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bySJHillman
2017 @05:50PM
(#53815129)
Attached to: US Navy Decommissions the First Nuclear-Powered Aircraft Carrier
These are the ones from the TV show and movies.
NX-01 - NX class - served 2151 to 2161
NCC-1701 - Constitution class - served 2245 to 2285
NCC-1701-A - Constitution class (refit) - served 2286 to 2293
NCC-1701-B - Excelsior class (refit) - served 2293 to 2329
NCC-1701-C - Ambassador class - served 2332 to 2344
NCC-1701-D - Galaxy class - served 2363 to 2371
NCC-1701-D alternate timeline - Galaxy class (refit), aka Galaxy-X, aka Galaxy-dreadnought - served ? to ~2395
NCC-1701-E - Sovereign class - served 2372 to ?
NCC-1701-J - Universe class (possible/alternate future) - served 26th century
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bySJHillman
2016 @09:41AM
(#53468499)
Attached to: Grand Tour 'Most Illegally Downloaded TV Show In History'
Your argument would make sense if watching Grand Tour was the *only* thing you could do with a Prime subscription. But it's not, so I have no idea what you're even rambling about.
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bySJHillman
5, 2016 @10:34AM
(#53289311)
Attached to: US Navy Denies Pirating Software on 550K Computers, Says It Had Bought Licenses For 38 Machines
My guess is that, the way they saw it, they needed 38 licenses for employees doing X with the software (e.g. producing new content). Meanwhile, those purchased licenses (again, as they see it) also allowed them to have free reign to install it for everyone else who is doing the lesser task Y (e.g. viewing content).
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bySJHillman
2016 @02:02PM
(#52630183)
Attached to: Microsoft Releases Windows 10 Anniversary Update
You shouldn't have worried. If it's about Windows 10, they'll push it out to you whether you want it or not.
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bySJHillman
16 @03:19PM
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Attached to: Australia Has Moved 1.5 Metres, So It's Updating Its Location For Self-Driving Cars
You seem to be assuming that all accidents are a result of something changing in the environment (e.g. other cars, pedestrians, etc). Knowing not to turn too soon would also help avoid single-car accidents. Other sensors may be able to prevent such things, but accurate GPS could certainly be part of it.
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bySJHillman
2016 @12:34PM
(#52136415)
Attached to: Transparent Displays Are Here, But They're Pretty Useless
Until you're checking your ass flab for zits in the mirror and accidentally accept a call from your grandmother.
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bySJHillman
2016 @12:55PM
(#52046439)
Attached to: Are We Alone In the Universe? Not Likely, According To Math
There's one significant flaw in that reasoning. If we assume there are infinite planets, and only a tiny subset of them are inhabited, that subset does not need to be finite... it can still be infinite.
Consider integers. There are an infinite number of integers. One subset of that is odd numbers. If we subtract an infinite set (odds) from an infinite set (integers), the remainder can still be an infinitely large set (even numbers).
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bySJHillman
2016 @12:47PM
(#52046311)
Attached to: Are We Alone In the Universe? Not Likely, According To Math
Don't confuse the Universe with the Observable Universe. The Observable Universe is not infinite. The Universe may well be.
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bySJHillman
2016 @12:25PM
(#51893283)
Attached to: Hawking Backs $100 Million Interstellar Travel Project to Send 'Nano-Craft' To Nearest Star
Solar sails get pretty useless even before you get halfway to the heliopause. For an interstellar journey, they're completely useless *unless* you point a laser at them.
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bySJHillman
2016 @12:24PM
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Attached to: Hawking Backs $100 Million Interstellar Travel Project to Send 'Nano-Craft' To Nearest Star
Unless your SIM card is two meters wide, I think you missed the part where they're using a sail. Not that it matters at that distance.
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bySJHillman
2016 @12:22PM
(#51893245)
Attached to: Hawking Backs $100 Million Interstellar Travel Project to Send 'Nano-Craft' To Nearest Star
Not if they're tightly focused enough. You only see a laser if A) it's pointed at you or B) it's going through a medium like dust or gas that parts of the beam reflect off towards you
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bySJHillman
2016 @11:23AM
(#51860681)
Attached to: LG G5 Gets a High 8/10 Repairability Score
It'd be nice if most videos had an easy way to speed up playback. I listen to podcasts during my commute and usually have them set to around 1.6X to 2X normal speed.
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bySJHillman
2016 @01:45PM
(#51847751)
Attached to: Cyber Commander Says It's 'Not Realistic' To Shut Down Internet
We can have Nigeria pay for it.
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bySJHillman
016 @09:12AM
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Attached to: FBI Tells Local Law Enforcement It Will Help Unlock Phones
Some people say guns are there to keep an honest government honest. Maybe mount little nerf cannons on the next iPhone.
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bySJHillman
2016 @08:41PM
(#51712277)
Attached to: NASA Will Intentionally Burn Unmanned Orbiting Craft In Space
They invented a whole new concept called the "inside". This craft will be equipped with one such feature. It will contain oxygen.
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