BTGBullseye

What do you do with a dead geologists?

Barium.

BLOOD!

Nice, sounds like fun to play if you get finished with it.

Yeah, we're actually looking for a way to utilize consumer-grade electronics in our drone systems, since it's costs about 1/100th what hadrened electronics cost, and hardened still degrade way too fast for the uses intended. Also, it's more difficult for a drone to manufacture hardened components than it is to manufacture consumer-grade components. (remember, they are self-repairing)

Right now, we're looking at a form of electromagnetic shielding, (high-strength electromagnetic field surrounding the drone) and EM hardening of the component casings. Problems we're having is dust accumulation on the drone, and ways to prevent it. We might just have a cleaner drone design, or find some way to do something like a reverse polarity shield to repel the dust. (the dust is typically comprised of magnetized iron ore particles from the surface of the asteroids being mined)

60 FPS only seems to work in the HTML5 player on my copy of Firefox 35.0b. Downside is it only presents at 720p max in HTML5. (doesn't affect FM though)

Well, I can say that the HD files on YouTube are MP4 (AVC, format profile [email protected]) in the YUV 4:2:0 colorspace. (that's the files irrespective of the HTML5 or Flash presentation)

Now that's not saying they don't transcode for different presenters, but those are the only HD files present. (HD = anything 480p or higher, and most 360p)

Ok, so a few more specifics on this 'greater autonomy' thing you keep saying... Please.

The 'respect for language rights', how do you propose to make that work? It doesn't even work in the USA, and we've been trying for centuries.

If they would even bother trying, they probly could. As it is, they just don't have the funding to be able to do more than they currently are, and the people in charge don't want them working on it.

It's a very interesting aspect of the bureaucracy controlling a scientific endeavor... They tend to make sure they don't go anywhere near anything that could affect life on Earth in any way.

Of course we promise not to tell... *prepares to write it down, paraphrased*

Trying to figure out why I have such a massive upload of data when I have a static IP, and almost none comparatively when I'm on DHCP.

What's the difference between a black and a white fairytale?

White begins, "once upon a time," black begins, "y'all motherfuckers ain't gonna believe dis shit!"

I have my router connected to my modem with a static IP and DMZ, my computer connected to the router with a static IP and DMZ, and the router actually blocks SYN floods and DoS attacks, unlike the modem.

I have no idea whatsoever.

Whoever it is that's trying to DDoS me. (unsuccessfully I might add)

Again... Try torrents.

Oh, I forgot to mention that I got a legit copy of both StarCraft 2 games a couple months ago.

For the initial boost into space... Virgin Galactic, or the ISRO would work nicely.

For designing the drones and vehicles... Physics simulation has come a very long way in the past 30 years, and I can do most of the simulation in real-time on my laptop. I have plenty experience with in-atmosphere physics for flight and rocketry, and have done quite a bit of research into extra-atmosphere propulsion and design.

Right now the biggest problem is shielding the drones from the solar radiation and magnetics.

Then define that compromise.

xen tree

It's not a tree... It's a tentacle!!!

 

the entity/spawn code for it is "xen_tree", so I referred to it as such

It's still a TENTACLE!!!

Particle bat can never die!

Pizza.

Bathophobia

Ah, see I don't have 2 or 3, but it had to be one of them since it looks way better than 1 or Crusaders.

Minor agoraphobia. (fear of open, or crowded spaces)

I thoroughly dislike crowds, and staring at a clear sky at night makes me feel a bit like I'm falling into the abyss of stars, so that touches a bit on my bathophobia.

I love guns and will beat you senseless with a rubber chicken full of spiders for mixing up a magazine and a clip.

The clip is the one you stick into a gun, right?

Fact: My illnesses due to disease have approximately 50% of the duration that the average person has the same disease, or less. (the longest I've ever had the flu was 3 days, and that one gave me a 106 degree fever)