According to Koenigsmann, SpaceX technicians replaced several items that were exposed to salt water after splashdown, such as batteries and the capsule’s heat shield. But the hull, thrusters, harnessing, propellant tanks, and some avionics boxes are original, he said. “I can tell you the majority of this Dragon has been in space before,” Koenigsmann said.
The fact that the agreement only commits governments to keeping warming below an increase of 2 degrees, rather than a much safer firm target of 1.5 degrees, was lobbied for and won by the United States.
The fact that the agreement left it to individual nations to determine how much they were willing to do to reach that temperature target, allowing them to come to Paris with commitments that collectively put us on a disastrous course towards more than 3 degrees of warming, was lobbied for and won by the United States.
The fact that the agreement treats even these inadequate commitments as non-binding, which means governments apparently do not have anything to fear if they ignore their commitments, is something else that was lobbied for and won by the United States.
The fact that the agreement specifically prohibits poor countries from seeking damages for the costs of climate disasters was lobbied for and won by the United States.
The fact that it is an “agreement” or an “accord” and not a treaty — the very thing that makes it possible for Trump to stage his action-movie slow-mo walk away, world in flames behind him — was lobbied for and won by the United States.
They are reusing the hull, the thrusters and some of the avionics boxes. The heat shield has been replaced and the unpressurized trunk wasn't recovered. Still trying to find the source.
Roads were made for horse carriages and later paved for bicyclists. Then the car lobby convinced people that they are primarily for cars through a massive press effort.
Web Assembly is like the bytecode of Java. In the future, JavaScript will compile to it. As will other languages. The only question is whether languages other than JS can be distributed as source code and compiled to WebAssembly inside the browser.
I do view objects and places on the WWW.
I do meet people there and play.
I check out hotel rooms and book them on the web.
I do view images of Mars.
I have configured my car online.
I use the web to communicate with friends and to find real world meetings with people who share my interests.
It has become the greatest resource for me to learn skills from cooking to advanced math.
This "cesspool of porn" has also become the greatest tool for entertainment, education, collaborative work and, to some extent, socializing.
The difference between the web and VR is the difference between viewing something on a screen and visually being there.
I disagree. VR lets you view objects and visit places whether they exist or don't. It lets you meet people there, allows you to create your own environments and play. You can preview your hotel room, visit Mars, sit in a car with custom configuration or walk in your restyled home. You can draw and animate intuitively or meet a friend for a round of Ping Pong, wherever he lives. The possibilities for entertainment, education, collaborative creative work and socializing are endless.
The technology is only just getting good and affordable enough for a few enthusiasts. Applications like TiltBrush didn't even exist a few years ago. With the massive investments in VR, it will become attractive to more and more people in the coming years.
AFAIK the launch was insured. This does not include the static fire test.
A lot of satellites are not insured. Buying insurance means that you pay money to reduce financial risk. On average, you pay more than you would without insurance. That's how insurances make money. If you can afford the risk, you'll probably not want to pay for insurance.
They tried this before specifically with news snippets.
News publishers are struggling to make money on the internet, but they still have political influence. So the idea was to force Google to share some of its profits by forcing it to pay license fees for the snippets on news.google.com. Lobbyists claimed that this would only be used to target Google and smaller services needn't worry.
What happened of course, was that that Google discontinued the service in the relevant countries and the number of news readers plummeted. The publishers gave Google an exception to get their visitors back. Now the only result is that anyone from bloggers to other news aggregators is facing legal problems. They can contact the publishers, but are usually ignored.
As a result, the legislation only cemented Googles dominance.
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- Army Military Intelligence (MI)
- Marine Corps Intelligence Activity (MCIA)
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United States Department of Energy
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Motherboard has an article in which it argues that car driving is still way too hard. The author of the article claims that for one to build a car, they need an "unreasonable" amount of disposable income, and also have an unreasonable amount of time to "research, shop around, and assemble parts" for their car. The author adds that a person looking into making one such gear also needs to always have to keep investing time and money in as long as they want to stay at the cutting edge or recommended specifications range for new racing tracks. The author has shared the experience he had building his own car. An excerpt from it:
The process of physically building a car is filled with little frustrations, and mistakes can be costly and time consuming. I have big, dumb, sausage fingers, so mounting the engine into the chassis, and screwing in nine (!) tiny screws to keep it in place in a cramped space, in weird angles, where dropping the screwdriver can easily break something expensive -- it's just not what I'd call "consumer-friendly." This is why people buy from Ford. It designs everything from the steering wheel to the door, which unfolds neatly to reveal everything you need. Ford reduces friction to the point where even my mom could upgrade the rims on her Transit, and it can do this because it controls everything that goes in that automobile.
I can't see the added market valuation.
Assuming that you pay 200k per year for a developer, 11 billion pays for 55,000 man-years. That amount of money is just crazy.
Most often, it makes perfect sense. It's not that the DMCA is carelessly used against all works with a similar title. It's abused to clear the search results of other works.
ITAR regulations won't allow a US company to have the rockets built outside the US or to transport them to a launch site in another country. It's technology with military applications.
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According to Koenigsmann, SpaceX technicians replaced several items that were exposed to salt water after splashdown, such as batteries and the capsule’s heat shield. But the hull, thrusters, harnessing, propellant tanks, and some avionics boxes are original, he said. “I can tell you the majority of this Dragon has been in space before,” Koenigsmann said.
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The fact that the agreement left it to individual nations to determine how much they were willing to do to reach that temperature target, allowing them to come to Paris with commitments that collectively put us on a disastrous course towards more than 3 degrees of warming, was lobbied for and won by the United States.
The fact that the agreement treats even these inadequate commitments as non-binding, which means governments apparently do not have anything to fear if they ignore their commitments, is something else that was lobbied for and won by the United States.
The fact that the agreement specifically prohibits poor countries from seeking damages for the costs of climate disasters was lobbied for and won by the United States.
The fact that it is an “agreement” or an “accord” and not a treaty — the very thing that makes it possible for Trump to stage his action-movie slow-mo walk away, world in flames behind him — was lobbied for and won by the United States.
I could go on. And on.
Naomi Klein
They are reusing the hull, the thrusters and some of the avionics boxes. The heat shield has been replaced and the unpressurized trunk wasn't recovered. Still trying to find the source.
If you feel left out, you can simply install some anti-virus software.
Roads were made for horse carriages and later paved for bicyclists. Then the car lobby convinced people that they are primarily for cars through a massive press effort.
Web Assembly is like the bytecode of Java. In the future, JavaScript will compile to it. As will other languages. The only question is whether languages other than JS can be distributed as source code and compiled to WebAssembly inside the browser.
No proof needed. If you're not a US citizen, any border agent can send you back without providing a reason.
The most valuable thing about materials mined from asteroids is that they're not in Earths gravity well.
Did they? Has any company approached Apple and asked to license the patent? And did Apple deny a license?
If someone behaves like an asshole, online or offline, he is an asshole. Any further distinction is irrelevant.
Even a king is not above the law. At least in theory.
I do view objects and places on the WWW.
I do meet people there and play.
I check out hotel rooms and book them on the web.
I do view images of Mars.
I have configured my car online.
I use the web to communicate with friends and to find real world meetings with people who share my interests.
It has become the greatest resource for me to learn skills from cooking to advanced math.
This "cesspool of porn" has also become the greatest tool for entertainment, education, collaborative work and, to some extent, socializing.
The difference between the web and VR is the difference between viewing something on a screen and visually being there.
I disagree. VR lets you view objects and visit places whether they exist or don't. It lets you meet people there, allows you to create your own environments and play. You can preview your hotel room, visit Mars, sit in a car with custom configuration or walk in your restyled home. You can draw and animate intuitively or meet a friend for a round of Ping Pong, wherever he lives. The possibilities for entertainment, education, collaborative creative work and socializing are endless.
The technology is only just getting good and affordable enough for a few enthusiasts. Applications like TiltBrush didn't even exist a few years ago. With the massive investments in VR, it will become attractive to more and more people in the coming years.
AFAIK the launch was insured. This does not include the static fire test.
A lot of satellites are not insured. Buying insurance means that you pay money to reduce financial risk. On average, you pay more than you would without insurance. That's how insurances make money. If you can afford the risk, you'll probably not want to pay for insurance.
News publishers are struggling to make money on the internet, but they still have political influence. So the idea was to force Google to share some of its profits by forcing it to pay license fees for the snippets on news.google.com. Lobbyists claimed that this would only be used to target Google and smaller services needn't worry.
What happened of course, was that that Google discontinued the service in the relevant countries and the number of news readers plummeted. The publishers gave Google an exception to get their visitors back. Now the only result is that anyone from bloggers to other news aggregators is facing legal problems. They can contact the publishers, but are usually ignored.
As a result, the legislation only cemented Googles dominance.
I really hate warnings about self-signed certificates or unsigned embedded content. Browsers make these sites look less secure than unsigned ones.
If we can't have Java, we kill it.
Office of the Director of National Intelligence
Independent agencies
- Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)
United States Department of Defense
- Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA)
- National Security Agency (NSA)
- National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA)
- National Reconnaissance Office (NRO)
- Twenty-Fifth Air Force (25 AF)
- Army Military Intelligence (MI)
- Marine Corps Intelligence Activity (MCIA)
- Office of Naval Intelligence (ONI)
United States Department of Energy
- Office of Intelligence and Counterintelligence (OICI)
United States Department of Homeland Security
- Office of Intelligence and Analysis (I&A)
- Coast Guard Intelligence (CGI)
United States Department of Justice
- Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
- Drug Enforcement Administration, Office of National Security Intelligence (DEA/ONSI)
United States Department of State
- Bureau of Intelligence and Research (INR)
United States Department of the Treasury
- Office of Terrorism and Financial Intelligence (TFI)
Source
Motherboard has an article in which it argues that car driving is still way too hard. The author of the article claims that for one to build a car, they need an "unreasonable" amount of disposable income, and also have an unreasonable amount of time to "research, shop around, and assemble parts" for their car. The author adds that a person looking into making one such gear also needs to always have to keep investing time and money in as long as they want to stay at the cutting edge or recommended specifications range for new racing tracks. The author has shared the experience he had building his own car. An excerpt from it:
The process of physically building a car is filled with little frustrations, and mistakes can be costly and time consuming. I have big, dumb, sausage fingers, so mounting the engine into the chassis, and screwing in nine (!) tiny screws to keep it in place in a cramped space, in weird angles, where dropping the screwdriver can easily break something expensive -- it's just not what I'd call "consumer-friendly." This is why people buy from Ford. It designs everything from the steering wheel to the door, which unfolds neatly to reveal everything you need. Ford reduces friction to the point where even my mom could upgrade the rims on her Transit, and it can do this because it controls everything that goes in that automobile.
I can't see the added market valuation. Assuming that you pay 200k per year for a developer, 11 billion pays for 55,000 man-years. That amount of money is just crazy.
It's called MAD for a reason.
Don't forget the Zune marketplace, which replaced Plays For Sure. MS closed it as well.
Most often, it makes perfect sense. It's not that the DMCA is carelessly used against all works with a similar title. It's abused to clear the search results of other works.
Which is why the system uses passive rails.
ITAR regulations won't allow a US company to have the rockets built outside the US or to transport them to a launch site in another country. It's technology with military applications.