I have heard of this procedure being used in Russia from at least 10 years ago. And it wasn't relatively new then, I'm assuming. They used it for post-surgery healing and as well for the reasons mentioned in the posted article. They also used ice-cooling procedures to almost freeze patients undergoing intense heart surgeries, and that was around the same time.
I so admire the Japanese drive for making the imagined dreams of Anime Film a reality. That picture totally reminds me of the film 'Ghost in the Shell', where the terrorist/hacker dude slips his overcoat on and disappears within the Thermoptic Camoflauge - only to be beaten up by Major Kusanagi wearing the same. It appears that this fantastic technology is already in the prototype stage.
Why not return to the Moon to perfect the skills needed to set up a mission to Mars? Exercises and missions launched from the Moon would be much more efficient than on Earth, and although not as efficient as space, would yield the complimentary research study of living and conducting space missions on another world.
Not to mention, given the circumstances of this film being the last of the series, the fact that this film had not the feeling of a finale. It was the last film only by coincidence.
And having no substance was not the way to go here, I would have much more appreciated something drastic like the entire cast dying - or maybe the earth, or the universe dying/destroyed. I don't know. I loved these movies but they just kept getting worse and worse and now that its over after this fizzle I feel like a captain without his ship. I wish they made a Voyager movie.
I think the 'cloths' he is referring to are handed out for the 'overexcited', 'premature', hot-new-gear related 'testicle accidents' that happen at such trade shows. Its a shame, comdex going down, those dead or alive 3 cloths are hard to find otherwise.
This is not the same nation as was founded by the pioneers; we've grown bigger, older, and more comfortable.
This isn't the same nation as was during the Challenger tragedy. We've learned the lessons of that event and we've continued our exercises into space and into space exploration. It is no longer a question of if we should or shouldn't do it. It is now a question as to what is wrong with the way we're doing it. Therefore it isn't a question of whether or not the US Space Program will end, only how it will change.
"...the astronauts are dead, and the U.S. space program -- which never recovered from Challenger's loss -- may soon be dead as well."
I know its sometimes appropriate in certain situations to be pessimistic, but this is not one of them. A tragedy has occured in the name of science and exploration - in the names and eyes of those poor souls who were willing to go. In a country where Space Exploration is as deeply rooted as Conflict is in another, how can anyone dispel such a history in such a way? You cannot.
Dan Gillerman, the Isreali Ambassador to the UN just said something on the news that was sensible,
"Ilan Ramon was a special person, the people of Isreal looked to him as a hero..." "You cannot survive in Isreal without maintaining your optimism, and even your sense of humor. This is not a day for humor, but a day of optimism because these people did go up to do something very special, and I'm sure that the US and NASA will continue, I am sure there will be another Isreali astronaut."
To dismiss those astronauts who got the chance to go would be dismissing the ones that are still willing to risk their lives even at this point to be a 'hero' and to do 'something very special'.
Here's to the memory of today's brave astronauts, and to the life of tomorrow's optimistic US Space Program and its Heroic Travelers.
The space-based SOHO observatory captured these views of the comet as it neared perihelion by using a coronograph's occulting disk to block the overwhelming sunlight.
"The tech divisons want to offer the consumer all the possible options, while the media divisions are very concerned on DRM. While the two groups are trying to meet somewhere in the middle, they are still at odds about it, and also finding that that middle is becoming rapidly populated by other competitors (including Microsoft)"
I think an appropriate analogy of the situation would be this:
If the current situation at Sony were represented by a hand, the tech division's wants and needs would be represented by the pinky and ring finger. The media division's wants and needs would be represented by the thumb and the pointer finger. If you put those divisions' wants and needs at odds with one another, you would only have just one finger left. The big ol' bird pointing right at the consumer.
I would check with a Hearing Impaired Center that would have some kind of other alternative to voice recognition software. All of the ones I've seen or heard about necessitate training of some kind. Or inquire at the individual companies that offer these programs to see what they have to say.
But, I might suggest somehow having the training sessions read onto tape so that all that need be done is to repeat aloud the recorded audio that dictates the training passages. That of course would still require some help or slow process to make useful, but they wouldn't have to read anything.
I also know that most of these programs come with a 'read aloud' function that enables you to hear everything you type. You could copy the training passages into them and have them read back to you while you are conducting a training session. That could make it easier.
I could have sworn this was an article about some new "Jurassic Park IV" movie coming out that was crossed with a sequel to "The Fast and the Furious".
I keep remembering the bike trek made by Lloyd Christmas and Harry Dunne. As I read the passage about this man carting his own waste through the tundra, I can only imagine his toil being not unlike Lloyd and Harry's when they first arrived in bitter Colorado. In their disquieted and inimitable words I find the response: "Just go man, just go."
Next thing you know someone is going to create a video game of someone exercising on a video game exercise bike. The object being to stay on the bike by balancing correctly, pedaling continuously, and by consuming huge doses of angel dust and heroin to ride the snake into the world of high points and virtual death/health.
It could be called "Fa(s)t Crack: The Game." Just like a virtual pet it would be something that you would have to nurture. You would get a budget, a host of drug dealers, and you could upgrade the bike. The only thing missing would be emulating the game yourself, which is only expected and natural.
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So there won't be any more really crappy movies coming out because of this? What are we going to do?
I walked past a number of security personnel, and was in ear-shot of a number of people talking about classified projects without being challenged.
So what did they say?
I have heard of this procedure being used in Russia from at least 10 years ago. And it wasn't relatively new then, I'm assuming. They used it for post-surgery healing and as well for the reasons mentioned in the posted article.
They also used ice-cooling procedures to almost freeze patients undergoing intense heart surgeries, and that was around the same time.
No, just put the compost heap bin into the Mr. Fusion. Problem solved.
I so admire the Japanese drive for making the imagined dreams of Anime Film a reality. That picture totally reminds me of the film 'Ghost in the Shell', where the terrorist/hacker dude slips his overcoat on and disappears within the Thermoptic Camoflauge - only to be beaten up by Major Kusanagi wearing the same. It appears that this fantastic technology is already in the prototype stage.
Why not return to the Moon to perfect the skills needed to set up a mission to Mars? Exercises and missions launched from the Moon would be much more efficient than on Earth, and although not as efficient as space, would yield the complimentary research study of living and conducting space missions on another world.
Yah, there's nothing like hindsight is there...
Not to mention, given the circumstances of this film being the last of the series, the fact that this film had not the feeling of a finale. It was the last film only by coincidence.
And having no substance was not the way to go here, I would have much more appreciated something drastic like the entire cast dying - or maybe the earth, or the universe dying/destroyed. I don't know. I loved these movies but they just kept getting worse and worse and now that its over after this fizzle I feel like a captain without his ship. I wish they made a Voyager movie.
I think the 'cloths' he is referring to are handed out for the 'overexcited', 'premature', hot-new-gear related 'testicle accidents' that happen at such trade shows. Its a shame, comdex going down, those dead or alive 3 cloths are hard to find otherwise.
Actually, the above was a joke - if you look at the link.
This is not the same nation as was founded by the pioneers; we've grown bigger, older, and more comfortable.
This isn't the same nation as was during the Challenger tragedy. We've learned the lessons of that event and we've continued our exercises into space and into space exploration. It is no longer a question of if we should or shouldn't do it. It is now a question as to what is wrong with the way we're doing it. Therefore it isn't a question of whether or not the US Space Program will end, only how it will change.
I know its sometimes appropriate in certain situations to be pessimistic, but this is not one of them. A tragedy has occured in the name of science and exploration - in the names and eyes of those poor souls who were willing to go. In a country where Space Exploration is as deeply rooted as Conflict is in another, how can anyone dispel such a history in such a way? You cannot.
"You cannot survive in Isreal without maintaining your optimism, and even your sense of humor. This is not a day for humor, but a day of optimism because these people did go up to do something very special, and I'm sure that the US and NASA will continue, I am sure there will be another Isreali astronaut."
To dismiss those astronauts who got the chance to go would be dismissing the ones that are still willing to risk their lives even at this point to be a 'hero' and to do 'something very special'.
Here's to the memory of today's brave astronauts, and to the life of tomorrow's optimistic US Space Program and its Heroic Travelers.
The space-based SOHO observatory captured these views of the comet as it neared perihelion by using a coronograph's occulting disk to block the overwhelming sunlight.
In lieu of recent reports of grade inflation, I propose the following new grading primer:
E - Eager!
N - Nice!
R - Reasonable!
O - On Time!
N - Not Bad!
Along with goading students into a psychologically comforted state, this almost instinctively refutes all attempts for inflated grading.
There have been many, many times when I was quite sure that Windows was definitely ready for my 'joe longneck'. The BSOD really sucks.
"The tech divisons want to offer the consumer all the possible options, while the media divisions are very concerned on DRM. While the two groups are trying to meet somewhere in the middle, they are still at odds about it, and also finding that that middle is becoming rapidly populated by other competitors (including Microsoft)"
I think an appropriate analogy of the situation would be this:
If the current situation at Sony were represented by a hand, the tech division's wants and needs would be represented by the pinky and ring finger. The media division's wants and needs would be represented by the thumb and the pointer finger. If you put those divisions' wants and needs at odds with one another, you would only have just one finger left. The big ol' bird pointing right at the consumer.
The correct term for these schools is "Graphite" schools, 'lead' is very poisonous and is not commonly used like it used to be.
I've heard about most cable and wireless companies now offering the option to rent Setop DVR boxes. Get as many as you want/can.
I would check with a Hearing Impaired Center that would have some kind of other alternative to voice recognition software. All of the ones I've seen or heard about necessitate training of some kind. Or inquire at the individual companies that offer these programs to see what they have to say.
But, I might suggest somehow having the training sessions read onto tape so that all that need be done is to repeat aloud the recorded audio that dictates the training passages. That of course would still require some help or slow process to make useful, but they wouldn't have to read anything.
I also know that most of these programs come with a 'read aloud' function that enables you to hear everything you type. You could copy the training passages into them and have them read back to you while you are conducting a training session. That could make it easier.
I could have sworn this was an article about some new "Jurassic Park IV" movie coming out that was crossed with a sequel to "The Fast and the Furious".
Shit, now I've jinxed it, its going to happen.
Aim the rocket at Kourou, commence empyting.
You are wrong.
I keep remembering the bike trek made by Lloyd Christmas and Harry Dunne. As I read the passage about this man carting his own waste through the tundra, I can only imagine his toil being not unlike Lloyd and Harry's when they first arrived in bitter Colorado. In their disquieted and inimitable words I find the response: "Just go man, just go."
Orbiting Uranus? Ass-teroid? In S.R. the dwarf browns you. There.
Next thing you know someone is going to create a video game of someone exercising on a video game exercise bike. The object being to stay on the bike by balancing correctly, pedaling continuously, and by consuming huge doses of angel dust and heroin to ride the snake into the world of high points and virtual death/health.
It could be called "Fa(s)t Crack: The Game." Just like a virtual pet it would be something that you would have to nurture. You would get a budget, a host of drug dealers, and you could upgrade the bike. The only thing missing would be emulating the game yourself, which is only expected and natural.