They had to get rid of it because the astronauts with Lactose-intolerance could maneuver around the space station without a MMU. The Lactose-tolerant astronauts were jealous!
If I was the astronaut who'd had lasagna for the past 6 days, I'd probably go for the creamed spinach. Actually, after lasagna for 6 days, I probably be the only astronaut who hadn't gone!
You are both right; check Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ex_post_facto).
From Wikipedia:
An ex post facto law (from the Latin for "from something done afterward") or retrospective law, is a law that retrospectively changes the legal consequences of acts committed or the legal status of facts and relationships that existed prior to the enactment of the law. In reference to criminal law, it may criminalize actions that were legal when committed; or it may aggravate a crime by bringing it into a more severe category than it was in at the time it was committed; or it may change or increase the punishment prescribed for a crime, such as by adding new penalties or extending terms; or it may alter the rules of evidence in order to make conviction for a crime more likely than it would have been at the time of the action for which a defendant is prosecuted. Conversely, a form of ex post facto law commonly known as an amnesty law may decriminalize certain acts or alleviate possible punishments (for example by replacing the death sentence with life-long imprisonment) retrospectively.
A law may have an ex post facto effect without being technically ex post facto. For example, when a law repeals a previous law, the repealed legislation no longer applies to the situations it once did, even if such situations arose before the law was repealed. The principle of prohibiting the continued application of these kinds of laws is also known as Nullum crimen, nulla poena sine praevia lege poenali.
Generally speaking, ex post facto laws are seen as a violation of the rule of law as it applies in a free and democratic society. Most common law jurisdictions do not permit retrospective legislation, though some have suggested that judge-made law is retrospective as a new precedent applies to events that occurred prior to the judicial decision. In some nations that follow the Westminster system of government, such as the United Kingdom, ex post facto laws are technically possible as the doctrine of parliamentary supremacy allows parliament to pass any law it wishes. However, in a nation with an entrenched bill of rights or a written constitution, ex post facto legislation may be prohibited.
Agreed. Don't forget, however, that Microsoft has a habit of MS-itizing everything they buy. Remember Hotmail? It originally ran on a Un*x-variant and Microsoft had many problems with the switchover to NT. Yahoo runs it's services on FreeBSD and Apache; I have the feeling that, if the deal goes through, we'll see similar issues. Doing so will probably drive YahooMS! into a lower rank or destroy it all together.
I'm hoping that Yahoo! sees the light and doesn't accept the offer, EVER!
Actually, a random mutation would be more like myself and my wife. We both have "disabilities" that, as far as the doctors can tell, are from random mutations. My wife has achondroplasia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dwarfism and no one else in her family (ancestors included) had dwarfism. The congenital heart defect I was born with is normally caused by the mother having scarlet fever when pregnant and my mother never contracted the disease.
Free? Do you realize how many man-hours and bandwidth are consumed? Someone takes the time to post the story, someone else sends a link to Slashdot, then hoards of trolls spend countless hours responding to the story with posts about "Has he been disbarred yet?". Free? I think not!
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Penguins?
They had to get rid of it because the astronauts with Lactose-intolerance could maneuver around the space station without a MMU.
The Lactose-tolerant astronauts were jealous!
If I was the astronaut who'd had lasagna for the past 6 days, I'd probably go for the creamed spinach.
Actually, after lasagna for 6 days, I probably be the only astronaut who hadn't gone!
Maybe you should also grab your torch and pitchfork.
Burning kooky religious nuts has been in vogue since before the Middle Ages.
Is this robot any relation to the "Dexter" guy on TV?
If so, then NASA TV may soon have a new show called CSI: ISS!
Print that on a card and see if it gets you into a club or a six-pack at the liquor store!
Sprouts? Miguel is a vegetable? Or is he a fruit?
I canna give you anymore power, captain!
Son, in Texas we have a name for that, too. We call them "indoor swimming pools"!
Not according to zombies!
Have brains? Unlife's good!
Aw...crap!
Hey, I happen to think Tau Bootis would be a great place for dancers to settle. After all, don't you like to shake your Booti?
Since when did we have culture around here?
The only human culture will be when nanites turn us into GreyGoo Yoplait.
From Wikipedia:
Great... Just what I need, more zombied processes.
Simple, the Secondary Domain Controller would reroute the flights to the Middle East.
In the case of Windows 2003, your planes would be rerouted into a forest.
Just don't call it the Stephen Hawking Interstellar Telescope.
Agreed. Don't forget, however, that Microsoft has a habit of MS-itizing everything they buy. Remember Hotmail? It originally ran on a Un*x-variant and Microsoft had many problems with the switchover to NT. Yahoo runs it's services on FreeBSD and Apache; I have the feeling that, if the deal goes through, we'll see similar issues. Doing so will probably drive YahooMS! into a lower rank or destroy it all together.
I'm hoping that Yahoo! sees the light and doesn't accept the offer, EVER!
Hey, I bet they'd be followers of the Flying Spaghetti Monster!
If it did, I'd piss on it!
to floating point operations!
Actually, a random mutation would be more like myself and my wife. We both have "disabilities" that, as far as the doctors can tell, are from random mutations. My wife has achondroplasia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dwarfism and no one else in her family (ancestors included) had dwarfism. The congenital heart defect I was born with is normally caused by the mother having scarlet fever when pregnant and my mother never contracted the disease.
Free? Do you realize how many man-hours and bandwidth are consumed? Someone takes the time to post the story, someone else sends a link to Slashdot, then hoards of trolls spend countless hours responding to the story with posts about "Has he been disbarred yet?". Free? I think not!
Stupidity?
Formula to determine value of camera:
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