Though this makes for some cool Gee-whiz science and experience working in low/no gravaity environments, I don't foresee any nobel-prize winning science coming out of the International Space Station.
I'll have to agree with you there. I doubt the people who gave Yasser Arrafat a Nobel prize would find much use for the research being done on the space station.
If NASA intends on building something useful, it should consider building a large space ship for touring the solar system for conducting long term research with a crew of about 100 people.
Where are you going to build your large space ship, doofus? On Earth and launch it? No? Perhaps at a SPACE STATION? Whatever you're smoking, send me some - it's good stuff.
Ha. In my day, we didn't have money for your fancy boards across the beams. We had to jump from beam to beam, uphill, both ways, and hang by the legs while making connections. But we were HAPPY to have those beams. Not like today when youngsters complain about luxuries . . .
For instance, the fictitious loan officer may ask, "Are you familiar with our loan repayment schedule?" If the customer desires to read the loan repayment schedule, he would indicate his choice. The loan schedule would then be textually displayed. After reading the text, the applicant would proceed to more questions 147 presented by the fictitious loan officer. The customer could continue to additional textual displays about legal responsibilities of obtaining a loan or return to the fictitious loan officer who would continue the presentation.
It seems pretty obvious these people have locked up a completely new form of electronic communication. Let's see . . . where's that "fictitious" button? All I see is preview and submi
In a way, i'm jealous of the people who got to see the wild west and walk across america and stake out a piece of the world.
Really? You ever walk out of your cabin in the middle of the night to relieve yourself? No moon to light things, only stars, and not another human within miles. You suck in the clean, fresh air and whip it out. Then just beyond the bush you're going to water, you spot a pair of big, reflective eyes - you know, like cat's eyes. They're a lot bigger than a house cat's.
You know that old saw about being so scared you pee in your pants? There's a level of scared beyond that. There's a level of scared so bad that you can't pee, and you'll hold it until daylight even if you explode.
BSD all the way baybee. There is no logical reason why using government-generated code should obligate one to make one's own code freely available, because we have already paid for it through taxation.
Then there is no problem. Most code produced using government funding is available free for the asking, with no license and no terms, under the Freedom Of Information Act. Why screw things up by adding a license?
Let's face it: primarily the record companies moved us all to CDs to allow them to let slide their back catalog of LPs and secondarily because CD sound is better. I don't want to hear that the sound is better from any "audiophiles" either. Audiophiles are the same morons who bought distilled water from discWasher for $5 for 4 ounces and buy "directional" speaker cables today and who use a green magic marker on the rim of their CDs. And then claim to be able to hear phase-shift distortion in CD music
Hey, c'mon now. That's specially deionized water for the discerning audiophile. Those vacuum tube amplifiers and Monster cables can really make all those random loose ions stand out.
Tell me again why we're worried about Palladium and DRM 'secure' code from Microsoft?;)
Because it will be as effed up as everything else they do.
Because I'm getting on, and one of these days when I'm hooked up to the monitors and breathing machine, I don't want someone at Microsoft reading slashdot archives to revoke my certificate.
You read a EULA from MS. My guess is you're a competent party, as is MS. The EULA sets forth rules, establishing what you both will or won't do. You give them money, they give you rights. You agree to it or not. You are both obliged to follow the terms of the EULA.
Well, only one party is really bound since MS EULAs always give them the right to modify the terms whenever they feel like it.
Well, I live in a state where the snow is often on the ground from October to April. We often get storms with 18+ inches of snow, and most of the intelligent people wait for the snow plows instead of proclaiming their dick size with their SUV. But thanks for your opinion and the high price of gas.
I know not all SUV bumpers are that high, but many are. What's the point? Van bumpers are in the proper position to be decent protection against a collision with a car, so why can't SUV bumpers be the same?
Well, duh! If they weren't in their elevated position, they wouldn't protect the occupants from the sight of rifraff in cars during accidents. Also, one might conclude the owners weren't really spending all their time driving up mountains, glaciers, cliffs, etc., (ground-clearance, you know). Bad for their image.
Yeah, I suppose longevity has improved, but I'm not sure the satisfaction is better. There is no way I could hit 145 mph in my Toyota, unlike my '69 Chevelle SS 396 with the 4-speed and positraction rear end. It'd pass anything on the road except a gas station. Even the CHP couldn't catch me, until I made the mistake of slowing down for an off-ramp. *Sigh* Fun times - big fines.
That reminds me. I've been having a strange problem at work with my PC using Windows 2000 (hold the catcalls - I get to use *nix on the real computers, so it's not too bad).
I've changed the file associations for html files to Netscape (which is our optional browser), but Win2K refuses to launch Netscape when an html file is double-clicked in Windows Explorer or in a "My Computer" (ackk, gag) window. I've asked a couple of other people at work to try it, and they've had the same problem.
As soon as the file association is changed to IE, that sucker pops up in a heartbeat. Can anyone else out there with access to Win2K confirm this highly-secure (if not monopolistic) behavior?
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Though this makes for some cool Gee-whiz science and experience working in low/no gravaity environments, I don't foresee any nobel-prize winning science coming out of the International Space Station.
I'll have to agree with you there. I doubt the people who gave Yasser Arrafat a Nobel prize would find much use for the research being done on the space station.
If NASA intends on building something useful, it should consider building a large space ship for touring the solar system for conducting long term research with a crew of about 100 people.
Where are you going to build your large space ship, doofus? On Earth and launch it? No? Perhaps at a SPACE STATION? Whatever you're smoking, send me some - it's good stuff.
Well, at least this year the toilets on the space station will be ready and paid for.
Please feel free to build your own space station and to use American Standard toilets. Ewwww. :)
I'm in as soon as they tell us what the frill the first one is doing of importance.
If you could frelling spell it correctly, maybe we would. :)
might i suggest upgrading from 98. There are better things out there that have the microsoft logo affixed.
That's true, but writing documents with that X-box controller is a real pain. :)
Ha. In my day, we didn't have money for your fancy boards across the beams. We had to jump from beam to beam, uphill, both ways, and hang by the legs while making connections. But we were HAPPY to have those beams. Not like today when youngsters complain about luxuries . . .
For instance, the fictitious loan officer may ask, "Are you familiar with our loan repayment schedule?" If the customer desires to read the loan repayment schedule, he would indicate his choice. The loan schedule would then be textually displayed. After reading the text, the applicant would proceed to more questions 147 presented by the fictitious loan officer. The customer could continue to additional textual displays about legal responsibilities of obtaining a loan or return to the fictitious loan officer who would continue the presentation.
It seems pretty obvious these people have locked up a completely new form of electronic communication. Let's see . . . where's that "fictitious" button? All I see is preview and submi
In a way, i'm jealous of the people who got to see the wild west and walk across america and stake out a piece of the world.
Really? You ever walk out of your cabin in the middle of the night to relieve yourself? No moon to light things, only stars, and not another human within miles. You suck in the clean, fresh air and whip it out. Then just beyond the bush you're going to water, you spot a pair of big, reflective eyes - you know, like cat's eyes. They're a lot bigger than a house cat's.
You know that old saw about being so scared you pee in your pants? There's a level of scared beyond that. There's a level of scared so bad that you can't pee, and you'll hold it until daylight even if you explode.
Thanks, but I'll take civilization over easy.
BSD all the way baybee. There is no logical reason why using government-generated code should obligate one to make one's own code freely available, because we have already paid for it through taxation.
Then there is no problem. Most code produced using government funding is available free for the asking, with no license and no terms, under the Freedom Of Information Act. Why screw things up by adding a license?
Not even AOL wants you? Hey, thanks. That really helps my self-esteem. :)
Not really, she's a girl so she dosn't have balls...
Considering what she pulled, she has big brass ones.
That's Florida.
More accurately, it seems to be centered in West Palm Beach, Florida.
A black hole is just God dividing by zero
You mean the universe is just a bunch of cosmic core dumps? There goes the neighborhood.
Why can't slashdot at least implement a timer that doesn't allow people to post based on the byte size of the slashdot article itself.
Posting Rights Management, yeah, that's what we need. Slashdot, home of the free thinkers. :)
Let's face it: primarily the record companies moved us all to CDs to allow them to let slide their back catalog of LPs and secondarily because CD sound is better. I don't want to hear that the sound is better from any "audiophiles" either. Audiophiles are the same morons who bought distilled water from discWasher for $5 for 4 ounces and buy "directional" speaker cables today and who use a green magic marker on the rim of their CDs. And then claim to be able to hear phase-shift distortion in CD music
Hey, c'mon now. That's specially deionized water for the discerning audiophile. Those vacuum tube amplifiers and Monster cables can really make all those random loose ions stand out.
Tell me again why we're worried about Palladium and DRM 'secure' code from Microsoft? ;)
Because it will be as effed up as everything else they do.Because I'm getting on, and one of these days when I'm hooked up to the monitors and breathing machine, I don't want someone at Microsoft reading slashdot archives to revoke my certificate.
The good, hard working, people at Microsoft(tm) have worked long and hard to give you a Video-Game systmem that plays the games you want. . . .
(MS: Please credit MSDN account #2341 for this post)
Sorry, but that should have been "Microsoft(R)". All your credits are belong to us.
Have a nice day,
Microsoft
Actually, the paddalium is what Bill Gates will shortly be applying to the bottoms of these naughty hackers.
No, paddalium is a new high speed lubricant that MS will be distributing with all EULAs.
You read a EULA from MS. My guess is you're a competent party, as is MS. The EULA sets forth rules, establishing what you both will or won't do. You give them money, they give you rights. You agree to it or not. You are both obliged to follow the terms of the EULA.
Well, only one party is really bound since MS EULAs always give them the right to modify the terms whenever they feel like it.
Well, I live in a state where the snow is often on the ground from October to April. We often get storms with 18+ inches of snow, and most of the intelligent people wait for the snow plows instead of proclaiming their dick size with their SUV. But thanks for your opinion and the high price of gas.
Let me guess... Netscape 4.x?
Yep. Thanks for the tip. I'll try it.
I know not all SUV bumpers are that high, but many are. What's the point? Van bumpers are in the proper position to be decent protection against a collision with a car, so why can't SUV bumpers be the same?
Well, duh! If they weren't in their elevated position, they wouldn't protect the occupants from the sight of rifraff in cars during accidents. Also, one might conclude the owners weren't really spending all their time driving up mountains, glaciers, cliffs, etc., (ground-clearance, you know). Bad for their image.
Yeah, I suppose longevity has improved, but I'm not sure the satisfaction is better. There is no way I could hit 145 mph in my Toyota, unlike my '69 Chevelle SS 396 with the 4-speed and positraction rear end. It'd pass anything on the road except a gas station. Even the CHP couldn't catch me, until I made the mistake of slowing down for an off-ramp. *Sigh* Fun times - big fines.
Hundreds of Microsoft supporters will insult you and order you to immediately upgrade to [insert newest MS OS here].
That's true, and they couldn't care less if your two-year-old hardware can't run the latest bloatware from Redmond.
That reminds me. I've been having a strange problem at work with my PC using Windows 2000 (hold the catcalls - I get to use *nix on the real computers, so it's not too bad).
I've changed the file associations for html files to Netscape (which is our optional browser), but Win2K refuses to launch Netscape when an html file is double-clicked in Windows Explorer or in a "My Computer" (ackk, gag) window. I've asked a couple of other people at work to try it, and they've had the same problem.
As soon as the file association is changed to IE, that sucker pops up in a heartbeat. Can anyone else out there with access to Win2K confirm this highly-secure (if not monopolistic) behavior?
This book has been out for at least a decade, but as far as I know it has not led to the adoption of schedule-free development anywhere...
Gasp. What would a manager do without a schedule? How would he/she know whether or not the project needed more management? :)