Don't think for a minute that NASA exists purely for humanitarian reasons. The reason it's becoming such a focus of political attention now is the same reason it did back in the during the Cold War - because of Space's importance in national security.
With the other developing superpowers quickly approaching the same level of access as the shuttle currently has, and some with ambitions to reach even further, the US Government can't afford to fall behind and lose the advantage of it's head start. China and India have both announced plans to revisit the moon -- something the US doesn't even currently have the capacity to do again. With Mars being the next great frontier, who will be the first to develop the technologies that will take us there? In a hundred years, what will be the ramifications of ceding the first foothold there?
Aside from the political aspect of being the dominant space power, there are also tremendous military technologies that come from developing for the space program, not to mention tactical advantages that can result from dominating space. From "innocuous" threats like shutting down enemy sattelites, to the real potential for MWDs parked in LEO over your enemies, there is a very real necessity for the space program to remain part of the government.
Private technology companies should have greater access and receive more funding, and further research into the depths of space will always require international cooperation and support. However, the US has reached the deadline of being the "Sole superpower" in the world, and once again must make the effort to compete in a global technology race. Anything less than a total commitment to being the leader in space technology would be irresponsible and dangerous.
Frankly, I think every person who wants to work in IT should spend at least a year on the helpdesk.
In my experience, the number one problem with IT is that the programmers and managers really don't have enough interaction with the end users to understand their side of things. Every time there's an outtage because someone kicked the cord out of a server, or every patch that breaks usability in the name of some wizzbang feature, it really falls on the helpdesk to manage and do damage control while you're out "on break".
To the rest of the company, the helpdesk is literally the face of the IT department. They're the ones who get to deal with irate customers, desperate password seekers, and the social manipulators.
On the help desk, you learn every quirk of every system your company supports. You learn all the "unofficial" tricks that get things done, regardless of policy or procedure. Most importantly, you learn who to call when situations arise you can't handle. You know *everyone*, so that when application Z is causing catastrophic system failures on your server farm you know exactly who to go to to make it stop.
Why AMD + ATI Should win: Hypertransport. Putting the GPU on the same bus as the CPU should theoretically eliminate whatever roablocks the PCI bus created. Plus, allowing for die-2-die communication and treating the GPU as a true co-processor instead of a peripheral should open up huge possibilities for performance boosts.
Why AMD + ATI won't win: AMD won't risk alienating their OEM partners who also manufacture Intel motherboards and NVidia boards. Also, it's AMD.
Next time you buy a ticket, check out all the taxes associated with that.
Now multiply that by 2-4 million a year for 30 years, and you'll know why a 350m dollar stadium is a wise investment for a city.
Not to mention all the *other* taxes that are collected on the employees (do athletes pay local taxes?) and all the industries (sports bars, memorabilia stores, sporting goods, etc) that depend on a local franchise.
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Your right to screw up ends at my right to not have to subsidize your screw ups.
Don't think for a minute that NASA exists purely for humanitarian reasons. The reason it's becoming such a focus of political attention now is the same reason it did back in the during the Cold War - because of Space's importance in national security.
With the other developing superpowers quickly approaching the same level of access as the shuttle currently has, and some with ambitions to reach even further, the US Government can't afford to fall behind and lose the advantage of it's head start. China and India have both announced plans to revisit the moon -- something the US doesn't even currently have the capacity to do again. With Mars being the next great frontier, who will be the first to develop the technologies that will take us there? In a hundred years, what will be the ramifications of ceding the first foothold there?
Aside from the political aspect of being the dominant space power, there are also tremendous military technologies that come from developing for the space program, not to mention tactical advantages that can result from dominating space. From "innocuous" threats like shutting down enemy sattelites, to the real potential for MWDs parked in LEO over your enemies, there is a very real necessity for the space program to remain part of the government.
Private technology companies should have greater access and receive more funding, and further research into the depths of space will always require international cooperation and support. However, the US has reached the deadline of being the "Sole superpower" in the world, and once again must make the effort to compete in a global technology race. Anything less than a total commitment to being the leader in space technology would be irresponsible and dangerous.
If I were you, I'd upgrade my router to WPA-PSK2, turn of SSID broadcasting and name it something random, and use a more secure password.
That was the dumbest, stupidest, most idiotic thing I've EVER seen on the internet.
And I've been to SomethingAwful.com
So, does Google pay *YOU* when someone clicks on your link?
Third Option: Truck-Driving Orangutan Wrangler
1) Company must now register and pay for the keywords "Dummy", "Poopiehead", "Fartsniffer", and "Boogerbrains"
or
2) Company must now register keywords that, when combined with their intended keywords, nullify each other out, like Semantic anti-matter.
or
3) Company may only use keywords that have a value less than zero.
Really, the only way to possibly enjoy this film will be to go in with absolutely no expectations at all.
Forget the Matrix, forget the old cartoons, don't bring any assumptions or fond childhood dreams to the party.
Just order a large popcorn, maybe get a little intoxicated, and go watch the eye-candy.
And if there's a plot that actually makes sense, it's all gravy.
Frankly, I think every person who wants to work in IT should spend at least a year on the helpdesk.
In my experience, the number one problem with IT is that the programmers and managers really don't have enough interaction with the end users to understand their side of things. Every time there's an outtage because someone kicked the cord out of a server, or every patch that breaks usability in the name of some wizzbang feature, it really falls on the helpdesk to manage and do damage control while you're out "on break".
To the rest of the company, the helpdesk is literally the face of the IT department. They're the ones who get to deal with irate customers, desperate password seekers, and the social manipulators.
On the help desk, you learn every quirk of every system your company supports. You learn all the "unofficial" tricks that get things done, regardless of policy or procedure. Most importantly, you learn who to call when situations arise you can't handle. You know *everyone*, so that when application Z is causing catastrophic system failures on your server farm you know exactly who to go to to make it stop.
See, this is why I use
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I imagine it'd be pretty cool to play Hide and Seek in a 3D environment, although the hiding space options would be rather limited.
How about setting up a CAVE-like environment for some really VR Descent?
You'll have to ask Apple
but they will never completely add up to match any purchase you'll ever make.
Sounds like the legendary collusion between the hotdog packagers and the bun manufacturers.
According to anonymous officials, they're calling this heist even more daring than the time he stole the Ark of the Covenant away from the Nazis.
"According to Gizmodo...
For a moment, I read that as Gizmondo and thought to myself "Well, if anyone would know about hoaxes..."
Why AMD + ATI Should win: Hypertransport. Putting the GPU on the same bus as the CPU should theoretically eliminate whatever roablocks the PCI bus created. Plus, allowing for die-2-die communication and treating the GPU as a true co-processor instead of a peripheral should open up huge possibilities for performance boosts.
Why AMD + ATI won't win: AMD won't risk alienating their OEM partners who also manufacture Intel motherboards and NVidia boards. Also, it's AMD.
Can "Zombie Babbages From Space" be far behind?
Cevat Yerli is an INKER!
Personally, I'm hoping it's a Formula 1 Circuit. Even the name makes sense!
I don't know how to feel about that, without affecting the outcome one way or another.
Web XP?
Event -> Mainstream Media --> Daily Show ---> Me
Jon Stewart is my Walter Cronkite
A guy who's made it his life's work to study Parallel Computing has come forth to say, he thinks Parallelism is the next big thing?
Shock! And Awe!
Would't having a bunch of simulated 4-year olds actually raise the average maturity level of the SL userbase?
Next time you buy a ticket, check out all the taxes associated with that.
Now multiply that by 2-4 million a year for 30 years, and you'll know why a 350m dollar stadium is a wise investment for a city.
Not to mention all the *other* taxes that are collected on the employees (do athletes pay local taxes?) and all the industries (sports bars, memorabilia stores, sporting goods, etc) that depend on a local franchise.