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by omegant 12y ago
As a raw beginner that tried this book as the first I'll say that it's frustrating to try to learn with it. It explains something pretty well and then suddenly there is a big knowledge jump that you must fill looking at internet (
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by omegant 12y ago
Amazing!
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by omegant 12y ago
Very nice job! I would like to see how each station is hit by arrivals and departures. There are stations that have much more traffic than others and it could be cool to see it in real time. For example people arriving to Oxford Circus at 9
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by omegant 12y ago
I find useful for tube conections, although it's really(really) slow and more confusing lately. I've been unable to find a useful bus route with google. But maybe it's me.
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by omegant 12y ago
They are usable but they can be improved quite a lot, they are too general. The night map is specially bad.
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by omegant 12y ago
The biggest pain I found living in London (that can be solved in a week) is bus lines visualization. I find almost impossible to visualize the route of a bus, much less to combine two routes to get to a point. The official site gives line n
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by omegant 12y ago
Or set a dropoff only stop 50 yards from the designated stop. That way the people from the stop don't try to board.
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by omegant 12y ago
Cap Rocat ( https://www.caprocat.com ), Mallorca. I was lucky and the hotel was still being build, so the party was relatively cheap. I knew the place from when it was still military and abandoned with empty ammunition cases lying
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by omegant 12y ago
A very good private party DJ(He plays for artist and actors) told me that if you want people to dance, the volume must be very high. As it was my party I told him to do it as he saw fit and indeed almost all the people (200) danced. Then on
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by omegant 12y ago
Honest question, would steel rust just by liquid water, or vapor and oxigen in the air will make it rust eventually?
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by omegant 12y ago
I´m airline pilot with 16 years of professional experience, I spent my first 3 to 4 years as a pilot looking outside to see if I could see a UFO. Of course I didn't see anything strange. But I am routinely fouled by Venus. I've o
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by omegant 12y ago
Is still a military zone, but has no strategic use now a days. It´s just a museum, were you can visit the old fortress and a coastal artillery battery from the beginning of sXX that used the only Vickers 385/45 remaining from the times
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by omegant 12y ago
I highly recommend to visit Hôtel des Invalides war museum in Paris. It´s worth the time just to admire the collection of (huge) scale models of the fortified cities in the France of the S XVIII. They are impressive and show how the cities
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by omegant 12y ago
Yes!
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by omegant 12y ago
Inmy limited experience, I found (to my surprise) that most young scientist are also reluctant to think out of the beaten track (even if it's just to play devil's advocate in a discussion). I guess it takes somekind of rebel todo
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by omegant 12y ago
Would a 2x gravity be similar to running with a 100 pounds backpack? Then I guess it's going to be substantially slower than 1G running.
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Electricity-free air conditioning(economist.com)
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by omegant 12y ago
As a complementary curiosity, an Airbus A320 has 575 buttons and knobs (that includes alphanumerical pads and double knobs), and 364 circuit brakers. I had so many kids asking how many buttons there are at the cockpit, that I finally spent
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by omegant 12y ago
Don't be afraid of all that complexity, most of that swithches are used sparingly or at all during each flight. The ones that get more use are the common flight controls and navigation aids (FMC, autopilot, etc...). I'm airbus 320
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by omegant 12y ago
They seem computer generated, and then photoshoped over the electron microscope images. They seem too perfec for that size, and I don't see how they are supported on the surface. Is there any other picture or article that shows the pro
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by omegant 12y ago
I didn't think it that way, maybe a vertical launching tower to give the initial take of acceleration with linear induction ala Hyperloop. It's a good idea.
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by omegant 12y ago
Precisely I think that it shows you in a funny way, how far talking to people can take you.
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by omegant 12y ago
If you think that's impossible to do now a days see this: a Modernd day Hoax of a 20 y/o disguissed as a powerful politician, for months. http://elpais.com/m/elpais/2014/10/23/inenglish&#x2
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by omegant 12y ago
I'm curious about his electric vertical take off and landing supersonic airplane idea. He has mentioned it in several interviews so far. I wonder how he plans to position the electric motors and the fans. Vertical take off needs a huge
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by omegant 12y ago
I highly recommend "Storm of steel" by Ernst Jünger. He has incredible descriptions of the terror felt at the trenches. http://www.amazon.com/Storm-Steel-Penguin-Classics-J%C3%BCng...
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by omegant 12y ago
There is a contrast only if you consider that the only way to capture value is through money. Also you may think that "Capture value" is not a priority for everybody (Not only money, but also public attention, or power). In fact c
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by omegant 12y ago
Business is business, your current company is 400 strong, they´ll be mad for loosing a client, but it´s not like they´ll have to let people go for just one account with 5 people. I think it´s more important to make a decision is how the oth
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by omegant 12y ago
Cannon battles of WW2 http://www.militaryhistoryonline.com/wwii/articles/capitalsh...
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by omegant 12y ago
I almost chocked when reading this.
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by omegant 12y ago
This is the kind of debate you gey with independence topics. It's an emotional topic, not a rational one.

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