We've proved that the budget rover designs have been the most successful designs we've sent to another planet.
They've been resourceful and far roaming...so why haven't we expanded on the design.
I think we should package up some new rovers. Slightly larger with additional equipment. With one additional design feature. A means to self-clean it's own solar panel.
This way the unit could theoretically operate for near perpetuity.
Yes, it said ocean. And I figured some anal retentive would comment that it could be have been in the sea instead.
But I don't think that was the differentiation here, nor would it be much different whether it was the Mediterranean or the great Pacific. They're all ocean/seas/waterways.
I changed it to water, because I thought there might be someone just asinine enough to point out that submarines could collide in a river and that would not have been the ocean. And this is very true, having lived on the Thames river in New London across from the U.S. Navy sub base in Groton. And been within a few hundred yards of a nuclear submarine going up the river. I know this is a potentiality.
However, it goes back to the fact that I do not think that was what the author's summary was alluding to. Or if it was, than it should have specified the ocean. (Pacific, Indian, Atlantic, etc). But it said ocean in the generic, which refers to the mass of global waterways and to a limited extent can refer to the estuary regions of rivers as well. Ocean not referring to the lesser lakes nor inland rivers & waterways.
Just on the chance there was such anal behavior, and there usually is on Slashdot. I altered it to water.
Thank you for proving to me that such anal behavior always exists on Slashdot.
Note, I even made a silly typo. The result wasn't anal response but humorous responses. As was mine...
Anal behavior = lame, humorous behavior I enjoy. Please re-reply with a bit of humor and entertainment.
You're off the coast of Somalia. Pirates come at your vessel. You just smile, as 5 members of a special forces unit deploy. Skirting around 45 meters off the water with tactical weaponry, RPGs, and machine rifles.
Within moments the pirates have been decimated, the few remaining have turned and fled.
I don't think you get the design. The hose reaches down to a raft. The raft has the energy plant and sucks up the water which is pumped to the jet pack.
Essentially, this is a Jetski seat which hovers above the water via a tether down to the jetski.
Next year's big Apple announcement will be the elimination of keyboards from the MacBook Air. Just touch sensitive pads so that we can make it even THINNER!!!!
Gasoline tax - the more gas you guzzle by way of more miles or less efficient vehicle, the more you pay. No further costs.
VERSUS
Mileage tax - that extra $4,000 you paid for a enviro-friendly hybrid no longer saves you as much money. Now we need expensive $100/vehicle GPS units. Which will surely be hacked, creating a whole underworld of joe-average-now-a-felon.
Or perhaps the latter solution is really just an excuse for putting a GPS tracker into every licensed vehicle and one more step toward a fascist Nancy state where the government tracks everything you do. (And yet, strangely, millions of people will disappear and the government will have no clue where those people went.)
So either this is very insidious or sheer stupidity. Using Heinlein's razor, I'll wager on sheer stupidity. (Though there could be a third option. How many shares of Magellen and TomTom does Ted Kulongoski own?)
If it scratched discs while lying flat or vertical. That'd be an issue. But I am of the opinion that one does not shake or rotate a video game console, DVD or CD player while it's moving unless it is specifically engineered to be portable.
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"Even $290 seems more than a bit steep & unfair. "
I think he was saying that he'd pay the $290.
All forgiven and I retract all of my above response.
I meant it humorously. Kind of one of those "Duh!" I don't really correct things unless I think it's funny.
Granted, what I find funny might not always match others (it sure as heck doesn't with my wife *lol*).
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Oh btw, the DM was wrong once. But then my character suddenly died and it was a moot point. ;)
We've proved that the budget rover designs have been the most successful designs we've sent to another planet.
They've been resourceful and far roaming...so why haven't we expanded on the design.
I think we should package up some new rovers. Slightly larger with additional equipment. With one additional design feature. A means to self-clean it's own solar panel.
This way the unit could theoretically operate for near perpetuity.
For the naive to realize that Obama is nothing more than A LOT MORE of the same...
*sighs*
If you wanted change, you should have voted for Ron Paul.
Yes, it said ocean. And I figured some anal retentive would comment that it could be have been in the sea instead.
But I don't think that was the differentiation here, nor would it be much different whether it was the Mediterranean or the great Pacific. They're all ocean/seas/waterways.
I changed it to water, because I thought there might be someone just asinine enough to point out that submarines could collide in a river and that would not have been the ocean. And this is very true, having lived on the Thames river in New London across from the U.S. Navy sub base in Groton. And been within a few hundred yards of a nuclear submarine going up the river. I know this is a potentiality.
However, it goes back to the fact that I do not think that was what the author's summary was alluding to. Or if it was, than it should have specified the ocean. (Pacific, Indian, Atlantic, etc). But it said ocean in the generic, which refers to the mass of global waterways and to a limited extent can refer to the estuary regions of rivers as well. Ocean not referring to the lesser lakes nor inland rivers & waterways.
Just on the chance there was such anal behavior, and there usually is on Slashdot. I altered it to water.
Thank you for proving to me that such anal behavior always exists on Slashdot.
Note, I even made a silly typo. The result wasn't anal response but humorous responses. As was mine...
Anal behavior = lame, humorous behavior I enjoy. Please re-reply with a bit of humor and entertainment.
Thank you!
What...did I typo. Yes, I did....always the epitome of pride reduction. Typoing a response to a poor statement. *lol*
Of course, now I've got a picture of a submarine cut down the middle with three scoops of ice cream, nuts, whipped cream and a cherry on top. ;-)
Think about it...
You're off the coast of Somalia. Pirates come at your vessel. You just smile, as 5 members of a special forces unit deploy. Skirting around 45 meters off the water with tactical weaponry, RPGs, and machine rifles.
Within moments the pirates have been decimated, the few remaining have turned and fled.
G.I JOE!!!!!!
Real American Hero!!!!
FUN!!!!
I don't think you get the design. The hose reaches down to a raft. The raft has the energy plant and sucks up the water which is pumped to the jet pack.
Essentially, this is a Jetski seat which hovers above the water via a tether down to the jetski.
The dessert? In the air? Perhaps in outer space...
Should have just read "Two submarines collide"...anyone with half a brain could deduce that the collision occurred in the water. :P
That the left has just as much disdain for science...
The good news is that since Global Warming is irreversible. We now no longer have any reason to combat it.
We might as well pump out all the CO2 we want now... :P
FUCK OFF!!!!
We're a free people. Stop with the Nancy state...
Yes, everyone is saying the Bush administration was the worst in history. In 8 yrs people's opinions may change drastically.
Get what you voted...
I wonder what they think of the missiles that hit Pakistan today? I am sure they were approved by the President. You know, the "O" not the "W".
Your iPhone was rebooting!
I can see it now, "Special Flops"... *lol*
And correct me if I am not mistaken. But he also gave up all personally benefiting assets in Haliburton.
The only assets that remained were in control of his charity foundation.
The "C" in Chicago stands for "Corruption".
It's "rounded" and looks like a blimp.
Nothing looks sophisticated or stand out. FAIL!!!!
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Through the sync chord in iTunes. *sigh*
Offload my photos. Give me the option to buy TomTom or another REAL GPS software tool.
Next year's big Apple announcement will be the elimination of keyboards from the MacBook Air. Just touch sensitive pads so that we can make it even THINNER!!!!
So let me get this straight...
Gasoline tax - the more gas you guzzle by way of more miles or less efficient vehicle, the more you pay. No further costs.
VERSUS
Mileage tax - that extra $4,000 you paid for a enviro-friendly hybrid no longer saves you as much money. Now we need expensive $100/vehicle GPS units. Which will surely be hacked, creating a whole underworld of joe-average-now-a-felon.
Or perhaps the latter solution is really just an excuse for putting a GPS tracker into every licensed vehicle and one more step toward a fascist Nancy state where the government tracks everything you do. (And yet, strangely, millions of people will disappear and the government will have no clue where those people went.)
So either this is very insidious or sheer stupidity. Using Heinlein's razor, I'll wager on sheer stupidity. (Though there could be a third option. How many shares of Magellen and TomTom does Ted Kulongoski own?)
If it scratched discs while lying flat or vertical. That'd be an issue. But I am of the opinion that one does not shake or rotate a video game console, DVD or CD player while it's moving unless it is specifically engineered to be portable.
And even then I try to minimize such...
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I'd rather have the discount.
No Comcast does not...
They offer the service, but they tack an additional fee for those who do not subscribe to cable TV that is $2 less than getting basic cable service.
Your item #6 needs more unit testing.
I am not sure that 6 is profit. Usually it correlates to a loss in profits.
The AP is upset because a photo edit on her picture added a background. Gee...
Since when did the AP start caring about photo edits? I mean they didn't seem to care too much when it's used in middle-east propaganda.
And I think there is a difference between a "news photo" and a pictoral photo of an individual.
*sheesh*
I'll wager that the AP printed numerous photos of Obama and other candidates on such backgrounds.