Are you kidding? Space is OFTEN about "good enough." Weight is at a premium.
In the lunar lander for Apollo, you could puncture a hole clear through the hull by dropping your screwdriver. In some places it was as thin as several stacked sheets of aluminum foil. It held in the oxygen so it was "good enough."
Looking at the shuttle, there are many places where they settled on "good enough." In fact, you could say the entire design was a "good enough" compromise from the SSTO concepts they had started out with. And frankly, in a lot of ways, the shuttle turned out not to have been good enough at all.
he was saying that he wants these people arrested and jailed. The only society that would imprison people for choosing to show up and mill about harmlessly in matching clothes is a fascist one.
Yes, you can argue that fascists want conformity - but these people were not "conforming" by weariong matching clothes, they were doing something a bit out of the ordinary and unexpect - thereby NOT conforming... and their lack of conformity is what the parent poster felt was grounds for imprisonment.
You know what age we live in? We live in an age where some pathetic mouthbreathing pantswetters are so fucking scared that they want a fascist, rigidly coontrolled police state to prevent the terrifying prospect of a bunch of people showing up wearing the same color shirt.
As others have pointed out, the ingredients may be public, but the ratio is still secret, etc.
Which points out yet another flaw with the current patent system - the whole intent of patents was to encourage people to make their inventions known, so that once they expire the knowledge becomes public domain. Here, with humble little play-doh, we have an example of that intent not working, being evaded - the patent was granted, and has expired, yet nobody knows the formula... perfect Playdoh making has NOT become something anyone can do, and the stuff has not become a generic commodity as patent law intended. Playdoh got a patent without really truly revealing their invention, and now still gets to maintain its secret.
Play-doh got a 20 year free ride, essentially having ripped off the public.
I read somewhere that the playdoh odor was not added to the formula for until several years after it was introduced, and that it was added due to consumer feedback - I'm not sure why this article doesn't discuss that.
Metallica and Jessica Simpson are 100% utterly replaceable cogs in a much, much bigger machine......the studio could pluck any of a dozen bands from the pool of unsigned acts in any city and make an album that's every bit as good... they worked their asses off bribing DJ's and scrounging for airplay on iPod and Volkswagon commercials to get people hooked on the music.
You think you just outlined a defense of the music industry, when in fact you just outlined the PROBLEM with it.
The problem is that they added the popular "i" (for internet) like other people did, but this made their product sound like "I Smell."p.What they should have done is add the OTHE popular geeky letter, "e" for "electronic"... then it would have been the SmellE.
Wrong. Look elsewhere in this thread for links to the NASA report. The foam on the tank that tok down Columbia was teh OLD FOAM. You have been a victim of right-wing spin.
as others have said, that would be much more difficult, but more importantly, it would increase the weight immensely. Remember the first two flights, where the tank was white and not orange? That was because they painted them. The stopped painting the foam because the paint alone weighed THOUSANDS of pounds.
Thanks for providing accurate info. Infortunately, in the case of the parent he won;t listen. He's heard what newsmax told him to think, and that's that. He even AID so - said he would not read any replies. He flat out admits he's not letting facts get in the way of his opinions.
There's no chance that rabidly right-wing Newsmax and rightwing heartland would have ulterior motives in trying to blame something on environmental regulations. No, not a chance.
Look, if you really want to link to someone with credibility, link to the Karl Rove Institute for Social Justice or something.
That's actually not a bad idea. personally, I have thought about launching fraudipedia, or some similar name, all devoted to articles that a re completely incorrect and innacurate, hopefully humorously so.
holy crap. You must not live in Florida... for my little one-bedroom condo, my electric bill is $65 a month in winter months if I don't heat the place, and over $150 a month in summer when the a/c is on.
You know... if everyone is forced to deliver all net content unfettered, there's no competition on quality, whereas is they aren't required to, different carriers will be able to compete on how unrestricted their net access is... thereby helping consumers by driving prices... um... sideways or something.
When it tried to install this morning, I was able to uncheck the box for the program while installing the security update it was bulndled with.... it then warned me that I was not installing this "advantage" crap... but that allowed me to check a box saying "never tell me about this again."
The moral of the story? Take your PC off of auto updates and instead set it to ask permission first!
But you don't understand - copyright was created to prevent someone's efforts from being usurped by another - it gave them a limited monopoly in which to reap the benefits of their labors... nobody could undercut the price of their book by selling cheap copies.
That's why this is so important and such a perfect use of copyright - clearly with people being able to get Miro's work free for a day on Google, it rendered the original creation worthless, and now poor Miro is probably going hungry.
He lives in upstate NY, and in the winter driving on slippery roads, having the ABS come on is not that unusual. Skidding is something you can have happen to you pulling out of your own driveway at 5 mph, and if you're used to it, you deal with it without thinking... but the ABS changes the feeling from what you're used to. As far as the "natural" comment, you're way off base. yes, a car is not natural, but the forces involved are - friction, inertia, etc. You feel the same "natural" response riding a bike. Turn the handlebars 25 degrees to the left, and you will turn a corresponding amount. the feeling is natural. Install a "fly-by-wire" system on your bike with power steering, and then when you turn the handlebars 5 degrees, you turn MORE than 5 "degrees worth" and you'll see what I mean.
My father complains about his anti-lock brakes, says they don't feel "natural." Personally I even hate power steering. Does anyone else feel like these kinds of things distance you from a more natural, intuitive feeling of control?
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In the lunar lander for Apollo, you could puncture a hole clear through the hull by dropping your screwdriver. In some places it was as thin as several stacked sheets of aluminum foil. It held in the oxygen so it was "good enough."
Looking at the shuttle, there are many places where they settled on "good enough." In fact, you could say the entire design was a "good enough" compromise from the SSTO concepts they had started out with. And frankly, in a lot of ways, the shuttle turned out not to have been good enough at all.
Yes, you can argue that fascists want conformity - but these people were not "conforming" by weariong matching clothes, they were doing something a bit out of the ordinary and unexpect - thereby NOT conforming... and their lack of conformity is what the parent poster felt was grounds for imprisonment.
You know what age we live in? We live in an age where some pathetic mouthbreathing pantswetters are so fucking scared that they want a fascist, rigidly coontrolled police state to prevent the terrifying prospect of a bunch of people showing up wearing the same color shirt.
Which points out yet another flaw with the current patent system - the whole intent of patents was to encourage people to make their inventions known, so that once they expire the knowledge becomes public domain. Here, with humble little play-doh, we have an example of that intent not working, being evaded - the patent was granted, and has expired, yet nobody knows the formula... perfect Playdoh making has NOT become something anyone can do, and the stuff has not become a generic commodity as patent law intended. Playdoh got a patent without really truly revealing their invention, and now still gets to maintain its secret.
Play-doh got a 20 year free ride, essentially having ripped off the public.
I read somewhere that the playdoh odor was not added to the formula for until several years after it was introduced, and that it was added due to consumer feedback - I'm not sure why this article doesn't discuss that.
You think you just outlined a defense of the music industry, when in fact you just outlined the PROBLEM with it.
The problem is that they added the popular "i" (for internet) like other people did, but this made their product sound like "I Smell."p.What they should have done is add the OTHE popular geeky letter, "e" for "electronic"... then it would have been the SmellE.
well, that's annoying... it didn't render my "troll" html tags I included - could it be that the web standards actually ALLOW for troll tags?
It's that liberal academia!
Next you'll be claiming that their ad campaign is based solely on trying to drive sales!
Wrong. Look elsewhere in this thread for links to the NASA report. The foam on the tank that tok down Columbia was teh OLD FOAM. You have been a victim of right-wing spin.
as others have said, that would be much more difficult, but more importantly, it would increase the weight immensely. Remember the first two flights, where the tank was white and not orange? That was because they painted them. The stopped painting the foam because the paint alone weighed THOUSANDS of pounds.
Thanks for providing accurate info. Infortunately, in the case of the parent he won;t listen. He's heard what newsmax told him to think, and that's that. He even AID so - said he would not read any replies. He flat out admits he's not letting facts get in the way of his opinions.
Look, if you really want to link to someone with credibility, link to the Karl Rove Institute for Social Justice or something.
Wouldn't you guess, the religious nuts are modding me down.
That's actually not a bad idea. personally, I have thought about launching fraudipedia, or some similar name, all devoted to articles that a re completely incorrect and innacurate, hopefully humorously so.
SEEE! This PROVES the eye is so complex that it requires an Intelligent Designer! :P
holy crap. You must not live in Florida... for my little one-bedroom condo, my electric bill is $65 a month in winter months if I don't heat the place, and over $150 a month in summer when the a/c is on.
You know... if everyone is forced to deliver all net content unfettered, there's no competition on quality, whereas is they aren't required to, different carriers will be able to compete on how unrestricted their net access is... thereby helping consumers by driving prices... um... sideways or something.
The moral of the story? Take your PC off of auto updates and instead set it to ask permission first!
(btw, my copy of XP is legit.)
That's why this is so important and such a perfect use of copyright - clearly with people being able to get Miro's work free for a day on Google, it rendered the original creation worthless, and now poor Miro is probably going hungry.
How much would I be sued for?
He lives in upstate NY, and in the winter driving on slippery roads, having the ABS come on is not that unusual. Skidding is something you can have happen to you pulling out of your own driveway at 5 mph, and if you're used to it, you deal with it without thinking... but the ABS changes the feeling from what you're used to. As far as the "natural" comment, you're way off base. yes, a car is not natural, but the forces involved are - friction, inertia, etc. You feel the same "natural" response riding a bike. Turn the handlebars 25 degrees to the left, and you will turn a corresponding amount. the feeling is natural. Install a "fly-by-wire" system on your bike with power steering, and then when you turn the handlebars 5 degrees, you turn MORE than 5 "degrees worth" and you'll see what I mean.
My father complains about his anti-lock brakes, says they don't feel "natural." Personally I even hate power steering. Does anyone else feel like these kinds of things distance you from a more natural, intuitive feeling of control?
I have no pride.
Just remembered another one - lo-cal.com. oh, and immunotherapist.com!