Well, actually they need help from the Russians. After all, only the Russians can re-equip the ISS now. Only the Russians have manned space flight capability at the current time...!
Once they start putting slashdot readers into the gas chambers, then I'll believe you're not insulting the memory of all the people killed in the holocaust, and all the survivors.
...take back the freedoms which we have a birthright to uphold...
Oh, right. So now stealing is your birthright? Depriving people of reward for their hard work is your birthright?
Get a grip, you sad fuck. And learn to spell while you're at it...
Why does/. even publish this stuff, I'm thinking that a single email would clear it up.
Are you suggesting that Slashdot should show some sense of journalistic knowhow and actually - *gasp* - check up on a story before publishing??!
I mean, it's on the internet, it must be true...
As a pilot (well, a pilot in training) I'd just like to say how fucking irresponsible putting this on/. has been. The article says:- The agency is cautious in promoting the system because of the need to ensure reliability, said Joette Storm, an FAA spokeswoman in Alaska. So please - DO NOT go to the FAA site looking for this because you think it's cool to look at the pictures or something. Leave the FAA site to the people who actually need it, OK? At least CNN had more sense than to give a link through...
....U2 avoided interceptor jets and SAM missiles, which couldn't reach up that high.
Well, at least one did - I refer you to the story of one Francis Gary Powers, U2 pilot shot down over Russia, at which point all western air forces immediately rethought their strategy of attacks at high flight levels...
You can look at the source code, but how many people actually do? And how many of them have time to read and understand it? Installing an upgrade on one of the servers at work, I don't have time to look at the source code - I just configure,make,make install and test it. Reading file after file of other people's source code is NOT MY JOB! Only the real hardcore geeks with nothing better to do are going to sit down, read and inwardly digest every bloody line of code. If you're only going to skim the code, you might as well not bother looking at it at all. For the rest of us, we might as well install binaries (and if we can use RPMs, we do) because we're only interested in the result.
Requiem and Ryne should go and see Priscilla, Queen of the Desert where Weaving plays a drag queen. Then see if you're still thinking of Agent Smith...!
Actually, leaving the planes as highly polished aluminium would work like a mirror, and save airlines a shitload of money - as it's been shown that an unpainted plane saves tens of thousands in fuel costs over its lifetime. Paint on an aircraft is added weight. Remove the paint, the plane weighs less and so uses less fuel. An unpainted aircraft that's been polished up is very shiny indeed!
Actually, Gaiman didn't do the translation from the Japanese - someone else did that (in the subtitles) and Gaiman just re-wrote from the translation to capture the spirit of the Japanese text. i.e. - In the subtitles there's 'the deer god' In Gaiman's reinterpretation of the translation used for the English voice track, it's 'The great forest spirit' - which is more the meaning of what is said rather than a literal translation.
Nope. AOL Time Warner are having their accounting practices investigated by the Securities and Exchanges Commission. A BBC News article says:- The investigation by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is in response to allegations in the Washington Post that the firm boosted online advertisement revenue through a series of "unconventional" deals between 2000 and 2002. That means there is no proof that AOL has been involved in the same sort of accounting deceptions that brought down Enron and WorldCom. But such a fact-finding investigation was the first step that unravelled those firms.
It's the well known Mayan Y2.012K bug. When they first implemented the calendar, they never thought the same stone calendars would still be used by now, so they never got around to fixing it. In a couple of years, you'll suddenly see a big demand for masons to go fix the calendars so they can cope with dates beyond 2012. You mark my words...
Microsoft profits have doubled, and sales have soared. Don't think they're going anywhere soon. Where is this 'End of the Microsoft Era' Jon Katz told us it was two years ago?
Slashdot Mirror
Ahem. I refer you to this story at the BBC which proves that geeks should never interbreed...
Or breed at all, for that matter.
Well, actually they need help from the Russians. After all, only the Russians can re-equip the ISS now. Only the Russians have manned space flight capability at the current time...!
They must be pissing themselves laughing...!
Once they start putting slashdot readers into the gas chambers, then I'll believe you're not insulting the memory of all the people killed in the holocaust, and all the survivors.
...take back the freedoms which we have a birthright to uphold...
Oh, right. So now stealing is your birthright? Depriving people of reward for their hard work is your birthright?
Get a grip, you sad fuck. And learn to spell while you're at it...
Why does /. even publish this stuff, I'm thinking that a single email would clear it up.
Are you suggesting that Slashdot should show some sense of journalistic knowhow and actually - *gasp* - check up on a story before publishing??!
I mean, it's on the internet, it must be true...
As a pilot (well, a pilot in training) I'd just like to say how fucking irresponsible putting this on /. has been.
The article says:-
The agency is cautious in promoting the system because of the need to ensure reliability, said Joette Storm, an FAA spokeswoman in Alaska.
So please - DO NOT go to the FAA site looking for this because you think it's cool to look at the pictures or something. Leave the FAA site to the people who actually need it, OK?
At least CNN had more sense than to give a link through...
....U2 avoided interceptor jets and SAM missiles, which couldn't reach up that high.
Well, at least one did - I refer you to the story of one Francis Gary Powers, U2 pilot shot down over Russia, at which point all western air forces immediately rethought their strategy of attacks at high flight levels...
On my free time, I do read through open source code for fun.
You really need to get out more...
You can look at the source code, but how many people actually do? And how many of them have time to read and understand it?
Installing an upgrade on one of the servers at work, I don't have time to look at the source code - I just configure,make,make install and test it. Reading file after file of other people's source code is NOT MY JOB!
Only the real hardcore geeks with nothing better to do are going to sit down, read and inwardly digest every bloody line of code. If you're only going to skim the code, you might as well not bother looking at it at all. For the rest of us, we might as well install binaries (and if we can use RPMs, we do) because we're only interested in the result.
Adams didn't write science fiction either. He said so in a radio interview in 1999.
And they never finished it. The third season was never made, so you get two thirds through the storyline and the TV series stops!
Requiem and Ryne should go and see Priscilla, Queen of the Desert where Weaving plays a drag queen. Then see if you're still thinking of Agent Smith...!
Obviously scramjets are vastly more efficent.
In an atmosphere, yes. Once you get outside the atmosphere, they're useless.
Actually, leaving the planes as highly polished aluminium would work like a mirror, and save airlines a shitload of money - as it's been shown that an unpainted plane saves tens of thousands in fuel costs over its lifetime. Paint on an aircraft is added weight. Remove the paint, the plane weighs less and so uses less fuel.
An unpainted aircraft that's been polished up is very shiny indeed!
Yes, I too want one of Spider Jerusalem's Bowel Disruptor guns...! Set it for Prolapse...!
Actually, Gaiman didn't do the translation from the Japanese - someone else did that (in the subtitles) and Gaiman just re-wrote from the translation to capture the spirit of the Japanese text.
i.e. - In the subtitles there's 'the deer god'
In Gaiman's reinterpretation of the translation used for the English voice track, it's 'The great forest spirit' - which is more the meaning of what is said rather than a literal translation.
We all know money is the root of evil
This is a common misquote. The actual phrase is "The love of money is the root of all evil"
Nope. AOL Time Warner are having their accounting practices investigated by the Securities and Exchanges Commission.
A BBC News article says:-
The investigation by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is in response to allegations in the Washington Post that the firm boosted online advertisement revenue through a series of "unconventional" deals between 2000 and 2002.
That means there is no proof that AOL has been involved in the same sort of accounting deceptions that brought down Enron and WorldCom.
But such a fact-finding investigation was the first step that unravelled those firms.
Yup, a donation to the Queen's election fund.
I think you'll find that the only place they elect Queens is the ficticious planet of Naboo.
Seen this?
I refer you to the following comic strip
It's funny because it's true.
It's the well known Mayan Y2.012K bug. When they first implemented the calendar, they never thought the same stone calendars would still be used by now, so they never got around to fixing it. In a couple of years, you'll suddenly see a big demand for masons to go fix the calendars so they can cope with dates beyond 2012. You mark my words...
Microsoft profits have doubled, and sales have soared. Don't think they're going anywhere soon. Where is this 'End of the Microsoft Era' Jon Katz told us it was two years ago?
It may have been worth $20,000,000 at some time - the question is what is it worth NOW
You forgot Michael Palin!