And not just with their actual decisions. I don't understand why Supreme Court judges can turn away or decide cases "without comment." What the hell gives them that right? Why don't they have to provide their reasonings in a public statement.
Another wonderful one are the stories I've heard of people who've written to judges expressing anger over decisions they've made, and gotten slapped with contempt of court! Doesn't that violate due process?
My fingers stiffen up and I can't type very well in chilly air. I'm rated at 73 WPM at standard room temperature. Imagine the productivity boost with these babies on! At least 5-10 WPM for sure!
The Viking landers performed soil tests that were supposed to check for living organisms.
Interestingly, they were inconclusive - the reactions observed to the agar solution could have either been the result of microorganisms, or unusual soil chemistry.
Either Spirit and Opportunity will tell us which it is, or we'll just have to send some folks up there to check things out.
Yeah, I was trying not to invoke the "B" word, for fear of starting an intragalactic conflict over "which series was better."
Whether you liked B-5 or not, I think it's difficult to argue that having a pre-planned story arc helped keep things focused.
With each new iteration, Star Trek distorts and dilutes its own mythos.
I thought this would be an interesting take on Starfleet's early history, with raw, unpolished versions, or complete absence of, the day to day technologies that the TOS and later crews used and of course modified at the eleventh hour to avert a crisis.
The writers wasted no time updating/uprating Enterprises' systems and accoutrements ("phase pistols" anyone?) so now the ship is nearly indistinguishable from its descendants.
The exploration oriented format is too similar to the preceding shows.
The TOS crew have earned a Campbell-esque place in our pantheon of modern day mythic heroes. Picard may ascend to that pinnacle. Janeway and Cisko never will. Neither will Jonathan Archer.
Star Trek is in a decadent stage. A long hiatus with no series and no movies would serve everyone best, giving both the general public and hardcore fans some time to build up some real desire. Hire completlely new writers and give them years, if need be, to come up with a really fresh take.
Some ideas for a next Trek: How about a show with a built-in limited lifespan, starting right at the post-Shuttle era, and ending with Archer's Enterprise? Each season would be a complete epoch, showing the development of the technology, and the adaptation of people to long-term life in space.
Another idea: breakdown of the Federation. It collapses sometime after Picard's retirement, and a starship crew makes the rounds restoring order to worlds and rebuilding alliances. Once again, a series that's planned out ahead of time to run for a certain number of seasons.
See, the open-ended nature of each Star Trek series is the problem. I hope the next writers come up with something great, but most importantly, KEEP FOCUSED!
OK, not nearly as fast or convenient as air travel, but I don't feel the heavy hand of "homeland security" when I take Amtrack.
It's such a pleasant, relaxing way of travel and although it's statistically safer, you have the distinct advantage of already being on the ground
in the event of a calamity.
Although I'm by no means advocating this, CCW holders can probably carry without anyone ever knowing.
Lop off an annual hundred billion or so from our bloated Defense budget, which vastly exceeds that of Russia, China, France and Germany combined.
We don't need a bigger military or a ridiculous Homeland Security department to fight terrorism, just better field intelligence and operations.
Not like it was selling that many desktop systems these days anyway.
I've noticed their Thinkpads don't have a "Windows" key on their keyboard.
An intentional omission as payback for MS'
handling of OS/2?
Who rated my post "offtopic?"
It's no more offtopic than those "in Soviet Russia..." posts, that often *don't* get modded down.
Please save your mod points for demoting posts that inflame or contribute more noise than signal.
I thought the headline read, "Sim City"
On a more serious note, I hope that anyone attending this show, or going to Vegas for any reason is willing to open their minds a bit and see some of the surrounding deserts.
Twenty miles West, or fifty miles northeast on smooth fast Nevada roads brings you right to Red Rock and Valley of fire, respectively. Spectacular sandstone cliffs, rugged hiking trails, and an abundance of desert quiet.
Looks to me like this would be a really low-margin product for them.
As far as I can recall, Apple has always valued high profit margins over sales volume.
Get the courses not related to your chosen field of study out of the way at a local community college or state school.
Get an Associates degree, and transfer the credits.
There were a lot of space-related exhibits and vendor booths set up at the Pasadena Civic Center, with a promise of live telemetry from the Pathfinder craft and Sojourner rover.
The images were slow in coming and not very clear.
Not too many people I felt interested in talking to (although I missed a chance to chat up Robert Zubrin), so I headed out by myself in a GPS-equipped rented Taurus that always kept me on track out there.
I drove past the San Gabriels which glowed eerily red from wildfires, and out to the Mojave, where hot dry winds blew hard all around me.
I got out of my car and experienced the numbing silence and total darkness of the desert.
I drove back a few hours later, and couldn't fathom returning to the Civic Center, so I simply alternated between visiting the desert and eating lots of Thai and Vietnamese food.
I'm not sure why you turned what was an otherwise rational and somewhat interesting discussion about a space mission into a feminist rant.
What was the purpose of saying something like that?
You're right on that one, Naomi - I just rechecked the mission page. In all fairness, I either remembered it incorrectly, or before it launched, it was just a "dumb" projectile which was later updated.
However, it does appear that some spectrography will be applied to the ejected material. Even vapors have a signature that can be read.
The implication seems to be that it's yet another way families are disconnecting. I agree somewhat, that "facetime" between family members is a bit lacking these days.
However, there are other reasons, non-technological that are at fault - two income, multi-job families, and an increased use of nannies/babysitters and other caregivers taking the place of parents.
I'd rather see a family that communicates all day via cell phone, email and IM, but actually has dinner together fairly often, with a good amount of in-person family interaction, than a situation in which one parent is ensconced in a loft office doing paperwork until 10:00 PM, while the other spouse is at the office for yet another late meeting, or is away on a business trip all the time.
I'm also looking forward to Deep Impact, a mission in which a NASA probe will shoot a large copper projectile into a comet, and observe the various ejecta that result.
Is that it was written in the 14th or 15th century by someone, perhaps an alchemist, who took some sort of psychoactive substance and wrote it all whilst in an extended fugue state, or series of such states.
It just seems to be an amazing amount of effort to go through to be a hoax.
Life is too short and goes by faster as you get older. Don't wish any of it could be "fast forwarded." (Unless you're serving time in a supermax prison).
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And not just with their actual decisions. I don't understand why Supreme Court judges can turn away or decide cases "without comment." What the hell gives them that right? Why don't they have to provide their reasonings in a public statement.
Another wonderful one are the stories I've heard of people who've written to judges expressing anger over decisions they've made, and gotten slapped with contempt of court! Doesn't that violate due process?
There's always a libertarian candidate. Just like Amazon to leave that party out. Oh well...
My fingers stiffen up and I can't type very well in chilly air. I'm rated at 73 WPM at standard room temperature. Imagine the productivity boost with these babies on! At least 5-10 WPM for sure!
The Viking landers performed soil tests that were supposed to check for living organisms. Interestingly, they were inconclusive - the reactions observed to the agar solution could have either been the result of microorganisms, or unusual soil chemistry. Either Spirit and Opportunity will tell us which it is, or we'll just have to send some folks up there to check things out.
Yeah, I was trying not to invoke the "B" word, for fear of starting an intragalactic conflict over "which series was better." Whether you liked B-5 or not, I think it's difficult to argue that having a pre-planned story arc helped keep things focused.
With each new iteration, Star Trek distorts and dilutes its own mythos. I thought this would be an interesting take on Starfleet's early history, with raw, unpolished versions, or complete absence of, the day to day technologies that the TOS and later crews used and of course modified at the eleventh hour to avert a crisis. The writers wasted no time updating/uprating Enterprises' systems and accoutrements ("phase pistols" anyone?) so now the ship is nearly indistinguishable from its descendants. The exploration oriented format is too similar to the preceding shows. The TOS crew have earned a Campbell-esque place in our pantheon of modern day mythic heroes. Picard may ascend to that pinnacle. Janeway and Cisko never will. Neither will Jonathan Archer. Star Trek is in a decadent stage. A long hiatus with no series and no movies would serve everyone best, giving both the general public and hardcore fans some time to build up some real desire. Hire completlely new writers and give them years, if need be, to come up with a really fresh take. Some ideas for a next Trek: How about a show with a built-in limited lifespan, starting right at the post-Shuttle era, and ending with Archer's Enterprise? Each season would be a complete epoch, showing the development of the technology, and the adaptation of people to long-term life in space. Another idea: breakdown of the Federation. It collapses sometime after Picard's retirement, and a starship crew makes the rounds restoring order to worlds and rebuilding alliances. Once again, a series that's planned out ahead of time to run for a certain number of seasons. See, the open-ended nature of each Star Trek series is the problem. I hope the next writers come up with something great, but most importantly, KEEP FOCUSED!
OK, not nearly as fast or convenient as air travel, but I don't feel the heavy hand of "homeland security" when I take Amtrack. It's such a pleasant, relaxing way of travel and although it's statistically safer, you have the distinct advantage of already being on the ground in the event of a calamity. Although I'm by no means advocating this, CCW holders can probably carry without anyone ever knowing.
Or else there can't be any "peer review" of its publications.
Lop off an annual hundred billion or so from our bloated Defense budget, which vastly exceeds that of Russia, China, France and Germany combined.
We don't need a bigger military or a ridiculous Homeland Security department to fight terrorism, just better field intelligence and operations.
Not like it was selling that many desktop systems these days anyway. I've noticed their Thinkpads don't have a "Windows" key on their keyboard. An intentional omission as payback for MS' handling of OS/2?
If I had wanted a "Troll" rating, I'd join the GNAA...
Who rated my post "offtopic?"
It's no more offtopic than those "in Soviet Russia..." posts, that often *don't* get modded down.
Please save your mod points for demoting posts that inflame or contribute more noise than signal.
I thought the headline read, "Sim City" On a more serious note, I hope that anyone attending this show, or going to Vegas for any reason is willing to open their minds a bit and see some of the surrounding deserts. Twenty miles West, or fifty miles northeast on smooth fast Nevada roads brings you right to Red Rock and Valley of fire, respectively. Spectacular sandstone cliffs, rugged hiking trails, and an abundance of desert quiet.
Looks to me like this would be a really low-margin product for them. As far as I can recall, Apple has always valued high profit margins over sales volume.
Get the courses not related to your chosen field of study out of the way at a local community college or state school. Get an Associates degree, and transfer the credits.
He's also sticking his head in the sand over sensible concealed-carry reforms that the legislature has introduced.
There were a lot of space-related exhibits and vendor booths set up at the Pasadena Civic Center, with a promise of live telemetry from the Pathfinder craft and Sojourner rover. The images were slow in coming and not very clear. Not too many people I felt interested in talking to (although I missed a chance to chat up Robert Zubrin), so I headed out by myself in a GPS-equipped rented Taurus that always kept me on track out there. I drove past the San Gabriels which glowed eerily red from wildfires, and out to the Mojave, where hot dry winds blew hard all around me. I got out of my car and experienced the numbing silence and total darkness of the desert. I drove back a few hours later, and couldn't fathom returning to the Civic Center, so I simply alternated between visiting the desert and eating lots of Thai and Vietnamese food.
Naomi,
I'm not sure why you turned what was an otherwise rational and somewhat interesting discussion about a space mission into a feminist rant.
What was the purpose of saying something like that?
You're right on that one, Naomi - I just rechecked the mission page. In all fairness, I either remembered it incorrectly, or before it launched, it was just a "dumb" projectile which was later updated. However, it does appear that some spectrography will be applied to the ejected material. Even vapors have a signature that can be read.
The implication seems to be that it's yet another way families are disconnecting. I agree somewhat, that "facetime" between family members is a bit lacking these days.
However, there are other reasons, non-technological that are at fault - two income, multi-job families, and an increased use of nannies/babysitters and other caregivers taking the place of parents.
I'd rather see a family that communicates all day via cell phone, email and IM, but actually has dinner together fairly often, with a good amount of in-person family interaction, than a situation in which one parent is ensconced in a loft office doing paperwork until 10:00 PM, while the other spouse is at the office for yet another late meeting, or is away on a business trip all the time.
I'm also looking forward to Deep Impact, a mission in which a NASA probe will shoot a large copper projectile into a comet, and observe the various ejecta that result.
The consumer - we get sued, screwed, and DRM'd out of our right to enjoy the music we purchase the way we want to.
Is that it was written in the 14th or 15th century by someone, perhaps an alchemist, who took some sort of psychoactive substance and wrote it all whilst in an extended fugue state, or series of such states. It just seems to be an amazing amount of effort to go through to be a hoax.
Life is too short and goes by faster as you get older. Don't wish any of it could be "fast forwarded." (Unless you're serving time in a supermax prison).
You cite British planes made of wood, but American aircraft carrier decks were made of wood, too - how silly.
The Brits had proper armored decks for their carriers.