1) How long and how many man hours did it take congress to come to the conclusion that it's a good idea to buy energy efficient servers?
2) Why are there four dissenting votes? More to the point, what's tacked onto this that would make a congressmen go on record as appearing to vote against energy efficiency.
Will put it in a different orbit from the bulk of the space junk...then there would be a great void between in and the orbiting debris that we could call the "star-chasm"?
I think you've read more into my comment than there actually was. Although I will say that, while I'm sure there are many decent doctors out there, "Doctor Shopping" is a reality.
Oh...and I don't smoke
You assume too much....probably better if you remain an anonymous coward.
Extract the monoamine oxidase A from the little urchins and sell it to car dealerships to put in their free coffee. Kids get less greedy, potential car buyers want more tricked out and expensive cars....everybody wins.
The number of possible afflicitions, disorders, etc. begins to saturate the population such that it becomes apparant that everybody has *something* wrong with them. At that point, everybody becomes just like everyone else again and we can once again refocus on taking ownership/responsibility for our own issues.
Either that, or everybody is on drugs to deal with their personal "disorders".
So, the worst case is that we live in a society where smoking is banned, but you can take all the doctor prescribed mood altering drugs you want.
The Shuttle, due to it's configuration, has what is called a "non-minimum phase response" in pitch. Simply put, when you pull back on the stick, it goes down for a while first, then, after it gets sufficient angle of attack, it will start to climb. It does the opposite when you push the stick forward. That is, the increse in wing camber makes it want to go up first, then, as it pitches down, it will start to dive. So, in addition to all the issues stated above, there is also this rather nasty behavior.
Seriously though, I hope that, with all these improvements they keep Ubuntu clean and simple, it's what I like most about it. A good selection of packages to start with and, if you want more, you can get what you need through the repositories.
While I use Ubuntu on my "home office" computer, I think SuSE is the current front-runner for the home computer desktop OS. I've got SuSE 9.1 on our home computer for the wife and kids to use, it's just a slick package.
Given the choice, it's the first one I would recommend to relatives.
Yea, then of course there is the "Efficiency Committee of the President's Council on Intergrity and Efficiency" - both of these committees report to, "The President's Committee to Abolish things that are Bad" - which is part of the "War on Badness" program.
I wouldn't mind seeing a sequel to The Incredibles. I think they left an excellent door open for that. I see it based around the family learning to function as a team.
You may be right, the spec. I was referring to was the minimum launch temperature of 40 degrees fahrenheit. They were at 53 degrees.
Although what you describe actually sounds like a safety margin based upon incorrect assumptions. Which means they would still be in spec, but the spec would be based upon bad data.
Although, I'm sure this is addressed in Feynman's report in more detail.
First off, I actually read the article - all eight pages of it. I was also a college student attending Purdue the day of the crash studying, oddly enough, aeronautical engineering and taking a class in propulsion with a proffessor who was a consultant for Morton-Thiokol (just Thiokol soon after). I remember a few things about this in particular.
It seemed that, almost as soon as the camera crew realized what had happened, they zeroed in on McCauliff's family. It took a while for the cameraman to get his payoff though, she didn't really react for quite some time. No doubt not fully able to comprehend what just happened.
When I got to my class that morning (psychology), I found the professor had also just seen the footage, he cancelled the class. None of us were really into it at that point.
The local news was all over the propulsion professor asking him for theories/insight. At that point though, nobody really knew what had happened and speculation is foolish.
By the end of that day, I was hearing "Need Another Seven Astronauts". In contrast, I've yet to hear any such wise-assed remarks about the Columbia reentry disaster.
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It's easy to second guess NASA's decision making but, when you are in that moment, it's a hard trigger to pull. I've no doubt that engineers were concerned about the integrity of the O-ring seal. However, when they launched, they were within published spec. Sadly, the spec was wrong. In that situation, it becomes your (expert) opinion vs. established data. You might be right, but it's hard to push through.
I say all of this because I'm right in the middle of something similar. I see a situation that management characterizes as "agressive" and I would call "reckless" - but it's just my opinion. I can't go to the appropriate regulating agencies with anything that would stick. All I can really do is what I've done, I resigned. On paper, I said the recent benefits change was not meeting my needs. Behind close doors, however, I went into very frank detail about how I felt their current philosophies could put people at risk, and how I could no longer represent them in good faith.
I looked for a way to compel the needed changes from my position, but was unsuccessful. I was well respected there, perhaps by resigning and making sure they understood why, they will be motivated to re-evalute. I don't really know.
Supposedly, he made this quote while being intervied by a psychiatrist during the time of his war crimes trial:
"Why, of course, the people don't want war," Goering shrugged. "Why would some poor slob on a farm want to risk his life in a war when the best that he can get out of it is to come back to his farm in one piece. Naturally, the common people don't want war; neither in Russia nor in England nor in America, nor for that matter in Germany. That is understood. But, after all, it is the leaders of the country who determine the policy and it is always a simple matter to drag the people along, whether it is a democracy or a fascist dictatorship or a Parliament or a Communist dictatorship."...... the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is tell them they are being attacked and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. It works the same way in any country."
Instant messaging is pretty prolific these days so I would think that a pretty large cross-section of their demographic is aware of "emoticons". Wouldn't this kinda look like a money-grab? I can't imagine a positive reponse to something like this. Seems that it will inevitably be shot down as prior art anyways. Difficult to see what they expect to ultimately gain.
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1) How long and how many man hours did it take congress to come to the conclusion that it's a good idea to buy energy efficient servers?
2) Why are there four dissenting votes? More to the point, what's tacked onto this that would make a congressmen go on record as appearing to vote against energy efficiency.
There's more to this story here...
Will put it in a different orbit from the bulk of the space junk...then there would be a great void between in and the orbiting debris that we could call the "star-chasm"?
Sincerely,
The A.S.S.
[Amazingly Stupendous Sarcasmo]
I think you've read more into my comment than there actually was. Although I will say that, while I'm sure there are many decent doctors out there, "Doctor Shopping" is a reality.
Oh...and I don't smoke
You assume too much....probably better if you remain an anonymous coward.
lots and lots of costumes ;)
Extract the monoamine oxidase A from the little urchins and sell it to car dealerships to put in their free coffee. Kids get less greedy, potential car buyers want more tricked out and expensive cars....everybody wins.
Tell me that ain't a plan...
The number of possible afflicitions, disorders, etc. begins to saturate the population such that it becomes apparant that everybody has *something* wrong with them. At that point, everybody becomes just like everyone else again and we can once again refocus on taking ownership/responsibility for our own issues.
Either that, or everybody is on drugs to deal with their personal "disorders".
So, the worst case is that we live in a society where smoking is banned, but you can take all the doctor prescribed mood altering drugs you want.
Most scientist are used to not having sex anyways...
The Amazing Sarcasmo is highly impressed by your incredible command of the English language!
The Shuttle, due to it's configuration, has what is called a "non-minimum phase response" in pitch. Simply put, when you pull back on the stick, it goes down for a while first, then, after it gets sufficient angle of attack, it will start to climb. It does the opposite when you push the stick forward. That is, the increse in wing camber makes it want to go up first, then, as it pitches down, it will start to dive. So, in addition to all the issues stated above, there is also this rather nasty behavior.
Captain Obvious!
Thank goodness you were here! Many of us may have missed that one.....
Regards,
The Amazing Sarcasmo
"Geeky"
There I go pissing karma away again....
Extreme Elephant
Seriously though, I hope that, with all these improvements they keep Ubuntu clean and simple, it's what I like most about it. A good selection of packages to start with and, if you want more, you can get what you need through the repositories.
Sorry....wrong forum..
I just say S-U-S-E....like E-I-E-I-O
Easier to spell....
I mean, I like GNOME, but it's hard to imagine SuSE without KDE.
While I use Ubuntu on my "home office" computer, I think SuSE is the current front-runner for the home computer desktop OS. I've got SuSE 9.1 on our home computer for the wife and kids to use, it's just a slick package.
Given the choice, it's the first one I would recommend to relatives.
Yea, then of course there is the "Efficiency Committee of the President's Council on Intergrity and Efficiency" - both of these committees report to, "The President's Committee to Abolish things that are Bad" - which is part of the "War on Badness" program.
Like Television? Seems to be logical next step.
story posted at 12:13, this reply posted at 12:16.....about three minute hang time
yea, that sounds about right for Slashdot.
:)
I wouldn't mind seeing a sequel to The Incredibles. I think they left an excellent door open for that. I see it based around the family learning to function as a team.
You may be right, the spec. I was referring to was the minimum launch temperature of 40 degrees fahrenheit. They were at 53 degrees.
Although what you describe actually sounds like a safety margin based upon incorrect assumptions. Which means they would still be in spec, but the spec would be based upon bad data.
Although, I'm sure this is addressed in Feynman's report in more detail.
First off, I actually read the article - all eight pages of it. I was also a college student attending Purdue the day of the crash studying, oddly enough, aeronautical engineering and taking a class in propulsion with a proffessor who was a consultant for Morton-Thiokol (just Thiokol soon after). I remember a few things about this in particular.
It seemed that, almost as soon as the camera crew realized what had happened, they zeroed in on McCauliff's family. It took a while for the cameraman to get his payoff though, she didn't really react for quite some time. No doubt not fully able to comprehend what just happened.
When I got to my class that morning (psychology), I found the professor had also just seen the footage, he cancelled the class. None of us were really into it at that point.
The local news was all over the propulsion professor asking him for theories/insight. At that point though, nobody really knew what had happened and speculation is foolish.
By the end of that day, I was hearing "Need Another Seven Astronauts". In contrast, I've yet to hear any such wise-assed remarks about the Columbia reentry disaster.
===
It's easy to second guess NASA's decision making but, when you are in that moment, it's a hard trigger to pull. I've no doubt that engineers were concerned about the integrity of the O-ring seal. However, when they launched, they were within published spec. Sadly, the spec was wrong. In that situation, it becomes your (expert) opinion vs. established data. You might be right, but it's hard to push through.
I say all of this because I'm right in the middle of something similar. I see a situation that management characterizes as "agressive" and I would call "reckless" - but it's just my opinion. I can't go to the appropriate regulating agencies with anything that would stick. All I can really do is what I've done, I resigned. On paper, I said the recent benefits change was not meeting my needs. Behind close doors, however, I went into very frank detail about how I felt their current philosophies could put people at risk, and how I could no longer represent them in good faith.
I looked for a way to compel the needed changes from my position, but was unsuccessful. I was well respected there, perhaps by resigning and making sure they understood why, they will be motivated to re-evalute. I don't really know.
Supposedly, he made this quote while being intervied by a psychiatrist during the time of his war crimes trial:
... the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is tell them they are being attacked and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. It works the same way in any country."
"Why, of course, the people don't want war," Goering shrugged. "Why would some poor slob on a farm want to risk his life in a war when the best that he can get out of it is to come back to his farm in one piece. Naturally, the common people don't want war; neither in Russia nor in England nor in America, nor for that matter in Germany. That is understood. But, after all, it is the leaders of the country who determine the policy and it is always a simple matter to drag the people along, whether it is a democracy or a fascist dictatorship or a Parliament or a Communist dictatorship."...
Instant messaging is pretty prolific these days so I would think that a pretty large cross-section of their demographic is aware of "emoticons". Wouldn't this kinda look like a money-grab? I can't imagine a positive reponse to something like this. Seems that it will inevitably be shot down as prior art anyways. Difficult to see what they expect to ultimately gain.