I bet you are voter too. What amazes me is how ppl like you never turn up to complain when your hard earned money is used to subsidize the nuclear industry.
I think one of the biggest costs come from the fact that every one wants to put people up there.
So you have to have all this testing etc, failsafe components reg aproval etc etc.
I think the nongovernment space hackers should concentrate on sending satelites before they start thinking about sending people.
It should be cheaper it could get them some bussines, and it will give them valuable experience.
why the x-price is asking for launching of people i dont know - they risk fatality and that will hurt amateur space efforts a lot.
by the way while a flash of brilliance may seem unlikely i wouldnt discount it. Hey a ram engine is mostly a hollow tube right? Some smart guy in a garage might figure out how those work.
If it was an operational shuttle $6 mill would way too little to ask for it.
During the testing of buran several early prototypes were made. Some were just an empty shell and were used to test the rigidity of the structure. The one thats a coffee house in leningrad is one of those.
Others were actually used for flight testing, that is they could flyintheatmosphere,but still were not space capable. You can tell them apart because they have jet engines bolted on to them.
So yeah the space shutlle in question is certainly one of those models.
Avery morning on the radio i hear some baseball or football player explain how he got eye surgery and now his sight is better than 20/20 and it really improves his game.
I would be really scared to go under the knife for unnecassary thing though. God might get mad that i am not happy with what he gave me and send me some complications.
Ok maybe sci fi will become "hot" but would that make sci fi better - probably not.
Sci fi has been hot in movies for a long time and what do we have to show for it - several big budget movies that are complete crap (men in black independance day, that arnold thing, phantom menace etc.) with one medium budget movie that is not that bad (the matrix).
And even though sci fi movies were hot Douglas Adams did not live to see a Hitchikers movie.
Good sci fi gets written not because its on bestsellers lists but because people that write it love doing it.
Hmm why is trying to decrease the suffering of a human being a "waste of money" and "absurd"?
Reading what you are saying makes me doubt that you may really care about other people. Well i do, you can call me a hippy you can also call me a good christian.
It is true that technology has caused a great change and sometimes improvement in peoples lives but i do not think that a big push into space exploration will do this at this point in our society.
The ammount of bussiness a movie does on its first weekend is not a very accurate way to measure how much people liked it.
I am sure people liked spiderman but the fact that it made so much on the first weekend has more to do with the way it was released and marketed as with the quality of the movie.
Working models were required. Right now they arent but there still is an enablement requirement.
And if the invention does not work the patent cannot pass the enablement requirement. So invention that do not work should not be given patents. Patent examiners are supposed to understand from the description if the invention will work or not. If they dont understand they can ask for inspections, or just deny the patent application.
Unfortunately you have to wonder if today the patent office is able or willing to really check whether the inventions will actually work.
And i am not really blaming examiners. The way they are organized they are required to examine an application in several hours, and it is pretty much impossible to do what is required in that time.
How western culture has made people proud of giving their money.
I mean you can like a movie and pay for it, and there is nothing wrong with that, but to say this movie rules because we payed so many millions of dollars into it is just sad.
And then of course you have to race so many people will try very hard to make attack of the clones gross higher than spiderman and lor.
If the studios brainwashed the american public they couldnt have done a better job.
They are not only defending themselves, they are trying to sell shoes.
Now if they sell shoes based on false information about how they are made, why shouldnt they be liable for false advertising.
If you payed $500 for handmade italian shoes and they turned out to be made in a factory in Malaysia would you think that the company that sold them to you had the free speach right to lie about their origin?
Well i dont know the particulars but it may be that the ISP desicded not to kick them off just so they limit their potential damages, in case they lost.
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I bet you are voter too. What amazes me is how ppl like you never turn up to complain when your hard earned money is used to subsidize the nuclear industry.
Traps can make people think there is a treasure inside.
This wont be the kind of stuff that could be used for nuclear bombs.
But it could be used for dirty bombs.
you need the ground to act as a readiation shield.
I think one of the biggest costs come from the fact that every one wants to put people up there.
So you have to have all this testing etc, failsafe components reg aproval etc etc.
I think the nongovernment space hackers should concentrate on sending satelites before they start thinking about sending people.
It should be cheaper it could get them some bussines, and it will give them valuable experience.
why the x-price is asking for launching of people i dont know - they risk fatality and that will hurt amateur space efforts a lot.
by the way while a flash of brilliance may seem unlikely i wouldnt discount it. Hey a ram engine is mostly a hollow tube right? Some smart guy in a garage might figure out how those work.
There was an HBO movie about him.
It was pretty interesting(for an hbomovie). Seems like he got killed by Israelis. Not hard to believe.
There is no way this is a real shuttle.
If it was an operational shuttle $6 mill would way too little to ask for it.
During the testing of buran several early prototypes were made. Some were just an empty shell and were used to test the rigidity of the structure. The one thats a coffee house in leningrad is one of those.
Others were actually used for flight testing, that is they could flyintheatmosphere,but still were not space capable. You can tell them apart because they have jet engines bolted on to them.
So yeah the space shutlle in question is certainly one of those models.
another artist pulls a stunt to draw attention to himself.
Unfortunately for him he didnt really find a way to show off his art. Making a sign to exact caltrans specs isnt really art.
Avery morning on the radio i hear some baseball or football player explain how he got eye surgery and now his sight is better than 20/20 and it really improves his game.
I would be really scared to go under the knife for unnecassary thing though. God might get mad that i am not happy with what he gave me and send me some complications.
How are they going to invade your privacy using that system?
American publishing needs a system that they can use to invade your privacy. Only this way will they catch up to amazon.
i thought there only was some made for tv stuff, and radio shows.
Ok maybe sci fi will become "hot" but would that make sci fi better - probably not.
Sci fi has been hot in movies for a long time and what do we have to show for it - several big budget movies that are complete crap (men in black independance day, that arnold thing, phantom menace etc.) with one medium budget movie that is not that bad (the matrix).
And even though sci fi movies were hot Douglas Adams did not live to see a Hitchikers movie.
Good sci fi gets written not because its on bestsellers lists but because people that write it love doing it.
Hmm why is trying to decrease the suffering of a human being a "waste of money" and "absurd"?
Reading what you are saying makes me doubt that you may really care about other people. Well i do, you can call me a hippy you can also call me a good christian.
It is true that technology has caused a great change and sometimes improvement in peoples lives but i do not think that a big push into space exploration will do this at this point in our society.
if you had 40 bill you wouldnt do anything selfless youd just make sure you are remembered.
ok
You did not read or understand my meassage and yet still find it neccessary to tech me about the economy.
The ammount of bussiness a movie does on its first weekend is not a very accurate way to measure how much people liked it.
I am sure people liked spiderman but the fact that it made so much on the first weekend has more to do with the way it was released and marketed as with the quality of the movie.
Working models were required. Right now they arent but there still is an enablement requirement.
And if the invention does not work the patent cannot pass the enablement requirement. So invention that do not work should not be given patents. Patent examiners are supposed to understand from the description if the invention will work or not. If they dont understand they can ask for inspections, or just deny the patent application.
Unfortunately you have to wonder if today the patent office is able or willing to really check whether the inventions will actually work.
And i am not really blaming examiners. The way they are organized they are required to examine an application in several hours, and it is pretty much impossible to do what is required in that time.
yeah, we already know from phantom menace that a shitty starwars movie will bring in the money all the same.
So its like they cant lose.
How western culture has made people proud of giving their money.
I mean you can like a movie and pay for it, and there is nothing wrong with that, but to say this movie rules because we payed so many millions of dollars into it is just sad.
And then of course you have to race so many people will try very hard to make attack of the clones gross higher than spiderman and lor.
If the studios brainwashed the american public they couldnt have done a better job.
Its a shame the us patent system is becoming a rubber stamp factory.
well that is stupid.
injunctions should only be granted if irreperable harm could happen and there is nothing irreperably harmful about changing ISPs.
They are not only defending themselves, they are trying to sell shoes.
Now if they sell shoes based on false information about how they are made, why shouldnt they be liable for false advertising.
If you payed $500 for handmade italian shoes and they turned out to be made in a factory in Malaysia would you think that the company that sold them to you had the free speach right to lie about their origin?
Well suppose theres a scandinavian northpole expedition that dies under suspicious circumstances.
Suppose they were killed by an allien that can enter the bodies of others.
Now suppose that allien has entered the body of a dog and is trying to attack an american station.
Now the scandinavians will try to kill the dog with a helicopter but that can be pretty tricky.
But if someone was watching the webcam, they would see the whole thing happen and alert the americans.
Well i dont know the particulars but it may be that the ISP desicded not to kick them off just so they limit their potential damages, in case they lost.
i know skipping over would be inneficient but if it could be done only as an emergency procedure inefficiency wouldnt be a problem.