Microsoft is moving to "ProActiv-ation", where they KNOW you will install it on 69 different PC's, so the upfront retail cost will be roughly the GNP of Madagascar.
I bet that if they tested new versions of DLLs, they would not break older apps.
I like this method because it doesn't force me to spend more money on disk space. Disk is cheap, true, but that doesn't justify them forcing ME to buy more of it.
**In other news, Microsoft just purchased controlling interests in all storage manufacturers**
I used the word "likely" because the reported leading theory right now is that damage incurred during launch precipitated the breakup upon reentry. Turn on that evil TV, they speak these words.
If you take the above as "likely", then it is just as likely that the fact that nobody thought the damage was bad is a faulty analysis of the damage the shuttle took during launch. Since the shuttle broke up and killed all aboard, we know they were doomed, too.
I think NASA would read slashdot if their admins didn't block it:P
My point was that human beings failed somewhere. IF THEY HAD KNOWN (and I agree that they had not), there MAY HAVE BEEN something that could've been done.
If you know they are doomed, don't bring them back. There's a space station up there that can hold their butts until rescue arrives.
If, due to orbital differences this isn't possible, there are still contingencies for getting the crew safely back - granted, they are alot more likely to be deadly. The shuttle does have escape mechanisms.
Finally, if the world community knew that there was a problem, I bet one or two people out there could've come up with a way to get them back safely.
People, not tech cause problems
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My favorite quote:
"Technology has its limits. Information systems have their limits. Human analysis, foresight and insight have their limits."
I firmly believe that what limits us and/or holds us back is not how horribly broken is, but how we choose to abuse/use it.
Columbia likely was doomed by damage incurred during launch. However, those astronauts were likely doomed by a faulty damage analysis.
Any time you cannot claim that your policy goals were successful, its a defeat. Any time your people and government lose their will to succeed, its a defeat. The North Vietnamese fought a campaign designed to sicken the population of the U.S. They succeeded. We left, they won. Their economy is just as bad as when the whole thing started, but that would not have changed under communist rule anyway (see the entire history of the USSR for more information).
If someone attacks your home, and you drive them off (but don't kill or capture them), did you win or lose? Did the attacker win or lose?
Why do you think terrorism is so popular with organizations/countries that don't have the resources of a top-tier nation?
To get back on topic, weapons like those depicted in the subject article won't make these types of conflicts any easier. The people we need to fight these days don't have 10 billion U.S. dollars invested in infrastructure. They have 10 million dollars invested in RPGs, AK-XX's, and some populist propaganda designed to fire the blood of their young men. Sounds like North Vietnam to me.
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Crackers 0wn your webcam server, then redirect from their own webcam. This is how they 'view themselves'.
I live in my car, you insensitive clod!
Were this to be a longer flight, how would they solve the problem of eating with chopsticks in low gravity?
Crap happens. It is common to plan for the worst, while hoping for the best.
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I bet DOJ used Windows Update. Now, none of their computers work. That would explain their lack of follow-through in this case.
Microsoft is moving to "ProActiv-ation", where they KNOW you will install it on 69 different PC's, so the upfront retail cost will be roughly the GNP of Madagascar.
Windows 2006
Since I'm not a subscriber (I know, I'm a llama), I get ads in the stories. The ad for this story is for an HP handheld device.
The tagline?
HP- Invent
I bet that if they tested new versions of DLLs, they would not break older apps.
I like this method because it doesn't force me to spend more money on disk space. Disk is cheap, true, but that doesn't justify them forcing ME to buy more of it.
**In other news, Microsoft just purchased controlling interests in all storage manufacturers**
Please don't let us go down that path again!
UPS
This thing looks cool as heck! However, I could never buy a computer that doesn't have a decent graphics card.
If Sony put a Geforce 4 or Radeon 9700 in this thing, I'd probably buy one.
They have what, a dozen computers?
Unless we have to attack Microsoft (and the day is coming, I promise you!), this order isn't really all that useful.
I used the word "likely" because the reported leading theory right now is that damage incurred during launch precipitated the breakup upon reentry. Turn on that evil TV, they speak these words.
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If you take the above as "likely", then it is just as likely that the fact that nobody thought the damage was bad is a faulty analysis of the damage the shuttle took during launch. Since the shuttle broke up and killed all aboard, we know they were doomed, too.
I think NASA would read slashdot if their admins didn't block it
My point was that human beings failed somewhere. IF THEY HAD KNOWN (and I agree that they had not), there MAY HAVE BEEN something that could've been done.
We are not the only space-capable country. Additionally, Columbia is ^h^h was not the only spacecraft capable of carrying people.
All I am saying is that if the human factor hadn't missed some potentially deadly details, we (Earthlings) MAY have found a way to save those 7 lives.
The genius says:
If you know they are doomed, don't bring them back. There's a space station up there that can hold their butts until rescue arrives.
If, due to orbital differences this isn't possible, there are still contingencies for getting the crew safely back - granted, they are alot more likely to be deadly. The shuttle does have escape mechanisms.
Finally, if the world community knew that there was a problem, I bet one or two people out there could've come up with a way to get them back safely.
My favorite quote:
"Technology has its limits. Information systems have their limits. Human analysis, foresight and insight have their limits."
I firmly believe that what limits us and/or holds us back is not how horribly broken is, but how we choose to abuse/use it.
Columbia likely was doomed by damage incurred during launch. However, those astronauts were likely doomed by a faulty damage analysis.
...by the /.-ing the site is currently experiencing.
"Security through denial of service" Copyright 2003 by me!
Hrm. To make it better, they'll make it "automated", as in "you can't stop it for nuttin'".
I probably should've bet on "easier", not "better"...
...says that patch management in Microsoft operating systems gets 100% better in 1 year :P
In Soviet Russia, the bombs explode YOU!
Any time you cannot claim that your policy goals were successful, its a defeat. Any time your people and government lose their will to succeed, its a defeat. The North Vietnamese fought a campaign designed to sicken the population of the U.S. They succeeded. We left, they won. Their economy is just as bad as when the whole thing started, but that would not have changed under communist rule anyway (see the entire history of the USSR for more information).
If someone attacks your home, and you drive them off (but don't kill or capture them), did you win or lose? Did the attacker win or lose?
Why do you think terrorism is so popular with organizations/countries that don't have the resources of a top-tier nation?
To get back on topic, weapons like those depicted in the subject article won't make these types of conflicts any easier. The people we need to fight these days don't have 10 billion U.S. dollars invested in infrastructure. They have 10 million dollars invested in RPGs, AK-XX's, and some populist propaganda designed to fire the blood of their young men. Sounds like North Vietnam to me.
"U.S. Air Force Developing Microwave Weapon"
I think that the CIA KNEW those microwaves would need killin' at some point, but they kept pouring money into them like it was nobody's business!