Re:3 shuttles to LEO a year: What a fucking waste.
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"Because you obviously do not understand the complexity and (gasp) dangers still present in space flight."
Of course I do.
"When Columbia burned up,"
Proving NASA's inablility to do the job...
"remember the cries for a moratorium on manned space travel?"
From fucking idiots. What does that have to do with me.
" The tortoise won the race, while the hare died in a fire."
You mean Apollo 1, right? The pad fire?
Hey, how could we get from the Earth to the Moon in less than a decade, but NOT GO BACK THERE NOW IF WE HAD TO?
"How come YOU aren't leading the charge into spaceflight, if its so easy?"
Getting NASA out of the process is the first step. Why are you resistant to progressing past the "Apollo Engineer Perpetual Employment Program?", which is now the "Shuttle Engineer Perpetual Employment Program", or maybe the "ISS Engineer Perpetual Employment Program".
How about DEVELOPING some new decent hardware. For the BILLION DOLLARS they waste on a shuttle shot to just LEO, they could spread it around to some hungry emergent tech companies, and see some REAL RESULTS for our investment.
I'm thinking, why do you equate the rightful criticism of NASA to stopping going to space?
NASA is NOT the only way to outer space. In fact, we've seen that NASA is anything but.
Re:3 shuttles to LEO a year: What a fucking waste.
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Why is legitimate criticism of the futility of permitting NASA to continue leading the vanguard of spaceflight modded as a troll?
3 shuttles to LEO a year: What a fucking waste...
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Maybe if they could launch a dozen a day it would be a useful thing, otherwise it's just a way to keep NASA employees employed.
"Bear in mind that you might be held financially liable for a search if it goes off by accident (your kids playing with it, say). An average search, using aircraft and ground teams, costs in the tens of thousands of dollars. Not to mention the resources that could be taken away from a real emergency that could occur at the same time."
That's not a valid reason to deprive oneself of the added protection. When YOU need it, YOU need it, and neurotic fears about "What if the kids trip it", etc, don't help.
If he was flying a plane over the same route, this wouldn't even be an issue, as he would have had adequate survival gear.
"It's all about the relative risk, and I don't see that an EPIRB would reduce risks enough to warrant the cost."
The life of my family is worth more to me than the thousand dollars?
"I'm looking for any evidence to back this up. This is a very straightforward claim, and has nothing to do with the Iraq war, foreign policy, etc. I scanned the link you sent and saw nothing relevant to what you posted. So, let's see the evidence."
I suppose if I made SPECIFIC CLAIMS OR CHARGES, providing evidence would be my burden, sure.
However, such a broad, sweeping generalized comment, as I made, doesn't lend itself to an enumeration of the charges and evidence, does it?
No.
So I wonder what you agenda is, to miscast my comment as a more specific claim? Are you working off of prepared talking points and didn't BOTHER to actually think if they were applicable to my statements? It would seem not.
But hey, you're on a roll, and the actual facts don't really matter, do they?
Desktop Linux works in highly vertical applications. Like car rentals or reservation centers.
The holy grail is Browser Based Apps. Once EVERYTHING runs inside of firefox, then you can deploy a thin client center, and NEVER have people fucking up their desktops.
Well, nationally the number is that 50% of all loss if from employee theft.
You miss my point. If you're properly staffed, then when a customer comes in, you move towards him, greet him, establish needs, present solutions, overcome objections, close, and add-on product/services. Lather, Rinse, Repeat.
Doesn't anyone know how to actually SELL things in a retail environment, or has everyone resigned themselves to just dealing with stock pickers, and cashiers?
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"Because you obviously do not understand the complexity and (gasp) dangers still present in space flight."
Of course I do.
"When Columbia burned up,"
Proving NASA's inablility to do the job...
"remember the cries for a moratorium on manned space travel?"
From fucking idiots. What does that have to do with me.
" The tortoise won the race, while the hare died in a fire."
You mean Apollo 1, right? The pad fire?
Hey, how could we get from the Earth to the Moon in less than a decade, but NOT GO BACK THERE NOW IF WE HAD TO?
"How come YOU aren't leading the charge into spaceflight, if its so easy?"
Getting NASA out of the process is the first step. Why are you resistant to progressing past the "Apollo Engineer Perpetual Employment Program?", which is now the "Shuttle Engineer Perpetual Employment Program", or maybe the "ISS Engineer Perpetual Employment Program".
How about DEVELOPING some new decent hardware. For the BILLION DOLLARS they waste on a shuttle shot to just LEO, they could spread it around to some hungry emergent tech companies, and see some REAL RESULTS for our investment.
I'm thinking, why do you equate the rightful criticism of NASA to stopping going to space?
NASA is NOT the only way to outer space. In fact, we've seen that NASA is anything but.
Why is legitimate criticism of the futility of permitting NASA to continue leading the vanguard of spaceflight modded as a troll?
Maybe if they could launch a dozen a day it would be a useful thing, otherwise it's just a way to keep NASA employees employed.
"If that were the case, they would be pusing to prevent the FCC from having anything to do with the carriers at all."
The People will not tolerate NO regulation.
They will however fall for the appearance of regulation. Man, does the FCC appear to regulate!
I see your Dora and raise you the Doodlebops...
"Bear in mind that you might be held financially liable for a search if it goes off by accident (your kids playing with it, say). An average search, using aircraft and ground teams, costs in the tens of thousands of dollars. Not to mention the resources that could be taken away from a real emergency that could occur at the same time."
That's not a valid reason to deprive oneself of the added protection. When YOU need it, YOU need it, and neurotic fears about "What if the kids trip it", etc, don't help.
If he was flying a plane over the same route, this wouldn't even be an issue, as he would have had adequate survival gear.
"It's all about the relative risk, and I don't see that an EPIRB would reduce risks enough to warrant the cost."
The life of my family is worth more to me than the thousand dollars?
"Do you carry an EPIRB in your car? I know that I don't."
I've been thinking very seriously about tossing one in my daypack.
He's a guy who apparently owned neither a GPS NOR a 406 EPIRB.
That $1000.000 EPIRB would have saved his life. Well, the $100 GPS woulda helped to.
Something more recent than the July 20th decision by the judge to let the case move forward?
What every-day application compatibility are you referring to?
Shouldn't you get a PS2 for playing games?
I don't think "Industry Standard" is any sort of official designation.
psst. There's an entire industry built around pre-employment background checks and screenings.
Anything for a buck...
Fucking Great.
Enjoy your stay.
When was EFF v. AT&T Dismissed?
Weren't you the one who asked for documentation of domestic spying?
So I told you to go read the documentation for EFF v. AT&T.
When you've completed the homework you asked for, we can continue with your trolling.
"I'm looking for any evidence to back this up. This is a very straightforward claim, and has nothing to do with the Iraq war, foreign policy, etc. I scanned the link you sent and saw nothing relevant to what you posted. So, let's see the evidence."
Go read the documents in EFF v. AT&T.
I suppose if I made SPECIFIC CLAIMS OR CHARGES, providing evidence would be my burden, sure.
However, such a broad, sweeping generalized comment, as I made, doesn't lend itself to an enumeration of the charges and evidence, does it?
No.
So I wonder what you agenda is, to miscast my comment as a more specific claim? Are you working off of prepared talking points and didn't BOTHER to actually think if they were applicable to my statements? It would seem not.
But hey, you're on a roll, and the actual facts don't really matter, do they?
If you want claims and evidence, although this is off topic, take a read through Elizabeth de la Vegas hypothetical indictment of Bush et. al.: http://www.tomdispatch.com/index.mhtml?pid=143205
Well, if you're incapable of reading the Wall Street Journal and drawing your own conclusions, it's not my problem.
Have you seen the Wall Street Journal in the past 4 years?
The double speed DBX encoded 4 track masters of Summer 89 are just lovely...
Desktop Linux works in highly vertical applications. Like car rentals or reservation centers.
The holy grail is Browser Based Apps. Once EVERYTHING runs inside of firefox, then you can deploy a thin client center, and NEVER have people fucking up their desktops.
Well, after 9/11 we ARE all under constant surveillance of all our phone and internet traffic, and we've lost the right to a Writ of Habeas Corpus.
Sounds to me like it's been pretty damn convenient for SOME folks and their companies.
IIRC?
Well, nationally the number is that 50% of all loss if from employee theft.
You miss my point. If you're properly staffed, then when a customer comes in, you move towards him, greet him, establish needs, present solutions, overcome objections, close, and add-on product/services. Lather, Rinse, Repeat.
Doesn't anyone know how to actually SELL things in a retail environment, or has everyone resigned themselves to just dealing with stock pickers, and cashiers?