Recent content by David

There's not really a difference that I recognize. I'm not sure exactly what you mean by "managing" freedom, but securing citizens ("safety" is perhaps not a satisfactorily descriptive choice of words), includes securing their freedom - which means that people are free to do what they want...

BTW, the pertinent terminology is statute of limitations. That's a good reason, but it's not the principal reason. The principal reason is that the purpose of a government (including the criminal justice system, particularly) is to secure citizens, generally - not to serve the particular...

What is "stupid"? I bought a new heater. The instruction booklet is dense text, printed on both sides of virtually transparent paper (actually, a sort of plasticky material). It is therefore not possible to read it (although the instructions are thoughtfully presented as being illegible in...

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1172205/Saturn-close-Sensational-cosmic-images-bring-ringed-planet-life.html

Wow! Thank you very much!

You can include a line, in the config file for your ISS (found in the "[MainOrbiterDirectoryName]\config\Vessels" subdirectory): Maxfuel = x (where "x" = number of kilograms of propellant, to be carried by ISS) Your ISS will then always have that much fuel (available to be transferred to...

Hey, BigJimW! Welcome back!

YES, please!!!

Actually, a plot of gravitational potential (if it were practical to implement) would be hugely welcome - especially for illustrating Lagrange Point stability, and maybe some other stuff.

@s2k1 - Thanks!

@Hartmann - Thanks for the cool video. I LOVE the music; can anyone identify it?

Nice of you to finally show up.;) Welcome back!

Having read all of the above criticisms, I am now troubled by a concern that I may be the only one who wants the next version of Orbiter to include a hotkey that will make the spacegrooves visible, for ease of navigation.

The unit of distance measurement, in Orbiter, is the meter (and, in fact, the units are in general those of the metric system [S.I.]). Additional notations such as you describe, represent the usual power-of-ten metric prefixes, including: k (kilo) = *10^3 (= *1,000) M (mega) = *10^6 (=...

This is a good question, and I recognize that "services" are included in "economic production." I do not know the details of how they are evaluated as a contribution to an economy. If you pay someone to cut your hair, then the "product" is an (allegedly) prettier head, which would be valuable...