User: faqBastard

Re:Volcanoes

On: Io Has Geysers, Lakes And Snow

Good comments by Barbarian:

We're really studying it just b/c it's _there_ to study, and enough people inside of NASA think that Io is just fuckin cool, so let's investigate! :)

I saw a good Feynman quote recently:

"Science is like sex. Once in a while something useful pops out, but that's not really why we're doing it."

:)

Of course, there are tons of practical benefits too. Do you consider the greenhouse effect to be an important enough problem to study here on Earth? I can tell you now, any theory about the greenhouse effect on Earth, will have to be consistent with the (massive) greenhouse effect on Venus, and the (not-so-massive) greenhouse effect on Mars ...

Just an example, there are also parallels for Io ...

looks like boogers ...

On: Io Has Geysers, Lakes And Snow

is it just me, or does the lead picture at the top of this story look like a giant, miles-wide booger? ;-)

why the DMCA?

On: Censorship != Innovation

Why does MS even need to invoke the DMCA here? It seems that they could just invoke the license agreement, and allege breach of contract or something.

Also btw, is slashdot gonna gun for the DMCA? Maybe enlist the ACLU and try to have DMCA revoked as law?

Re:On the count of three...

On: Astronauts In Florida For Space Station Mission

WAIT !!!, do we push on 'Three,' or, one, two, three, THEN push?

Knowing NASA, it would take 6-8 weeks and a committee to decide ... :)

any experience with VA's distribution?

On: Making Your Own Linux

Question: Anyone have any experience with buying a machine from VA Linux?

On their page, they talk about this great 'optimized' version of RHL. Maybe I was a Windows user for too long, but I get wary when I hear things like that ...