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omegant
14y ago
Completely agree, take a random topic generator for the plot, add some fear to death and other therapy topics, mix it all with some randomly annoying music, edit cutting randmly at the story and you have and instant clasic!!. You will have
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omegant
14y ago
Thanks, I'll put it on the reading list.
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omegant
14y ago
The ultimate "learn faster than your foe or die" is in my opinion counter-insurgency. There is the army manual on counter insurgency by Gen. Petraeus(free download http://www.fas.org/irp/doddir/army/fm3-24.pdf ), heavy on army procedures,
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omegant
14y ago
Thank you!, it sounded familiar but couldn't remember the source.
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omegant
14y ago
The quote was familiar but I couldn't remember the source. The meaning is clear though! Amazing neverending discussions, it makes me remember the Feynman anecdote when he observed matematiians discussions.
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omegant
14y ago
And this belongs to?
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omegant
14y ago
All that you say is true, but at the same time I don't think you are getting my point. Atthe human level religion is nothing more than emotion, social and group dinamics and conditioning. Then there are the folcloric items, like gods, pray
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omegant
14y ago
Are you so sure? A person that is conditioned to follow an idea will behave in a conditioned way, I doesn't matter the topic. When you are conditioned to beleave and cheer a "scientific" fact, it is improbable that you'll allow new facts to
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omegant
14y ago
Are that engines reusable in a short time? or must they go through a mayor refurbishment after each flight?
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omegant
14y ago
Why is it using a solid second stage? What are the advantages beyond weight? It isn´t more risky if you have to compensate for some kind of 1st stage under or over burn?
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omegant
14y ago
Airline pilot here, not the same of course, but I am used to sensible procedures that must be done on time, also I am aware of the importance of fast feedback and continuous evolution of procedures. Just some questions: - How astronauts and
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14y ago
" Lots of celebrities have been seriously burned at some point and had trouble understanding why they were no longer darlings of the public eye. I got to go through that on a much smaller scale" After all it seems that you are afraid of loo
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omegant
14y ago
They are telling that the shooting is related to the marathon bombing.
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omegant
14y ago
Thank you. Any way I was meaning if he did pivot to men apparel, sports tshirts, etc...
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omegant
14y ago
Did he tried with men?. I defenitely would give my measures to be able to buy clothing online, tshirts, hoodies, pants, even caps. I don't buy online right now unless is a bramd I already know and I go directly for my size. Is
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omegant
14y ago
http://www.halifaxexplosion.org/intro.html
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14y ago
Airline pilot here, with experience with both systems, but not technical knowledge of the inner parts or how much they are capable. I have to leave right now, I´ll be expanding this comment a bit latter. By now just tell you that both syste
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omegant
14y ago
As always they read my mind!. Thank you. It'll be interesting to know how profitable it is.
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14y ago
I´ve always thought that someday there would be a way to use old dumpers (or even actual ones, although some of them have a good recycle system) as a source of raw materials. After all there are some decades of waste accumulation there and
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omegant
14y ago
Are gases dangerous at 30km/sec?. I mean, of course they are, but are they still dangerous in space?. Will the cloud keep more or less cohesive or will it disperse?
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14y ago
What kind of residues leaves that kind of engine? is it gas or solid? because small solids at that speed will surely make the earth orbit in a quite dangerous shooting range in no time. What is the expected coherence of a gas cloud flying
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omegant
14y ago
Three days of hammering impulse is not going to be fun!
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omegant
14y ago
Could a home microwave's magnetron be converted into an antenna? what possible use could it have?, are they good for data transmission? the microwave antennas I mean, not the ovens.. It could be cool to have a dyi super high power wifi of s
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14y ago
For what?
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omegant
14y ago
So, that´s why HN has been doing 503´s for the last week?, I am from Spain and it has been failing all the time.
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omegant
14y ago
If the ring is new but only the stone is "used", it´ll be hard to be discovered and still much cheaper. Even a refinished old ring would be quite hard to tell apart from a brand new one (unless your fiance is quite an expert on ring designs
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omegant
14y ago
Then buy used (the diamond) and pay for a nice ring design. But don't tell her.
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omegant
14y ago
I don't quite get it, what can be seen in those graphs?
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omegant
14y ago
Time for a deal protocol app?
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14y ago
Is this guy receiving any industry support? Is something he has invented availble to the public?
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