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[NorthSky]

Just imagine for a moment; no more hacking in the world...zero.
A system that can totally secure our computers from hackers access.
And, no more junk mail ever.

It is simply inimaginable, inconcevable, impossible.
That would be like living in paradise, having our privacy respected, and being free of living happy and in peace forever after.
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Samsung android owners are happier than iPhone owners, according to the latest studies.
• https://finance.yahoo.com/news/twit...rs-happier-phones-iphone-users-204808920.html

When you can hack secured places like Twitter and Yahoo or any other big shot of the internet...Amazon, Google, etc., and all their customers private info/data stolen, you can bet that those studies are the most accurate.

 

[oivavoi]

Stumbled across this - probably the first über-cool invention to ever come out of Norway.
https://www.podbike.com/about/

An electric "bike" that can be used in all kinds of weather and that is faster than a racing bike. You can get one for the same price as getting a Valhalla2 USB cable and a Valhalla2 HDMI cable from Nordost, so I would say it's a steal!

 

[Soniclife]

Stumbled across this - probably the first über-cool invention to ever come out of Norway.
https://www.podbike.com/about/

Looks like the old, and much ridiculed Sinclair C5.

 

[Sal1950]

Stumbled across this - probably the first über-cool invention to ever come out of Norway.
https://www.podbike.com/about/

Looks like the old, and much ridiculed Sinclair C5.

Wedge a 707 hp Hellcat V8 in it, then you'd really have something.

 

[Soniclife]

Wedge a 707 hp Hellcat V8 in it, then you'd really have something.

Until you get to the first corner.

 

[RayDunzl]

I was rather impressed in an "I sure didn't expect that!" way with the landing of the boosters after the Falcon Heavy launch yesterday...

 

[amirm]

It sure was odd to see those landing. It was as if they were playing the "movie" backward.

 

[RayDunzl]

Landing nomenclature:

The Hoverslam

The booster engines at minimum throttle generate too much thrust to "hover" (the booster would fall to some point then begin rising if fired too early), so they apply braking power juuuust right to reach zero vertical (and lateral) velocity at the landing point and cut the engines.

https://zlsadesign.com/infographic/trajectory/spacex-falcon9-booster-hoverslam.png

Long forum discussion concerning landing...

https://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?PHPSESSID=clt884jms4erapgpip987pia56&topic=39267.0

 

[RayDunzl]

 

[rebbiputzmaker]

The entire thing was amazing. The boosters landing was like something from a movie.

 

[oivavoi]

Looks like the old, and much ridiculed Sinclair C5.

Funny story! Never heard of that one. This one does have weather protection and long battery life and all those things that apparently were missing with the c5 though. Apple werent the first to make a touch screen device... but they were the first to make a touch screen device that didn't flop.

 

[DonH56]

A friend just told me about the launch, and the car they sent to space. So glad it was electric so the fumes won't pollute outer space...

Amazing what rockets are doing these days.

 

[RayDunzl]

A friend just told me about the launch, and the car they sent to space

Not live now, the battery is exhausted...

http://www.motortrend.com/news/like-rocket-story-behind-spacexs-plan-launch-tesla-roadster-space/

 

[NorthSky]

Inspiring, that video above ^ pure real sci-fi.

• https://www.theverge.com/2018/2/6/16980954/spacex-falcon-heavy-rocket-middle-core-failed-landing

 

[RayDunzl]

On Wednesday, the U.S. Air Force Space Command tweeted that it added a Tesla Roadster to the U.S. satellite catalog.

 

[NorthSky]

The Tesla Roadster is now part of space history. It must feel proud to be Musk.

 

[Wombat]

The Tesla Roadster is now part of space history. It must feel proud to be Musk.

High-flyer's litter in the guise of marketing and ego.

 

[RayDunzl]

https://www.quora.com/What-is-Elon-Musk-like-in-person

https://www.quora.com/What-is-it-like-to-work-with-Elon-Musk

 

[NorthSky]

If someone would ask you who would you like to be outside of you?

 

[RayDunzl]

I really can't think of one.

I might like to mix and match a little, though, and come up with a composite.

But I'm OK with me, so, not worried about it.