Teflon: Teflon was invented by DuPont in 1938, well before the space program existed.
Personal Computers: Missile guidance systems were pushing for smaller and smaller digital systems, and would have lead to advanced circuitry without the Apollo missions.
The transistor itself had been invented at Bell Labs, independent of a space program, in 1947.
The actual personal computer was invented, not just in the private sector, but by a ragtag outfit of hippies in Northern California (which later became Apple Computer). Many of the participants in this computer club were Berkeley and Stanford students, which I mention to emphasize the importance of secondary education in scientific research and technological advancement. I could also mention Xerox PARC, Bell Labs, and other such private (or in the case of Bell Labs, semiprivate), research enclaves as being centers of innovation. Sure, they receive government grants and contracts, but they are not government owned or operated.
Tang and velcro weren't developed by NASA either, just popularized by it. Even a technology like solar cells, used to power satellites, originated outside of NASA.
The argument is reduced to spending for the sake of NASA jobs. Communism.
It was supposed to take a similar order of time to sequence the human genome. To the joy of scientists (and the dismay of life-long government grant winners), Celera did it in just a few years.
Fisher Cats (not a true cat) have been known to raise eyebrows. They will often take you by surprize and are very quick to get away.
They have a fierce scream too, which sounds fairly human and sometimes causes alarm for that reason. Don't know if they appear in Australia however(?)....
"Recognition and application of this Cubic
simultaneous 4 day rotation of Earth, will change all math, science and societies
from the begining of human existence.
You have to be evil to ignore this math."
Imagine a virtual reality where you can live life without mistakes.
It would be so great, you'd get bored and purposely intoduce errors to the system.
To prevent cheating, there'd be laws given to nature.
To keep things interesting, you would refuse both omniscience and omnipotence to some mysterious power whose very existence couldn't be proven but only taken on faith.
In seeking the perfect game - you might live only once in this virtual world, and life would be difficult.
The singularity is a realization that technology tries to mimic reality, though we are already living in such a state but hardly appreciate our own existence.
Doesn't such sensitivity increase the number of false-positives?
(Going on the theory that your body will always have a few cancerous cells - or at least some molecular mimicry of cancer markers - which the body's immune system can deal with so that tumors never develop.)
I bet people would ride roller-coasters if given the option.
They stand in line at themeparks to ride a short track that goes nowhere (just a short loop). Why not make it into one long ride that goes from the suburbs to the city?
I always thought it sick the mothers and fathers who smack their kids for swearing, then only moments later are swearing like two porn stars in the sack.
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That's what I thought. I was wrong.
The argument is reduced to spending for the sake of NASA jobs. Communism.
Dropouts are not reading the bible. They are playing X-box, vandalizing their neighborhood, and buying gangster rap CDs marketed to suburban kids.
Stupid algorithm is full of BS. Says I should be dating men.
I hate you, incompetent Harvard science faculty. M.I.T. is forever!
It was supposed to take a similar order of time to sequence the human genome. To the joy of scientists (and the dismay of life-long government grant winners), Celera did it in just a few years.
They have a fierce scream too, which sounds fairly human and sometimes causes alarm for that reason. Don't know if they appear in Australia however(?)....
Surely "TIME CUBE" deserves Ig-recognition....
"Recognition and application of this Cubic
simultaneous 4 day rotation of Earth,
will change all math, science and societies
from the begining of human existence.
You have to be evil to ignore this math."
OMG, this is a re-post of a troll from 2003. (Google the first sentence, and you will find a few hits on it...)
Wait until it goes off. The detection rate is superb....
It would be so great, you'd get bored and purposely intoduce errors to the system.
To prevent cheating, there'd be laws given to nature.
To keep things interesting, you would refuse both omniscience and omnipotence to some mysterious power whose very existence couldn't be proven but only taken on faith.
In seeking the perfect game - you might live only once in this virtual world, and life would be difficult.
The singularity is a realization that technology tries to mimic reality, though we are already living in such a state but hardly appreciate our own existence.
Kevin Murphy of MST3K? Not sure if being "forced" to watch bad movies for 10 years makes one a critic...
(Going on the theory that your body will always have a few cancerous cells - or at least some molecular mimicry of cancer markers - which the body's immune system can deal with so that tumors never develop.)
They stand in line at themeparks to ride a short track that goes nowhere (just a short loop). Why not make it into one long ride that goes from the suburbs to the city?
Funny to think that Hotmail is cutting into MS Word this way...
I think it's wonderful that so many universities now offer degrees in wishful thinking.
No, that's not "danger", it's prospect.
It is a very good thing to keep away from me, if someone annoys me, and I will do the same for those whom I annoy.
I always thought it sick the mothers and fathers who smack their kids for swearing, then only moments later are swearing like two porn stars in the sack.
All that carbon released more than makes up the difference saved by hybrid cars and conservation.
Too bad one can't mod opening comments.... "-1000 Flamebait"
They are interested when they want an argument for global warming or whatever issue-of-the-moment they are railing about.
Today, we rely on facts and figures to establish credibility. What have we become???
"Telemarketing" == "Phone SPAM"
Of course it would have to be left on with a tiny amount of power, and automatic backups...
(First rule of Slashdot: Do not discuss Slashdot, itself, or you will be off-topic by definition.)
So, umm, "Grog".... I wonder if locust were used instead of olives or lime???
The answer: it may surprize you.