We, here in the Rocket City (Huntsville, AL), have noticed a decline in work ethic, morals, and family values from the influx of Northerners.
And as far as 'generally educated people' goes - we turned out a lot of the International Space Station, the Saturn V Rocket, countless military technologies, and other hi-tech 'gee-wiz' that would make you cream your pants. Oh yeah, more and more automotive companies are establishing manufacturing plants in our area. We figure they're getting tired of the lazy, union yankees showing up for work drunk.
"That thing sorta looks about as safe as bench-pressing without a spotter."
Yeah right...like anyone reading/. has any clue what you're talking about;)
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I was just remembering this story. I had an mpeg on my harddrive of carbon nanotubes going up in smoke after a flash. You know people are going to want to take pictures on the 4 hour ride up to space.
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This is a real problem. When I lived in Michigan there were cases of ecoli (sp?) from people swimming in goose feces polluted waters. I read somewhere that an full grown goose will crap an average of 3 pounds a day.
Comcast is short for Communist Broadcast
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I used to live in a market where our only choice for cable was Comcast. Year to year, little by little, they kept increasing the cost of basic service. When I moved to a larger city I had a choice between Comcast and two other companies. Needless to say, I didn't go with Comcast. My cable is now cheaper and I get more channels. My service has cable, telephone, and broadband internet all in one package for about $90/month. Before, I was paying almost $40 for basic cable. What a rip off.
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What a cool dad! My dad was a bastard...TV remote in one hand and a stiff leather belt in the other. He used to get all bent out of shape when I would take the motors out of stuff to build different, original stuff. He was too thick-headed to see my potential. I'm now a mechanical engineer who makes more a year than he does and he can't stand it. Sometimes I buy stuff just to smash it and use parts for something else. I am a mad scientist in my basement just to spite him.
In most industrial applications you only need a small subset of the hand's capabilities. Having a bunch of robots putting in one screw is more efficient than having one robot putting in a bunch of screws. It makes for a more speedy assembly (although more assembly space). This hand would be good for a putting in a cheap screw;)
"The plane's weight is evenly divided between structure and fuel"
This site generally has comments about articles that are posted somewhere else. People usually go read them and then come back to make informed comments about what they read. But somehow you missed that part.
I agree. I've been bitten by the 1 Hit CD several times. DMB is the only group, IMO, that has produced consistently good albums. They are the only group, as of late, whos album I'll purchase. I download the rest of the songs that I want off of Grokster.
I must agree. I used to work for Ford Motor Company until I got tired of living in metro Detroit and moved back home to the Rocket City. I was an engineer in the Vehicle Dynamics Objective Testing group. Oh yeah, it was cool, cooler than you can imagine. I got to drive every kind of car you could think of (except Chrysler...go figure). Often times to the limit. I always went for the BMW's on the handling course. They were a blast. I wasn't worried about spinning the tires on launch because the real fun happens in the corners. Man that M5 was on rails. The X5 wasn't bad either. Ford design engineers were equally impressed. They have taken countless cues from BMW. For example, take a look at the front over-hang (the amount of car in front of the front wheels) on the Lincoln LS, look familiar. Before I left we hired a former BMW executive to be over the Vehicle Dynamics group. There was even a time when Ford was talking of buying BMW. This was just before the Firestone saga (before I spent 4 months in the AZ desert testing different vehicle/tire combinations).
However, I do think the stereotype 'dickheadedness' is probably still valid. Most BMW sales are based on status symbolism. If they only knew what to do with them.
AC, you are an idiot.
Sure universities 'generate jobs for countless people' - the people that get degrees and go on to prosper in a 'technological society'. As I remember, most of the textbooks I had were already used. I can even remember some profs allowing older revisions than the required text. I, as well as most of my peers that graduated from engineering school with me, left there debt free. Most of us paid our way through school with co-op jobs with local companies.
BTW, I'd rather be in the 100's of THOUSANDS of DRONES in a docile work force (with sufficient, stable income) than the 100's of THOUSANDS of PUNKS flipping burgers at Burger King like you.
This guys inspiration for doing this was to have it look like an integral part of his home entertainment setup. Have you looked at the pictures? He could have put a full tower server case there and it wouldn't look any worse than the cheap OSB modular TV stand or the sheet covering something in the background. The mod is cool, I'll admit, but he probably doesn't have a wife telling him he can't have a computer in the living room. So why confine yourself to a system limited to the insides of a VCR. BTW, what pc mod'er doesn't own a Dremel????
'Corporate America' doesn't want you to have common sense. It allows you to see behind the curtain and reveal the stupidity that defines upper management. They hire based on grades because it defines your ability to learn/be taught (i.e. transformed into a mindless follower).
Have you ever been to Circus Circus. Just as filthy but more accessable;)
Taco = Loser
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Taco's just trying to stir up the hornets' nest again. I mean really, how much credibility does M$NBC have reporting on a topic such as Linux? For that matter, how much credibility does M$NBC have (.)
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"Oh, Windows won't let me break it by accident."
Windows does a good job of breaking itself!
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...I knew I forgot to do something this weekend.
We, here in the Rocket City (Huntsville, AL), have noticed a decline in work ethic, morals, and family values from the influx of Northerners.
And as far as 'generally educated people' goes - we turned out a lot of the International Space Station, the Saturn V Rocket, countless military technologies, and other hi-tech 'gee-wiz' that would make you cream your pants. Oh yeah, more and more automotive companies are establishing manufacturing plants in our area. We figure they're getting tired of the lazy, union yankees showing up for work drunk.
What has your hometown ever done?
P.S. - Its y'all
Yeah right...like anyone reading /. has any clue what you're talking about ;)
I was just remembering this story. I had an mpeg on my harddrive of carbon nanotubes going up in smoke after a flash. You know people are going to want to take pictures on the 4 hour ride up to space.
This is a real problem. When I lived in Michigan there were cases of ecoli (sp?) from people swimming in goose feces polluted waters. I read somewhere that an full grown goose will crap an average of 3 pounds a day.
I used to live in a market where our only choice for cable was Comcast. Year to year, little by little, they kept increasing the cost of basic service. When I moved to a larger city I had a choice between Comcast and two other companies. Needless to say, I didn't go with Comcast. My cable is now cheaper and I get more channels. My service has cable, telephone, and broadband internet all in one package for about $90/month. Before, I was paying almost $40 for basic cable. What a rip off.
Exactly...I was just surprised to see them defined wrong in the previous post.
N = kgm/s^2 (Force = mass * accel)
J = Nm (Energy = Force applied over a distance)
W = J/s (Power = Energy rate)
What a cool dad! My dad was a bastard...TV remote in one hand and a stiff leather belt in the other. He used to get all bent out of shape when I would take the motors out of stuff to build different, original stuff. He was too thick-headed to see my potential. I'm now a mechanical engineer who makes more a year than he does and he can't stand it. Sometimes I buy stuff just to smash it and use parts for something else. I am a mad scientist in my basement just to spite him.
In most industrial applications you only need a small subset of the hand's capabilities. Having a bunch of robots putting in one screw is more efficient than having one robot putting in a bunch of screws. It makes for a more speedy assembly (although more assembly space). This hand would be good for a putting in a cheap screw ;)
Now Taco's wrist wont hurt anymore :)
This site generally has comments about articles that are posted somewhere else. People usually go read them and then come back to make informed comments about what they read. But somehow you missed that part.
I agree. I've been bitten by the 1 Hit CD several times. DMB is the only group, IMO, that has produced consistently good albums. They are the only group, as of late, whos album I'll purchase. I download the rest of the songs that I want off of Grokster.
Then maybe you should see if NASA would like to put up the money. Why would DARPA care anything about MARS?
This is very geek. It is an engineering masterpiece. MechE's around the world are rejoicing.
I must agree. I used to work for Ford Motor Company until I got tired of living in metro Detroit and moved back home to the Rocket City. I was an engineer in the Vehicle Dynamics Objective Testing group. Oh yeah, it was cool, cooler than you can imagine. I got to drive every kind of car you could think of (except Chrysler...go figure). Often times to the limit. I always went for the BMW's on the handling course. They were a blast. I wasn't worried about spinning the tires on launch because the real fun happens in the corners. Man that M5 was on rails. The X5 wasn't bad either. Ford design engineers were equally impressed. They have taken countless cues from BMW. For example, take a look at the front over-hang (the amount of car in front of the front wheels) on the Lincoln LS, look familiar. Before I left we hired a former BMW executive to be over the Vehicle Dynamics group. There was even a time when Ford was talking of buying BMW. This was just before the Firestone saga (before I spent 4 months in the AZ desert testing different vehicle/tire combinations).
However, I do think the stereotype 'dickheadedness' is probably still valid. Most BMW sales are based on status symbolism. If they only knew what to do with them.I could have subbed 'flipping burgers' with 'asking would you like fries with that' but I'm sure my point was just as well received.
AC, you are an idiot. Sure universities 'generate jobs for countless people' - the people that get degrees and go on to prosper in a 'technological society'. As I remember, most of the textbooks I had were already used. I can even remember some profs allowing older revisions than the required text. I, as well as most of my peers that graduated from engineering school with me, left there debt free. Most of us paid our way through school with co-op jobs with local companies. BTW, I'd rather be in the 100's of THOUSANDS of DRONES in a docile work force (with sufficient, stable income) than the 100's of THOUSANDS of PUNKS flipping burgers at Burger King like you.
This guys inspiration for doing this was to have it look like an integral part of his home entertainment setup. Have you looked at the pictures? He could have put a full tower server case there and it wouldn't look any worse than the cheap OSB modular TV stand or the sheet covering something in the background. The mod is cool, I'll admit, but he probably doesn't have a wife telling him he can't have a computer in the living room. So why confine yourself to a system limited to the insides of a VCR. BTW, what pc mod'er doesn't own a Dremel????
'...doesn't believe...' vs. '...doesn't want...' what's your point, troll?
'Corporate America' doesn't want you to have common sense. It allows you to see behind the curtain and reveal the stupidity that defines upper management. They hire based on grades because it defines your ability to learn/be taught (i.e. transformed into a mindless follower).
Have you ever been to Circus Circus. Just as filthy but more accessable ;)
Taco's just trying to stir up the hornets' nest again. I mean really, how much credibility does M$NBC have reporting on a topic such as Linux? For that matter, how much credibility does M$NBC have (.)
"Oh, Windows won't let me break it by accident." Windows does a good job of breaking itself!