el_zorro

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by el_zorro 13y ago
Unfortunately, the length of the Venusian day means that Earth-like conditions are almost certainly never going to arise on Venus. Plants don't take very kindly to baking in the sun for 116 days and then having a 116 day absence of lig
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by el_zorro 13y ago
>I'm interested in why you'd be so keen to move there. I am not the OP, but I'm very interested in moving to Mars at the first chance I get. Why? It certainly isn't about comfort, as you've pointed out. However,
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by el_zorro 13y ago
I think that the fruits of all these contemporary advancements won't be really seen until the global population starts dropping. Right now, automating generally puts someone out of a job and forces them into one that is more or less ma
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by el_zorro 13y ago
Technically, that puts it well into the 'low-voltage' classification; generally, 1000 V is the threshold for 'high-voltage'.
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by el_zorro 13y ago
I'm sitting here in a lab with a vacuum system that is in the process of being repaired for use in testing some new spaceflight components. 1/1000 of the atmosphere, even on this broken, leaky thing, is nothing. Mind you, it'
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by el_zorro 13y ago
Yes, but so could tracks on any high-speed rail, and in that case with considerably greater ease. In this case, the actual railway is sealed off from all but the most determined external forces, who would be able to do just as much damage t
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by el_zorro 13y ago
Correct. I'll do some digging around to find the polarity maps we have around the lab here and post them if I find them. At times, there really isn't a clear 'pole' of the sun, and octopoles can sometimes be found. E: He
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by el_zorro 13y ago
It's caused by the sun's rotation, mostly. There are some complex magnetics that go on inside the sun, but the gist of it is that there is a differential in rotation rates between the poles and the equator of the sun. This causes
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by el_zorro 13y ago
Keep in mind that this was from 2008.
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by el_zorro 13y ago
True. It will probably be relatively expensive, at least at first. Still, if it's moderately priced (<$100) I would be much more willing to take long-distance trips down the coast. As it is, I rarely go to NYC or Philadelphia becaus
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by el_zorro 13y ago
This makes much more sense. Perhaps I am biased from my East Coast viewpoint, but these things have to be built for everyone, not just tech enthusiasts. The East Coast has many more destinations that could benefit from this. For me right no
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by el_zorro 13y ago
Surely Social Security wasn't meant to be the biggest item on the Federal Budget. I suppose you can argue about its popularity, but it has become enormous.
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by el_zorro 13y ago
I'm sorry if that came off rather strongly - I'm very passionate about the subject!
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by el_zorro 13y ago
There are perfectly good engineering solutions to all of the points you've raised which I won't go into here, because I don't want to waste your time or mine. I'll just state that Biosphere 2 was a terrible experiment th
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by el_zorro 13y ago
True, but it might allow the freedom to implement alternative methods that clamp down on such things. Just as the New World allowed for the political innovations that has lead to modern democracy (however flawed), Mars would be a new fronti
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by el_zorro 13y ago
They could, but I'd like to see them enforce it. The worst they could do on Earth would be to stop rocket launches to Mars (which would be bad) but rockets can be launched in a variety of places. They represent a large injection of wea
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by el_zorro 13y ago
This sounds ridiculous, but lately I've been of the opinion that this planet is borked. I hold out serious hope for Elon Musk and his Mars colony. I seriously believe that we as a species need a fresh start in a new place. We need a ne
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by el_zorro 14y ago
I'm not quite sure if it would be possible to triangulate the position of the events - our sensors only detect relative changes in the magnetic field in the X and Y direction. As it stands we have only a handful of sensors: one that we oper
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by el_zorro 14y ago
Actually, I work in a lab where I'm investigating ELF 'whistlers' that we've detected. It's really interesting stuff - we're not sure what causes them, but we've found some correlation between events and certain limits on the solar elevatio
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by el_zorro 14y ago
I've had to use the Mastering Physics site. You could purchase access the the site by itself, or get it for 'free' when you bought the required textbook. Mind you, this was no bargain - buying the book was a $280 investment.
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by el_zorro 15y ago
I have found that this is very true. Right now, I'm studying physics at the undergraduate level. It's hard, but at the same time it doesn't feel challenging. I don't feel like I get very much out of my lessons. However, I did manage to get
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by el_zorro 15y ago
I would think that people view car theft as more morally consequential than copyright infringement because of its tangible nature. If someone takes a car, someone else is now missing a car. However, if someone were to illegally download a s