Sealand's war record is so good because nobody has seriously tried. Don't fool yourself - if the UK really cared, the SWAT team (or the British equivalent) of any medium sized city could put paid to them without working up a sweat. Not to mention the SAS or SBS.
Oh contraire, there are plenty of facts to support your opinion. Software does not age the way hardware does. There are systems out there that have been running the same software, on newer and newer hardware, for decades, because the code does exactly what it needs to do and there is nothing new that can be added.
On the other hand, there are plenty of facts that run contrary to his opinion - as software does age in it's own fashion. As the software is updated (new features, bug stomping, etc... etc...) existing installations 'fall behind' and become less attractive to operate. Just because it doesn't decay doesn't mean it doesn't age.
Get the Facts: The W3C is the organization that defines how the world wide web is supposed to work
Two problems: First, the W3C is self appointed - it isn't even an industry group but rather is a collection of academics, theorists, and philosophers. Second, as such, they are less interested in how the web actually works and more interested in how they wish the web worked.
OK I understand that the grease gun went off in the bag and covered the tools with goo and what not. But... why not go inside before attempting to clean the stupid things off? I mean, the tools are still usable, if a little gunked up...
Because it takes several hours to reset after a spacewalk, and many hours more to prepare for another. Coming inside means losing all that time. In addition, starting or ending a spacewalk means connecting or disconnecting all those connectors as well as performing maintenance on suit components - which increases the risks of fucking something up.
Well, frankly, yes. An ISP that turns a blind eye to such activities as accused, is just as good as helping the bad guys.
Funny that - you're willing to take ISP's to task for turning a blind eye to spammers... But I bet you'd be the first to foam at the mouth if they shut down a file sharer.
nd guess what... this is a war where almost anyone is willing to take casualties to end it.
Almost anyone without scruples or morals, maybe. Those of us with both disagree. We actually care about the rights of others.
I wonder how all those security researchers feel after destroying a legitimate commercial enterprise and affecting a lot of people who weren't spammers.
Let's say you rent some space anf open a small convenience store. You work hard and make a modest living. Then your landlord rents out the shop next door to a crack dealer who's thriving business attracts a swarm of lowlifes who destroy the neighborhood. Are you going to be upset with the neighborhood watch when they make a fuss, or are you going to be upset with your landlord?
Making a fuss is writing down the license plate numbers of vistors to the crack house and tipping off the local news media to the lack of police intervention. Making a fuss is standing on the sidewalk handing out literature and carrying signs. Snipping the power and phone lines, turning off the water and gas, nailing plywood over the windows, taping up the ventilation systems, and changing the locks on the door? That goes well beyond 'making a fuss'.
I was about to say the same thing - FIDONet, RIME, etc... etc... Store-and-forward message networks are old hat. NASA is just late to the 'everything must be web-enabled' party.
Which would have resulted in a station even more expensive - as the cost of developing the launch vehicle, building the infrastructure to support it, and finally operating it would have been amortized over a very small number of launches.
There's a reason why heavy lift systems keep being studied and abandoned.
So for these several tens of billions sunk, and the "World class science facility" still not being really operational
Looked at the budget and construction time for the LHC recently? You know the one, it's down for six months and $21 million dollars because of the failure of a minor part. Facilities like this, even without the narrow logistics pipeline of rockets take a long time and a lot of money to build - they aren't ordered off of the shelf.
what does it have to show for this cash and ten years? How much technology advancement really has happened and what scientific goals have been accomplished?
Well, consider just the ESA ATV - a considerable leap in space operations and logistics. Consider the engineering experience gained by NASA in developing and operating systems with applicability towards future Lunar and Mars exploration. Etc... Etc... No, I didn't forget the Russians - it's just that as far as advances go, they are off the bottom of the charts. All they've brought to the table is refurbished 1980's technology, and they haven't improved it much. (Like the problematical Elektron O2 generator.)
There has been some useful stuff, but wouldnt it be nice to see it all these shortly summarized in a table with the bottomline dollar drawn under it?
Pretty hard to do that for an incomplete and not fully operational facility. Pointless too.
Not to mention that RN's are only a portion of the nursing field. Yet you compare that small fraction to the entire IT field - not all of which requires college.
That's an RN - which is only a small fraction of the nursing field. I also note you compare median salary to... nothing. Without data to compare to data, I call bullshit.
It took a cold war, a charismatic President, and national pride to get our asses into space.
You do realize the NASA was created by Eisenhower in 1958, not Kennedy? You do realize that Project Mercury started as a NACA project and thus predates NASA?
Trivially falsifiable - if "women prefer good pay and healthy lifestyles" were true, then nursing classes wouldn't be overwhelmingly female as nursing fails both criteria by a wide margin.
That's an impressive story "I took two cameras and compared them unscientifically, then modified the output - and nobody could reliably differentiate the modified output".
Not really - as other than cool decor, this is a pretty pedestrian data center in a pretty pedestrian hole in the ground. High tech circa 1968 and absolutely not groundbreaking in any way.
If think you are responding to the (unasked question), "why not just keep 1 shuttle around?" I diddnt think that was on the table. But maybe it should be.
Because keeping one shuttle around is only a fraction less expensive than keeping three Shuttles around - most of the cost is in the vast support infrastructure which doesn't get cheaper just because there aren't as many Shuttles.
And to respond to you response: or you could just restrict missions to those where a crippled shuttle _could_ get to the ISS. Then you can leisurely launch Soyuz's. and all is good.
All is good? You couldn't be more wrong if you tried. Current Soyuz production rates are barely enough to meet crew rotation requirements, let alone launching them with minimal crew to bring one stranded astronaut back (per Soyuz flight). Progress production rates are just shy of what's needed to support the station with the current crew - triple the crew size and you're going to run out of food, Oxygen, and atmosphere control capability pretty damm quick. (90 days IIRC is the current limit.)
Even if ATV flies on schedule, you're still in trouble, as you are talking years to be able to fly enough Soyuz to return the stranded Shuttle crew.
No, they are not products of ignorance. They are products of people involved in drugs. The only product of ignorance here are created by fucking idiots who believe that black is white, 2+2=5, in the tooth fairy, and that drugs cause no harm.
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Mostly because the pirates have gotten very, very, bold of late. And without the election or the Emmys, well there isn't much news.
Huh? The US alone could do it if really wanted to. Probably the UK or France could too, though they might need a bit of aid from the other.
Sealand's war record is so good because nobody has seriously tried. Don't fool yourself - if the UK really cared, the SWAT team (or the British equivalent) of any medium sized city could put paid to them without working up a sweat. Not to mention the SAS or SBS.
If software was a commodity, you'd have a point. But it isn't. If software had a zero cost of production, you'd have a point. But it doesn't.
On the other hand, there are plenty of facts that run contrary to his opinion - as software does age in it's own fashion. As the software is updated (new features, bug stomping, etc... etc...) existing installations 'fall behind' and become less attractive to operate. Just because it doesn't decay doesn't mean it doesn't age.
ASCII porn is *so* 1970's.
Two problems: First, the W3C is self appointed - it isn't even an industry group but rather is a collection of academics, theorists, and philosophers. Second, as such, they are less interested in how the web actually works and more interested in how they wish the web worked.
Because it takes several hours to reset after a spacewalk, and many hours more to prepare for another. Coming inside means losing all that time. In addition, starting or ending a spacewalk means connecting or disconnecting all those connectors as well as performing maintenance on suit components - which increases the risks of fucking something up.
The ISS is low enough that any item(s) 'lost/dropped' from it will be slowed by atmospheric friction and reenter.
Funny that - you're willing to take ISP's to task for turning a blind eye to spammers... But I bet you'd be the first to foam at the mouth if they shut down a file sharer.
Almost anyone without scruples or morals, maybe. Those of us with both disagree. We actually care about the rights of others.
Making a fuss is writing down the license plate numbers of vistors to the crack house and tipping off the local news media to the lack of police intervention. Making a fuss is standing on the sidewalk handing out literature and carrying signs. Snipping the power and phone lines, turning off the water and gas, nailing plywood over the windows, taping up the ventilation systems, and changing the locks on the door? That goes well beyond 'making a fuss'.
I was about to say the same thing - FIDONet, RIME, etc... etc... Store-and-forward message networks are old hat. NASA is just late to the 'everything must be web-enabled' party.
Which would have resulted in a station even more expensive - as the cost of developing the launch vehicle, building the infrastructure to support it, and finally operating it would have been amortized over a very small number of launches.
There's a reason why heavy lift systems keep being studied and abandoned.
Looked at the budget and construction time for the LHC recently? You know the one, it's down for six months and $21 million dollars because of the failure of a minor part. Facilities like this, even without the narrow logistics pipeline of rockets take a long time and a lot of money to build - they aren't ordered off of the shelf.
Well, consider just the ESA ATV - a considerable leap in space operations and logistics. Consider the engineering experience gained by NASA in developing and operating systems with applicability towards future Lunar and Mars exploration. Etc... Etc... No, I didn't forget the Russians - it's just that as far as advances go, they are off the bottom of the charts. All they've brought to the table is refurbished 1980's technology, and they haven't improved it much. (Like the problematical Elektron O2 generator.)
Pretty hard to do that for an incomplete and not fully operational facility. Pointless too.
Not to mention that RN's are only a portion of the nursing field. Yet you compare that small fraction to the entire IT field - not all of which requires college.
That's an RN - which is only a small fraction of the nursing field. I also note you compare median salary to... nothing. Without data to compare to data, I call bullshit.
You do realize the NASA was created by Eisenhower in 1958, not Kennedy? You do realize that Project Mercury started as a NACA project and thus predates NASA?
Trivially falsifiable - if "women prefer good pay and healthy lifestyles" were true, then nursing classes wouldn't be overwhelmingly female as nursing fails both criteria by a wide margin.
That's an impressive story "I took two cameras and compared them unscientifically, then modified the output - and nobody could reliably differentiate the modified output".
This review shows plainly why Hollywood keeps on regurgitating more of the same.
Not really - as other than cool decor, this is a pretty pedestrian data center in a pretty pedestrian hole in the ground. High tech circa 1968 and absolutely not groundbreaking in any way.
If you just go to the drug store and buy a bottle of NyQuil... Google doesn't know this either. I shouldn't have to tell you this.
Because keeping one shuttle around is only a fraction less expensive than keeping three Shuttles around - most of the cost is in the vast support infrastructure which doesn't get cheaper just because there aren't as many Shuttles.
All is good? You couldn't be more wrong if you tried. Current Soyuz production rates are barely enough to meet crew rotation requirements, let alone launching them with minimal crew to bring one stranded astronaut back (per Soyuz flight). Progress production rates are just shy of what's needed to support the station with the current crew - triple the crew size and you're going to run out of food, Oxygen, and atmosphere control capability pretty damm quick. (90 days IIRC is the current limit.)
Even if ATV flies on schedule, you're still in trouble, as you are talking years to be able to fly enough Soyuz to return the stranded Shuttle crew.
No, they are not products of ignorance. They are products of people involved in drugs. The only product of ignorance here are created by fucking idiots who believe that black is white, 2+2=5, in the tooth fairy, and that drugs cause no harm.
Right - despite the influence of drugs, drugs didn't cause any harm. You're a fucking idiot.