Show us exactly where the aliens are. Then we can figure out if they're close enough communicate with. Although even if they were at Alpha Centauri, it would still be too far to go.
Don't get me wrong, they have no reason to sell a blank computer for more. Just saying there is an excuse. Just saying that if all they make is PC type Y, and nothing else, then asking for anything different, even if it's something that should otherwise cost less, would muck up thier process.
You left linux off your list. I do believe they also sell linux systems.
It could just be a by product of mass production. Basically, a blank HD is a custom part. I can see how they would have to go out of thier way to put a blank HD in a system instead of one from thier normal pipeline that gets imaged. Custom parts cost more. They probably have to add a second HD pipeline, and extra QA control to make sure the two otherwise identical parts don't get mixed up during assembly. That costs money.
The movie industry has historically shown that it doesn't known what the hell is for its own good. Remeber way back in the 70's when they sued Sony over BetaMax, claiming that people recording shows would kill movies? Now they get a goodly chunk of thier money from video rentals. And how about way back in the 50's when they change the aspect ratio of theater screens because they thought TV/b> would hurt ticket sales.
Now they sort of admit that maybe, just maybe, it's the crap they put out.
Possibly even explore ideas that Hollywood has ignored. This kind of grassroots movie is what independent films should be.
If I may make a reference? Cartman: Naw dude, Independent films are those black and white hippy movies. They're always about gay cowboys eating pudding.
Planet: a body large enough to be be pulled into a roughly spherical shape due to gravity. Note: not nessacarily orbiting a star, there could be rogue planets wandering our galaxy, in the spaces between stellar systems.
Then you can have Minor Planet: a planet not large enough to hold onto an apreciable atmosphere. This would make mercury a planet, but make it a minor planet. Ceres would also be a planet, but a minor planet. Pluto gets to remain a planet.
Major planet: a planet large enough to hold onto an apreciable atmosphere. Mars, Venus, Earth.
Gas Giant: a major planet whose majority of mass is in its atmosphere. Neptune, Uranus, Saturn. I believe these are thought to have rocky cores, but they are mostly thier gases.
Brown Dwarf: A gas giant, which is nothing but atmosphere. Some theories say Jupiter doesn't have a core, it's all gas to its very center. Some refer to it as a failed star rather than a planet. Hey I'm all for bumping Jupiter up in status.
They were Communist. From communist East Germany. You know, when Germany was split in twain for all those years after World War II. It wasn't that long ago, how come everybody forgets about that?
don't forget the ton of other stuff that 200 pund person needs to survive up there. I'm personally fond breathing. But combine SpaceX with Bigelowe aerospace, that's a neat combo.
my guess would be Captain America and Dr. Strange.
A la X-men, they can get rid of the surper silly costumes, and then like batman keep the essense of the characters and these could be potentially good movies
USB for my car entertainment system is a good thing. USB to start my car is WTF?
You know what would be kind of cool? With all these black boxes that are going into cars now, If there was a usb port (or something) somewhere to plug in to and get at that data. That would be neat. Get back home and upload your car's data to your home pc and analyse it. See if that special MPG sticker you put on your exhaust really works or not.
So Linux is open for modification and distribution.....
Yup, that has never changed.
as long as Linus feels that you aren't harming his trademark?
Yup, that hasn't changed, either. Linux (the kernal) is free for modification and redistribution. Use of the name Linux(R) is subject to trademark. In part to prevent say SUN, from marketing Solar Linux, which is really just Solaris with linux compatability.
[sarcasm] Wow, that's certainly open.[/sarcasm] Yup, it is. Do what you like, just don't besmirtch the name. Thats just horribly closed. What would Stallman say if someone made a piece of software called GNU, but it was completly proprietary? What if some hardware company makes a software modem that only works with Windows, and calls it "the Linux modem"?
I guess with Linux's userbase (both corporate and private) continuing to grow, Linus (or at least a lawyer working on his behalf) feels that perhaps they need to begin regulating Linux a bit more closely. The name, yeah.
Perhaps they will slowly begin to make it not-quite-so-open as well. No less open than it's ever been.
Just looking at what t/Space is thinking of doing, Scaled Composites is building a reusable capsule that spashes down in the ocean. Makes rentry easy. Just fall and aim for the blue part. The Heat sheild will apparently be an ablative, but can be used for 25 flights, and ther will be 2 layers. Once the outer layer is used up, you pop it off and slap on another one. The capsule itself does that famous "shuttlecock" thing when falling back into the atmosphere, making it mostly automatic.
Reasonable costs are achievable. But apparently you can't spend 100 million dollars per launch on a disposable rocket and do it. If you spend 100 million dollars on a reusable rocket and then get to use it 100 times, then the cost starts drop. 200 times and costs really start to drop. If the rockets can be used on the level of a commercial airliner, then even us poor working saps will be able to take a ride.
Given the current launch market, you could,probably, charge your first customer the full cost cost of the rocket to pay for it, then offer discount services to those who want to trust a used vehicle.
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I mean 1 goal post is just 3 Sasquatches. 1 sasquatch is 3 grey aliens...but only 2 reptilians.
Show us exactly where the aliens are. Then we can figure out if they're close enough communicate with. Although even if they were at Alpha Centauri, it would still be too far to go.
Don't get me wrong, they have no reason to sell a blank computer for more. Just saying there is an excuse. Just saying that if all they make is PC type Y, and nothing else, then asking for anything different, even if it's something that should otherwise cost less, would muck up thier process.
You left linux off your list. I do believe they also sell linux systems.
When it's different from every other HD they sell, then yes, it is.
It could just be a by product of mass production. Basically, a blank HD is a custom part. I can see how they would have to go out of thier way to put a blank HD in a system instead of one from thier normal pipeline that gets imaged. Custom parts cost more. They probably have to add a second HD pipeline, and extra QA control to make sure the two otherwise identical parts don't get mixed up during assembly. That costs money.
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That's no moon?
what is it? Some kind of giant space station?
why mmm yes....oh my!
The movie industry has historically shown that it doesn't known what the hell is for its own good. Remeber way back in the 70's when they sued Sony over BetaMax, claiming that people recording shows would kill movies? Now they get a goodly chunk of thier money from video rentals. And how about way back in the 50's when they change the aspect ratio of theater screens because they thought TV/b> would hurt ticket sales.
Now they sort of admit that maybe, just maybe, it's the crap they put out.
I say BAH!
or were you thinking of a different movie?
Possibly even explore ideas that Hollywood has ignored. This kind of grassroots movie is what independent films should be.
If I may make a reference?
Cartman: Naw dude, Independent films are those black and white hippy movies. They're always about gay cowboys eating pudding.
I like the definition being:
Planet: a body large enough to be be pulled into a roughly spherical shape due to gravity. Note: not nessacarily orbiting a star, there could be rogue planets wandering our galaxy, in the spaces between stellar systems.
Then you can have
Minor Planet: a planet not large enough to hold onto an apreciable atmosphere. This would make mercury a planet, but make it a minor planet. Ceres would also be a planet, but a minor planet. Pluto gets to remain a planet.
Major planet: a planet large enough to hold onto an apreciable atmosphere. Mars, Venus, Earth.
Gas Giant: a major planet whose majority of mass is in its atmosphere. Neptune, Uranus, Saturn. I believe these are thought to have rocky cores, but they are mostly thier gases.
Brown Dwarf: A gas giant, which is nothing but atmosphere. Some theories say Jupiter doesn't have a core, it's all gas to its very center. Some refer to it as a failed star rather than a planet. Hey I'm all for bumping Jupiter up in status.
Do you get 40 furlongs to the bushel?
Do you know how much a soda through the nostils STINGS?
No need to be such an impedance to our fun.
They were Communist. From communist East Germany. You know, when Germany was split in twain for all those years after World War II. It wasn't that long ago, how come everybody forgets about that?
don't forget the ton of other stuff that 200 pund person needs to survive up there. I'm personally fond breathing. But combine SpaceX with Bigelowe aerospace, that's a neat combo.
http://nerdtv.net/video/NTV001/ntv001.mp4.torrent
I clicked on "watch the show" and was given 2 choices, just download the show, or use bit torrent.
You must be blind.
Torrential goodness:
http://nerdtv.net/video/NTV001/ntv001.mp4.torrent
my guess would be Captain America and Dr. Strange.
A la X-men, they can get rid of the surper silly costumes, and then like batman keep the essense of the characters and these could be potentially good movies
I mean, I've always kind of hoped, but...
Or Groucho Marx's sister?
USB for my car entertainment system is a good thing.
USB to start my car is WTF?
You know what would be kind of cool? With all these black boxes that are going into cars now, If there was a usb port (or something) somewhere to plug in to and get at that data. That would be neat. Get back home and upload your car's data to your home pc and analyse it. See if that special MPG sticker you put on your exhaust really works or not.
So Linux is open for modification and distribution.....
Yup, that has never changed.
as long as Linus feels that you aren't harming his trademark?
Yup, that hasn't changed, either. Linux (the kernal) is free for modification and redistribution. Use of the name Linux(R) is subject to trademark. In part to prevent say SUN, from marketing Solar Linux, which is really just Solaris with linux compatability.
[sarcasm] Wow, that's certainly open.[/sarcasm]
Yup, it is. Do what you like, just don't besmirtch the name. Thats just horribly closed. What would Stallman say if someone made a piece of software called GNU, but it was completly proprietary? What if some hardware company makes a software modem that only works with Windows, and calls it "the Linux modem"?
I guess with Linux's userbase (both corporate and private) continuing to grow, Linus (or at least a lawyer working on his behalf) feels that perhaps they need to begin regulating Linux a bit more closely.
The name, yeah.
Perhaps they will slowly begin to make it not-quite-so-open as well.
No less open than it's ever been.
Just looking at what t/Space is thinking of doing, Scaled Composites is building a reusable capsule that spashes down in the ocean. Makes rentry easy. Just fall and aim for the blue part. The Heat sheild will apparently be an ablative, but can be used for 25 flights, and ther will be 2 layers. Once the outer layer is used up, you pop it off and slap on another one. The capsule itself does that famous "shuttlecock" thing when falling back into the atmosphere, making it mostly automatic.
,probably, charge your first customer the full cost cost of the rocket to pay for it, then offer discount services to those who want to trust a used vehicle.
Reasonable costs are achievable. But apparently you can't spend 100 million dollars per launch on a disposable rocket and do it. If you spend 100 million dollars on a reusable rocket and then get to use it 100 times, then the cost starts drop. 200 times and costs really start to drop. If the rockets can be used on the level of a commercial airliner, then even us poor working saps will be able to take a ride.
Given the current launch market, you could
Hell, we need to put them one one of these:
:-P
http://www.jetplanes.co.uk/f104.html
HAHA it's a Starfighter! Get it? HAHAHAHAHAHA