The shuttle is a dead end, and everyone knows it. They are too expensive to run, too expensive to replace (with other shuttles) and too expensive PR wise to just scrap. So, you send one up, and it "experiences a malfunction". You send up the rescue shuttle, and rescue the brave astronauts. The "doomed" shuttle is set to burn up over the Pacific (with the appropriate Taco Bell endorsements). Everyone returns safely in the rescue shuttle.
Despite the heroic rescue there is a huge public outcry about shuttle safety. Suddenly, supporting clunky 30 year old designs is a political liability. The public, ever eager for vicarious space travel, calls for a newer, safer, cheaper alternative... especially if it leads to Mars. Voila, the perfect atmosphere to redesign the entire space program.
No, the main advantage is time. A one time investment of $1000 at six percent made at age 40 will result in a $4465 nestegg by age 65. The same investment made at age 16 will result in a $18,780 nestegg.
And while were at it; no owning URLs unless you set up a web site with real content in a year, OK? This crap of choosing a URL and then you go to some camper who suggests you can buy it on an "easy payment plan"--- what is up with that?
I think that both parties in a lawsuit should be required to pool their legal funds, and that should be split evenly between the two law teams doing the representing. That way, big bad rich guy could not bleed poor little guy into submission. Also, both parties would get equal legal representation.
The best current theory *is* the truth, until a better theory is found.
No. This is wrong. The best current theory is not the truth. The best current theory is merely our best educated guess as to how things work. If it were the truth, the true way things worked, then there would never be better theories being found.
There is no doubt about short term evolution, like the crab story. Things get quite a bit more hazy when the same theory is used to try to explain the existence of different species. That has not been observed.
Initially, I thought it might be a remake of V. It wasn't until I saw the cover picture and recalled that I'd seen it on the Space channel, on one of their comic book vignettes, that I realized it was YACBFA (Yet Another Comic Book Film Adaptation).
P.S. The poster was not stupid, merely uninformed.
If they are allowed to gather information by looking through the windows, are they allowed to use a lip-reader to monitor a conversation taking place in the car? Further, instead of the lip-reader, can they bounce a laser off your windshield and monitor your conversation that way?
Line of sight does not necessarily mean optically visible. Some materials are opaque optically, and transparent to radio signals. Besides, how many people do a walk around of their car before driving away?
If I'm driving down a country road at night and I see no headlights, or taillights, I have a reasonable expectation of privacy. Furthermore, one could argue that during the installation procedure, the vehicle was seized by the state, without due process.
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Why, oh why, would you send up a crew of seven when you only need a Commander, a Pilot, and maybe, just maybe a doctor as a mission specialist?
The shuttle is a dead end, and everyone knows it. They are too expensive to run, too expensive to replace (with other shuttles) and too expensive PR wise to just scrap. So, you send one up, and it "experiences a malfunction". You send up the rescue shuttle, and rescue the brave astronauts. The "doomed" shuttle is set to burn up over the Pacific (with the appropriate Taco Bell endorsements). Everyone returns safely in the rescue shuttle.
Despite the heroic rescue there is a huge public outcry about shuttle safety. Suddenly, supporting clunky 30 year old designs is a political liability. The public, ever eager for vicarious space travel, calls for a newer, safer, cheaper alternative... especially if it leads to Mars. Voila, the perfect atmosphere to redesign the entire space program.
Gee, Spoolcll.exe and app_result.dll look awfully windows specific to me. Of course, I Read The Fancy Article.
Centrifuge. Problem solved.
Faster than light travel simply introduces i...
Introduces i? You must be imagining things.
1. Your main advantage, taxes, are minimized...
No, the main advantage is time. A one time investment of $1000 at six percent made at age 40 will result in a $4465 nestegg by age 65. The same investment made at age 16 will result in a $18,780 nestegg.
And while were at it; no owning URLs unless you set up a web site with real content in a year, OK? This crap of choosing a URL and then you go to some camper who suggests you can buy it on an "easy payment plan"--- what is up with that?
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Vitriol+Angst.com was already taken, was it?
I think that both parties in a lawsuit should be required to pool their legal funds, and that should be split evenly between the two law teams doing the representing. That way, big bad rich guy could not bleed poor little guy into submission. Also, both parties would get equal legal representation.
Where do you live? Episode 1 was just aired on Space here in Toronto this past weekend.
We need to move away from mechanical drives, not seeing how much we can push rotational speeds.
There are geocaches in most major cities. No need for magic forest-targetting teleporters.
You raise many good points. I withdraw my objection.
How much do these differ in size... Really?
The best current theory *is* the truth, until a better theory is found.
No. This is wrong. The best current theory is not the truth. The best current theory is merely our best educated guess as to how things work. If it were the truth, the true way things worked, then there would never be better theories being found.
There is no doubt about short term evolution, like the crab story. Things get quite a bit more hazy when the same theory is used to try to explain the existence of different species. That has not been observed.
Initially, I thought it might be a remake of V. It wasn't until I saw the cover picture and recalled that I'd seen it on the Space channel, on one of their comic book vignettes, that I realized it was YACBFA (Yet Another Comic Book Film Adaptation).
P.S. The poster was not stupid, merely uninformed.
Step 1: Find big alien rock on Mars
Step 2: Detect some obvious sign of intelligent origin.
Step 3: ?
Step 4: Manned mission to Mars.
Beagle II is on a completely different part of the planet. Trust me, it didn't roll a quarter of the way around the planet.
And, praytell, how does your mail server see my internal DNS server?
If they are allowed to gather information by looking through the windows, are they allowed to use a lip-reader to monitor a conversation taking place in the car? Further, instead of the lip-reader, can they bounce a laser off your windshield and monitor your conversation that way?
It is the lip of a slippery slope.
Everybody with an account can have mod points.
Line of sight does not necessarily mean optically visible. Some materials are opaque optically, and transparent to radio signals. Besides, how many people do a walk around of their car before driving away?
Finally, a proper analogy.
If I'm driving down a country road at night and I see no headlights, or taillights, I have a reasonable expectation of privacy. Furthermore, one could argue that during the installation procedure, the vehicle was seized by the state, without due process.
Many people want to forget the 70's.