different rates of shrinkage of the three metals be a problem?
Turning point
XCOM was the first game I can remember seeing adverts for on bus shelters, etc. Before it, computer games adverts were pretty much confined to games shop windows and hobbyist magazines.
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> Are we closing in on the missing matter?
Only if there's an awful lot of it, and if it's concentrated around each galactic halo. You can probably discount rogue planets as providing enough mass (because you'd need hundreds per star), and the black holes described here probably ended up as the cores of galaxies.
Globalism
> * Details vary, according to which source you're reading, which is often the case with news from China.
Or indeed with the British tabloid press.
I hope the Chinese aren't learning that particular approach from us. China deserves better. Much, much better.
Historical revisionism
Several Hollyword studios have shown interest in the script for a film treatment of the evacuation of Dunkirk, where the US Navy rescues the British Army from the clutches of the Nazis and a small band of US Marines fights a desperate rearguard action against the massed SS Panzer divisions.
Believe that and you'll believe... oh, forget it.
Re: what a load of buzzwords
No-one's giving up on CAT5 to the desktop. As I_am_Chris pointed out, most of us have decent wifi coverage and access to eduroam already, so it's the off-campus access which will be the main benefit.
Reasons not to bother
> Stop dreaming and spend the money on solving the problems here on Earth.
This is one of the problems here on Earth!
Osprey
IIRC, the Osprey has a cross-linkage to provide power to the other prop if one engine fails (or is shot out). Also the wings and engines can be rotated and/or folded up so it can be stored and moved more easily. All in all, it's a pretty complicated bit of engineering, yet co-axial rotors have been used successfully in helicopters for decades (Hoodlum, Werewolf, et al).
It'll never happen..
...because the usual nutters will denounce it as the Mark of the Beast and a sign of the End Times, and get their Congresspersons wound up into creating a grandstanding religio-political furore aimed at currying votes and soliciting campaign contributions.
Still, it's always fun to watch from the sidelines.
Jelly Bean?
Maybe it looks like her, but what I want to know is does it taste like her?
Financial fraud
>The financial services industry recorded £3.6bn in fraudulent losses last year
I think you'll find that figure has been underestimated by several hundred billion.
LEMV are go!
I see no reason why they shouldn't paint this thing green and call it Thunderbird Two. That way it'd be so much easier to control the altitude, because it'd be on strings.
Overvalued
> “I’m one of the few people in the world who can say, ‘I know what everything is worth'," he declares. "Everything in the whole world is worth what anyone else is prepared to pay for it. And that’s it. Simple.”
He certainly overvalues his own worth -- I bet he picked that up from playing Civilisation IV (which quotes the Roman writer who made the original statement).
@G4
There's always someone who doesn't grasp the difference between climate and weather.
Re: Beware what you allow in...
> I believe God (and the Devil) exist... call me deluded or not.
Yes, you're deluded.
Loud septic
Too right. I saw it fly in rehearsal on the Friday, and the only time that day when we could hear anything more than tinny music from the PA was when that git commentator was creaming himself.
Re: Notice...
"Holland" is also one-third of a middle-sized, wet and windy county in England.
- A Yellowbelly living quite a bit further west now
Reliance on technology
Presumably it would have to be calibrated by comparison with an earlier scan. If the resolution is sufficient to detect a tunnel entrance or an IED (commonly a 155mm shell, so let's say less than a metre long) then that's an awful lot of data to be collated even along major roads, frequently enough to be useful. Dumping two dozen empty coke cans (or a few lengths of copper pipe) in one spot might be enough to confuse or misdirect it. Burying a dead goat wouldn't help either.
Technology has all too often little to offer beyond the Mk.I Eyeball, backed up by experience and common sense. Without error bars the technology risks becoming a dangerous distraction.
Exceptional farts
<em>This is why anyone who is truly concerned about the environment should always, without exception, light their farts. Failure to do so is colossally irresponsible in a global warming context.</em>
According to Dr. James L. A. Roth, the author of Gastrointestinal Gas (Ch. 17 in Gastroenterology, v. 4, 1976) most people (2/3 of adults) pass farts that contain no methane. Exceptions must be allowed, else the unnecessary combustion of of matches or lighter fluid creates a greater problem than it potentially solves.
@david wilson
The black hole isn't one solar mass, it's just described as being on the same scale as a star's mass. The black hole is estimated to be 16-24 solar masses.
@BlueGreen
You were given a dowsing kit? Implying that someone bought it for you? What a waste of money. I made my own from a wire coathangar and two biros when I was ten years old.
I soon came to the conclusion that dowsing was total bollocks (although the rods did gain a new lease of life as an idiot detector when my little brother asked me what I was up to).
@Wonko the Sane
"Your whole rant sounds like the usual EuroWeenie Whine about Americans, you actually believe what the media tells you about us."
George is an American (although you could have been confused by the fact that he spelt 'sulphuric' correctly).
@Captain Mainwaring
> Then there's those tens of millions of UK Driver's licences in circulation too
That'll be DRIVING licences.
FFS.... Stop watching The Wire and reclaim your Life On Mars.
@Sergie Kaponitovicz
I'd have to be dead too before I let anyone deposit my intestates!
This doesn't reassure me in the least
> “We completely understand the public’s concern about futuristic robots feeding on the human population, but that is not our mission."
So whose mission is it? We need to know *before* the ROTM apocalypse, not afterwards!
Loadsamoney
I have one particular memory which has 0.63095734448019324943436013662234 related memories. Would anyone like to buy it?
Is this normal?
But why are the phytoplankton short of iron? If the present situation is a normal part of their lifecycle or population cycle then feeding them iron now may only create greater instabilities further down the line.
It's rare that there are any simple answers in a complex system.