And while you're up there, can you pick me up a few billion dollars worth of resources that have been unaffected by geological change and are therefore infinitely easier to mine? Oh wait, they said quick fix. I know, keep burning coal, but pump the carbon dioxide into the ocean. Yeah, that's a plan. As with all space based activities, what's lacking is not the technology, it's the mandate.
I remember a time when one bunch of people would sell products and another bunch of people would repair them when they break. Now when I buy a washing machine, no-one can fix it except the manufacturer. If I had the choice, I'd buy a washing machine that anyone can fix, but these days I don't have that choice. It's the same with my car. Same with my DVD player. Same with my television.
Thankfully if my computer screws up I can take it to any one of many repair shops. If it's a hardware issue I'll probably call the manufacturer and see what my warrentee covers me for, but if it's a software issue, blah, as if I'd call Microsoft. Of course, if it's a laptop and I don't have a warrentee, who can I call? The manufacturer, that's it.
So who do I call if my Linux box is on the fritz? Believe it or not, there's lots of people you can call. Because the software is open there's a whole lot of people who understand it and can fix it. Just like when the hardware is open.
Very true. If you want to attribute anything to Von Braun, attribute in-orbit assembly. His proposals for military installations on the Moon in the late 50s were elegant and advanced. He relied on what today we would call medium-lift launch vehicles and in-orbit assembly. At the time the army had a proven capability to fire off hundreds of these rockets a month and had shown they can man and supply outposts in much harsher conditions. The only thing lacking was a mandate. From an economical point of view medium-lift launch vehicles make a lot of sense. See The case for smaller launch vehicles in human space exploration by Grant Bonin, part 1 and part 2.
tested life support? He clearly says that the life support system used is not up to spec and will not fly.
SpaceX needs to prototype this stuff before they can design a real system because they have no experience making spacecraft. Boeing and Lockheed-Martin can focus on gathering requirements and doing engineering, on paper, because they know what they are doing. The only reason NASA has to go with SpaceX is because they are likely to get a better deal, but they've gotta wear the risk.
The prototype lacks a reaction control system for maneuvering in space and a heat shield that would prevent it from burning up upon re-entry, Musk said, but could otherwise be launched into space.
LOL, that's brilliant. What does it have?
"As part of a top secret project, we've already built a prototype flight crew capsule, including a thoroughly tested 30-man-day-life-support system, which is sitting on our factory floor right now," Musk told Space News. "It doesn't meet all the NASA requirements, so it will probably not see flight, but it has served as a valuable learning experience."
So nothing. You have a tin can. Brilliant.
Neither Dragon nor its Falcon 9 rocket is ready to roll out to the launch pad. But the Falcon 9 is in development for a 2007 debut..
The Falcon I hasn't even got off the launch pad.
Look, I love SpaceX. Elon Musk is trying to dig a big hole in the middle of the overweight aerospace industry and so far he's doing a good job of it. But this is nothing but vapourware. I hope NASA gives them a big chunk of that funding but frankly, it's a high risk proposition right now.
I think it is pretty clear that what an "Office" suite should do is provide direct manipulatable virtual analogs of pages that you can move around on your virtual desktop. Not a desktop that is in a window, but the actual desktop which is completely underutilized in every operating system currently in existance. The "application" should be transparent. It should enable the manipulation of the objects you're interested in working on.
Alternatively, the government could stop interfering in private transactions between its citizens and allow legitimate factories to be constructed for these goods. 99% of the negative social effect of controlled substances are caused by the restrictions. Personally I prefer the way cigarettes and alcohol are handled by the government. Sure, I have to put up with some bullshit health warnings and minor restrictions on public use, but no-one breaks into my house and steals my DVD player so they can buy cigarettes or alcohol. When you buy these products you have some guarentee they are what they claim to be. You know what is in them and what the affects of them are. The negative social effects of smoking and drinking are addressed by taxes on those items, so there's some form of justice to the system. In contrast, every one of us has to pay for enforcement on controlled substances. Most everyone will be a victim of drug related crime sometime in their life.
Any shop assistant can do anything they like. What are you gunna do, climb the counter to get back your license? Your only recourse is to call the police and get them to come and collect your license from the shop assistant.. and when you consider that is what the shop assistant wanted in the first place, you clearly have no rights. Personally, I'd be saying "you look with your eyes, not with your hands" when they asked for my drivers license.
machine two will now disconnect you from machine one and Norton will block you from connecting to machine one again. You have to go into the AutoBlock tab of the Symantec Client Firewall and remove the ip from the list.
It makes sense yes, but if you can justify the cost cutting by claiming that you're "outsourcing" the position then you'll win brownie points with your bean counter boss and that's how things get done in corporate environments.
Heh, yeah right. In my company, *I* have to call American Express Travel and arrange a flight. Very few companies have secretaries that do those traditional roles anymore.
Bullshit. It's simple cost cutting. Shit, when I want a day off I have to fill in a form and carry it to HR. Was a time when I'd just ask my manager and *he* would fill in the form. Can't have that anymore, he's too busy typing things.
Tis funny how widespread computer literacy has eliminated so many jobs. Was a time when your boss would have a secretary to type up his reports/memos/whatever, now he does it himself. That same person would typically be responsible for getting the boss his coffee.. now he has to walk to the kitchen himself. I find it funny that so many tech companies offer their employees free snacks and drinks as a motivational aid, but none of them offer someone to get those snacks and drinks.
What's worse is that assholes refer to just about everything as DRM. It's a catch all term. Product Activation? DRM. CD Check? DRM. Gotta download a codec to play a movie? DRM. Hell, I've heard people refer to the restrictions on what you can do with objects in a MMORPG as DRM. It's as non-specific as Intellectual Property, and worse than IP it presupposes that creator of the file to which the "rights" are attached actually has any right to have those "rights" enforced on my machine.
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And while you're up there, can you pick me up a few billion dollars worth of resources that have been unaffected by geological change and are therefore infinitely easier to mine? Oh wait, they said quick fix. I know, keep burning coal, but pump the carbon dioxide into the ocean. Yeah, that's a plan. As with all space based activities, what's lacking is not the technology, it's the mandate.
Well no offense man, but I'll take Von Braun's argument over yours any day of the week.
The "harshness" of maintaining an outpost is all about the logistical difficulty of resupplying it.
I remember a time when one bunch of people would sell products and another bunch of people would repair them when they break. Now when I buy a washing machine, no-one can fix it except the manufacturer. If I had the choice, I'd buy a washing machine that anyone can fix, but these days I don't have that choice. It's the same with my car. Same with my DVD player. Same with my television.
Thankfully if my computer screws up I can take it to any one of many repair shops. If it's a hardware issue I'll probably call the manufacturer and see what my warrentee covers me for, but if it's a software issue, blah, as if I'd call Microsoft. Of course, if it's a laptop and I don't have a warrentee, who can I call? The manufacturer, that's it.
So who do I call if my Linux box is on the fritz? Believe it or not, there's lots of people you can call. Because the software is open there's a whole lot of people who understand it and can fix it. Just like when the hardware is open.
Very true. If you want to attribute anything to Von Braun, attribute in-orbit assembly. His proposals for military installations on the Moon in the late 50s were elegant and advanced. He relied on what today we would call medium-lift launch vehicles and in-orbit assembly. At the time the army had a proven capability to fire off hundreds of these rockets a month and had shown they can man and supply outposts in much harsher conditions. The only thing lacking was a mandate. From an economical point of view medium-lift launch vehicles make a lot of sense. See The case for smaller launch vehicles in human space exploration by Grant Bonin, part 1 and part 2.
full-sized prototype == big tin can.
tested life support? He clearly says that the life support system used is not up to spec and will not fly.
SpaceX needs to prototype this stuff before they can design a real system because they have no experience making spacecraft. Boeing and Lockheed-Martin can focus on gathering requirements and doing engineering, on paper, because they know what they are doing. The only reason NASA has to go with SpaceX is because they are likely to get a better deal, but they've gotta wear the risk.
The prototype lacks a reaction control system for maneuvering in space and a heat shield that would prevent it from burning up upon re-entry, Musk said, but could otherwise be launched into space.
LOL, that's brilliant. What does it have?
"As part of a top secret project, we've already built a prototype flight crew capsule, including a thoroughly tested 30-man-day-life-support system, which is sitting on our factory floor right now," Musk told Space News. "It doesn't meet all the NASA requirements, so it will probably not see flight, but it has served as a valuable learning experience."
So nothing. You have a tin can. Brilliant.
Neither Dragon nor its Falcon 9 rocket is ready to roll out to the launch pad. But the Falcon 9 is in development for a 2007 debut..
The Falcon I hasn't even got off the launch pad.
Look, I love SpaceX. Elon Musk is trying to dig a big hole in the middle of the overweight aerospace industry and so far he's doing a good job of it. But this is nothing but vapourware. I hope NASA gives them a big chunk of that funding but frankly, it's a high risk proposition right now.
This is a problem with the whole industry, not just Open Source.
I think it is pretty clear that what an "Office" suite should do is provide direct manipulatable virtual analogs of pages that you can move around on your virtual desktop. Not a desktop that is in a window, but the actual desktop which is completely underutilized in every operating system currently in existance. The "application" should be transparent. It should enable the manipulation of the objects you're interested in working on.
If it's an artist rendering that's on a screen then it's a screenshot. Fuckin' nazi.
Heard of assault? The assistant has only to claim that he feared for his life and you're fucked.
Alternatively, the government could stop interfering in private transactions between its citizens and allow legitimate factories to be constructed for these goods. 99% of the negative social effect of controlled substances are caused by the restrictions. Personally I prefer the way cigarettes and alcohol are handled by the government. Sure, I have to put up with some bullshit health warnings and minor restrictions on public use, but no-one breaks into my house and steals my DVD player so they can buy cigarettes or alcohol. When you buy these products you have some guarentee they are what they claim to be. You know what is in them and what the affects of them are. The negative social effects of smoking and drinking are addressed by taxes on those items, so there's some form of justice to the system. In contrast, every one of us has to pay for enforcement on controlled substances. Most everyone will be a victim of drug related crime sometime in their life.
Any shop assistant can do anything they like. What are you gunna do, climb the counter to get back your license? Your only recourse is to call the police and get them to come and collect your license from the shop assistant.. and when you consider that is what the shop assistant wanted in the first place, you clearly have no rights. Personally, I'd be saying "you look with your eyes, not with your hands" when they asked for my drivers license.
on machine one:
nc -l -p 6667
on machine with NPF or NIS on it:
telnet machineone 6667
on machine one:
startkeylogger
machine two will now disconnect you from machine one and Norton will block you from connecting to machine one again. You have to go into the AutoBlock tab of the Symantec Client Firewall and remove the ip from the list.
No, it only works if the message came from a connection to an irc port (presumably only 6667).
It makes sense yes, but if you can justify the cost cutting by claiming that you're "outsourcing" the position then you'll win brownie points with your bean counter boss and that's how things get done in corporate environments.
Heh, yeah right. In my company, *I* have to call American Express Travel and arrange a flight. Very few companies have secretaries that do those traditional roles anymore.
They aint going to use SSMEs anymore, they're going back to upgraded Apollo engines.
Thus the last hope that the shuttle program would develop any useful technology what-so-ever is lost.
Well, duh. It's not like I'm suggesting that companies are actually run intelligently.
Because that would require IT to actually do something.
Bullshit. It's simple cost cutting. Shit, when I want a day off I have to fill in a form and carry it to HR. Was a time when I'd just ask my manager and *he* would fill in the form. Can't have that anymore, he's too busy typing things.
Tis funny how widespread computer literacy has eliminated so many jobs. Was a time when your boss would have a secretary to type up his reports/memos/whatever, now he does it himself. That same person would typically be responsible for getting the boss his coffee.. now he has to walk to the kitchen himself. I find it funny that so many tech companies offer their employees free snacks and drinks as a motivational aid, but none of them offer someone to get those snacks and drinks.
What's worse is that assholes refer to just about everything as DRM. It's a catch all term. Product Activation? DRM. CD Check? DRM. Gotta download a codec to play a movie? DRM. Hell, I've heard people refer to the restrictions on what you can do with objects in a MMORPG as DRM. It's as non-specific as Intellectual Property, and worse than IP it presupposes that creator of the file to which the "rights" are attached actually has any right to have those "rights" enforced on my machine.
You're all fuckwits.
inexplicable success
Yep, that about sums it up, thanks.