Exactly. It is our very nature of exploration and adaptability that keeps us going.
If we don't explore new options, we're doomed to fester until we rot away.
Also, since the plan is mostly to simply rearrange NASA's budget, and not dramatically make it larger, we're really not "wasting" any more money than we are now. However, what we are doing is giving us a new set of goals that are loftier than what we have now. What we learn by sending men to mars and to the moon again will help all of space travel. It will also help science as a whole. It will also help you and your family. It will also help the world.
I'm not sure I get the AutoComplete part of it. I've never enabled it since I rarely have anything that I need to login, fill out info for, etc.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but I assume you mean something that runs locally and searches the web for sensitive (CC#'s, SSN's, etc) information? If that is the case, well, like I said, that information would have to be stored, and thus could be just as vulnerable as that info on the web. Sure, your machine would somehow have to be infected by something that could extract that data and send it back to wherever, but it exists.
I'm sure such a tool, if done right would still be better than not having it at all, but it wouldn't be foolproof.
As for CC numbers themselves not being very useful, I understand that, and that's why I added "they mot not be of much use" or something to that effect. If you did however send someone something informing them that your CC number is on their site/wherever, that information (your email addy, your real name (if you provide one in your email client), your IP address, etc) could all be used to determine the rest of the needed information.
Anyway, like I said, it'd probably do more good than bad, I'm just playing devil's advocate.
And the minute that system comes out, there will be people hacking away to somehow access the information it contains. After all, if it's automated, it has to store the info that needs to be looked for. Otherwise, if you had to plug in the info each time it wouldn't be automated.
Or for the really paranoid, what if people just put out fake CC numbers, in the luck that one was detected as real. Then your automated software sends them an email informing them that it was real, and they now have a valid CC number. May not be of much use, but you never know.
Uhm, it's not quite as simple as landing a spacecraft on an asteroid, turning on the ion engine and having it come our way. Keep in mind that asteroid probably has quite a bit of speed already, and that could be a problem if it's not headed in the right direction. It's also probably spinning somehow, and that would have to be overcome.
I'm not saying it isn't possible, I'm just saying you're simplifying it quite a bit.
The problem is not there isn't enough food, the problem is the distribution. Too often, the poor and underdeveloped areas that need the food are controlled by local warlords and militants. They then take the food and use it as a power gathering medium. They control the food, they control the power.
So, the only way (that I see, but I have no knowledge of anything of this nature) would be to send in the military, take out said warlords, distribute the food, get the locals on the military's side, train them to develop skills, allow them to export their goods, and thus build up their own economy.
The problem is, people tend to not like an occupying force in their land for any extended period of time, and unrest will build, and then more groups will rise by violent means, uniting the people against the occupying force.
Seriously, when are people going to realise that you can't just take modern components you'd use with your computer and put it in a space craft?
Not only did it take ~7 months (I think) to get to Mars, meaning it was already 7 months "obsolete" when it landed, it was also probably not launched for a LONG time after it was completed. They have to test it extensively and test for every possible scenario they can come up with. They also have to have equipment that is suitable for the extremes of space travel. High G forces, extreme vibration, extreme temperature differences, radiation, and probably thousands of other things I don't know about.
Put simply, YOUR PC THAT SITS ON YOUR DESKTOP WON'T SURVIVE A ROCKET LAUNCH INTO SPACE. And if it did survive the actual launch and made it into space, it would fail very quickly.
Another source of noise for me, and it seems to be this way throughout the house is whenever my powered PC speakers are on, I can faintly hear the radio through them. I'm not using any high tech cables or anything, and when I'm not listening to music or playing games (when I am listening to music/playing games you can't hear the radio) I turn the speakers off, so it's not really a big issue for me, but my brother and parents get rathered annoyed at it sometimes (their machine's speakers don't have an on/off) Does anyone know how to help get rid of this problem or at least make it a little less noticeable? I'm assuming maybe just better shielded cables or something, but I have no idea, I'm not an audio guy.
I think you've hit on a new cool case mod.... using the fans to create a hover-case!
On a side note, I have never really been bothered by noise from my computers, except maybe the older ones when the fans start to rattle.
The soothing hum is actually kind of nice to my ears, and if I try and sleep in my room with none of my machines powered on, it becomes almost too quite. Guess I'm just used to it by now.
On a side note, I was going to try and bring a Simpsons reference into it from the episode where they goto Shelbyville to get the lemon tree and the Shelbyville kids comment on Bart's excellent can control, but I couldn't figure out a way to make it both funny and have people catch the reference.
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Exactly. It is our very nature of exploration and adaptability that keeps us going.
If we don't explore new options, we're doomed to fester until we rot away.
Also, since the plan is mostly to simply rearrange NASA's budget, and not dramatically make it larger, we're really not "wasting" any more money than we are now. However, what we are doing is giving us a new set of goals that are loftier than what we have now. What we learn by sending men to mars and to the moon again will help all of space travel. It will also help science as a whole. It will also help you and your family. It will also help the world.
Hey, if I was an ex vice president and I could use that as some kind of weight to be present at NASA's Mars Rovers HQ, I'd use it.
But the real reason he was there is they used some of the AI he's been programmed with when he was built in the factory on the rovers.
It could work. It'd just have to be the largest jump rope ever made so those pesky planets and that thing called the sun don't smash into it.
Or we could just make it like a giant fishing hook and reel it in! A new moon anyone?
My guess is the majority of people who are going to give comments and suggestions are the people who are for the "new" space program, not against.
I'm not sure I get the AutoComplete part of it. I've never enabled it since I rarely have anything that I need to login, fill out info for, etc.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but I assume you mean something that runs locally and searches the web for sensitive (CC#'s, SSN's, etc) information? If that is the case, well, like I said, that information would have to be stored, and thus could be just as vulnerable as that info on the web. Sure, your machine would somehow have to be infected by something that could extract that data and send it back to wherever, but it exists.
I'm sure such a tool, if done right would still be better than not having it at all, but it wouldn't be foolproof.
As for CC numbers themselves not being very useful, I understand that, and that's why I added "they mot not be of much use" or something to that effect. If you did however send someone something informing them that your CC number is on their site/wherever, that information (your email addy, your real name (if you provide one in your email client), your IP address, etc) could all be used to determine the rest of the needed information.
Anyway, like I said, it'd probably do more good than bad, I'm just playing devil's advocate.
And the minute that system comes out, there will be people hacking away to somehow access the information it contains. After all, if it's automated, it has to store the info that needs to be looked for. Otherwise, if you had to plug in the info each time it wouldn't be automated.
Or for the really paranoid, what if people just put out fake CC numbers, in the luck that one was detected as real. Then your automated software sends them an email informing them that it was real, and they now have a valid CC number. May not be of much use, but you never know.
And that tool would be used to search for other's private details.
And uhm. Well...... if you found your info using google, WOULDN'T GOOGLE BE THAT TOOL?!
Brcause they can? Yes, yes, they shouldn't, but they do.
Never underestimate the power of blaming someone/thing else instead of your own actions. (Or inaction)
But can they find the last port location of the SS Minnow?!
Uhm, it's not quite as simple as landing a spacecraft on an asteroid, turning on the ion engine and having it come our way. Keep in mind that asteroid probably has quite a bit of speed already, and that could be a problem if it's not headed in the right direction. It's also probably spinning somehow, and that would have to be overcome.
I'm not saying it isn't possible, I'm just saying you're simplifying it quite a bit.
So all that spam that's been filling my inbox actually works?!
Oh.... AROUND your waist.... nevermind.
Cars with wheels.
Buildings that need ground to support them.
So, where are the flying cars and cities on clouds damnit?!
The problem is not there isn't enough food, the problem is the distribution. Too often, the poor and underdeveloped areas that need the food are controlled by local warlords and militants. They then take the food and use it as a power gathering medium. They control the food, they control the power.
So, the only way (that I see, but I have no knowledge of anything of this nature) would be to send in the military, take out said warlords, distribute the food, get the locals on the military's side, train them to develop skills, allow them to export their goods, and thus build up their own economy.
The problem is, people tend to not like an occupying force in their land for any extended period of time, and unrest will build, and then more groups will rise by violent means, uniting the people against the occupying force.
The solution, eat people.
Not to mention "Shyeah, right, and monkeys might fly out of my butt!"
Don't believe all the spam that's flooding your inbox.
You can also identify the computer that beat you and take a bat to it.
The day a computer can pick out a person in a group and take a bat to them, that is the day we must fear.
What is Man?
A Man is a human with a penis and two balls.
Flewp Flewpenstien,
real big man.
Offtopic, but in regards to your sig, do your run that site or have anything to do with it?
Seriously, when are people going to realise that you can't just take modern components you'd use with your computer and put it in a space craft?
Not only did it take ~7 months (I think) to get to Mars, meaning it was already 7 months "obsolete" when it landed, it was also probably not launched for a LONG time after it was completed. They have to test it extensively and test for every possible scenario they can come up with. They also have to have equipment that is suitable for the extremes of space travel. High G forces, extreme vibration, extreme temperature differences, radiation, and probably thousands of other things I don't know about.
Put simply, YOUR PC THAT SITS ON YOUR DESKTOP WON'T SURVIVE A ROCKET LAUNCH INTO SPACE. And if it did survive the actual launch and made it into space, it would fail very quickly.
I'm waiting for them to cross the PB&J mark.
Another source of noise for me, and it seems to be this way throughout the house is whenever my powered PC speakers are on, I can faintly hear the radio through them. I'm not using any high tech cables or anything, and when I'm not listening to music or playing games (when I am listening to music/playing games you can't hear the radio) I turn the speakers off, so it's not really a big issue for me, but my brother and parents get rathered annoyed at it sometimes (their machine's speakers don't have an on/off) Does anyone know how to help get rid of this problem or at least make it a little less noticeable? I'm assuming maybe just better shielded cables or something, but I have no idea, I'm not an audio guy.
I think you've hit on a new cool case mod.... using the fans to create a hover-case!
On a side note, I have never really been bothered by noise from my computers, except maybe the older ones when the fans start to rattle.
The soothing hum is actually kind of nice to my ears, and if I try and sleep in my room with none of my machines powered on, it becomes almost too quite. Guess I'm just used to it by now.
How about GAFSOH (get a fucking sense of humor)?
On a side note, I was going to try and bring a Simpsons reference into it from the episode where they goto Shelbyville to get the lemon tree and the Shelbyville kids comment on Bart's excellent can control, but I couldn't figure out a way to make it both funny and have people catch the reference.
Hektor really needs to learn some can control. Look at that drip!
He also lacks style, but at least it's not just giant bubble letters.