NASA would never have a mission if everything were done to handle every contigency. The foam piece after launch was known, studied, and determined to not be a problem. Obviously, there would be brilliant people claiming that this was still a problem, and other brilliant people stating that it wasn't. Some brilliant people probably suggested that they not re-enter, we scrub the mission, and do our best to send up a repair party or rescue team. Others most likely said that it would be a waste; everything was going to be fine.
Remember back to Challenger? The whistle blowers about the o-rings got all the attention, movies, books, etc. They were right in their thinking that the launch should have been scrubbed. But, do you realize there has always been a group of scientists at NASA or supporting companies that have wanted to scrub every launch? There is always someone dooming and glooming about a failure that will kill everyone aboard. We only get to see these people when they are right. And, they are wrong more often.
Remember, this is the most dangerous job in the world, yet there are many people that dream of reaching the heavens. While tragic, we cannot make space flight safer than it is. Seven people died in the most well-maintained, fastest travelling, farthest travelling piece of machinery in the world. Countless people die in our safe automobiles daily on their way to eat lunch at speeds the shuttle reaches in less than 2 seconds after launch.
Most astronauts are adrenaline junkies anyway, flying experimental jets, climbing mountains, sky diving, etc. Many cadets in the space program and military personnel wishing to join the space program when their duties are up die before they join NASA. We have lost less than 20 people total defying gravity, and I call that a wonderful sucess.
I got certified at 7.2. Going to 9 this quick makes my certification go out, meaning I will need to shell out about $1000 to take the onsite proficiency tests again.
I am not overly pleased about this. The changes from 7.2 to 8.0 were not overly significant in my opinion, and 9.0 isn't going to be that different from 8.0. How could it be? There has not been enough time between them for major kernel changes or radical security modelling to alter, etc.
I suppose with all the advertising and being the best search engine they are running well in the black, but I wonder for how long. Yahoo at one time was the only search engine most used (okay, so I used Alta Vista). All it would take is another search engine to crop up for less money that has a better method and Google is out of the limelight. So, I understand them moving into other areas of business. What has this done for their company, and when are they going public?
I have wondered about stem cell injection working for learning as well. I mean, that nail-gun kid had his heart fixed by some stem cells being put into the heart, how about some stem cells into "dead" areas of the brain?
I love old video games. Maybe it is just because the new games are too difficult, require too much memory of secret moves or play areas, or are too jazzed about graphics than about game play. I think many at Atari felt the same way I do. The simplicity of game play for Atari arcade games was attractive for me. The fact that I had the Atari 2600 and most of the games in the game room were Atari made my arcade experience get named "playing Atari". However, most kids today wouldn't want to play Joust or Defender. If they did, Joust would be a first-person adventure in 3D where you would run around looking for a good bird to climb onto, while running from bad birds and flying dinosaurs. Defender would need to be a console game with 42 CDs where you are role-playing in your fight against mutant alien invasions. Atari's death is sad, but they never attempted to sell arcade games that satisfied the audience of today.
According to Fat Mike of NOFX, startup costs of a release on Fat Wreck Chords costs about $30,000. I read somewhere once that Greg Ginn from Black Flag said that for an SST record release, the startup cost was around $18,000 -- but that was the mid-eighties.
You can clone a body, but you cannot clone a soul.
First, this irritates me because we are talking about animals, not beings with souls (from Christian teaching). Second, and most important, you are saying that identical twins are in serious trouble, because only one of them has the soul, as the clone does not.
Nice they note the use of Linux and c (I will assume gcc). Where is the source? I thought this was the idea behind "fun" projects or projects developed using Linux/gcc -- post the source!
I have been kicking around a controlled lights idea, and source like this would be invaluable.
The worst part is that these scientists, who I really doubt have any religious beliefs whatsoever (if they did, they wouldn't be supporting animal cruelty/slavery), have decided to use rats as search mechanisms.
As opposed to baiting and exterminating rats. And, we pen cattle and chickens for food. They have no freedom and are procreated strickly for our enjoyment. We care not how they suffer.
Give me a break! Stop being so self-righteous. Are zookeepers evil? Are petting zoos evil?
Timeline to be released in 2003
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His book, Timeline, should be released in 2003. Here you can see some information. I am really looking forward to this film, as I enjoyed the book.
I would like to see Andromeda Strain redone as another movie -- it was an excellent read and view, but I could see some major differences in how it would be adapted for today's audience. It would be great.
Not that I am siding with Microsoft, but to play the devil's advocate, other companies are guilty of the same disregard for what third-party software will break due to OS patches. To date, I have not installed a Novell Netware service pack without jacking-up some other software (ADS, Arcserve, NAV, etc).
There is a bigger problem out there -- laziness. Microsoft and others have made security patches available that admins simply do not install. If they did, the world would be a better place. I mean, I still get tons of Code Red hits on my web server. Patches have been available for that for....how long?!?!?!
Why not just extradite them? The US has a extrdition treaty with Russia I'm sure. Now I'm not saying that arresting them was "wrong", but why resort to deceptive law enforcement tactics like this?
Stings like this are done all the time within our own country. Creating a "new" crime that has a well-documented beginning and arrest becomes a more solid conviction. Proof of activity across the Internet by multiple people at undocumented times leads to reasonable doubt in the minds of jurors.
I work at a bank, and therefore have to wear ties most of the time. The biggest problem I have is when I am not at the bank, people think I work at whatever store [or whatever] I am visiting. I get asked where the condoms are, how many exposures are on this roll of film, and when does this store close. At Chick-Fil-A the other day I was asked by a woman if her son could get a toy without purchasing the kid's meal!
I think it is doubly assinine here that we have casual Fridays and summer months are casual as well. Do the customers feel they get less service on Fridays or in the summer? Do the managers see a drop in performance in the summer? No, but these are the reasonings offered for why we don't have business casual year-round. It is just a draconian system and we must wait for those people to retire or die.
Furthermore, why can't Ebay red-flag suspicious bidding patterns? I think everyone agrees that a new user probably will not bid on over 80 auctions worth over $64k in a couple of days.
Funny you mention this. A doctor friend of mine was shown eBay and after the first night won auctions totalling over $40,000. He purchased everything just fine. His feedback right now is 12; not high, but has no negatives and his account is only three months old.
Another person I know had never used eBay and bought a car the first (and only) time he used eBay.
Strangely, Microsoft gets their software taken down from illegal eBay auctions.
The difference is that Microsoft does the legwork, not eBay. Microsoft's piracy department has an agreement with eBay to yank auctions that it feels violates the EULA or some law. I know, I have had to deal with them -- not eBay on this issue (try selling a Microsoft [anything] CD without the original box and EULA).
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Remember back to Challenger? The whistle blowers about the o-rings got all the attention, movies, books, etc. They were right in their thinking that the launch should have been scrubbed. But, do you realize there has always been a group of scientists at NASA or supporting companies that have wanted to scrub every launch? There is always someone dooming and glooming about a failure that will kill everyone aboard. We only get to see these people when they are right. And, they are wrong more often.
Most astronauts are adrenaline junkies anyway, flying experimental jets, climbing mountains, sky diving, etc. Many cadets in the space program and military personnel wishing to join the space program when their duties are up die before they join NASA. We have lost less than 20 people total defying gravity, and I call that a wonderful sucess.
I am not overly pleased about this. The changes from 7.2 to 8.0 were not overly significant in my opinion, and 9.0 isn't going to be that different from 8.0. How could it be? There has not been enough time between them for major kernel changes or radical security modelling to alter, etc.
UNIX Papers
for UNIX Developers and Power Users
ISBN 0-672-22578-6
Like I said, it is old, but sed, awk and C haven't changed over the years. This has some great information on shell scripting, NFS, and email.
Interesting that no one has purchased Fuck Google yet. It has been for sale for a while.
Is this the same Larry Nevin as the Magic card?
Mmmmmmm, Sacralicious
Homer, after finding out the image of God on the ceiling was realy just a stuck pancake, decides to eat the once-known diety.
First, this irritates me because we are talking about animals, not beings with souls (from Christian teaching). Second, and most important, you are saying that identical twins are in serious trouble, because only one of them has the soul, as the clone does not.
I have been kicking around a controlled lights idea, and source like this would be invaluable.
As opposed to baiting and exterminating rats. And, we pen cattle and chickens for food. They have no freedom and are procreated strickly for our enjoyment. We care not how they suffer.
Give me a break! Stop being so self-righteous. Are zookeepers evil? Are petting zoos evil?
I would like to see Andromeda Strain redone as another movie -- it was an excellent read and view, but I could see some major differences in how it would be adapted for today's audience. It would be great.
Most computer users find the slimeworms more user friendly. Microsoft has distributed slimeworm product for years. They just don't call it that.
I thought it already was 8 hours!
There is a bigger problem out there -- laziness. Microsoft and others have made security patches available that admins simply do not install. If they did, the world would be a better place. I mean, I still get tons of Code Red hits on my web server. Patches have been available for that for....how long?!?!?!
Stings like this are done all the time within our own country. Creating a "new" crime that has a well-documented beginning and arrest becomes a more solid conviction. Proof of activity across the Internet by multiple people at undocumented times leads to reasonable doubt in the minds of jurors.
I think it is doubly assinine here that we have casual Fridays and summer months are casual as well. Do the customers feel they get less service on Fridays or in the summer? Do the managers see a drop in performance in the summer? No, but these are the reasonings offered for why we don't have business casual year-round. It is just a draconian system and we must wait for those people to retire or die.
Funny you mention this. A doctor friend of mine was shown eBay and after the first night won auctions totalling over $40,000. He purchased everything just fine. His feedback right now is 12; not high, but has no negatives and his account is only three months old.
Another person I know had never used eBay and bought a car the first (and only) time he used eBay.
Go figure!
The difference is that Microsoft does the legwork, not eBay. Microsoft's piracy department has an agreement with eBay to yank auctions that it feels violates the EULA or some law. I know, I have had to deal with them -- not eBay on this issue (try selling a Microsoft [anything] CD without the original box and EULA).