I'm not a specialist, but I believe that at that altitude it's "only" -120C or so. There are things that are still liquid at that temperature, so fuel might not be an issue.
Never lived up to it's promise? In it's heyday, the shuttle program launched about every month. There's places where the buses don't go that often.
What did you think would happen, an hourly spacebus to the zero-G shopping mall?
It's a major shame that this marvel is retired, but the real BAD THING is that there's apparently not a single politician left with any sort of vision for the future short of how much cash they can get in their pockets, so there's no follow-up. We've been up there, and, well, that's it. Let's go back into our caves and watch dementing television.
Thing is that it only pays off if you a) manage to actually *get* the bachelor, and b) manage to get and keep a job at that level without being kicked out for incompetence.
The former should only be true for those who are smart enough, but there's political pressure on the American school system to pass a large percentage of students. Politicians only care that it looks like the population is getting better educated, but (consciously) ignore that lowering the bar has the inverse effect and actually devalues the obtained degrees.
As for the latter, well... I'm sure that there's statistics about how many bachelors and masters flip burgers at the Mc. It's not going to be a pretty figure.
The push towards better accessibility of higher education was a good plan, but it should not have been at the cost of influx in trade schools. I can assure you, an independent tradesman - say, a plumber - makes at least as much as a bachelor, if he manages his business properly.
I tend to define a geek as someone who is obsessive about knowledge in one or more domains. The manner in which that knowledge is obtained (reading, doing, whatever) is less relevant. I haven't much thought about this bit, but I suspect it is mostly to do with "hard" knowledge - although I could perfectly picture a psychology geek, too.
The very fact that geekdom is about knowledge, makes it intellectual, though, as it requires a fully working brain. Geeks may have problems with the way specific institutions like schools transfer knowledge, but a geek that is opposed to actual knowledge cannot exist.
Soooo... 249/299$, and 249/299€, eh? When did the Euro and the Dollar become linked currencies? I hadn't heard that the concept of "exchange rates" had been obsoleted.
Thank you for yet more assrape, Sony. Fuck you with a broomstick, I'm not your milking cow. You can keep your crap.
Oh come on. Do you think LPG is tanked the same way petrol is? There already are working, foolproof, airtight connectors. You just need another one, that has four tubes - 2 in, 2 out. Add some sensors and you're off.
You *started* to build it, yes. That's not the same as having built all of it, just the bit of it that's on US grounds. Not all 13 DNS root servers are in the US, either. If you "deroute".cn, the only thing you'll accomplish is that you won't be able to reach.cn; not necessarily even the other way round, let alone the link between the rest of the world and.cn.
If ICANN, North-American based though it is, would suddenly and unilaterally retract all IP blocks assigned to China there would be serious backlash from the rest of the world, not in the least because such a dictatorial action will raise fears that the same could happen to them. Continue along that line and eventually the rest of the world will decide to stop listening to ICANN and simply set up their own authority for dealing with IP blocks; the inevitable conflicting routings would then give priority to local rules, effectively cutting not China but America off from the rest of the world.
We all know that the Internet is designed to route around damage, and your proposal amounts to America damaging the Internet. The Internet will simply route around America.
It is high time that you start realising that there is no longer such a thing as "the Internet is American". It's become a global infrastructure where we're all in it together, and there's no turning back. You may as well try to "deroute" China from the seven seas.
Nicely done. This wonderful universe we live in keeps amazing me with it's beauty.
When I saw the cackatoos ride the dish, just for a moment I got the impression that they now full well what's going on there and are tagging along to see what happens, too.
That was my first thought, and it inevitably led to my second thought: what has the US been threatening or promising in relation to the current spanish problems that allowed them to push this through?
Artists make a lot more without the hundreds of thieves in the middle - look at the stats for Radiohead's famous pay-what-you-want album. Antipiracy measures have always existed. DRM only came when the technology was up to it. Stop talking out of your ass, shill.
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That doesn't count as a pick-nick either, I'm afraid.
Ahhhh, thank you. I misunderstood the "not in this mode" bit, apparently :-)
That does make a lot more sense.
You're gonna have to be blinking might fast, lad.
You exaggerate. I don't think I've ever seen a doctor who was born and raised in North America.
Then again, I'm Belgian.
Don't worry, sir, just bend over, spread 'em and relax as much as you can. This won't hurt. Much.
It's not a real pick-nick if it's in your mom's basement.
Hmm. Editor standards must be going up, then.
I'm not a specialist, but I believe that at that altitude it's "only" -120C or so. There are things that are still liquid at that temperature, so fuel might not be an issue.
Never lived up to it's promise? In it's heyday, the shuttle program launched about every month. There's places where the buses don't go that often.
What did you think would happen, an hourly spacebus to the zero-G shopping mall?
It's a major shame that this marvel is retired, but the real BAD THING is that there's apparently not a single politician left with any sort of vision for the future short of how much cash they can get in their pockets, so there's no follow-up. We've been up there, and, well, that's it. Let's go back into our caves and watch dementing television.
I guess it's up to China, now.
Thing is that it only pays off if you a) manage to actually *get* the bachelor, and b) manage to get and keep a job at that level without being kicked out for incompetence.
The former should only be true for those who are smart enough, but there's political pressure on the American school system to pass a large percentage of students. Politicians only care that it looks like the population is getting better educated, but (consciously) ignore that lowering the bar has the inverse effect and actually devalues the obtained degrees.
As for the latter, well... I'm sure that there's statistics about how many bachelors and masters flip burgers at the Mc. It's not going to be a pretty figure.
The push towards better accessibility of higher education was a good plan, but it should not have been at the cost of influx in trade schools. I can assure you, an independent tradesman - say, a plumber - makes at least as much as a bachelor, if he manages his business properly.
I tend to define a geek as someone who is obsessive about knowledge in one or more domains. The manner in which that knowledge is obtained (reading, doing, whatever) is less relevant. I haven't much thought about this bit, but I suspect it is mostly to do with "hard" knowledge - although I could perfectly picture a psychology geek, too.
The very fact that geekdom is about knowledge, makes it intellectual, though, as it requires a fully working brain. Geeks may have problems with the way specific institutions like schools transfer knowledge, but a geek that is opposed to actual knowledge cannot exist.
Soooo... 249/299$, and 249/299€, eh? When did the Euro and the Dollar become linked currencies? I hadn't heard that the concept of "exchange rates" had been obsoleted.
Thank you for yet more assrape, Sony. Fuck you with a broomstick, I'm not your milking cow. You can keep your crap.
So what is it? Is it a mock-up or is it a prototype? Kind of a major difference to see wether it's vaporware or close to being implemented, no?
You can't provide citations on future events. You can only go on past behaviour.
As the magic eight ball says: Outlook not so good.
Oh come on. Do you think LPG is tanked the same way petrol is? There already are working, foolproof, airtight connectors. You just need another one, that has four tubes - 2 in, 2 out. Add some sensors and you're off.
You *started* to build it, yes. That's not the same as having built all of it, just the bit of it that's on US grounds. Not all 13 DNS root servers are in the US, either. If you "deroute" .cn, the only thing you'll accomplish is that you won't be able to reach .cn; not necessarily even the other way round, let alone the link between the rest of the world and .cn.
If ICANN, North-American based though it is, would suddenly and unilaterally retract all IP blocks assigned to China there would be serious backlash from the rest of the world, not in the least because such a dictatorial action will raise fears that the same could happen to them. Continue along that line and eventually the rest of the world will decide to stop listening to ICANN and simply set up their own authority for dealing with IP blocks; the inevitable conflicting routings would then give priority to local rules, effectively cutting not China but America off from the rest of the world.
We all know that the Internet is designed to route around damage, and your proposal amounts to America damaging the Internet. The Internet will simply route around America.
It is high time that you start realising that there is no longer such a thing as "the Internet is American". It's become a global infrastructure where we're all in it together, and there's no turning back. You may as well try to "deroute" China from the seven seas.
> pen, cross-platform standards that haven't been "embraced and extended"
You mean, will again be "embraced and extended", no ?
Nicely done. This wonderful universe we live in keeps amazing me with it's beauty.
When I saw the cackatoos ride the dish, just for a moment I got the impression that they now full well what's going on there and are tagging along to see what happens, too.
That was my first thought, and it inevitably led to my second thought: what has the US been threatening or promising in relation to the current spanish problems that allowed them to push this through?
Artists make a lot more without the hundreds of thieves in the middle - look at the stats for Radiohead's famous pay-what-you-want album. Antipiracy measures have always existed. DRM only came when the technology was up to it. Stop talking out of your ass, shill.
How about that they are not blind to previous stunts entities have pulled, like the Sony rootkit.
Given that their bottom line can't support another investment like for the PS3 I'd say they're hurting already.
Didn't good old IBM also let OS/2 die because their shares in Microsoft were worth more? Maybe monkeyboy has gotten himself some Apple stock.
While I like the idea of transporting the end result of feeding out of my body, I damn well wouldn't want to miss the pleasures of eating.
Well, it *is* an accurate analogy, isn't it? It looks all nice and pretty from afar, but once you get closer it turns out to be vapourware.