I had the same thing happen to me. I was working on a program that would not compile. The line it kept shootingback at me seemed fine! It turned out the problem was about 10 lines further down when a nested for loop had a comma instead of a semicolon. I found it in my sleep, woke up and sure enough, I found it in the program.
World government? You got to be putting me on! I doubt Europe (which is culturally united to some extent (compared to other regions in the world)) would be able to have a European government. You can have world/international organizations (UN, Nato etc). I wouldn't even doubt that you could have a global space agency which would involve collaboration between NASA, ESA and some of the new players of Asia (India, Japan and maybe even China?).
Why did he go back to Episode I and take out Solo's shoot-first policy in the bar scene? Because he's gotten more immature and contemptuous of his work material over time, that's why.
Why not do that in Episode I. He did the same thing in "A New Hope"
Getting back the old rovers/etc. would have no real scientific value I think the point is that it would have engineering value. See exactly what worked better/worse than expected, then use that knowledge when building next vehicle.
Yeah, but if we can go to Mars routinely enough so that we can say "Yeah, what ever happened to Pathfinder, Spirit and (god willing) Opportunity." My guess is our engineering will have been revolutionized and any clues to the demise of each vehicle will be considered irrelevant.
Really? Most engineers use metric? I am going to disagree with you there buddy! Pressure is always lbs/sq in in this country. BTU's in lieu of Joules...the list goes on.
My dad is a ChemE and he never uses metric unless engineers from outside the US send him data.
Nope, not really. A great advancement for those that can actually afford to benefit from the technology but that is in most cases less than 10% of the earth's population.
You are absolutely right! We should abandon every pursuit that does not promote economic equity throughout the world. We should ground all planes, port all ships, disconnect the batteries of all cars so we can force the issue! No jobs except that which benefits everyone!
Oh wait...you mean, we need cars to transport goods, ships to get them across the ocean and planes to make remote drops possible?
What you don't "get" is that we will never solve all the problems on Earth. By giving children dreams that inspire them to careers of greatness there will have the charitable side effect you want to achieve directly. There is no such thing as technology that only benefits a few people unless it isn't known/shared.
Life expectancy? You can thank some of the amazing breakthroughs in medicine to NASA push for minaturization. 3 squares? NASA is experimenting with zero-g greenhouses that will (and have) undoubtedly benefit(ted) the hungry.
Not to mention, Nasa is a source of hope for humanity; may they continued to be blessed with success.
If you don't like it, continue to bitch, all I can say is Hang on Snoopy (Snoopy hang on...) we are going to have a hell of a good time if this goes through and in the process expose the best straits of mankind that can only come from a great challenge.
I don't think so. I am very progun, I am prochoice up to a point, I believe in fiscal constraint, but have no problem and will look forward to President Bush's space initiative. I believe taxcuts lead to growth, that the US was right to attack Iraq and that Marajuana should be legalized...
I am registered Republican, but if there was a moderate libertarian (read: matched all of the above) I would switch affiliation...
Is there any such thing as a moderate Libertarian? (Someone who is a middle of the road conservative on fiscal issues, and middle of the road liberal on social issues) I like Libertarian beliefs in small doses, but usually it seems they go to far. Most people consider them extremists so much to the point that I would not put an affiliation with Campus Libertarians on my resume.
Beer dulls the senses and tastes like shit (yes, especially Guinness). If they find Dr. Pepper up there let me know.
WHAT!?!? Actually I used to think the same until I found Yuengling Traditional Lager then I found Young's Double Chocolate stout. If your beer experience is a 30 pack of Natty Ice, make sure you try some other stuff.
I happen to like Guiness, but it is not for everyone.
Whereas democrats want to raise taxes on the parents of future scientists so that they can't afford to send their kids to universities. At the same time they redirect that tax money to welfare families so somebody can learn to bounce a ball better and get into the NBA. Our priorities are fucked up.
I wouldn't go THAT far, but there is some truth to what you are saying. Getting kids interested in science and engineering will likely provide them with higher salaries so that America and continue its fantastic tradition of a very large middle class.
The scope of this mission is larger than for beagle is it not? Also it is 800 million for both Spirit AND Opportunity. If we find water and if we find there was/is life on mars, it will have been worth it and then some. Bill Nye the science guy defended the missions with a great analogy.
Paraphrased Question: "Isn't that a lot of money that could go to better use?"
Paraphrased Answer: "Not really, if you go to a fancy coffee store you will have spent your contribution towards the mission"
I am a Republican, and as such I am selective about which government programs I endorse. This is one though for two reasons.
One, privately there is little incentive to perform this type of science. Two research for these missions goes to help our military develop the next generation of equipment.
A third less obvious (or less tangible) reason is to inspire a generation of kids to dream about the prospects of a future in science or engineering. If kids want to be astronauts instead of athletes, you will have most fail, but those that want to be astronauts will at least have a path laid for higher education.
No, it happened with the call centres because American customers disliked dealing with Indian call centre staff.
No doubt there, but had the difference in payment been much larger, you would keep the jobs there. Indians are hard to understand (I am an engineer in training so I have gotten used to them) which frustrates users. They could get Indians that sound more british but that would cost more so they determined it is better to bring back jobs to the US.
Maybe that is true? If you are mowing yards for $20 dollars but making only $10 due to tough market conditions/expenses and you figure out you can buy a faster mower to do it in half the time, are you going to lower your bill in half?
You charge what people will pay not what it costs you to make/do.
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Man I must really bad off, I know that was supposed to be sarcastic but I have a bag of popcorn cooking as we speak...sigh
This is like a reality tv show, I love Nasa Tv!
--Joey
Exactly! how else can you get easy karma (+4 in this case!) and really, how many slashdot posts are truly original?
It doesn't really hurt any as long as you change the phrasing and/or copy it from an ac
As I always say "don't sweat the small stuff!"
--Joey
I had the same thing happen to me. I was working on a program that would not compile. The line it kept shootingback at me seemed fine! It turned out the problem was about 10 lines further down when a nested for loop had a comma instead of a semicolon. I found it in my sleep, woke up and sure enough, I found it in the program.
--Joey
World government? You got to be putting me on! I doubt Europe (which is culturally united to some extent (compared to other regions in the world)) would be able to have a European government. You can have world/international organizations (UN, Nato etc). I wouldn't even doubt that you could have a global space agency which would involve collaboration between NASA, ESA and some of the new players of Asia (India, Japan and maybe even China?).
World governments are bad ideas!
--Joey
"Please restrict further posts to inanities, non-sequiturs, and blaming everything on the liberals."
Yeah liberals like G.W Bush. What the hell are you talking about? Everything gets blamed on Conservatives not Liberals.
--Joey
Getting back the old rovers/etc. would have no real scientific value I think the point is that it would have engineering value. See exactly what worked better/worse than expected, then use that knowledge when building next vehicle.
Yeah, but if we can go to Mars routinely enough so that we can say "Yeah, what ever happened to Pathfinder, Spirit and (god willing) Opportunity." My guess is our engineering will have been revolutionized and any clues to the demise of each vehicle will be considered irrelevant.
--Joey
Really? Most engineers use metric? I am going to disagree with you there buddy! Pressure is always lbs/sq in in this country. BTU's in lieu of Joules...the list goes on.
:)
My dad is a ChemE and he never uses metric unless engineers from outside the US send him data.
The measurements will coexist in America
--Joey
Nope, not really. A great advancement for those that can actually afford to benefit from the technology but that is in most cases less than 10% of the earth's population.
You are absolutely right! We should abandon every pursuit that does not promote economic equity throughout the world. We should ground all planes, port all ships, disconnect the batteries of all cars so we can force the issue! No jobs except that which benefits everyone!
Oh wait...you mean, we need cars to transport goods, ships to get them across the ocean and planes to make remote drops possible?
What you don't "get" is that we will never solve all the problems on Earth. By giving children dreams that inspire them to careers of greatness there will have the charitable side effect you want to achieve directly. There is no such thing as technology that only benefits a few people unless it isn't known/shared.
Life expectancy? You can thank some of the amazing breakthroughs in medicine to NASA push for minaturization. 3 squares? NASA is experimenting with zero-g greenhouses that will (and have) undoubtedly benefit(ted) the hungry.
Not to mention, Nasa is a source of hope for humanity; may they continued to be blessed with success.
If you don't like it, continue to bitch, all I can say is Hang on Snoopy (Snoopy hang on...) we are going to have a hell of a good time if this goes through and in the process expose the best straits of mankind that can only come from a great challenge.
--Joey
Congratulations, you are a Democrat. :-)
I don't think so. I am very progun, I am prochoice up to a point, I believe in fiscal constraint, but have no problem and will look forward to President Bush's space initiative. I believe taxcuts lead to growth, that the US was right to attack Iraq and that Marajuana should be legalized...
I am registered Republican, but if there was a moderate libertarian (read: matched all of the above) I would switch affiliation...
--Joey
Yes it is, they never eat anything that ever had to pee
--Joey
Is there any such thing as a moderate Libertarian? (Someone who is a middle of the road conservative on fiscal issues, and middle of the road liberal on social issues) I like Libertarian beliefs in small doses, but usually it seems they go to far. Most people consider them extremists so much to the point that I would not put an affiliation with Campus Libertarians on my resume.
--Joey
Hmmm...
1. Make clever pun
2. Respond to other's self-referential posts
3. ???
4. Get modded up!
--Joey
If you love Guinness try Young's Double Chocolate Stout, I swear that stuff is so unbelievably good*! Especially with desert.
--Joey
*you have to drink it "warm" (~50F) for maximum taste (it tastes too bitter at cold (~34) temps)
That is what the geologists said at todays meeting so my guess is you are right. It would be cool if liquid/ice water was really near the surface :)
--Joey
WHAT!?!? Actually I used to think the same until I found Yuengling Traditional Lager then I found Young's Double Chocolate stout. If your beer experience is a 30 pack of Natty Ice, make sure you try some other stuff.
I happen to like Guiness, but it is not for everyone.
--Joey
For Europosters you got to :s/./, g and vice versa...
:)
Confused me too when I was in Norway
--Joey
Well the economy is doing better so I like him for that as well.
--Joey
Wait, how does this work, we like Nasa, and like people who support Nasa, but we don't like Bush...I don't understand?
--Joey
If you put the copier in an elevator would that be a DRM violation?
--Joey
Whereas democrats want to raise taxes on the parents of future scientists so that they can't afford to send their kids to universities. At the same time they redirect that tax money to welfare families so somebody can learn to bounce a ball better and get into the NBA. Our priorities are fucked up.
I wouldn't go THAT far, but there is some truth to what you are saying. Getting kids interested in science and engineering will likely provide them with higher salaries so that America and continue its fantastic tradition of a very large middle class.
--Joey
The scope of this mission is larger than for beagle is it not? Also it is 800 million for both Spirit AND Opportunity. If we find water and if we find there was/is life on mars, it will have been worth it and then some. Bill Nye the science guy defended the missions with a great analogy.
Paraphrased Question: "Isn't that a lot of money that could go to better use?"
Paraphrased Answer: "Not really, if you go to a fancy coffee store you will have spent your contribution towards the mission"
I am a Republican, and as such I am selective about which government programs I endorse. This is one though for two reasons.
One, privately there is little incentive to perform this type of science. Two research for these missions goes to help our military develop the next generation of equipment.
A third less obvious (or less tangible) reason is to inspire a generation of kids to dream about the prospects of a future in science or engineering. If kids want to be astronauts instead of athletes, you will have most fail, but those that want to be astronauts will at least have a path laid for higher education.
--Joey
Maybe that is true? If you are mowing yards for $20 dollars but making only $10 due to tough market conditions/expenses and you figure out you can buy a faster mower to do it in half the time, are you going to lower your bill in half?
You charge what people will pay not what it costs you to make/do.
--Joey