In particular, it's a weather rocket. They shoot 'em all the time out at the Cape. A buddy of mine once laid his hands on a spent one (earlier model, not the SUPER Loki), god only knows how, and gave it to me just for fun. I gave it to my son for Christmas, years ago. Quite the conversation piece. At something over seven feet in length, it looked quite substantial in the living room.
"You mean that's really a real rocket? Like you mean they fired it out at Cape Canaveral?
"Yep."
"Whoa. Totally cool."
Not sure if my son even still has it anymore or not. Been a while.
my guess is that the entire house of cards in the US will all come crashing down. The canny Europeans seem to be looking slightly ahead here with an eye toward saving themselves some trouble farther down the road.
The same phenomina can be demonstrated using waves in water.
'Fraid not, chief. Water waves are vast assemblages. Individual photons are... well... individual photons. The double slit experiment works when the photons are fired through the slits one at a time. This, if you properly grok it, is FUCKING WEIRD.
As soon as 10 - 20 percent of the population isn't vaccinated, suddenly the problem [polio] reemerges. Why can't Microsoft understand the basic concept?
Uh, 'cause they want 10 - 20 percent of the population to die of polio?
why do people still have giant (even a midi case is massive) cases on their desktops?
Some of us prefer a nice roomy engine compartment as opposed to something else. It's always more fun to work someplace where there's room for not only the item you're working on, but also your hands and the tools they're holding.
Clippy was a less useful version of Bit in Tron. OLD idea, deceptively difficult to impliment in a non-trivial or non-aggrivating manner.
Concur.
They gave it their best shot, but they got it wrong.
But then again, so did manyothers. Clippy notwithstanding, a day will come when personalized interaction with computers will not only exceed what now obtains between humans and pets, but also what now obtains what now obtains between humans and other humans. When this finally happens, there's gonna be some seriously weird shit going down along the lines of the ancient curse about living in interesting times.
It seems a no brainter that they should not be allowed to protect any IP until a nonmonopolistic market restored.
Perhaps, perhaps not. In the department of Beneficial Unintended Consequences, the matter of them barricading themselves so securely that suddenly they discover that everyone has moved on to Something Else is not to be discounted.
I don't think he'd be so complacent if one day he found someone had deleted his files, erased his hard drive etc.
Which is why there's a case to be made for producing malware that's really mal. Perhaps even grand mal.
In a weird sort of left-handed logic, certain people would be doing the computing community at large a MAJOR favor if only they'd take the time to write viruses, worms, and trojans that would be so kind as to format hard drives!
The problems with this sort of thing are uncannily similar to the problems with things like... oh say... nuclear energy. Though it may indeed be capable of serving its masters for the benefit of all, it also has an aspect that will allow it to serve other masters, not all of whom have the best interestes of you and me in mind. History tells us that we can count upon individuals and instrumentalities to use this kind of thing for the very worst of reasons.
Sleep well tonight, for you are being watched over my friend.
I have enough trouble trying to convince coworkers to adopt F/OS Software without having to deal with "cutesy" mascots
Amen brother. What the hell is the deal with so much of the visual symbology for OSS being... well... retarded? We're trying to draw folks in here, not push them away, right?
Proceed mods, I'll let the karma burn on this one.
Actually, the whole concept of the swing wing is a dog. Loads of extra weight, extra things to break, and a marginally improved mission profile for the vehicle.
My guess is that this "next greatest thing" isn't the answer either, but almost anything is better than a swing wing.
In order for anything to be worth something, there has to be the absense of that thing if it's not paid for.
Well so much for the value of a bird singing somewhere in the back yard, the smell of the ocean, the feel of a soft warm summer rain, a casual smile from a pretty girl, stars twinkling in a coal black sky...
Why is smallpox darn near extinct, but the common cold thrives?
'Cause we KILLED smallpox! (well...excepting what's so far noncontagiously tucked away in cryo storage here and there)
It has nothing to do with the virulence of smallpox as opposed to the common cold. Hell, as far as that goes, the great sweaty mass of humanity is a fat ripe target just waiting for something that will sweep through and slay the many, but I drift OT.
Worms that can do "real" damage may well yet spring up from out of the ground and simply wipe out half the computing power on this planet.
There's nothing at all preventing this from happening. They whistled as the o-rings showed evidence of blow by and burn. They whistled as TPS material that was never designed for foam strikes took hit after hit. But all the whistling in the world didn't prevent what came next, BOTH TIMES. Ditto your (and mine, and everybody else's) computer.
My favorite is the separation bulkhead. Equipment in the rear that necessitates stuff like that must give the guys sitting in the seats up front a nice warm fuzzy feeling about the stability and safety of the whole system, eh?
the radio stations just can't stop themselves talking over the end... quite ruining the song really. Can't think of any examples,
Oh yeah. Back in the Olden Days, there was this like really awesome band called the Beatles. They made this song called Day In The Life, or something like that and the end of the song was just this ONE NOTE, that went on more or less forever, but the FUCKING RADIO STATIONS COULD NOT KEEP FROM YAPPING ALL OVER THAT GODDAMNED NOTE!!!!
[wipes spittle from corners of mouth]
Damn, but that sure used to piss me off! I still don't listen to the stupid radio.
Waste of perfectly useful hd's.
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"You mean that's really a real rocket? Like you mean they fired it out at Cape Canaveral?
"Yep."
"Whoa. Totally cool."
Not sure if my son even still has it anymore or not. Been a while.
You sir, are looking a gift horse in the mouth. Not considered good form.
I've got first dubs on $37.11 to open and $103.33 to close. Best of luck and may the best guesser win.
my guess is that the entire house of cards in the US will all come crashing down. The canny Europeans seem to be looking slightly ahead here with an eye toward saving themselves some trouble farther down the road.
I would sooner mess with a live hand grenade, thank you all the same.
Yeah. Either that or they're just fucking nuts.
'Fraid not, chief. Water waves are vast assemblages. Individual photons are ... well ... individual photons. The double slit experiment works when the photons are fired through the slits one at a time. This, if you properly grok it, is FUCKING WEIRD.
Old truism: A liar thinks everybody's lying to him, a thief thinks everybody's stealing from him.
Uh, 'cause they want 10 - 20 percent of the population to die of polio?
Some of us prefer a nice roomy engine compartment as opposed to something else. It's always more fun to work someplace where there's room for not only the item you're working on, but also your hands and the tools they're holding.
Concur.
They gave it their best shot, but they got it wrong.
But then again, so did many others. Clippy notwithstanding, a day will come when personalized interaction with computers will not only exceed what now obtains between humans and pets, but also what now obtains what now obtains between humans and other humans. When this finally happens, there's gonna be some seriously weird shit going down along the lines of the ancient curse about living in interesting times.
Think: Carnegie Hall.
Perhaps, perhaps not. In the department of Beneficial Unintended Consequences, the matter of them barricading themselves so securely that suddenly they discover that everyone has moved on to Something Else is not to be discounted.
Which is why there's a case to be made for producing malware that's really mal. Perhaps even grand mal.
In a weird sort of left-handed logic, certain people would be doing the computing community at large a MAJOR favor if only they'd take the time to write viruses, worms, and trojans that would be so kind as to format hard drives!
I cycle through a fairly large amount of castoff drives as part of my personal program to give away free computers.
You would not believe what I've found on some of those old drives.
At a minimum we should: "Format and repartition, before you decommission."
And it won't hurt matters the least little bit to do it in that order, either.
Of course you do.
The problems with this sort of thing are uncannily similar to the problems with things like ... oh say ... nuclear energy. Though it may indeed be capable of serving its masters for the benefit of all, it also has an aspect that will allow it to serve other masters, not all of whom have the best interestes of you and me in mind. History tells us that we can count upon individuals and instrumentalities to use this kind of thing for the very worst of reasons.
Sleep well tonight, for you are being watched over my friend.
And to think they owned the whole of the east coast of the United States. Amazing!
Amen brother. What the hell is the deal with so much of the visual symbology for OSS being ... well ... retarded? We're trying to draw folks in here, not push them away, right?
Proceed mods, I'll let the karma burn on this one.
My guess is that this "next greatest thing" isn't the answer either, but almost anything is better than a swing wing.
Well so much for the value of a bird singing somewhere in the back yard, the smell of the ocean, the feel of a soft warm summer rain, a casual smile from a pretty girl, stars twinkling in a coal black sky ...
'Cause we KILLED smallpox! (well...excepting what's so far noncontagiously tucked away in cryo storage here and there)
It has nothing to do with the virulence of smallpox as opposed to the common cold. Hell, as far as that goes, the great sweaty mass of humanity is a fat ripe target just waiting for something that will sweep through and slay the many, but I drift OT.
Worms that can do "real" damage may well yet spring up from out of the ground and simply wipe out half the computing power on this planet.
There's nothing at all preventing this from happening. They whistled as the o-rings showed evidence of blow by and burn. They whistled as TPS material that was never designed for foam strikes took hit after hit. But all the whistling in the world didn't prevent what came next, BOTH TIMES. Ditto your (and mine, and everybody else's) computer.
That which is not prohibited is MANDATORY.
The sins of your youth shall be visited upon you with redoubled fury in your old age.
My favorite is the separation bulkhead. Equipment in the rear that necessitates stuff like that must give the guys sitting in the seats up front a nice warm fuzzy feeling about the stability and safety of the whole system, eh?
Oh yeah. Back in the Olden Days, there was this like really awesome band called the Beatles. They made this song called Day In The Life, or something like that and the end of the song was just this ONE NOTE, that went on more or less forever, but the FUCKING RADIO STATIONS COULD NOT KEEP FROM YAPPING ALL OVER THAT GODDAMNED NOTE!!!!
[wipes spittle from corners of mouth]
Damn, but that sure used to piss me off! I still don't listen to the stupid radio.
Sigh...