If they are going to turn off the power while I'm trying to watch "Ow, My Balls" on Fox or if my government successfully gets me to believe that, I am going to vote for whoever will blow them back to the stone age.
Don't laugh. That's what the "war on terror" and now, this, are all about. We here in the U.S. need a bogie man! We need for someone to be the "bad guy" so that the government can "protect us" from them. And it's really easy to in a culture that is heavily inundated with religions that have a Zorastrianist view that everything is a struggle of "good" vs. "evil". And of course we're the "good guys", so they must be the "bad guys", right?
I, for one, wouldn't be surprised if the electrical grid weren't being inflitrated by CIA or NSA hackers.
No mattter, I'm moving out in a few months. It's rare that someone moves because of their ISP...
I actually pick where I live based on broadband availability, and once when the ISP lied about it, was able to get them to pay for moving expenses and breaking the lease...
(But, there was a gag order, so quest would be pissed if I said who the ISP was...:)
Hell, I did this once 120 feet up on a tower in Utah dust storm winds! All the while trying to maintain antenna alignment. Right after my (Imaginary no doubt) GF told me not to fall - I mean, what's a more sure way to make sure someone falls than tell them not too!
Hell, I had to slink antennas up on a tower with only two guy lines in the arctic at FMARS at -35C w/ a -55 windchill, but there was no coding or server admin, so I guess that doesn't count. I did eventually reconnect the third guy, so I guess it/really/ doesn't count.
I had a cross country flight a few years back with some friends. We created an ad-hoc network and played Worms World Party for about half of the flight. Amazingly enough the airplane didn't crash.....
One better, On a flight a few years ago, I was playing a dvd and streaming it over an adhoc WiFi network so my neighbor could hear it on his mac. (Didn't carry a headphone splitter with me at the time.) The funny part was when I got up to go to the bathroom, there were three other people watching it as well!
Interestingly, we not only didn't crash, we also ended up at the right airport.
It also occurs to me that, since the Shuttles complexity is it's downfall, it should be replaced with something simple. There is no need for it to be that complex, and believing so is a byproduct of listening to people who are trying to keep their jobs, or support the monstrous space segment of the aerospace community. It can be done lighter and cheaper, by an order of magnitude. Look at SpaceX or OpenLuna...
If NASA's is to deliver plain facts to - the American Public - They need to do so in a manner that they can understand, or, perhaps more importantly,/want/ to understand. It's like the difference between a dry textbook or "Popular Science" or "New Scientist" Why are their subscription rates so much higher than your average peer-reviewed journal? (Other than the insane costs - but their are ways to get the same info free/cheap) Simple, the information is presented in an easy to understand way, with enough technical detail to keep the enthusiast interested, and enough education to keep the layman interested.
How hard is that?
It would have been nice to have someone (A fan preferably) talking during the dead times, an explanation of the holds, explaining what the various maneuvers meant, some graphics. All fairly easy to do, but all NASA wants to do is run the camera. (a minute and a half late?)
Beautiful launch, and I am very much looking forward to the mission, But what I want to know is why was did CNN and Fox have better/more interesting coverage than NASA TV? (Leave it to NASA to make something as spectacular and awe inspiring as a launch and make it so boring/mundane. I ended up having NASA TV, FOX and CNN all on.
NASA should kick them a couple bucks (or whatever) and let them do the coverage... We need to get more people interested in Space, and with that boring coverage, you are not going to get the common person excited about Space.
Still, even with all of that, I was again inspired... Great Job on the launch NASA.
That is what http://openluna.org/ is all about, getting the teeming thousands who are qualified (and some times the teeming millions who aren't) to get up off their armchairs and actually do something about it. Yes, I know we could build a better rover that the NASA folks. They are over-bloated, and all of that bloat sucks up the little budget they have, have an insane command structure that stifles innovation - they even recently did a video about it, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_424YskAfew .
I know many people that work for NASA, some as Civil servants (The "Real" NASA employees), some as contractors, some as administration, I even met Michael Griffin once, and almost everyone of them complained about the stifling bureaucracy that they are forced to work under. (Griffin included!) Most of them work hard, and really believe in the mission, but the bureaucracy has grown to unbearable and irreparable points. The culture of innovation is gone. "Failure is not an option" still exists, but in a way that stifles innovation. It is now all about the fulfilling the Party Line.
So, here is the call to action for all of you Armchair (and professional) Engineers - Stop complaining and DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT.
Artists, Engineers, Movie makers, Writers, investors, Marketing, EPO, PR, and even Lawyers, Get in and help us. We will put bootprints on the Lunar regolith, and do so at a small fraction of any NASA budget, and it will work.
mod parent up. I want answers to BOTH those questions.
Everyone says 'get a lawyer'. How much is this going to cost.
A crap load, well more than they're worth. Last time I needed one, It cost me over $25k, and the govt another $15k, and I still lost even though I was completely in the right. And, although he came highly recommended, (See below.) he turned out to be an idiot.
I've always assumed they were expensive, and paying a lot just to have someone to call is quite frankly, too expensive. In the last 10 years, I've never needed one. How much would have having one, even just a basic, "starter model" someone competent and cheap, but no frills... what would that have cost me?
Say, $125-$450 an hour. (and way up.) Whether you win or loose, whether they are right or wrong, zero guarantee. Talk about a racket. (Obviously, I have very little good to say about them, and I've never had a good experience with one, except the one I took to bed before I knew what she did for a living.)
And the second question... how does one find a competent one? No one in my social circle has one... so a friends referral is out.
There is no such thing... (YMMV:) All you can do is find other people in the industry in question, (Yes, they are specialists.) and ask for references for anyone you are thinking about using, -/and check them!/ The more (and better) you get, the more it is going to cost you. And know that you still might loose.
Do you have any idea how much that would cost? Remember, this is a volunteer organization, with very limited funds. (And it is fantastically dangerous for volunteers, who are little more than students or enthusiasts)
What a crock of crap, How do you go out, through an airlock, in a suit, and do real geological or biological field work? How do you determine good hab designs, or exploration methodologies in a relevant environment. All you do is test boredom control...
Then I very probably led that mission, or was personally involved in it's support! Cool!
It is an awesome experience, and a lot of very good work is done there. We learn a great deal about field methodologies, consumables requirements, space utilization, I could go on for hours.
There is a great deal to be learned from analog operations, and they do not require near vacuums nor 1/3G...
It is a great project, but I have left it (PHB issues...) and have moved on to http://openluna.org/ where I build real suits and a real outpost. We will be testing these in an analog environment before launching...
http://openluna.org/ is always looking for tech savvy people to help with their projects. And, as you can see, they need a web developer in a big way. They are also working on several projects that would benefit from technical experience. (Or even non-technical help) They need people who can work in embedded systems, long range communications, machinists, welders, fund raisers, marketing folks, artists. About any useful skill and you can probably help....
Plus, you get to help mankind get back to the moon, and in a more realistic time frame and cost rather than insanely long and expensive plan that the NASA bloatocracy is trying to work...
As much as I appreciate the joke, I thought this would be a good time to interject the real ending... "No more bottles of bear on the wall, No more bottles of beer, Go to the store, buy some more, 99 bottles of beer on the wall."
Um, Did you forget that these are the same highly trained security professionals that dumped the unit with all of the keys in the first place? I would be surprised if it didn't lead straight to the DB server - Or the ladies restroom.
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If they are going to turn off the power while I'm trying to watch "Ow, My Balls" on Fox or if my government successfully gets me to believe that, I am going to vote for whoever will blow them back to the stone age.
Don't laugh. That's what the "war on terror" and now, this, are all about. We here in the U.S. need a bogie man! We need for someone to be the "bad guy" so that the government can "protect us" from them. And it's really easy to in a culture that is heavily inundated with religions that have a Zorastrianist view that everything is a struggle of "good" vs. "evil". And of course we're the "good guys", so they must be the "bad guys", right?
I, for one, wouldn't be surprised if the electrical grid weren't being inflitrated by CIA or NSA hackers.
And I'd mod you insightful...
No mattter, I'm moving out in a few months. It's rare that someone moves because of their ISP...
I actually pick where I live based on broadband availability, and once when the ISP lied about it, was able to get them to pay for moving expenses and breaking the lease...
(But, there was a gag order, so quest would be pissed if I said who the ISP was... :)
Hell, I did this once 120 feet up on a tower in Utah dust storm winds! All the while trying to maintain antenna alignment. Right after my (Imaginary no doubt) GF told me not to fall - I mean, what's a more sure way to make sure someone falls than tell them not too!
Hell, I had to slink antennas up on a tower with only two guy lines in the arctic at FMARS at -35C w/ a -55 windchill, but there was no coding or server admin, so I guess that doesn't count. I did eventually reconnect the third guy, so I guess it /really/ doesn't count.
It is in fact, you can make a fluro light appear to your meter to use zero power (with the right inductor/cap combo).
Its illegal afaik in most countries though.
Cite please?
Come on, how?
Agreed! WTF? I want news that matters, not this...
I had a cross country flight a few years back with some friends. We created an ad-hoc network and played Worms World Party for about half of the flight. Amazingly enough the airplane didn't crash.....
One better, On a flight a few years ago, I was playing a dvd and streaming it over an adhoc WiFi network so my neighbor could hear it on his mac. (Didn't carry a headphone splitter with me at the time.)
The funny part was when I got up to go to the bathroom, there were three other people watching it as well!
Interestingly, we not only didn't crash, we also ended up at the right airport.
It also occurs to me that, since the Shuttles complexity is it's downfall, it should be replaced with something simple. There is no need for it to be that complex, and believing so is a byproduct of listening to people who are trying to keep their jobs, or support the monstrous space segment of the aerospace community. It can be done lighter and cheaper, by an order of magnitude. Look at SpaceX or OpenLuna...
If NASA's is to deliver plain facts to - the American Public - They need to do so in a manner that they can understand, or, perhaps more importantly, /want/ to understand. It's like the difference between a dry textbook or "Popular Science" or "New Scientist" Why are their subscription rates so much higher than your average peer-reviewed journal? (Other than the insane costs - but their are ways to get the same info free/cheap) Simple, the information is presented in an easy to understand way, with enough technical detail to keep the enthusiast interested, and enough education to keep the layman interested.
How hard is that?
It would have been nice to have someone (A fan preferably) talking during the dead times, an explanation of the holds, explaining what the various maneuvers meant, some graphics. All fairly easy to do, but all NASA wants to do is run the camera. (a minute and a half late?)
Great E/PO opportunity lost - again...
Beautiful launch, and I am very much looking forward to the mission, But what I want to know is why was did CNN and Fox have better/more interesting coverage than NASA TV? (Leave it to NASA to make something as spectacular and awe inspiring as a launch and make it so boring/mundane. I ended up having NASA TV, FOX and CNN all on.
NASA should kick them a couple bucks (or whatever) and let them do the coverage... We need to get more people interested in Space, and with that boring coverage, you are not going to get the common person excited about Space.
Still, even with all of that, I was again inspired... Great Job on the launch NASA.
I like http://www.n2yo.com/?s=25544 [n2yo.com]
http://www.n2yo.com/?s=99999 [n2yo.com]
and http://www.n2yo.com/passes/?s=33442&tz=GMT-05:00 [n2yo.com] is fun/interesting as well.
It's fun to have all three up at once, Discovery is right over my head now...
I like http://www.n2yo.com/?s=25544
http://www.n2yo.com/?s=99999
and http://www.n2yo.com/passes/?s=33442&tz=GMT-05:00 is fun/interesting as well.
It's fun to have all three up at once, Discovery is right over my head now...
(I won't cover apt in this piece, because it's simply too confusing for newbies; even many experienced Linux experts stay away from it.)
Lol wat?
apt-cache search
apt-get install
Yup, my head just exploded from the complexity.
Screw that try
yum install *
or
yum update
Done...
Well, Sorta...
Phone:
303-866-6060
And, get this, We /.ed the phone as well!
"Please leave a brief message and your call will be returned in 48 hours"
What a riot!
I've worked with those people in the past... Morons.
It's more likely "Reality TV" for them...
That is what http://openluna.org/ is all about, getting the teeming thousands who are qualified (and some times the teeming millions who aren't) to get up off their armchairs and actually do something about it. Yes, I know we could build a better rover that the NASA folks. They are over-bloated, and all of that bloat sucks up the little budget they have, have an insane command structure that stifles innovation - they even recently did a video about it, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_424YskAfew .
I know many people that work for NASA, some as Civil servants (The "Real" NASA employees), some as contractors, some as administration, I even met Michael Griffin once, and almost everyone of them complained about the stifling bureaucracy that they are forced to work under. (Griffin included!) Most of them work hard, and really believe in the mission, but the bureaucracy has grown to unbearable and irreparable points. The culture of innovation is gone. "Failure is not an option" still exists, but in a way that stifles innovation. It is now all about the fulfilling the Party Line.
So, here is the call to action for all of you Armchair (and professional) Engineers - Stop complaining and DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT.
Artists, Engineers, Movie makers, Writers, investors, Marketing, EPO, PR, and even Lawyers, Get in and help us. We will put bootprints on the Lunar regolith, and do so at a small fraction of any NASA budget, and it will work.
All we need is a little help. http://openluna.org/wiki
mod parent up. I want answers to BOTH those questions.
Everyone says 'get a lawyer'. How much is this going to cost.
A crap load, well more than they're worth. Last time I needed one, It cost me over $25k, and the govt another $15k, and I still lost even though I was completely in the right. And, although he came highly recommended, (See below.) he turned out to be an idiot.
I've always assumed they were expensive, and paying a lot just to have someone to call is quite frankly, too expensive. In the last 10 years, I've never needed one. How much would have having one, even just a basic, "starter model" someone competent and cheap, but no frills... what would that have cost me?
Say, $125-$450 an hour. (and way up.) Whether you win or loose, whether they are right or wrong, zero guarantee. Talk about a racket. (Obviously, I have very little good to say about them, and I've never had a good experience with one, except the one I took to bed before I knew what she did for a living.)
And the second question... how does one find a competent one? No one in my social circle has one... so a friends referral is out.
There is no such thing... (YMMV :) All you can do is find other people in the industry in question, (Yes, they are specialists.) and ask for references for anyone you are thinking about using, - /and check them!/ The more (and better) you get, the more it is going to cost you. And know that you still might loose.
Three words, Off Site Backup!
It's fairly easily colonization. More so than anywhere else but earth.
Do you have any idea how much that would cost? Remember, this is a volunteer organization, with very limited funds. (And it is fantastically dangerous for volunteers, who are little more than students or enthusiasts)
What a crock of crap, How do you go out, through an airlock, in a suit, and do real geological or biological field work? How do you determine good hab designs, or exploration methodologies in a relevant environment. All you do is test boredom control...
Then I very probably led that mission, or was personally involved in it's support! Cool!
It is an awesome experience, and a lot of very good work is done there. We learn a great deal about field methodologies, consumables requirements, space utilization, I could go on for hours.
There is a great deal to be learned from analog operations, and they do not require near vacuums nor 1/3G...
It is a great project, but I have left it (PHB issues...) and have moved on to http://openluna.org/ where I build real suits and a real outpost. We will be testing these in an analog environment before launching...
http://openluna.org/ is always looking for tech savvy people to help with their projects. And, as you can see, they need a web developer in a big way. They are also working on several projects that would benefit from technical experience. (Or even non-technical help) They need people who can work in embedded systems, long range communications, machinists, welders, fund raisers, marketing folks, artists. About any useful skill and you can probably help....
Plus, you get to help mankind get back to the moon, and in a more realistic time frame and cost rather than insanely long and expensive plan that the NASA bloatocracy is trying to work...
As much as I appreciate the joke, I thought this would be a good time to interject the real ending...
"No more bottles of bear on the wall, No more bottles of beer,
Go to the store, buy some more, 99 bottles of beer on the wall."
Let the wails commence...
But I still like the joke.
Um, Did you forget that these are the same highly trained security professionals that dumped the unit with all of the keys in the first place? I would be surprised if it didn't lead straight to the DB server - Or the ladies restroom.
Why not POE?
How about on one of the new private moon landers? OpenLuna plans to do it. http://openluna.org/wiki/index.php/Scout_class
Yes, Yes we are. Along with the first lander we intend to include a very small very low power web/mail/dns/tracker/etc server into it. First net presence on the surface.
You might also look at http://openluna.org/wiki/index.php/Mission_Plan or
http://openluna.org/wiki/index.php/People_needed (Shameless plug)