it seems it is young people of Europe that take it to the streets, not much of that in USA protesting against such laws. however, there are other protests but media coverage is sparse. It should be noted many from former Eastern Bloc countries take issue with laws like ACTA because they know what it is like to live in a country with censorship and compared to without.
It seems when someone has challenges in life (no, not fighting unfriendly people at home or at McJobs) but on new gadgets or architecture or ballroom dance competition (even open amateur takes as much work as open pro). There are some that keep working on a endeavour until they are dead of old age but it was that passion that kept them going. As opposed to someone that retires, is financially secure but simply "coasting" which statistically they will be dead six months after they retire. OK so I didn't RTFA (was it biological limitations?) but I've read and seen people that work on something passionate and it keeps them going, but not everyone is immortal, and they leave their endeavour "feet first."
NASA should not develop a commercial rocket but do research and provide test facilities for commercial rocket companies. Like what its predecessor N.A.C.A did in the 20th century. They did not develop commercial airplanes but did research and provided test facilities for commercial (USA) airplane companies.
Useful publication for aero people is the NACA 1135 "Equations, tables, and charts for compressible flow" which was very tedious to compile from numerous flight tests and wind tunnel measurements, all done at government expense (private companies would either be too cheap to do this or keep it locked up from everyone), download the 12MB pdf here, http://www.grc.nasa.gov/WWW/BGH/Images/naca1135.pdf
But then there ain't much money in doing research ( the kind of work where "alchemists" and other assorted mad scientists do stuff that either nobody knows what they are doing or simply lack intellect to appreciate what they are doing).
I always wonder how it is people cannot see difference between taxes and entitlements, as if they forgot to read things like W-2 forms that shows monies taken out of of gross pay. There are separate pockets for tax withhold, Social Security, medicare, state tax, etc. Taxes are used to fund govt expenses (NASA, DoD, FAA, USDA, and many other guvmint agencies). The other stuff is put aside so later in life you can receive back (that's why their called entitlements because you are entitled to receive benefits from these programs. Now it was never intended that SS be all your retirement, only a supplemental. And when first implemented, average age was 57 so statistically you will be dead of old age before you are eligible to receive SS. However, average life expectancy has become much higher, I think it is 79 for men, 82 for women. This is what should be debated. But many are grouping welfare to entitlements together. Hey, a lot of people been working a long time putting in a lot of money into this system and they have been told they are entitled to receive benefits when they get to a certain age. Break that and that is a major breach of contract. Tea party people consists of a lot of retirees getting SS and if baffles me these same people want to get rid of SS altogether.
Well let's see them actually fly something that carries people safely (which SpaceX may do soon) and be able to do enough times to build confidence in safety (this is basically unknown). And if you look closely much of these private spaceflight companies have only one customer, the government.
However, NASA is a big target for budget cutters because they are visible (policy makers can show public they are working to reduce cost of govt) and NASA is small (policy makers can make cuts without pissing off lobbyists who make a lot of money on govt contracts, i.e. war material). It's a shame though, trillion $$$ in dirt countries on other side of the world with nothing to show. You figure after ten years, Iraq and Afganistan should have interstate freeway system, electrification throughout, and clean running water for everyone.
hey! I hear all this about great coverage in places like Asia and Europe (even former Warsaw Pact countries) but we got crapola coverage in the land that developed this stuff. Google does have free wifi in Mountain View but geez it is slow. Well there is option of getting the iphone kind of thing... SJC airport seems to have great free wifi (it has been very fast when I've been there). There is Starbucks but I don't care for their coffee. I'm not concerned about most rural areas of US, if I go to such places, I leave my computer at home (look up at night, you can see stars. And that big long cloud is not a cloud. It is part of the galaxy our star is located).
I thought this was already debunked per earlier comment by Ellis D. Tripp:
"Before you spout off about the ET insulation foam having been reformulated without CFCs, try reading the CAIB report (volume 1, Page 51), which specifically states that the portion of the foam that broke loose was the OLD CFC-based formulation.
Sorry, but the top 5% do not take up 50% of the road ways or somehow suck up 50% of the protections the military provides us. They end up paying for the services the other 95% enjoy.
Well in some countries the wealthy don't pay for services the other 95% enjoy, i.e. El Salvador, and they save lotsa money. However, they cannot travel outside their gated community without armored vehicles and body guards equipped with machine guns.
ha ha, good line there. Speaking of "Cry Me A River" could this youtube person be busted for posting Julie London singing the song? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SwheXIa8Cl0 It's a nice video (Julie London wears some very beautiful dresses), great to have such ability for individuals to put in the time to do this (the Big Media would never post this).
Talking with someone who worked at Thiokol for eight years, when he left he felt ATK seemed to wanting to get rid of the Thiokol name and history like it is ATK that was the SRB leader for all these years. Any Thiokol employees want to chime in on this? post AC?
> 17 lives lost in the last 50 years of U.S. space exploration really is not too bad
Also consider why numbers of deaths is so low is we rarely launch people into space. And now the safety is really good because we cannot launch anyone (though not counting foreign launch vehicles in this sentence). During the 1960s, the space race was a "war" and the Soviets were scary so if lives were lost then it was the price that had to be paid. What is surprising is how little was lost, during that time more astronauts and cosmonauts were lost in plane crashes than spaceflights including America's first black astronaut Bob Lawrence (was a test pilot and PhD when he was only 30). I think real tragedy was accidents i.e. Apollo 1, Challenger, Columbia could have easily been avoided.
> if NASA had delayed these launches, some Senator would have raked the managers over the coals
Also other influential people, i.e. media. I remember the day before when launch was delayed because whiteroom closeout crew could not get the door mechanism removed from the Shuttle door, took so long they missed the launch window. News people made comments like, "NASA can't get anything done on schedule, unlike 20 years ago they could launch this, launch that without all these delays!" Geez, I guess some of these guys forgot the 60s or didn't read history if too young to remember. Gemini had all kinds of delays, plus Apollo particularly The Fire.
When Challenger blew up (I was not watching TV), someone came running into the room, "Challenger blew up!" The first thing I said, "That's bull----! News is just exaggerating" as I was thinking they are still ongoing with diatribes such as the stuck door mechanism. However, shortly after I realized what really happened.
I heard of a series seen in Japan of where they do movies based on actual developments and put it together like a documentary. I've not seen it but one episode was of the guys who developed the VHS deck. It had scenes where their lab has stacks of o-scopes and other test equipment (old stuff of late 60s early 70s). Empty boxes of take out food, they worked and worked of all-nighters so the place was really trashy. Much effort was put into loading mechanism to reduce tape jams. They approached Sony (who turned them down) and eventually went to Victor Corp of Japan and got them to also license the format to other companies. One scene I heard is an engineer was assigned to this project with overall mission to fire the people involved (I haven't seen this so I may not have the full story), the engineer feels like committing hari-kari or what samurais do when given "opportunity to honorably kill themselves." Talked to someone that saw it, it sounds amazing.
Few weeks ago I recorded "The Seven Ups" because I wanted to get some vidcaps of Roy Scheider using the Motorola HT-220 handie-talkie. This has a car chase which ended with Scheider slamming into a rear of a semi tractor trailer shearing off the roof. I remember seeing this scene years ago when you can see the stunt double quickly raised and lowered his hands momentarily after ramming the trailer to show film crew he was still alive (maybe it was not originally planned to slam into trailer). Stunt driver could have easily been killed doing this stunt. Film story has the truck driver running back to find a windshield covering Scheider.
However, watching that same scene recently does not have the stunt double raising his hands (edited out). Which raises questions on watching vintage movies and what was altered from their original release? There are movies that have been altered (i.e. Shamus with Burt Reynolds made a comment, "makes you look like a faggot movie star" or other movies no longer shown even on premimum channels such as "Catch 22").
> VHS was such poor quality that the fact that it won out over Beta always amazed me
Main reason is Beta was limited to 90 minutes where VHS was 2 hours (or 4 or 6). This means you could record a 2-hour movie or two 1-hour TV shows. THAT is what killed Beta, I know because I was one of those people in the 20th century that took advantage of this new way of recording movies and shows when I was not at home (or didn't want to stay up at 3 am). 90 minutes was a show-stopper for me. Incidently Sony created the Betacam (same cassette but different recording format) which became the first practical ENG tape camera. There were others and videotape was not exactly 'new' but these were bulky (camera, back on shoulder, battery belt. examples at http://labguysworld.com./ With the Betacam, ENG people could run out, get the shot, pop tape out and hand it to the newsdesk. That was a huge paradigm shift for newscrews which in early 80s many were still using 16mm film.
There are zillions of examples of good tech vs. customer convenience that is debated a lot.
On topic of recording, another ***major*** advantage VHS (or Betamax) is when you want to record something, you pop that tape in and hit the button (no time consuming formatting needed). It ***will*** record even if there are glitches and noise in the signal. Lose power? Whatever that was recorded is still there. DVDs you loose it all. Any noise in the signal will kill the DVD recording, and you loose it all.
I have several VHS tapes from 1980s I need to transfer as magnetic tape does not keep its contents forever (and pushing 30 years is risky). Few months ago I viewed one, a movie shown on late night TV from a Los Angeles station. One of the commercials has Cal Worthington and his "dog" Spot (car dealer who had various animals from armadillos to bears). Probably can no longer do that these days. Tape also has when CNN had a interview with astronauts on the Shuttle, they only had a short window via ground stations as this was before TDRSS. Much of it was ironing out some technical issues. Crew could not hear audio from CNN though CNN anchors could hear them. They eventually got it to work. It was interesting because it seemed more authentic. Nowadays it's seems so staged. What I noticed is how anchors were more like journalists rather than celebrities. Other commercials had Federated stereo stores with goofy antics, and a lawyer commercial that begins with a car accident (staged with stills and sound effects of a crash) followed by a lawyer who says, "If your involved in serious accident, you need to seek legal advice immediately!" [don't bother calling paramedics]. Fasinating stuff of what was and used to be.
> It's like AOL came back from the 90s, bigger and badder
At least AOL sent 3.5" disks that could be used storage (tape write-protect hole) or as coasters for beverages.
But seriously, "alpha hotels" can post dangerous wily links and with zillion people on FB, all it takes is 0.001% to fall for it and there will be large numbers of computers will be inflicted. This has potential to spread and cause havoc.
I use one computer for online stuff, other machines ain't know way ever connect them to the 'net. Did you know Windows XP will never crash as long as you don't connect it to the internet. And also don't load it with a bunch of crapola programs. I know of one system that is running for years (at work for a special application and only three machines are networked together). Damn thing keeps running.
my main objective now is to stop that bunch of lunatic Democrats who are doing everything to restrict everybody's rights
There are lunatic Republicans that want to restrict rights against unreasonable search and seizure, rights against cruel and unusual punishment (torture), and rights to privacy (warrentless wiretapping), and the right to speak your mind without being labeled a terrorist suspect.
Pop quiz: Who was the most powerful military in 1915? If you answered Germany, you answered wrong. It was Great Britain. Then consider 25 years later they were fighting for their existence but were saved by the US. This was mentioned by a West Point instructor in 2001, he then said US is the most powerful military but what would happen if we were to be in situation as GB, who would save us? For me the calendar is ticking, it is 2012 and we got 14 years to go.
I second that. An elementary teacher who organizes (or at least in the 1990s) summer classes on teaching teachers how to teach. One is subject of mathematics where she suggested students learning proportions by taking same amount of beans or rice (uncooked) and pouring them into different shapes of containers, and other kinds of hands on demos. Have something else in mathematics besides timed tests which were also called "drill and kill" tests.
this is all going to get real interesting. People screaming we should have kept flying the Shuttle, or we need Elon to rescue us, Fox News this or that, Newt's call for a moon colony. I can imagine the discussion that will be going on nasawatch.com. Alrighty folks, this thread is just begging for a car analogy and/or "In Soviet Russia..." (sorry I have no imagination so I'm depended on others to come up with a CA and ISA jokes).
I told a friend about a robot I'd designed that could sew clothing tailored to fit. He said "why not send my measurements to india, have a suit fedex'd back the next day?
A robot can sew clothing to fit if materials are stretchy. If want to make something using materials that don't stretch, i.e. for a business suit or a fitted dress, lots of luck using a robot (I guess you can but the variables are too many) and what looks "good" is subjective. Everyone comes in different sizes and shapes, there is more to just bust, waist, hips. There is shoulder width, torso length, shape and size of face and how it would be framed for the outfit. However, i.e. a fitted prom dress can be ordered online, you submit measurements, gown is made overseas and mailed directly to you from Singapore or Thailand (and interesting part is the customs paperwork will list as "sample material" valued at $10 even though you paid much more when you ordered it). http://www.gownsbysimpleelegance.com/PROD/LNQ12.html
Maybe it all can be done by a robot as latest trends in gowns such as the one above are all strapless and instead of proper fit around the body, there is a corset like lace on back of dress (this is cheating so waist measurement has 'wiggle room' i.e. like pots in a analog circuit). gownsbysimpleelegance.com is not the only one, almost all gowns of this style are like this. Dresses with shoulders frame the face (should the top be round, square, v-shaped, oval? it depends on what the style of gown and shape of the girl's face), a robot cannot decide what works anymore than decide interior decorating of a home (there is a human element called emotion that makes these decisions, which is why some fashion looks great, some looks bad depending on who you talk to).
There was a time when this stuff was made in USA and everyone seemed to make a living at it. Obviously those on top made a lot of money but the seamstress was able to make a livable wage. Sure there were problems like everything else but nowadays much of the knowledge is lost. Nobody knows what a seamstress and many probably would not know how to make a fitted gown with shoulders. Same as not many people (ham extras) in USA knows how to build a radio transmitter.
person that does the search is not the same that looks at IDs (now what really happened, I was simply speculating a situation. anyone get it on cellphone cam?).
I remember back in the days when the Iranians were our friends and the Russians were our enemies, I watched all kinds of movies late night with a TV set. Had to deal with some commercial interruptions, like Ga3ry hosting the show and boasting deals from MMM Carpets. Didn't have to haggle with cost and sign up plans, no problems with connectivity (though some snow on certain channels), and sure didn't have to worry about goons from the MAFIAA busting down my door when I "downloaded" Jayne Mansfield and Gina Lollobrigida movies.
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it seems it is young people of Europe that take it to the streets, not much of that in USA protesting against such laws. however, there are other protests but media coverage is sparse. It should be noted many from former Eastern Bloc countries take issue with laws like ACTA because they know what it is like to live in a country with censorship and compared to without.
It seems when someone has challenges in life (no, not fighting unfriendly people at home or at McJobs) but on new gadgets or architecture or ballroom dance competition (even open amateur takes as much work as open pro). There are some that keep working on a endeavour until they are dead of old age but it was that passion that kept them going. As opposed to someone that retires, is financially secure but simply "coasting" which statistically they will be dead six months after they retire. OK so I didn't RTFA (was it biological limitations?) but I've read and seen people that work on something passionate and it keeps them going, but not everyone is immortal, and they leave their endeavour "feet first."
NASA should not develop a commercial rocket but do research and provide test facilities for commercial rocket companies. Like what its predecessor N.A.C.A did in the 20th century. They did not develop commercial airplanes but did research and provided test facilities for commercial (USA) airplane companies.
Useful publication for aero people is the NACA 1135 "Equations, tables, and charts for compressible flow" which was very tedious to compile from numerous flight tests and wind tunnel measurements, all done at government expense (private companies would either be too cheap to do this or keep it locked up from everyone), download the 12MB pdf here, http://www.grc.nasa.gov/WWW/BGH/Images/naca1135.pdf
But then there ain't much money in doing research ( the kind of work where "alchemists" and other assorted mad scientists do stuff that either nobody knows what they are doing or simply lack intellect to appreciate what they are doing).
I always wonder how it is people cannot see difference between taxes and entitlements, as if they forgot to read things like W-2 forms that shows monies taken out of of gross pay. There are separate pockets for tax withhold, Social Security, medicare, state tax, etc. Taxes are used to fund govt expenses (NASA, DoD, FAA, USDA, and many other guvmint agencies). The other stuff is put aside so later in life you can receive back (that's why their called entitlements because you are entitled to receive benefits from these programs. Now it was never intended that SS be all your retirement, only a supplemental. And when first implemented, average age was 57 so statistically you will be dead of old age before you are eligible to receive SS. However, average life expectancy has become much higher, I think it is 79 for men, 82 for women. This is what should be debated. But many are grouping welfare to entitlements together. Hey, a lot of people been working a long time putting in a lot of money into this system and they have been told they are entitled to receive benefits when they get to a certain age. Break that and that is a major breach of contract. Tea party people consists of a lot of retirees getting SS and if baffles me these same people want to get rid of SS altogether.
but companies like these http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_private_spaceflight_companies are able to do it many order of magnitudes cheaper.
Well let's see them actually fly something that carries people safely (which SpaceX may do soon) and be able to do enough times to build confidence in safety (this is basically unknown). And if you look closely much of these private spaceflight companies have only one customer, the government.
However, NASA is a big target for budget cutters because they are visible (policy makers can show public they are working to reduce cost of govt) and NASA is small (policy makers can make cuts without pissing off lobbyists who make a lot of money on govt contracts, i.e. war material). It's a shame though, trillion $$$ in dirt countries on other side of the world with nothing to show. You figure after ten years, Iraq and Afganistan should have interstate freeway system, electrification throughout, and clean running water for everyone.
hey! I hear all this about great coverage in places like Asia and Europe (even former Warsaw Pact countries) but we got crapola coverage in the land that developed this stuff. Google does have free wifi in Mountain View but geez it is slow. Well there is option of getting the iphone kind of thing... SJC airport seems to have great free wifi (it has been very fast when I've been there). There is Starbucks but I don't care for their coffee. I'm not concerned about most rural areas of US, if I go to such places, I leave my computer at home (look up at night, you can see stars. And that big long cloud is not a cloud. It is part of the galaxy our star is located).
"Before you spout off about the ET insulation foam having been reformulated without CFCs, try reading the CAIB report (volume 1, Page 51), which specifically states that the portion of the foam that broke loose was the OLD CFC-based formulation.
http://caib.nasa.gov/news/report/pdf/vol1/full/caib_report_volume1.pdf"
Sorry, but the top 5% do not take up 50% of the road ways or somehow suck up 50% of the protections the military provides us. They end up paying for the services the other 95% enjoy.
Well in some countries the wealthy don't pay for services the other 95% enjoy, i.e. El Salvador, and they save lotsa money. However, they cannot travel outside their gated community without armored vehicles and body guards equipped with machine guns.
ha ha, good line there. Speaking of "Cry Me A River" could this youtube person be busted for posting Julie London singing the song? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SwheXIa8Cl0
It's a nice video (Julie London wears some very beautiful dresses), great to have such ability for individuals to put in the time to do this (the Big Media would never post this).
Talking with someone who worked at Thiokol for eight years, when he left he felt ATK seemed to wanting to get rid of the Thiokol name and history like it is ATK that was the SRB leader for all these years. Any Thiokol employees want to chime in on this? post AC?
> 17 lives lost in the last 50 years of U.S. space exploration really is not too bad
Also consider why numbers of deaths is so low is we rarely launch people into space. And now the safety is really good because we cannot launch anyone (though not counting foreign launch vehicles in this sentence). During the 1960s, the space race was a "war" and the Soviets were scary so if lives were lost then it was the price that had to be paid. What is surprising is how little was lost, during that time more astronauts and cosmonauts were lost in plane crashes than spaceflights including America's first black astronaut Bob Lawrence (was a test pilot and PhD when he was only 30). I think real tragedy was accidents i.e. Apollo 1, Challenger, Columbia could have easily been avoided.
> if NASA had delayed these launches, some Senator would have raked the managers over the coals
Also other influential people, i.e. media. I remember the day before when launch was delayed because whiteroom closeout crew could not get the door mechanism removed from the Shuttle door, took so long they missed the launch window. News people made comments like, "NASA can't get anything done on schedule, unlike 20 years ago they could launch this, launch that without all these delays!" Geez, I guess some of these guys forgot the 60s or didn't read history if too young to remember. Gemini had all kinds of delays, plus Apollo particularly The Fire.
When Challenger blew up (I was not watching TV), someone came running into the room, "Challenger blew up!" The first thing I said, "That's bull----! News is just exaggerating" as I was thinking they are still ongoing with diatribes such as the stuck door mechanism. However, shortly after I realized what really happened.
I heard of a series seen in Japan of where they do movies based on actual developments and put it together like a documentary. I've not seen it but one episode was of the guys who developed the VHS deck. It had scenes where their lab has stacks of o-scopes and other test equipment (old stuff of late 60s early 70s). Empty boxes of take out food, they worked and worked of all-nighters so the place was really trashy. Much effort was put into loading mechanism to reduce tape jams. They approached Sony (who turned them down) and eventually went to Victor Corp of Japan and got them to also license the format to other companies. One scene I heard is an engineer was assigned to this project with overall mission to fire the people involved (I haven't seen this so I may not have the full story), the engineer feels like committing hari-kari or what samurais do when given "opportunity to honorably kill themselves." Talked to someone that saw it, it sounds amazing.
Few weeks ago I recorded "The Seven Ups" because I wanted to get some vidcaps of Roy Scheider using the Motorola HT-220 handie-talkie. This has a car chase which ended with Scheider slamming into a rear of a semi tractor trailer shearing off the roof. I remember seeing this scene years ago when you can see the stunt double quickly raised and lowered his hands momentarily after ramming the trailer to show film crew he was still alive (maybe it was not originally planned to slam into trailer). Stunt driver could have easily been killed doing this stunt. Film story has the truck driver running back to find a windshield covering Scheider.
However, watching that same scene recently does not have the stunt double raising his hands (edited out). Which raises questions on watching vintage movies and what was altered from their original release? There are movies that have been altered (i.e. Shamus with Burt Reynolds made a comment, "makes you look like a faggot movie star" or other movies no longer shown even on premimum channels such as "Catch 22").
> VHS was such poor quality that the fact that it won out over Beta always amazed me
Main reason is Beta was limited to 90 minutes where VHS was 2 hours (or 4 or 6). This means you could record a 2-hour movie or two 1-hour TV shows. THAT is what killed Beta, I know because I was one of those people in the 20th century that took advantage of this new way of recording movies and shows when I was not at home (or didn't want to stay up at 3 am). 90 minutes was a show-stopper for me. Incidently Sony created the Betacam (same cassette but different recording format) which became the first practical ENG tape camera. There were others and videotape was not exactly 'new' but these were bulky (camera, back on shoulder, battery belt. examples at http://labguysworld.com./ With the Betacam, ENG people could run out, get the shot, pop tape out and hand it to the newsdesk. That was a huge paradigm shift for newscrews which in early 80s many were still using 16mm film.
There are zillions of examples of good tech vs. customer convenience that is debated a lot.
On topic of recording, another ***major*** advantage VHS (or Betamax) is when you want to record something, you pop that tape in and hit the button (no time consuming formatting needed). It ***will*** record even if there are glitches and noise in the signal. Lose power? Whatever that was recorded is still there. DVDs you loose it all. Any noise in the signal will kill the DVD recording, and you loose it all.
I have several VHS tapes from 1980s I need to transfer as magnetic tape does not keep its contents forever (and pushing 30 years is risky). Few months ago I viewed one, a movie shown on late night TV from a Los Angeles station. One of the commercials has Cal Worthington and his "dog" Spot (car dealer who had various animals from armadillos to bears). Probably can no longer do that these days. Tape also has when CNN had a interview with astronauts on the Shuttle, they only had a short window via ground stations as this was before TDRSS. Much of it was ironing out some technical issues. Crew could not hear audio from CNN though CNN anchors could hear them. They eventually got it to work. It was interesting because it seemed more authentic. Nowadays it's seems so staged. What I noticed is how anchors were more like journalists rather than celebrities. Other commercials had Federated stereo stores with goofy antics, and a lawyer commercial that begins with a car accident (staged with stills and sound effects of a crash) followed by a lawyer who says, "If your involved in serious accident, you need to seek legal advice immediately!" [don't bother calling paramedics]. Fasinating stuff of what was and used to be.
> It's like AOL came back from the 90s, bigger and badder
At least AOL sent 3.5" disks that could be used storage (tape write-protect hole) or as coasters for beverages.
But seriously, "alpha hotels" can post dangerous wily links and with zillion people on FB, all it takes is 0.001% to fall for it and there will be large numbers of computers will be inflicted. This has potential to spread and cause havoc.
I use one computer for online stuff, other machines ain't know way ever connect them to the 'net. Did you know Windows XP will never crash as long as you don't connect it to the internet. And also don't load it with a bunch of crapola programs. I know of one system that is running for years (at work for a special application and only three machines are networked together). Damn thing keeps running.
my main objective now is to stop that bunch of lunatic Democrats who are doing everything to restrict everybody's rights
There are lunatic Republicans that want to restrict rights against unreasonable search and seizure, rights against cruel and unusual punishment (torture), and rights to privacy (warrentless wiretapping), and the right to speak your mind without being labeled a terrorist suspect.
Pop quiz: Who was the most powerful military in 1915? If you answered Germany, you answered wrong. It was Great Britain. Then consider 25 years later they were fighting for their existence but were saved by the US. This was mentioned by a West Point instructor in 2001, he then said US is the most powerful military but what would happen if we were to be in situation as GB, who would save us? For me the calendar is ticking, it is 2012 and we got 14 years to go.
I second that. An elementary teacher who organizes (or at least in the 1990s) summer classes on teaching teachers how to teach. One is subject of mathematics where she suggested students learning proportions by taking same amount of beans or rice (uncooked) and pouring them into different shapes of containers, and other kinds of hands on demos. Have something else in mathematics besides timed tests which were also called "drill and kill" tests.
this is all going to get real interesting. People screaming we should have kept flying the Shuttle, or we need Elon to rescue us, Fox News this or that, Newt's call for a moon colony. I can imagine the discussion that will be going on nasawatch.com. Alrighty folks, this thread is just begging for a car analogy and/or "In Soviet Russia..." (sorry I have no imagination so I'm depended on others to come up with a CA and ISA jokes).
I told a friend about a robot I'd designed that could sew clothing tailored to fit. He said "why not send my measurements to india, have a suit fedex'd back the next day?
A robot can sew clothing to fit if materials are stretchy. If want to make something using materials that don't stretch, i.e. for a business suit or a fitted dress, lots of luck using a robot (I guess you can but the variables are too many) and what looks "good" is subjective. Everyone comes in different sizes and shapes, there is more to just bust, waist, hips. There is shoulder width, torso length, shape and size of face and how it would be framed for the outfit. However, i.e. a fitted prom dress can be ordered online, you submit measurements, gown is made overseas and mailed directly to you from Singapore or Thailand (and interesting part is the customs paperwork will list as "sample material" valued at $10 even though you paid much more when you ordered it). http://www.gownsbysimpleelegance.com/PROD/LNQ12.html
Maybe it all can be done by a robot as latest trends in gowns such as the one above are all strapless and instead of proper fit around the body, there is a corset like lace on back of dress (this is cheating so waist measurement has 'wiggle room' i.e. like pots in a analog circuit). gownsbysimpleelegance.com is not the only one, almost all gowns of this style are like this. Dresses with shoulders frame the face (should the top be round, square, v-shaped, oval? it depends on what the style of gown and shape of the girl's face), a robot cannot decide what works anymore than decide interior decorating of a home (there is a human element called emotion that makes these decisions, which is why some fashion looks great, some looks bad depending on who you talk to).
There was a time when this stuff was made in USA and everyone seemed to make a living at it. Obviously those on top made a lot of money but the seamstress was able to make a livable wage. Sure there were problems like everything else but nowadays much of the knowledge is lost. Nobody knows what a seamstress and many probably would not know how to make a fitted gown with shoulders. Same as not many people (ham extras) in USA knows how to build a radio transmitter.
yeah, it aint got no borders or labels.
person that does the search is not the same that looks at IDs (now what really happened, I was simply speculating a situation. anyone get it on cellphone cam?).
I remember back in the days when the Iranians were our friends and the Russians were our enemies, I watched all kinds of movies late night with a TV set. Had to deal with some commercial interruptions, like Ga3ry hosting the show and boasting deals from MMM Carpets. Didn't have to haggle with cost and sign up plans, no problems with connectivity (though some snow on certain channels), and sure didn't have to worry about goons from the MAFIAA busting down my door when I "downloaded" Jayne Mansfield and Gina Lollobrigida movies.