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The trilemma points out that a technologically mature "posthuman" civilization would have enormous computing power; if even a tiny percentage of them were to run "ancestor simulations" (that is, "high-fidelity" simulations of ancestral life that would be indistinguishable from reality to the simulated ancestor), the total number of simulated ...
The U.S. Naval Research Laboratory, the first modern research institution created within the United States Navy, began operations at 1100 on 2 July 1923. The Laboratory's two original divisions – Radio and Sound – performed research in the fields of high-frequency radio and underwater sound propagation.
Prior to July 1972, SAW development contracts were awarded to Maremont, Philco Ford, and the Rodman Laboratory at Rock Island Arsenal, which produced the XM233, XM234, and XM235, respectively. Designs were required to weigh less than 20 lb (9.1 kg) including 200 rounds of ammunition, and have a range of at least 800 m (870 yd).
In two incredibly rare instances there were players who amassed 2,000 points and 2,000 rebounds: Tom Gola, whose career at La Salle was between 1951 and 1955, grabbed an NCAA-record 2,201 rebounds in addition to his 2,462 points. [2] Joe Holup, whose career at George Washington was between 1952 and 1956, grabbed 2,030 rebounds and scored 2,226 ...
Fenethylline is a major stimulant, sometimes dubbed the "jihad drug", used by some jihadist fighters. It quickly produces a euphoric intensity in users, allowing them to stay awake for a very long time, remaining more calm and focused under the effects of the drug, which allows the senses to stay at more operational levels.
The International Narcotics Control Board estimated 11.5 short tons (10.4 t) of oxycodone were manufactured worldwide in 1998; [174] by 2007 this figure had grown to 75.2 short tons (68.2 t). [174] United States accounted for 82% of consumption in 2007 at 51.6 short tons (46.8 t).
Northern Exposure is an American comedy-drama television series about the eccentric residents of a fictional small town in Alaska, that ran on CBS from July 12, 1990, to July 26, 1995, with a total of 110 episodes.
Sea levels were higher, and the entire Amazonas lowland was a vast expanse of brackish swamp that offered limited butterfly habitat. [ 16 ] D. cleophile , the Jamaican monarch, described by Jean-Baptiste Godart in 1819, ranges from Jamaica to Hispaniola .