Well I'm certainly glad that you don't write NASA's press releases or half of the other initial comments I have seen on this board. Here are a few things to keep in mind.
Space exploration has been dangerous for half a century, but has been rewarding for the advancement of science and technology. Neither fact is going to change in the next half century.
While you might not support manned space flight, and thanks for letting us know, many other people out their do support the programs. We would like to respectfully hear your opinions on which direction the agency should go, not just sarcastic remarks.
The men and women who have lost their lives have families (fathers, mothers, sons, and daughters) , and think just a little harder about that before you crack a joke about dead astronauts... Would you like someone making a joke about your dead relatives?
If the system is selectively blocking calls, then I assume when power is lost it shuts off the system.
Other than that, I can't think of an non-criminal emergency (heart attack as opposed to attempted murder) that would be in significantly worse shape in the 25 seconds that it takes to find an emergency exit.
Delayed a little, who cares... but twice as much as the competition? That stings... for the "next next" generation of consoles we should all open up IRA accounts right now.
I know some of the packages for XBox 360's this holiday cost way up in that range or more on eBay... But seriously... who are these people willing to fork over a pretty good house payment for being the early adopter? For that kind of money... it better make me breakfast.
So take your comment and cram it... I also hate that everyone presumes that when smart people conduct an experiment that they expect a successful result. Anyone who has worked in research can tell you that is just flat out wrong. I've had projects go completely wrong and still learned a great many things from them. It's like Edison's remark about knowing a multitude of new ways NOT to manufacture a lightbulb... It's just as important in making the journey to accomplish the goal successfully.
1. Internet access is not a necessity, we can live without it just like some people don't pay for television.
2. If people start dropping their internet service because of this behavior, the market would adjust. I happen to give the corporations a little credit though, I think they're smart enough to not implement bad ideas... Or at least no all at once. Comcast would be happy to watch Bellsouth do something stupid like raise rates or tier services and then market that they are cheaper and faster.
Go take off the tinfoil hat and get some Prozac. Even if a corporation is out there to try and stick it to you... You would have to let them.
Read the whole post next time... the point is that they cannot bring it to an unrealistic level of abstraction. Such as... You downloaded 4 ISO files last month and they're worth $40 a piece regardless of whether the were 30MB or 300MB.
YES they can charge by the amount of bandwidth you use. In this analogy I'm saying kW/h is like Mbps where a slice of toast is like an ISO file. Two of those are hard and fast units of measure, the others can vary on a case by case basis.
I then go on to say... customers are going to reject that pretty quickly. There are so many things on your computer that you cannot micromanage that use bandwidth... If they don't price it fairly people are going to get pissed off. That's still not enough though...
Now tell me... have you ever looked at a log from a firewall or a router to see how many times little packets are zooming back and forth because some asshole in China can't patch his pirate copy of Windows XP? How is it fair that I should pay for ANY of the bandwidth that jackass uses for me?
That's why residences pay flat fees and businesses tolerate sliding expenses because they have something to gain (money) by having a presence on the Internet. You think these business models happened by accident?
I'm sorry I went on a rant... you can go back to coding for Windows Vista again.
The cat is out of the bag and competition will keep it that way.
Saying that they will charge per e-mail or download is as unrealistic as the electric company charging you per piece of toast, or load of laundry that you wash. What they can charge you on is the bandwidth that you use. Similar to how the electric company can charge per kilowatt hour... Also... They could only ever charge you for what you downloaded. Can you imagine how pissed you would be to find out that all the responses to incoming zombie requests to you computer racked up a $400 "Internet" bill. Even then, people will not be happy with the idea that they have to pay $15.00 extra dollars this month because a Microsoft error led to a giant ass patch they HAD to download.
It will not happen, the die has been cast and you can't repurpose this airplane as a clown's scooter.
My dad has a bit less than 20/20 eyesight. If we give him a Nano or regular iPod he would fumble around with the clickwheel to select what he wants to listen to in the car. With the shuffle he just loads it with the few things that he wants and skips around.
If it's not making business sense I understand... but it is a good product. I hope that they are just coming out with a new incarnation of the Shuffle.
It's used to provide a dictation service for large medical facilities down to small private practices. Medical dictation systems can cost $40,000+ from the biggest provider. (Dictaphone) We use this service though, and are very happy with their reliability. They can even support some proprietary Dictaphone hardware which uses DTMF tones not found on normal phones. (ABCD or Flash, Flash Override etc. for you military types.)
At first when I read your post I thought... Wow, that WOULD be cool.
Then I thought about having to stick your finger in your computer... Reaching around an old computer just to get your data off. Your friends catching you stuck in a particularly fat computer.
That's a really good point... one voucher gets them their signal back for an essential TV. Two is spending money on someone's desire for being able to watch in the kitchen, bedroom, or elsewhere.
Good point... Consider if I rent out my house to someone who uses it to manufacture methamphetamine. I can be held liable for civil and criminal offenses for the impact that the lab has on the property and the community, and if I fail to report the activity.
Too little attention is paid to the illegal activity that goes on in subsidized housing in my community... Someone needs to be down there to say, "You own $5,000 worth of new electronics, move out and get an apartment." It's their money to spend... but the taxpayers are their landlord AND their source of support. We should be able to say when one get's cut off.
But resources are spread too thin... and sending people out to developments costs money.
I'm not saying that all subsidized housing is bad. I'm just saying that it shouldn't be abused... Like multi-million dollar bridges to an island of fifty people etc.
But seriously... I'm pretty sure whatever was going on there was illegal, but I can't prove it... Like I'm pretty sure the computer they had was stolen. But all I can do is check serial numbers and if it comes up clean... keep on moving. Because leveling a false accusation can get me in a hell of a lot of trouble if he was on the level. Not to mention that I might as well paint a target on my ass for ratting out a dealer.
I am really going to hate to see TV vouchers end up in the hands of people living on government assistance. I still have fresh memories of walking into a subsidized housing development and seeing a 60" TV on one wall, and a stack of $100 bills on a coffee table.
That being said, If it's only going to be "earmarked" for vouchers, and not blindly spent... the $21.43 that is spent on replacing each of those those 70 million sets will have a decent economic impact... I would just rather see that money being spent elsewhere.
So your limited exposure to the state of Tennessee is supposed to serve as an example to the rest of the world? I do agree with the drug problem part, I have lived in communities that have suffered from both blue collar and white collar drug addictions.
Anyway, no one is keeping you here...
My final comment was a reactionary stab at your character based on what little I know of you. Much like the reactionary comments you made based on what little you know of my home state. Perhaps "Fuck Off" would have been sufficient.
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Well I'm certainly glad that you don't write NASA's press releases or half of the other initial comments I have seen on this board. Here are a few things to keep in mind.
Space exploration has been dangerous for half a century, but has been rewarding for the advancement of science and technology. Neither fact is going to change in the next half century.
While you might not support manned space flight, and thanks for letting us know, many other people out their do support the programs. We would like to respectfully hear your opinions on which direction the agency should go, not just sarcastic remarks.
The men and women who have lost their lives have families (fathers, mothers, sons, and daughters) , and think just a little harder about that before you crack a joke about dead astronauts... Would you like someone making a joke about your dead relatives?
If the system is selectively blocking calls, then I assume when power is lost it shuts off the system.
Other than that, I can't think of an non-criminal emergency (heart attack as opposed to attempted murder) that would be in significantly worse shape in the 25 seconds that it takes to find an emergency exit.
A lot of people in the states are familiar with anti-export warnings on encryption technology:
Are their any technologies that the government of Jordan specifically mandates not be exported outside of its borders?
OR
How common is it that encryption technology that the U.S. Government asks not be used overseas is actually implemented "against their will"?
Delayed a little, who cares... but twice as much as the competition? That stings... for the "next next" generation of consoles we should all open up IRA accounts right now.
I know some of the packages for XBox 360's this holiday cost way up in that range or more on eBay... But seriously... who are these people willing to fork over a pretty good house payment for being the early adopter? For that kind of money... it better make me breakfast.
They've been working on the iBrick for years. I heard it makes the satisfying Apple boot sound when you throw it through a window.
It is the ISS (Internaional Space Station)
The suit is an old Russian space suit.
So take your comment and cram it... I also hate that everyone presumes that when smart people conduct an experiment that they expect a successful result. Anyone who has worked in research can tell you that is just flat out wrong. I've had projects go completely wrong and still learned a great many things from them. It's like Edison's remark about knowing a multitude of new ways NOT to manufacture a lightbulb... It's just as important in making the journey to accomplish the goal successfully.
Two points...
1. Internet access is not a necessity, we can live without it just like some people don't pay for television.
2. If people start dropping their internet service because of this behavior, the market would adjust. I happen to give the corporations a little credit though, I think they're smart enough to not implement bad ideas... Or at least no all at once. Comcast would be happy to watch Bellsouth do something stupid like raise rates or tier services and then market that they are cheaper and faster.
Go take off the tinfoil hat and get some Prozac. Even if a corporation is out there to try and stick it to you... You would have to let them.
Read the whole post next time... the point is that they cannot bring it to an unrealistic level of abstraction. Such as... You downloaded 4 ISO files last month and they're worth $40 a piece regardless of whether the were 30MB or 300MB.
YES they can charge by the amount of bandwidth you use. In this analogy I'm saying kW/h is like Mbps where a slice of toast is like an ISO file. Two of those are hard and fast units of measure, the others can vary on a case by case basis.
I then go on to say... customers are going to reject that pretty quickly. There are so many things on your computer that you cannot micromanage that use bandwidth... If they don't price it fairly people are going to get pissed off. That's still not enough though...
Now tell me... have you ever looked at a log from a firewall or a router to see how many times little packets are zooming back and forth because some asshole in China can't patch his pirate copy of Windows XP? How is it fair that I should pay for ANY of the bandwidth that jackass uses for me?
That's why residences pay flat fees and businesses tolerate sliding expenses because they have something to gain (money) by having a presence on the Internet. You think these business models happened by accident?
I'm sorry I went on a rant... you can go back to coding for Windows Vista again.
The cat is out of the bag and competition will keep it that way.
Saying that they will charge per e-mail or download is as unrealistic as the electric company charging you per piece of toast, or load of laundry that you wash. What they can charge you on is the bandwidth that you use. Similar to how the electric company can charge per kilowatt hour... Also... They could only ever charge you for what you downloaded. Can you imagine how pissed you would be to find out that all the responses to incoming zombie requests to you computer racked up a $400 "Internet" bill. Even then, people will not be happy with the idea that they have to pay $15.00 extra dollars this month because a Microsoft error led to a giant ass patch they HAD to download.
It will not happen, the die has been cast and you can't repurpose this airplane as a clown's scooter.
My dad has a bit less than 20/20 eyesight. If we give him a Nano or regular iPod he would fumble around with the clickwheel to select what he wants to listen to in the car. With the shuffle he just loads it with the few things that he wants and skips around.
If it's not making business sense I understand... but it is a good product. I hope that they are just coming out with a new incarnation of the Shuffle.
Sure, but that's guaranteed to piss off your girlfriend / wife / significant other...
These guys built a digital voice recorder out of it:
http://www.basesys.com/
It's used to provide a dictation service for large medical facilities down to small private practices. Medical dictation systems can cost $40,000+ from the biggest provider. (Dictaphone) We use this service though, and are very happy with their reliability. They can even support some proprietary Dictaphone hardware which uses DTMF tones not found on normal phones. (ABCD or Flash, Flash Override etc. for you military types.)
You do know how much I hate flipper babies!
Why's that? Do they freak you out?!
Do they?!
I probably should have told you to cover your eyes...
I got Weezer in my Windows...
JC
Looks like Mike Lavallee's paint work, he's been on Discovery and a couple of other custom auto TV shows.
http://www.killerpaint.com/
What else can we stick a USB drive in?
Well if you want to get pummeled you could always say, "Your Mother" "Your Wife" or "Your Girlfriend".
At first when I read your post I thought... Wow, that WOULD be cool.
Then I thought about having to stick your finger in your computer...
Reaching around an old computer just to get your data off.
Your friends catching you stuck in a particularly fat computer.
The jokes practically write themselves...
That's a really good point... one voucher gets them their signal back for an essential TV. Two is spending money on someone's desire for being able to watch in the kitchen, bedroom, or elsewhere.
Good point... Consider if I rent out my house to someone who uses it to manufacture methamphetamine. I can be held liable for civil and criminal offenses for the impact that the lab has on the property and the community, and if I fail to report the activity.
Too little attention is paid to the illegal activity that goes on in subsidized housing in my community... Someone needs to be down there to say, "You own $5,000 worth of new electronics, move out and get an apartment." It's their money to spend... but the taxpayers are their landlord AND their source of support. We should be able to say when one get's cut off.
But resources are spread too thin... and sending people out to developments costs money.
I'm not saying that all subsidized housing is bad. I'm just saying that it shouldn't be abused... Like multi-million dollar bridges to an island of fifty people etc.
Hey, everyone! It's Captain Obvious' alter-ego Anonymous Coward.
But seriously... I'm pretty sure whatever was going on there was illegal, but I can't prove it... Like I'm pretty sure the computer they had was stolen. But all I can do is check serial numbers and if it comes up clean... keep on moving. Because leveling a false accusation can get me in a hell of a lot of trouble if he was on the level. Not to mention that I might as well paint a target on my ass for ratting out a dealer.
I am really going to hate to see TV vouchers end up in the hands of people living on government assistance. I still have fresh memories of walking into a subsidized housing development and seeing a 60" TV on one wall, and a stack of $100 bills on a coffee table.
That being said, If it's only going to be "earmarked" for vouchers, and not blindly spent... the $21.43 that is spent on replacing each of those those 70 million sets will have a decent economic impact... I would just rather see that money being spent elsewhere.
So your limited exposure to the state of Tennessee is supposed to serve as an example to the rest of the world? I do agree with the drug problem part, I have lived in communities that have suffered from both blue collar and white collar drug addictions.
Anyway, no one is keeping you here...
My final comment was a reactionary stab at your character based on what little I know of you. Much like the reactionary comments you made based on what little you know of my home state. Perhaps "Fuck Off" would have been sufficient.
Solves both of our problems.
The Governor has run successful technology ventures in the past and is doing a pretty damn good job with the state.
What does the whorehouse story prove besides your interest in 15 y.o. hookers?
That's why Nissan is moving it's North American Headquarters here...
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;-)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/arti
Sorry California
Can you imagine trying to explain to any TSA employee why the thing on your wrist looks like a bomb timer from a bad movie?