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  1. How did we get here? on Why Does the US Have a Civil Space Program? · · Score: 1

    All Oobs did was announce his intention of replacing Ares I with EELV's. Then that exploded into headlines about merging NASA & the air force. Now that has exploded into commissioning studies into civil space programs of any kind. His original 1 sentence must now be creating 1 million jobs.

  2. no vab required here on Falcon 9 Is Now Fully Integrated At Cape Canaveral · · Score: 1

    This is the first time we've seen a rocket stacked horizontally in broad daylight. Looks like he ran out of credit before the concrete & roof was finished.

  3. thought it was over 10 years on Alan Cox Leaves Red Hat · · Score: 2, Interesting

    He was writing his diary as a redhat employee since 1997. Too bad he got caught up with that welsh fad & then the business school fad of the early 2000's. Hopefully he realizes the value of low level programming again.

  4. Since U still can't build notebooks from scratch on Notebook Sales Outpace Desktop Sales · · Score: 1

    obviously sales are up. But more importantly, you're buying more of the more expensive alternative & if you're still buying the cheap alternative, you clearly need to get your act together.

  5. Comca$t to raise rates by $44 billion on Universal Broadband Plan Calls For $44 Billion · · Score: 1

    Comca$t already plans to raise rates by $44 billion when the $44 billion in broadband vouchers is awarded to qualifying households. Being paid by Comca$t, we say the more broadband entitlements, the better.

  6. What's special about this? on NASA Outsources ISS Resupply To SpaceX, Orbital · · Score: 1

    It doesn't sound any different than Lockheed or NGC getting $3 billion. The concept drawings from any of these companies are equally far from the real thing. Maybe the CEO of SpaceX is worth a little more than the Lockheed CEO. It's not the populist access to space we envisioned 5 years ago. We only think it is because Elon Musk says so.

  7. mp3.com 2.0 on Warner Music Pulls Videos Off YouTube · · Score: 1

    This is how mp3.com began its demise.

  8. other discussions on change.gov on Obama Transition Team Examining Space Solar Power · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    He's also talking about extending human life to 200 years. The guy's a genious. The plan involves releasing $700 billion to a new life extension department headed by Hank Paulson.

  9. doing the obvious on the ISS on VASIMR Plasma Thruster To Be Tested Aboard ISS · · Score: 3, Insightful

    After 8 years of crews testing obscure basic science, they finally have the first tentative approval for the most obvious experiments some time in the future. Incredible.

  10. he campaigned on NASA RIF's on Does Obama Have a Problem At NASA? · · Score: 1

    He said he was going to cut NASA's budget to fund preschool businesses & cancel the moon program. He's a traditional social reform president. What do U expect?

  11. more snowball effect on Obama Wants Broadband, Computers Part of Stimulus · · Score: 1

    But the quotations & essays R 3x more than what he actually promised & what he promised hasn't happened.

  12. here we go again on Time To Discuss Drug Prohibition? · · Score: 1

    It seems every time Obs says just 1 sentence, the fans go crazy & expand his sentence to 3 paragraphs of stuff he never promised.

    "Repealing the harshest drug sentences, removing federal bans on funding needle-exchange programs to reduce AIDS, giving medical marijuana a fair chance to prove itself, and supporting treatment alternatives for low-level drug offenders," hasn't really happened yet.

    "But there's one more thing he can do: Promote vigorous and informed debate in this domain as in all others." but he hasn't said a word about that.

    How did we get from needle exchange entitlements to 3 paragraphs about a drug prohibition revolution?

  13. what a change 4 slashdot on Battle Over Minimum Pricing Heating Up · · Score: 1

    The fact that this is on slashdot shows #1 obviously the internet including slashdot is totally commerce driven #2 DIY retail is now the way the economy works. You need to know how retail works & how to run a business.

  14. College dorm dream on First Superconducting Transistor Created · · Score: 1

    Everyone had that dream in college. Build a liquid nitrogen cooled computer at 4Ghz in your dorm room while you could still use all the electricity you wanted. Even 10 years later that's still an untouchable speed for consumers.

  15. Skip the chargers & go for new roads on Hawaii Planning State-Wide Electric Car Network · · Score: 1

    It's time to forget about individually driven cars & roads as you know them. Cars can still be individually owned, as far as government credit programs allow, but the driving needs to be centrally controlled & the roads need to be specifically designed for autonomous electric cars. Maybe they need inductive charging or 3rd rails embedded in the asphalt.

    You get in your car, dial up the destination, & a central computer synchronizes your trip with all the other cars so everyone can complete their trip without stopping. If cars were just invented today, they would all be centrally controlled, electric, & autonomous. Roads would be designed for autonomous cars & recharging.

  16. basketweaver bailouts on Copper Thieves Jeopardize US Infrastructure · · Score: 1

    Imagine if US's government was in charge of Africa. Here come the basketweaver bailouts & the copper czars.

  17. vicariousness on Should Taxpayers Back Cars Only the Rich Can Afford? · · Score: 1

    People don't get rich. They get rich through other people. Living vicariously is fundamental to human nature. We must focus our productivity on making life better for a few rich people to be rich ourselves. Taxes on workers should be 100% to pay for those roadsters. Work should be mandatory for everyone under a certain net worth as it is they who need vicarious riches the most.

  18. You already knew on Obama Team Considers Cancellation of Ares, Orion · · Score: 1

    He said he was going to delay it 5 years & fund preschools & U voted 4 him. Why did U expect anything different?

  19. the vanishing chinese moon program on Google's Gatekeepers · · Score: 0, Troll

    Remember China announcing a moon program long ago. It was on all the Goog's hits. Then your president announced he was going to cancel the Ares I program & those Goog search results on China vanished. People began supporting the Ares I cancellation, saying there were no search results for China's moon program.

  20. the fall from JIMO on New "Juno" Mission To Jupiter Announced · · Score: 1

    Quite a fall from the JIMO mission. Disappointing they had to downgrade to this tried & true orbiter, but U need to fund mortgage bailouts.

  21. 10,000,000 images, not megapixels on Google To Host 10M Images From Life Magazine's Archive · · Score: 3, Informative

    That's 10,000,000 images, not 10 megapixels. Images will be standard 160x120 internet resolution with watermarks & popups.

  22. government can't be transparent becuz on How To Build a Web 2.0 Government? · · Score: 1, Informative

    Humans don't naturally question leadership. They accept leadership decisions as absolute. Increasing the reach of leadership through GooTube broadcasts, radio broadcasts, & loudspeakers driving around the streets merely reinforces leadership decisions.

  23. Poor Goog on Debian Running On the T-Mobile G1 · · Score: 1

    Poor Goog, having all of it's painstakingly ported Java standards ignored in favor of a native operating system installation.

  24. makes sense on Richard Garriott Quits NCSoft · · Score: 1

    Software executives R moving to aerospace in droves. Once cashing in on their employees success, they almost never reinvest in the business which made their money.

     

  25. as a Comca$t contractor... on Press Favored Obama Throughout Campaign · · Score: 1

    As one who makes a living on Comca$t & Time Warner subscriptions, a democratic victory was very important for our bottom line. We live or die based on our audience & that audience wants democratic coverage. Unfortunately our audience is not the entire population. Fortunately, the rest of U tend to do what you're told.