"every species becomes either space-faring, or extinct"
Which species are you using as examples in this statement?
You've been modded insightful but I think the modders don't understand the meaning of that word.
There are no examples of any species becoming "space-faring" while there are a lot of species here on earth that have been around for millions of years (us included) and which have no indications of going extinct any time soon (read for several more million years).
This planet will become uninhabitable eventually. Therefore, any species that does not develop spaceflight and leave the planet will die with it.
Take a look at the SABRE engine sometime. It's a hybrid rocket/turbojet/ramjet engine designed specifically to solve the problem you're referring to. I'll admit that it still needs a lot of further development, but it's the approach that I think is most likely to be practical.
Fortunately, Wiki seems to have a moderately accurate overview of the project:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reaction_Engines_SABRE
They claim the porn sites they shut down featured "incest". How can you tell that from looking?
Oh, I get it... this is just something that sounds nice in sound-bite form.
Hey, at least it didn't get anything wrong or flame anyone...
At work, I have to deal with rather large (often >2GB) log files. I've found very few editors that don't choke on files that large. So far, my favorite has been the EditPad series.
Anyone else know any editors that can handle text files of that magnitude easily? I'm always looking for options
Actually, you're wrong. There's 1 kind of unix admins:
-those who start indexing at 0
-those who don't
Please allow me to introduce you to the words "BEGIN TRANSACTION".
In a civil case, maybe. In a criminal case, very unlikely. People often confess to crimes and are found not guilty -- the burden of proof is pretty high. If the prosecution doesn't have a case without you revealing your password, your case will probably never see trial.
Sure, I can be compelled to provide the passphrase in court
Not in the US.
Memory fault -- brain fried