You forgot to mention that NASA (for all it's talk of neutrality) is a political organization, or at least exists only at the behest of politicians... therefore the political will of our leadership will influence culture and decision making, all the way down to the bottom. Perhaps their judgement of SpaceX is at least partially politically motivated.
I agree with what you are saying, but I though the shuttle had an abort to europe profile that didn't include a go-around orbit. Maybe I'm mis-remembering.
Also important to point out that the shuttle didn't have an _actual_ abort contingency during the solid boost phase... They could decide to abort during that time, but couldn't execute an abort until the burn was done; the shuttle itself couldn't detach from the tanks and veer off at low altitude. This was a risk that was built in to the design, and possibly contributed to the loss of the Challenger crew. I'm not sure if they had enough warning ahead of time, but the design definitely prevented them from jettisoning the boosters.
The fact that they employ a "quantitative social psychologist" speaks volumes about the company. Suddenly the claim that their business model is merely to "sell ads" seems suspect.
If you've ever seen how long a truck sits at a dock while the cargo is being loaded/unloaded you wouldn't say that. Except for long haul, battery powered trucks are perfectly suited for this, once infrastructure is put in place, and trust me, charging infrastructure is WAY cheaper than gas or diesel fueling infrastructure. Pretty much any place a truck wants to drive already has power, usually of the 220v/440v persuasion, so just about any electrician could install a charging unit next to a loading dock in a few days time. We just need a company to start building and selling commodity charging units.
I can't remember where I saw it, but there was a cool infographic about total cost of hydrogen. Basically, if you could pump pure hydrogen out of the ground and use it, it might be cost effective, but you have to pay to split water (or whatever other molecule you intend to get H from) then you gotta compress it, transport it, load it into the vehicle for use, and THEN you finally get to burn it for energy... the losses in that system are incredible. It's just not efficient.
No word on the amazing coincidence of a vehicle manufacturing company called "Nicola" picking that name because of it's conspicuous proximity to the name "Tesla"? Not a troll my ass.
I came here to say this... why would you buy when you are on the *cusp* of falling prices? Let them go down, and when they bottom out, then leap on it... I'm seriously hoping to pounce on a 1080ti.
Hell, I've always done exactly this... yoga pants, diapers and power tools are my thing, and Amazon has never called me out on it... they're not looking that closely.
I came here to say this... without any context he just sounds super pretentious. He may well be right, but good arguments are backed up with evidence, and his is not.
Oh trust me, I didn't miss that bit. You really don't understand your own argument do you? In the world you just described, it would be trivial for those in power to control the people administering the "test", thus changing nothing while adding a veneer of legitimacy to those in control. Plus, a test for psychopathy isn't exactly like a math test... there's no black and white right and wrong answers, just opinions and spectrums, so any "result" will always be debated. Any law that requires you to pass some kind of psychological test to hold office would instantly be weaponized to help keep power for those who you are trying to keep out. Maybe you should consider that there are also lots of good people in government trying as hard as they can to do right, but right is also subjective and up for debate, which is why we are where we are. Sure there are lots of people who seek power for power's sake, and there are definitely people who are corrupt to the core, but you don't hear about the honest hard working ones in the news, so you have a bit of selection bias going on. Things aren't so grim... except in west Philly. That place IS actually corrupt.
If only all those things were intentional. Trump can't claim #MeToo as his idea, and most of the people he's fired are also people he made a choice to hire, so while maybe we're moving in the right direction, it's not because of his deft maneuvers.
I think what the GP means is that no _astronaut_ has been so far from earth as to need this tech. It may well save a probe, but it won't save an astronaut... because if they're far enough away to need this, then knowing where you are isn't much help.
I didn't bother to RTFA, but I'm betting it's not actually a simple thermometer, but rather a tank controller. Temperature is among its functions, but it likely also controls the lights, monitors PH (possibly injecting buffer as needed), controls the heater, controls cooling fans, and controls the pumps. These devices have pretty good reporting capabilities to facilitate tank management, and they're pretty essential devices in keeping your tank healthy. But still, no reason it should have been on the same network as customer data. More concerning to me is that there are only two possibilities here: 1) it was wifi enabled, and security didn't notice someone with a laptop loitering around the lobby for long enough to compromise the device, scan the network, compromise the database, and download the data; or 2) it was not wifi enabled, and security failed to notice someone physically tampering with it. I would assume what happened is scenario #1 because no casino security is so incompetent to allow scenario #2. I'm just wondering why they used a wifi enabled controller rather than an RJ-45 version.
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You forgot to mention that NASA (for all it's talk of neutrality) is a political organization, or at least exists only at the behest of politicians... therefore the political will of our leadership will influence culture and decision making, all the way down to the bottom. Perhaps their judgement of SpaceX is at least partially politically motivated.
I agree with what you are saying, but I though the shuttle had an abort to europe profile that didn't include a go-around orbit. Maybe I'm mis-remembering.
Also important to point out that the shuttle didn't have an _actual_ abort contingency during the solid boost phase... They could decide to abort during that time, but couldn't execute an abort until the burn was done; the shuttle itself couldn't detach from the tanks and veer off at low altitude. This was a risk that was built in to the design, and possibly contributed to the loss of the Challenger crew. I'm not sure if they had enough warning ahead of time, but the design definitely prevented them from jettisoning the boosters.
I prefer to eat the things that eat the things that use photosynthesis.
The fact that they employ a "quantitative social psychologist" speaks volumes about the company. Suddenly the claim that their business model is merely to "sell ads" seems suspect.
not a secret?
teach.
Oh Man, Despicable Me is gonna get sued by GM now!
Nope... Cylon Raiders are the best prior art.
I don't think that's the definition of prior art.
If you've ever seen how long a truck sits at a dock while the cargo is being loaded/unloaded you wouldn't say that. Except for long haul, battery powered trucks are perfectly suited for this, once infrastructure is put in place, and trust me, charging infrastructure is WAY cheaper than gas or diesel fueling infrastructure. Pretty much any place a truck wants to drive already has power, usually of the 220v/440v persuasion, so just about any electrician could install a charging unit next to a loading dock in a few days time. We just need a company to start building and selling commodity charging units.
I can't remember where I saw it, but there was a cool infographic about total cost of hydrogen. Basically, if you could pump pure hydrogen out of the ground and use it, it might be cost effective, but you have to pay to split water (or whatever other molecule you intend to get H from) then you gotta compress it, transport it, load it into the vehicle for use, and THEN you finally get to burn it for energy... the losses in that system are incredible. It's just not efficient.
An archery party....
That's funny right there!
Google: Con-Edison.
No word on the amazing coincidence of a vehicle manufacturing company called "Nicola" picking that name because of it's conspicuous proximity to the name "Tesla"? Not a troll my ass.
I came here to say this... why would you buy when you are on the *cusp* of falling prices? Let them go down, and when they bottom out, then leap on it... I'm seriously hoping to pounce on a 1080ti.
Hell, I've always done exactly this... yoga pants, diapers and power tools are my thing, and Amazon has never called me out on it... they're not looking that closely.
I came here to say this... without any context he just sounds super pretentious. He may well be right, but good arguments are backed up with evidence, and his is not.
Oh trust me, I didn't miss that bit. You really don't understand your own argument do you? In the world you just described, it would be trivial for those in power to control the people administering the "test", thus changing nothing while adding a veneer of legitimacy to those in control. Plus, a test for psychopathy isn't exactly like a math test... there's no black and white right and wrong answers, just opinions and spectrums, so any "result" will always be debated. Any law that requires you to pass some kind of psychological test to hold office would instantly be weaponized to help keep power for those who you are trying to keep out. Maybe you should consider that there are also lots of good people in government trying as hard as they can to do right, but right is also subjective and up for debate, which is why we are where we are. Sure there are lots of people who seek power for power's sake, and there are definitely people who are corrupt to the core, but you don't hear about the honest hard working ones in the news, so you have a bit of selection bias going on. Things aren't so grim... except in west Philly. That place IS actually corrupt.
If only all those things were intentional. Trump can't claim #MeToo as his idea, and most of the people he's fired are also people he made a choice to hire, so while maybe we're moving in the right direction, it's not because of his deft maneuvers.
This should be required reading for this debate:
https://medium.com/civic-tech-...
I think what the GP means is that no _astronaut_ has been so far from earth as to need this tech. It may well save a probe, but it won't save an astronaut... because if they're far enough away to need this, then knowing where you are isn't much help.
So... exactly the kind of person YouTube encourages to become a "creator" as opposed to the other rif-raf that just occasionally uploads a video?
I didn't bother to RTFA, but I'm betting it's not actually a simple thermometer, but rather a tank controller. Temperature is among its functions, but it likely also controls the lights, monitors PH (possibly injecting buffer as needed), controls the heater, controls cooling fans, and controls the pumps. These devices have pretty good reporting capabilities to facilitate tank management, and they're pretty essential devices in keeping your tank healthy. But still, no reason it should have been on the same network as customer data. More concerning to me is that there are only two possibilities here: 1) it was wifi enabled, and security didn't notice someone with a laptop loitering around the lobby for long enough to compromise the device, scan the network, compromise the database, and download the data; or 2) it was not wifi enabled, and security failed to notice someone physically tampering with it. I would assume what happened is scenario #1 because no casino security is so incompetent to allow scenario #2. I'm just wondering why they used a wifi enabled controller rather than an RJ-45 version.