And Remember Kids: "The MicrOFix(TM) is a satellite signaling device of last resort, for use when all other means of self rescue have been exhausted, where the situation is grave and imminent loss of life, limb, eyesight, or valuable property will occur without assistance."
[Comicbook Guy] In the 8th Issue of Volume 1 ( season 8 ) of the Buffy The Vampire Slayer, it's quite clear that Willow Rosenberg uses Linux. [/Comicbook Guy]
If we started TODAY, in 50 years we'd have all the pieces. Sustainable, Renewable, Non-Polluting Energy; Heavy Lift to GEO; And the ability to deploy a workforce to GEO to do the work needed.
We'd go to the moon for R&R. What happens on Luna STAYS ON LUNA!
April 1957 to July 1969 = 12 years from STARTING the Saturn project to landing on the moon.
My biggest problem here is that they should already be flying X-vehicles. Wasn't that how progress was made? One to crash, One to fly, and One to hang up in the Smithsonian?
Since Ares keeps getting reduced in capabilities, I'm not confident that in 2015 ( when it's scheduled to start running ) we'll actually have anything delivered, and it's going to be another Turkey.
Step 1: Get NASA out of Manned Spaceflight. Step 2: Success. Step 3: Profit!
Back at the peaceful Simpsons house. Homer is reading "Internet for Dummies".
HOMER Oh, they have the Internet on computers now!
MARGE Homer, Bill Gates is here.
HOMER Bill Gates?! Millionaire computer nerd Bill Gates! Oh my god. Oh my god. Get out of sight, Marge. I don't want this to look like a two-bit operation.
Marge groans and rolls her eyes. Bill Gates and two "associates" enter.
GATES Mr. Simpson?
HOMER You don't look so rich.
GATES Don't let the haircut fool you, I am exceedingly wealthy.
HOMER (quietly to Marge) Get a load of the bowl-job, Marge!
GATES Your Internet ad was brought to my attention, but I can't figure out what, if anything, CompuGlobalHyperMegaNet does, so rather than risk competing with you, I've decided simply to buy you out.
Homer and Marge step aside to talk privately.
HOMER This is it Marge. I've poured my heart and soul into this business and now it's finally paying off. (covering his mouth) We're rich! Richer than astronauts.
MARGE Homer quiet. Acquire the deal.
HOMER (to Gates) I reluctantly accept your proposal!
GATES Well everyone always does. Buy 'em out, boys!
Bill Gates companions begin to trash the "office".
HOMER Hey, what the hell's going on!
GATES Oh, I didn't get rich by writing a lot of checks!
Bill Gates lets out a maniacal laugh. Homer and Marge cower in the corner as the room continues to be trashed.
This morning, I posted this on Brian Jones' Blog....
HERE is the Gotcha.
I don't see *any* promises or commitments that ALL FILE FORMATS will ALWAYS BE AVAILABLE, much less in a timely manner to ensure interoperability. Note the use of "existing versions".
From the OSP page:
Q: Does this OSP apply to all versions of the standard, including future revisions?
A: The Open Specification Promise applies to all existing versions of the specification(s) designated on the public list posted at http://www.microsoft.com/interop/osp/, unless otherwise noted with respect to a particular specification (see, for example, specific notes related to web services specifications).
Yes, I do realize that RIGHT NOW we don't have, and can't recreate the lifting capacity we had way-back-when. That is essentially what I was lamenting.
The only thing to NASAs credit today is JPL and the robotic missions. Those don't totally suck.
However, I don't think we can do it 100 years from now, given that we've gone essentially nowhere for the past 40.
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So says the Anonymous Coward...
"In those areas the new handset is just a paperweight, while a car breakdown can be a death sentence if help can't be called"
DUDE!, Check It!
http://www.acrelectronics.com/microfix/microfix.htm
And Remember Kids: "The MicrOFix(TM) is a satellite signaling device of last resort, for use when all other means of self rescue have been exhausted, where the situation is grave and imminent loss of life, limb, eyesight, or valuable property will occur without assistance."
Simple enough to figure out. That's why there's tracking numbers for UPS and Fedex.
With the exchange rate, I can understand why tourists would want to visit New York, etc...
With the inhumane and degrading treatment they must endure, I can understand why they wouldn't.
Won't *someone* think of the Tour Operators????
Websites are MARKETING tools, and must be part of a unified Marketing Strategy.
You want a Marketing Pro, who can deliver the rain, handling the "Vision", while you can concentrate on the implementation.
What's wrong with 'mythfrontend' that Totem needs to get involved?
[Comicbook Guy]
In the 8th Issue of Volume 1 ( season 8 ) of the Buffy The Vampire Slayer, it's quite clear that Willow Rosenberg uses Linux.
[/Comicbook Guy]
Additionally, they should have known that MediaSentry acting as a Private Investigator in NY was UNLAWFUL.
How do you figure unions aren't required when the Unions lead the fight for greater benefits, which these other people benefited from?
Do you think the manager at your dad's plant would have offered more benefits if the union guys across the street weren't getting them?
If you admit the letter as evidence, isn't it then in the court record, and the Public Domain?
The 9th and 10th Amendments are alien concepts to the totalitarians.
You didn't point out the delegation of Executive Privilege Authority in the Constitution, as requested.
That which is not explicitly delegated is reserved.
This is a situation where we need a concrete reason to develop the heavy lift infrastructure needed.
And a moonbase makes as much sense as the "International Space Station".
The REAL driver for developing the infrastructure remains Space Based Solar.
http://www.nss.org/settlement/ssp/library/final-sbsp-interim-assessment-release-01.pdf
If we started TODAY, in 50 years we'd have all the pieces. Sustainable, Renewable, Non-Polluting Energy; Heavy Lift to GEO; And the ability to deploy a workforce to GEO to do the work needed.
We'd go to the moon for R&R. What happens on Luna STAYS ON LUNA!
NASA hasn't been worth shit w.r.t. manned spaceflight since Nixon.
And I don't really consider shuttle operations "sending people into space". That's just "sending people into low-earth-orbit."
Sending people to Mars. That's sending people into space.
If we simply gave the job of securing the Space Lanes of Communication to the Navy, the problem would be solved.
So, I'm not sure the "Lacks Public Support" argument is applicable here. When has what "The People" want ever mattered in DC?
Iraq a waste and more than half think it's pointless, but we've poured 500 Billion down that toilet so far.
April 1957 to July 1969 = 12 years from STARTING the Saturn project to landing on the moon.
My biggest problem here is that they should already be flying X-vehicles. Wasn't that how progress was made? One to crash, One to fly, and One to hang up in the Smithsonian?
Since Ares keeps getting reduced in capabilities, I'm not confident that in 2015 ( when it's scheduled to start running ) we'll actually have anything delivered, and it's going to be another Turkey.
Step 1: Get NASA out of Manned Spaceflight.
Step 2: Success.
Step 3: Profit!
Back at the peaceful Simpsons house. Homer is reading "Internet for Dummies".
HOMER
Oh, they have the Internet on computers now!
MARGE
Homer, Bill Gates is here.
HOMER
Bill Gates?! Millionaire computer nerd Bill Gates! Oh my god. Oh my god. Get out of sight, Marge. I don't want this to look like a two-bit operation.
Marge groans and rolls her eyes. Bill Gates and two "associates" enter.
GATES
Mr. Simpson?
HOMER
You don't look so rich.
GATES
Don't let the haircut fool you, I am exceedingly wealthy.
HOMER
(quietly to Marge) Get a load of the bowl-job, Marge!
GATES
Your Internet ad was brought to my attention, but I can't figure out what, if anything, CompuGlobalHyperMegaNet does, so rather than risk competing with you, I've decided simply to buy you out.
Homer and Marge step aside to talk privately.
HOMER
This is it Marge. I've poured my heart and soul into this business and now it's finally paying off. (covering his mouth) We're rich! Richer than astronauts.
MARGE
Homer quiet. Acquire the deal.
HOMER
(to Gates) I reluctantly accept your proposal!
GATES
Well everyone always does. Buy 'em out, boys!
Bill Gates companions begin to trash the "office".
HOMER
Hey, what the hell's going on!
GATES
Oh, I didn't get rich by writing a lot of checks!
Bill Gates lets out a maniacal laugh. Homer and Marge cower in the corner as the room continues to be trashed.
In chapter 8 of Rainbows End ( http://vrinimi.org/rainbowsend.html#CHAPTER%2008 ) , Vinge posits the development of a drug with enhances The Public's belief in something.
Online Copy: http://vrinimi.org/rainbowsend.html
This morning, I posted this on Brian Jones' Blog....
HERE is the Gotcha.
I don't see *any* promises or commitments that ALL FILE FORMATS will ALWAYS BE AVAILABLE, much less in a timely manner to ensure interoperability. Note the use of "existing versions".
From the OSP page:
Q: Does this OSP apply to all versions of the standard, including future revisions?
A: The Open Specification Promise applies to all existing versions of the specification(s) designated on the public list posted at http://www.microsoft.com/interop/osp/, unless otherwise noted with respect to a particular specification (see, for example, specific notes related to web services specifications).
Analog degrades more gracefully than Digital, so I'd say that Bad Analog is WAY Better than Bad Digital. With digital, you can't hide the warts.
Yes, I do realize that RIGHT NOW we don't have, and can't recreate the lifting capacity we had way-back-when. That is essentially what I was lamenting.
The only thing to NASAs credit today is JPL and the robotic missions. Those don't totally suck.
However, I don't think we can do it 100 years from now, given that we've gone essentially nowhere for the past 40.
Bizarro am happy.
Black Gaff Tape, by preference.
It's very saddening that:
1) After all this time we can't send someone up there to clean this up.
2) We can't send the Navy to secure the space-lanes-of-commerce.
They're going to have it all hosted on The Google.