Posts by ian 22 966 publicly visible posts • joined 17 Jun 2009
Dan, as you seem to claim knowledge of geology, perhaps you also know a bit about plate tectonics, and that the canyon in question may have formed many millions of years ago when Greenland was in more tropical latitudes.
Regardless, there is much to learn about this feature, which is less accessible than the surface of the Moon.
Very likely there will be no sharp transition to be found, much like the 'transition' from Earth's atmosphere to outer space. Last I had heard, space begins at 100km altitude, because it is a nice round number, but atmosphere is still detectable beyond that point.
We may simply define interstellar space as beginning at some distance agreed upon, again much like "wogs begin at Calais".
Stevie this is no laughing matter! As automation becomes the norm, humans will exercise less and less brain power. Not to mention unexpected behavior on the part of the systems in question.
The first automation related disaster I'm aware of was the Mount Erebus Disaster in 1979 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_New_Zealand_Flight_901), and the latest is Asiana flight 214 last month. As automation spreads, I expect more failures.
Quite right, and also the current scanner/printer copiers (and especially those networked as printers) write everything to internal disc drives, where the documents stay, potentially for years. When the copier/printer is sold on, those documents remain with the device opening a security gap of huge proportions.
Re "bad design"
Indeed. At a minimum the copier should flash a warning message to users when settings are down to the 'questionable' range. Although even trained and experienced users such as the Asiana pilots of Flight 214 will ignore warnings.
Against stupidity even the Gods contend in vain.
Yer throwing money at the problem in the form of missiles. What you need to do is throw actual money in the form of dense clouds of dense coin. Several million gold coins blasted from a super shotgun should do it, and not require infeasible technology. Cheaper to boot.
Germany entered the war Europe's largest and most industrialized country (Russia was larger, but more backward). It had been preparing for war for years, often covertly and with the assistance of the USSR, while most of Europe was still recovering from the last war. When it attacked, it often had surprise on its side. How could they not have succeeded? Note how quickly Germany surrendered after D-day.
Inefficiency? Devoting rail capacity to Göering and Hitler's looted treasure and transport to concentration camps? Designing and building unreliable and unmaintainable tanks and V weapons? Canceling new weapons projects because "the war will be won before they are ready"? Hitler changing military plans on a whim? Sacrificing whole armies to hold unsustainable positions? Is this efficient? Hardly.
You might read "Double Cross" by Ben Macintyre. The Germans were awarding Iron Crosses to MI5 !
The Allies were far more efficient, if war can be ever be efficient.
... owe me a tablet, shirt, and trousers as I have shot red wine (an unassuming Barolo, 2001) out my nose whilst perusing your latest effort. Well done sir.
However, returning to the original question (I am NOT easily distracted, although I am easily amused), clearly God intended high speed Internet for the viewing of pr0n, although no doubt some misguided folk see it as a business opportunity. One example is the outsourcing of niche services, i.e. conversion of large photos (bit maps) to smaller ones with minimal degradation, a service of interest to the constabulary. Many such niches in the Internet ecosystem can be envisioned, leading either to a fragmentation of the Web, or a diversification, depending on your penchant for glasses half full or half empty.
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