... Hmmm. . . some thoughts: 1)Underdeveloped resources implies labor shortage. 2)If more than 5% of the population is farmers, there's a labor shortage. ...
Jeremy Williams
jbw@...
Apr 3, 2002 2:13 am
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... I think #1 is the biggie. Lack of capital by itself does not by itself produce a labor shortage - in the absence of resources it can just as well mean...
As usual I'm joining this discussion late. I have seen Ken's fiat on satellites but I thought I'd point out an interesting article on GPS for its description...
... Not quite. In principle, the following is true: 1) All observers, regardless of reference frame, will measure the same interval between any two events (the...
Brian Quirt
baqrt@...
Apr 4, 2002 1:08 pm
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... [snip] ... the ... has ... [snip] Gravitational) ... following), ... energy ... both ... reducing ... Let's all be thankful for small blessings! [snip] ......
... You know, putting the full explanation (with the calculus symbols) in light text on a T shirt, with Rick's comment above in front of it in darker text...
... In agricultural economies, "many hands make light work." Children are an economic asset, as the difference between "chores around the house" and...
Jeremy Williams
jbw@...
Apr 4, 2002 9:39 pm
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... For GR, spherical is the most common, I believe. For SR, experimentalists use cylindrical mostly, while theorists mostly use either Cartesian or spherical...
Jeremy Williams
jbw@...
Apr 4, 2002 9:53 pm
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... That's what I've encountered in examples as well. Of course, in cosmology, spherical is nearly universal (given that the universe is usually modeled as...
Brian Quirt
baqrt@...
Apr 5, 2002 12:41 am
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... Ah. This is also true (as you hint in your reference to family businesses) to a degree in some other activities, such as mom-and-pop stores. An economy...
In most of the developing countries I've visited ( Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Mexico, etc.) the cities are built with the shops on the...
I'll be putting up the draft of Refuge sometime before Oddysey Con hopefully. Then I'll try and update the list of fun places to go in the DV universe....
Hello, all Just joined, and I've been looking through the previous posts. I'm still piecing together the information I've found; I don't suppose anyone has...
... There's a planet list in the downloads section, and eventually that data will migrate onto the web site. Welcome aboard. ... It's completely handwavioum,...
... Haven't heard of this before. (But then, I hadn't heard of the magsail, either.) How does it work? ... This is also new to me! What is a cold plasma,...
... the ... Zubrin ... don't ... I'm going to ask that this conversation be moved to the Ad Astra BBS, into the Physics Questions topic there. Makes it easier...
Here are the baseline parameters for Refuge: Astrographic Info: Orbital Eccentricity: This measures variance in instellation over a planetary orbit due to ...
... [numerous snips] ... Its ... terrestrial ... Here is my first-pass climate sim, guessing at the parameters I don't know. The seasonal climate model is...
Thanks, Rick I will keep the colonization on the southern polar continent, and have the cyanotic algae blooms on the northern continent. Any other thoughts?...
... fairly ... be ... is ... other ... the ... And over the course of roughly 18,000 years, the designation of which pole is the "extreme" one will moderate...
... as ... be ... Well, if my model is to be trusted, the southern hemisphere is human-habitable, at least above latitude 30 S or so - that would be about a...
... planetary ... in ... of ... My apologies -- the precession cycle is 18,000 years (about 3,000 years less than Earth's). The Malinkovitch cycle measures...
... Now I'm confused. I believe that precession is the cycle of what time of year periastron occurs in, as distinct from changes in the degree of axial tilt....
... would ... much ... time ... degree ... the ... of ... You are confusing orbital precession with the precession of the axis of rotation for the planet. ...
... the ... Much faster than that, because precession of the axis *also* causes the poles to reverse roles. Precession of the orbital apsides would indeed...
Greetings. I'm new to the list, though I've now read the archives. I see from the bulletin boards on the AdAstra site that there is a plan to have a half...
... in ... you ... create ... such ... First, a favor to ask: Can you sign your full name to your account here? It helps somewhat for keeping track of who's...
... Should I be pedantic? 8) Doctrine, Strategy, Operations, Tactics and Battle Drills, from high to low. I'm not very fond of how the US Army distinguishes...
... There are several different kinds of military forces. Since I normally deal with armies, this is focussed that way, but some is transferrable, especially...
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