Any obstacles we overcome will provide valuable insight and knowledge to our technology. Exploration is one of the BEST ways to learn new things, historically.
Well that 200 degree swing you mention is definitely a straw man. There are tons of benefits of truly having a segment of life (not just us, but our flora and fauna as well) off planet. The obstacles only make it an even better idea.
The obvious solution to the whole debate is to get a hold of the US flywheels we are currently using on the ISS. There's no reason we can't mass produce them and replace batteries with a more efficient electrical storage system. Other than of course a few patents, which is of course why I'm in the Pirate Party.
The needs of humanity and the planet are more important than any patent.
How about we land in earnest and setup a permanent base, really hedging humanities bets against any astronomical catastrophe short of a supernova.
We need to head up there and build a glass factory and an iron factory, is what needs to happen. Then we need to start building all types of stuff that will be very inexpensive to launch because the moon's gravity is so much less than the earths.
I mean, is there a point to these missions? Or are they just more little go and take picture expeditions?
Enter the market with a solid piece of hardware that plays mp3s and doesn't require any drivers or DRM to hook up to a computer (with any OS), and then precede to dominate the market.
Enter the market with a sub-par piece of hardware that is barely as good as an ipod, and has their own wmv DRM on it, and then precede to flop in yet another market.
Firefox wins! Game over! Seriously, is there a point to using any other browser, for me or the 100 people I help admin on a daily basis? Firefox is awesome. It's stable, fast, has a small footprint and renders just about everything correctly. What rare sites don't render properly (mtv.com, others), I advise people not to browse, as they may not be safe, since they are clearly not w3c compliant.
Just stop being a fatuous minority opera users, and stop being lazy and uninformed, IE users. I gladly welcome our new dinosaur overlords.
So wait, any doctors up in here? Any idea what this protein is or where it's from? Does our own body produce it? Is it the result of diet in some way? Is it a genetics problem or disease? Does this mean I can't eat the dogmeat they dish out at McDonald's anymore? Seriously, don't just tease me you bastards, I'd like implications for me personally now or in the future.
A. They don't count our votes. B. They don't work for us. C. They ignore the constitution. D. They probably killed Kennedy and faked 9/11. E. How is any of this a surprise? F. Halliburton G. Profit!
It's a bitch to setup, but it is INSANELY fun. I've got 3 machines LANed onto this at once at my pad, and doing drive-by's with your real friends on people on the internet is unbelievably enjoyable.
I just made 35K killing chickens in san fierro on PartyServerB. You can find me there often as: KHNrhY
After "San Andreas" is there a purpose of building a competing title? That game is a be-all-end-all for the genre solely for the fact that it is one of the greatest user experiences ever created.
Don't predict the decline of a genre because somebody got it all exactly right and nobody has caught up just yet.
"we've got spite and dedication as a vehement brew the world hates us, well we hate them too but you're exempted of course if you come join us
independent, self-contented, revolutionary intellectual, brave, strong and scholarly if you're not one of them, you're us already so
come join us"
Thank you for showing the world that the US and the Brits aren't the only ones capable of complete and utter retardation in the new technological era we're trying to exclude ourselves out of.
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Any obstacles we overcome will provide valuable insight and knowledge to our technology. Exploration is one of the BEST ways to learn new things, historically.
rhY
Well that 200 degree swing you mention is definitely a straw man. There are tons of benefits of truly having a segment of life (not just us, but our flora and fauna as well) off planet. The obstacles only make it an even better idea.
The obvious solution to the whole debate is to get a hold of the US flywheels we are currently using on the ISS. There's no reason we can't mass produce them and replace batteries with a more efficient electrical storage system. Other than of course a few patents, which is of course why I'm in the Pirate Party.
The needs of humanity and the planet are more important than any patent.
rhY
How about we land in earnest and setup a permanent base, really hedging humanities bets against any astronomical catastrophe short of a supernova.
We need to head up there and build a glass factory and an iron factory, is what needs to happen. Then we need to start building all types of stuff that will be very inexpensive to launch because the moon's gravity is so much less than the earths.
I mean, is there a point to these missions? Or are they just more little go and take picture expeditions?
rhY
MS will do one of two things:
Enter the market with a solid piece of hardware that plays mp3s and doesn't require any drivers or DRM to hook up to a computer (with any OS), and then precede to dominate the market.
Enter the market with a sub-par piece of hardware that is barely as good as an ipod, and has their own wmv DRM on it, and then precede to flop in yet another market.
I'll take bets for either scenario.
Firefox wins! Game over! Seriously, is there a point to using any other browser, for me or the 100 people I help admin on a daily basis? Firefox is awesome. It's stable, fast, has a small footprint and renders just about everything correctly. What rare sites don't render properly (mtv.com, others), I advise people not to browse, as they may not be safe, since they are clearly not w3c compliant.
Just stop being a fatuous minority opera users, and stop being lazy and uninformed, IE users. I gladly welcome our new dinosaur overlords.
rhY
Don't be such a sexist. Us Tom Selleck types are awful proud of our anal rug.
How many craptastic sequels to games that sucked initially did it take to realize this?
The cool thing is, companies still come out with anything good at all:
SAN ANDREAS!
And more importantly:
http://www.sa-mp.com/
rhY
So wait, any doctors up in here? Any idea what this protein is or where it's from? Does our own body produce it? Is it the result of diet in some way? Is it a genetics problem or disease? Does this mean I can't eat the dogmeat they dish out at McDonald's anymore? Seriously, don't just tease me you bastards, I'd like implications for me personally now or in the future.
rhY
A. They don't count our votes.
B. They don't work for us.
C. They ignore the constitution.
D. They probably killed Kennedy and faked 9/11.
E. How is any of this a surprise?
F. Halliburton
G. Profit!
Are these the droids you were looking for?
So how much time do you spend a day on these TPS reports?
You guys are so out of it:
http://www.sa-mp.com/
It's a bitch to setup, but it is INSANELY fun. I've got 3 machines LANed onto this at once at my pad, and doing drive-by's with your real friends on people on the internet is unbelievably enjoyable.
I just made 35K killing chickens in san fierro on PartyServerB. You can find me there often as: KHNrhY
rhY
After "San Andreas" is there a purpose of building a competing title? That game is a be-all-end-all for the genre solely for the fact that it is one of the greatest user experiences ever created.
Don't predict the decline of a genre because somebody got it all exactly right and nobody has caught up just yet.
rhY
50 TB should be enough for anybody.
Good ol' Bill.
rhY
That would be SO KILLER.
Well, I like gimp, and I DON'T like ms word over several alternatives. Nvu isn't bad, I mean dreamweaver is really far from perfect.
I agree with whoever said the real problem is GTA:San Andreas. However wine is getting much closer on that kind of thing....
rhY
Imagine how gay you can look in a COMPUTER ENGINEERED Speedo!!
(Yes, I'm American, and yes, I was on swim team).
rhY
I for one wish you had not forgotten the overlords in your post.
Or as Bad Religion put it:
"we've got spite and dedication as a vehement brew
the world hates us, well we hate them too
but you're exempted of course if you
come join us
independent, self-contented, revolutionary
intellectual, brave, strong and scholarly
if you're not one of them, you're us already so
come join us"
Thank you for showing the world that the US and the Brits aren't the only ones capable of complete and utter retardation in the new technological era we're trying to exclude ourselves out of.
rhY
I want to be sure. I want to stick a knife in his lifeless corpse just for sure.
What?!? How could this happen? GAY! VERY, VERY GAY!
Spanish programmers have announced a completely encrypted version of bit torrent based on TOR technology.
rhY
Four digit user #. You just gave me /.-wood.
rhY
Oh my god that article title totally gave me /.-wood.
Can you do a conjunction with abbreviations?
By DCMA I meant the "Decidin' to Ceep 'Merica Aheyud!".