its because here in australia, we have politicians and regulatory agencies that arent balless little bitches on the take for the company. well, less so.
oh stop being so fucking melodramatic. whats wrong with profit motive driving down the cost of access to space? that seems like a ideal place to apply a bit of ruthless capitalism. its not like the government has done much to lower the cost to get to space.
8.5 months dosent sound that insurmountable. stuff the international space station full of supplies and propellant, install a electrically generated magnetosphere, and blastoff.
its a form of financial compulsion by the government any way you cut it. it dosent have to be a cop holding you down while they inject you for it to be them forcing you to do it. any degree of compulsion by the government for a perfectly healthy person to get any sort of medical treatment for 'what might happen in the future' is immoral in my book. its the thin end of the wedge. it sets a dangerous precedent for the boundaries of what the government has the right to do. little timmy being a bit uppity in class? the state has now determined he needs to take these little blue calm pills 3 times a day, and if he dosent, jack up the parents tax rate until he does. its for the safety of the other children after all.
who the hell builds their extremely expensive hdd component manufacturing facility on a fucking flood plain? is space really at that much of a premium? if you really must, then put it on some stilts or something.
this brings up something i think nvidia could do with their 3d vision glasses. they should intergrate infrared leds in the sides of their 3d glasses, and package a webcam with them, so they can do a johnny lee style headtracking thing, as demonstrated in this video. nvidias 3d vision already makes starcraft 2 look like your looking at a table with 3d minatures on it. the only thing missing from it to make it look like a fully fledged 3d object sitting behind your screen is the ability to move your head around to see it from different angles.
its definitely a argument for a design being able to sustain a engine failure at any point in the mission and still get to orbit with the remaining engines. much like the falcon 9, or the saturn V. both of which have perfect records of mission success. in fact, is there any rocket with engine out capability that dosent have a perfect record?
the spacex falcon 9 uses about as much fuel per flight as a 747. about $200,000 worth of fuel. it is a tiny fraction of the cost of a rocket. so thats how i know your talking out your ass when you talk about "raw energy capacity".
ease up on the caps lock and bold tags there cowboy. the most recent rocket research spacex is using probably came from the apollo era. chemical rocket tech hasnt really advanced since the 70s. such is the physical reality of the thing. and what is so wrong about private companies using the results of government research? the entire point of government research is to benefit society as a whole.
the boeing and lockheed duopoly have been growing fat on cost plus government contracts in the launch sector for decades, and now some new upstart company comes along, putting stuff into orbit for a fraction of the price per kg of even the russians, and you get mad at them for some sort of profiteering?
the better blacks of a ips display dont matter so much in this case cause the darkness of the shutter glasses pulls the tn black levels down. at least when you have them on. and i hear that since ips displays have a longer pixel switching time they cant really be used for 120hz. can someone confirm that?
one thing i would like to see on nvidia shutter glasses are some ir leds, or visible light leds, so you could use a webcam to track your head in space, and adjust the image on the screen so it seems like the object is floating behind the screen and you can move your head around to look at it from different angles, like that demo from johnny chung lee, but in stereoscopic 3d.
you do realise you can have 60 fps and 3d at the same time right? and avatar pretty much disproved that 3d is only good at the stuff jumping out at you sort of thing. and when the best argument you have against something is that directors are stupid with it cause its new and something about corporations, your not doing too well. its here to stay, and its another tool, that when used intelligently does add to the film. imho. and anyway, it fucking rules for computer games. imho.
your talking out your ass. you can adjust the depth of the effect, but its hardly like its unplayable if its not set 'correctly', and theres certainly no need to be careful in setting it. nvidia have presets for all major games anyway. and those distortions are much less of a problem than you make out. and getting motion sick? i had no problem. but then, i dont get motion sick, most of us have no problems at all. and team fortress 2 in 3d is fucking awesome. especially if your meeleeing. ive noticed that you have a better comprehension of where other players are in close quarters combat. and it just looks spectacular.
id like to think you just missed where he said he was buying it 2nd hand. but you went and put that quote in your comment, so i have to conclude that your are so fucking stupid as to think buying things 2nd hand is stealing.
i agree mr armstrong! so lets cancel that nasty pork barrel that is constellation and buy up more spacex falcon 9s and falcon 9 heavies, and fully fund spacex's crew escape system for the falcon 9. well be able to drive down the price per kg to orbit, and send up more weight than we ever have before!
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its because here in australia, we have politicians and regulatory agencies that arent balless little bitches on the take for the company. well, less so.
oh stop being so fucking melodramatic. whats wrong with profit motive driving down the cost of access to space? that seems like a ideal place to apply a bit of ruthless capitalism. its not like the government has done much to lower the cost to get to space.
8.5 months dosent sound that insurmountable. stuff the international space station full of supplies and propellant, install a electrically generated magnetosphere, and blastoff.
its a form of financial compulsion by the government any way you cut it. it dosent have to be a cop holding you down while they inject you for it to be them forcing you to do it. any degree of compulsion by the government for a perfectly healthy person to get any sort of medical treatment for 'what might happen in the future' is immoral in my book. its the thin end of the wedge. it sets a dangerous precedent for the boundaries of what the government has the right to do. little timmy being a bit uppity in class? the state has now determined he needs to take these little blue calm pills 3 times a day, and if he dosent, jack up the parents tax rate until he does. its for the safety of the other children after all.
you seem to be completely ignoring the nonexistence of sanitation and underground sewage systems in the past, which lead to the spread of disease.
who the hell builds their extremely expensive hdd component manufacturing facility on a fucking flood plain? is space really at that much of a premium? if you really must, then put it on some stilts or something.
this brings up something i think nvidia could do with their 3d vision glasses. they should intergrate infrared leds in the sides of their 3d glasses, and package a webcam with them, so they can do a johnny lee style headtracking thing, as demonstrated in this video. nvidias 3d vision already makes starcraft 2 look like your looking at a table with 3d minatures on it. the only thing missing from it to make it look like a fully fledged 3d object sitting behind your screen is the ability to move your head around to see it from different angles.
well he certainly has appeared to escape any sort of justice civil society might mete out.
so your saying that they shouldnt seek diplomatic means to end the conflict? that is what the UN is all about right?
its definitely a argument for a design being able to sustain a engine failure at any point in the mission and still get to orbit with the remaining engines. much like the falcon 9, or the saturn V. both of which have perfect records of mission success. in fact, is there any rocket with engine out capability that dosent have a perfect record?
the spacex falcon 9 uses about as much fuel per flight as a 747. about $200,000 worth of fuel. it is a tiny fraction of the cost of a rocket. so thats how i know your talking out your ass when you talk about "raw energy capacity".
now a room temprature superconductor. *that* would be news.
no, not really. they just need to follow the design principles behind the Saturn V, updated with modern engineering and modelling.
ease up on the caps lock and bold tags there cowboy. the most recent rocket research spacex is using probably came from the apollo era. chemical rocket tech hasnt really advanced since the 70s. such is the physical reality of the thing. and what is so wrong about private companies using the results of government research? the entire point of government research is to benefit society as a whole. the boeing and lockheed duopoly have been growing fat on cost plus government contracts in the launch sector for decades, and now some new upstart company comes along, putting stuff into orbit for a fraction of the price per kg of even the russians, and you get mad at them for some sort of profiteering?
it dosent really count if its not to orbit. getting to orbit costs about 25 times more energy than going suborbital.
the better blacks of a ips display dont matter so much in this case cause the darkness of the shutter glasses pulls the tn black levels down. at least when you have them on. and i hear that since ips displays have a longer pixel switching time they cant really be used for 120hz. can someone confirm that?
one thing i would like to see on nvidia shutter glasses are some ir leds, or visible light leds, so you could use a webcam to track your head in space, and adjust the image on the screen so it seems like the object is floating behind the screen and you can move your head around to look at it from different angles, like that demo from johnny chung lee, but in stereoscopic 3d.
you do realise you can have 60 fps and 3d at the same time right? and avatar pretty much disproved that 3d is only good at the stuff jumping out at you sort of thing. and when the best argument you have against something is that directors are stupid with it cause its new and something about corporations, your not doing too well. its here to stay, and its another tool, that when used intelligently does add to the film. imho. and anyway, it fucking rules for computer games. imho.
your talking out your ass. you can adjust the depth of the effect, but its hardly like its unplayable if its not set 'correctly', and theres certainly no need to be careful in setting it. nvidia have presets for all major games anyway. and those distortions are much less of a problem than you make out. and getting motion sick? i had no problem. but then, i dont get motion sick, most of us have no problems at all. and team fortress 2 in 3d is fucking awesome. especially if your meeleeing. ive noticed that you have a better comprehension of where other players are in close quarters combat. and it just looks spectacular.
errr.. i think your either trolling, or your confusing adobe flash software with physical flash memory.
and how many tonnes of fuel do you think goes through a car over its lifetime? a lithium ion battery you only need to make once.
you can get it ricking a roll. you can get it buryin a troll. you can get it cool storyin a bro. matter of fact i got it now. vic. vic bitter.
id like to think you just missed where he said he was buying it 2nd hand. but you went and put that quote in your comment, so i have to conclude that your are so fucking stupid as to think buying things 2nd hand is stealing.
your full of shit, and you do go on about it.
i agree mr armstrong! so lets cancel that nasty pork barrel that is constellation and buy up more spacex falcon 9s and falcon 9 heavies, and fully fund spacex's crew escape system for the falcon 9. well be able to drive down the price per kg to orbit, and send up more weight than we ever have before!