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How President Jimmy Carter Saved The Space Shuttle (blastingnews.com)
MarkWhittington writes: Eric Berger has published an account in Ars Technica about how President Jimmy Carter saved the space shuttle program. The article is well worth reading for its detail. In essence, around 1978 the space shuttle program had undergone a crisis with technical challenges surrounding its heat-resistant tiles and its reusable rocket engines and cost overruns. President Carter was not all that enthused about human space flight to begin with, adhering to the since discredited notion that robotic space probes were adequate for exploring the universe. His vice president, Walter Mondale, was a vehement foe of human space flight programs, maintaining that money spent on them were better used for social programs.
Seriously, folks, it's all about open hardware and software. It's about sharing, it's about being able to read the open source software and contribute if you can.
"Microsoft made the bold claim on Wednesday that its Edge browser was the only browser of the big four browsers -- Chrome, Firefox, and Opera -- to play Netflix content at a 1080p resolution."
IMO The whole "I'm the only guy in the world who can bring you X,Y,Z so suck my proprietary cock and btw don't look under the curtain!" is bullshit.
Oh, and, Microsoft, how's your "Moonlight" for Linux project coming along? Oh, that's right, it's dead, much like the "Rootkit Revealer" program which development was axed after being absorbed by the beast. How can you continue to offer it in stand alone and part of SysInternals suite? It's ancient! Why don't you actually restart development?
Do you even care?
Refuse to use Microsoft products. Demand a refund on a computer if you purchase it loaded with Windows.
Has Windows 10 been forced to install on your system without your permission? Did you know at least one person has sued and gained somewhere around ten grand? Think about that for a second.