If the the light in the other direction suddenly turns green... Joking aside, when I am driving, I watch the light that I am approaching. At a certain distance I make a decision that I am going going through the light even if it turns yellow. The faster I am going, the farther that distance is.
Are the X-Prize rules specific enough about the resulting health of the 3 people upon returning to the ground?
By 'safely return to earth', I would assume they mean more or less in excellent health. Another thing to note is that the same craft has to repeat the journey within two weeks. I would say getting the ship to 100K feet is closer to 1/10 of the way there than to 1/3 of the way. But then again, what do I know?
They have to get to 328,000 feet, seems like they are looking pretty good.
If I understand the X-Prize correctly, they have to take 3 people to that altitude. Just getting there is not enough. I might be wrong about actually taking people, but if they at least have to account for weight and life support, just attaining the altitude would not win it. An attaining it with an extra 500-1000 pounds of cargo might take as much work as getting there in the first place.
"Scaled Composites has its eyes on snagging the X Prize, a high-stakes international race to fly a reusable private vehicle to the edge of space and return safely to Earth."
There is no way in hell anyone is going to accomplish this feat for under $10 Million. What is this going to buy them? Bragging rights? Certainly not a spot next to Lockhead or Boeing.
70% of the first 5 posts in a given story get modded to +4 or better if thy contain more than three sentences related to the topic on hand. 93% of all karma whores know that.
Most albums have 0-1 decent songs on them. I wouldn't mine paying for single songs from albums like that. If the album is decent all the way through, I am going to jsut buy the CD.
That method, taxing goods and services only, is what the rich want. It is unfair to the poor and middle class because they spend the highest proportion of their income on goods and services. Frequently 100%. The rich spend a much smaller portion of their income this way and therefore would pay much less proportional to their income. This is akin to the highest tax rates being imposed on the poor and the lowest on the rich. Believe me, this movement is backed by the wealthy and would benefit them the most.
If they UN ran the internet, the committee would probably be headed by a nation like Tongo seeing how the UN's great wisdom lead to Libya heading up the Human Rights committee.
This could be construed as constructive dismissal - making unreasonable demands or not paying salary is usually the same as outright firing someone.
No, they were shocked I quit. First they pleaded, then they threatened, but they never would back down on their demands. Things were going really south with the economy as well as with their company. They had fired all but two people in the US and they probably figured I would eventually give in. Problem is, they pretty much treated my like shit so I had no real loyalty to them. Within 24 hours of my quiting, they had to fly one of their main people (an American, not a Russian) from Moscow to take over my duties. Their business lasted only a few more months. The good part of this whole thing is that outsourcing is what killed them. In their case, the team of Russian Ph.Ds in comp sci who would work for $3.00 hour (and that is really what they were paid) failed them.
How can you not be eligible for unemployment benefits? The US unemployment benefits scheme must be truly screwed up if you can be ineligible just for quitting a job, or refusing to do something degrading like training a replacement.
In most cases if you quit, you cannot get benefits. However, I quit once and received full benefits. The reason was because they wanted to cut my salary by 40% and wanted me to work russian time (midnight to 8am - they were outsourcing to Russia, this was in 2001.) I said I would not accept the changes and if they wouldn't keep my at my current salary and hours, I would quit. They said no, I quit immediately. I layed this out to the unemployment people and they said I was justified in quiting. I am not sure if 'not wanting to train a replacement' would go over quite the same.
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Picking on the retarded like that.
If the the light in the other direction suddenly turns green... Joking aside, when I am driving, I watch the light that I am approaching. At a certain distance I make a decision that I am going going through the light even if it turns yellow. The faster I am going, the farther that distance is.
So the twenty hippies that used this program can't use it anymore. If you don't like a company's policies, DON'T BUY FROM THEM!
Are the X-Prize rules specific enough about the resulting health of the 3 people upon returning to the ground?
By 'safely return to earth', I would assume they mean more or less in excellent health. Another thing to note is that the same craft has to repeat the journey within two weeks. I would say getting the ship to 100K feet is closer to 1/10 of the way there than to 1/3 of the way. But then again, what do I know?
They have to get to 328,000 feet, seems like they are looking pretty good.
If I understand the X-Prize correctly, they have to take 3 people to that altitude. Just getting there is not enough. I might be wrong about actually taking people, but if they at least have to account for weight and life support, just attaining the altitude would not win it. An attaining it with an extra 500-1000 pounds of cargo might take as much work as getting there in the first place.
"Scaled Composites has its eyes on snagging the X Prize, a high-stakes international race to fly a reusable private vehicle to the edge of space and return safely to Earth."
There is no way in hell anyone is going to accomplish this feat for under $10 Million. What is this going to buy them? Bragging rights? Certainly not a spot next to Lockhead or Boeing.
Let me put it this way: 29% of posts meant to be funny get mistaken for truth or troll.
70% of the first 5 posts in a given story get modded to +4 or better if thy contain more than three sentences related to the topic on hand. 93% of all karma whores know that.
Most albums have 0-1 decent songs on them. I wouldn't mine paying for single songs from albums like that. If the album is decent all the way through, I am going to jsut buy the CD.
Really? I can think of at least .99999999999999 time a bunch of computers made a mistakes.
Well the bear similarity in the the fact that if you use either you are open to getting F'ed in the A.
3COMengineers/Areweenies
...in my brain.
"It has to be literally 100 percent fool proof before an automaker will use it."
"Make something fool proof and someone will build a better fool."
If these smart cars electrocute stupid drivers before they can start the car.
FairTax.org
That method, taxing goods and services only, is what the rich want. It is unfair to the poor and middle class because they spend the highest proportion of their income on goods and services. Frequently 100%. The rich spend a much smaller portion of their income this way and therefore would pay much less proportional to their income. This is akin to the highest tax rates being imposed on the poor and the lowest on the rich. Believe me, this movement is backed by the wealthy and would benefit them the most.
200000000 tacos. This should provide adequate sustenance for the Dr. Who marathon.
A thousand chimps typing on a thousand typewriters for a thousand years can write some pretty fine Perl scripts.
Righto, good chap. In jolly olde England some words are spelt differently.
I haven't killed a man since 1984.
... until the UN runs the internet!
If they UN ran the internet, the committee would probably be headed by a nation like Tongo seeing how the UN's great wisdom lead to Libya heading up the Human Rights committee.
This could be construed as constructive dismissal - making unreasonable demands or not paying salary is usually the same as outright firing someone.
No, they were shocked I quit. First they pleaded, then they threatened, but they never would back down on their demands. Things were going really south with the economy as well as with their company. They had fired all but two people in the US and they probably figured I would eventually give in. Problem is, they pretty much treated my like shit so I had no real loyalty to them. Within 24 hours of my quiting, they had to fly one of their main people (an American, not a Russian) from Moscow to take over my duties. Their business lasted only a few more months. The good part of this whole thing is that outsourcing is what killed them. In their case, the team of Russian Ph.Ds in comp sci who would work for $3.00 hour (and that is really what they were paid) failed them.
How can you not be eligible for unemployment benefits? The US unemployment benefits scheme must be truly screwed up if you can be ineligible just for quitting a job, or refusing to do something degrading like training a replacement.
In most cases if you quit, you cannot get benefits. However, I quit once and received full benefits. The reason was because they wanted to cut my salary by 40% and wanted me to work russian time (midnight to 8am - they were outsourcing to Russia, this was in 2001.) I said I would not accept the changes and if they wouldn't keep my at my current salary and hours, I would quit. They said no, I quit immediately. I layed this out to the unemployment people and they said I was justified in quiting. I am not sure if 'not wanting to train a replacement' would go over quite the same.
I thought it was common practice not to release the transcripts of disasters to the public.
I hope they do a better job than the director of 'Anal Assault 5' .... Or do I?