Since NASA and ESI went to all the trouble to fake the landings and generate these hoax images, it's not too suprising that their already worn photo "processing" resources were stretched to thin to compete with fresh amateurs. Either that or they had to photoshop out the alien doing an Elvis impersonation into the Huygen's microphone.
I don't think Google is the only place that does this. When I was working in the Bay Area several of the Biotech shops lured scientists by giving them time and resources to work on pet projects. I think it comes down to your people. If you give someone who is talented the greenlight to follow some of their mind's myriad pathes, they'll work cheaper for the greater freedom. In the long run you could not only keep the payroll down, but get some truly innovative products to market.
You could replace him with an baboon and get better results...
I agree. Out of the infinite number of monkeys pounding away on Shakespeare's complete works, why'd they have to pull the half crazed crack addicted one to produce Star Trek?
While I do not claim to be a veteran, I'm sure if you ask a Navy vet, they will tell you that its pretty hard tog et rest whilst your ship is under attack. I don't know this for a fact, but while shifts are good for everyday operation of the ship, combat operations involve the whole crew. That's why int he movies you see guys wearing helmets, flak vests and boxers running to their stations;-)
I stopped usign the internet years ago. Now I only use this new invention called the World Wide Web. Oh yeah, and I use e-mail, too. But as long as I avoid that nasty internet thingy, I know I'll be OK...
Did you have Mr. Schrodinger, too? I wonder whatever happened to that cat of his...
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I remember a statistic in College (way to long ago to remember the cite) about the disparity between males and females when it comes to causing car accidents. Males were far more more likely to be responsible as the cause of an accident- unless alcohol or drugs were not involved. Then women were far more likely to be the cause;-)
Since 43% of all statistics are inaccurate,
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and of those, a further 13% are made up, he's going to have no shortage of material;-)
Is it just me, or has "mini" taken over as the new "e" in marketing. The Mini Cooper. The iPod Mini. The Apple Mini. Google Mini. Even Disney has jumped on the bandwagon with Mini Mouse! Where will it stop? Duke Nukem Mini?
Could be. I'm going off of memory here, but I believe that they did a small one first, and then the larger more expansive one. That being said, I think we can all agree that concrete leeching the Earth's oxygen supply would also suck;-)
I don't remember if it was BioSphere I or II, but one of them had the concrete leech most of the oxygen out of the air. They eventually had to shut it down way ahead of schedule because they couldn't compensate for the lack of oxygen. Wusses. They probaboly just needed Pauly Shore.
One of my friends neighbors was a WWII veteran. He was on a troop ship heading out into the Pacific when the atomic blast happened. Their rallying cry was Golden Gate by '48. Keep in mind that our military had seen numerous Japanese soldiers and civilians kill their own families and themselves instead of being captured. Whether they still had military ability or not, everyone from the planners and officers, all the way down to the grunts, expected years more of hard fought combat. The expectation was that they would have to take Japan one house at a time. I can certainly understand how they would use the Atomic bomb as a means to avoid that loss of life.
The other thing to remember is that the firebomb raids on Tokyo earlier in '45 (either March or May) killed over a 100,000 as well, and that was with conventional bombs. WW II Saw some of the vilest, nastiest things that humans had ever done to each other- on all sides of the conflict. In that context I am not willing to make a judgment as to whether we should or should have dropped the bomb. The best decisiona at the time, the one that looked to end the war the fastest, was the one chosen.
The best quote I ever heard about history, was that "History is neither to condemn nor deny, it is but to understand." I think that it is in situations like these that it best applies.
What I remember most from my visits to FL was how incredibly flat it is. I grew up in Santa Cruz, CA and now live in Portland, OR and am used to variation in terrain. Looking out of the hotel window you could see nothing but flatness on the horizen in all directions. To put in perspective, the 351' highest point you quote is shorter than over 30 buildings in Miami alone!
Considering that the highest point in FL is a 15' sand berm, I think you'll be having to go a loooooong way inland to get out of the way of a mega-tsunamai (which, BTW, I must say sounds like the name of a robot in a bad anime series).
Which supports the biggest concern I have about the current generation and their gaming habits- no creativity. I shudder to think that in my golden years the highlight of TV will either be Law & CSI Moscow, or Family King of Simpson's Hill season 24.
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Since NASA and ESI went to all the trouble to fake the landings and generate these hoax images, it's not too suprising that their already worn photo "processing" resources were stretched to thin to compete with fresh amateurs. Either that or they had to photoshop out the alien doing an Elvis impersonation into the Huygen's microphone.
Now that I gots plenty of!
I've been driving like that for years and I'd never even heard of "Boost."
Any word on how they get the lucky orbiters back down? I thought NASA had great difficulty with heat shield design, implementation, etc.
I don't think Google is the only place that does this. When I was working in the Bay Area several of the Biotech shops lured scientists by giving them time and resources to work on pet projects. I think it comes down to your people. If you give someone who is talented the greenlight to follow some of their mind's myriad pathes, they'll work cheaper for the greater freedom. In the long run you could not only keep the payroll down, but get some truly innovative products to market.
I agree. Out of the infinite number of monkeys pounding away on Shakespeare's complete works, why'd they have to pull the half crazed crack addicted one to produce Star Trek?
Yep. $10k goes a long way to buying an awful lot of fresh baked bread. You could probably even swing a Bread Maker;-)
While I do not claim to be a veteran, I'm sure if you ask a Navy vet, they will tell you that its pretty hard tog et rest whilst your ship is under attack. I don't know this for a fact, but while shifts are good for everyday operation of the ship, combat operations involve the whole crew. That's why int he movies you see guys wearing helmets, flak vests and boxers running to their stations;-)
I stopped usign the internet years ago. Now I only use this new invention called the World Wide Web. Oh yeah, and I use e-mail, too. But as long as I avoid that nasty internet thingy, I know I'll be OK...
Did you have Mr. Schrodinger, too? I wonder whatever happened to that cat of his...
I remember a statistic in College (way to long ago to remember the cite) about the disparity between males and females when it comes to causing car accidents. Males were far more more likely to be responsible as the cause of an accident- unless alcohol or drugs were not involved. Then women were far more likely to be the cause;-)
and of those, a further 13% are made up, he's going to have no shortage of material;-)
Is it just me, or has "mini" taken over as the new "e" in marketing. The Mini Cooper. The iPod Mini. The Apple Mini. Google Mini. Even Disney has jumped on the bandwagon with Mini Mouse! Where will it stop? Duke Nukem Mini?
1. Set up own telco
2. Create numerous obscure charges for the bill (ne ???)
3. Profit!
and playing cricket we should be OK.
Vulnerability?
Could be. I'm going off of memory here, but I believe that they did a small one first, and then the larger more expansive one. That being said, I think we can all agree that concrete leeching the Earth's oxygen supply would also suck;-)
I don't remember if it was BioSphere I or II, but one of them had the concrete leech most of the oxygen out of the air. They eventually had to shut it down way ahead of schedule because they couldn't compensate for the lack of oxygen. Wusses. They probaboly just needed Pauly Shore.
Based on my experiences with Amigas and WIndows, I'd have to say that it could be considered both. Just depends on your current location;-)
Methinks you're looking for the Commodore discussion.
The other thing to remember is that the firebomb raids on Tokyo earlier in '45 (either March or May) killed over a 100,000 as well, and that was with conventional bombs. WW II Saw some of the vilest, nastiest things that humans had ever done to each other- on all sides of the conflict. In that context I am not willing to make a judgment as to whether we should or should have dropped the bomb. The best decisiona at the time, the one that looked to end the war the fastest, was the one chosen.
The best quote I ever heard about history, was that "History is neither to condemn nor deny, it is but to understand." I think that it is in situations like these that it best applies.
The CEO's should decide it the old fashioned way-- controllers at dawn! UBI Soft, as the target, gets to pick the game...
What I remember most from my visits to FL was how incredibly flat it is. I grew up in Santa Cruz, CA and now live in Portland, OR and am used to variation in terrain. Looking out of the hotel window you could see nothing but flatness on the horizen in all directions. To put in perspective, the 351' highest point you quote is shorter than over 30 buildings in Miami alone!
Considering that the highest point in FL is a 15' sand berm, I think you'll be having to go a loooooong way inland to get out of the way of a mega-tsunamai (which, BTW, I must say sounds like the name of a robot in a bad anime series).
Which supports the biggest concern I have about the current generation and their gaming habits- no creativity. I shudder to think that in my golden years the highlight of TV will either be Law & CSI Moscow, or Family King of Simpson's Hill season 24.