They wouldnt have been able to put up a manned version until 2018. The Ares I was unnecessary, you can use Delta IV or Atlas V already proven rockets plus the Falcon 9 launching next month.
The Ares V heavy lift rocket could be done faster,cheaper and more reliably by a shuttle derived heavy lift vehicle such as the Direct 3.0 , the tooling is already in place for Directs version using the existing shuttle tooling.
1) It's not a good design, 2) there are already other off the shelf American launchers available that can do LEO for cargo for less money and are less expensive to make man rated including the Atlas V, Falcon 9, and Delta IV heavy. The Delta and the Atlas are already proven launch vehicles and the Falcon 9 will likely have proven itself in a month or so. Ares I would not be ready until 2018. 3) Ares sucks money away from other more viable space exploration activities 4) If you want to keep NASA employees productively employed let them work on missions that get us out of Low earth orbit instead of trying to reinvent apollo(on steroids, on crack, on lsd?)
If you cant allow unrestricted access then allow the USER to decide which of a certain number of machines to authorize the software/music/games/etc. Tie the accounts to the user and allow the user to redownload their purchased content on their new upgraded machine.
Apple doesn't do the last part...yet but if they were smart they would. Why? Its adds value to purchasing music from Apple, if you dont have to worry about backups. It adds value to the concept of authorizing machines beyond apple simply being a control freak.
Android tablets are coming out every day. ARM based Netbooks are selling for less than $100. If you believe people who plan on buying a sub-$200 netbook will really buy a $400 Ipad, you have got a screw loose.
I booked a hotel with hotwire that listed wireless internet access but it turned out that it only had internet access in the lobby. I called hotwire and told them and they let met change my hotel at no charge even though they dont normally allow changes.
The FTC doesnt give a crap about censoring content only regulating anti-fraud and commercial transactions. The FTC could go after internet companies under anti-trust and anti-competitive practices laws.
The 2560 monitor that sells for $1200 or the 1920 monitor that sells for $200-300? the market has decided. The 1080p standard is beneficial to both computer users and tv watchers in driving prices down.
1440p is probably the next stepping point thats 2736x1440, its less of a step than 2160p.
Both it and its predecessor link back to grassroots.com.
"At Grassroots Enterprise, we combine the best of cutting-edge Internet technology with high-impact communications to build movements that make an impact.
What does this mean, in plain English? In a nutshell, that means that we help clients:"
I say this as an educational IT person. It caused more problems than it solved and I wound up removing it from all the computers
within a year of starting my job at my school.
The aliens looking for us might likely be viewed with the same amount of ridicule that SETI researchers receive from the general scientific community on this world.
Some alien looking for us in primitive radio bands might very be the alien version of a ham radio operator. Of course to their "mainstream" community the idea of looking for alien signals in sublight bands might be crazy.
Since only two of 171 patents were covered by the covet not to assert. IBM doesnt need those two patents to win its case.
In any event the two patents are unenforceable under the doctrine of promissory estoppel. When IBM promised not to assert these patents others acted in reliance on that promise. I suspect IBM's lawyers knows the law sufficiently well to not try to do that in actual legal filings.
All the conservatives screaming about judge-made law forget before the late 19th century pretty much all law was based on common law which was created by judges by centuries of judicial precedent. The bill of rights was basically codification of common law precedents.
It might be IBM...it fits their business profile and it might be just up IBM's thinking to open source unix itself. It would be a major tax write-off (what is the multi-year value of the unix copyright?)
Of course theres always google, owning the unix code would give it some nice defensive ground.
They have a modified directX 10 file out there that will run on xp. The reason why they dont want directX 10 for XP is that XP will run directX 10 faster than vista or windows 7
Upgrading Ubuntu is like installing a service pack. It costs nothing and all you usually have to do is run the upgrade and restart.
You dont have to pay anything to upgrade from a three year old version of Ubuntu to the current version, you just have to run the upgrade a couple times. Since new versions of ubuntu are free most users will upgrade reasonably quickly(in one version counter tool 80% of the users were using 9.10 )
Netbook users obviously dont give a rats ass about hardware acceleration, they just want their websites they shop and bank and watch little youtube videos to work. They are not asking for 720p performance, just want their web to work.
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They wouldnt have been able to put up a manned version until 2018. The Ares I was unnecessary, you can use
Delta IV or Atlas V already proven rockets plus the Falcon 9 launching next month.
The Ares V heavy lift rocket could be done faster,cheaper and more reliably by a shuttle derived heavy lift vehicle
such as the Direct 3.0 , the tooling is already in place for Directs version using the existing shuttle tooling.
but is it the best use of NASA funds???
1) It's not a good design,
2) there are already other off the shelf American launchers
available that can do LEO for cargo for less money and are less expensive to make man rated including
the Atlas V, Falcon 9, and Delta IV heavy. The Delta and the Atlas are already proven launch vehicles
and the Falcon 9 will likely have proven itself in a month or so. Ares I would not be ready until 2018.
3) Ares sucks money away from other more viable space exploration activities
4) If you want to keep NASA employees productively employed let them work on missions that get us out of
Low earth orbit instead of trying to reinvent apollo(on steroids, on crack, on lsd?)
If you cant allow unrestricted access then allow the USER to decide which of a certain number of machines
to authorize the software/music/games/etc. Tie the accounts to the user and allow the user to redownload
their purchased content on their new upgraded machine.
Apple doesn't do the last part...yet but if they were smart they would.
Why? Its adds value to purchasing music from Apple, if you dont have to worry about backups. It adds value
to the concept of authorizing machines beyond apple simply being a control freak.
Android tablets are coming out every day. ARM based Netbooks are selling for less than $100.
If you believe people who plan on buying a sub-$200 netbook will really buy a $400 Ipad, you have got
a screw loose.
Never attribute to malice that which can be equally explained by incompetence
The US routinely bars human rights violators from entering the US why not in this case?
Cant we get him on to the US no-fly list?
Im sure the UK has similar laws.
I booked a hotel with hotwire that listed wireless internet access but it turned out that it only had internet access in the lobby.
I called hotwire and told them and they let met change my hotel at no charge even though they dont normally allow changes.
The FTC doesnt give a crap about censoring content only regulating anti-fraud and commercial transactions. The FTC could go after internet companies
under anti-trust and anti-competitive practices laws.
Seal it up in transparent lucite panels. The smithsonian could probably do it and still make the vast majority of the ship viewable by visitors.
The 2560 monitor that sells for $1200 or the 1920 monitor that sells for $200-300? the market has decided.
The 1080p standard is beneficial to both computer users and tv watchers in driving prices down.
1440p is probably the next stepping point thats 2736x1440, its less of a step than 2160p.
http://techrights.org/2009/05/04/consumer-watchdog-exposed/
Both it and its predecessor link back to grassroots.com.
"At Grassroots Enterprise, we combine the best of cutting-edge Internet technology with high-impact communications to build movements that make an impact.
What does this mean, in plain English? In a nutshell, that means that we help clients:"
The question is who is the client????
Robdude was simply trying to make it easier to do his class work with no malicious intent, you were hacking. You got off easy, he got screwed.
I say this as an educational IT person. It caused more problems than it solved and I wound up removing it from all the computers
within a year of starting my job at my school.
The aliens looking for us might likely be viewed with the same amount of ridicule that SETI researchers receive from the general scientific community
on this world.
Some alien looking for us in primitive radio bands might very be the alien version of a ham radio operator. Of course to their "mainstream" community the idea
of looking for alien signals in sublight bands might be crazy.
Does anyone other than me see the killer app for educational tablets?
Tuxpaint has been waiting 8 years for the creation of the computing tablet...
Watch your kids eyes light up when they can do electronic fingerpaint.
How do you know what sluggish pieces of poop feel like?
Since only two of 171 patents were covered by the covet not to assert. IBM doesnt need those two patents to win its case.
In any event the two patents are unenforceable under the doctrine of promissory estoppel. When IBM promised not to assert
these patents others acted in reliance on that promise. I suspect IBM's lawyers knows the law sufficiently well to not try to
do that in actual legal filings.
What evolutionary advantage do NDE's serve?
How does reducing trauma in the brains of those who are dying aid survival?
All the conservatives screaming about judge-made law forget before the late 19th century pretty much all law was based on common law which was created by judges by centuries of judicial precedent. The bill of rights was basically codification of common law precedents.
It wont be microsoft...too many antitrust issues.
It might be IBM...it fits their business profile and it might be just up IBM's thinking to open source
unix itself. It would be a major tax write-off (what is the multi-year value of the unix copyright?)
Of course theres always google, owning the unix code would give it some nice defensive ground.
$15 for the pc version similar for xbox 360 and ps3, not really a full game but several maps and people enjoy it for what it is.
They have a modified directX 10 file out there that will run on xp. The reason why they dont want directX 10 for XP is that XP will run directX 10 faster than vista or windows 7
For say $20 or so that offered XP users DX 10 and IE 9 would XP users be willing to pay for it???
Upgrading Ubuntu is like installing a service pack. It costs nothing and all you usually have to do is run the upgrade and restart.
You dont have to pay anything to upgrade from a three year old version of Ubuntu to the current version,
you just have to run the upgrade a couple times. Since new versions of ubuntu are free most users will upgrade reasonably
quickly(in one version counter tool 80% of the users were using 9.10 )
Netbook users obviously dont give a rats ass about hardware acceleration, they just want their websites they shop and bank
and watch little youtube videos to work. They are not asking for 720p performance, just want their web to work.