NASA is planning on using drilling technology similar to Beagle 2.
What technology is that -- running headlong into the planet at high speed? Seeing as how we never heard whimper one out of Beagle, I don't think that's such a good plan...
I am a Democrat, having formerly been a Republican who twice voted for Reagan and once Bush-the-Elder (only to be betrayed by both). I made my statement specifically and deliberately to better illustrate the loathesome, self-serving, reality-ignoring, and corrupt nature of the remark by Gates.
You are right that I use the term "NeoCon" in the pejorative sense, but only when referring to someone who is, indeed, a Neoconservative. These people are dangerous to America and Democracy in general. I wish the true Republicans would take back their party so this country can get back to business; perhaps then I'd consider returning to the GOP.
Wow.. crazy about the Apollo mission. Got a link to that? I'll do my own research in the meantime.
Insofar as sending up vulture-craft to Mars, the cost would be pretty prohibitive for not enough ROI. By the time you got another vehicle working and on-site, the technology of the vehicle you'd like to salvage would be obsolete. The only reason to go back and pick up the rovers now would be for Human historical "gee, ain't that neat" value. Of course, by then, we'll have boots on ground.
Or a rolling cover. When electrical input drops to 'X', roll the cover until the clean side is up, and then clean the dirty side until the next rotation.
However, as has been discussed before, you need a weight/utility tradeoff. The utility gained didn't outweigh the extra weight which would have been used by another bit of scientific equipment.
Hopefully the last commands the rovers execute will be to roll into an area where they won't be covered by a mound of dust until such time as a human can come recover them...
Your house analogy would be better served if you used the foundation of the house. Foundations are not foolproof (see the results of a 7.0 earthquake). Foundations are usually made of concrete.
However, some contractors use extra water to stretch the concrete, making it weaker. Some use larger pebbles in the concrete to do the same. Some don't use the proper amount of rebar. The foundations are thus subject to cracking. These cracks can be fixed, but if a foundation constantly cracks (specifically in the same place) then you must come to the conclusion that the foundation is flawed to begin with and must be wholly replaced.
That is a better use of a house as an analogy. And my point remains true and intact.
I believe the poster was referring to a company knowing about a severe defect in a product and simply failing to address the issue for a ridiculously extended period of time. It's especially dreadful when the same general problem keeps recurring. For major OS products, when a problem is revealed it is quickly fixed, and the problem *stays* fixed. You simply can NOT say this about Microsoft's products.
So yeah, we have a pattern of extreme negligence on the part of Microsoft. But I guess it can't be helped because they have no incentive to fix it (thank you USDOJ).
The observation wasn't done directly, ie Hubble didn't see bodies orbiting stars. Hubble can see pretty well, but it can't see that well.
How the observation is done is by analyzing minute Doppler variation patterns in the spectral signature of the stars, filtered through an iodine spectral mask.
As the spectral signature of the star drifts from left to right you can determine how many bodies are orbiting, and the approximate masses of those bodies. When you get an occultation (planet passing in front of the star) you can register the difference in the direct spectral pattern of the star to determine the atmospheric characteristics of the occulting planet (ie, the star's spectral signature is mostly hydrogen, and for a little while we see traces of heavier elements as the occulting planet's atmosphere filters a bit of the starlight reaching us).
He has previously been a lobbyist for the Walt Disney Corporation, and his son is the producer of such quality fare as 'Shanghai Knights' and 'Rush Hour.'
It may not be the main topic, but it's not completely off-topic...
I'm sort of wondering whether there was any incentive to photograph while actually IN the ring structure. All the photos I saw at the NASA site seemed to be pretty far away again. There seem to be interesting "weave" patterns in some of the single rings, but the rest just looked like a flat white smooth line with no detail as to the particles making the ring.
I wonder how close the probe got to any of the ring structure (excepting, of course, the few dust particles which may have been in the gap traversed).
Uh, truth and knowledge are the underpinnings of a Democracy. They are dangerous to a dictatorship. This alone is the primary reason for the 1st Amendment, and the reason that it is the First.
I know it looks as though I missed the irony and sarcasm in your comment. But shit like this makes me so angry. I think it's high time that the US population brush up on their Rousseau.
Pretty substantial for a country that was supposed to welcome us with flowers and kisses. And I don't see much abatement of the insurgency, despite the efforts to quell it. We'll see what the final loss tally is in a couple of years when we're finally lucky enough to extract ourselves from that needless mess.
Go back to watching FAUX News and reading your Soldier of Fortune magazine, clownboy.
As has been shown in Iraq over the past few months, an urban population armed with "light" weapons can do significant damage to even a mechanized, armored, military unit.
I'm waiting for the day the Palestinians realize that the explosives they're using for bomb jackets would be better utilized against the tanks and armored bulldozers that destroy their homes periodically.
You know what? At risk of being labeled a terrorist and [further] examined by Herr Aschkropht's Gestapo, this is why I keep my firearms and why I have acquired certain skills.
I'm no compound-dweller, but I do believe in the Rousseauian ethics which helped found this nation and I'll be fucked before I just lay down and let 200 years of hard work go to waste for a bunch of goddamned thieves and villains.
Too many people I know have sacrificed blood, tears, and the better parts of their lives to let a bunch of assmonkeys piss it all away.
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NASA is planning on using drilling technology similar to Beagle 2.
What technology is that -- running headlong into the planet at high speed? Seeing as how we never heard whimper one out of Beagle, I don't think that's such a good plan...
Even Sean Connery, Mr. Scottish-Freedom himself, accepted his Knighthood.
He showed up in a tartan kilt. Imagine, 007 wearing a skirt (although Lazenby did it in "On her Majesty's Secret Service").
You call Sir Connery "Sir" not because he's a knight, but because it would suck to get your ass kicked by a 74-year-old...
It's so your lady can pleasure herself while she prepared the landing strip...
"Fug"? (Feature Bug)
"VulTure"? (Vulnerable Feature)
Bugzilla is PERL-driven. Do the math.
Then clarification is called for.
I am a Democrat, having formerly been a Republican who twice voted for Reagan and once Bush-the-Elder (only to be betrayed by both). I made my statement specifically and deliberately to better illustrate the loathesome, self-serving, reality-ignoring, and corrupt nature of the remark by Gates.
You are right that I use the term "NeoCon" in the pejorative sense, but only when referring to someone who is, indeed, a Neoconservative. These people are dangerous to America and Democracy in general. I wish the true Republicans would take back their party so this country can get back to business; perhaps then I'd consider returning to the GOP.
That said, I'm done with this thread.
"also, stop using the word "NeoCon". It just makes you seem like an uneducated Democratic fanboi."
Even though that's what they call (or called) themselves?
Relax, Jack. I wasn't necessarily bringing politics into this; just making an apt comparison between obvious liars.
Gates sounds like Cheney continuing to go around saying Iraq and al-Qaeda were linked, despite massive evidence to the contrary.
I guess all those people working at RedHat, SUSE, IBM, et. al. are wondering why they don't have jobs...
I guess if Gates said the sun rose in the West, all the Microsopht fanbois would cheerfully ignore reality.
Wow.. crazy about the Apollo mission. Got a link to that? I'll do my own research in the meantime.
Insofar as sending up vulture-craft to Mars, the cost would be pretty prohibitive for not enough ROI. By the time you got another vehicle working and on-site, the technology of the vehicle you'd like to salvage would be obsolete. The only reason to go back and pick up the rovers now would be for Human historical "gee, ain't that neat" value. Of course, by then, we'll have boots on ground.
You talking about The Vulture?
Or a rolling cover. When electrical input drops to 'X', roll the cover until the clean side is up, and then clean the dirty side until the next rotation.
However, as has been discussed before, you need a weight/utility tradeoff. The utility gained didn't outweigh the extra weight which would have been used by another bit of scientific equipment.
Hopefully the last commands the rovers execute will be to roll into an area where they won't be covered by a mound of dust until such time as a human can come recover them...
You went too quickly down the "insult" route of weak argumentation. Thank you for playing; we have some lovely parting gifts at the door...
Your house analogy would be better served if you used the foundation of the house. Foundations are not foolproof (see the results of a 7.0 earthquake). Foundations are usually made of concrete.
However, some contractors use extra water to stretch the concrete, making it weaker. Some use larger pebbles in the concrete to do the same. Some don't use the proper amount of rebar. The foundations are thus subject to cracking. These cracks can be fixed, but if a foundation constantly cracks (specifically in the same place) then you must come to the conclusion that the foundation is flawed to begin with and must be wholly replaced.
That is a better use of a house as an analogy. And my point remains true and intact.
I believe the poster was referring to a company knowing about a severe defect in a product and simply failing to address the issue for a ridiculously extended period of time. It's especially dreadful when the same general problem keeps recurring. For major OS products, when a problem is revealed it is quickly fixed, and the problem *stays* fixed. You simply can NOT say this about Microsoft's products.
So yeah, we have a pattern of extreme negligence on the part of Microsoft. But I guess it can't be helped because they have no incentive to fix it (thank you USDOJ).
The observation wasn't done directly, ie Hubble didn't see bodies orbiting stars. Hubble can see pretty well, but it can't see that well.
How the observation is done is by analyzing minute Doppler variation patterns in the spectral signature of the stars, filtered through an iodine spectral mask.
As the spectral signature of the star drifts from left to right you can determine how many bodies are orbiting, and the approximate masses of those bodies. When you get an occultation (planet passing in front of the star) you can register the difference in the direct spectral pattern of the star to determine the atmospheric characteristics of the occulting planet (ie, the star's spectral signature is mostly hydrogen, and for a little while we see traces of heavier elements as the occulting planet's atmosphere filters a bit of the starlight reaching us).
Who the hell modded this off-topic?
Allow me to quote from the header:
He has previously been a lobbyist for the Walt Disney Corporation, and his son is the producer of such quality fare as 'Shanghai Knights' and 'Rush Hour.'
It may not be the main topic, but it's not completely off-topic...
Come on.. lay off Jackie Chan.. those movies were pretty funny (especially Rush Hour).
Jackie Chan kicks ass (literally). And he has the balls to do his own stunts (and get injured doing them).
I'm sort of wondering whether there was any incentive to photograph while actually IN the ring structure. All the photos I saw at the NASA site seemed to be pretty far away again. There seem to be interesting "weave" patterns in some of the single rings, but the rest just looked like a flat white smooth line with no detail as to the particles making the ring.
I wonder how close the probe got to any of the ring structure (excepting, of course, the few dust particles which may have been in the gap traversed).
Uh, truth and knowledge are the underpinnings of a Democracy. They are dangerous to a dictatorship. This alone is the primary reason for the 1st Amendment, and the reason that it is the First.
I know it looks as though I missed the irony and sarcasm in your comment. But shit like this makes me so angry. I think it's high time that the US population brush up on their Rousseau.
A good place to start is here.
You should donate what's left of your spinal column to medical science after your first test launch...
Pretty substantial for a country that was supposed to welcome us with flowers and kisses. And I don't see much abatement of the insurgency, despite the efforts to quell it. We'll see what the final loss tally is in a couple of years when we're finally lucky enough to extract ourselves from that needless mess.
Go back to watching FAUX News and reading your Soldier of Fortune magazine, clownboy.
You might wanna have a look at this site..
And I don't usually have bare arms when I bear arms...
As has been shown in Iraq over the past few months, an urban population armed with "light" weapons can do significant damage to even a mechanized, armored, military unit.
I'm waiting for the day the Palestinians realize that the explosives they're using for bomb jackets would be better utilized against the tanks and armored bulldozers that destroy their homes periodically.
Shhhhhh.....
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You know what? At risk of being labeled a terrorist and [further] examined by Herr Aschkropht's Gestapo, this is why I keep my firearms and why I have acquired certain skills.
I'm no compound-dweller, but I do believe in the Rousseauian ethics which helped found this nation and I'll be fucked before I just lay down and let 200 years of hard work go to waste for a bunch of goddamned thieves and villains.
Too many people I know have sacrificed blood, tears, and the better parts of their lives to let a bunch of assmonkeys piss it all away.
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