Or is this all a ploy to recapture the hearts of the public?
No, it's the result of engineers recognizing and admitting that there are better, safer, cheaper ways to get into orbit.
That admission in itself is progress.
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Naturally, The Simpsons' Treehouse of Horror episides are being rebroadcast now.
At one point the zombies break into the house, discover Homer, and start exploring for brains (looking in his ear, knocking on his head). Finding none, they move away.
The best part is the scene where Homer stands there offended.
My mod points are unused because you're already at 5.
I suggest that you lay off the negative "breeders" comments, as you will need taxpayers in the future to fight wars, become MBA's, and safely help you accross the street.
That question about why consumers should pay for the new generation of advertisement broadcasting technology is interesting though.
Just because you don't use your car for anything other than hauling yourself to work and back doesn't mean everyone else uses their vehicles the same way.
I think his/her point is that the whole automobile horsepower race (one Hyundai now offers 235HP, for example) is bumping up the minimum power required and most of this "need" is based on perception of status.
It seems to me that the overall trend lately is towards more engine power that cannot even be used on non-Autobahn roads. It's just posing or maybe winning the stoplight-to-stoplight races.
And I'm not immune to this love of cars or performance either. Yesterday I saw a Ferrari 348 and was transfixed by it's design and sound, it's a beautiful machine.
I think that the ultimate insult to viewers is the laugh track. These days the laugh track is considered "old skool", so we now have the "woo-woo!" and professional trained seal "live" [1] audience that basically make approving noises when the APPLAUSE sign flashes.
The Simpsons has been successful despite not having auditory signs that a joke has been made.
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[1] Dave, that woo-woo, burst of laughter was just slightly unconvincing (too much emphasis on the woo-woo). Can you re-do that bit?
Canadian TV typically doesn't censor any "bad" words or nudity. Usually it depends on the context and time of broadcast. I am referring to "regular" TV and cable, not specialty cable channels.
Sometimes Canadian cable shows the American-sanitized versions of movies, but this is always during the day.
We get to see nudity and hear "the 7 words" but we don't get too upset about it.
However, sometimes an almost reflex gets triggered by the smell of tobacco, or just seeing a cigarrette, and it's like my arm itches to go through the motions, what I've seen described as a "ritual" of sorts, of lighting a smoke.
True, to a point. I tend to smoke while drinking, but when I inhale other people's smoke in a non-boozing environment, I find it offensive.
Go figure. Perhaps there's some ancient, inbred fart-smelling olfactory reaction going on. There's a research grant waiting for this, I'm sure!
-This article is geared toward adolescents, and continues the marginal trend within America of promoting questionable possibilities because, survey says: kids like to dream.
-Checking just above the article, one will notice the banner indicating "Sponsored by Full Sail" in so many words. What is Full Sail, you ask? An imitation private college designed to produced talentless chum at the measly expense of $30k. Per year.
There are essentially two "booming" markets today:
-kids, who will buy anything that's "cool" with their parents' money
-older folk, who are worried about their future
Re:I'd like IMDB more if...
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IMDB is using a LUG for its operation? I hope they are getting paid nicely.
There never seems to be a shortage of trolls and (likely) paid astroturfers at IMDB. Just check out any new, TV-hyped releases - it's full of fanbois. It would be deriliction of duty to not point out that studios populate IMDB in order to generate "buzz" for the latest upcoming release. The target for marketing is stupid teenagers and they aren't old/experienced enough to know that they're being manipulated.
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They know that they have everyone by the balls (so to speak) so they can do whatever they want.
Their message boards started to require logged-in registration just to view messages (before you could read but not post- that was fair). They have instituted a few measures to cut down on trolls and have implemented a ranking system but the same teeny-bopper "It rulex/suxors" comments are still there because they have no way to police this sort of nonsense.
They are also pushing the paid version, which seems to prey on wannabe actors, film industry workers and losers with twenty bucks to spend in order to keep up with the latest pathetic celebrity rumours. They also have those annoying "overlay" Flash ads.
How much are they demanding for the headshot?
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I am sure that in our capitalist wonderland displaced workers in the future will all get jobs designing robots, outsourcing buggy whip manufacturing and burger-technology jobs at $30/hour.
Each new technology these days serves to eliminate workers, whether it's software, automation or robotics. Yup, just call me chicken little.
Re:In a capitalist society... A lottery is better
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"Not enough rich morons" is an understatement. One other example I think is relevant is how Apollo 13 was tanking in the TV ratings - apparently after people had visited the moon only twice the public got jaded and moon missions were considered routine.
"Tanking in the TV ratings", how appropriate is this for an explanation of American culture.
Catering to the fickleness of the American public (AKA lowest common denominator theory) is a bad thing. Most of the TV-watching public are idiots or sheep.
You miss the point. It's not "traditions" that we care it about, it's "the ability to communicate." When my students no longer have any adjectives left in their vocabularies beyond "cool" and "sucky", they are unable to say what they really think, or even to imagine that they are thinking something more complex beyond "cool" or "sucky." When they cannot parse complex sentences because words like "whom" are too... "ooh, like that's so last decade, dood!"... intimidating for them, they are unable to understand what others think.
The trend of misusing and "dumbing-down" the language is accelerating due to easy communication via the internet, and you are absolutely correct in saying that it's dangerous. Nobody cares because the masses are uneducated (or maybe TV-educated) and this is not a "cool" subject to discuss.
The "tower" you refer to is actually the cold box column where the cryogenic separation happens; the actual cooling of the gases occurs in less-tall, heavy-duty heat exchangers. I used to design the piping guts for these things, it's pretty interesting. See http://www.pipingdesign.com/cv/O2plant.html for a long-range photo of a typical plant.
Should probably get over it. If she's gonna die if you don't go through all those hoops, well, then...
I've seen people make all kinds of environmental changes *just for me* and all it does is to reinforce the condition and make me uncomfortable. I prefer to suffer alone rather than force everyone else to accomodate. And the sufferring should never be used for gaining attention - actually this is the first time I've expressed this.
I have asthma (intensified by allergies), and 40 years ago a solution was to move to Arizona where the air is dry.
Now I use what is medically prescribed and have very few problems. I don't think that my lungs will last much further than 80 though. When you spend a lot of time in an oxygen tent as a kid you tend to come to terms with your own mortality.
English-speakers already have enough trouble understanding each other due to dialect differences. I hope that in 40 years when I am 84 my age-influenced babble and drooling will still be understood by the youth.
Pah! Who am I fooling, by that time, us old farts will be telling impossible tales of when we had music.
Do you speak American?
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Or is this all a ploy to recapture the hearts of the public?
No, it's the result of engineers recognizing and admitting that there are better, safer, cheaper ways to get into orbit. That admission in itself is progress.
The shuttle was designed to beat the Russians.
Copying is allowed under fair use; distrubuting is not.
I've already moderated in this story, so I'm going to lose my point.
Copying copyrighted stuff for friends is not the same as doing the same thing for 1000000 anonymous friends.
THAT is what the various media content providers are upset about.
I love all those colour-enhanced, poster-like galaxy views that are provided by NASA et al, but they are produced to make things look pretty.
The visually explored areas don't really look as dramatic as the photos that are presented on television - those would be too boring.
Please insert some aliens next time.
Naturally, The Simpsons' Treehouse of Horror episides are being rebroadcast now.
At one point the zombies break into the house, discover Homer, and start exploring for brains (looking in his ear, knocking on his head). Finding none, they move away.
The best part is the scene where Homer stands there offended.
My mod points are unused because you're already at 5.
I suggest that you lay off the negative "breeders" comments, as you will need taxpayers in the future to fight wars, become MBA's, and safely help you accross the street.
That question about why consumers should pay for the new generation of advertisement broadcasting technology is interesting though.
Just because you don't use your car for anything other than hauling yourself to work and back doesn't mean everyone else uses their vehicles the same way.
I think his/her point is that the whole automobile horsepower race (one Hyundai now offers 235HP, for example) is bumping up the minimum power required and most of this "need" is based on perception of status.
It seems to me that the overall trend lately is towards more engine power that cannot even be used on non-Autobahn roads. It's just posing or maybe winning the stoplight-to-stoplight races.
And I'm not immune to this love of cars or performance either. Yesterday I saw a Ferrari 348 and was transfixed by it's design and sound, it's a beautiful machine.
Probably most people that have seen (or claim to have paid attention to) the movie remember the other, more dramatic scenes.
CEO's of american companies are usually in it for the quick buck
I find it very difficult to disagree with this. It seems to be a game of one-upping each other or some sort of high-stakes golf game.
I think that the ultimate insult to viewers is the laugh track. These days the laugh track is considered "old skool", so we now have the "woo-woo!" and professional trained seal "live" [1] audience that basically make approving noises when the APPLAUSE sign flashes.
The Simpsons has been successful despite not having auditory signs that a joke has been made.
[...]
[1] Dave, that woo-woo, burst of laughter was just slightly unconvincing (too much emphasis on the woo-woo). Can you re-do that bit?
Canadian TV typically doesn't censor any "bad" words or nudity. Usually it depends on the context and time of broadcast. I am referring to "regular" TV and cable, not specialty cable channels.
Sometimes Canadian cable shows the American-sanitized versions of movies, but this is always during the day.
We get to see nudity and hear "the 7 words" but we don't get too upset about it.
However, sometimes an almost reflex gets triggered by the smell of tobacco, or just seeing a cigarrette, and it's like my arm itches to go through the motions, what I've seen described as a "ritual" of sorts, of lighting a smoke.
True, to a point. I tend to smoke while drinking, but when I inhale other people's smoke in a non-boozing environment, I find it offensive.
Go figure. Perhaps there's some ancient, inbred fart-smelling olfactory reaction going on. There's a research grant waiting for this, I'm sure!
-This article is geared toward adolescents, and continues the marginal trend within America of promoting questionable possibilities because, survey says: kids like to dream.
-Checking just above the article, one will notice the banner indicating "Sponsored by Full Sail" in so many words. What is Full Sail, you ask? An imitation private college designed to produced talentless chum at the measly expense of $30k. Per year.
There are essentially two "booming" markets today:
-kids, who will buy anything that's "cool" with their parents' money
-older folk, who are worried about their future
IMDB is using a LUG for its operation? I hope they are getting paid nicely.
There never seems to be a shortage of trolls and (likely) paid astroturfers at IMDB. Just check out any new, TV-hyped releases - it's full of fanbois. It would be deriliction of duty to not point out that studios populate IMDB in order to generate "buzz" for the latest upcoming release. The target for marketing is stupid teenagers and they aren't old/experienced enough to know that they're being manipulated.
They know that they have everyone by the balls (so to speak) so they can do whatever they want.
Their message boards started to require logged-in registration just to view messages (before you could read but not post- that was fair). They have instituted a few measures to cut down on trolls and have implemented a ranking system but the same teeny-bopper "It rulex/suxors" comments are still there because they have no way to police this sort of nonsense.
They are also pushing the paid version, which seems to prey on wannabe actors, film industry workers and losers with twenty bucks to spend in order to keep up with the latest pathetic celebrity rumours. They also have those annoying "overlay" Flash ads.
How much are they demanding for the headshot?
I am sure that in our capitalist wonderland displaced workers in the future will all get jobs designing robots, outsourcing buggy whip manufacturing and burger-technology jobs at $30/hour.
Each new technology these days serves to eliminate workers, whether it's software, automation or robotics. Yup, just call me chicken little.
"Not enough rich morons" is an understatement. One other example I think is relevant is how Apollo 13 was tanking in the TV ratings - apparently after people had visited the moon only twice the public got jaded and moon missions were considered routine.
"Tanking in the TV ratings", how appropriate is this for an explanation of American culture.
Catering to the fickleness of the American public (AKA lowest common denominator theory) is a bad thing. Most of the TV-watching public are idiots or sheep.
It's nice to remember that all these important automated tasks can still be replaced by good old fashioned human brains and thinking.
Oh, crap, sorry, I thought I was replying to Risks_L, please ignore the above.
Give me a table of 1000000 rows and 1000000 columns.
Software barfs on this?
I'd rather have a trained, capable coffin-stuffer managing things.
Then again, maybe I should just shut up and bend over to the great software lord.
Well-said, my emphasis below.
You miss the point. It's not "traditions" that we care it about, it's "the ability to communicate." When my students no longer have any adjectives left in their vocabularies beyond "cool" and "sucky", they are unable to say what they really think, or even to imagine that they are thinking something more complex beyond "cool" or "sucky." When they cannot parse complex sentences because words like "whom" are too
The trend of misusing and "dumbing-down" the language is accelerating due to easy communication via the internet, and you are absolutely correct in saying that it's dangerous. Nobody cares because the masses are uneducated (or maybe TV-educated) and this is not a "cool" subject to discuss.
The "tower" you refer to is actually the cold box column where the cryogenic separation happens; the actual cooling of the gases occurs in less-tall, heavy-duty heat exchangers. I used to design the piping guts for these things, it's pretty interesting. See http://www.pipingdesign.com/cv/O2plant.html for a long-range photo of a typical plant.
Fry, is that you?
Europe is making us look stupid
What, sleazing you into WW1 and WW2 wasn't enough?
My wife has bad asthma so we
Should probably get over it. If she's gonna die if you don't go through all those hoops, well, then...
I've seen people make all kinds of environmental changes *just for me* and all it does is to reinforce the condition and make me uncomfortable. I prefer to suffer alone rather than force everyone else to accomodate. And the sufferring should never be used for gaining attention - actually this is the first time I've expressed this.
I have asthma (intensified by allergies), and 40 years ago a solution was to move to Arizona where the air is dry.
Now I use what is medically prescribed and have very few problems. I don't think that my lungs will last much further than 80 though. When you spend a lot of time in an oxygen tent as a kid you tend to come to terms with your own mortality.
If I were you (and with your outlook) I'd run for the hills now. Bye.
English-speakers already have enough trouble understanding each other due to dialect differences. I hope that in 40 years when I am 84 my age-influenced babble and drooling will still be understood by the youth.
Pah! Who am I fooling, by that time, us old farts will be telling impossible tales of when we had music.
Do you speak American?