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631.
by iwwr 15y ago
Make people work as least as possible and you maximize the chance of getting an answer.
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by iwwr 15y ago
ICBMs can go fast, but they follow a predictable ballistic trajectory. They can also be intercepted by anti-missile missiles. You will need another scramjet to catch a scramjet while in the atmosphere.
633.
by iwwr 15y ago
Surveillance camera, faster and less predictable than a satellite (and faster than the SR-71). Nothing can fly as fast inside the atmosphere, no way to lob a missile or artillery at it.
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by iwwr 15y ago
POV-Ray script accepts both spellings. http://www.povray.org/documentation/view/3.6.0/230/
635.
by iwwr 15y ago
Airlines don't control airports, air traffic control or airport security. Flying has become a bad experience largely in the areas airlines are powerless to correct. Granted, marginally solvent entities probably don't have the capital to sup
636.
by iwwr 15y ago
If they didn't, they may not have had a second chance.
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Falsehoods Programmers Believe About Names(kalzumeus.com)
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by iwwr 15y ago
It's the capital of Catalonia, who many people in Spain would not mind to see as an independent republic :)
639.
by iwwr 15y ago
Not down to $500K per person.
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by iwwr 15y ago
How will they reduce the costs of putting someone in orbit from $30-40mil like it is today?
641.
by iwwr 15y ago
Not all problems with trials have been ironed out. Only as of 2004, have some medical journals been requiring pre-registration of clinical trials. Previously, drug manufacturers could pretend null results didn't exist. http://en.wikipedia.
642.
by iwwr 15y ago
Soon: "DoJ launches anti-trust lawsuit against Starbucks" (for monopolizing the hipster coffeeshop market); 2 years later, Starbucks forced to sell half their establishments; quietly, they resume political donations
643.
by iwwr 15y ago
This creates a lot of possibilities for data breaches, especially with a single database. Maybe it would work better with 2-factor auth dongles. But the hardware & software side has to be auditable.
644.
by iwwr 15y ago
Drop the subsidies and trade barriers and let African competitive advantages lift them out of poverty. Drop aid to African warlords and governments (who have a money incentive in maintaining poor, starving people). Stop getting involved in
645.
by iwwr 15y ago
"The trouble is that in this industry so often a patent is not a clearly defined property right, but a lottery ticket of uncertain value" That's why you need lots of tickets to guarantee a win.
646.
by iwwr 15y ago
It's much easier to target companies and a few key manufacturers, than millions of home printers.
647.
by iwwr 15y ago
Is there going to be disruptive tech that can eliminate the political advantage of these IP thugs (rent-seekers) ? Perhaps ultra-cheap manufacturing?
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Chrome comes with NativeClient (compiled c++ in the browser)(arstechnica.com)
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649.
by iwwr 15y ago
Increased tax 'revenues' won't do anything to balance the budget, it just offers a little more spending leeway. The problem is spending.
650.
by iwwr 15y ago
So they'll get around $133mil per delivery trip, comparable to the Soyuz Progress (which is around $150mil). More info here http://www.spacex.com/dragon.php
651.
by iwwr 15y ago
ISPs could supply their customers with optional DNS servers that ignore these new domains, couldn't they?
652.
by iwwr 15y ago
Byzantium/Constantinopole lasted longer, but old Rome was destroyed from within. The monetary economy was debased into insignificance, then to supply the state they resorted to direct confiscations of produce (in a largely barter economy).
653.
by iwwr 15y ago
It probably has more to do with bad governance than inherent strategical shortfalls of cities.
654.
by iwwr 15y ago
If fearmongering were illegal, politicians would struggle to find words.
655.
by iwwr 15y ago
Is it a (hyper)intelligent shade of the color blue?
656.
by iwwr 15y ago
Technically, it's a donut.
657.
by iwwr 15y ago
All I can say is, trig functions are overpowered.
658.
by iwwr 15y ago
However, jamming apparatus can be tracked down just as well. Would we be seeing anti-ECM trained triangulation teams of the police?
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Andy Tannenbaum presents Minix 3 (video talk)(youtube.com)
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Why the USSR lost the Moon Race (battles are lost before they begin)(astronautix.com)
3 points by iwwr 15y ago|0 comments

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