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2013-May-20, 07:18 PM

JustAFriend replied to a thread WHy are movies obsessed with 'Re-boots' in Small Media at Large

Actually yes you've hit the nail on the head. There aren't that many schools and teachers who teach scriptwriting. They don't turn out that many...

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2013-May-20, 07:06 PM

JustAFriend replied to a thread Mechanical advantages of rails? in Science and Technology

One other obvious advantage: you don't have to have much training or driving skills when you only have to work a throttle and brake.

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2013-May-20, 01:18 AM

JustAFriend replied to a thread Looking for a solid pair of binoculars in Astronomical Observing, Equipment and Accessories

I've posted this before but last year I bought my wife a $99 pair of Nikon Action 10x50s for birdwatching and they are GREAT for skywatching.

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2013-May-18, 07:31 PM

JustAFriend replied to a thread Why Such Poor Resolution on Moon Close-ups? in Space/Astronomy Questions and Answers

Most of the orbiting telescopes like Hubble can't be turn on the Moon without burning the chips out. Those scopes are designed to look at far dimmer...

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2013-May-18, 07:28 PM

JustAFriend replied to a thread WHy are movies obsessed with 'Re-boots' in Small Media at Large

Yup. Money more than anything. Buying the rights to film something is expensive and its easier and cheaper to buy something already produced. ...

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2013-May-17, 11:07 PM

JustAFriend replied to a thread Effects of gravity on voice? in Space Exploration

If gravity affected voices, then pilots would have noticed this 60 or 70 years ago while pulling high G's. Even the G centrifuges here on Earth...

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2013-May-14, 01:23 PM

JustAFriend replied to a thread How do Africanized honeybee hives survive? in Science and Technology

You are making the assumption that EVERY bee will react the same way. They are not robots, they are a cooperative hive with a goal to survive and...

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2013-May-13, 07:12 PM

JustAFriend replied to a thread Star Trek Into Darkness May 17, 2013 - Spoilers in Small Media at Large

Wikipedia has the entire plot up here from the non-US showings. If this is accurate, I sure won't spend my money seeing it. It sounds terrible.

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2013-May-10, 06:16 PM

JustAFriend replied to a thread Hang On! Trailer for “Gravity” Previews Spacewalk Disaster Film in Universe Today

Looks fun, but when is Hollywood going to stop using the Space Shuttles we don't have any more??

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2013-May-08, 01:43 PM

JustAFriend replied to a thread Solar, wind and other energy sources in Science and Technology

Not unless you want to drive your car only once or twice a week. Even with unrealistic efficiency and perfect weather, there is only so many...

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2013-May-07, 02:15 PM

JustAFriend replied to a thread Should the U.S.A. put a '57' chevy in high orbit above Earth? in Off-Topic Babbling

Bell worked on a swept-wing P-52 concept, but you are doubtless thinking of a P-51.

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2013-May-06, 05:13 PM

JustAFriend replied to a thread Lab experiments on Titan's atmospheric chemistry in Life in Space

Because finding any kind of life anywhere in the solar system would be a game changer, and we don't have any other Earth-like planets here. We have...

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2013-May-03, 07:05 PM

JustAFriend replied to a thread Early tech development in Science and Technology

I'm surprised no one mentioned the Baghdad Battery. It really isn't difficult to build a battery, gang up a bunch of 'em and make electricity. ...

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2013-May-02, 07:21 PM

JustAFriend replied to a thread How long is a book? in Off-Topic Babbling

I always shot for 50,000 words, but authors like Stephen King would laugh at anything less than 200,000...

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2013-May-02, 07:18 PM

JustAFriend replied to a thread Cool but unused technology. in Science and Technology

Read George Dyson's "Project Orion: The True Story of the Atomic Spaceship" Then be sad that we could have had skycraper-sized ships orbiting...

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2013-May-02, 01:38 PM

JustAFriend replied to a thread Can we use Sunlight to take better photos of faint objects in space? in Space/Astronomy Questions and Answers

You certainly won't use the light from our Sun to take photos of them, you would use the reflected sunlight from their local sun to take their...

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2013-Apr-30, 07:35 PM

JustAFriend replied to a thread Origin of meteor showers in Space/Astronomy Questions and Answers

Don't forget that there are many cometary objects that come through our system on very long orbits and some only ONCE before heading out into the...

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2013-Apr-30, 07:28 PM

JustAFriend replied to a thread Can we use Sunlight to take better photos of faint objects in space? in Space/Astronomy Questions and Answers

We do use sunlight. These planets do not give off light of their own. The photos NASA and astronomers take are still using reflected sunlight,...

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2013-Apr-30, 07:22 PM

JustAFriend replied to a thread Robotics question in Astronomical Observing, Equipment and Accessories

When my boy was in high school I helped out a couple of years in the SPAM Robotics competition. It's certainly not easy to make them work and work...

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2013-Apr-30, 01:22 PM

JustAFriend replied to a thread Spaceship 2: Why not Fly Back? in Space/Astronomy Questions and Answers

Because there is almost no air at that altitude. By the time you start getting lift you're already into major heating.

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2013-Apr-29, 07:46 PM

JustAFriend replied to a thread question about the comet that passed through the Sun... in Space/Astronomy Questions and Answers

Not really. When the iceberg is several miles across it's very hard to melt. Even the outgassing gives a lot of insulation. Here on Earth look at...

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2013-Apr-29, 07:40 PM

JustAFriend replied to a thread Experts Urge Removal of Space Debris From Orbit in Universe Today

Andy Griffith had all this figured out back in 1979.... Salvage1 full pilot show

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2013-Apr-29, 07:35 PM

JustAFriend replied to a thread If Venus were to collide with the Earth... in Space/Astronomy Questions and Answers

Like we used to say in the '60s during the immanent threat of nuclear annihilation: "Better to go out in an instant than to be waiting around to...

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2013-Apr-24, 11:12 PM

JustAFriend replied to a thread Closed universe question in Space/Astronomy Questions and Answers

Futurama showed you'd be wearing a cowboy hat. http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ll9060Djhy1qcx70y.gif

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