If I remember correctly, all of the capsules landed within 10 miles of their predicted touchdown point. One landed within sight of the carrier. You don't need to cover a lot of ocean. You can predict the trajectory REALLY accurately.
Do you have any idea how difficult it is to get tactical reconnaissance from a satellite?
The bad guys know when satellites are overhead, and stop doing naughty things during that window. Moving satellites is incredibly difficult.
I don't believe that the SR-71 is still in service, but the U2 certainly is. I also believe that there does exist another high-speed, advanced technology recce bird out there, but nobody's acknowledging anything.
That may be the way that "traders" choose to justify their decisions, but I still hold them ethically culpable for their endorsement of these business practices.
You can't say "Well, I'm just buying stock in this company I know to be unethical because I think the stock will be more valuable", and argue that your hands are clean. If you're aware of the malfeasance, and still buy the stock, you're selling your integrity. Period.
If I buy stock, I am responsible for endorsing the actions of the board. I have given them my (small and irrelevant) imprimatur.
It IS immoral for SCO to fabricate lies. The individual middle class investor has TOTAL say in who he trusts with his investments.
If you think that one's value system can be separated from my profit motive, I argue that you are part of the reason we're seeing all the corporate malfeasance that is destroying enormous amounts of wealth in this country right now.
It's not immoral to earn money, or to pursue profit. It IS immoral to do immoral things in order to earn money or to pursue profit. Just because you make money, doesn't make it morally or ethically correct. So, in that sense, the market IS amoral.
When you buy a stock, you are endorsing the business practices of the company. If you don't believe the company's business is sound, you shouldn't be investing in them.
It's one thing if you're ignorant of the contents of your mutual fund portfolio. But in this case, if you KNEW what SCO was up to and then invested, you'd certainly be ethically culpable (in my opinion) since you agree with their chosen course (by virtue of the fact that you've bought their stock).
I'm going to pick one specific nit with your post.
Re: the nature of engineering degrees as too vocational: I just completed my BS in aerospace engineering at the University of Texas at Arlington. I would have appreciated more focus on a) the practice of professional engineering and b) practical, hands-on, getting-your-hands-dirty wrench turnin'. I mean, I wouldn't argue that every engineer needs to be able to build hardware from the ground up, but I think every engineer should have a thorough understanding of all facets of their craft, including what is necessary to have their designs realized.
For my senior design project, I helped lead a team (along with five other seniors) that designed and built a working remotely piloted vehicle, from the wheels up. I learned more in the process of building that airplane (particularly from all the HUGE mistakes we made, and worked around) than I learned in the rest of my curriculum (which was, surely, necessary for me to do what I did for the project). I was really surprised that we were the only team in recent history at my school that had actually BUILT something for our senior project. Frankly, I was pretty disappointed.
I'm a God-fearing Christian myself. Just because you don't think my joke was funny, or you think it was in poor taste, has nothing to do with what I think is appropriate. Me, I think that God has a healthy sense of humor.
I'm embarrassed to call myself one of you, sometimes. I certainly have lost YOUR sense of "decency", and I consider myself well rid of it.
You're entitled to your beliefs, but not to edit mine.
Look, if there's an EMP device that can be tuned that accurately (or can't, for that matter) being able to count MREs is going to be the last problem on the Army's list.
Take out the comm links, or the GPS receivers, and our efficient, powerful armed forces turn into mobs.
Hmmm, you mean a farmer scratching out a subsistence living from his land lost a lawsuit to a multinational corporation with hot and cold running lawyers? You don't say!
Yes, I've been paying attention to this for some years. We all worry about Microsoft, but Monsanto and their ilk are not going to be happy until they control our food supply. These guys are seriously evil.
Is it illegal to plant next to your neighbor? No. Is it illegal to spray your plants with Roundup? No. Do plants fuck? Yes.
If Monsanto wanted to protect their IP, they should not have permitted their genes to pollute Mr. Schmeisser's field. If they could not prevent that pollution, they can hardly blame Mr. Schmeisser for attempting to make the best of their negligence.
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If I remember correctly, all of the capsules landed within 10 miles of their predicted touchdown point. One landed within sight of the carrier. You don't need to cover a lot of ocean. You can predict the trajectory REALLY accurately.
No. But we need manned spacecraft to do exploration, which is the most useful thing to do in space, in the long run.
"Room" is not necessarily the same thing as "air flow".
Other people have different needs than you do. This is an idea you might get comfortable with. You'll see it again.
Uhhh...
(it's also negligible compared to an SUV)
Right.
The funny thing is, I think your take on spirituality is just as silly and short-sighted as the poster who criticized me.
At least that person had the courage to put their name on their beliefs.
Just 'cuz you're an atheist doesn't mean you're smart.
I did the same thing aboard the Intrepid in New York City. What an amazing bird.
Do you have any idea how difficult it is to get tactical reconnaissance from a satellite?
The bad guys know when satellites are overhead, and stop doing naughty things during that window. Moving satellites is incredibly difficult.
I don't believe that the SR-71 is still in service, but the U2 certainly is. I also believe that there does exist another high-speed, advanced technology recce bird out there, but nobody's acknowledging anything.
I totally disagree.
That may be the way that "traders" choose to justify their decisions, but I still hold them ethically culpable for their endorsement of these business practices.
You can't say "Well, I'm just buying stock in this company I know to be unethical because I think the stock will be more valuable", and argue that your hands are clean. If you're aware of the malfeasance, and still buy the stock, you're selling your integrity. Period.
I am not amoral.
I am responsible for my actions.
If I buy stock, I am responsible for endorsing the actions of the board. I have given them my (small and irrelevant) imprimatur.
It IS immoral for SCO to fabricate lies. The individual middle class investor has TOTAL say in who he trusts with his investments.
If you think that one's value system can be separated from my profit motive, I argue that you are part of the reason we're seeing all the corporate malfeasance that is destroying enormous amounts of wealth in this country right now.
It's not immoral to earn money, or to pursue profit. It IS immoral to do immoral things in order to earn money or to pursue profit. Just because you make money, doesn't make it morally or ethically correct. So, in that sense, the market IS amoral.
Absurd.
When you buy a stock, you are endorsing the business practices of the company. If you don't believe the company's business is sound, you shouldn't be investing in them.
It's one thing if you're ignorant of the contents of your mutual fund portfolio. But in this case, if you KNEW what SCO was up to and then invested, you'd certainly be ethically culpable (in my opinion) since you agree with their chosen course (by virtue of the fact that you've bought their stock).
I'm going to pick one specific nit with your post.
Re: the nature of engineering degrees as too vocational: I just completed my BS in aerospace engineering at the University of Texas at Arlington. I would have appreciated more focus on a) the practice of professional engineering and b) practical, hands-on, getting-your-hands-dirty wrench turnin'. I mean, I wouldn't argue that every engineer needs to be able to build hardware from the ground up, but I think every engineer should have a thorough understanding of all facets of their craft, including what is necessary to have their designs realized.
For my senior design project, I helped lead a team (along with five other seniors) that designed and built a working remotely piloted vehicle, from the wheels up. I learned more in the process of building that airplane (particularly from all the HUGE mistakes we made, and worked around) than I learned in the rest of my curriculum (which was, surely, necessary for me to do what I did for the project). I was really surprised that we were the only team in recent history at my school that had actually BUILT something for our senior project. Frankly, I was pretty disappointed.
Just my $.02. : )
I'm a God-fearing Christian myself. Just because you don't think my joke was funny, or you think it was in poor taste, has nothing to do with what I think is appropriate. Me, I think that God has a healthy sense of humor.
I'm embarrassed to call myself one of you, sometimes. I certainly have lost YOUR sense of "decency", and I consider myself well rid of it.
You're entitled to your beliefs, but not to edit mine.
Making yourself culpable for their actions since? My integrity is worth more than that.
They forgot to mention that the GPL makes the Baby Jesus cry.
Pointing out a flaw in your post is not an ad hominem attack.
Calling somebody a "tiny-brained donkey-bottom-biter" is an ad hominem attack.
Calling yourself "literacy nazi" and using improper (OK, unconventional) capitalization is just dumb.
Have a nice day.
Yeah, because an RFID chip without its own power supply has SO much in common with an overheating P4. Right.
What was your point again?
Look, if there's an EMP device that can be tuned that accurately (or can't, for that matter) being able to count MREs is going to be the last problem on the Army's list.
Take out the comm links, or the GPS receivers, and our efficient, powerful armed forces turn into mobs.
I just finished Altered Carbon last night. Great book.
That's all. : )
Just as an aside, I don't think Clinton would have recognized disenfranchisement if it sucked his dick. Anybody who thinks differently got played.
Hmmm, you mean a farmer scratching out a subsistence living from his land lost a lawsuit to a multinational corporation with hot and cold running lawyers? You don't say!
Yes, I've been paying attention to this for some years. We all worry about Microsoft, but Monsanto and their ilk are not going to be happy until they control our food supply. These guys are seriously evil.
However, if their Terminator plants have sex with my plants, they're liable for making my plants sterile.
This whole idea of making something that can replicate itself into intellectual property needs some serious un-fucking.
Donald wore a sailor suit. Daffy was usually nekkid.
I would argue that some forms permit more class mobility than others.
Why is it dangerous for the US to move manufacturing overseas? Wouldn't that lead to a softening of the power of nation states, which would be Good?
Buddhists don't pay license fees on their robes either.
Is it illegal to plant next to your neighbor? No.
Is it illegal to spray your plants with Roundup? No.
Do plants fuck? Yes.
If Monsanto wanted to protect their IP, they should not have permitted their genes to pollute Mr. Schmeisser's field. If they could not prevent that pollution, they can hardly blame Mr. Schmeisser for attempting to make the best of their negligence.
I wouldn't hold my breath if I were you.
Most of the Linux desktops I've seen judge themselves by how closely they mimic Win95's "user interface".
I think there's a UNIX package with a good, innovative UI. I think it's called OSX.