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Hondas in Space
mikejz84 writes "Fast Company takes a look at SpaceX's attempt to challenge the high cost of space. This cost cutting philosophy includes buying equipment on eBay, looking to milk trucks for tank design ideas, and rummaging though junk yards. CEO Elon Musk remarks 'A Ferrari is a very expensive car. It is not reliable. But I would bet you 1,000-to-1 that if you bought a Honda Civic that that sucker will not break down in the first year of operation. You can have a cheap car that's reliable, and the same applies to rockets.'"
... and his phony war.
Apparently, a blue index finger is the new "support our troops": a way to tweak the libruls while appearing to be supportive of democratic ideals and freedoms.
Therefore, all right-thinking anti-Bush people, like me, should dip their index finger in blood-red ink before heading to work on Monday. Just to remind them that Bush is trading blood for oil.
Little Johnny woke up early to get ready for school. Johnny was a nice boy, loved by his parents, respected by his friends, and likened by his teachers. Like all other good boys, he hated Microsoft(R) and all it's products including Microsoft Windows (TM) and Microsoft Office (TM). He ran Gentoo on his home computer, and used StarOffice for all his homework.
Johnny walked off to the bus stop after kissing his mom goodbye, whistling a little tune to himself. His bus was late again, the third time this month. Johnny didn't like being late for school. It made him feel guilty. So he decided to walk to school, as it was no more than a 15 minute walk away. The bus would take longer anyway, after picking up all the other stupid little kids. Annoying little twitches...they wouldn't know the difference between Gentoo and Knoppix if it stared them in their pimply little faces.
Little Johnny made good time. Before long, he reached the Wal-mart across which his elementary school was. It was just 8:36. It was still 24 minutes before school, and it would take just 45 more seconds to cross the road and enter the school grounds. He liked being early. It gave him time to catch up on the latest geeky news on Slashdot and get a First Post or two before classes began.
Johnny was halfway across the street when a Chevy Avalanche zoomed up and squashed him on the pavement. Little Johnny was no more.
What is the moral, that we, as self respecting geeks, can learn from Little Johnny's short but noble life?
Always look right and left before crossing the road.
As a member of the US Military CURRENTLY in Iraq I want to say one thing...
given two options:
1) Dead Iraqi's while letting Saddam murder and rape his own people AND The American beliefe in freedom and a chance at a happy life that means nothing
OR
2) Dead Iraqi's, A Saddistic asshole out of office and on trial, a saddistic regiem toppled, and some dead American's DEFENDING the idea's that OUR country was built on. Freedom and Democracy. (And a little oil in the end. big whopptie doo.)
You can sit on your high horse and claim that your idea's are perfect. But both options have good and bad sides. 'Bush's' invasion of Iraq is the lesser of two evil in my not so humble opinion.
And I have the balls to put my life on the line supporting it. AND your freedom to bitch while sleeping in a nice bed with hot showers every night. I will also support the freedom for other countries. I'm sorry your too short sighted to consider other people tho. I pity you.
Corporal Werner
USMC Iraq
p.s. Whoever modded this as informative needs to pull their head from their arse. again, in my not so humble opinion.