nik

Hard to say. I'm fortunate enough to have a job in which EVERY problem presented is new, so the methods - in a way - HAVE to be unorthodox.

"Sushi o moo ichidoo o onegaishimasu."

Japanese for "Please give me more sushi."

I can spell it in Roman spelling or Japanese, but can't quite say it without a lisping at the end.

The best times I've had with my friends is when we've helped each other move. You really get to know someone by seeing what they keep in their junk drawers and such.

I am P8 and all because I have flat feet  :huh:

 

P8 for flat feet? Are flat feet really that severe?

I tried to join the Army National Guard in High School, primarily for the adventure and

"fun" and because I wanted to give something back to the land of opportunity that geve me everything. However, they wouldn't let me join because of asthma (frigging asthma!). I'd still join if they's let me in.

I wish I weren't a workaholic.

Yep. My family calls me "the absent-minded professor" - true on all counts.

The Sun will not go nova or supernova of any type. The sun is what we call a "main sequence" star, and is not massive enough to go supernova (at the bare minimum, it

must have 44% more mass to do that, and even then, it's not likely). Instead, as the

sun exhausts its supply of hydrogen, its core will begin burning helium at a higher temperature. The resulting pressure increase will cause the sun to expand into a

red giant - red due to the resultant decrease in luminosity. (Not clear whether humans

will see a "helium flash" or not.) As the sun grows to engulf the inner planets, helium will burn into carbon and oxygen. At this point, the outer hydrogen atmosphere will be

not much more than a remnant of the original star, and the inner core will not be massive enough to support fusion beyond oxygen. It will collapse into what we call a white drawf, and later fizzle out of existence - some call this stage a black dwarf. Total time: 5-10Gyr

For those who tried drinking the two litres of water per day, going to the bathroom constantly is probably only temporary, and should pass in a few days. If you're not in the habit of staying hydrated, your body acts like a camel, and stores as much water as it can extract from what you do eat and drink. When you start drinking more water, your body will lose what it no longer needs to store. Keep drinking two litres per day, and you should notice that you urinate less after several days (5 or so). It goes without saying that you will probably lose some weight as well. As for insomnia, I don't know, never heard of that.

Humans definitely don't need an organization to become extinct. We'll probably do it

without anyone's help - either by our own shortsightedness or just simple

"gambler's ruin". Of all the species that ever inhabited the earth, over 90% have

become extinct. I doubt humans are an exception.

I always liked the TNG episode (I think it was called "Conspiracy") in which Picard

et al. discover an alien "worm" which has implanted itself into the Starfleet brass. At the end they shoot a guy (sorry, forgot his hame) and he explodes. "Set phasers for

'grossly annihilate with much carnage.'"

Nik

Porthos is adorable.  I wonder what made them decide on a Beagle for Capt. Archers dog.

Maybe it's just because the Enterprise is somewhat cramped. Something like a doberman, St. Bernard, or Irish Setter wouldn't fit in too well. Just a thought.

Firepower is good, but just as important is how it is deployed. in this case, I would say the New Jersey, because she can attack an enemy from every direction. the Rodney has a very limited field of fire with all of her main guns mounted forward. Plus, the New Jersey is faster, and therefor can choose the distances at which the engagement is made. as for the Wisconsin, yes, she is the same class. she was involved in a collission with a destroyer, and had to have her entire bow replaced, so that's why she is larger. I've heard that a Nimitz class Aircraft carrier will make either of these two ships look increadibly small.

Definitely can't argue with the sarge. 35 knots with guns in every direction against

23 with guns only forward makes the NJ a winner I think. Although I don't know much

about battleships, I'm guessing it's pretty hard to take one out with AA guns, so

those probably don't matter. Am I right?

Sliding doors.... I'd say they already exist. In Japan, nearly every business - no

matter how small - has sliding doors. Yes, some are manually operated, but many,

many are automatic, and they are very efficient and silent.

I think you missed a few selections in the poll.

-Bajor: The government flees, leaving the people nowhere to look.

-Earth: The Eugenics movement throws the planet into turmoil.

I'd vote for one of those.

I'm not sure if they're the same, but in real life, they are pretty much just.... bolts. I

think there is a top portion that is usually unthreaded, which makes them useful

for holes in which a portion is not or can not be threaded (e.g., a pivot point, such as

the headset of a bicycle). Self-sealing - probably exists, but I don't know.

I'm Maximillian..... Never really thought of myself as a robotic Quisinart.

Same here. It was great! It made me feel like a kid again! Good job guys! I can't wait to see more!

I work. I'm an astrophysicist.

 

 

Linux has an open source license so I dont believe that can ever keep it from being free. I know Red Hat(one of the Linux distros) has thiers on the market to buy but all your really buying is the support service.You can still download free from thier site.All IBM can ever do is sell the support.The only people that buy Linux are the ones that either want the support or dont want to take the time downloading it(as the ISO's are around 650mb)[/glow]

I do indeed hope you are correct. However, it's not unheard of for regulations to spring up from commercial developments of "free" software. For example, KNOPPIX,

my favorite distribution, and the one I'm using now, has been in jeopardy of regulations detrimental to the programmer and user. Check out the Knoppix site. Granted, Knoppix is a European distribution, so maybe that sort of thing won't happen in the U.S.....

My personal canon?

It's all just a cheap imitation of TOS.

I'm a huge fan of Linux too, and loath Windoze just as much. However, I hope that IBM's "marketing" of Linux doesn't change its status as freeware. It would absolute stink to have to pay for Linux after getting it for free since it's birth. I can imaging scenarios where IBM tries to monopolize Linux, license it, and then start selling it.

(Of course, it is not worthless, but much of its value comes from its openness to everyone.)

It's technologically difficult, uses massive resources, and will give no more scientific

information than unmanned missions.

We have to go! It's the human spirit. Humans have never been content to stay where they are. Without exploration, we languish, and we die.

In the past year, researchers at the SPRING-8 facility in Osaka discovered evidence for the pentaquark state, consisting of 5 net quarks (keeping in mind that it's not exactly correct to say that baryons have three quarks). It fits within the confines of the standard model, as do mesons and baryons, but has never been observed until now. It's a pretty nice paper - might be worth a nobel prize. By the way, a 4-quark state is not predicted by the standard model, and has never been observed.