That way, if a bad guy comes to rob them, the only money that is going to be lost is whatever the customers have in their wallets, plus the obligatory packet of bills they hand the idiot
So... they don't have any retail stores or restaurants as customers? A few years ago, I was the morning manager at a small restaurant. My last duty pretty much every morning was to bring the credit card receipts to the safety box at the local Wachovia, and get enough cash for change for the next day. When I went in there at about 1100 every day, I'd see the same four or five other people, all doing pretty much the same thing. (The watch store down the street, the two drug stores, and the coffee shop in the same plaza as ours). And I was pretty much under the impression, from talking with our accountant & owner, that commercial accounts made a lot more money for the amount of work.
I seem to remember, years ago, a study released about how, on a random sample of IQ tests, the average (median) of all male and female subjects were pretty close (within the sampling error). The mean was a bit higher for the males, because the standard deviation for men was almost double. I can't find said study now, though... I do remember a lot of people bitching about how it "had to be biased", though, and I couldn't figure out why.
And it would almost make sense, too, if the gene set for "average" intelligence was dominant (or at least some parts were), and X-linked. Men would have a much higher chance of being geniuses, but also a much higher chance of (non-disorder linked) being at the other end of the spectrum. Just a little hypothesis which will probably get me plenty of "flamebait".:)
I was thinking that Germany's rocket research in WWII probably led to most of it, since both the US and the Soviet Union took a whole bunch of scientists & documentation home with them after the fall of Berlin. (And even before that.)
And what's even sadder is apparently I'm not even allowed to say I think something is in poor taste without assholes like you and some others acting like I just am some ulta-offended, always PC, yuippity up.
The Space Shuttle orbiter weighs in at a whopping 104,000 kg! Combined with its cargo capacity, the Space Shuttle is capable of 132,800 kg to LEO! That's way more than the Saturn V could manage on all three stages. So if we ditch the orbiter itself, the shuttle's infrastructure could be the most powerful superbooster ever designed.
You're leaving out the fact that a portion of the engine is built into the orbiter. I'm not sure exactly what it masses, but I'd take a guess it's bigger than the difference between 118,000 kg and 132,800 kg.
On a totally unrelated note, why don't we use the rest of the metric scale when dealing with really big stuff?
As such, while much of what is done by the existing infrastructure and workforce at KSC will be similar to what is done for the Space Shuttle system, it will likely require a much smaller workforce. While members of Congress from the space states will be happy to hear of a new launch system - one that retains some existing infrastructure - they will not be happy to hear that jobs will be lost.
So, as always, (good science/actual military need/sensible budget-keeping (pick appropriate phrase based on article) ) takes a backseat to Senator Whosit saying, "You won't cost my state jobs!"
TFA claims that there's no damage to the dogs, but we can't know how their total lifespan is effected yet.
But it seems to me like you're implying that before something gets tested on humans, they're going to dope up mice,dogs, & chimps with it... and then wait the average mice, dog, and chimp lifespan to see if their "total lifespan" is "effected"? For mice, sure, (18 months ain't too long), dogs, maybe (maybe not... 10 years a step is long), and chimps, well... no.
Plus... okay, you started reading TFA, but... where the hell did you pull the egomaniac celebrities bit from? They pretty specifically state that this would be for a few hours, only... and they don't even "freeze" them.
Ebola kills almost every human, period. And it doesn't spread well outside of humans. So, yes, it is pretty self-limiting.
However, to most computers in the world, this would appear to be a payload-less virus (or worm)- only the tiny percentage with this style of drive would notice any ill effects. (Besides possible bandwidth usage.)
Obvious time to test is when you finish building the equipment, still in the manufacturer's lab, before shipping it out.
Yes, that's the obvious time to test it to make sure it works within the manufacturer-guarenteed range. But the best time to try to calibrate it to a much smaller, more accurate range is when it's in the situation where it's going to be used. (Or as close as you can get it, since we didn't have the luxury of calibrating them after they landed on Mars.)
For example, the Americans spend millions to design a pen that will write in zero-g, the Russians use a pencil. The russians have an elegant solution, but the Americans now have a new understanding of chemistry, a new understanding of flow-dynamics, perhaps a new manufacturing process for fine detail, plus detailed experience of zero-G. The Russians have invested nothing and gained nothing in their solution.
I know you didn't state it, but you implied it, and it's not true - NASA didn't spend any money to design these. And the Fisher pen company sold them to the Russian space program not too long after they began selling them to NASA.
Why is this modded flamebait? Seriously, on a tech & science - savvy site, you'd think people would know the difference between good evidence & an anecdote.
You need to understand how anti-spyware software works. It doesn't automagically shield you from malware, nor does it inherently know what's a good program and what's a bad program.
The reason you have to frequently update is because the human programmers do the grunt work of identifying malware and how to remove it, not the software itself.
It depends on how exactly their spyware functions. If it's a separate executable that communicates with their servers, a software firewall that's set to check your permission before allowing programs to transmit anything would stop it, regardless of how it was set up. That could still be circumvented by the government telling firewall makers to make an exception for their software, but that's not quite the same thing as telling them not to work around it, eh?
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Okay, how about blatant racism? (Check on pretty much all the articles about LA)
So... they don't have any retail stores or restaurants as customers? A few years ago, I was the morning manager at a small restaurant. My last duty pretty much every morning was to bring the credit card receipts to the safety box at the local Wachovia, and get enough cash for change for the next day. When I went in there at about 1100 every day, I'd see the same four or five other people, all doing pretty much the same thing. (The watch store down the street, the two drug stores, and the coffee shop in the same plaza as ours). And I was pretty much under the impression, from talking with our accountant & owner, that commercial accounts made a lot more money for the amount of work.
And it would almost make sense, too, if the gene set for "average" intelligence was dominant (or at least some parts were), and X-linked. Men would have a much higher chance of being geniuses, but also a much higher chance of (non-disorder linked) being at the other end of the spectrum. Just a little hypothesis which will probably get me plenty of "flamebait". :)
For a timeline on this one, I'll guess about the same week as this problem gets solved...
Post.
Ever.
I was thinking that Germany's rocket research in WWII probably led to most of it, since both the US and the Soviet Union took a whole bunch of scientists & documentation home with them after the fall of Berlin. (And even before that.)
He said nothing about where or what he did when he served. He could have been a cook in the Navy or a mechanic in the Air Force.
Now he acts offended.
You're leaving out the fact that a portion of the engine is built into the orbiter. I'm not sure exactly what it masses, but I'd take a guess it's bigger than the difference between 118,000 kg and 132,800 kg.
On a totally unrelated note, why don't we use the rest of the metric scale when dealing with really big stuff?
trying to exercise his constitutional right to never, ever be offended.
So, as always, (good science/actual military need/sensible budget-keeping (pick appropriate phrase based on article) ) takes a backseat to Senator Whosit saying, "You won't cost my state jobs!"
through one of his prophets Niven - "The perversity of the universe tends towards a maximum"
But it seems to me like you're implying that before something gets tested on humans, they're going to dope up mice,dogs, & chimps with it... and then wait the average mice, dog, and chimp lifespan to see if their "total lifespan" is "effected"? For mice, sure, (18 months ain't too long), dogs, maybe (maybe not... 10 years a step is long), and chimps, well... no.
Plus... okay, you started reading TFA, but... where the hell did you pull the egomaniac celebrities bit from? They pretty specifically state that this would be for a few hours, only... and they don't even "freeze" them.
I mean, seriously.
However, to most computers in the world, this would appear to be a payload-less virus (or worm)- only the tiny percentage with this style of drive would notice any ill effects. (Besides possible bandwidth usage.)
Yes, that's the obvious time to test it to make sure it works within the manufacturer-guarenteed range. But the best time to try to calibrate it to a much smaller, more accurate range is when it's in the situation where it's going to be used. (Or as close as you can get it, since we didn't have the luxury of calibrating them after they landed on Mars.)
blame out new alien overlords. Or maybe our old alien overlords, I don't fucking know.
For example, the Americans spend millions to design a pen that will write in zero-g, the Russians use a pencil. The russians have an elegant solution, but the Americans now have a new understanding of chemistry, a new understanding of flow-dynamics, perhaps a new manufacturing process for fine detail, plus detailed experience of zero-G. The Russians have invested nothing and gained nothing in their solution.
I know you didn't state it, but you implied it, and it's not true - NASA didn't spend any money to design these. And the Fisher pen company sold them to the Russian space program not too long after they began selling them to NASA.
Is that you?
You damn litter-bug
Except for the fact that NASA has repeatedly stated if they can't afford to fix Hubble, they'll at least make sure it gets safely de-orbited.
This seems to indicate that the DiCaprio movie is the third of the title. (The other two weren't about Howard Hughes, though.)
that impact may well be deep, and lasting. ;)
And, no, I'm not new here, I'm just thick-headed.
It depends on how exactly their spyware functions. If it's a separate executable that communicates with their servers, a software firewall that's set to check your permission before allowing programs to transmit anything would stop it, regardless of how it was set up. That could still be circumvented by the government telling firewall makers to make an exception for their software, but that's not quite the same thing as telling them not to work around it, eh?