... had I known this thread would have come up, I would have posted it here.
The war in Iraq has cost America, at the time of writing, approximately 566 billion dollars.
The entire Apollo project, $25.4 Billion in 1969 dollars (or approximately $135 Billion in 2005 dollars.) Sources = (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_program, http://www.nationalpriorities.org/costofwar_home [nationalpriorities.org])
So what I'm saying is, for the cost of the War in Iraq, America could have over four complete moon programs. Not moon missions, mind, four complete *programs*- built entirely from scratch.
Let's say NASA take one moon mission to *actually* return to the moon properly- with return trips, flybys, dozens of manned and unmanned missions, reuse of the hardware for other projects, etc. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Apollo_missions [wikipedia.org] for what this one single "mission" is buying, and remember that still leaves three whole other missions and change to do other things.
Let's spend two missions on doing all of the above, but for Mars. That means multiple manned missions, return journeys, the works. Give Mars the full lunar "One small step for man" treatment and assume it costs twice as much (and takes a lot longer).
We still have one mission left. Let's do something crazy with it- and I'm open to suggestions here. Permanent lunar settlement? Completely and utterly explore our planet's oceans (which we know less about than space, BTW...)? Solar-system wide Internet? (Aliens need lolcats too..)... the possibilities here are truly staggering. And don't forget your change.
This is what I meant by more funding. I mean to say that NASA, which has endured endless budget cuts since the 60's (which, I'll concede, have forged a more efficient government agency), deserves far, far, far more of America's money. America's money which is being horrifically misspent.
Essentially, what I'm trying to say is... yes, it's inefficient. Horribly so. So? Throw money at it. I'll say it again- THROW MONEY AT IT. The capslock shows I'm serious. NASA is one of the few (read- the only) organisation I'll say this about, but... throw money at it. Seriously. For the cost of the Iraq war, we could have had so much.
The war in Iraq has cost America, at the time of writing, approximately 566 billion dollars.
The entire Apollo project, $25.4 Billion in 1969 dollars (or approximately $135 Billion in 2005 dollars.) Sources = (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_program, http://www.nationalpriorities.org/costofwar_home)
So what I'm saying is, for the cost of the War in Iraq, America could have over four complete moon programs. Not moon missions, mind, four complete *programs*- built entirely from scratch.
Let's say NASA take one moon mission to *actually* return to the moon properly- with return trips, flybys, dozens of manned and unmanned missions, reuse of the hardware for other projects, etc. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Apollo_missions for what this one single "mission" is buying, and remember that still leaves three whole other missions and change to do other things.
Let's spend two missions on doing all of the above, but for Mars. That means multiple manned missions, return journeys, the works. Give Mars the full lunar "One small step for man" treatment and assume it costs twice as much (and takes a lot longer).
We still have one mission left. Let's do something crazy with it- and I'm open to suggestions here. Permanent lunar settlement? Completely and utterly explore our planet's oceans (which we know less about than space, BTW...)? Solar-system wide Internet? (Aliens need lolcats too..)... the possibilities here are truly staggering. And don't forget your change.
This is what I meant by more funding. I mean to say that NASA, which has endured endless budget cuts since the 60's (which, I'll concede, have forged a more efficient government agency), deserves far, far, far more of America's money. America's money which is being horrifically misspent.
Essentially, what I'm trying to say is... yes, it's inefficient. Horribly so. So? Throw money at it. I'll say it again- THROW MONEY AT IT. The capslock shows I'm serious. NASA is one of the few (read- the only) organisation I'll say this about, but... throw money at it. Seriously. For the cost of the Iraq war, we could have had so much.
The ACCC has no jurisdiction here. If you live at a university college (which I currently do), you HAVE to use this service- there IS no alternative. And it's a breach of your contract to get any other internet service except possibly wireless broadband, but few are game to test that claim.
We here at the Australian Recording Studios Enterprise Homes And Technology Section (ARSEHATS) are hereby serving you notice that on this day (Wednesday 29th of October, 9:44am) you did willingly and knowingly distribute content online to which the copyright belongs to our organization. An except of this copyright material has been reproduced below for your convenience;
Why
As you can see, this is clearly copyright infringement. Due to the Winnings Rightly Obtained Now Guidelines law (WRONG law 2008) which you yourself recommended this very day, we have been awarded a default settlement of $150,000 AUD (~$110,000 USD) per character of your infringement- this totals to $450,000 AUD (~$330,000 USD).
Due to the nature of the WRONG law, your guilt in this matter has been pre-determined and, naturally, there is no avenue of appeal for this verdict. As you are well aware, such a thing would clog our court system with unnecessary attempts by criminal pirates to weasel their way out of heinous crimes- instead, it's far better to just get what we want by default without having to prove it in a court of law, unlike everyone else on the planet.
"Brute Force Attack will take up to 128299838271 years"
Look, I understand that's enough security for your mortals, but I plan to live forever. I don't want someone getting my data just after my 128,299,838,295th birthday!
Oh well, I'm sorry that you Americans will have to put up with your Diebold chosen masters in the next election... hope it doesn't turn out too bad for you.
I don't know. Maybe Google will release their search results from 1898 as well? Then we could google "World War" and go- huh huh huh- no pages found! Life was so much simpler then without all this "Nazi this, Nazi that" being shoved down our throats by the media...
Many Slashdotters might be readjusting their tinfoil hats upon hearing this news, but to me it just says that the governments of Western nations are not engaged in some great conspiracy to do outrageous action $X. They are, however, staggeringly incompetent and that if any individual or business had treated similar information with such shocking indifference they would have been sent to jail.
I mean, could you imagine the charges that would be laid upon some civilian if she had a laptop with confidential (unencrypted, unprotected) information about the War of Terror onboard... which was leaked in a such a manner as this? Collusion with the enemy, no-fly lists... the works. Probably easier to just ship 'em straight to Cuba.
Where e = energy, m = the marketing power of Apple Corp. and c = the certainty of Apple fanboys exploding in a fiery rage whenever their platform choice is called into question.
As an Australian, there's a common feeling in our country (particularly amongst those old enough to remember World War II, but not exclusively) that Australia owes America a great debt for its assistance during that conflict. Specifically, the battle of the Coral Sea (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Coral_Sea).
Due to this debt, Australian forces have followed United States forces into military action in Korea, Vietnam, and both Gulf Wars. With our forces currently in both Iraq and Afghanistan, there is a growing feeling that we have repaid our debt and, given that the most populous Muslim nation is right outside our doorstep, that we should not further antagonize the Muslim world.
What action would a McCain/Obama government take in regards to an ally such as Australia ending their commitment to the so-called War on Terrorism?
An interesting change in the wind. Suddenly, DRM is not just bad for consumers but good for re-sellers, where the cost of pissing off your clientele has to be weighed vs the cost of producing DRM-laden product, but aside from being utterly useless it actually harms the company directly by costing it money.
This is something that companies will listen to- and quickly. I suspect that this begins the downward spiral of heavy-handed DRM.
I wonder. If these are cheap, small, low power and low heat, could one simply create a vast array of these then use one central server to direct each connection to one "server", with a traditional (LAMP etc) server taking up the excess if the number of units runs out?
There's a joke here about the pilot being plain retarded, but honestly I think the guy's a top bloke and there's a whole lot of geek envy going on here.
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Except for the United States.
More seriously, the Vatican.
Because it has momentum from the orbit. There's a reason why it burns up in the atmosphere- it's moving damn fast.
... had I known this thread would have come up, I would have posted it here.
The war in Iraq has cost America, at the time of writing, approximately 566 billion dollars.
The entire Apollo project, $25.4 Billion in 1969 dollars (or approximately $135 Billion in 2005 dollars.) Sources = (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_program, http://www.nationalpriorities.org/costofwar_home [nationalpriorities.org])
So what I'm saying is, for the cost of the War in Iraq, America could have over four complete moon programs. Not moon missions, mind, four complete *programs*- built entirely from scratch.
Let's say NASA take one moon mission to *actually* return to the moon properly- with return trips, flybys, dozens of manned and unmanned missions, reuse of the hardware for other projects, etc. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Apollo_missions [wikipedia.org] for what this one single "mission" is buying, and remember that still leaves three whole other missions and change to do other things.
Let's spend two missions on doing all of the above, but for Mars. That means multiple manned missions, return journeys, the works. Give Mars the full lunar "One small step for man" treatment and assume it costs twice as much (and takes a lot longer).
We still have one mission left. Let's do something crazy with it- and I'm open to suggestions here. Permanent lunar settlement? Completely and utterly explore our planet's oceans (which we know less about than space, BTW...)? Solar-system wide Internet? (Aliens need lolcats too..) ... the possibilities here are truly staggering. And don't forget your change.
This is what I meant by more funding. I mean to say that NASA, which has endured endless budget cuts since the 60's (which, I'll concede, have forged a more efficient government agency), deserves far, far, far more of America's money. America's money which is being horrifically misspent.
Essentially, what I'm trying to say is... yes, it's inefficient. Horribly so. So? Throw money at it. I'll say it again- THROW MONEY AT IT. The capslock shows I'm serious. NASA is one of the few (read- the only) organisation I'll say this about, but... throw money at it. Seriously. For the cost of the Iraq war, we could have had so much.
I for one look forward to being able to bypass my draconian Australian censorship by proxying into China!
Thank you, my benevolent Chinese overlords! BTW, what's the real story behind Tian
Holy lack of paragraphing, Batman!
First of all, that system isn't in place yet (thank FSM).
Second of all, I'm glad you're expressing an implied affection for America, because... you know. Gitmo and all. Land of the free my arse.
Very well.
The war in Iraq has cost America, at the time of writing, approximately 566 billion dollars.
The entire Apollo project, $25.4 Billion in 1969 dollars (or approximately $135 Billion in 2005 dollars.) Sources = (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_program, http://www.nationalpriorities.org/costofwar_home)
So what I'm saying is, for the cost of the War in Iraq, America could have over four complete moon programs. Not moon missions, mind, four complete *programs*- built entirely from scratch.
Let's say NASA take one moon mission to *actually* return to the moon properly- with return trips, flybys, dozens of manned and unmanned missions, reuse of the hardware for other projects, etc. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Apollo_missions for what this one single "mission" is buying, and remember that still leaves three whole other missions and change to do other things.
Let's spend two missions on doing all of the above, but for Mars. That means multiple manned missions, return journeys, the works. Give Mars the full lunar "One small step for man" treatment and assume it costs twice as much (and takes a lot longer).
We still have one mission left. Let's do something crazy with it- and I'm open to suggestions here. Permanent lunar settlement? Completely and utterly explore our planet's oceans (which we know less about than space, BTW...)? Solar-system wide Internet? (Aliens need lolcats too..) ... the possibilities here are truly staggering. And don't forget your change.
This is what I meant by more funding. I mean to say that NASA, which has endured endless budget cuts since the 60's (which, I'll concede, have forged a more efficient government agency), deserves far, far, far more of America's money. America's money which is being horrifically misspent.
Essentially, what I'm trying to say is... yes, it's inefficient. Horribly so. So? Throw money at it. I'll say it again- THROW MONEY AT IT. The capslock shows I'm serious. NASA is one of the few (read- the only) organisation I'll say this about, but... throw money at it. Seriously. For the cost of the Iraq war, we could have had so much.
Honestly, as an Australian, it's great to see NASA in the news for something which can't be summarised as: "It blew up".
Needs more funding IMHO.
Mate,
The ACCC has no jurisdiction here. If you live at a university college (which I currently do), you HAVE to use this service- there IS no alternative. And it's a breach of your contract to get any other internet service except possibly wireless broadband, but few are game to test that claim.
Dear Sir/Madam,
We here at the Australian Recording Studios Enterprise Homes And Technology Section (ARSEHATS) are hereby serving you notice that on this day (Wednesday 29th of October, 9:44am) you did willingly and knowingly distribute content online to which the copyright belongs to our organization. An except of this copyright material has been reproduced below for your convenience;
As you can see, this is clearly copyright infringement. Due to the Winnings Rightly Obtained Now Guidelines law (WRONG law 2008) which you yourself recommended this very day, we have been awarded a default settlement of $150,000 AUD (~$110,000 USD) per character of your infringement- this totals to $450,000 AUD (~$330,000 USD).
Due to the nature of the WRONG law, your guilt in this matter has been pre-determined and, naturally, there is no avenue of appeal for this verdict. As you are well aware, such a thing would clog our court system with unnecessary attempts by criminal pirates to weasel their way out of heinous crimes- instead, it's far better to just get what we want by default without having to prove it in a court of law, unlike everyone else on the planet.
You have 48 hours to reply.
Sincerely,
ARSEHATS.
Australia. Probably the Australian National University.
How do I know? That almost-exactly describes my current situation.
As an Australian, all I can say is... enjoy your Diebold-chosen masters at your next election.
"Brute Force Attack will take up to 128299838271 years"
Look, I understand that's enough security for your mortals, but I plan to live forever. I don't want someone getting my data just after my 128,299,838,295th birthday!
Obviously. Both sides refuse to clearly state their positions so that they can define them... after the election.
"Of course we mean X. We always meant X. Why, did we ever say otherwise?"
Is like this.
Oh well, I'm sorry that you Americans will have to put up with your Diebold chosen masters in the next election... hope it doesn't turn out too bad for you.
I don't know. Maybe Google will release their search results from 1898 as well? Then we could google "World War" and go- huh huh huh- no pages found! Life was so much simpler then without all this "Nazi this, Nazi that" being shoved down our throats by the media...
So is the blue screen composed one line at a time by each node, or handled by the head of the cluster?
Can you play a distributed halo on it, or is DistHalo for Windows Cloud Vista Ultimate DX11 Version UK Edition Service Pack Five only?
Is every card in solitaire represented by a thread, or is only the extensive AI distributed?
Will the DRM be offloaded to individual nodes or centralised?
I don't like the name GIMP.
Is it possible to fork GIMP and change absolutely no functionality but the name? Or is this in violation of some kind of licensing or other issue?
Many Slashdotters might be readjusting their tinfoil hats upon hearing this news, but to me it just says that the governments of Western nations are not engaged in some great conspiracy to do outrageous action $X. They are, however, staggeringly incompetent and that if any individual or business had treated similar information with such shocking indifference they would have been sent to jail.
I mean, could you imagine the charges that would be laid upon some civilian if she had a laptop with confidential (unencrypted, unprotected) information about the War of Terror onboard... which was leaked in a such a manner as this? Collusion with the enemy, no-fly lists... the works. Probably easier to just ship 'em straight to Cuba.
e=mc^2
Where e = energy, m = the marketing power of Apple Corp. and c = the certainty of Apple fanboys exploding in a fiery rage whenever their platform choice is called into question.
In short- a hell of a lot.
As an Australian, there's a common feeling in our country (particularly amongst those old enough to remember World War II, but not exclusively) that Australia owes America a great debt for its assistance during that conflict. Specifically, the battle of the Coral Sea (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Coral_Sea).
Due to this debt, Australian forces have followed United States forces into military action in Korea, Vietnam, and both Gulf Wars. With our forces currently in both Iraq and Afghanistan, there is a growing feeling that we have repaid our debt and, given that the most populous Muslim nation is right outside our doorstep, that we should not further antagonize the Muslim world.
What action would a McCain/Obama government take in regards to an ally such as Australia ending their commitment to the so-called War on Terrorism?
...but good for re-sellers
That should be- bad for re-sellers.
An interesting change in the wind. Suddenly, DRM is not just bad for consumers but good for re-sellers, where the cost of pissing off your clientele has to be weighed vs the cost of producing DRM-laden product, but aside from being utterly useless it actually harms the company directly by costing it money.
This is something that companies will listen to- and quickly. I suspect that this begins the downward spiral of heavy-handed DRM.
At least, I hope so...
I wonder. If these are cheap, small, low power and low heat, could one simply create a vast array of these then use one central server to direct each connection to one "server", with a traditional (LAMP etc) server taking up the excess if the number of units runs out?
Sounds like a holiday project for me...
That white suit of his is fire retardant. ...
There's a joke here about the pilot being plain retarded, but honestly I think the guy's a top bloke and there's a whole lot of geek envy going on here.