"The space shuttle has been the most expensive and epic failure in the history of aerospace technology. Not one single rivet from that program should ever be used again."
That's not a rational decision. What can be reused (and there are lots of stuff that can - factories, machines, personnel) should be reused. What cannot be reused is the stupid idea of flying a 737-sized thing to space. I somewhat liked the Jupiter approach to manned launches using shuttle hardware without shuttles.
What really worries me is the Ares I first stage. Looks like a bad idea and requires a lot of heavy stabilizing equipment in order not to shake the crew to death. Does not look like a good project path.
The energies involved in such planetary collision would easily melt the surface. Quite possibly, most of the surfaces formed by accretion of the remains of the ejected material.
That's something I would love to watch, from a safe distance.
Only when they achieve a dominant position. That's not likely to happen unless Apple turns into Microsoft and allows Dell, Lenovo, HP, Acer and others to embed OSX into their computers.
One would not even need to prioritize by geographic location: the client could easily give extra priority points by network class: C first, then B, then A, then the rest. The odds of having a very fat pipe to another machine in the same class C are far better than having a fat pipe to a random machine across the planet.
And that would also alleviate the load on backbone links.
I think if IA-64 ever achieved the kind of volume the x86 market has, it would end up being a fine processor with lots of room for improvement still. It never really stood a chance: it was marketed as a server processor and Microsoft offerer only a half-assed support for it (it's their best interest to keep computers a commodity and they will fight any attempt to differentiate in that space). In addition, by the time it could be a viable high-power desktop workstation for developers or data-crunchers (a space it shines in) there was no Fedora or Ubuntu for it.
Instead, AMD came out with a set of extensions to the crufty x86 and that is what we use today. We would be much better if we started from a clean sheet.
And much, much better, if binary compatibility to x86 wasn't such a big issue.
"When talking to grandma about trying Linux since all she wants to do is check e-mail, look at pictures of the grand kids and keep her MySpace page updated, you get the question thrown back..."why so many different ones? Are they all different?"
Why the hell is your grandma worried about which Linux is she going to use? Does she knows about the differences between distros? Just grab her a Fedora or an Ubuntu and get over it.
"Stop being so darn elitist! You want people to use it, then be friendly about it.". No. They will come when they are willing to learn. GNU/Linux is not a shrink-wrapped product - it's a very versatile and configurable tool. And no. I don't want them just to use it. I want them realizing it is a better choice and, if for them it's not, I want them to use whatever makes sense for them. There is Windows and there is OSX. There is a lot of choice around.
"We should be able to point the average Windows user to "Linux", a single cohesive product."
No. Because GNU/Linux is not a single product. It's not even a product. It's, like I said before, an immensely versatile tool backed by a community of fairly bright people. It's made by them and for themselves. If you want to try it, fine. But don't start making suggestions or bossing them around. Did you pay for it? No? Then don't be surprised if they don't feel like they are your employees.
"Why laptops don't have two thin screens is beyond me"
Maybe because most people would prefer a lighter laptop to a dual-screen one. You know they design this things for the majority of its public, right? They need to make a lot of them to turn a profit.
The falsification proves her intent on harassing the girl. An adult created a fake profile for that sole purpose. It's a bit more serious than a boy using a real name and harassing a girl.
I have an unusually nice wife and every acquisition is a historical achievement in the fine art of negotiation. I can only imagine how hard it is for him to keep all this gear in their home.
There are a lot of very harmful stuff starting about the middle of the periodic table that make very simple molecules. I will RTFA the article to find out more about the kind of exhaust this thing creates because it can be horribly toxic.
You know... It's not disintegrating stuff. It's not like all the heavy metals are broken up into subatomic particles (and even that would be pretty scary to be around)
Actually, I wouldn't be at all surprised if their prices dropped below zero. I gather they have, in certain circumstances, dropped far below that point.
I guess the request should be accompanied by a request to investigate some misconduct in order to be of clear public interest.
I think the accusation would be enough incentive to open up the contracts. If they don't, it should be considered evidence of misconduct and an attempt to cover it up.
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"The space shuttle has been the most expensive and epic failure in the history of aerospace technology. Not one single rivet from that program should ever be used again."
That's not a rational decision. What can be reused (and there are lots of stuff that can - factories, machines, personnel) should be reused. What cannot be reused is the stupid idea of flying a 737-sized thing to space. I somewhat liked the Jupiter approach to manned launches using shuttle hardware without shuttles.
What really worries me is the Ares I first stage. Looks like a bad idea and requires a lot of heavy stabilizing equipment in order not to shake the crew to death. Does not look like a good project path.
A slightly less safe distance would be a lot more fun.
It's "nucular". At least, spell it right!
The fissiles, being heavy elements, should be more abundant in the core. Are you sure of what you just wrote?
The energies involved in such planetary collision would easily melt the surface. Quite possibly, most of the surfaces formed by accretion of the remains of the ejected material.
That's something I would love to watch, from a safe distance.
Obviously, we must call a confrence with them.
Well... You know that will lower the real estate costs in Buenos Aires...
Is the comet carrying coconuts?
Apple with anti-trust?!
Only when they achieve a dominant position. That's not likely to happen unless Apple turns into Microsoft and allows Dell, Lenovo, HP, Acer and others to embed OSX into their computers.
Which is to say, pretty accurately, never.
One would not even need to prioritize by geographic location: the client could easily give extra priority points by network class: C first, then B, then A, then the rest. The odds of having a very fat pipe to another machine in the same class C are far better than having a fat pipe to a random machine across the planet.
And that would also alleviate the load on backbone links.
I think if IA-64 ever achieved the kind of volume the x86 market has, it would end up being a fine processor with lots of room for improvement still. It never really stood a chance: it was marketed as a server processor and Microsoft offerer only a half-assed support for it (it's their best interest to keep computers a commodity and they will fight any attempt to differentiate in that space). In addition, by the time it could be a viable high-power desktop workstation for developers or data-crunchers (a space it shines in) there was no Fedora or Ubuntu for it.
Instead, AMD came out with a set of extensions to the crufty x86 and that is what we use today. We would be much better if we started from a clean sheet.
And much, much better, if binary compatibility to x86 wasn't such a big issue.
"When talking to grandma about trying Linux since all she wants to do is check e-mail, look at pictures of the grand kids and keep her MySpace page updated, you get the question thrown back..."why so many different ones? Are they all different?"
Why the hell is your grandma worried about which Linux is she going to use? Does she knows about the differences between distros? Just grab her a Fedora or an Ubuntu and get over it.
"Stop being so darn elitist! You want people to use it, then be friendly about it.". No. They will come when they are willing to learn. GNU/Linux is not a shrink-wrapped product - it's a very versatile and configurable tool. And no. I don't want them just to use it. I want them realizing it is a better choice and, if for them it's not, I want them to use whatever makes sense for them. There is Windows and there is OSX. There is a lot of choice around.
"We should be able to point the average Windows user to "Linux", a single cohesive product."
No. Because GNU/Linux is not a single product. It's not even a product. It's, like I said before, an immensely versatile tool backed by a community of fairly bright people. It's made by them and for themselves. If you want to try it, fine. But don't start making suggestions or bossing them around. Did you pay for it? No? Then don't be surprised if they don't feel like they are your employees.
"Why laptops don't have two thin screens is beyond me"
Maybe because most people would prefer a lighter laptop to a dual-screen one. You know they design this things for the majority of its public, right? They need to make a lot of them to turn a profit.
The falsification proves her intent on harassing the girl. An adult created a fake profile for that sole purpose. It's a bit more serious than a boy using a real name and harassing a girl.
I can understand that.
I have an unusually nice wife and every acquisition is a historical achievement in the fine art of negotiation. I can only imagine how hard it is for him to keep all this gear in their home.
She needs to sell a book on her story in order to pay for the debts she already made.
Also, she needs the money to invest in another deal she learned about in an e-mail.
There are a lot of very harmful stuff starting about the middle of the periodic table that make very simple molecules. I will RTFA the article to find out more about the kind of exhaust this thing creates because it can be horribly toxic.
You know... It's not disintegrating stuff. It's not like all the heavy metals are broken up into subatomic particles (and even that would be pretty scary to be around)
Actually, I wouldn't be at all surprised if their prices dropped below zero. I gather they have, in certain circumstances, dropped far below that point.
Anything that involves public money and is not a matter of national (or continental, in this case) security should be open to scrutiny.
anytime soon...
What a disappointment!
I guess the request should be accompanied by a request to investigate some misconduct in order to be of clear public interest.
I think the accusation would be enough incentive to open up the contracts. If they don't, it should be considered evidence of misconduct and an attempt to cover it up.
They are selling the ballots to local governments, aren't they?
If a shuttle loses a wing, it's pretty much doomed already.
And ESA can think of redundancy on human-rated vehicles. There's still a lot of time until those things get people inside.
He got fixed, after all. And at a bargain price.
"Until we find a better means of propulsion than rocket fuel, multi-stage craft are the most resource-efficient means of attaining orbit."
Like, say, nuclear-thermal?
Perhaps, but it wouldn't be right to run xlogo on anything other than X, would it?