OK. I'll grant you that. But 20 minutes PER ENGINEER PER WEEK adds up to more than 15 minutes for one secretary to type in the data. Add to that the difference (according to my boss it was a couple of hours) in time spent on the electronic system validating timecards vs. the paper ones.
Show me a rad-hardened mil-spec Pentium IV, please.
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. That and the brief usual blackout period of re-entry
That's no longer a problem. Since the TDRS were launched, they can send up to TDRS during the "blackout phase" and have it relayed to Houston. There's no longer any loss of contact.
You've hit it on the head. At my previous place of employment, they bought into an ERP vision from some vendor. The problem is that it was really designed for a shop floor, not an engineering development house. In addition, the user interfaces sucked. The electronic timecard was confusing and difficult to use... AND WE WERE FRIGGIN' SOFTWARE DEVELOPERS!!!! It wound up taking more time from everyone (including managment!) to use the electronic timecards than it did with the old paper ones.
I really don't see how gene sequences are patentable anyway - I always understood that patents were to protect inventions. Gene sequences are discoveries, not inventions
From Article I, Section 8 of the US Constitution:
"To promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts, by securing for limited Times to Authors and Inventors the exclusive Right to their respective Writings and Discoveries;"
Emphasis is mine.
DISCLAIMER: I do not believe gene sequences should be patentable (unless they are wholly synthetic sequences that do not occur in nature). I am simply playing Devil's Advocate to the OP.
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"Damn! You win!", he said, as he typed on his K6-2 300.
Rama was gray, not black. And it had a splotch on the side, as if it was impacted by something. That's what gave it a light curve.
Yeah, but sliding down the bannister was the funniest scene in the book!
My understanding (according to The Lost Worlds of 2001) was that Clarke wrote the screenplay and the novel simultaneously.
What does /. ask for? I've never seen that! Or is it for subscribers?
There is that, too...
Because Bill Simon ran an incredibly incompetent campaign.
Ad Council's "What if America wasn't America?" campaign.
OK. I'll grant you that. But 20 minutes PER ENGINEER PER WEEK adds up to more than 15 minutes for one secretary to type in the data. Add to that the difference (according to my boss it was a couple of hours) in time spent on the electronic system validating timecards vs. the paper ones.
Read the part where it said, "including management".
In Lance Bass' case, that's actually true (except for the "Soviet" part)!
Show me a rad-hardened mil-spec Pentium IV, please.
. That and the brief usual blackout period of re-entry
That's no longer a problem. Since the TDRS were launched, they can send up to TDRS during the "blackout phase" and have it relayed to Houston. There's no longer any loss of contact.
You've hit it on the head. At my previous place of employment, they bought into an ERP vision from some vendor. The problem is that it was really designed for a shop floor, not an engineering development house. In addition, the user interfaces sucked. The electronic timecard was confusing and difficult to use... AND WE WERE FRIGGIN' SOFTWARE DEVELOPERS!!!! It wound up taking more time from everyone (including managment!) to use the electronic timecards than it did with the old paper ones.
Snake oil.
Actually, according to the Seventh Amendment, if the disputed amount is more than 20 dollars, you are entitled to a jury trial in a civil case.
Is it possible to have a motherboard with two processors, a P4 and an Itanium?
DEC Rainbow anyone? Had an 8088 for PC-DOS compatibility and a Z-80 for CP/M compatibility.
Maybe Intel could call this beast the Rainbow 2003?
Dude, there's also an official landing strip in CA. Or have you forgotten about Edwards AFB?
That's straight out of Feynman's appendix to the Challenger report.
More interestingly, they didn't use the Canadarm to inspect the left wing.
Because the arm was not installed for this mission.
Apparently Arafat came down with an attack of good sense and issued condolences to both the US and Israel.
I don't know. If it's a copy protection mechanism, it's not very good. My wife and I have circumvented it twice, without trying very hard.
Though we did have fun during the circumvention process!
To play Devil's Advocate....
I really don't see how gene sequences are patentable anyway - I always understood that patents were to protect inventions. Gene sequences are discoveries, not inventions
From Article I, Section 8 of the US Constitution:
"To promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts, by securing for limited Times to Authors and Inventors the exclusive Right to their respective Writings and Discoveries;"
Emphasis is mine.
DISCLAIMER: I do not believe gene sequences should be patentable (unless they are wholly synthetic sequences that do not occur in nature). I am simply playing Devil's Advocate to the OP.
The point is that, in theory, WE THE PEOPLE(tm) own the existing airwaves. Why should we have to PAY to get something reasonable.
What do you mean the day after Thanksgiving? Try the day after Halloween!
You're off by a factor of 10!
650M * 1floppy/1.5M * 10000 = 4,333,333 floppies!