According to Space.com it is scheduled to launch betwixt 1400 and 1800 EDT. the countdown timer is here:
http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/launches/next _launch.html
All I have to say is that I cannot wait for the NASA Shuttle Video on the 2nd. I think its the little things like this that will help to revive popular interest in the space program.
You know, you have an excellent point. I was going to counter by saying that Scientology isn't in the business of making money or trying to brainwash people into listening to them exclusively, but then I realized, hey, they are!
I think, in all seriousness, that the real difference is that RIAA is facing a major shift in the way that the public wants its entertainment, and that that change is a direct threat to the way in which they do business. So if they do not change, then they will suffer. I also believe that their difficulty in changing has been, at least partially, the result of succumbing to their own propoganda tirades.
I see in the RIAA a group acting out of desperation. I think they have been spouting on about piracy for so long that they have begun to believe their own propoganda. Until they restructure the way in which their business is conducted, they will be in constant fear of the internet bankrupting them. I think in five years they will have either changed or succumbed to their own shortcomings. Either way will, IMHO, be for the benefit of the listener.
That would be Glass Reinforced Plastic. I believe its like, if not actually is, fiberglass. The news article defined the acronym, but I am not entirely sure of the material itself.
I have seen the fake trees they have tried to use in Pacific NW, actually all the way to the Bay Area in CA, and they look pretty fugly. They jump out at you while you're driving and such. But the ones on their site were pretty impressive. I am just wondering how often they are going to have to repaint the things.
Part of what middle school and high school english is attempting to teach is the discipline of writing. The formal presentation of an idea or subject to prepare a student for college. That process is a difficult one, even when you you don't abuse the language. My high school english teacher used to return my papers bleeding with red ink. Over the course of the year as I focused more on the writing and developing good habits, my papers became less and less bloodied by red ink. That's the process and discipline of writing that chatroom abbreviations shortcut.
I applaud the teachers for dinging the students on it and I hope it continues to be treated as an error nationwide. I sincerely hope that the laxing of standards does not allow this to become acceptable in formal writing.
So all this time I've been pulling my hair trying to get M$ Word to print my documents correctly actually has a reason! Its part of the undocumented Word theft deterrent feature!
At least to me. The FBI is in the business of finding and arresting the "bad guy". So it makes sense that all of their agents be in top physical condition and that folks work the street for awhile before specializing. That way the agents know how to put together a case from the ground up, and not have it kicked on a technicality.
That being said, I would think that they would try and increase their cybercrime fighting abilities by increasing the number of civvies they hire, and giving them more clout. Course with the egos involved that last one might be a bit of a toughie...
As a pilot I can tell you that one of the things drilled into your head, early and often during training, is the question "if the engine quits here, where are you going to land?"
At 1500' over a heavily populated area the pilot could still be in trouble with the FAA. It is technically legal, but not necessarily safe or prudent. Simply put, there is not a whole lot of options for landing at 1500', and even less over a densely populated area.
I have seen a great many tech folks at the airport who are smoking holes waiting for a place to touch down. If you consistantly treat an aicraft as a car with the z-axis, it will eventually catch up to you.
Last week, AT&T Comcast, which is to receive about $38 a month from America Online for every high-speed AOL customer served by its cable lines...
Cable operators now pay ESPN close to $2 a month for each subscriber.
So cable company gets a channel to pay it, instead of the other way around. Seems like a great idea for the cable companies.
Not only did they lose but they lost on Summary Judgement. Basically a SJ motion happens midway through the case when one of the sides moves for the judge to rule in their favor. In essence they are saying that the other side has nothing. It occurs in almost every case and is rarely granted in whole (typically it will make smaller parts of the case go away). But to lose it all on SJ means that they really did have squat, and that there was no point in continuing on. Cool.
I think the larger whole of the music industry is reflecting the trends in society. As a people we are becoming more and more specialized and focused in those things which we want. Music is no different. The days of the single artist making the whole country swoon are gone. Since the labels are still attempting to do business using that model, their sales are dying off. Easy.
Sorry if I don't go along with the mantra, but I think that O'Reilly has a valid point. Legislating open source in government is not the answer.
I think a better solution would be a competition, ala defense procurements. The government lists what it needs, and everyone shows up and demonstrates what they can do. If open source can do everything the government needs, at a fraction of the price, then you have you solution. You could even put in place a performance to cost ratio to determine value. (ie- This product can 90% of what this other product does, but costs $250,000 less. Is 10% worth $250,000?)
I'm not saying that the procurement process isn't flawed, just that legislative mandates have historically spawned unintended consequences at a prodigious rate.
Recently I downloaded the eBook Glimmers (the Prologue to Robert Jordan's latest addition to his Wheel of Time series.) Since I ride the bus to and fro work so I tried to print the book out to read enroute. No such luck. I was not authorized to print it! I then tried to move it to my home computer so I could read it at home. No luck there either.
Publisher's are every bit as fastidious about limiting use as anyone else. Unfortunately the trend will continue until it effects enough of the general populace that they are forced to confront it.
Excellent! I did not actually know that there was so much derivation behind this. My buddy used it once but could not remember from where he had heard it. I do paralegal work in both litigation and bankruptcy (all the fun, all the time!) and use the phrase to remind myself that the other side is more likely to be incompetent than evil;-) Not that I have not seen evil...
Thank you much for the elucidation.
Lift is a function of the shape of the wing's airfoil, the size of the wing, the angle of attack at which the wing is flying, and the speed of the airflow over the wing. It does not equal control and I have no idea what you mean in terms of it rises as a square. Two wings of exactly the same square footage can have different lifting capabilities based solely on the aspect ratio of the wing (ie the length compared the width). That is why you may have noticed that gliders have long skinny wings- they maximize the lift for the given amount of area.
The choppy winds will pose less of a problem in many respects also. The "choppiness" is caused by different aircurrents affecting the aircraft simultaneously. In a 747 moving at 600kts with a 200' length, you are going to intersect numerous sheers of aircurretns repeatedly, bouncing the plane around and causing the "choppiness". A slow tiny thing like this model just isn't going to have that problem.
Personally I wish them well. They are undertaking a great challenge, and I would love to be there with them!
I've helped litigate international patent cases before and I know that English, French, and European Patents all exist, what is the relationship among them? How about the other countries in Europe? Does one patent office have priority over another?
Maybe they are the scenes the animators would have liked to have inserted. So whilst Anakin is doing his seducing, a whole swarm of battledroids tops the nearest crest and blows the crapola out of their picnic. Lord know I was waiting for that one while sitting in the theatre;-)
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According to Space.com it is scheduled to launch betwixt 1400 and 1800 EDT. the countdown timer is here: http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/launches/next _launch.html
All I have to say is that I cannot wait for the NASA Shuttle Video on the 2nd. I think its the little things like this that will help to revive popular interest in the space program.
You know, you have an excellent point. I was going to counter by saying that Scientology isn't in the business of making money or trying to brainwash people into listening to them exclusively, but then I realized, hey, they are! I think, in all seriousness, that the real difference is that RIAA is facing a major shift in the way that the public wants its entertainment, and that that change is a direct threat to the way in which they do business. So if they do not change, then they will suffer. I also believe that their difficulty in changing has been, at least partially, the result of succumbing to their own propoganda tirades.
I see in the RIAA a group acting out of desperation. I think they have been spouting on about piracy for so long that they have begun to believe their own propoganda. Until they restructure the way in which their business is conducted, they will be in constant fear of the internet bankrupting them. I think in five years they will have either changed or succumbed to their own shortcomings. Either way will, IMHO, be for the benefit of the listener.
That would be Glass Reinforced Plastic. I believe its like, if not actually is, fiberglass. The news article defined the acronym, but I am not entirely sure of the material itself.
I have seen the fake trees they have tried to use in Pacific NW, actually all the way to the Bay Area in CA, and they look pretty fugly. They jump out at you while you're driving and such. But the ones on their site were pretty impressive. I am just wondering how often they are going to have to repaint the things.
Anyone know how well paint on GRP holds up?
Part of what middle school and high school english is attempting to teach is the discipline of writing. The formal presentation of an idea or subject to prepare a student for college. That process is a difficult one, even when you you don't abuse the language. My high school english teacher used to return my papers bleeding with red ink. Over the course of the year as I focused more on the writing and developing good habits, my papers became less and less bloodied by red ink. That's the process and discipline of writing that chatroom abbreviations shortcut. I applaud the teachers for dinging the students on it and I hope it continues to be treated as an error nationwide. I sincerely hope that the laxing of standards does not allow this to become acceptable in formal writing.
So all this time I've been pulling my hair trying to get M$ Word to print my documents correctly actually has a reason! Its part of the undocumented Word theft deterrent feature!
At least to me. The FBI is in the business of finding and arresting the "bad guy". So it makes sense that all of their agents be in top physical condition and that folks work the street for awhile before specializing. That way the agents know how to put together a case from the ground up, and not have it kicked on a technicality.
That being said, I would think that they would try and increase their cybercrime fighting abilities by increasing the number of civvies they hire, and giving them more clout. Course with the egos involved that last one might be a bit of a toughie...
As a pilot I can tell you that one of the things drilled into your head, early and often during training, is the question "if the engine quits here, where are you going to land?"
At 1500' over a heavily populated area the pilot could still be in trouble with the FAA. It is technically legal, but not necessarily safe or prudent. Simply put, there is not a whole lot of options for landing at 1500', and even less over a densely populated area.
I have seen a great many tech folks at the airport who are smoking holes waiting for a place to touch down. If you consistantly treat an aicraft as a car with the z-axis, it will eventually catch up to you.
My $0.02
Last week, AT&T Comcast, which is to receive about $38 a month from America Online for every high-speed AOL customer served by its cable lines... Cable operators now pay ESPN close to $2 a month for each subscriber. So cable company gets a channel to pay it, instead of the other way around. Seems like a great idea for the cable companies.
Not only did they lose but they lost on Summary Judgement. Basically a SJ motion happens midway through the case when one of the sides moves for the judge to rule in their favor. In essence they are saying that the other side has nothing. It occurs in almost every case and is rarely granted in whole (typically it will make smaller parts of the case go away). But to lose it all on SJ means that they really did have squat, and that there was no point in continuing on. Cool.
I think the larger whole of the music industry is reflecting the trends in society. As a people we are becoming more and more specialized and focused in those things which we want. Music is no different. The days of the single artist making the whole country swoon are gone. Since the labels are still attempting to do business using that model, their sales are dying off. Easy.
And if they steal both?
A whole new emergence in the field of crime, pickpockets and laptop thieves combining forces, united at last!
Sorry if I don't go along with the mantra, but I think that O'Reilly has a valid point. Legislating open source in government is not the answer.
I think a better solution would be a competition, ala defense procurements. The government lists what it needs, and everyone shows up and demonstrates what they can do. If open source can do everything the government needs, at a fraction of the price, then you have you solution. You could even put in place a performance to cost ratio to determine value. (ie- This product can 90% of what this other product does, but costs $250,000 less. Is 10% worth $250,000?)
I'm not saying that the procurement process isn't flawed, just that legislative mandates have historically spawned unintended consequences at a prodigious rate.
Recently I downloaded the eBook Glimmers (the Prologue to Robert Jordan's latest addition to his Wheel of Time series.) Since I ride the bus to and fro work so I tried to print the book out to read enroute. No such luck. I was not authorized to print it! I then tried to move it to my home computer so I could read it at home. No luck there either.
Publisher's are every bit as fastidious about limiting use as anyone else. Unfortunately the trend will continue until it effects enough of the general populace that they are forced to confront it.
Excellent! I did not actually know that there was so much derivation behind this. My buddy used it once but could not remember from where he had heard it. I do paralegal work in both litigation and bankruptcy (all the fun, all the time!) and use the phrase to remind myself that the other side is more likely to be incompetent than evil;-) Not that I have not seen evil... Thank you much for the elucidation.
"Microsoft has a booth at the Expo..."
I am suddenly reminded of the far side cartoon that has the Polar Bear wearing a penguin mask...
I hate to imagine what it would be like with audible feedback;-)
Lift is a function of the shape of the wing's airfoil, the size of the wing, the angle of attack at which the wing is flying, and the speed of the airflow over the wing. It does not equal control and I have no idea what you mean in terms of it rises as a square. Two wings of exactly the same square footage can have different lifting capabilities based solely on the aspect ratio of the wing (ie the length compared the width). That is why you may have noticed that gliders have long skinny wings- they maximize the lift for the given amount of area.
The choppy winds will pose less of a problem in many respects also. The "choppiness" is caused by different aircurrents affecting the aircraft simultaneously. In a 747 moving at 600kts with a 200' length, you are going to intersect numerous sheers of aircurretns repeatedly, bouncing the plane around and causing the "choppiness". A slow tiny thing like this model just isn't going to have that problem.
Personally I wish them well. They are undertaking a great challenge, and I would love to be there with them!
I guess that means the new 787 won't be anti-grav after all. Damn.
"Hey guys, you'll never guess what they think we're building this time!"
I've helped litigate international patent cases before and I know that English, French, and European Patents all exist, what is the relationship among them? How about the other countries in Europe? Does one patent office have priority over another?
Only in America can something that generates $1.07 Billion in revenue be considered dead. Gotta love it!
Maybe they are the scenes the animators would have liked to have inserted. So whilst Anakin is doing his seducing, a whole swarm of battledroids tops the nearest crest and blows the crapola out of their picnic. Lord know I was waiting for that one while sitting in the theatre;-)