Please... we all pay for things with our taxes that we don't agree with. I, for example, don't believe in paying for the jailing of people for marijuana posession, No Child Left Behind, Operation Iraqi Liberation (OIL), etc.
Ok, so elect people who would spend your tax money the way you would like it to be spent.
Is it just me, or are 99% of the podcasts out there completely braindead.
Just like 99% of blogs. Podcasts are just audio blogs. Generic ramblings by 'that guy' you always avoid at parties or at work, because he never shuts up, AND has nothing to say.
And the Sukhoi is designed for a MUCH shorter lifespan, and much more frequent, if easier overhauls. 4000 hours between major overhauls for an F-16 engine vs 400 hours for a MiG or Sukhoi engine. Ask any fighter pilot about the cockpit controls. What takes 2 switches, (on the throttle and stick) in an F-16 may take 6 on a MiG-29. And in a dogfight, those 2 seconds spent dicking with switches can be fatal.
Russians built their aircraft they way they did not because it was necessarily 'better', but because they had to. The West, with better educated and trained groundcrew, can build more complex aircraft.
Russian stuff is good, but let's not attribute magical qualities to it.
A while ago, a small motorsports magazine did an autocross test between a '65 Porsche 356, a '67 Jag XKE, and a 2003 Honda Odyssey. I have the issue around here somewhere.
The Porsche and Jag being 2 of the ultimate sports cars of their day, and the Honda being the typical family hauler of today, you'd think there would be no contest on a twisty autocross course.
Yes, it was no contest. But you'd probably be wrong in guessing which one won.
As far as weight, an old LeSabre is comparable to a new Maxima. About 3300-3500 lbs. And the Maxima is an inch longer in wheelbase.
Why NASA is using a shuttle that is 20 years old is beyond me.
Because you don't build something as complex as a shuttle, and have a new model every other year. Having said that, they have gone through a lot of rebuilds. How much of the original electronics is still in it? Not a lot. And your old 310 didn't get nearly the inspections the shuttles have.
NYC, Boston, Philly....all (comparatively) old cities. Built before cars. After WWII, cheap cars were the key. Freedom from the cities...spread your wings and escape out to the suburbs. Recently, managed 'micro-communities' are springing up in the suburbs. Contain everything you mention, but its not quite the same. To my mind, they are soulless copies of the old-style neighborhoods. And you still need a car to go anywhere else.
Brits think 100 miles is a long trip. Americans think 100 years is a long time.
Repayment is only a deterrent if the perp has been less than successful. A millionaire spammer (Richter?) could consider that just the cost of business, and be on his merry way.
92 million screennames. A lot unused, of course, but each paying account can, and often does, have several screen names/email addresses. Each sucking down all that glorious spam.
Since dna is just information too, it seems to me that it shouldn't be too hard to figure out how to broadcast people and things from one place to another.
Sure. We'll get right on that. How does next Tuesday sound? Oh...we'll need a volunteer for the first test. You up for it?
The place *is* huge but what I wanted to know was why is it wasted?
You call it 'waste', I call is 'space'. Add to that, living farther out is less expensive, more private, and you already have the car so why not use it.
Why do people travel miles to work?
Again, LA is an anomaly in this. Most people in the US don't really travel that far. I know *I* wouldn't. 50 miles each way? Not a chance.
Why? Because we can. The space is there, and absent a strict (illegal?) government ban on using it, people will build on that space.
I've lived in Britain, and it's quite easy to see why the cities are built differently.
LA is not really representative of the US. I live near the edge of a 1.5 million metro area, and have a 15 minute drive to work, 20 minutes to the beach, 40 minutes to the next state. It's not all like LA.
And remember, these are cadets. In college. Learning how to be future officers. The lesson learned here is far more than just avoiding phishing. I'd say this is exactly the place to teach them a little about message spoofing, whether it be email, radio, or other.
Next time, when they're out leading a platoon or whatever, they might remember this lesson.
And that's fine. No one is making you, nor wants you to be if you don't want to. Just realize that the popular conception of how the military thinks and works is quite often wrong.
"Sir yes sir!" is not actually what the civilian world thinks it means. Even the meaning of the word "orders" is quite often taken wrong outside of the military.
Man... It's about time the military started showing they have some mental capacity to actually ask questions.
To me, it's pretty scary that someone would just commit an action just because that someone was trained to follow instructions only, and to never question.
That's why I never joined.
And because you 'never joined', it is understandable why you have little clue how the military actually works.
Screen size and interface. What the hell can I do with an iPod other than play music and scroll through pictures?
Run GIMP? OK...so it 'runs'. Not do anything remotely useful with it.
Home directory you can carry with you? Ok....a USB drive works for that.
The future of 'portable computing' is already here. Kids are already bypassing laptops, and just using phones. Contacts, calendar, games, IM, voice, web access....tell me a phone isn't a better interface than an iPod for all that. (Even if it is still very crappy and small)
After seeing how popular the ibooks are, I wonder if they'll rethink the change to PCs?
They weren't popular because they were iBooks, they were popular because they were $50 laptops. Any stack of laptops going for $50 each would have resulted in the same foolishness.
And I'll bet at least half the 'lucky' ones are pissed when they get it home and find that standard Windows stuff doesn't work.
Collecting your demographics is only the first part of the deal. You know, of course, they will sell this data to retailers and marketers. That is a revenue stream for the PVR service, and allows the marketers/retailers to more accuratly sell you stuff.
What? You thought they were doing this for YOUR benefit?
It's ALSO not about elec vs hybrid vs gas. The real problem is single occupant vehicles. Add a huge battery pack to a Prius, and it is less efficient than a regular one. The plug-in electricity comes from somewhere. It is NOT 'free', in money OR resources.
How about we get people outta that 3000-5000lb block, just to take them back and forth to work. That's the real problem.
Economics shouldnt even be an issue period. At any rate, as soon as i get a new job making a yearly income equal to the top of the line model they produce, i am buying one.
It appears economics is an issue for you. Make $30k/year, buy a fancy $30k car. Yeah, that's real sensible. Ride a bike, instead.
And how much are you 'saving' on not buying gas for that $12,000? Nada. $12,000 buys 200,000+ miles worth of gas at $2.50/gal and 45mpg. And that's completely discounting your electricity costs to recharge the thing.
OF course...saving your personal money isn't the only consideration. But is IS a big one.
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"Good for servers, but no one needs this much CPU power in the home."
Ok, so elect people who would spend your tax money the way you would like it to be spent.
They're trying not to. They'd rather not be forced to pay for it, via taxes.
Just like 99% of blogs. Podcasts are just audio blogs.
Generic ramblings by 'that guy' you always avoid at parties or at work, because he never shuts up, AND has nothing to say.
Ask any fighter pilot about the cockpit controls. What takes 2 switches, (on the throttle and stick) in an F-16 may take 6 on a MiG-29. And in a dogfight, those 2 seconds spent dicking with switches can be fatal.
Russians built their aircraft they way they did not because it was necessarily 'better', but because they had to. The West, with better educated and trained groundcrew, can build more complex aircraft.
Russian stuff is good, but let's not attribute magical qualities to it.
The Porsche and Jag being 2 of the ultimate sports cars of their day, and the Honda being the typical family hauler of today, you'd think there would be no contest on a twisty autocross course.
Yes, it was no contest. But you'd probably be wrong in guessing which one won.
As far as weight, an old LeSabre is comparable to a new Maxima. About 3300-3500 lbs. And the Maxima is an inch longer in wheelbase.
Because you don't build something as complex as a shuttle, and have a new model every other year. Having said that, they have gone through a lot of rebuilds. How much of the original electronics is still in it? Not a lot. And your old 310 didn't get nearly the inspections the shuttles have.
Recently, managed 'micro-communities' are springing up in the suburbs. Contain everything you mention, but its not quite the same. To my mind, they are soulless copies of the old-style neighborhoods. And you still need a car to go anywhere else.
Brits think 100 miles is a long trip.
Americans think 100 years is a long time.
Even the offshore accounts, in his brother-in-law's name?
Making $28,000 from a fool who is setting up an offshore gambling site.
Repayment is only a deterrent if the perp has been less than successful. A millionaire spammer (Richter?) could consider that just the cost of business, and be on his merry way.
92 million screennames. A lot unused, of course, but each paying account can, and often does, have several screen names/email addresses. Each sucking down all that glorious spam.
Sure. We'll get right on that. How does next Tuesday sound?
Oh...we'll need a volunteer for the first test. You up for it?
You call it 'waste', I call is 'space'. Add to that, living farther out is less expensive, more private, and you already have the car so why not use it.
Why do people travel miles to work?
Again, LA is an anomaly in this. Most people in the US don't really travel that far. I know *I* wouldn't. 50 miles each way? Not a chance.
I've lived in Britain, and it's quite easy to see why the cities are built differently.
LA is not really representative of the US. I live near the edge of a 1.5 million metro area, and have a 15 minute drive to work, 20 minutes to the beach, 40 minutes to the next state. It's not all like LA.
Next time, when they're out leading a platoon or whatever, they might remember this lesson.
"Sir yes sir!" is not actually what the civilian world thinks it means. Even the meaning of the word "orders" is quite often taken wrong outside of the military.
To me, it's pretty scary that someone would just commit an action just because that someone was trained to follow instructions only, and to never question.
That's why I never joined.
And because you 'never joined', it is understandable why you have little clue how the military actually works.
Screen size and interface. What the hell can I do with an iPod other than play music and scroll through pictures?
Run GIMP? OK...so it 'runs'. Not do anything remotely useful with it.
Home directory you can carry with you? Ok....a USB drive works for that.
The future of 'portable computing' is already here. Kids are already bypassing laptops, and just using phones. Contacts, calendar, games, IM, voice, web access....tell me a phone isn't a better interface than an iPod for all that. (Even if it is still very crappy and small)
They weren't popular because they were iBooks, they were popular because they were $50 laptops. Any stack of laptops going for $50 each would have resulted in the same foolishness.
And I'll bet at least half the 'lucky' ones are pissed when they get it home and find that standard Windows stuff doesn't work.
What? You thought they were doing this for YOUR benefit?
Yes, there are.
How about we get people outta that 3000-5000lb block, just to take them back and forth to work.
That's the real problem.
Economics shouldnt even be an issue period.
At any rate, as soon as i get a new job making a yearly income equal to the top of the line model they produce, i am buying one.
It appears economics is an issue for you. Make $30k/year, buy a fancy $30k car. Yeah, that's real sensible. Ride a bike, instead.
An RV at 2.5mpg does things no 40mpg car can do. Having said that, renting an RV when needed is probably a much better deal.
OF course...saving your personal money isn't the only consideration. But is IS a big one.