"The NSSS document emphasizes the Obama administration's desire to protect US space assets and to further commercialize space but also to ensure that the US and international partners have unfettered access to outer space."
And yet, year after year, the politicians go after NASA's budget. Is it really any wonder the Pentagon's space projects look like the proverbial big fish in a constantly shrinking pond?
America is fast becoming the Portugal of the Space Age.
....simply because the guys you have left are old, don't have the skills, haven't kept up, and have based their troubleshooting steps on tools and techniques that simply don't work anymore....
You know something, kid? I look forward to the time when you're 'old.'
Oh, and by the way? I don't care if you're smart enough to give Robert Metcalfe a run for his money and young enough to still be sucking on your thumb: With an attitude like yours, don't come around here looking for a job.
....For example, were certain wealthy politicians who rail against taxes found to be holding considerable sums of money in non-taxed accounts...
Or, far more common in my experience, the ones who usually rail for MORE taxes will be found to be holding considerable sums of money in such accounts.
Crosstalk and EMI are big, big bugaboos in aircraft wiring. I installed a LAN in a large airframe once, and it was incredible how much trouble we had with electronic noise from other aircraft systems. Fiber would have been a godsend, not only for the LAN but for the avionics as well.
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Does anyone really believe that the despots running Beijing are all-that interested in "preserving the purity of the Chinese language?"
More likely, they feel the need to keep their people under their thumb by further restricting communications with the outside world.
...than it is political.
Just TRY to tell your typical CxO that the only thing they need is a little bitty box tacked to the back of their monitor, rather than that platinum-plated status symbol squatting next to their desk.
Ethanol contains less chemical energy than an equal volume of gasoline, just like gasoline contains less chemical energy than an equal volume of diesel fuel. This is known, but studiously ignored.
[Bitter rant]
Fine; you pony-up the cash I'll need to R&R all the stuff in my network that still doesn't bother to support IPv6. And while you're at it, how about coughing-up some funds so I can just get basic maintenance done?
Go back to your Playstation, kid.
[/Bitter rant.]
That arrogant idiot Assange had better have some bloody-good bodyguards, because sooner or later he is going to embarrass someone who doesn't play by the rules.
"Would you like some fresh polonium-210 for your salad, sir?"
I'm done. I'm going back to Weapons Systems. The work's grim, often tedious, frequently frustrating. But at least you get to kill idiots instead of coddle them.
I'm with you on that. I could have been in Silicon Valley, but I opted for the Midwest for less than half the pay.
End result: Life in a quiet town, twenty-minute commutes, low taxes, plenty of money left over at the end of the month, and a house paid-off in ten years that's three times the square footage of anything I could have possibly been able to afford in the Valley.
God bless the "fly-over" states.
For those who didn't live through the Cold War, MAD stands for "Mutually Assured Destruction."
Just like the Cold War, and for that matter WW-I, everyone in the tech industry has been stockpiling weaponry (patents) for years in order to protect themselves from each other. The argument for the situation is always that only a lunatic would dare upset the status quo.
Unfortunately, it only takes one lunatic.
"....but the news is promising if in fact it will bring more information to the information-starved masses of North Korea."....You're trying to be funny, right?
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"The NSSS document emphasizes the Obama administration's desire to protect US space assets and to further commercialize space but also to ensure that the US and international partners have unfettered access to outer space." And yet, year after year, the politicians go after NASA's budget. Is it really any wonder the Pentagon's space projects look like the proverbial big fish in a constantly shrinking pond? America is fast becoming the Portugal of the Space Age.
Riiiight. Typical bureaucrat.
....simply because the guys you have left are old, don't have the skills, haven't kept up, and have based their troubleshooting steps on tools and techniques that simply don't work anymore....
You know something, kid? I look forward to the time when you're 'old.'
Oh, and by the way? I don't care if you're smart enough to give Robert Metcalfe a run for his money and young enough to still be sucking on your thumb: With an attitude like yours, don't come around here looking for a job.
....For example, were certain wealthy politicians who rail against taxes found to be holding considerable sums of money in non-taxed accounts...
Or, far more common in my experience, the ones who usually rail for MORE taxes will be found to be holding considerable sums of money in such accounts.
Crosstalk and EMI are big, big bugaboos in aircraft wiring. I installed a LAN in a large airframe once, and it was incredible how much trouble we had with electronic noise from other aircraft systems. Fiber would have been a godsend, not only for the LAN but for the avionics as well.
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...someone invents greaseless fingers.
...than science-is-bad Luddites: The cynical snake-oil salesmen who exploit them.
....Until mice get into your wiring.....
Does anyone really believe that the despots running Beijing are all-that interested in "preserving the purity of the Chinese language?"
More likely, they feel the need to keep their people under their thumb by further restricting communications with the outside world.
...than it is political. Just TRY to tell your typical CxO that the only thing they need is a little bitty box tacked to the back of their monitor, rather than that platinum-plated status symbol squatting next to their desk.
THAT I can believe. You should have seen this year's HVAC bill.
Ethanol contains less chemical energy than an equal volume of gasoline, just like gasoline contains less chemical energy than an equal volume of diesel fuel. This is known, but studiously ignored.
2010 may well mark the beginning of the "Great Patent Wars" where the patent system will begin consuming itself in mutually assured destruction.
You know, I was just thinking that. Well, as far as I'm concerned, let the MADness begin! ];)
....Rain is wet. Film at eleven. Piffle. Must be a slow news day, for everyone to want to listen to the psychotic rantings of a pathetic little dwarf.
[Bitter rant]
Fine; you pony-up the cash I'll need to R&R all the stuff in my network that still doesn't bother to support IPv6. And while you're at it, how about coughing-up some funds so I can just get basic maintenance done?
Go back to your Playstation, kid.
[/Bitter rant.]
That arrogant idiot Assange had better have some bloody-good bodyguards, because sooner or later he is going to embarrass someone who doesn't play by the rules.
"Would you like some fresh polonium-210 for your salad, sir?"
I'm done. I'm going back to Weapons Systems.
The work's grim, often tedious, frequently frustrating.
But at least you get to kill idiots instead of coddle them.
....They re-invented the disco ball?
I'm with you on that. I could have been in Silicon Valley, but I opted for the Midwest for less than half the pay. End result: Life in a quiet town, twenty-minute commutes, low taxes, plenty of money left over at the end of the month, and a house paid-off in ten years that's three times the square footage of anything I could have possibly been able to afford in the Valley. God bless the "fly-over" states.
For those who didn't live through the Cold War, MAD stands for "Mutually Assured Destruction." Just like the Cold War, and for that matter WW-I, everyone in the tech industry has been stockpiling weaponry (patents) for years in order to protect themselves from each other. The argument for the situation is always that only a lunatic would dare upset the status quo. Unfortunately, it only takes one lunatic.
Embrace.... ....extend.... ....extinguish.
Back to Baskin-Robbins mode, I guess.
"....saying that the site does not pass any personally identifiable information back to an advertiser.'"
....Unless there's money involved.
];)
....They like capitalism only when it enhances their personal political power. Any other time, it can take a hike.
....The Third Worlders will quickly strip everything shiny off the systems and sell the metal to make a quick buck.
Not a prediction; reality. I've been there and seen it. Why do you think no-one really gives a damn about Haiti?
"....but the news is promising if in fact it will bring more information to the information-starved masses of North Korea." ....You're trying to be funny, right?