60s technology was cheaper because it was throw away.
It's kind of like a plastic milk jug vs a glass milk jug.
Sure the plastic is cheaper, but you throw it away and it's not reusable.
The glass is reusable and it's better for the enivronment, but it's much more expensive and it's fragile.
Sure if I drop a full plastic milk jug on the floor it'll shatter, but a full Saturn V is just as fragile. But after the fuel is gone, the Saturn V is just an empty tank to throw away.
Shuttle is like a really fancy glass milk bottle, it's always fragile.
I bet they'd have the same limitations that ceramic knives do.
http://www.eceramic.com/faqs.htm
Q. Will a ceramic knife break or shatter if I drop it? A. No (with the possible exception of the tip). Zirconium oxide is a very strong material. Like a forged steel knife, however, you can break the tip if the knife lands on the tip. Fortunately, we can repair most damaged tips under the five year warranty.
Q. How can I damage a ceramic knife? A. Two ways. First, you can chip the edge if you cut into bones or use on a surface such as marble. Second, you can break off the tip or snap off the handle if you use it to pry.
Federal Machine Gun licenses are for required for the seller, maker and the buyer. In addition many states also have registration for machine guns.
Machine Guns are under TITLE II : Machine Guns, Destructive Devices, and Certain other Firearms of the National Firearms Act - Title 26, U.S. Code, Section 5801-5872
"On 1st engaging in business and thereafter on or before July 1 of each year, every importer, manufacturer, and dealer in firearms shall pay a special (occupational) tax for each place of business at the following rates:
I know it's bad to reply to one's self, but here I go.
I came to my conclusions about the STS problems from reading Dennis R. Jenkins's Space Shuttle: The History of the National Space Transportation System: The First 100 Missions and T. A. Heppenheimer's two volume History of the Space Shuttle - Space Shuttle Decision and Development of the Space Shuttle.
If you read one book on the Shuttle's history, read Jenkin's book.
Yea, but I thought it was decided that proper landfilling and burning was cheaper and better for the environment than recycling.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/ ne ws/2003/03/02/wrecyc02.xml
Throw away the green and blue bags and forget those trips to the bottle bank: recycling household waste is a load of, well, rubbish, according to leading environmentalists and waste campaigners.
In a reversal of decades-old wisdom, they argue that burning cardboard, plastics and food leftovers is better for the environment and the economy than recycling.
They dismiss the time-consuming practice - urged on householders by the Government and "green" councils - of separating rubbish for the refuse collectors as a waste of time and money.
Maybe I don't understand how pressure works but...
If there is a bubble that pops outward under zero pressure, then wouldn't it crush under 14.7 PSI?
From what I understand, a human won't explode in space because we are built rigid enough to survive standard air pressures so our structure won't rupture from exposure to zero.
Open communications doesn't solve problems like that of AIDS and the causes of AIDS in the Third World.
Say you have a Medical Professional in Southern Africa who holds some traditionalist ideas about disease transmission and some borderline ideas on the role of the CIA in international events.
He types aids not caused HIV in Google
He finds articles with titles like - Scientist says HIV not cause of AIDS or AIDS IN AFRICA: Not caused by HIV
Or maybe someone in Columbia gets the Internet and and don't see the United States in a good light when it comes to the war on Narco-terror and type CIA crack in Google.
Communication doesn't solve problems, after all avaliable internet access in China hasn't freed Tibet or stopped any of the nastiness there.
There is a bad taste in our mouths from the wild anti-nuclear BS thrown about.
It all started with the film the China Syndrome.
There are over a hundred operational energy nuclear plants in the US and about 3-4 times that many research and isotope production plants in the US and about a thousand military reactors and there has been 1 problem with them since 1975.
One problem - Three Mile Island.
Burning of coal produces more radiation every year in the United States than all the hundreds of reactors put out.
In Japan there have been some problems with poor handling of fuel.
In France there have been no significant problems.
In Russia, well they don't build very smart reactor complexes sometimes now do they?
For every lie the nuclear industry and government put out there is a lie put out by the Anti-Nuclear Movement.
Actually, I think the reason the Euro is up in value is because there is a push right now to get the UK into the Euro.
As for the Pax Americana allegation, it's FUD.
Following the Second World War the United States occupied western Germany, Southern Korea, Japan, most of the tiny Pacific Islands, and had troops based from Morocco to Libya to Turkey to Korea to Vietnam to Germany to Norway to Scotland to Greenland to Canada to Taiwan and the dollar survived.
Now if the EU had an economy near as strong as the US I'd be worried. But they don't.
EU GDP 8.6 trillion - 380 million people US GDP 10.6 trillion - 275 million people
Look at the age of the working population and demographics, the EU just isn't going to be able to remain a powerhouse like the United States will be able to.
If current trends continue, the median age in Europe in 2050 will be 53, compared to 36 in the US; currently, median ages are 38 and 36.
Remeber the 80s. Japan was strong, part of Tokyo worth more than California, America to be crushed beneath the Rising Sun.
"Japan's economy continues to be hit by a vicious circle of lower wages and weaker spending, according to government figures.
The average monthly wage fell 2.1% in March from a year earlier, the steepest drop in 11 years, the government said on Wednesday. "
Also remeber that the EU spend next to nothing on defense, but now Germany and France want to go thier own way. Well France and Germany can't build engines for transport aircraft, the EU has limited stealth technology. The EU is dependant on DSP from the US and Japan.
So if the EU really wants to go thier own way in reguards to defense, it will take serious infrastructure outlays in a system that is already about to break from social security spending and an aging workforce.
The average life of a dollar bill is eighteen months Five dollar bills last about fifteen months, with twenties remaining in circulation for two years. Ten dollar bills have about the same lifespan as singles do, and the larger denomination bills can last up to eight years.
I've seen mid 1920s 100s and 50s in circulation in the past.
In my wallet I have 1999 - 1 dollar 2001 - 1 dollar 2001 - 1 dollar 2001 - 1 dollar - stinky 2001 - 1 dollar 1999 - 10 dollar 1999 - 20 dollar
I've lived in Oregon for 10 years now and I've got to say that Oregon is the most provincial place I've lived in.
There is an ideal of Cascadia or Ecotopia in some circles but when it comes down to it the Cascadians or Ecotopians are the ones lighting cars on fire down in Eugene or destroying the Oregon State botany research.
Portland is the whitest city in the United States so I don't think there is any room for someone to call Portland more "international" than anywhere else.
Hell Sioux Falls South Dakota is more diverse than Portland.
"Traditionally, people have come here who are more idealistic about the environment, and about everything."
That maybe true in a cluster in Southeast Portland and among the students at Reed, but it's not true of Portland, the Metro Area or the state.
I did a search of OS X Arabic in Google and came up with some info.
http://www.alanwood.net/unicode/utilities_fonts_ ma cosx.html "Mac OS X 10.2 introduced support for Arabic, Devanagari, Greek, Gujarati, Gurmukhi, Hebrew and Thai scripts."
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60s technology was cheaper because it was throw away.
It's kind of like a plastic milk jug vs a glass milk jug.
Sure the plastic is cheaper, but you throw it away and it's not reusable.
The glass is reusable and it's better for the enivronment, but it's much more expensive and it's fragile.
Sure if I drop a full plastic milk jug on the floor it'll shatter, but a full Saturn V is just as fragile. But after the fuel is gone, the Saturn V is just an empty tank to throw away.
Shuttle is like a really fancy glass milk bottle, it's always fragile.
I bet they'd have the same limitations that ceramic knives do.
http://www.eceramic.com/faqs.htm
Q. Will a ceramic knife break or shatter if I drop it?
A. No (with the possible exception of the tip). Zirconium oxide is a very strong material. Like a forged steel knife, however, you can break the tip if the knife lands on the tip. Fortunately, we can repair most damaged tips under the five year warranty.
Q. How can I damage a ceramic knife?
A. Two ways. First, you can chip the edge if you cut into bones or use on a surface such as marble. Second, you can break off the tip or snap off the handle if you use it to pry.
What would be really effective at the handgun level would be to have a sabot round that has a smaller caliber penetrator made out of a denser metal.
Federal Machine Gun licenses are for required for the seller, maker and the buyer. In addition many states also have registration for machine guns.
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Machine Guns are under TITLE II : Machine Guns, Destructive Devices, and Certain other Firearms of the National Firearms Act - Title 26, U.S. Code, Section 5801-5872
"On 1st engaging in business and thereafter on or before July 1 of each year, every importer, manufacturer, and dealer in firearms shall pay a special (occupational) tax for each place of business at the following rates:
http://www.nraila.org/GunLaws.asp?FormMode=Deta
"It is illegal to manufacture or sell armor-piercing handgun ammunition.
I know it's bad to reply to one's self, but here I go.
I came to my conclusions about the STS problems from reading Dennis R. Jenkins's Space Shuttle: The History of the National Space Transportation System: The First 100 Missions and T. A. Heppenheimer's two volume History of the Space Shuttle - Space Shuttle Decision and Development of the Space Shuttle.
If you read one book on the Shuttle's history, read Jenkin's book.
"Yes, but polycarbonate (used in all CDs) does not burn in air. So all those AOL CDs and use-once DVDs will stay in the trash forever."
Grinding stuff up that isn't suitable for burning and then landfilling it is what the Swedes say is the right thing to do.
"The problem is that NASA made them too high-maintenance."
No. The problem is the 1970s technology made them too high maintenance.
NASA and the contractors made some bad decisions in reguards to the heat shielding and SRBs that NASA is paying for now.
I have a 1991 Olds 98 with 125K on it.
So far, so good, no major problems.
The fellas down at the garage say it should go to 185K-200K then it'll totally die.
I had 1987 Chevy Silverado with a Chevy 305 that last I heard had 245K on it.
I've got a 1991 Chevy Silverado with 60K on it that has been a champ.
My old 1989 Buick Regal went 150K before I sold it, my old 1989 Beretta GT did 130K before I wrecked it.
Yea, but I thought it was decided that proper landfilling and burning was cheaper and better for the environment than recycling.
/ ne ws/2003/03/02/wrecyc02.xml
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=
Throw away the green and blue bags and forget those trips to the bottle bank: recycling household waste is a load of, well, rubbish, according to leading environmentalists and waste campaigners.
In a reversal of decades-old wisdom, they argue that burning cardboard, plastics and food leftovers is better for the environment and the economy than recycling.
They dismiss the time-consuming practice - urged on householders by the Government and "green" councils - of separating rubbish for the refuse collectors as a waste of time and money.
Maybe I don't understand how pressure works but...
If there is a bubble that pops outward under zero pressure, then wouldn't it crush under 14.7 PSI?
From what I understand, a human won't explode in space because we are built rigid enough to survive standard air pressures so our structure won't rupture from exposure to zero.
Establish some sort of insomnia* to co-workers/supervisors.
Remeber to send out emails on work systems when you have insomnia.
Then 3-4am seems normal.
* - I really had insomnia for a while back in '99-01 - it sucked
Don't have it automagically send out on the tens or fives.
I liked to keep it on the odd minutes.
1 am is nothing, the 3 or 4 in the morning message have that feeling of really busting your ass.
I always liked Apple Remote Desktop for my control the machine from afar.
Hell I could sit at my Mac at home, remote in, turn on Virtual PC and admin the Novell Network.
Open communications doesn't solve problems like that of AIDS and the causes of AIDS in the Third World.
Say you have a Medical Professional in Southern Africa who holds some traditionalist ideas about disease transmission and some borderline ideas on the role of the CIA in international events.
He types aids not caused HIV in Google
He finds articles with titles like - Scientist says HIV not cause of AIDS or AIDS IN AFRICA: Not caused by HIV
Or maybe someone in Columbia gets the Internet and and don't see the United States in a good light when it comes to the war on Narco-terror and type CIA crack in Google.
Communication doesn't solve problems, after all avaliable internet access in China hasn't freed Tibet or stopped any of the nastiness there.
AltiVec is nice for somethings.
My iTunes ripping of mp3s nearly tripled when I went from a 466 MHz G3 to a 400 MHz G4 due to iTunes being optimized for AltiVec.
Some Photoshop actions and filters see up to 800% improvments.
Running iMovie exports on a 600 MHz G3 iMac take 2-300% longer than on a 400 or 500 MHz G4
There is a bad taste in our mouths from the wild anti-nuclear BS thrown about.
It all started with the film the China Syndrome.
There are over a hundred operational energy nuclear plants in the US and about 3-4 times that many research and isotope production plants in the US and about a thousand military reactors and there has been 1 problem with them since 1975.
One problem - Three Mile Island.
Burning of coal produces more radiation every year in the United States than all the hundreds of reactors put out.
In Japan there have been some problems with poor handling of fuel.
In France there have been no significant problems.
In Russia, well they don't build very smart reactor complexes sometimes now do they?
For every lie the nuclear industry and government put out there is a lie put out by the Anti-Nuclear Movement.
"'Do I want to go in on the seventh day for an eight-hour cyberscan?'"
If you want to get paid big bucks, you sure as shit better want to go that extra mile.
No.
Take bill fold it, then fold it again, so that is now a quarter of it's normal size.
Unfold it.
Take bill fold it, then fold it again, so that is now a quarter of it's normal size.
Unfold it.
Repeat 3,998 times.
Actually, I think the reason the Euro is up in value is because there is a push right now to get the UK into the Euro.
As for the Pax Americana allegation, it's FUD.
Following the Second World War the United States occupied western Germany, Southern Korea, Japan, most of the tiny Pacific Islands, and had troops based from Morocco to Libya to Turkey to Korea to Vietnam to Germany to Norway to Scotland to Greenland to Canada to Taiwan and the dollar survived.
Now if the EU had an economy near as strong as the US I'd be worried. But they don't.
EU GDP 8.6 trillion - 380 million people
US GDP 10.6 trillion - 275 million people
Look at the age of the working population and demographics, the EU just isn't going to be able to remain a powerhouse like the United States will be able to.
If current trends continue, the median age in Europe in 2050 will be 53, compared to 36 in the US; currently, median ages are 38 and 36.
Remeber the 80s. Japan was strong, part of Tokyo worth more than California, America to be crushed beneath the Rising Sun.
"Japan's economy continues to be hit by a vicious circle of lower wages and weaker spending, according to government figures.
The average monthly wage fell 2.1% in March from a year earlier, the steepest drop in 11 years, the government said on Wednesday. "
Also remeber that the EU spend next to nothing on defense, but now Germany and France want to go thier own way. Well France and Germany can't build engines for transport aircraft, the EU has limited stealth technology. The EU is dependant on DSP from the US and Japan.
So if the EU really wants to go thier own way in reguards to defense, it will take serious infrastructure outlays in a system that is already about to break from social security spending and an aging workforce.
That is why they don't change the $1 bill.
Because of the cost to vendors.
At the most a vending machine might take a $5, so it'll be changed. But the vast majority only take coins and ones.
I bet when NAFTA finally goes to a single currency they'll be smart and avoid the Amerio name.
US won't put a hologram on because they've not found one that will survive the fold cycles required for US money.
4,000 double folds is the requirement for US bills to survive.
The average life of a dollar bill is eighteen months Five dollar bills last about fifteen months, with twenties remaining in circulation for two years. Ten dollar bills have about the same lifespan as singles do, and the larger denomination bills can last up to eight years.
I've seen mid 1920s 100s and 50s in circulation in the past.
In my wallet I have
1999 - 1 dollar
2001 - 1 dollar
2001 - 1 dollar
2001 - 1 dollar - stinky
2001 - 1 dollar
1999 - 10 dollar
1999 - 20 dollar
I've lived in Oregon for 10 years now and I've got to say that Oregon is the most provincial place I've lived in.
There is an ideal of Cascadia or Ecotopia in some circles but when it comes down to it the Cascadians or Ecotopians are the ones lighting cars on fire down in Eugene or destroying the Oregon State botany research.
Portland is the whitest city in the United States so I don't think there is any room for someone to call Portland more "international" than anywhere else.
Hell Sioux Falls South Dakota is more diverse than Portland.
"Traditionally, people have come here who are more idealistic about the environment, and about everything."
That maybe true in a cluster in Southeast Portland and among the students at Reed, but it's not true of Portland, the Metro Area or the state.
Here in Portland there is a B&O and a Bose store within an escalator of each other.
I'd have to say that the Bose actually sounds better than the B&O.
I did a search of OS X Arabic in Google and came up with some info.
_ ma cosx.html
http://www.alanwood.net/unicode/utilities_fonts
"Mac OS X 10.2 introduced support for Arabic, Devanagari, Greek, Gujarati, Gurmukhi, Hebrew and Thai scripts."