It doesn't take to many service missions to make it cheaper just to launch a new telescope.
There are benefits of manned flights, if not just for the purpose of seing what it does to the austronauts - and see what they need and can perform in space. Collecting data for the illustrious colonization of the solar system.
But the shuttle is not the way to go to get the scientific data. IMHO the space shuttle is too ancient. NASA should be able to build a better manned vehicle with the experiences of the shuttle missions.
And separate payload missions from the manned ones. The austronauts don't need to carry their baggage.
If as he suggests the OS is irrelevant - that would mean that the need for clear and open standards are essential. Otherwise a monopoly would just entrench the position when controlling all the information.
Here is an interesting article on ZDnet about Microsoft's Longhorn which exactly does this.
I don't know. I might just be old fashioned and keep different types of information in different places/files/stores. E.g. paper bank statements is seperate from dates of friends' birthdays.
I found the reference. It's in the recent report from The Danish Board of Technology on Open Source in Governement -
here
bottom page 23 - unfortunately in Danish only (abstract in english). Translation to english is underway.
A robotic wedding photographer went haywire earlier today. The "Lewis" robot killed and injuring half a wedding party when it suddenly became selfawareand began shooting people with it's build-in laser.
In a comment from the University who build it claimed that the laser-range finders were harmless.
The casualties were quite high since noone could hide from the infrared cameras. "Lewis" found them and did away with them.
The weird thing was "Lewis" suddenly seized its frenzy when it ran out of film??
It will be a hit just because of that nifty "Open Flap Stand" feature/thingy. Until now I have used old books for that kind of problems with my old PC. Is the idea patented???
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You mean they will raise the price 100% so it doesn't compete...
Hell - what about changing your password. Guess you'll have to decrypt/encrypt all your data again....
A shuttle launch in excess of $500 million.
It doesn't take to many service missions to make it cheaper just to launch a new telescope.
There are benefits of manned flights, if not just for the purpose of seing what it does to the austronauts - and see what they need and can perform in space. Collecting data for the illustrious colonization of the solar system.
But the shuttle is not the way to go to get the scientific data. IMHO the space shuttle is too ancient. NASA should be able to build a better manned vehicle with the experiences of the shuttle missions.
And separate payload missions from the manned ones. The austronauts don't need to carry their baggage.
Here is an interesting article on ZDnet about Microsoft's Longhorn which exactly does this.
I don't know. I might just be old fashioned and keep different types of information in different places/files/stores. E.g. paper bank statements is seperate from dates of friends' birthdays.
Just my 2 eurocents.
I found the reference. It's in the recent report from The Danish Board of Technology on Open Source in Governement - here bottom page 23 - unfortunately in Danish only (abstract in english). Translation to english is underway.
I think maybe it was the CEO of Microsoft Denmark. I'm NOT sure though
I don't know how that got past me.
Is it just me or is the idea of centralising security bad?
It seems to me that a spread of security/password systems is better, since a comprise of one does not comprise the others?
Somehow the buzz to make everything easier overrules normal safety practises. Do we not get told not to have the same PIN for different credit cards?
A robotic wedding photographer went haywire earlier today. The "Lewis" robot killed and injuring half a wedding party when it suddenly became selfawareand began shooting people with it's build-in laser.
In a comment from the University who build it claimed that the laser-range finders were harmless.
The casualties were quite high since noone could hide from the infrared cameras. "Lewis" found them and did away with them.
The weird thing was "Lewis" suddenly seized its frenzy when it ran out of film??
E.g. It needs a better graphics card.
It will be a hit just because of that nifty "Open Flap Stand" feature/thingy. Until now I have used old books for that kind of problems with my old PC. Is the idea patented???
BTW where is the coffee pot to be placed?
Hey... are we trying to /. CNN
I'm in on that one!
That one is still under Old Stuff. Makes you think about who reads their own postings