I believe in fair play. If we really owe him something, we should pay him back in full, and immediately. Then from this point on, we don't owe him a damn cent or privilege. (No, I haven't forgotten the S&L scandal.)
Personally, I think he received fair value for his contributions while in the space program. What were the terms? With all the volunteers, I'll bet the terms were something like, "You will work your ass off, and you might die. But you will get the chance to go into space and be a hero." I think he kept his part of the bargain, and in return he was paid back in full.
So... My question is, do we STILL owe Glenn something more, or has the check finally been paid in full? I really want to know.
As for Tito, he made an important contribution to the Russian space program. From what I understand, his $$ more than covered the actual cost of his trip (Duh! The Russians wouldn't take him up, just to lose money). Anyway, the profits the Russians made can help them buy more stuff they need.
I guess NASA just has too much money to even weigh the $20 million against the inconvenience of a visitor. Funny, this seems to be similar to the attitude of some businesses that hate their customers, view them as annoyances, and wish they would go away...
Thanks, Timothy! I might have been intrigued by the title and content of this book. Perhaps enough to actually buy it. Your short review, though, tells me everything I need to know...
For an author as "educated" as he seems to be (on paper), your review shows him pretty much inventing a lot of history, and on the thinest foundation.
So this fellow is an expert in economics and government, eh? If that is truly the case, that explains a lot about the state of our government and economy...
Now, can you tell an oil filter from the master brake cylinder?
But of course! I have changed many oil filters on many cars, and have had the pleasure of washing the oil out of freshly cut skin, too.
Some years back, I had a Datsun roadster (SPL311) that I would drive from time to time. If it had been sitting for too long, I had to pull the master cylinder and rough up the O-rings to get them to seal again (need those brakes!)
No problem. After all, we are talking about MACHINES here:-)
I bet quite a lot of us could identify a sewing machine pedal instantly. It is a MACHINE after all!
All right... Who among us didn't play with mom's sewing machine when we were children? And of course, we busted a few needles and sewed any nearby garments together in the process:-)
...and has ZERO affect on anything 99.999999999% of the people use...
So you are saying that the error affected fewer than 1 person per 10 billion (10^11)? I think you are way off here...
Obviously, it affected at least one person - the fellow that was doing some pretty intensive graphing and noticed some spikes where he did not expect any. True, his usage was unusual, but I don't think it would be unreasonable to expect that the error affected dozens of people (at least). What would be a high number for the P5 chips in use at that time? Probably less than 100 million, I'm sure.
Using ten people affected, and 100 million users, that gives us 1000 people per 10 billion.
I think, sir, that you are surely off by a factor of 1000 in your assertion.
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It really _is_ live, but seems delayed because of the time dilation caused by the constant accelleration due to gravity. It's just an expected side effect of relativity. Nothing to get excited about:-)
That must be some laptop! At $3500, I guess they have a few nickles in the budget to pay off the MPAA. Maybe they figure that anyone spending that much on a laptop probably doesn't have the time to pirate a $20 movie:-)
It's interesting that this apparently has S-video output. Aside from big screen TV Quake sessions, this might be just the thing for business presentations.
It's nice that IBM seems to see the light in regards to DVD capability on Linux, but at this price, I don't think this is the one "for the rest of us"...
Actually, it might not be that unlikely that the Earth was seeded from elsewhere. Perhaps it was part of some extra-terestrial contest. I can just picture some creator ignoring the contest quality guidelines, and cutting corners, just so he can be the one to say...
FIRST LIFE!
What scares me is the possibility that our planet will get moderated down shortly.
It was about 25 feet or so in diameter, and maybe 10-15 feet deep. It was funnel shaped because the bottom was a mineshaft going straight down. The sides were loose sand, and it was pretty obvious that anyone who got in the sandy sides would soon be at the bottom, and down the mineshaft...
Back to your point - your logic is flawed. You have collected several samples, placed them into a group, then assert that any other members of that group must share the same attributes. In crude terms, "guilt by association". Since you use the word "all", I only have to find a single contradictory example to prove your assertion wrong.
Please don't shoot me Nah. I gave that up when they passed the law against exploding bullets.
Why do you think companies like OnStar, BASF, and SAP spend money advertising the way they do?
OnStar? Never heard of them. SAP? Never heard of them. BASF? Sure, about 20+ years ago, I had some of their open reel tapes. Now they are probably making cassettes.
If these guys are spending money on PR, I don't think they are getting their money's worth! As far as I know, BASF probably stands for something like BayerischeAktiengesellschaftScheissFabrik...
(I told you their PR isn't working...)
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The catch with cameras is that you _have_ to turn it in in order to get the film developed.
It never occured to me to check, but I figured the film would be C41 process, just like most all other color negative film. If you want to keep the camera, just use a changing bag to spool the film into an empty can...
So now the question is, what kind of film DO they use in these disposable cameras? The cheap-ass 35mm movie film? Yuck.
I think it's safe to say you can't do Battlestar Galactica without Cylons," he said. "But what our relationship to the Cylons will be, I can't say."
I think we will learn that Lorne Green was captured by the Cylons and kept alive for years with Cylon implants until he was finally rescued by the Galactica heroes. He is now recuperating in his vinyard in France... er, I mean at his cattle ranch in Montana.
Meanwhile, the Cylons are having new troubles now that the good guys have discovered that they can temporarily disable the Cylons with supermarket bar code scanners. That and the usual phased tachyon pulse from the deflector...
[tounge in cheek]
Consider this a good educational experience. The company management apparently does not recognise your intelligence or ability to solve problems, nor do they seem to even place a decent value on your contributions.
Later, once you have your credentials (and some real world experience), you will find that company management does not recognise your intelligence or ability to solve problems, nor do they seem to even place a decent value on your contributions.
And far in the future, when you are a top professional, having proved your worth and intelligence many times over, you will find that company management does not recognise your intelligence or ability to solve problems, nor do they seem to even place a decent value on your contributions.
In short, the experience you gain now will be relevent for the rest of your career.
It looks like one of the methods they plan to use is some kind of pattern matching or fingerprint identification done on the IP stream. If both endpoints use a session key, then all the snoopers would see would be encrypted data. Use public keys to protect the session key. Problem solved...
Now the second issue - wouldn't this give "them" (whoever "they" are) a new tool for censorship? If this new system is to be effective, it will have to be largely automated. So now who is actually accountable if "they" start salting the copyright "database" with fingerprints of contents they want to censor?
...I'd be pretty pissed-off if I was constantly getting nagged to upgrade...
Exactly.
...older browsers screw up my designs...
I don't care...
I don't care about your fancy layout.
I don't care about your animated GIFs.
I don't care about your eye candy.
I don't care about your exact positioning "needs".
I don't care about your midi sound effects.
I don't care about your Java "enhancements".
I don't care about your Flash animation.
I don't care about your ego.
I DO care about your message.
I want to hear what you have to say. By all means, spend a few moments on making it look nice. But there is really something wrong if you spend more time on "style" than the actual substance.
Tables are great. They help my browser format large amounts of information so that I can understand your data. But please don't use dozens of nested tables just to make some graphic show up at exactly coordinate x, y.
Graphics can help your site make sense and help me to understand your message and naviate easier. But please don't pollute my browser with hundreds of micro-images just to achieve some special effect that could be replaced with a simple navigation bar on the side.
Most of all, if you respect me (the viewer), with clean and useful content, I will respect you for the effort you have spent in creating it.
I would like to see a "cooked" spammer list and software package that is indistinguishable from
a real one. The difference would be either a nasty email (what else?) virus or every so often
it would also send a threatening letter to some elected official, like president@whitehouse.gov
Not only will the spammer get some immediate "results", but will likely end up on one of THOSE lists.
You know, the lists THEY keep... I bet they never, ever take a name off those lists, too.
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John Glenn earned his place in space.
I believe in fair play. If we really owe him something, we should pay him back in full, and immediately. Then from this point on, we don't owe him a damn cent or privilege. (No, I haven't forgotten the S&L scandal.)
Personally, I think he received fair value for his contributions while in the space program. What were the terms? With all the volunteers, I'll bet the terms were something like, "You will work your ass off, and you might die. But you will get the chance to go into space and be a hero." I think he kept his part of the bargain, and in return he was paid back in full.
So... My question is, do we STILL owe Glenn something more, or has the check finally been paid in full? I really want to know.
As for Tito, he made an important contribution to the Russian space program. From what I understand, his $$ more than covered the actual cost of his trip (Duh! The Russians wouldn't take him up, just to lose money). Anyway, the profits the Russians made can help them buy more stuff they need.
I guess NASA just has too much money to even weigh the $20 million against the inconvenience of a visitor. Funny, this seems to be similar to the attitude of some businesses that hate their customers, view them as annoyances, and wish they would go away...
Personally, I like the term "E-tard". Used properly, a single word can speak volumes...
Thanks, Timothy! I might have been intrigued by the title and content of this book. Perhaps enough to actually buy it. Your short review, though, tells me everything I need to know...
For an author as "educated" as he seems to be (on paper), your review shows him pretty much inventing a lot of history, and on the thinest foundation.
So this fellow is an expert in economics and government, eh? If that is truly the case, that explains a lot about the state of our government and economy...
Now, can you tell an oil filter from the master brake cylinder?
:-)
But of course! I have changed many oil filters on many cars, and have had the pleasure of washing the oil out of freshly cut skin, too.
Some years back, I had a Datsun roadster (SPL311) that I would drive from time to time. If it had been sitting for too long, I had to pull the master cylinder and rough up the O-rings to get them to seal again (need those brakes!)
No problem. After all, we are talking about MACHINES here
I bet quite a lot of us could identify a sewing machine pedal instantly. It is a MACHINE after all!
:-)
All right... Who among us didn't play with mom's sewing machine when we were children? And of course, we busted a few needles and sewed any nearby garments together in the process
The 2 camps (TurboCare vs. LinuxLinux) were in a deadlock, and neither side was budging....
How about Compu-global-turbo-linux-care?
It's sad, really. I hate it when a company lets its staff go because they can outsource tech support. Er, wait a minute...
How much does an internet customer go for these days?
:-)
That depends. What do you have in mind?
You have to be creative...
Or if you're not feeling very creative, there are more than a hundred interesting possibilities at Peckerheads domain board.
...and has ZERO affect on anything 99.999999999% of the people use...
So you are saying that the error affected fewer than 1 person per 10 billion (10^11)? I think you are way off here...
Obviously, it affected at least one person - the fellow that was doing some pretty intensive graphing and noticed some spikes where he did not expect any. True, his usage was unusual, but I don't think it would be unreasonable to expect that the error affected dozens of people (at least). What would be a high number for the P5 chips in use at that time? Probably less than 100 million, I'm sure.
Using ten people affected, and 100 million users, that gives us 1000 people per 10 billion.
I think, sir, that you are surely off by a factor of 1000 in your assertion.
It really _is_ live, but seems delayed because of the time dilation caused by the constant accelleration due to gravity. It's just an expected side effect of relativity. Nothing to get excited about :-)
That must be some laptop! At $3500, I guess they have a few nickles in the budget to pay off the MPAA. Maybe they figure that anyone spending that much on a laptop probably doesn't have the time to pirate a $20 movie :-)
It's interesting that this apparently has S-video output. Aside from big screen TV Quake sessions, this might be just the thing for business presentations.
It's nice that IBM seems to see the light in regards to DVD capability on Linux, but at this price, I don't think this is the one "for the rest of us"...
Surprise!
It's a coupon good for $25 off your next Windows upgrade...
Other companies have settled class-action lawsuits this way before, why not Microsoft?
Actually, it might not be that unlikely that the Earth was seeded from elsewhere. Perhaps it was part of some extra-terestrial contest. I can just picture some creator ignoring the contest quality guidelines, and cutting corners, just so he can be the one to say...
FIRST LIFE!
What scares me is the possibility that our planet will get moderated down shortly.
Have you ever seen a slippery slope? I have...
It was about 25 feet or so in diameter, and maybe 10-15 feet deep. It was funnel shaped because the bottom was a mineshaft going straight down. The sides were loose sand, and it was pretty obvious that anyone who got in the sandy sides would soon be at the bottom, and down the mineshaft...
Back to your point - your logic is flawed. You have collected several samples, placed them into a group, then assert that any other members of that group must share the same attributes. In crude terms, "guilt by association". Since you use the word "all", I only have to find a single contradictory example to prove your assertion wrong.
Please don't shoot me
Nah. I gave that up when they passed the law against exploding bullets.
Why do you think companies like OnStar, BASF, and SAP spend money advertising the way they do?
OnStar? Never heard of them. SAP? Never heard of them. BASF? Sure, about 20+ years ago, I had some of their open reel tapes. Now they are probably making cassettes.
If these guys are spending money on PR, I don't think they are getting their money's worth! As far as I know, BASF probably stands for something like BayerischeAktiengesellschaftScheissFabrik...
(I told you their PR isn't working...)
You are probably thinking of LinuxOne...
Do a search for "linuxone" and "fraud"...
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The catch with cameras is that you _have_ to turn it in in order to get the film developed.
It never occured to me to check, but I figured the film would be C41 process, just like most all other color negative film. If you want to keep the camera, just use a changing bag to spool the film into an empty can...
So now the question is, what kind of film DO they use in these disposable cameras? The cheap-ass 35mm movie film? Yuck.
I guess you are suggesting something like pig-latin. Or in this case, Lars-latin...
I think it's safe to say you can't do Battlestar Galactica without Cylons," he said. "But what our relationship to the Cylons will be, I can't say."
I think we will learn that Lorne Green was captured by the Cylons and kept alive for years with Cylon implants until he was finally rescued by the Galactica heroes. He is now recuperating in his vinyard in France... er, I mean at his cattle ranch in Montana.
Meanwhile, the Cylons are having new troubles now that the good guys have discovered that they can temporarily disable the Cylons with supermarket bar code scanners. That and the usual phased tachyon pulse from the deflector...
[tounge in cheek]
Consider this a good educational experience. The company management apparently does not recognise your intelligence or ability to solve problems, nor do they seem to even place a decent value on your contributions.
Later, once you have your credentials (and some real world experience), you will find that company management does not recognise your intelligence or ability to solve problems, nor do they seem to even place a decent value on your contributions.
And far in the future, when you are a top professional, having proved your worth and intelligence many times over, you will find that company management does not recognise your intelligence or ability to solve problems, nor do they seem to even place a decent value on your contributions.
In short, the experience you gain now will be relevent for the rest of your career.
Now the second issue - wouldn't this give "them" (whoever "they" are) a new tool for censorship? If this new system is to be effective, it will have to be largely automated. So now who is actually accountable if "they" start salting the copyright "database" with fingerprints of contents they want to censor?
Hmmm...
Exactly.
I don't care...
I DO care about your message.
I want to hear what you have to say. By all means, spend a few moments on making it look nice. But there is really something wrong if you spend more time on "style" than the actual substance.
Tables are great. They help my browser format large amounts of information so that I can understand your data. But please don't use dozens of nested tables just to make some graphic show up at exactly coordinate x, y.
Graphics can help your site make sense and help me to understand your message and naviate easier. But please don't pollute my browser with hundreds of micro-images just to achieve some special effect that could be replaced with a simple navigation bar on the side.
Most of all, if you respect me (the viewer), with clean and useful content, I will respect you for the effort you have spent in creating it.
Unfortunately, microsoftsucks.com *would* be "confusingly similar"...
I always mentally translate their commercials' "you've got mail!" to the same voice saying, "you've got porn!". It really has a ring to it :-)
I would like to see a "cooked" spammer list and software package that is indistinguishable from
a real one. The difference would be either a nasty email (what else?) virus or every so often
it would also send a threatening letter to some elected official, like president@whitehouse.gov
Not only will the spammer get some immediate "results", but will likely end up on one of THOSE lists.
You know, the lists THEY keep... I bet they never, ever take a name off those lists, too.