The head of the Energiya Space Corporation Yury Semenov said that all possible causes of the inaccurate landing were being examined.
"We must examine all causes.... There was a version (of events) that (flight commander) Nikolai Budarin pushed a button on the control panel," he told the ITAR-TASS news agency.
Go figger...the events to follow should be interesting.
If the "editors" can't at least clean up the most blatant of typos, then (or is it "than":) they should not bestow the title of "editors" upon themselves.
from Webster's:
"editor \Ed"i*tor\, n. [L., that which produces, from edere to publish: cf. F. ['e]diteur.] One who edits; esp., a person who prepares, superintends, revises, and corrects a book, magazine, or newspaper, etc., for publication.
Your point is valid, I'm just *ranting* about the insults on my intelligence, just as those roadside "do-it-yourself" signs out to be outlawed because they allow illiteracy to spread via literacy challenged people reading something like:
Autentic Italain Pizza!
...and then assuming that's the way to spell such a phrase...and (maybe) even worse, assuming that
pizza originated in Italy!
The next Slashdot story will be ready soon, but subscribers can beat the rush and see it early!
Why in the hell would someone subscribe to a service where most of the editors don't know how to spell and use proper grammar, and the moderation system is critically flawed?
Seems to me that they just come here for the humor...I'm really not trolling, just speaking from experience.
Mod me down, and I'll just write off your site as another disaster on the Wicked Wild Web, *sigh*.
Oye. I've really gotten the most laughs (and horrors) out of these (esp. Taco's) passings on with the horrible spelling and grammar. Having good friends in the profession and being the only son of a man who was a well-respected journalist, I can attest to the fact that this is NOT journalism - it's the antithesis of journalism.
How on earth can we respect the editors if they can't even spot these things - and what does that hold in store for the next generation?
Perhaps the next generation will inherit the poor spelling and grammar that this one is displaying, and help to develop a whole new generation of TOTAL FRIKKIN' SPELLING and GRAMMAR CHALLENGED FOOLS?
Troll-mod me if you like - I don't give a rat's ass. At least I'm LITERATE. (BTW, a rat's ass is really small, but a rat can use the language better than this editor at large - and therefore make more sense.)
I can see the headlines now: "Geeks stage sit-in at University English Department - destroy all materials regarding proper spelling and usage of the English Language, and burn all copies of Webster's and Roget's that they find on campus!"
Just keep crankin' out the garbage - VA will realize the incompetence and replace you, who allows this garbage to be purveyed...
(/end rant)
What strikes me as odd (after briskly scanning through the RFC) is at the end of page 3:
Because of the requirement to limit accessibility to authorized personnel, as well as the requirement that LEA's not know about each other, this interface must be strictly controlled.
Isn't the Homeland Security Administration supposed to coordinate knowledge between (L)aw (E)nforcement (A)gencies?
I had my 5 yr old and 3 yr old boys in front of Atari 8 bits - the 21 year old youngest is now MIS at a VERY large ISP in Michigan. The 24 year old is as proficient in M$ Winderz as the younger is at Linux, but he's in the Navy (recruiter now).
BTW, I metamodded the "Flamebait" mod on your comment as "Unfair".
Especially after reading it in context - I for one get so fikkin' sick of the bad spelling and whatnot on a site that's purported to cater to intellectuals.
Oye:
And the spiny oyster shuttle and the Atari 130XE at Lithgow's feet in control of the "shuttle"...pure hilarity. The sequel would have rocked if made, I think. All driven by first movie profits, go figger.
Oh well, I have a vhs copy of the original...as long as that lasts, I'll languish over the *beautiful* Ellen Barkin in the bar trying to shoot herself just before the quote you use...(there you are) and later in jail...slinky:))
I used to write vertical market apps in Fox, and I'd always include a backdoor for getting at a command line. This was not remotely accessable except for Carbon Copy or PC Anywhere.
Back in the days of GOD (Good Ol' DOS) the variable memory need would grow too large for that reserved, needing tweaking. Or a scratch database would get corrupt from a hardware failure.
Almost all things that could go wrong could be corrected without having to tear the code apart...because it always worked in my development systems; it only broke in production environments. The "backdoors" proved invaluable for tending to the screwups of the DEUs (Defective End Users:)- example: one of my clients had forgotten to use the AR functions and had literally MILLIONS of dollars owed to them in the system (only), all because they never entered checks received. Arghhh!
OK, this brought back a less technical but somewhat innovative "experiment" that used to really drive our teachers bonkers!
Bored in class, one of us would capture the largest fly we could, and hold it down carefully on the desk. The other would pluck one of our shoulder-length hairs out and carefully tie it to one of the fly's rear legs. To the other end of the hair, a small scrap of paper was attached.
The sight of this flight-crippled insect floating around the classroom in slow motion was hilarious! Once we had three aloft at once:))
You only really *rent* beer...I know: I have a urinal in my bathroom that has been retro-fitted to flush with just enough water to get rid of 12 ounces of beer...
But something tells me that if this story has been up since 10:30 or so and it's just after midnight when the comments start showing, that there's a problem with posting comments. Damn.
I wanted to tell everyone about my Great-Grandfather, Colonel Augustus Heineken, who pioneered this technology way back by converting a Laundromat into a world class Brewery!
But something tells me that if this story has been up since 10:30 or so and it's just after midnight, that there's a problem with posting comments. Damn.
I wanted to tell everyone about my Great-Grandfather, Colonel Augustus Heineken, who pioneered this technology way back by converting a Laundromat into a world class Brewery!
Bugger off. He's still a part of history, and my kids (who are 21 and 24) still regard him with high respect, as do I.
IMHO, he's almost equal to Steve Jobs as a "visionary", which is what this industry truly needs in a continuous fashion. After all, no one man can produce assembly line quantities of electronic devices without help from others - both these men found a way to effect their dreams unto the masses.
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The head of the Energiya Space Corporation Yury Semenov said that all possible causes of the inaccurate landing were being examined.
"We must examine all causes. ... There was a version (of events) that (flight commander) Nikolai Budarin pushed a button on the control panel," he told the ITAR-TASS news agency.
Go figger...the events to follow should be interesting.
After watching a movie named "Revolution OS" I tend to agree with you.
mmmm, all this talk about pizza is making me hungry :O)
If the "editors" can't at least clean up the most blatant of typos, then (or is it "than" :) they should not bestow the title of "editors" upon themselves.
from Webster's:
"editor \Ed"i*tor\, n. [L., that which produces, from edere to publish: cf. F. ['e]diteur.] One who edits; esp., a person who prepares, superintends, revises, and corrects a book, magazine, or newspaper, etc., for publication.
Your point is valid, I'm just *ranting* about the insults on my intelligence, just as those roadside "do-it-yourself" signs out to be outlawed because they allow illiteracy to spread via literacy challenged people reading something like:
Autentic Italain Pizza!
Why in the hell would someone subscribe to a service where most of the editors don't know how to spell and use proper grammar, and the moderation system is critically flawed?
Seems to me that they just come here for the humor...I'm really not trolling, just speaking from experience.
Mod me down, and I'll just write off your site as another disaster on the Wicked Wild Web, *sigh*.
How on earth can we respect the editors if they can't even spot these things - and what does that hold in store for the next generation?
Perhaps the next generation will inherit the poor spelling and grammar that this one is displaying, and help to develop a whole new generation of TOTAL FRIKKIN' SPELLING and GRAMMAR CHALLENGED FOOLS?
Troll-mod me if you like - I don't give a rat's ass. At least I'm LITERATE. (BTW, a rat's ass is really small, but a rat can use the language better than this editor at large - and therefore make more sense.)
I can see the headlines now: "Geeks stage sit-in at University English Department - destroy all materials regarding proper spelling and usage of the English Language, and burn all copies of Webster's and Roget's that they find on campus!"
Just keep crankin' out the garbage - VA will realize the incompetence and replace you, who allows this garbage to be purveyed... (/end rant)
Although I agreed and replied to your parent post, I just had to comment on that.....
It IS a (unintentional) handbook for what Linux CAN be when addressing the very complaints the book is rife with.
I wish I was a programmer in this vein so I could help, but I'll leave it up to you young folks to pull up the slack. Godspeed!
(words from a old fart DOS + FoxPro dude)
Interesting. Kind of reminds me of the bug our CIA(FBI?) planted in the Soviet Embassy in the form of a gift?
I piss on yo mamma's underwear.
Because of the requirement to limit accessibility to authorized personnel, as well as the requirement that LEA's not know about each other, this interface must be strictly controlled.
Isn't the Homeland Security Administration supposed to coordinate knowledge between (L)aw (E)nforcement (A)gencies?
WTF?
And we played catch a lot, as well. Outside.:)
BTW, I metamodded the "Flamebait" mod on your comment as "Unfair". Especially after reading it in context - I for one get so fikkin' sick of the bad spelling and whatnot on a site that's purported to cater to intellectuals.
I prefer a shaker of salt, as opposed to a grain.
Thanks! I thought it would never go to DVD...I'm off to find it :)
Oh well, I have a vhs copy of the original...as long as that lasts, I'll languish over the *beautiful* Ellen Barkin in the bar trying to shoot herself just before the quote you use...(there you are) and later in jail...slinky :))
Back in the days of GOD (Good Ol' DOS) the variable memory need would grow too large for that reserved, needing tweaking. Or a scratch database would get corrupt from a hardware failure.
Almost all things that could go wrong could be corrected without having to tear the code apart...because it always worked in my development systems; it only broke in production environments. The "backdoors" proved invaluable for tending to the screwups of the DEUs (Defective End Users :)- example: one of my clients had forgotten to use the AR functions and had literally MILLIONS of dollars owed to them in the system (only), all because they never entered checks received. Arghhh!
Bored in class, one of us would capture the largest fly we could, and hold it down carefully on the desk. The other would pluck one of our shoulder-length hairs out and carefully tie it to one of the fly's rear legs. To the other end of the hair, a small scrap of paper was attached.
The sight of this flight-crippled insect floating around the classroom in slow motion was hilarious! Once we had three aloft at once :))
I wanted to tell everyone about my Great-Grandfather, Colonel Augustus Heineken, who pioneered this technology way back by converting a Laundromat into a world class Brewery!
I wanted to tell everyone about my Great-Grandfather, Colonel Augustus Heineken, who pioneered this technology way back by converting a Laundromat into a world class Brewery!
IMHO, he's almost equal to Steve Jobs as a "visionary", which is what this industry truly needs in a continuous fashion. After all, no one man can produce assembly line quantities of electronic devices without help from others - both these men found a way to effect their dreams unto the masses.
Happy Birthday, Nolan!
Ya well, bugger off. It was s'posed to be funny.
Right on, Bro :))))*sneeze*
Here I found a reasonable reference to tell me why I can't "get there from here".
It may not be /.'s fault...