Why would NASA go with a lander that can't move once its on the surface? Surely the success of the two rovers has proven that its worth the extra complexity to have somthing that can travel. What if the lander ends up in an undesireable area, but there's somthing of interest just out of reach? If you're going through the trouble of building, then launching somthing to go to Mars, you may as well go all out.
I'm tired of voting for people who are supposed to be my representative in the House of Commons, yet end up doing whatever the fuck they please.
Therefore, you will do as I say, or I will come by your house (which, in fact, is mine, as my taxes likely paid for a good portion of the bloody thing) and proceed to kick your dog, set fire to your mailbox, and generally dispense great misery unto you and yours.
Sincerely,
Someone who's tired of self serving, tow the party line, weenie politicians.
One step closer to the Earth program Hiro got in the book. Now if there were realtime updates of the datasets, showing things like moving cars and people, it would be cool and also very scary.
Bleh. Premature post buttonitis. Need more coffee.
This is what I meant to say:
The tyranny of the masses is what happened. Pimped out bling-bling cars, WWF announcer wannabes, and escaped convict look-alikes appeal more to the unwashed, drooling, idiotic masses than interesting, enlightening documentaries.
In short, blame the ratings system.
The tyranny of the masses is what happened. Pimped out, bling-bling cars, WWF announcer wannabes and escaped convict look-alikes appeal to the unwashed, drooling, idiotic masses than interesting, enlightening documentaries.
The author's style is dry, I'll grant that. However, jumping into the 3rd book of this particular series isn't advised. There's so much history that gets laid down in the 1st 2 books that needs to be read first.
This exact debate was played out in the Red Mars Trilogy of books. One faction wanted to leave Mars in its "pristine" state, while another wanted to make it habitable by humans. An interesting read, to say the least.
A naked human with nothing but what nature gave him is pretty useless. That same human equipped with the best his big fat brain enables him to create is at the top of the food chain.
When lions can invent things that let them kill humans armed with rifles then maybe they'll be at the top of the food chain.
When you put it that way, yes... yes, I am rather scared. I guess I tend to assume (rather foolishly, I suppose) that people are generally rational. Given the circus that current world is, I should drop that positive outlook.
Perhaps now would be a good time to consider building an orbital tug that would intercept the cargo and bring it into the correct position. Use the current boosters to put the package in an accessible orbit, then let the tug do the precision work.
Computers and consoles these days can't take any abuse. I have a perfectly functional vic20 that was FLOODED with water. I had taken a day trip and left the windows open, the commodore and its tv were located nearby. A pretty serious storm rolled through and the rain pooled up on top of everything near the windows. I got home and poured the water out, let it air dry for a few days and the bugger worked fine.
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Why would NASA go with a lander that can't move once its on the surface? Surely the success of the two rovers has proven that its worth the extra complexity to have somthing that can travel. What if the lander ends up in an undesireable area, but there's somthing of interest just out of reach? If you're going through the trouble of building, then launching somthing to go to Mars, you may as well go all out.
AHh forget it, this whole overlords thing is played out. Hmm...
In Soviet Russia...
Bah, that one's been beaten to death already too. Ok, I got it:
- Research croc immunity to hiv.
- Make a drug based off this immunity
- ???
- Profit!
I think ??? is probably "market that biatch" in this case. Wait, I think I ruined that one too. Ahh well.Calcium supplements wouldn't help, but there is work being done that may one day lead to a suppliment that would prevent bone loss.
The sun is more than just a very energetic oxidization reaction. Go read about nuclear fusion.
I'm tired of voting for people who are supposed to be my representative in the House of Commons, yet end up doing whatever the fuck they please.
Therefore, you will do as I say, or I will come by your house (which, in fact, is mine, as my taxes likely paid for a good portion of the bloody thing) and proceed to kick your dog, set fire to your mailbox, and generally dispense great misery unto you and yours.
Sincerely,
Someone who's tired of self serving, tow the party line, weenie politicians.
d00d u r n trbl...
The GPL text is difficult to read against the blue background. Perhaps using white for those letters will provide some contrast.
Hot tomazzo bagel for lunch + norwalk virus + 5 hours = spicy projectile vomit passing through nasal passages.
One step closer to the Earth program Hiro got in the book. Now if there were realtime updates of the datasets, showing things like moving cars and people, it would be cool and also very scary.
Bleh. Premature post buttonitis. Need more coffee. This is what I meant to say: The tyranny of the masses is what happened. Pimped out bling-bling cars, WWF announcer wannabes, and escaped convict look-alikes appeal more to the unwashed, drooling, idiotic masses than interesting, enlightening documentaries. In short, blame the ratings system.
The tyranny of the masses is what happened. Pimped out, bling-bling cars, WWF announcer wannabes and escaped convict look-alikes appeal to the unwashed, drooling, idiotic masses than interesting, enlightening documentaries.
You do realize that the electric motor that spins the platters, and the stepper motor that moves the read/write heads around contain magnets, right?
All people delivered via C-Section must therefore report to internment camps for proper processing.
Set atop two stumps are a pair of acorns. One acorn is marked Guilty, the other Innocent. The verdict is decided by which one the Squirrel chooses.
A thousand pardons, for I primarily am familiar with bash, and could not confirm that the behavior would be replicable in other shells.
If you're on a *nix machine, open up a bash terminal and type in some gibberish. Hit ctrl+h a few times to delete it.
The author's style is dry, I'll grant that. However, jumping into the 3rd book of this particular series isn't advised. There's so much history that gets laid down in the 1st 2 books that needs to be read first.
This exact debate was played out in the Red Mars Trilogy of books. One faction wanted to leave Mars in its "pristine" state, while another wanted to make it habitable by humans. An interesting read, to say the least.
However, is Skype a phone conversation? What about logging IM messages, or irc conversations?
When lions can invent things that let them kill humans armed with rifles then maybe they'll be at the top of the food chain.
When you put it that way, yes... yes, I am rather scared. I guess I tend to assume (rather foolishly, I suppose) that people are generally rational. Given the circus that current world is, I should drop that positive outlook.
!!!1!111 is annoying, but people who intentionally use "teh" need to be euthanized.
Perhaps now would be a good time to consider building an orbital tug that would intercept the cargo and bring it into the correct position. Use the current boosters to put the package in an accessible orbit, then let the tug do the precision work.
Computers and consoles these days can't take any abuse. I have a perfectly functional vic20 that was FLOODED with water. I had taken a day trip and left the windows open, the commodore and its tv were located nearby. A pretty serious storm rolled through and the rain pooled up on top of everything near the windows. I got home and poured the water out, let it air dry for a few days and the bugger worked fine.