The insulation stops the ice from forming so that much is denied you
And they inspected it and the only public release was that it was OK. there was no other choice to say anything else by NASA. If you were to 'think' instead of just believe what you are wanted to 'hear' then you would understand.
I firmly believe NASA knew that the insulation hitting the wing doomed the shuttle.
While it may not seem much, the shuttle was travelling as awesome speed already as the insulation fell. It would have hit the wing at some shocking speed. This had sealed the fate.
Remember on previous missions, NASA used ground based telescopes to inspect the shuttle surface when damage was suspected. In all cases previously this was public knowledge? why? because everything turned out safe.
As it was, I am sure they noticed this was irrepairable. What's worse then for NASA PR? to have 7 astronaughts up in the sky knowing they will die with the world waiting and watching helplessly. Two weeks of the mission of doomed people in space. People we feel attached to because they are doing what we see as good.
Well they couldn't bear that publicity to just look like they have them die. They were sent to their deaths without knowing.
perhaps there is something they could have done, or perhaps there wasn't, but the chance wasn't given and that smells bad
What I am saying is perhaps we don't need the 'dumb computer user' crowd, the ones that hoo-haa and yaa-yaa about wanting a computer to only do things for them.
Perhaps not everyone can be taught, but there are many intelligent people out there
It's just a matter of making them think correctly.
Is this really such a good idea? I mean there is linux as we have it now, and what it could become
What things become depend a lot in popularity. Depend on what is seen to be the best option.
If consumer linux distrobutions are what abounds, then that is where the effort will lie.
Where's the real use in concentrating so much effort on what the lowest commen denomenator will need? Wouldn't we be better off keeping what we have now?
Make the changes we need for our own systems. We know best what we want, and we're the ones who know how to change it. We then get the best possible result
Teach the rest of the world this, and it's like teaching a man to fish. You'll feed him forever. Teach them you'll do it for them, and all they will want to do is pay you. Thus, commercialism becomes rampant in linux.
Remember that the imac 15 inch model was discontinued last september or october according to the eweek article
They're not manufacturing them anymore
So no wonder they haven't got the new features, these are old stock machines. Apple are dumping the machines that they haven't been able to sell since the middle of last year.
This sounds a monopolistic practice to me. Doesn't it deny choice for consumers? Apple is forcing people to their system, their way of doing things and in the end their way of thought. That smells bad.
What is it with hypocrisy in this country? We prosecute one company for a monopoly and another does the same but because they're smaller and out of the way it's ok?
The more and more I think about apple the angrier I get. Sometimes they come out with some good hardware that makes me impressed but their actions then put them back down in the gutter
Well there will of course be competition for the OS it is running. You can run apples own software or you can run uClinux which will have more features. To compete apple will have to continuously add more features to the iPod to stay competitive.
The iPod can be improved dramatically with custom configurations the likes of which couldn't be done before.
Along with correct Ogg support, comes full control over a very good piece of hardware inside. It's a pity about the lack of features on the buttons at the front, but I'm sure a good coder can knock up something useful from that. Perhaps even a firewire keyboard hack to help searching tunes?
Best Fit is when something is made so that it is as good as it can be, not when it is weighed down by things that are unnecessary
The idea of human interface guidelines is restrictive from the start. Nobody know's better than the coder who codes and application how it should work. Having guidelines written beforehand that should say how it works doesn't make complete sense.
Look at apple and their rejection of tabbed browsing. Thats something that has adapted from systems that work well, yet they're saying "no not on our turf".
Then turn around and the apple web site is all tabbed anyway. Websites have better interfaces as they are made to fit each purpose.
Each application needs freedom. Having them all with exactly the same system is like a monoculture.
Moving files like this, executables which are virii prone into one system or another helps with the spread of virii. Why? It may not look logical at first
What happens is systems that are not running the software can check it for the virii that do run on it. They'll miss the infections coming from the other platform, or perhaps some other one again.
What you end up with is a security risk. It pulls everything down the tubes.
OS X just has very large bitmap icons. 256x256 if you recall.
I wonder what the processing difference really is between making a vector icon
and between moving just a bitmap around
and then hardware accelation?
This sounds like complexity is getting more and more. What about the processor needs required to expand things like this?
I don't see that it makes much sense. after all 16x16 or 32x33 icons have been around fr a long time. they're even-byte things and easy to handle. and they're quick
isn''t a desktop all about making a useful user experience? if I wanted gigantic icons I'd have gigantic icons, and I don't. It seems like extra complexity just for a coding exercise.
the iPod only has what 5 button and a scroll wheel on it. This is supposed to mean a good interface and good design
well it might be good for the designers, but designers are not the ones using it. Its meant for music lovers. I count almost double that functionality on the archos.
having to fiddle around with combinations and keys of buttons simple makes life difficult. we all have truoble with a VCR and programming it. Why? there's only a few buttons and designers try t make it 'elegant' or 'designed' and get all functionality into those few buttons.
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It appears people here cannot 'think' for themselves, only follow.
I post many posts, and many are moderated up to +5
Soon after the gatecrashers party in and abuse my posts. They post derogatory.
Then soon again after my posts are moderated down.
Perhaps the first solution is the better and I have scared those of you who choose not to 'think' but to 'follow'
It is somewhat trivial to calculate exact trajectories of objects around the earth
When known in advance, propulsion on the cable is able to move it side to side somewhat or even upty-down.
This does not need to be a large amount. Most satellites are small.
It will but be a 'ripple in the force' to move it
but it is in a stream of air which is travelling nearly twice the speed of sound where I come from the speed of sound is fast.
That is a typo I would say
The shuttle typically travels 25 times the speed of sound. The speed of sound has no meaning in space, but as a relative measure it is sometimes used
By the time it had come through part of the atmosphere it has slowed to 18 times the speed of sound.
I firmly believe and support that this is what they meant.
No
The insulation stops the ice from forming so that much is denied you
And they inspected it and the only public release was that it was OK. there was no other choice to say anything else by NASA. If you were to 'think' instead of just believe what you are wanted to 'hear' then you would understand.
I firmly believe NASA knew that the insulation hitting the wing doomed the shuttle.
While it may not seem much, the shuttle was travelling as awesome speed already as the insulation fell. It would have hit the wing at some shocking speed. This had sealed the fate.
Remember on previous missions, NASA used ground based telescopes to inspect the shuttle surface when damage was suspected. In all cases previously this was public knowledge? why? because everything turned out safe.
As it was, I am sure they noticed this was irrepairable. What's worse then for NASA PR? to have 7 astronaughts up in the sky knowing they will die with the world waiting and watching helplessly. Two weeks of the mission of doomed people in space. People we feel attached to because they are doing what we see as good.
Well they couldn't bear that publicity to just look like they have them die. They were sent to their deaths without knowing.
perhaps there is something they could have done, or perhaps there wasn't, but the chance wasn't given and that smells bad
What I am saying is perhaps we don't need the 'dumb computer user' crowd, the ones that hoo-haa and yaa-yaa about wanting a computer to only do things for them.
Perhaps not everyone can be taught, but there are many intelligent people out there
It's just a matter of making them think correctly.
Is this really such a good idea? I mean there is linux as we have it now, and what it could become
What things become depend a lot in popularity. Depend on what is seen to be the best option.
If consumer linux distrobutions are what abounds, then that is where the effort will lie.
Where's the real use in concentrating so much effort on what the lowest commen denomenator will need? Wouldn't we be better off keeping what we have now?
Make the changes we need for our own systems. We know best what we want, and we're the ones who know how to change it. We then get the best possible result
Teach the rest of the world this, and it's like teaching a man to fish. You'll feed him forever. Teach them you'll do it for them, and all they will want to do is pay you. Thus, commercialism becomes rampant in linux.
This looks to be a good solution for something better than the iPod.
It has the potential to make the GBA superior in all ways to the current iPod. What if it could run Linux too? There we'd have everything we need
A better form factor, interface, and color screen. Not to mention audio in and out.
Also given that Apple are a traditonally legal-happy company we don't want to go hoo-haa over the iPod when there's a better solution
One not wrapped up in legal rangles.
Remember that the imac 15 inch model was discontinued last september or october according to the eweek article
They're not manufacturing them anymore
So no wonder they haven't got the new features, these are old stock machines. Apple are dumping the machines that they haven't been able to sell since the middle of last year.
Remember this if you consider buying one.
This sounds a monopolistic practice to me. Doesn't it deny choice for consumers? Apple is forcing people to their system, their way of doing things and in the end their way of thought. That smells bad.
What is it with hypocrisy in this country? We prosecute one company for a monopoly and another does the same but because they're smaller and out of the way it's ok?
The more and more I think about apple the angrier I get. Sometimes they come out with some good hardware that makes me impressed but their actions then put them back down in the gutter
Well there will of course be competition for the OS it is running. You can run apples own software or you can run uClinux which will have more features. To compete apple will have to continuously add more features to the iPod to stay competitive.
Now this is an impressive development.
The iPod can be improved dramatically with custom configurations the likes of which couldn't be done before.
Along with correct Ogg support, comes full control over a very good piece of hardware inside. It's a pity about the lack of features on the buttons at the front, but I'm sure a good coder can knock up something useful from that. Perhaps even a firewire keyboard hack to help searching tunes?
This will give Apple a run for their money.
Oh now this is a big risk just waiting to happen.
How much energy does a sysadmin put into stopping a system from getting shell accessed via cgi?
and now there's users coming along wanting to get it done for free? Scary stuff. Opens a whole new world of 'risk' up
Best Fit is when something is made so that it is as good as it can be, not when it is weighed down by things that are unnecessary
The idea of human interface guidelines is restrictive from the start. Nobody know's better than the coder who codes and application how it should work. Having guidelines written beforehand that should say how it works doesn't make complete sense.
Look at apple and their rejection of tabbed browsing. Thats something that has adapted from systems that work well, yet they're saying "no not on our turf".
Then turn around and the apple web site is all tabbed anyway. Websites have better interfaces as they are made to fit each purpose.
Each application needs freedom. Having them all with exactly the same system is like a monoculture.
There are also cross platform virii issues too. Code being shifted around like nobodies business and things are lost track of.
In my experience this is not what should be done.
Moving files like this, executables which are virii prone into one system or another helps with the spread of virii. Why? It may not look logical at first
What happens is systems that are not running the software can check it for the virii that do run on it. They'll miss the infections coming from the other platform, or perhaps some other one again.
What you end up with is a security risk. It pulls everything down the tubes.
OS X just has very large bitmap icons. 256x256 if you recall. I wonder what the processing difference really is between making a vector icon and between moving just a bitmap around and then hardware accelation?
This sounds like complexity is getting more and more. What about the processor needs required to expand things like this?
I don't see that it makes much sense. after all 16x16 or 32x33 icons have been around fr a long time. they're even-byte things and easy to handle. and they're quick
isn''t a desktop all about making a useful user experience? if I wanted gigantic icons I'd have gigantic icons, and I don't. It seems like extra complexity just for a coding exercise.
perhaps it has some other uses though
This worries me
We have one section of government (RIAA) working one set of laws to take away digital rights
And now we have another working to attempt to bring them back. Does that make sense?
Putting all the effort into having one continuously working against the other in the hope there's a middle ground that is safe doesn't seem sensible
working departments together would be the best option. I don't see why this can't be done
I think you have a point here
the iPod only has what 5 button and a scroll wheel on it. This is supposed to mean a good interface and good design
well it might be good for the designers, but designers are not the ones using it. Its meant for music lovers. I count almost double that functionality on the archos.
having to fiddle around with combinations and keys of buttons simple makes life difficult. we all have truoble with a VCR and programming it. Why? there's only a few buttons and designers try t make it 'elegant' or 'designed' and get all functionality into those few buttons.
There is a reason we all like 101 key keyboards
This smacks of commerciallism gone bad
Getting teachers to have good tools is one thing. getting your product into their hands is something else entirely.
In ways its no different to drug dealing. Hook them while they're young?
Apple know the teachers are going to use these with their students. Knowing apple products, the teachers will probably praise the products also.
What kind of a 'lesson' is this teaching children?
Three Words: Firewise Drive
I think you might be underestimating things
the USA has around 260million people. That's a lot for europe or other places to compare to
I could haVE said it any better myself
bravo