If SpaceX gets humans back on the moon, then more power to them. Currently, though, the notion that "private sector will solve all!" seems like more of an ideological excuse than an honest assessment of what the U.S. is capable of in space.
I'm starting to think we haven't gone to the moon since 1972 because we forgot how.
And nerds clearly still don't have a clue of how they are perceived by the rest of society.
Dangerous and childish behavior aside, nerds have a clue about that. They call it anti-intellectualism, and rightly regard it as a problem with society at large rather than a problem with the target(s).
Skeptics welcome scientific evidence. It is the obstructionist pseudoskeptics (deniers) that will never be convinced until their ulterior motive is fulfilled.
If you're willing to build it yourself, and your computer has a parallel port, there are schematics available for a programmer called EzoFlash. The website has a list of flash modules that are known to work with it.
They protect their own, and they have the emotional political/public appeal of the underpaid noble teacher to use if they need to (even though teachers are actually usually very WELL paid)
[citation needed]
This is approaching the problem the wrong way.
Since you're clearly enough of a visionary to say the Gates Foundation's research is a waste of time, what is your approach?
Touché. As others have pointed out, a sufficiently advanced troll is indistinguishable from a Libertarian in most Slashdot discussions, so I may have been listening to the trolls a little too much.
The federal government is such a popular bogeyman that lots of people paint it with a broad brush, troll or otherwise. It is interesting to see a clear example of a federal mandate that the public almost universally agrees with.
I drove by Occupy Austin last night. Freaks and weirdos doesn't begin to to describe them.
I work for one of those large corporations that have their boot on your neck.
Like it? Here, have another.
Stupid fuck.
Clearly an unbiased account./sarcasm Revealing your true colors as an authoritarian won't garner you much sympathy on Slashdot. If I were you, I'd be more worried about how well the locks on my doors will keep the growing revolt out.
This isn't even about taking stuff that was supposed to be left on the moon. It seems like they were angry that he didn't leave it in the lunar module; hence, if all went according to plan, the camera would have disintegrated with the lunar module during Earth re-entry. The government response to this sounds like the sort of bureaucratic uptightness normally reserved for the military.
There is a set procedure for changing superior laws; not following it is treason.
Speaking of superior laws, the U.S. Constitution doesn't consider that treason:
"Treason against the United States, shall consist only in levying War against them, or in adhering to their Enemies, giving them Aid and Comfort. No Person shall be convicted of Treason unless on the Testimony of two Witnesses to the same overt Act, or on Confession in open Court."
Of course, there is a set procedure for changing that.
While this is sold under the guise of easy parenting, I wouldn't be surprised if the real purpose of this feature is to silently collect demographic information for Microsoft or its advertising partners.
Patents are supposed to incentivize inventors to release documentation of their invention to the public domain. Yes, the patent system is horribly broken and in desperate need of real reform, but public knowledge would suffer a severe setback if patents disappeared entirely (replaced by trade secrets, no doubt).
Whoever modded you "informative" may agree with your version of events, but your whole post reeks of a giant strawman liberal-hippie getting the stuffing beat out of it. I am reluctant to accept such a pristine evaluation of cop behavior and an utter dismissal of the other side's grievances without harder evidence.
(proud graduate of a private college paid for on my father's custodian's salary, all while he continued paying taxes to fund the state university's bloated tenure and pension systems.)
Your UID is low and the claim seems quite extraordinary, so please elaborate on the following:
How long ago did you graduate from said college? What program did you graduate from? Did you receive any financial aid at all aside from your father's salary?
So, basically, your solution is to take away all government safety nets for students and all regulation for educational institutions? Nothing short of this will cause tuition to fall?
It sounds like you're promising money and rainbows and ponies at the bottom of an abyss, and we'll just never know until we all take the plunge...
Between tuition hikes at private schools and public universities, and the concerted push to dismantle public education in the U.S. ever since the 1980s...well, there was a reason the U.S. started the public school system in the first place and decided to educate everybody instead of leaving such an institution wholly to the market. I fear the rich will have to rediscover the situation they were in with a massive uneducated population before they stop this downward spiral.
Indeed, you touched on an important catch-22 of trusting the fanbase.
The Star Wars prequels were written and filmed long after much of the "Star Wars expanded universe" had been established. This in itself didn't contribute to the terribleness of the prequels; Lucas had fan expectations in mind when he wrote the prequels, though. Darth Vader and the Jedi in general were given way too much importance, the dialogue scenes were sloppy and only served to connect the different settings to the plot, and the trilogy in general was a vehicle to sell merchandise and fan works. One of the things that made the original trilogy well-rounded (or at least the first two films) was that the writers weren't too influenced by the fanbase; they focused on writing characters as parts of a self-contained film rather than letting the most popular characters hog the limelight. Listening to the fans can sometimes take a series in a much-needed direction, but it can also be a huge mistake.
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If SpaceX gets humans back on the moon, then more power to them. Currently, though, the notion that "private sector will solve all!" seems like more of an ideological excuse than an honest assessment of what the U.S. is capable of in space.
I'm starting to think we haven't gone to the moon since 1972 because we forgot how.
And nerds clearly still don't have a clue of how they are perceived by the rest of society.
Dangerous and childish behavior aside, nerds have a clue about that. They call it anti-intellectualism, and rightly regard it as a problem with society at large rather than a problem with the target(s).
Skeptics welcome scientific evidence. It is the obstructionist pseudoskeptics (deniers) that will never be convinced until their ulterior motive is fulfilled.
If you're willing to build it yourself, and your computer has a parallel port, there are schematics available for a programmer called EzoFlash. The website has a list of flash modules that are known to work with it.
They protect their own, and they have the emotional political/public appeal of the underpaid noble teacher to use if they need to (even though teachers are actually usually very WELL paid)
[citation needed]
This is approaching the problem the wrong way.
Since you're clearly enough of a visionary to say the Gates Foundation's research is a waste of time, what is your approach?
Touché. As others have pointed out, a sufficiently advanced troll is indistinguishable from a Libertarian in most Slashdot discussions, so I may have been listening to the trolls a little too much.
The federal government is such a popular bogeyman that lots of people paint it with a broad brush, troll or otherwise. It is interesting to see a clear example of a federal mandate that the public almost universally agrees with.
I was beginning to worry that politics and journalism and business were all there was to /.
Don't worry, the Slashdot editors have had a journalism-free approach to summaries for a long time.
Sorry Louisiana, you dont get to decide what federal currency can be used for.
(Cue the "baww, federal government doesn't get to trample on states' rights!" Libertarian shitstorm)
The technical overview says the system-on-a-chip is implemented with FPGAs, and the open-source component is the Verilog HDL code.
Clearly, it's a cardboard replica. That's why they only have one picture of it.
The conspiracy thickens.
I drove by Occupy Austin last night. Freaks and weirdos doesn't begin to to describe them.
I work for one of those large corporations that have their boot on your neck.
Like it? Here, have another.
Stupid fuck.
Clearly an unbiased account. /sarcasm
Revealing your true colors as an authoritarian won't garner you much sympathy on Slashdot. If I were you, I'd be more worried about how well the locks on my doors will keep the growing revolt out.
Better yet, hook them all up to a big helium balloon.
This isn't even about taking stuff that was supposed to be left on the moon. It seems like they were angry that he didn't leave it in the lunar module; hence, if all went according to plan, the camera would have disintegrated with the lunar module during Earth re-entry. The government response to this sounds like the sort of bureaucratic uptightness normally reserved for the military.
Occupy Wall Street seems to want LESS corporate freedom and more repairs to the social safety net provided by the government.
That sounds great to me. We've got to knock the elites down a peg or two.
>legitimate trading and auction sites
Well, that's got to wreak havoc on routing tables.
There is a set procedure for changing superior laws; not following it is treason.
Speaking of superior laws, the U.S. Constitution doesn't consider that treason:
"Treason against the United States, shall consist only in levying War against them, or in adhering to their Enemies, giving them Aid and Comfort. No Person shall be convicted of Treason unless on the Testimony of two Witnesses to the same overt Act, or on Confession in open Court."
Of course, there is a set procedure for changing that.
While this is sold under the guise of easy parenting, I wouldn't be surprised if the real purpose of this feature is to silently collect demographic information for Microsoft or its advertising partners.
Patents are supposed to incentivize inventors to release documentation of their invention to the public domain. Yes, the patent system is horribly broken and in desperate need of real reform, but public knowledge would suffer a severe setback if patents disappeared entirely (replaced by trade secrets, no doubt).
Whoever modded you "informative" may agree with your version of events, but your whole post reeks of a giant strawman liberal-hippie getting the stuffing beat out of it. I am reluctant to accept such a pristine evaluation of cop behavior and an utter dismissal of the other side's grievances without harder evidence.
With just a few more qubits, I could have entangled first post.
(proud graduate of a private college paid for on my father's custodian's salary, all while he continued paying taxes to fund the state university's bloated tenure and pension systems.)
Your UID is low and the claim seems quite extraordinary, so please elaborate on the following:
How long ago did you graduate from said college?
What program did you graduate from?
Did you receive any financial aid at all aside from your father's salary?
So, basically, your solution is to take away all government safety nets for students and all regulation for educational institutions? Nothing short of this will cause tuition to fall?
It sounds like you're promising money and rainbows and ponies at the bottom of an abyss, and we'll just never know until we all take the plunge...
Between tuition hikes at private schools and public universities, and the concerted push to dismantle public education in the U.S. ever since the 1980s...well, there was a reason the U.S. started the public school system in the first place and decided to educate everybody instead of leaving such an institution wholly to the market. I fear the rich will have to rediscover the situation they were in with a massive uneducated population before they stop this downward spiral.
...that nothing they do makes any sense.
Indeed, you touched on an important catch-22 of trusting the fanbase.
The Star Wars prequels were written and filmed long after much of the "Star Wars expanded universe" had been established. This in itself didn't contribute to the terribleness of the prequels; Lucas had fan expectations in mind when he wrote the prequels, though. Darth Vader and the Jedi in general were given way too much importance, the dialogue scenes were sloppy and only served to connect the different settings to the plot, and the trilogy in general was a vehicle to sell merchandise and fan works. One of the things that made the original trilogy well-rounded (or at least the first two films) was that the writers weren't too influenced by the fanbase; they focused on writing characters as parts of a self-contained film rather than letting the most popular characters hog the limelight. Listening to the fans can sometimes take a series in a much-needed direction, but it can also be a huge mistake.