Well, I don't think that's exactly being fair to NASA. The foam hitting the wing on liftoff was a leading theory all along. What would you have them do? Declare from day one that the foam incident caused the disaster and then lose another shuttle down the road because they were wrong? No, I think the methodic approach is best in the long wrong.
Another point: regardless of what the exact cause is, something obviously went wrong and NASA would have to own up to it no matter what it is. So I don't think the pace of the investigation had anything to do with an attempt to dodge culpability.
No kidding. If/. is going to make a practice of reposting obviously bogus stuff from WWN, then I might just as well subscribe to the newspaper instead. At least then I'll get a free Bat Boy t-shirt out of the deal. Way cooler than any shirts from Think Geek
I have always been of the opinion that this kind of backdoor legislation is the bane of democracy. Imagine that congress finally composes a popular and seemingly bulletproof bill to "protect the children" or whatever. Now say that Senator Ima Porklover (R - Nebraska) says to his buddies "Hey, remember how I scratched your backs on that other bill a few months ago? How about we tack on this here amendment to build one of them supercollider thingies in my state." Now the bill goes before the president and for political reasons he can't very well veto the thing because the oposition party will have his lunch ("The president's a baby killer!"). Anyway, you get the idea. It's traditionally been a huge source of budget bloat.
That said, the line item veto was found unconstitutional, and rightly so. Not only did it give POTUS the power to nix silly, non-related riders and amendments (a good thing), but also the power to kill just about any section of a bill he disagreed with (a not so good thing). One could totally change the effects of the main legislation in a way that congress never intended and that would give the executive branch too much power.
I think the previously stated idea is much better: Have congress pass a law preventing themselves from attaching non-related riders to pending legislation. IANACS (constitutional scholar), but I think this has a much better shot of passing judicial review, as Congress has always had nearly exclusive power to define their own legislative procedures.
Oh, come on, that has to be the weakest argument I've read on/. in quite some time.
For the most part we're talking about companies that sell (among other things) "herbal viagra", penis enlargment, and cures for balding, using claims that are tenuous at best... for the most part, their own businesses are themselves cheap scams. You're expecting us to believe that they're legitimate businessmen being conned by what they assume are legitimate "internet marketing consultants"? Don't be absurd.
Even so, if a business hires a spammer to market their products, the spammer becomes a de facto agent and representative of the company and the company can be held liable for the actions of the spammer. Any business owner who doesn't understand this simple concept deserves what he or she gets.
Actually, Bilbo wouldn't look too different in 'The Hobbit' since he stopped aging (or aged extremely slowly) when he took possesion of the ring. IIRC he only started aging again once he had given the ring to Frodo and then rather more rapidly once the ring was destroyed.
you lack the imagination to think 10 000 years forward
Perhaps he does, but I don't.
I imagine I'll be dead. How's that?
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Content and presentation, yes, but I can't imagine how to seperate content from structure.
Think about paragraphs in a document... a logical grouping of related sentences. As such they are important to both structure and content. Courier or Times font don't change the usefulness of document, but removing paragraph breaks certainly would.
I guess if you really wanted to strip all structure and content out of the XML representation of a business letter, all you would be left with is:
<document>Dear Bob, Thank you for your invoice dated 03-13-2003. This really helps clear up blah, blah, blahSincerely, Jeff jeff@foo.bar (123) 456-7890 Cc: Barb</document>
Yes, and now that there's a huge user base that depends on Office, the time is ripe to go after them for everything they've got.
MS no longer needs to build market share for Office... it's pretty much the standard. Now that businesses around the country have a $300 dollar per seat (or whatever) crack habbit that they can't (or won't) shake, the dealer's not allowing any more free samples. He's gonna hire enforcers to be sure he's paid for every last vial.
Well public domain IP is sort of protected against that. While not generally illegal, plagarism caries a pretty heavy stigma in many circles. Ask Joe Biden.
I have connections that allow me to purchase hardware at bulk-cost discount.
And how much does that save you? $50? $75?
I may not have the connections to get a bulk rate discount, but I think I have a good alternative. I call it "waiting a few months for the price to drop." Hey, there might even be a few games out by that time that require that much processing power.
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I think the two markets overlap quite a bit, but not in the Segway's favor. Anyone who can use a Segway can use a wheelchair, but not everyone who needs a wheelchair can use a Segway (muscle/nerve diseases, paralysis, etc).
Plus the segway uses a gaggle of specialized sensors, software and whatnot to keep it stable and upright... a problem the wheelchair solves much more cheaply by sporting two additional wheels.
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Patriot II (return of the civil liberty abuses)
Personally I think think it would receive a much more favorable response if they called it "Patriot II: Electric Boogaloo." I'd vote for that.
Job Applicant: "What's in the box?"
HR Director Gaius Helen Mohiam: "Pain."
Does Jeff Bezos count?
Well, I don't think that's exactly being fair to NASA. The foam hitting the wing on liftoff was a leading theory all along. What would you have them do? Declare from day one that the foam incident caused the disaster and then lose another shuttle down the road because they were wrong? No, I think the methodic approach is best in the long wrong.
Another point: regardless of what the exact cause is, something obviously went wrong and NASA would have to own up to it no matter what it is. So I don't think the pace of the investigation had anything to do with an attempt to dodge culpability.
No kidding. If /. is going to make a practice of reposting obviously bogus stuff from WWN, then I might just as well subscribe to the newspaper instead. At least then I'll get a free Bat Boy t-shirt out of the deal. Way cooler than any shirts from Think Geek
I have always been of the opinion that this kind of backdoor legislation is the bane of democracy. Imagine that congress finally composes a popular and seemingly bulletproof bill to "protect the children" or whatever. Now say that Senator Ima Porklover (R - Nebraska) says to his buddies "Hey, remember how I scratched your backs on that other bill a few months ago? How about we tack on this here amendment to build one of them supercollider thingies in my state." Now the bill goes before the president and for political reasons he can't very well veto the thing because the oposition party will have his lunch ("The president's a baby killer!"). Anyway, you get the idea. It's traditionally been a huge source of budget bloat.
That said, the line item veto was found unconstitutional, and rightly so. Not only did it give POTUS the power to nix silly, non-related riders and amendments (a good thing), but also the power to kill just about any section of a bill he disagreed with (a not so good thing). One could totally change the effects of the main legislation in a way that congress never intended and that would give the executive branch too much power.
I think the previously stated idea is much better: Have congress pass a law preventing themselves from attaching non-related riders to pending legislation. IANACS (constitutional scholar), but I think this has a much better shot of passing judicial review, as Congress has always had nearly exclusive power to define their own legislative procedures.
Oh, come on, that has to be the weakest argument I've read on /. in quite some time.
For the most part we're talking about companies that sell (among other things) "herbal viagra", penis enlargment, and cures for balding, using claims that are tenuous at best... for the most part, their own businesses are themselves cheap scams. You're expecting us to believe that they're legitimate businessmen being conned by what they assume are legitimate "internet marketing consultants"? Don't be absurd.
Even so, if a business hires a spammer to market their products, the spammer becomes a de facto agent and representative of the company and the company can be held liable for the actions of the spammer. Any business owner who doesn't understand this simple concept deserves what he or she gets.
Wtf? If having the boatloads of cash he already has is martyrdom, then where do I sign up?
Shamefully stolen from an old David Letterman top ten list about headlines from the future...
Oat Bran: The Silent Killer
Dang! The ring gets destroyed????
Yes. It's destroyed by the Lone Gunmen shortly before they're killed... Ooops, I hope I didn't give too much away here.
Actually, Bilbo wouldn't look too different in 'The Hobbit' since he stopped aging (or aged extremely slowly) when he took possesion of the ring. IIRC he only started aging again once he had given the ring to Frodo and then rather more rapidly once the ring was destroyed.
Tripes and quadrupes are new though.
I don't know about quadrupes, but they do post tripe rather frequently.
you lack the imagination to think 10 000 years forward
Perhaps he does, but I don't.
I imagine I'll be dead. How's that?
Content and presentation, yes, but I can't imagine how to seperate content from structure.
Think about paragraphs in a document... a logical grouping of related sentences. As such they are important to both structure and content. Courier or Times font don't change the usefulness of document, but removing paragraph breaks certainly would.
I guess if you really wanted to strip all structure and content out of the XML representation of a business letter, all you would be left with is:
<document>Dear Bob, Thank you for your invoice dated 03-13-2003. This really helps clear up blah, blah, blahSincerely, Jeff jeff@foo.bar (123) 456-7890 Cc: Barb</document>
Doesn't seem very useful to me.
Increase the size of your spore-pods naturally! 100% safe and effective!
No big deal... It's probably just Zaphod asking if anyone has any mixers.
Or even thunami?
I'd see a speech therapist about that lisp if I were you.
Ummm.... 3.8 centimeters is not a foot. It's roughly 1.5 inches. You're wife's just humoring you all this time.
I hereby invoke Godwin's Law. This thread is over.
Shame on you and your piddling Godwin's Law for trying to censor this poor citizen's speech. Why, you're no better than the Nazis who... Doh!
Yes, and now that there's a huge user base that depends on Office, the time is ripe to go after them for everything they've got.
MS no longer needs to build market share for Office... it's pretty much the standard. Now that businesses around the country have a $300 dollar per seat (or whatever) crack habbit that they can't (or won't) shake, the dealer's not allowing any more free samples. He's gonna hire enforcers to be sure he's paid for every last vial.
Heck, you can even claim you wrote it!
Well public domain IP is sort of protected against that. While not generally illegal, plagarism caries a pretty heavy stigma in many circles. Ask Joe Biden.
I have connections that allow me to purchase hardware at bulk-cost discount.
And how much does that save you? $50? $75?
I may not have the connections to get a bulk rate discount, but I think I have a good alternative. I call it "waiting a few months for the price to drop." Hey, there might even be a few games out by that time that require that much processing power.
I think the two markets overlap quite a bit, but not in the Segway's favor. Anyone who can use a Segway can use a wheelchair, but not everyone who needs a wheelchair can use a Segway (muscle/nerve diseases, paralysis, etc).
Plus the segway uses a gaggle of specialized sensors, software and whatnot to keep it stable and upright... a problem the wheelchair solves much more cheaply by sporting two additional wheels.
That's funny... "Guido" doesn't sound like a Nigerian name to me.
Well, I would guess that EPA cleanup crews do this sort of thing on a fairly regular basis, and therefore would have to worry about chronic exposure.
If I worked with asbestos regularly, I'd much prefer the bunny suit to a garden hose, thanks.