IMHO, the main advantage that Apollo 13 had was that the people on the ground and in the craft were trying to save it almost from the moment the damage occurred. This in spite of the fact that it seemed completely impossible to save the craft almost up to re-entry. They didn't accept a "can't do" answer and kept trying.
Contrast with the "no problem" approach to Columbia, followed by a big surprise on re-entry.
'At present, ___________ has too many times been hijacked by those who use it for illegal purposes to which the vast majority of our consumers do not wish to be exposed.'
Fill in the blank with something else than 'P2P Software'. Try 'firearms,' 'painkillers,' 'penises.'
Points up the difference between what a tool is designed for vs. what it's used for. That's a key element in whether you make it illegal.
"It is better than any book that has been written in the past. It is better than any book that will ever be written in the future. And I haven't even read it yet."
Banning the speech of hate groups dignifies their position.
If you don't let them make their noises, people won't realize how ugly and offensive they really are.
Shutting them up is doing them a favor. Don't make them the victims of opression. Instead, let them make themselves out to be the opressors they truly are.
> If the KKK (Christian extremists) were lynching people still, > you can guarantee you'd have Christians across the country > outraged by this and telling everyone.
What makes you think that the lynchings have stopped?
Examples that spring to my mind include Matthew Shepard and the lynchings in the U.S. Navy a few years back.
> I really wonder why this doesn't apply to classical art... > The point, as I see it, is that game developers are just particulary bad at it.
I think you hit it on the head, considering that some artists are also particularly bad at it. (And you typically won't find many paintings by bad artists in the museums. Mostly you see them in the homes of the artists.)
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If it's sealed, it's nice.
But if it gets smashed, there's a hell of a mess to clean up.
> it's a simple equation that is either true or false. It can't be both.
Meet Goedel.
"This statement cannot be proven by any method of logic."
> The title actual is
> "The 100 Most Frequently Challenged Books of 1990-20001".
Includes 'The Time Machine' by H.G. Wells?
Just after the shriek, look for a bystander that hates cell phones, holding a gadget in his hand, and smiling.
> Appearantly she nags at you if you don't spend money on her.
Imagine the twisted relationships where the object is to get the virtual girlfriend to say something more vituperative than ever before.
Again, art imitates sitcoms.
A train does not have the same price-performance ratio as a ship.
But you don't use a ship when a train would do, and vice versa.
As the parent poster said: clusters and supercomputers are not the same.
What I want is an interoceter computer.
And one of those flying saucers with the tractor beam in the bottom.
IMHO, the main advantage that Apollo 13 had was that the people on the ground and in the craft were trying to save it almost from the moment the damage occurred. This in spite of the fact that it seemed completely impossible to save the craft almost up to re-entry. They didn't accept a "can't do" answer and kept trying.
Contrast with the "no problem" approach to Columbia, followed by a big surprise on re-entry.
While we're modding down the SCO propaganda, maybe we should mod up the anonymous trolls on the SCO stories.
> Even Discovery Channel perpetuates the same error.
Yeah, in between documentaries about the Bermuda Triangle and Area 51.
> Is it odd or even service packs that usually cause problems?
Yes.
'At present, ___________ has too many times been hijacked by those who use it for illegal purposes to which the vast majority of our consumers do not wish to be exposed.'
Fill in the blank with something else than 'P2P Software'. Try 'firearms,' 'painkillers,' 'penises.'
Points up the difference between what a tool is designed for vs. what it's used for. That's a key element in whether you make it illegal.
> Dibs on Uranus!
Obligatory goatse link [censored]
"A rare spectacle" that happens more often than U.S. Presidential elections. I guess that makes the elections a rarer spectacle.
> I think "Wang" would be a more appropriate name for them.
But not vice versa.
"It is better than any book that has been written in the past. It is better than any book that will ever be written in the future. And I haven't even read it yet."
> They could have gone with plan B
> which was to just pay cash. But in pennies.
Your're confusing settlements with royalties.
Slashdot set to fork into MS-tolerant and MS-intolerant editions.
Lameness filters to be adjusted accordingly.
> While the SELEX experiment stopped taking data in 1997,
> an extended analysis revealed this new particle lurking
> within their data.
Nice to see the costly technology paying off long after the experiment is over.
Pure science is worth the money.
I, myself, am charmed by strangeness.
Banning the speech of hate groups dignifies their position.
If you don't let them make their noises, people won't realize how ugly and offensive they really are.
Shutting them up is doing them a favor. Don't make them the victims of opression. Instead, let them make themselves out to be the opressors they truly are.
> You realize...You still need a fan in each PC.
Yes, but I could duct those into the box easily. Not so easy with the power supplies.
I would like a multi-pc power supply just to reduce the noise.
I hate having three to five PC's whirring away day & night. The noise adds up.
With one supply, I could put it in a noise-dampening box.
> If the KKK (Christian extremists) were lynching people still,
> you can guarantee you'd have Christians across the country
> outraged by this and telling everyone.
What makes you think that the lynchings have stopped?
Examples that spring to my mind include Matthew Shepard and the lynchings in the U.S. Navy a few years back.
What about the bombing of abortion clinics?
> I really wonder why this doesn't apply to classical art...
> The point, as I see it, is that game developers are just particulary bad at it.
I think you hit it on the head, considering that some artists are also particularly bad at it. (And you typically won't find many paintings by bad artists in the museums. Mostly you see them in the homes of the artists.)