These outlets will compete with the quasi-monopolies held by the journal industry and provide information to researchers whose institutions can't afford to subscribe to large numbers of overpriced periodicals.
Sort of like how Slashdot competes with the quasi-monopolies held by the magazine industry in order to provide information to geeks who can't afford to buy magazines that check their facts, etc.:-)
Scientific journals serve a purpose, despite the rants by frustrated pseudoscientists who can't get their work published. Though the system may not work perfectly, at least they make some attempt to review articles and weed out the crap. Words like "free" and "open" and "no censorship" are not necessarily good for science, because it really just means "hey! we'll publish your manifestoes on how the world *really* works, even if those self-proclaimed scientist types keep telling you to talk to a psychologist..."
Let's keep in mind that Linux users who find bugs or issues are far more likely to report them, document them, publicize them, and share them.
Microsoft users who finds bugs call Microsoft tech support, who informs them politely that it's a feature, and lets the issue be stored deep in their databases somewhere.
This is not an issue of who has more issues, but whose issues get reported and publicized more.
This applies just to the space station, it seems, not to space in general. The thing to remember is that NASA has no real authority over space -- It's just space, it doesn't belong to anyone. They *do* have authority, however, over the facilities that we put into space, so they get to call the shots on the space station.
What's next? People who "look" Middle Eastern can't go into space in case they fly shuttles into the Galactic Trade Center? Who is NASA to start calling the shots like this?
And more interestingly, will they hold up once space is commercialized?
Miniaturize them from what? Cell phones are so small these days I'm surprised people can even find them in their pockets along with their keys, change, and whatever.
I say bring back the big manly phones that look like radio handsets!
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Sort of like how Slashdot competes with the quasi-monopolies held by the magazine industry in order to provide information to geeks who can't afford to buy magazines that check their facts, etc. :-)
Scientific journals serve a purpose, despite the rants by frustrated pseudoscientists who can't get their work published. Though the system may not work perfectly, at least they make some attempt to review articles and weed out the crap. Words like "free" and "open" and "no censorship" are not necessarily good for science, because it really just means "hey! we'll publish your manifestoes on how the world *really* works, even if those self-proclaimed scientist types keep telling you to talk to a psychologist..."
Let's keep in mind that Linux users who find bugs or issues are far more likely to report them, document them, publicize them, and share them.
Microsoft users who finds bugs call Microsoft tech support, who informs them politely that it's a feature, and lets the issue be stored deep in their databases somewhere.
This is not an issue of who has more issues, but whose issues get reported and publicized more.
Baywatch.
Rewind. Play. Pause. Play. Pause. Play. Pause.
Rewind. Play. Pause. Play....
Ouch. Good point.
Sober Americans...alcoholic Russian...what movie was that again?
This applies just to the space station, it seems, not to space in general. The thing to remember is that NASA has no real authority over space -- It's just space, it doesn't belong to anyone. They *do* have authority, however, over the facilities that we put into space, so they get to call the shots on the space station.
And more interestingly, will they hold up once space is commercialized?
I say bring back the big manly phones that look like radio handsets!
(Or is he just a capitalist; i.e., whichever is financially convenient at the moment?)
...and software called "Office" and "Windows"...
Better than an optical mouse, it's...a cognitive mouse?