Despite all the scathing comments about intellectual property about to be posted on this thread, we have a system in which works of art have the protection of copyright law. If you are willing to break one law, it is not difficult to imagine that you might be willing to break another.
A good number of scientific teams formerly here in the US have had to leave the country to continue their work and others are having to modify their protocols to use one of the "acceptable" lines of stem cells the Bush administration in their infinite wisdom have seen fit to approve for scientists that want to continue to receive federal funding for their work.
You are referring to Federal funding for embryonic stem cell research. The story clearly states that umbilical cord stem cells were used in this particular experiment. You are conflating two separate, if related, issues.
The main engines have not been the cause of either of the Shuttle's spectacular failures. The solid rocket booster killed Challenger and damage to the tiles on the wing killed Columbia.
To be fair, the main point of Feynman's analysis is that NASA tended to assume that because something was not a problem in the past, it would not be a problem in the future. This is an unwarrented assumption unless you understand all significant aspects of the situation. If there is anything substantial which you have failed to investigate, then you are deluding yourself.
Conditions such as heat, cold, and how often particular equipment is used can vary widely from mission to mission. If you have not exhaustively mapped out the tolerances of the equipment, then you have no basis for saying that success on Mission A gives confidence for success on Mission B.
That being said, Feynman seems to indicate that the tolerances of the SSMEs have been adequately mapped for periods of use on the order of what disposable engines would require. His main concern mostly component fatigue over time.
We're soon going to be stuck with the next-gen heavy lift using components of unknown reliability, which forces us to replace component parts ("tune-up" or "overhaul") the system too often and with too large an expense.
Many of Feynman's concerns revolve around components which become fatigued after multiple uses. I don't think he expressed any concern about the operation of new SSMEs.
Defined by publishing a site-feed
on
Google's Blog Search
·
· Score: 5, Informative
Google's Blog Search FAQ explains that sites are indexed by their site feeds. So if your site publishes either an RSS or an Atom feed, it is--by this definition--a blog.
I think the appeal of a game called The Incredible Hulk--a character which first appeared in 1962--does not depend much upon recent movie buzz.
This of course, calls into question the whole premise of the review. Perhaps the game is good because Radical Entertainment wanted to make a good Hulk game, not because they somehow managed to produce a good movie game.
I didn't think RMS could top the hubris of demanding five years ago that the developers of KDE ask forgiveness for an alleged GPL violation, after the circumstances of the violation no longer applied.
Apparently, he can.
The GPL is a means of protecting the "openess" of open-source code. It is not a proper tool for behavior modification and cultural engineering--nor should it be.
I do not consider them at all, and am definitely prejudiced against someone who puts them on their resume.
Let's forget for a a minute that that is illegal.
As "Certified Technician" is not a protected class under U.S equal employment opportunity laws, U.S. employers can discriminate against job applicants on that basis all day long.
And if you check his profile, you will see that YankeeInExile lives in Mexico, where I'm guessing the legal requirements are even more relaxed.
Thus it can be difficult to tell if a "blog" is actually something that can be safely ignored as a poor form of entertainment, or a reasonable attempt at serious writing.
It can be as simple as whether the blog entry is entitled Windows 2003: The Top 10 Reg Hacks, or Why My Girlfriend Hates My Cyst.
So--is the complete text of all those books which are being replaced by "coloful overstuffed chairs" now available in an electronic format accessible from the library computers?
Also, has this particular library at UT Austin been in the habit of checking out only 75 individual books at a time?
If the answer to either of these questions is "No," then the students, and the Texas taxpayers, are getting a Texas-sized downgrade in value.
I'm a big fan of electronic books--when they are an improvement over paper.
Well, at least the paper books have been transferred to other libraries, so that information is still available somewhere.
And hey--the students get a multimedia studio, so it's all cool, right?
The Heliodisplay emits no particulates. It heats the air, creating a mirage which is reflective when seen from a certain angle. The display image is projected, and subsequently reflected from, the mirage plane.
The device heats the air to create a "mirage effect," then projects an image onto the plane of the mirage so that the reflected image can be seen from the user's angle of view.
"In the immediate future -- by that I mean in the course of the naval careers of the class of '73 -- there will be nuclear-powered, constant-boost spaceships -- ships capable of going to Mars and back in a couple of weeks -- and these ships will be armed with Buck-Rogerish death rays. Despite all treaties now existing or still to be signed concerning the peaceful use of space, these spaceships will be used in warfare. Space navies will change beyond recognition our present methods of warfare and will control the political shape of the world for the foreseeable future."
--Robert A. Heinlein, the James Forrestal Memorial Lecture to the Brigade of Midshipmen, 4-5-73
Firefly...progressive shows (with a Democratic leaning)
If, by "Democratic leaning" you mean the sort of Democrat who wore a grey uniform and fought the Union in the War of Northern Aggression, then sure, Firefly leans Democratic. Otherwise, I don't see how you categorize a pro-gun, anti-government, Western-in-space as either progressive or "Democratic leaning." Libertarian, sure--but just throwing a professional hooker into the mix doesn't make a program "Democratic."
Yes, it was so "entertaining" that it pulled in dismal ratings
Actually, the ratings for the original BSG were very good. The show was cancelled because it was so expensive to produce--$1 million/episode in 1978/79.
Sooner or later, if China stays on its current path, they will arrive at the point where they think they can get away with an invasion. And all I can say is, I sure as hell hope there's a moderate in the White House on that particular day.
And the Taiwanese sure as hell hope there is a conservative in the White House on that particular day.
Slashdot Mirror
You either respect the rules, or you don't.
Despite all the scathing comments about intellectual property about to be posted on this thread, we have a system in which works of art have the protection of copyright law. If you are willing to break one law, it is not difficult to imagine that you might be willing to break another.
A good number of scientific teams formerly here in the US have had to leave the country to continue their work and others are having to modify their protocols to use one of the "acceptable" lines of stem cells the Bush administration in their infinite wisdom have seen fit to approve for scientists that want to continue to receive federal funding for their work.
You are referring to Federal funding for embryonic stem cell research. The story clearly states that umbilical cord stem cells were used in this particular experiment. You are conflating two separate, if related, issues.
The main engines have not been the cause of either of the Shuttle's spectacular failures. The solid rocket booster killed Challenger and damage to the tiles on the wing killed Columbia.
To be fair, the main point of Feynman's analysis is that NASA tended to assume that because something was not a problem in the past, it would not be a problem in the future. This is an unwarrented assumption unless you understand all significant aspects of the situation. If there is anything substantial which you have failed to investigate, then you are deluding yourself.
Conditions such as heat, cold, and how often particular equipment is used can vary widely from mission to mission. If you have not exhaustively mapped out the tolerances of the equipment, then you have no basis for saying that success on Mission A gives confidence for success on Mission B.
That being said, Feynman seems to indicate that the tolerances of the SSMEs have been adequately mapped for periods of use on the order of what disposable engines would require. His main concern mostly component fatigue over time.
We're soon going to be stuck with the next-gen heavy lift using components of unknown reliability, which forces us to replace component parts ("tune-up" or "overhaul") the system too often and with too large an expense.
Apparently, the SSME's in the heavy lift vehicle will not be reused.
Many of Feynman's concerns revolve around components which become fatigued after multiple uses. I don't think he expressed any concern about the operation of new SSMEs.
Google's Blog Search FAQ explains that sites are indexed by their site feeds. So if your site publishes either an RSS or an Atom feed, it is--by this definition--a blog.
I think the appeal of a game called The Incredible Hulk--a character which first appeared in 1962--does not depend much upon recent movie buzz.
This of course, calls into question the whole premise of the review. Perhaps the game is good because Radical Entertainment wanted to make a good Hulk game, not because they somehow managed to produce a good movie game.
I didn't think RMS could top the hubris of demanding five years ago that the developers of KDE ask forgiveness for an alleged GPL violation, after the circumstances of the violation no longer applied.
Apparently, he can.
The GPL is a means of protecting the "openess" of open-source code. It is not a proper tool for behavior modification and cultural engineering--nor should it be.
Sounds of an alien world
From The Fine Article:
The "deck" of the legged lander is 4 feet (1.2 meters) across--about the size of a breakfast table--and is loaded with science equipment.
It's possible the mission planners did not want to sacrifice instrument weight in favor of wheels and motors.
I do not consider them at all, and am definitely prejudiced against someone who puts them on their resume.
Let's forget for a a minute that that is illegal.
As "Certified Technician" is not a protected class under U.S equal employment opportunity laws, U.S. employers can discriminate against job applicants on that basis all day long.
And if you check his profile, you will see that YankeeInExile lives in Mexico, where I'm guessing the legal requirements are even more relaxed.
Thus it can be difficult to tell if a "blog" is actually something that can be safely ignored as a poor form of entertainment, or a reasonable attempt at serious writing.
It can be as simple as whether the blog entry is entitled Windows 2003: The Top 10 Reg Hacks, or Why My Girlfriend Hates My Cyst.
Or by lowering prices, which is exactly what they will do, and which is the course of action that benefits the most people.
So--is the complete text of all those books which are being replaced by "coloful overstuffed chairs" now available in an electronic format accessible from the library computers?
Also, has this particular library at UT Austin been in the habit of checking out only 75 individual books at a time?
If the answer to either of these questions is "No," then the students, and the Texas taxpayers, are getting a Texas-sized downgrade in value.
I'm a big fan of electronic books--when they are an improvement over paper.
Well, at least the paper books have been transferred to other libraries, so that information is still available somewhere.
And hey--the students get a multimedia studio, so it's all cool, right?
Old formats don't die, they just go into maintenance mode.
Which is why I expect that, any day now, I will start regretting that I threw away my Betamax player a couple of years ago...
the release of Google Desktop 2.0 is beginning to take shape as a browser in itself as the need for a Firefox or IE is almost eliminated."
What, exactly, does "almost eliminated" mean in this context?
If you have to use a name, then RIA (Rich Interactive Applications) is far more suitable
RMS, is that you?
The Heliodisplay emits no particulates. It heats the air, creating a mirage which is reflective when seen from a certain angle. The display image is projected, and subsequently reflected from, the mirage plane.
The device heats the air to create a "mirage effect," then projects an image onto the plane of the mirage so that the reflected image can be seen from the user's angle of view.
It was exhaust from one of the hydraulic systems. The commentator on Fox News asked the same thing.
You assume the fanboys and flamebaiters actually bother to read what he has to say...
A replacement for Slashdot's venerable BillBorg?
"In the immediate future -- by that I mean in the course of the naval careers of the class of '73 -- there will be nuclear-powered, constant-boost spaceships -- ships capable of going to Mars and back in a couple of weeks -- and these ships will be armed with Buck-Rogerish death rays. Despite all treaties now existing or still to be signed concerning the peaceful use of space, these spaceships will be used in warfare. Space navies will change beyond recognition our present methods of warfare and will control the political shape of the world for the foreseeable future."
--Robert A. Heinlein, the James Forrestal Memorial Lecture to the Brigade of Midshipmen, 4-5-73
If, by "Democratic leaning" you mean the sort of Democrat who wore a grey uniform and fought the Union in the War of Northern Aggression, then sure, Firefly leans Democratic. Otherwise, I don't see how you categorize a pro-gun, anti-government, Western-in-space as either progressive or "Democratic leaning." Libertarian, sure--but just throwing a professional hooker into the mix doesn't make a program "Democratic."
Actually, the ratings for the original BSG were very good. The show was cancelled because it was so expensive to produce--$1 million/episode in 1978/79.
And the Taiwanese sure as hell hope there is a conservative in the White House on that particular day.