the problems of nepotism and tribalism are everywhere. from internet message boards and professional office environments to national government and international politics.
here's a paradox for you, someone could do a study on how to eleminate nepotism and tribalism. then they can put it up for peer review.
I know this is going to sound like a troll, but what's the point. nasa has become nothing but a pet poodle that each new administration scraps the work of the previous one and wastes all the funding that went into it for some new vision.
I used to love space and nasa, but now days i just get annoyed.
I'm starting to agree with putting space in the private sector but not for the reasons the current admin' says. i want space exploration out of the hands of the politicians.
not sure if this qualifies, but a supersonic bailout from a plane has been done decades ago from an F-100.
" In the first known case of a man surviving a supersonic ejection, George Smith(IIRC will be verified) ejected from an F-100 Super Sabre in a dive. It was known that he ejected supersonically due to eyewitnesses who heard and saw the ejection from nearby based on the sounds of the sonic booms and the visual clues of the crash. "
most people who will be getting these will do so because they want to make a statement or be trendy. the 10% or so resale value will be based on market demand and will allow others to make the jump based on economics.
a friend at work has suggested i start seeding my emails with meta-tags just to see if they pick them up.
at a board i used to post to a couple people started sending PMs with fake rummors to see if the admin/mods were reading them. less than 24 hours later one of the board suckups was quoting one of the faked rummors.
i've considered doing the buy/sell thing, but i'm the guy who has been riding the same motorcycle for 20+ years. i like to keep things a while. i will give the laptops a plug for using less power. in this day and age that's a plus. the next time i'm in the market for a laptop i'll probably go with a Asus like the one my wife has. it almost keeps up with my desktop. my current desktop was put together using mostly hand-me-downs from a friend who had upgraded his machine. i bought the box of parts for 125 USD and then added a new drive and a ATI 5870 gpu.
i've been noticing this on Pandora. i'll glance down at my iphone and notice adds that are just way too taylored to either me or the song.
the creepy part is when i send an email to a friend saying i need new trim and to repaint parts of my house, then start getting adds for house paint.
the funny one was when listening to pink floyd's the wall, and they starts adds for a new private school for my kids shortly after the line, "Teacher, leave those kids alone".
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so what ever happened to Larry Gritz?
I used to be a big fan of BMRT
but does it convert back and forth from english to metric
They were just using the star as a place to build it.
now that they are done, they are going to move it to a new location.
call it a mobile home.
Polo!
*Cease and disist letter arrives in mail
the problems of nepotism and tribalism are everywhere.
from internet message boards and professional office environments to national government and international politics.
here's a paradox for you,
someone could do a study on how to eleminate nepotism and tribalism.
then they can put it up for peer review.
is a farthing still a valid form of currancy?
if so that is my bid.
1 farthing.
I may never have a reason to say this ever again so, well done!
Thanks, I wanted to post about it, but couldn't remember the name.
I can't find Ziggy and his, You Are Here, sign.
I know this is going to sound like a troll, but what's the point.
nasa has become nothing but a pet poodle that each new administration scraps the work of the previous one and wastes all the funding that went into it for some new vision.
I used to love space and nasa, but now days i just get annoyed.
I'm starting to agree with putting space in the private sector but not for the reasons the current admin' says.
i want space exploration out of the hands of the politicians.
exit soap box.
+1 insightful
What, and no custom page from Google?
I feel unloved.
I want my Commander Keen!
I had never even heard of this until a few weeks ago when i found out a friend had it.
Cool news
it varies with air density.
the higher the altitude, the higher the velocity.
but yeah
"break the sound barrier, and live. "
not sure if this qualifies, but a supersonic bailout from a plane has been done decades ago from an F-100.
" In the first known case of a man surviving a supersonic ejection, George Smith(IIRC will be verified) ejected from an F-100 Super Sabre in a dive. It was known that he ejected supersonically due to eyewitnesses who heard and saw the ejection from nearby based on the sounds of the sonic booms and the visual clues of the crash. "
http://www.ejectionsite.com/ejectfaq.htm
+1 Funny
so it's like facebook?
most people who will be getting these will do so because they want to make a statement or be trendy.
the 10% or so resale value will be based on market demand and will allow others to make the jump based on economics.
it's a good thing
LOL
exactly!
a friend at work has suggested i start seeding my emails with meta-tags just to see if they pick them up.
at a board i used to post to a couple people started sending PMs with fake rummors to see if the admin/mods were reading them.
less than 24 hours later one of the board suckups was quoting one of the faked rummors.
it's gotten to the point it's just sad.
i've considered doing the buy/sell thing, but i'm the guy who has been riding the same motorcycle for 20+ years.
i like to keep things a while.
i will give the laptops a plug for using less power. in this day and age that's a plus.
the next time i'm in the market for a laptop i'll probably go with a Asus like the one my wife has.
it almost keeps up with my desktop.
my current desktop was put together using mostly hand-me-downs from a friend who had upgraded his machine.
i bought the box of parts for 125 USD and then added a new drive and a ATI 5870 gpu.
cycles/$, it's just hard to beat it.
i've been using laptops more and more up until this past year.
now i'm finding myself moving back to a desktop.
i can upgrade the hardware on the desktop. the laptops, you get what you get.
i've been noticing this on Pandora.
i'll glance down at my iphone and notice adds that are just way too taylored to either me or the song.
the creepy part is when i send an email to a friend saying i need new trim and to repaint parts of my house, then start getting adds for house paint.
the funny one was when listening to pink floyd's the wall, and they starts adds for a new private school for my kids shortly after the line, "Teacher, leave those kids alone".
but yeah, they've long past up creepy.
or what ever they call it now
i understand the arguement, but don't forget about performance and stability.
wait and see how smooth, fast, and stable the HTML5 sites are to the flash counterparts.
give it time.