Apparently, according to the reporter, this will be a replacement for "historical education". From the hilarious 2nd paragraph of the article:
Educational historical journeys are just one possible use of the Immersive Cocoon
"Possible"? Sure. Likely? I suspect that the ratio between its usage for adult entertainment vs. educational purposes will be somewhere in the range of the internets. Eleventy billion to 1. Roughly.
The overall expenditure on this "campaign" seems relatively minor in the scope of the whole "rehab" effort.
Assuming the full-time hours stated in TFA, and that they continue this for a whole year (not stated):
$20/hr=$40k/yr
155*40k=6.2 mil
6.2 mil = A little over 2% of their total rehab effort
What sucks even more from the perspective of being one of these "salespeople" is that you, unlike the other store salespeople, don't even have the opportunity for commission, which must make it even harder to internally justify the act of promoting Vista to unsuspecting saps.
Ummm...the words "unprecedented victory" can only be accurate in description of this very specific issue. And besides this, why would the arguably sensationalist description used in reporting an event reflect the "darkness" of the times?!
Oh, wait, I had just forgotten to put on my doom-and-gloom hat...
*adjusts tinfoil*
ZOMG, you're sooo right!! We're soooo going to hell in a handbasket!! It's all because of {insert name of hated group/person}!!
Do these stores really think that if they can just trick me into visiting them, I'll buy something there?
Maybe not you, but thousands of less discerning, more impulsive consumers, who think, "Well screw finding out more info about this, it's only $79.99 here! I'll take it before the deal disappears like this site says it will!"
I guess it didn't seem like there were any natural stopping points/segments, but you're probably right. Of course, "natural" isn't really the sense I got from this ad anyways...
Come on fellow techies, it's time to stop complaining and take as much action as we're capable of in the given circumstances!! Choke back your cynicism of the effectiveness of the system for 3 minutes and contact your elected representatives!
But, but-- think of the children!! All the children that will no longer be able to fulfill their lifelong dreams and train themselves to be terrorists!
Sir, judging from all the replies you make to all the replies you received, I can see that you are both: an expert complainer, and someone who doesn't mind cheating their employer out of money (by doing this during work time).
I think the big news for you, though, is that we are not socialists, and that you do not deserve what everyone else is able to easily get. You choose to live in an area that geographically does not help you to be lazy at doing your job. I am so sorry to hear this. I truly am. When I think of the millions of poverty-stricken people in third-world countries who will be able to better themselves through this system, well...it just pales in comparison to the suffering you must go through...sometimes having to get paid to drive in to work late at night, to fix some crash/instability caused by your own ineptitude as an administrator.
I weep for you, Sir.
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It has been discovered that there are only 3 elementary particles that are at the cause of ALL disease. We should be more focused on understanding protons, neutrons and electrons, then we could have ALL the answers, not just The Answer.
I mean, c'mon, there's only three of them, how difficult could it be?
Although it was not personally held by him, Godel had an argument that was based purely on reason. How much do I win for the bet? Oh...you were just being insulting...
...it's just a bunch of astros as obsessed with sensational headlines as everyone else.
R.I.P.
Science Reporting With Proper Perspective
(i.e. "Dip in brightness that MAY have been caused by an orbiting planet, but more likely was caused by one of the following more common phenomenon:...")
January, 2008
In all seriousness, though, reporting true science to the masses...just doesn't work. The masses (myself included) simply cannot understand the complexity of the data/system/science well enough to receive it properly. So "Reporting of Science with Proper Perspective" can't have died...because it never existed.
(in the voice of Jon Stewart)
MMMmmmmmm...that's some good satire...
Which is obviously not being noticed by the mods...of course, you could just be a sick bastard, fortunately the degree of absurdity to which you took it will have the same effect as if it was satire.
Mod parent up! Seriously, the GP making the "absolutely unusable for browsing or programming" claim obviously hasn't been using computers for more than 15 years.
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carriers such as DHL, UPS, or Federal Express, for example, are not considered to
be mail, even if they are stamped, and thus are subject to a border search as
provided in this policy.
So, yeah...unless you send your laptop USPS (Worst carrier. Ever.), it's not safe from the authority granted in this policy.
Your use of a conspiratorial tone in combination with a series of rhetorical questions and vague, but scary, implications in the text you quoted have swayed some of the moderators. Well played, indeed! To that I can only respond, from your own sources:
From the Terra-3 page of your "Encyclopedia Astronautica": The first applications would have to be limited to anti-satellite, and then primarily to blind optical sensors --Hmmmm...a high-powered flashlight...
Remember: from your own quote it was not "discomfort and temporary blinding" but instead there was a "/" in there. Meaning that the discomfort was the temporary blinding.
Alas, your Register article doesn't fare much better in supporting your beautifully possible theories if you read past the first line. Heres's the second line for your benefit: The high-powered light was able to blind onboard cameras, acknowledged National Reconnaissance Office director Donald Kerr...
So, if this is the best you have to show, I'm afraid, despite how incredibly impressive really bright lights are, I'll stand by my previous statements about the uselessness of the current military laser technology. Except for what the Men In Black have, of course.
Your first post is in as much danger from lasers as anything else. Which is none at all. It's been 25 years and untold billions of dollars secretly(gotta love the Cold War) pumped into viable military applications for lasers. What do we have to show for it?!? An entirely-useless-chemical-laser-carrying 747 that:
1) Has gotten so far in that last 12 years of focused development that it has finished "target illumination" testing.
2) Has 40 shot maximum payload (according to the entirely optimistic marketers of this project). They admit that it is only really specced for 20 shots now, though.
3) Does NOT have any variety shark attached to it.
I think Northrop Grumman, Boeing and all the other defense contractors had the following plan when they met with Reagan:
1)Convince The Gipper that Green lasers is just what's needed to kill the Red Communists. ("It'd be just like that recent film by that young George Lucas, and we know how much you love movies, Mr. President."
2) (optional) ???
3) Profit!!!
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No doubt that strict couch regimen has you in top physical form to do anything that involves extended physical exertion.
Educational historical journeys are just one possible use of the Immersive Cocoon
"Possible"? Sure. Likely? I suspect that the ratio between its usage for adult entertainment vs. educational purposes will be somewhere in the range of the internets. Eleventy billion to 1. Roughly.
The overall expenditure on this "campaign" seems relatively minor in the scope of the whole "rehab" effort.
Assuming the full-time hours stated in TFA, and that they continue this for a whole year (not stated):
$20/hr=$40k/yr
155*40k=6.2 mil
6.2 mil = A little over 2% of their total rehab effort
What sucks even more from the perspective of being one of these "salespeople" is that you, unlike the other store salespeople, don't even have the opportunity for commission, which must make it even harder to internally justify the act of promoting Vista to unsuspecting saps.
Ummm...the words "unprecedented victory" can only be accurate in description of this very specific issue. And besides this, why would the arguably sensationalist description used in reporting an event reflect the "darkness" of the times?!
Oh, wait, I had just forgotten to put on my doom-and-gloom hat...
*adjusts tinfoil*
ZOMG, you're sooo right!! We're soooo going to hell in a handbasket!! It's all because of {insert name of hated group/person}!!
Do these stores really think that if they can just trick me into visiting them, I'll buy something there?
Maybe not you, but thousands of less discerning, more impulsive consumers, who think, "Well screw finding out more info about this, it's only $79.99 here! I'll take it before the deal disappears like this site says it will!"
I guess it didn't seem like there were any natural stopping points/segments, but you're probably right. Of course, "natural" isn't really the sense I got from this ad anyways...
If I had mod points...
Come on fellow techies, it's time to stop complaining and take as much action as we're capable of in the given circumstances!! Choke back your cynicism of the effectiveness of the system for 3 minutes and contact your elected representatives!
"With our powers combined..."
Can you please demonstrate this "Propane tank as bomb" concept in a video for easier understanding?
But, but-- think of the children!! All the children that will no longer be able to fulfill their lifelong dreams and train themselves to be terrorists!
Won't someone think of the children!??!
Anyone else confused about the 4 1/2 minute length?! For a single ad? They must have to buy complete commercial blocks to run this thing in.
No room for anyone but MS with that length. But I guess that's been their philosophy since the 80's.
I really don't understand this boat analogy...can you reformulate that analogy using cars instead?
Sir, judging from all the replies you make to all the replies you received, I can see that you are both: an expert complainer, and someone who doesn't mind cheating their employer out of money (by doing this during work time).
I think the big news for you, though, is that we are not socialists, and that you do not deserve what everyone else is able to easily get. You choose to live in an area that geographically does not help you to be lazy at doing your job. I am so sorry to hear this. I truly am. When I think of the millions of poverty-stricken people in third-world countries who will be able to better themselves through this system, well...it just pales in comparison to the suffering you must go through...sometimes having to get paid to drive in to work late at night, to fix some crash/instability caused by your own ineptitude as an administrator.
I weep for you, Sir.
I think he means, that because our first life is so great, we should get a Second Life.
It has been discovered that there are only 3 elementary particles that are at the cause of ALL disease. We should be more focused on understanding protons, neutrons and electrons, then we could have ALL the answers, not just The Answer.
I mean, c'mon, there's only three of them, how difficult could it be?
Although it was not personally held by him, Godel had an argument that was based purely on reason. How much do I win for the bet? Oh...you were just being insulting...
I've always thought that placing books into cannons was the least likely way to ensure their integrity over time...
...it's just a bunch of astros as obsessed with sensational headlines as everyone else.
R.I.P.
Science Reporting With Proper Perspective
(i.e. "Dip in brightness that MAY have been caused by an orbiting planet, but more likely was caused by one of the following more common phenomenon:...")
January, 2008
In all seriousness, though, reporting true science to the masses...just doesn't work. The masses (myself included) simply cannot understand the complexity of the data/system/science well enough to receive it properly. So "Reporting of Science with Proper Perspective" can't have died...because it never existed.
(in the voice of Jon Stewart)
MMMmmmmmm...that's some good satire...
Which is obviously not being noticed by the mods...of course, you could just be a sick bastard, fortunately the degree of absurdity to which you took it will have the same effect as if it was satire.
Mod parent up! Seriously, the GP making the "absolutely unusable for browsing or programming" claim obviously hasn't been using computers for more than 15 years.
Sealed Letter Class Mail. Officers may not read or permit others to read correspondence contained in sealed letter class mail (the international equivalent of First Class) without an appropriate search warrant or consent. Only articles in the postal system are deemed "mail." Letters carried by individuals or private carriers such as DHL, UPS, or Federal Express, for example, are not considered to be mail, even if they are stamped, and thus are subject to a border search as provided in this policy.
So, yeah...unless you send your laptop USPS (Worst carrier. Ever.), it's not safe from the authority granted in this policy.
We could call it Amendment 2.8
Your use of a conspiratorial tone in combination with a series of rhetorical questions and vague, but scary, implications in the text you quoted have swayed some of the moderators. Well played, indeed! To that I can only respond, from your own sources:
From the Terra-3 page of your "Encyclopedia Astronautica":
The first applications would have to be limited to anti-satellite, and then primarily to blind optical sensors --Hmmmm...a high-powered flashlight...
Remember: from your own quote it was not "discomfort and temporary blinding" but instead there was a "/" in there. Meaning that the discomfort was the temporary blinding.
Alas, your Register article doesn't fare much better in supporting your beautifully possible theories if you read past the first line. Heres's the second line for your benefit:
The high-powered light was able to blind onboard cameras, acknowledged National Reconnaissance Office director Donald Kerr...
So, if this is the best you have to show, I'm afraid, despite how incredibly impressive really bright lights are, I'll stand by my previous statements about the uselessness of the current military laser technology. Except for what the Men In Black have, of course.
Your first post is in as much danger from lasers as anything else. Which is none at all. It's been 25 years and untold billions of dollars secretly(gotta love the Cold War) pumped into viable military applications for lasers. What do we have to show for it?!? An entirely-useless-chemical-laser-carrying 747 that:
1) Has gotten so far in that last 12 years of focused development that it has finished "target illumination" testing.
2) Has 40 shot maximum payload (according to the entirely optimistic marketers of this project). They admit that it is only really specced for 20 shots now, though.
3) Does NOT have any variety shark attached to it.
I think Northrop Grumman, Boeing and all the other defense contractors had the following plan when they met with Reagan:
1)Convince The Gipper that Green lasers is just what's needed to kill the Red Communists. ("It'd be just like that recent film by that young George Lucas, and we know how much you love movies, Mr. President."
2) (optional) ???
3) Profit!!!
...and if you need even further proof, read the parent in the voice of Hoban "Wash" Washburne, Lore(NOT Data), or Richard Stallman.
Look, Dude. When you're talking about RMS and FSF there's no such thing as too many links.