Then write in. Nothing's stopping you. Even if you don't contribute to the budget of the space program, you still have a voice. Not every government flunky only takes mail from its "constituents". It can't hurt to try. (And I'd like to know why Beagle 2 crashed...) But you might be doing more than you think; look at http://www.esa.int./
Change comes about because people work for it.
As for the scifi writers -- well, some can't write, but many of them can and are very good at it. A lot of the books that are called "classics" aren't that good either. It just depends on your preferences. I've read horrid scifi and I've read good scifi. But scifi is important because it inspires these things to actually happen; Star Trek inspired a lot of people to actually build spacecraft (like the Apollo vehicles), for instance. Some of the ideas that were created for, or popularized by, Trek are becoming a reality, like voice-controlled computers. Same true for Star Wars (assistive robots that will work with humans to get jobs done).
Well! We posted the same link, down to the minute! I think Orbiter's great -- and even more amazingly, it's free! And the system requirements aren't very high, either.
The Apollo stuff is an add-on, but as far as I know it's also free.
I don't find that very funny. You can call me names if you want but I don't see this as anything to laugh at. If anything, it's rather tasteless. I think there's 14... no wait, 17... families that think so too. And probably many beyond them. Like me.
Where can I find a video stream of the full run of the ET cam video? The last time they did this, the SRB sep plumes ruined the view; I only got intermittent looks at it on CNN today.
It doesn't have hand brakes, but the speed brake (which is basically the rudder, split) IS controlled by a sliding lever (which controls main engine settings during ascent).;)
Because in the 60s we actually decided to properly fund the space program and realized that having one was a good thing for a nation to have. However, once we'd "been there, done that" the funding went away; three whole missions, for which hardware already existed, were cancelled (Apollo 18-20) and more missions that hadn't been through more than the planning stages were cancelled.
More launch vehicles have been developed (DC-X, X-33, for instance) but each time something has happened killing the funding for the programs, so it's not as if development of future manned spacecraft has ended; it's just that there's no money to do it because someone is afraid of risk (problems crop up and instead of fixing them, the programs are killed).
The solar sail programs are being pushed by a private organization (the National Space Society) and aren't using a trusted launch vehicle but are trying to get by with minimal funding. They are trying as hard as they can and haven't given up; they're already working on figuring out what to do next. That's not a government program; the government doesn't care about solar sails because they aren't proven, so someone else is going "Fine, we'll try and prove it for you" first.
The shuttle could have been a lot better if it weren't for the same congress cutting the funding for that, too; there were great designs created, there was a safer version of what we have now created; there were better booster designs (better SRB and also liquid boosters) created, but none of them were used for money and political reasons.
If you want to lay blame, don't lay it on the people who are doing their damn best to make it happen. Write letters to your congresscritters and to the president explaining why it's important to you and asking them to more properly fund new initiatives. Join the NSS and donate to them just the way many people here join the EFF and donate to them because that work is important. You're screaming at all the people who ARE doing a HELL OF A LOT OF HARD WORK to make things happen, and they are TRAPPED behind a constant response of "Sorry, we aren't going to fund that" when they know what needs to be done and try to do it.
Ahh, Slashdot, where people scream at entirely unresponsible parties. Ahh, Slashdot. Where nobody does any research before opening their mouths.
I know people who work on this stuff firsthand. I've been following space efforts, in depth, for years. I've worked firsthand to support space efforts and am actually active in contacting the government (you do have the right to do that, you know). I get off my butt and talk about space, in a fair and honest fashion (I'll point out mistakes when they're made, and give compliments where deserved). Give it a try and you might not be so clueless about why things are the way they are right now.
Oh wait. This is the country that only cares about the latest celebrity scandal and the next Harry Potter book. Neither of which ever say ONE WORD about space. No wonder people are so damned clueless.
To go to other places, we have to learn a lot about long duration space flight. You want to jump right to the end result without doing the hard work first. It's not going to happen. We do the work, we get the "cool stuff" you want. Not all of exploration is glamorous. A lot of it is just hard work.
I'm 29 and this is still cool as hell. I'd love to be up there. You, apparently, have lost that sense of amazement. I'd hate to be like that in another four years.
It's just old data. You can tell from the low resolution and lack of color among other things, like the fact that the map shows a street that doesn't exist yet superimposed over an old aerial photo. And whoever wrote the article is an idiot. There is nothing "disturbing" about old data that shows buildings to not exist yet, or shows demolished buildings that are being replaced by new. I mean, I don't find it "disturbing" that Google Maps doesn't show my new garage or the extension that the neighbors added on to their house, for godssakes.
If you'd actually look at the site and look at what people are posting here, you'd see that several people have reported that no such picket line crossing photos are on the site.
Cite your URLs. Also, pay attention to what everyone has said about common carriers and why it's NOT "correct" for one site to be blocked unless they want to take responsibility for blocking, or not, stuff that others don't like.
"Tivo is dying!"... again? Is that anything like "Oh no, Apple is dying!"... again? People have said that for years and Apple's debt-free with tons of cash in the bank.
A judge bitchslapped Tiger Direct. Apple settled the case with Apple Records years ago, and they are NOT in the same industry, so there is no case there.
If you set up your system to display images as other than 19x19, it doesn't. All you have to do is create the smiley images at any other size and use that.
Why the hell is it "redundant" to make the same smart-ass comment that the parent post made, except to make it about a different browser? I moderate fairly. Apparently I'm a rarity.
I can't read a lot of the links from home but can if I'm on campus, which has a sitewide read license for many journals. I think Google Scholar is meant for researchers' use (like my lab's) more than it is the general public.
it IS annoying, however. Take a look at the Public Library of Science http://www.plos.org/ for an organization that believes in open access for everyone. I'm hoping that takes off.
wherein the pixels comprise a 19.times.19 pixel grid.
So, why would anything else be a violation? The patent specifically says 19x19. Just change the size of your icons by a few pixels and if they sue, point this out and countersue.
I'd like to see your average grade school or college kid make use of the sort of thing Google Scholar is aimed at. This is high-level research paper work it's aimed at (many of its results are papers from scholarly journals) and while "homework" may occasionally refer them, I'd say that's a little out of the "homework" league...
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Well, no ... but Ford does sell orange cars ...
Then write in. Nothing's stopping you. Even if you don't contribute to the budget of the space program, you still have a voice. Not every government flunky only takes mail from its "constituents". It can't hurt to try. (And I'd like to know why Beagle 2 crashed...) But you might be doing more than you think; look at http://www.esa.int./
Change comes about because people work for it.
As for the scifi writers -- well, some can't write, but many of them can and are very good at it. A lot of the books that are called "classics" aren't that good either. It just depends on your preferences. I've read horrid scifi and I've read good scifi. But scifi is important because it inspires these things to actually happen; Star Trek inspired a lot of people to actually build spacecraft (like the Apollo vehicles), for instance. Some of the ideas that were created for, or popularized by, Trek are becoming a reality, like voice-controlled computers. Same true for Star Wars (assistive robots that will work with humans to get jobs done).
You mean chocks? Yeah, I know. I was being silly, hence the ;) face. It doesn't have gear-raising mechanisms either -- they'd just be dead weight.
Well! We posted the same link, down to the minute! I think Orbiter's great -- and even more amazingly, it's free! And the system requirements aren't very high, either.
The Apollo stuff is an add-on, but as far as I know it's also free.
I don't find that very funny. You can call me names if you want but I don't see this as anything to laugh at. If anything, it's rather tasteless. I think there's 14... no wait, 17... families that think so too. And probably many beyond them. Like me.
Where can I find a video stream of the full run of the ET cam video? The last time they did this, the SRB sep plumes ruined the view; I only got intermittent looks at it on CNN today.
It doesn't have hand brakes, but the speed brake (which is basically the rudder, split) IS controlled by a sliding lever (which controls main engine settings during ascent). ;)
Because in the 60s we actually decided to properly fund the space program and realized that having one was a good thing for a nation to have. However, once we'd "been there, done that" the funding went away; three whole missions, for which hardware already existed, were cancelled (Apollo 18-20) and more missions that hadn't been through more than the planning stages were cancelled.
More launch vehicles have been developed (DC-X, X-33, for instance) but each time something has happened killing the funding for the programs, so it's not as if development of future manned spacecraft has ended; it's just that there's no money to do it because someone is afraid of risk (problems crop up and instead of fixing them, the programs are killed).
The solar sail programs are being pushed by a private organization (the National Space Society) and aren't using a trusted launch vehicle but are trying to get by with minimal funding. They are trying as hard as they can and haven't given up; they're already working on figuring out what to do next. That's not a government program; the government doesn't care about solar sails because they aren't proven, so someone else is going "Fine, we'll try and prove it for you" first.
The shuttle could have been a lot better if it weren't for the same congress cutting the funding for that, too; there were great designs created, there was a safer version of what we have now created; there were better booster designs (better SRB and also liquid boosters) created, but none of them were used for money and political reasons.
If you want to lay blame, don't lay it on the people who are doing their damn best to make it happen. Write letters to your congresscritters and to the president explaining why it's important to you and asking them to more properly fund new initiatives. Join the NSS and donate to them just the way many people here join the EFF and donate to them because that work is important. You're screaming at all the people who ARE doing a HELL OF A LOT OF HARD WORK to make things happen, and they are TRAPPED behind a constant response of "Sorry, we aren't going to fund that" when they know what needs to be done and try to do it.
Ahh, Slashdot, where people scream at entirely unresponsible parties. Ahh, Slashdot. Where nobody does any research before opening their mouths.
I know people who work on this stuff firsthand. I've been following space efforts, in depth, for years. I've worked firsthand to support space efforts and am actually active in contacting the government (you do have the right to do that, you know). I get off my butt and talk about space, in a fair and honest fashion (I'll point out mistakes when they're made, and give compliments where deserved). Give it a try and you might not be so clueless about why things are the way they are right now.
Oh wait. This is the country that only cares about the latest celebrity scandal and the next Harry Potter book. Neither of which ever say ONE WORD about space. No wonder people are so damned clueless.
Try Orbiter - A free space flight simulator
To go to other places, we have to learn a lot about long duration space flight. You want to jump right to the end result without doing the hard work first. It's not going to happen. We do the work, we get the "cool stuff" you want. Not all of exploration is glamorous. A lot of it is just hard work.
I'm 29 and this is still cool as hell. I'd love to be up there. You, apparently, have lost that sense of amazement. I'd hate to be like that in another four years.
Sure, but it didn't hit anything. Just need to figure out where it came from and make sure the other tanks don't have air bubbles there.
If you think it's "boring", what the hell are you doing in here? Go comment on an SCO thread or something.
Except they cut to a fucking Ford commercial instead of run the footage until the camera signal was lost. I hate CNN.
It's just old data. You can tell from the low resolution and lack of color among other things, like the fact that the map shows a street that doesn't exist yet superimposed over an old aerial photo. And whoever wrote the article is an idiot. There is nothing "disturbing" about old data that shows buildings to not exist yet, or shows demolished buildings that are being replaced by new. I mean, I don't find it "disturbing" that Google Maps doesn't show my new garage or the extension that the neighbors added on to their house, for godssakes.
If you'd actually look at the site and look at what people are posting here, you'd see that several people have reported that no such picket line crossing photos are on the site.
Cite your URLs. Also, pay attention to what everyone has said about common carriers and why it's NOT "correct" for one site to be blocked unless they want to take responsibility for blocking, or not, stuff that others don't like.
Not be susceptible to getting viruses and worms in the first place, you insensitive clod! That's what virus scanners and firewalls are for!
"Tivo is dying!" ... again? Is that anything like "Oh no, Apple is dying!" ... again? People have said that for years and Apple's debt-free with tons of cash in the bank.
Court Denies TigerDirect's Injunction in Tiger Lawsuit Against Apple ()
And Apple sued Apple 22 frickin' years ago. Go look up the history of the Sosumi system sound.
A judge bitchslapped Tiger Direct. Apple settled the case with Apple Records years ago, and they are NOT in the same industry, so there is no case there.
If you set up your system to display images as other than 19x19, it doesn't. All you have to do is create the smiley images at any other size and use that.
Why the hell is it "redundant" to make the same smart-ass comment that the parent post made, except to make it about a different browser? I moderate fairly. Apparently I'm a rarity.
vwvortex.com has more info, too. I heard of this there first.
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I, Touareg, indeed
I can't read a lot of the links from home but can if I'm on campus, which has a sitewide read license for many journals. I think Google Scholar is meant for researchers' use (like my lab's) more than it is the general public.
it IS annoying, however. Take a look at the Public Library of Science http://www.plos.org/ for an organization that believes in open access for everyone. I'm hoping that takes off.
The original patent said:
wherein the pixels comprise a 19.times.19 pixel grid.
So, why would anything else be a violation? The patent specifically says 19x19. Just change the size of your icons by a few pixels and if they sue, point this out and countersue.
I'd like to see your average grade school or college kid make use of the sort of thing Google Scholar is aimed at. This is high-level research paper work it's aimed at (many of its results are papers from scholarly journals) and while "homework" may occasionally refer them, I'd say that's a little out of the "homework" league ...