I do not think there is anything bleeding edge about a Sataurn V. Yes, the complete system that will be built will be bleeding edge. By no means am I implying you can go down to the corner store and grab a command module off the shelf. No matter how advanced a system you are building, if it goes into space its individual parts must be ruggededized, and if a part ruggedized it is not going to be bleeding edge. "You want established, reliable hardware that is predictable." You want to build your bleeding edge system out of well understood components, regardless of ruggedization.
If a design is good now, why is it not good in 5 years? For a mission critical application looking for 9-9s, the last thing you want is bleeding edge. You want established, reliable hardware that is predictable. No amount of testing can replace an extra 5 years of shake and bake by the rest of industry.
I prefer Popular Mechanics take on the situation over CNN. Note toward the end of the article, "The U.S. Navy strike should only leave debris that will burn up harmlessly during reentry." They also state the point is to break up the Hydrazine canisters before impact...and play with their weapons system. Live fire exercise it is!
If they could do that, why do they want to shoot it in the first place? If they can track it well enough to recover the Hydrazine, then they can track it well enough to protect/recover the classified material. Are we down to waving our ballistics around to see who is biggest?
The fuel tanks, which are compact and very strongly built, will have a rather good chance of surviving, and reaching the earth's surface still containing some of that extremely toxic hydrazine (so toxic that a drop can kill a person). Okay, I will bite. If the fuel tanks survive a missile shot and reentry to pose a threat to those on the ground, would they not just survive reentry sans the missile shot and still pose a threat to those on the ground?
These thumbsticks bear stronger consideration - although they are reduced to joystick nubs - these have been integral to joypads since the original PlayStation...
As I recall, my N64 had a thumbstick smack in the middle of the controller before the Sony Dualshocks (or pre Dualshocks, if they had no vibe.) Am I remembering this incorrectly? In additon, I found the article to be a bit pedantic and with littel substance. No mention of force feedback or joystick hats, which are the real progenitors of modern day thumbsticks.
And you confuse corn with perpetual motion. It takes energy to process corn into ethanol. That energy is not coming from previously produced ethanol. It comes from hydrocarbons. Ethanol completely misses the idea of carbon neutrality. Maybe if you had said switch grass...but then again, maybe not.
What is the PDF about those frequencies? And how about for the general population? People see at the average frequencies of 5700A, 5400A and 4300A, but there must be quite a bit of variation there from person to person. Let alone people who see two shades of red, green and blue.
But the most profound part of the whole article, and I admonish everyone coding Perl to remember this:
Remember that the full version of Wall's quote states, "Perl is designed to give you several ways to do anything, so consider picking the most readable one." Break up long lines into several statements, store intermediate values rather than passing them down a long chain of functions and use comments and whitespace to make the code clear.
This applies to any language. If you can do it multiple ways, pick the readable one.
Cluttering the space above your country to disable a space based military capability is the new "salting the earth?" If you do this as a countermeasure, you are also denying that space to any private venture as well. That includes private companies based in your adversary, your own country and every other country in the world. It is a decidedly short sited and unintelligent thing to do.
Yeah, but that same IT department at my company who are so derogatory about IE are building machines to test Vista roll-outs. They are just lemmings traipsing along with the rest of corporate America.
This is a TROLL! This statement was made by a high on the 'nog geek with a few days off from the 12 hour Initech grind for no other reason than to insight angry reactions from other high on the 'nog geeks with a few days off from the 12 hour Initech grind. Actually, its poorly executed, so I would call it FLAMBAIT, but I suspect the number of replies is directly proportional to the amount of eggnog being imbibed.
Last I heard, I was allowed to put up as many Christmas lights as I wanted. Yeah, I use LEDs, shut-off the boob-toob and even the computer (obviously not now) to conserve energy. I have all CFL bulbs, my thermostat is computerized so that I lighten the load during peak hours and I wear a sweater so when the heat is on, so its not set very high. I sold the Bronco and am on the list for a Smart Car, although I would prefer a diesel tubine/electric hybrid which is much more efficient. All of that is of my own volition. What else needs must I do?
How about I turn off my Christmas lights if you turn off your 42" plasma/LCD, Wii/PS3/360 and that 600W powersupply gamer rig with the dual 22" LCDs? Now if you will excuse me, I am out of eggnog.
That is if it works out for them. The NAB may have turned this strategy directly against the RIAA. In a gutsy move, the NAB agrees. Artists do deserve better compensation, and so the NAB respectfully suggests that Congress examine the notorious world of major label contracts. Should the committee not know where to begin, NAB President David Rehr offers seven helpful suggestions.
"Over the years, how much did the various record labels benefit financially from the sales of the performer witnesses at the July 31, 2007, hearing? How does that compare to the compensation actually paid to the performers who testified on the 31st?" he asks. Or again, "What is the minimum, maximum and average dollar amount the record labels receive from a performer's recording? What is the average amount that performers earn from the sale of each CD? From each download?"
This is a collision of two vastly powerful, evil entities. But if it makes the music business become more equitable and performers actually make their own fair share, I will root for evil entity number 2 (the Radio Broadcasters.)
I have seen Wiimotes everywhere, Buy Buy, Circuit City, Target and Walmart. Maybe they should contract to the Wiimote manufacturer to also start cranking out Wii's.
This is not Funny (well, funny, but more worthwhile than that.) This is extremely Insightful and is precedent for how much the RIAA-types should be making off of file sharing. As alluded to by the parent, most probably not even close to $7500.
It is not geeks falling in love with this buzz word. It is people who think they are geeks pervading geek culture because they own an iPhone, hence the term "brick." It makes me want to take a brick to someone's head.
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I do not think there is anything bleeding edge about a Sataurn V. Yes, the complete system that will be built will be bleeding edge. By no means am I implying you can go down to the corner store and grab a command module off the shelf. No matter how advanced a system you are building, if it goes into space its individual parts must be ruggededized, and if a part ruggedized it is not going to be bleeding edge. "You want established, reliable hardware that is predictable." You want to build your bleeding edge system out of well understood components, regardless of ruggedization.
If a design is good now, why is it not good in 5 years? For a mission critical application looking for 9-9s, the last thing you want is bleeding edge. You want established, reliable hardware that is predictable. No amount of testing can replace an extra 5 years of shake and bake by the rest of industry.
I prefer Popular Mechanics take on the situation over CNN. Note toward the end of the article, "The U.S. Navy strike should only leave debris that will burn up harmlessly during reentry." They also state the point is to break up the Hydrazine canisters before impact...and play with their weapons system. Live fire exercise it is!
If they could do that, why do they want to shoot it in the first place? If they can track it well enough to recover the Hydrazine, then they can track it well enough to protect/recover the classified material. Are we down to waving our ballistics around to see who is biggest?
These thumbsticks bear stronger consideration - although they are reduced to joystick nubs - these have been integral to joypads since the original PlayStation...
As I recall, my N64 had a thumbstick smack in the middle of the controller before the Sony Dualshocks (or pre Dualshocks, if they had no vibe.) Am I remembering this incorrectly? In additon, I found the article to be a bit pedantic and with littel substance. No mention of force feedback or joystick hats, which are the real progenitors of modern day thumbsticks.
And you confuse corn with perpetual motion. It takes energy to process corn into ethanol. That energy is not coming from previously produced ethanol. It comes from hydrocarbons. Ethanol completely misses the idea of carbon neutrality. Maybe if you had said switch grass...but then again, maybe not.
What is the PDF about those frequencies? And how about for the general population? People see at the average frequencies of 5700A, 5400A and 4300A, but there must be quite a bit of variation there from person to person. Let alone people who see two shades of red, green and blue.
That is awesome. I am glad you were not so busy ranting as to put his name at the end of the last sentence of you post.
If you did this in the US, you would have been sued for sexual harassment.
I have found that everyone who works at Atlanta is an ass. I hate that airport almost as much as I hate Delta.
What is the Best Part of Being a Super Villain?
One weather controlling, doomsday device, please!
What an asshole.
When ever this stars coming to pass, all my shirts and underwear go directly into the microwave!
I mean, yes, it's a bad pattern, but frankly, PHP is "more modern" in the sense that Vista is "more modern"... :-D
You made me chuckle.
But the most profound part of the whole article, and I admonish everyone coding Perl to remember this: Remember that the full version of Wall's quote states, "Perl is designed to give you several ways to do anything, so consider picking the most readable one." Break up long lines into several statements, store intermediate values rather than passing them down a long chain of functions and use comments and whitespace to make the code clear.
This applies to any language. If you can do it multiple ways, pick the readable one.
Hello, GPL'ed! If you want it, put it back. Or make it a UFO crash disaster!
Cluttering the space above your country to disable a space based military capability is the new "salting the earth?" If you do this as a countermeasure, you are also denying that space to any private venture as well. That includes private companies based in your adversary, your own country and every other country in the world. It is a decidedly short sited and unintelligent thing to do.
Yeah, but that same IT department at my company who are so derogatory about IE are building machines to test Vista roll-outs. They are just lemmings traipsing along with the rest of corporate America.
This is a TROLL! This statement was made by a high on the 'nog geek with a few days off from the 12 hour Initech grind for no other reason than to insight angry reactions from other high on the 'nog geeks with a few days off from the 12 hour Initech grind. Actually, its poorly executed, so I would call it FLAMBAIT, but I suspect the number of replies is directly proportional to the amount of eggnog being imbibed.
Last I heard, I was allowed to put up as many Christmas lights as I wanted. Yeah, I use LEDs, shut-off the boob-toob and even the computer (obviously not now) to conserve energy. I have all CFL bulbs, my thermostat is computerized so that I lighten the load during peak hours and I wear a sweater so when the heat is on, so its not set very high. I sold the Bronco and am on the list for a Smart Car, although I would prefer a diesel tubine/electric hybrid which is much more efficient. All of that is of my own volition. What else needs must I do?
How about I turn off my Christmas lights if you turn off your 42" plasma/LCD, Wii/PS3/360 and that 600W powersupply gamer rig with the dual 22" LCDs? Now if you will excuse me, I am out of eggnog.
That is if it works out for them. The NAB may have turned this strategy directly against the RIAA.
In a gutsy move, the NAB agrees. Artists do deserve better compensation, and so the NAB respectfully suggests that Congress examine the notorious world of major label contracts. Should the committee not know where to begin, NAB President David Rehr offers seven helpful suggestions.
"Over the years, how much did the various record labels benefit financially from the sales of the performer witnesses at the July 31, 2007, hearing? How does that compare to the compensation actually paid to the performers who testified on the 31st?" he asks. Or again, "What is the minimum, maximum and average dollar amount the record labels receive from a performer's recording? What is the average amount that performers earn from the sale of each CD? From each download?"
This is a collision of two vastly powerful, evil entities. But if it makes the music business become more equitable and performers actually make their own fair share, I will root for evil entity number 2 (the Radio Broadcasters.)
I have seen Wiimotes everywhere, Buy Buy, Circuit City, Target and Walmart. Maybe they should contract to the Wiimote manufacturer to also start cranking out Wii's.
This is not Funny (well, funny, but more worthwhile than that.) This is extremely Insightful and is precedent for how much the RIAA-types should be making off of file sharing. As alluded to by the parent, most probably not even close to $7500.
It is not geeks falling in love with this buzz word. It is people who think they are geeks pervading geek culture because they own an iPhone, hence the term "brick." It makes me want to take a brick to someone's head.
Loose the italics next time. I know it is hard to resist, but explaining a joke just makes it !funny.