I am all for the off-planet exploration of space by humans, but...
The fact that NASA allows the astronauts so little authority now to make decisions implies their reluctance to trust human judgement in stressful conditions. Too many variables.
Send the robots first. Figure it out. Then the ones who need food.
There I was looking at a cool toy, excited like a five-year-old on Christmas morning.
Alas, we get an abundance of cool tech from military exploits, and this may just be the day's Polyanna cheer, but I see us slowly evolving into a society of post-militaristic peoples. Discounting the Cold War and its few proxy wars in third world nations, no large war between superpowers has occurred in nearly 70 years.
Globally, poverty levels and deaths of children under five have steadily declined. HoHoHo... it's not just for Christmas anymore.
...money is stolen not from the customers, but from the bank itself.
One of the most astonishingly accurate generalizations I've ever heard is, "If you consort with folks who steal, eventually, they will steal from you."
One of the most astonishingly inaccurate observations I can recall is the "Honor Among Thieves" urban legend.
I read that as internet across the first skim through, and other than Strunk and White failure, I nodded in accord with the wisdom.
It's an age old racket, this rating of companies. Even the Better Business Bureau is funded by annual dues that member businesses pony up. If you fail to pay the freight for a membership, there's an implied air of suspicion when a customer checks for a rating:
It is no more likely you'll see a completely impartial, human-dependent news source, than there is the chance you'll witness a government of people without some corruption.
It's infinitely better to have folks from every belief set involved... rather than the interview with complimentary handjob that supporter reporters give a political ally.
That way, all the people of differing political beliefs get cheated equally.
Yes. At one time, he was in six of the ten most prolific box office successes of all friggin' time, counting the Star Wars trilogy and the Indiana Jones cash machine.
According to a halfhearted internet search, he's worth 200+ million and married to Ally McBeal.
He could be easily mistaken for someone living the dream.
I'm sure these estimates are based on available data and proffered by folks more qualified than I to render them.
But. We have only a limited understanding of conditions on a world like Saturn, and extrapolating from a small pool of data is often inaccurate.
Remember how the Mars rovers' lifespan was greatly underestimated? It was believed the sand would eventually collect on the solar power arrays due to the planet's winds. As it happened, the winds actually helped keep them clear.
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They won't spend to fix it unless they're shamed into it, and possibly not even then.
If they don't fix it now, they're saying they don't give a shit.
The fact that NASA allows the astronauts so little authority now to make decisions implies their reluctance to trust human judgement in stressful conditions. Too many variables.
Send the robots first. Figure it out. Then the ones who need food.
Alas, we get an abundance of cool tech from military exploits, and this may just be the day's Polyanna cheer, but I see us slowly evolving into a society of post-militaristic peoples. Discounting the Cold War and its few proxy wars in third world nations, no large war between superpowers has occurred in nearly 70 years.
Globally, poverty levels and deaths of children under five have steadily declined. HoHoHo... it's not just for Christmas anymore.
Really cool footage.
One of the most astonishingly accurate generalizations I've ever heard is, "If you consort with folks who steal, eventually, they will steal from you."
One of the most astonishingly inaccurate observations I can recall is the "Honor Among Thieves" urban legend.
And the powers that be can get away with more shit if they keep the populace worried about security...
instead of freedoms.
It's an age old racket, this rating of companies. Even the Better Business Bureau is funded by annual dues that member businesses pony up. If you fail to pay the freight for a membership, there's an implied air of suspicion when a customer checks for a rating:
This business is not BBB accredited.
There wasn't much women on the beaches of Normandy on D-Day...
Are you certain? It's difficult to imagine that many men heading single-mindedly toward their deaths with no promise of procreation.
Like a hammer, 11-in-1 screwdriver, and bailing wire all in a single fabulous Ronco creation?
It's kind of like pie a la mode or a warm doughnut with maple sugar... at the pinnacle, son!
And the maternal copulater is statistically likely to pray to Mecca.
In the eye of the beholder, one's genius is often the waste-of-oxygen of another.
It's infinitely better to have folks from every belief set involved... rather than the interview with complimentary handjob that supporter reporters give a political ally.
That way, all the people of differing political beliefs get cheated equally.
.. and did their customers a great service. You can thank them later.
I hope I can spell Pyrrhic correctly.
They replaced it temporarily with the Blaze.
Perhaps if the story'd been more fair and balanced?
This is far from limited to just Dish customers, as each major cable provider has to renegotiate regularly.
I've noticed a common theme, though... no matter who you talk to, it's the other greedy bastard who's being unreasonable.
It's often the difference between a fine and a sentence.
If the kids misbehave, hell, even if they don't, I can make them watch it with me to balance the scales on one of the Land Before Time marathons.
What? No CG? aw-w-w...
"Chill. You'll get your ice when the time is right."
According to a halfhearted internet search, he's worth 200+ million and married to Ally McBeal.
He could be easily mistaken for someone living the dream.
Ironically, the I and T buttons on your keyboard are rather intermittently effective...
I suspect more /dotlings would fantasize about being a Bond supervillain than double oh himself.
Wehr-aboo.
It is assumed the Mercedes Hindenburg II LS will be a viable competitor.
In that instance, exceptional clarity is unwarranted.
But. We have only a limited understanding of conditions on a world like Saturn, and extrapolating from a small pool of data is often inaccurate.
Remember how the Mars rovers' lifespan was greatly underestimated? It was believed the sand would eventually collect on the solar power arrays due to the planet's winds. As it happened, the winds actually helped keep them clear.