You don't think inspiring kids promotes exploration? It will make those launches a topic at every school in the country, just like it did before. We had plenty of classes and projects related to the previous program. It drove a lot of resources, curriculum and imaginations.
You hit the nail on the head. Back when I lived in Baltimore they switched to 10/11 digit dialing. After the first month people were screaming bloody murder. It was literally the talk of the town.
The phone company's answer? You were supposed to call them BEFORE placing ANY calls to find out if it was regional or local. That and "Count yourself as lucky, some of our customers have $2,000+ phone bills". I'm not kidding! They told me that I shouldn't feel so bad because they were screwing people over worse than me?!
I agree with one of the other posts... get a cell phone (with a flat rate). My bill is the same every month.
A warehouse in Siberia recieves 3 million coppies of Windows 3.11 (all running java). A Microsoft spokesman is over heard saying "OH! you meant ship it _to_ someone?!"
This jacket would look great with some moon boots! This is goofy... but any efforts are benifitial, even if they inform you of how not to do things.
Trying not to break your neck/back is good. There are great jackets out there with carbon fiber inserts to protect your back and elbows. They've come up with a goofy answer to the neck issue here and hopefully future development will improve this... a biker just isn't going to wear a marshmellow jacket. And yeah, god that looks like a tumble-oh-matic!
As others have pointed out, you don't want to tumble, you want to slide... leather is your freind.
Exactly. You should have heard the cheers when css first came out and our team saw the possibility of pixel accurate layout. Then the sobbing and moaning that followed the realization that it just didn't work.
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"If you've just bought a car, you might see an ad that reinforces your decision and that ad might reference the vehicle's warranty or anti-lock breaking system,"
Um, sure.. and exactly how do they know that you've just bought a car? They might not be collecting it yet, but you can bet they will be. Your private info is their wet dream.
>Soaring isn't really that hard I'll remember that the next time I get flushed out to the LZ;)
>1000' > 6000' off a mountain is a fairly easy task Yeah, but it's the 6,000'->100,000' part that gets a little tricky. Lemme know the next time you're in the stratosphere.
A long time ago, the spirit of adventure pushed man to attempt the seemingly impossible. Surfing to the freakin stratosphere without an engine isn't exactly what I'd call an easy task.
I guess all we care about these days is ROI. All work and...???
Color me silly, but once again a PC maker is attempting to make a sorta cool looking pc by adding some plastic to the run of the mill pc case.
My favorites are the ones where they just replace the front pannel... kinda like building facades... stock brick building with greek columns glued to its face. Maybe I should just glue a picture of the case I really want to the side of my pc.
In a word.. cargo. Yes folks, you are cargo:) The airline buiz is about money, and a wing that gets more miles and moves more stuff makes more of it. And if you don't think that people will buy seats without windows, just go to yahoo travel and marvel at the "sort by price" button (which incidentally is default).
Naw, the Germans had us beat, easy. Reimer and Walter Horten built flying wings for the Nazis.
The main thing that's kept flying wings out of production has been their lack of stability. Todays fly-by-wire systems get around that problem. Check out the X-29 if you want to see some crazy fly-by-wire stuff. Oddly enough, the X-29 was not built for manuvering, but like this boeing wing, for efficiency.
As for the flying wing... Northrup's been doing it for years. Check out the N9-M, YB-49, and recently the B2.
Imagine what the world would be like without "Intellectual Property". No, really, I'm serious.
We're being asked to believe that it would be some sort of apocalypse, and I find that hard to swallow. We'd just be bootlegging anything we could get our hands on... other countries already do.. and the world dosen't end.
*snif*, as I shed a tear for all the millionaires out there holding "Intellectual Property Rights".
(sorry Jon, I'm sure you'll make a living somehow... hahaha... as if this would ever happen anyway;)
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You don't think inspiring kids promotes exploration?
It will make those launches a topic at every school in the country, just like it did before. We had plenty of classes and projects related to the previous program. It drove a lot of resources, curriculum and imaginations.
You hit the nail on the head.
Back when I lived in Baltimore they switched to 10/11 digit dialing. After the first month people were screaming bloody murder. It was literally the talk of the town.
The phone company's answer?
You were supposed to call them BEFORE placing ANY calls to find out if it was regional or local. That and "Count yourself as lucky, some of our customers have $2,000+ phone bills". I'm not kidding! They told me that I shouldn't feel so bad because they were screwing people over worse than me?!
I agree with one of the other posts... get a cell phone (with a flat rate). My bill is the same every month.
A warehouse in Siberia recieves 3 million coppies of Windows 3.11 (all running java). A Microsoft spokesman is over heard saying "OH! you meant ship it _to_ someone?!"
This jacket would look great with some moon boots! This is goofy... but any efforts are benifitial, even if they inform you of how not to do things.
;)
Trying not to break your neck/back is good. There are great jackets out there with carbon fiber inserts to protect your back and elbows. They've come up with a goofy answer to the neck issue here and hopefully future development will improve this... a biker just isn't going to wear a marshmellow jacket. And yeah, god that looks like a tumble-oh-matic!
As others have pointed out, you don't want to tumble, you want to slide... leather is your freind.
Try'n keep the rubber side down
Jim
Exactly.
You should have heard the cheers when css first came out and our team saw the possibility of pixel accurate layout. Then the sobbing and moaning that followed the realization that it just didn't work.
|- this site best experienced in [browser here ]-|
|--- please resize your browser to ---|
DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE!!!!!
>Among its plans: a reality TV show with contestants competing to win a trip to space.
And the winner takes a ride in the wonkavator!
"If you've just bought a car, you might see an ad that reinforces your decision and that ad might reference the vehicle's warranty or anti-lock breaking system,"
Um, sure.. and exactly how do they know that you've just bought a car? They might not be collecting it yet, but you can bet they will be. Your private info is their wet dream.
Life is a sexually transmitted disease :)
>Soaring isn't really that hard ;)
I'll remember that the next time I get flushed out to the LZ
>1000' > 6000' off a mountain is a fairly easy task
Yeah, but it's the 6,000'->100,000' part that gets a little tricky. Lemme know the next time you're in the stratosphere.
A long time ago, the spirit of adventure pushed man to attempt the seemingly impossible. Surfing to the freakin stratosphere without an engine isn't exactly what I'd call an easy task.
I guess all we care about these days is ROI.
All work and...???
Yeah, no kidding.... From Apple's point of view, they still got full price per unit. Lesson learned? -> Let Amazon discount it.
"I know this guy that has magic powder. He puts it in a stick and kills things from far away!"
Man has been out to dominate man for centuries.
Color me silly, but once again a PC maker is attempting to make a sorta cool looking pc by adding some plastic to the run of the mill pc case.
My favorites are the ones where they just replace the front pannel... kinda like building facades... stock brick building with greek columns glued to its face. Maybe I should just glue a picture of the case I really want to the side of my pc.
In a word.. cargo. :) The airline buiz is about money, and a wing that gets more miles and moves more stuff makes more of it. And if you don't think that people will buy seats without windows, just go to yahoo travel and marvel at the "sort by price" button (which incidentally is default).
Yes folks, you are cargo
Naw, the Germans had us beat, easy.
Reimer and Walter Horten built flying wings for the Nazis.
The main thing that's kept flying wings out of production has been their lack of stability. Todays fly-by-wire systems get around that problem. Check out the X-29 if you want to see some crazy fly-by-wire stuff. Oddly enough, the X-29 was not built for manuvering, but like this boeing wing, for efficiency.
As for the flying wing... Northrup's been doing it for years. Check out the N9-M, YB-49, and recently the B2.
Cheers
Jim
Would make me run like the wind ;)
No, really, I'm serious.
We're being asked to believe that it would be some sort of apocalypse, and I find that hard to swallow. We'd just be bootlegging anything we could get our hands on... other countries already do.. and the world dosen't end.
*snif*, as I shed a tear for all the millionaires out there holding "Intellectual Property Rights".
(sorry Jon, I'm sure you'll make a living somehow... hahaha... as if this would ever happen anyway ;)