I agree with violetriga, that is a very poor two stage assumption. Roman soldiers were, according to my understanding, pretty damnned poor! Troops today may not be wealthy, but they make quite a bit. Basing this on purchasing power is a good idea, and one should calculate the value of the grain he could buy.
If only PCs made touch screen tablets like this... wait they do, and have been doing so for about a decade. Yet again apple sells overpriced hardware that replicates what PCs have been doing for years, but they use marketing and misleading claims to sell to their minority of addicted base that is usually not very savy or aware.
Saved life how? Everyone involved could have (And should have) just walked away. Saved the life of a person stupidly trying to save his car is the real title.
Humans always need to tamper with nature, it makes people like this (theoretical scientists who have little actual grounding in Natural History) feel more important. We need to save the universe and seed it with life! Only a fool tamper with something that he admires. Stand back, be mostly silent, and enjoy it like an adult.
They took what Phil P. said at badastronomy, already dubious claim about several "thermonuclear" bombs (I corrected his use of this term also), and made it simpler and thus "wronger."
This was probably the energy of kilotons or at most megatons, but nowhere near the light or thermal intensity. No radioactive products either. The brisance was much lower, things did not fly away as fast or get vaporized as much.
Lisal, let me make this clear. To stop his car, the driver could have stepped on the brakes. Then he could have turned the engine off, or put it in neutral (either one.) Is that really so hard?
Idiots should not be allowed to drive, almost all accidents are driver error, and often innocent people like me (who drive carefully and have a CDL btw.) can get killed as a result.
Calling 911 when a car is out of control is like flapping your wings when a jet starts falling out of the sky. It is such a stupid reaction it is almost comical, if it did not involve death.
As usual, panic causes death not the initial problems. Even a supercar with the accelerator jammed to the floor will stop if you firmly apply the brakes.
If the guy had enough time to dial 911, he had more than enough time to do several things that each could have fixed the problem. People are becoming so weak and stupid and so Dependant on technology and an easy life, they cant think for themselves, don't understand simple mechanical devices, and ultimately fail if their technology breaks for even a moment. How many innocent people, who know how to drive properly, get killed by those who dont? Or those who panic, or who text while driving?
Once we start using lasers more for astronomy and communication, we will become more detectable than ever. That is, other than the nuclear testing done in the 1950s and 60s, which probably was a particularly clear signal.
But I guess that would not be the American thing to do, because it doesnt involve self destructive debt.
This was probably the energy of kilotons or at most megatons, but nowhere near the light or thermal intensity. No radioactive products either. The brisance was much lower, things did not fly away as fast or get vaporized as much.
Idiots should not be allowed to drive, almost all accidents are driver error, and often innocent people like me (who drive carefully and have a CDL btw.) can get killed as a result.
Calling 911 when a car is out of control is like flapping your wings when a jet starts falling out of the sky. It is such a stupid reaction it is almost comical, if it did not involve death.
If the guy had enough time to dial 911, he had more than enough time to do several things that each could have fixed the problem. People are becoming so weak and stupid and so Dependant on technology and an easy life, they cant think for themselves, don't understand simple mechanical devices, and ultimately fail if their technology breaks for even a moment. How many innocent people, who know how to drive properly, get killed by those who dont? Or those who panic, or who text while driving?