Traveling through space on the fireballs of nuclear explosions! Unfortunately, the book spends much more time on politics than on physics or engineering. Still, I suppose you've got to be quite a political animal to get money for this sort of thing. Dyson excuses the lack of technical data by noting that much Orion information is still secret (like how to make a nuclear bomb with a golf ball-sized chunk of plutonium), but the deficit still cries out. There's just enough technical material to make you wish for more. Virtually all the graphics seem to be multi-generational copies of just a few original project drawings. There were no significant original graphics. The character sketches and descriptions of fighting for funds are well done and tell us a lot about how government really works (slowly, wastefully, and on an old-boy network), but "The True Story of the Atomic Spaceship" is not an accurate title for this book. I sold the book immediately on finishing it.
This could be integrated into a steering wheel, allowing complete control of an in-dash computer. This could have benefits, when combined with a HUD for directions, maps, and even playing mp3's. Probably a little to dangerous for typing emails, unless there was a verbal read back of what was typed.
Although this is correct for the Apple version, this is certainly not true for the Windows version. And since I referenced MS in the body of my comment, I assumed that you could connect the dots.
Sorry for any confusion.
Man, people are really hostile around here. You all have a bad weekend?
I still do this when I write code, mostly HTML, for people with small businesses. For example, my mechanic runs a fan website for his favorite car (the Pontiac Tempest). I maintain the site (which includes UBBS chat area) and in return he works on my car for free.
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That was his girlfriend, not furniture that was inflatable. Why did he hide her behind the wall, though?
Traveling through space on the fireballs of nuclear explosions! Unfortunately, the book spends much more time on politics than on physics or engineering. Still, I suppose you've got to be quite a political animal to get money for this sort of thing.
Dyson excuses the lack of technical data by noting that much Orion information is still secret (like how to make a nuclear bomb with a golf ball-sized chunk of plutonium), but the deficit still cries out. There's just enough technical material to make you wish for more. Virtually all the graphics seem to be multi-generational copies of just a few original project drawings. There were no significant original graphics.
The character sketches and descriptions of fighting for funds are well done and tell us a lot about how government really works (slowly, wastefully, and on an old-boy network), but "The True Story of the Atomic Spaceship" is not an accurate title for this book.
I sold the book immediately on finishing it.
Robert Cringley talked about a couple weeks ago, details are available here.
This is not a review, this is simple bitching and moaning. Sorry, things change and you should learn to change with them.
And using an OS for 15 years is a long time, how could you expect it to continue?
Bitching about Microsoft and privacy, but we would be in this position if it were oracle, open source, etc.
My point is that Microsoft has issues, but they cannot be as evil as the Slashdot community makes them out to be.
Privacy is an issue that's OS agnostic.
Shit, piss, fuck, cunt, cocksucker, motherfucker, and tits.
This could be integrated into a steering wheel, allowing complete control of an in-dash computer. This could have benefits, when combined with a HUD for directions, maps, and even playing mp3's. Probably a little to dangerous for typing emails, unless there was a verbal read back of what was typed.
My friend got a Commodore sx64 for Christmas ('83) and he used to bring that to school. yeah, it was like 'Revenge of The Nerds' but it was fun.
We were making a game (ah sprites) called Mr. Mercenary were you sniped people at a carnival.
For workgroup applications, Filemaker is a superior product. This is, of course, my opinion and I am not trying to convince anyone of that.
At least FileMaker is easy to use and understand, and it does not have memory leaks out the backend.
Although this is correct for the Apple version, this is certainly not true for the Windows version. And since I referenced MS in the body of my comment, I assumed that you could connect the dots.
Sorry for any confusion.
Man, people are really hostile around here. You all have a bad weekend?
was a great office suite. Then MS "invested" in Apple back in the mid/late 90's and it was discontinued. Strange, huh?
FileMaker Pro beats up on Access too. That too is no longer under Apple's umbrella.
I still do this when I write code, mostly HTML, for people with small businesses. For example, my mechanic runs a fan website for his favorite car (the Pontiac Tempest). I maintain the site (which includes UBBS chat area) and in return he works on my car for free.
John Romero will for a failing space flight program based in Dallas to compete with Caramack!
I wonder if Romero can tuck all that hair inside a space helmet?