NASA was not our first such agency or program. Go learn some history yourself. Who was buying all these missiles and funding their creation?
Without a blank check from the taxpayer none of these things would exist.
Industry is really good at some stuff, for things it can't be good at we have governments. This is one of those things. Industry can't deal with unknown unknowns. Musk already knows this, he saw it with Tesla. Until universities invented those batteries and industry commercialized them he could not have made his cars. These things are not conflicting concepts unless your are some moonbat libertarian ideologue who believes industry can do no wrong and government no right.
Boeing would not exist if not for the state. If not for the desire of some to privatize everything Boeing would not exist in the rocket arena. Without the state doing the basic research and being a guaranteed buyer Boeing would not make rockets at all.
The folks at Lockheed, Boeing, etc would be working for NASA if not for this incessant need to "privatize" everything. They likely would be doing more too, since most of the doers are not in it for the profit motive the way the set that goes to meetings for pay is.
Yeah FSM forbid a hard science man try his hand at a soft science like economics. I trust him before folks that can't even make meaningful predictions, but claim they are practicing a science.
Yeah, trot out that tired old liberal boogey man, great idea. Realists, like Mr Tyson here realize not everything can be done by industry. As he observes it wants known risks to calculate against, industry needs a profit motive. Without known numbers it can't make one.
So the number of people breaking the law at an organization with programs dedicated to breaking the law is lower than that at companies dedicated to not breaking the law?
I think you need to pass me whatever you are smoking.
Home burglary is a real crime. It is not a violation of a temporary monopoly. Someone is actually deprived of property and possibly placed at risk of real harm.
While I like it I prefer Nexus devices for my production device. Cyanogenmod is great and I love it on my other devices that I don't depend on for work.
I honestly do not consider the Galaxy line as good options really. I am pretty specific I know. They are better than anything bootloader locked though.
No, in GSM SMS messages are part of the voice network. Email has to deal with a lot more spam and is FREE or very low cost.
There is only one side to that story the carriers are gouging because they can get away with it. The people you are in touch with are feeding you a line of bullshit because they want to make more money.
Small correction because it applies to me, right now I must pay full price for phones on VZW or they will take my unlimited plan away and charge me for many more minutes I do not want.
Also you can do what I describe on AT&T via a MVNO like Straight Talk.
Come visit the USA one time. If I take my phone to Canada, less distance that UK to Spain, about a 20 minute drive from my current location, the prices are over a dollar per min call/text.
You with a GSM phone can get a prepaid SIM while you are in Spain.
Somewhat limited? Find any Nexus device or GPE device, that is an actual one not the Nexus in Name only SPRINT galaxy nexus that has not had updates in ages.
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NASA was not our first such agency or program.
Go learn some history yourself. Who was buying all these missiles and funding their creation?
Without a blank check from the taxpayer none of these things would exist.
Industry is really good at some stuff, for things it can't be good at we have governments. This is one of those things. Industry can't deal with unknown unknowns. Musk already knows this, he saw it with Tesla. Until universities invented those batteries and industry commercialized them he could not have made his cars. These things are not conflicting concepts unless your are some moonbat libertarian ideologue who believes industry can do no wrong and government no right.
For the same reasons.
NASA and the previous space/missile programs of the USA created the entire field.
You mean like those SSTO X vehicles NASA tested 20+ years ago?
Pretty much that.
If gamers really wanted fast disks they would be buying SSDs that plug into PCIe lanes.
Not at all, unless you care to elaborate.
I can't sitting here in my desk trespass on your property. I can sing Happy Birthday and owe someone money though.
Go look at what Falcon 9 uses for a rocket engine and tell me all about how governments were not involved.
They just totally invented the field of rocket engine design did they?
Boeing would not exist if not for the state.
If not for the desire of some to privatize everything Boeing would not exist in the rocket arena. Without the state doing the basic research and being a guaranteed buyer Boeing would not make rockets at all.
The folks at Lockheed, Boeing, etc would be working for NASA if not for this incessant need to "privatize" everything. They likely would be doing more too, since most of the doers are not in it for the profit motive the way the set that goes to meetings for pay is.
Which will only happen after NASA makes it routine.
Private industry is great at lots of things, bringing stuff to the masses is where it really shines. Opening new frontiers and basic research is not.
Yeah FSM forbid a hard science man try his hand at a soft science like economics. I trust him before folks that can't even make meaningful predictions, but claim they are practicing a science.
Yeah, trot out that tired old liberal boogey man, great idea. Realists, like Mr Tyson here realize not everything can be done by industry. As he observes it wants known risks to calculate against, industry needs a profit motive. Without known numbers it can't make one.
Most people?
Show some numbers, I highly doubt most people are employed in the trucking industry.
So the number of people breaking the law at an organization with programs dedicated to breaking the law is lower than that at companies dedicated to not breaking the law?
I think you need to pass me whatever you are smoking.
"Befehl ist befehl" was never a good reason.
If you do these things you are as guilty or more so than those in washington.
People with integrity are not going to be working for the NSA. Kinda runs counter to what they do.
I don't mind it, just not something I want to do to my prod device.
Likely when my current contract ends I will end up on T-mobile.
Home burglary is a real crime. It is not a violation of a temporary monopoly. Someone is actually deprived of property and possibly placed at risk of real harm.
You should to a backup if you are going to flash a new image.
Cyanogenmod is not what I asked for.
While I like it I prefer Nexus devices for my production device. Cyanogenmod is great and I love it on my other devices that I don't depend on for work.
I honestly do not consider the Galaxy line as good options really. I am pretty specific I know. They are better than anything bootloader locked though.
Patent enforcement should be a civil matter.
But it means you need a phone that supports CDMA, which if you are importing is pretty rare.
Hopefully someone will rise to that challenge. Otherwise competition will again be non-existent.
No, in GSM SMS messages are part of the voice network. Email has to deal with a lot more spam and is FREE or very low cost.
There is only one side to that story the carriers are gouging because they can get away with it. The people you are in touch with are feeding you a line of bullshit because they want to make more money.
Small correction because it applies to me, right now I must pay full price for phones on VZW or they will take my unlimited plan away and charge me for many more minutes I do not want.
Also you can do what I describe on AT&T via a MVNO like Straight Talk.
Come visit the USA one time.
If I take my phone to Canada, less distance that UK to Spain, about a 20 minute drive from my current location, the prices are over a dollar per min call/text.
You with a GSM phone can get a prepaid SIM while you are in Spain.
Somewhat limited?
Find any Nexus device or GPE device, that is an actual one not the Nexus in Name only SPRINT galaxy nexus that has not had updates in ages.
So you think leprechauns might exist?
How about unicorns, santa or loch ness monster?
Rational people don't assume something might exist just based on nothing. They will however change their minds when presented with evidence.