There is $350 million people in the USA alone. That's $2 a piece. Figure $20 since half are kids, and not everyone will do so. Plus the money can be gathered now slowly for the 2015 ending of the Hubbel. also i was figuring $2 billion. Prices always goes up.
Instead of worrying about the exact dollar figures try to put it into perspective. It is something that is sorely needed as the people of the USA have no clue on how much is spent/earned, and moved around this country every day let alone every year.
while I agree. i also don't want them to completely mothball the shuttles either. There is a handful of missions that only a shuttle can accomplish that would be worth every penny in keeping one on hand.
My personal favorite goal. When the Hubbel is finally dying And beyond repair, Send up a 2-3 man crew retrieve it and return it to earth safely. That is what the shuttle were meant to do with old satellites. retrieve them for proper disposal on earth. It is one mission not yet attempted. Besides how cool would it be to have the Hubbel space telescope setting in the Smithsonian? heck the majority of the shuttle launch could be financed by donors. It would be risky, but for that honor, i bet you get lots of volunteers.
nope I am an American and a baptized Methodist whose parents taught him to be open to all things, that nothing is unquestionable, that debate is good, but also things only get done when the talking has stopped.
Also I know several gun toting bible thumping(they visit random houses door to door to spread the word) nutjobs who think I am going to hell because I don't pray with them when they come buy stuff from me.(yes i am in Sales, and they are my customers) I also know other people of the same church that are far more tolerant and quiet about their views(though they too will spread the word outside of business).
However there are nutjobs for everything from UFO's to religions. Basically a nutjob is one who ignores reality to believe only what someone told them(or didn't tell them) is true. I have met wiccan's who are just as crazy as a quiet man of a peaceful god who believes that god gave man guns to kill non believers. yes I know how stupid that sounds but try to argue with that person some day. It is saddening sight to behold.
So what did you learn? that when you assume things you only make an Ass out of U and me. And yes by that I mean me as well since this is now throughly off topic.
Actually I plan on pointing out the major discrepencies as a sign that the bible is in fact fallible and has been manipulated to change it's message over the centuries. With several additonal books that aren't in the current versions one has to wonder why the "words of god" Would be left out. I don't ever expect a reasonable answer. Because trolling religous nutjobs is always fun until they hang you for being a heretic.
The grandparent was talking about hybrids, but also something new. If and when MRAM becomes possible the technological hard drive wether spinning or flash is gone.
Indeed I am waiting for a true hybrid system to be built. One that has the OS installed in read only flash and applications on a separate drive. you might ask why? but then stop to realize what would happen if viruses couldn't overwrite the system settings. that to clean up a virus all you had to do was to reboot.
screw the fusion pistol, give me dual double barreled sawed off shotguns. tis a feature not repeated in any FPS and one I miss. The perfect short range combination.
Get a crunchpad. The form factor is larger than wanted but everything else fits the bill. The fact is companies keep trying to tie their services to these things to make money but some how fail to do so as the unit is so locked down it never takes off to begin with.
I fully expect the crunch pad to spawn a series of open devices of various sizes. electronic paper, is a joke until it costs the same as paper.
Fragile? I have dropped my iPhone onto concrete three times from 5 feet up. I carry it all day at work and don't use any of the protectors. I treat it as I do any other phone. Fragile isn't a word I would use to describe it.
1) I said it wasn't strictly MSFT's fault. They do however provide the tools to do things in windows that a proper OS doesn't allow. These things are done not out of malice but obscene backward compatibility.
Second I don't write the mission critical stuff. someone else designs it and i am only a user. however they(not MSFT) have so screwed up the standard windows installer that it crashes 60% of the time by failing version checks with their own software.
I use OS X and Linux at Home. I have to maintain the Windows work computers up for day to day items( we have a part time IT dept) that means installing the softare, and dealing with things as the auto-updater breaks them.
here is the kicker you can't 100% trust MSFT patches. because of the way XP works, and has been allowed to work a patch my QA test fine but break a mission critical app that is written poorly. However because MSFT doesn't force developers to use the proper tools the app works without an update. I have had it happen to me several times. the patch auto downloads plugs the leak but from then on I can't use software that is necessary for my job.
There have also been several times where MSFT has rushed a patch and either sent out the wrong one(it happens), or the patch was flawed and crashed systems left and right.
This isn't strictly MSFT fault(it is only in the sense they are so laxed about patching things properly) but you can't trust auto updates you need to give them about a week to work out if there are serious issues.
why do you think it is called click through licensing. 99.9% of the population doesn't read them, it is there to try and force a legality that doesn't really exist.
The jews say that the messiah hasn't come yet, and the muslims say that jesus was just another dude and Mohammed was the true messenger.
What makes one any better than the other? It therefore isn't a universal vehicle of faith.
Also why do only those who have lived in the middle east or rome get Jesus? Why didn't God who loves all his children send a messenger to the America's(inca's, aztec, Mayan, etc), and one to the Asia continent? Doesn't seem very universal to me to give your message of peace to just one group, and ignore the rest.
You can't ignore that Jesus's message is mixed up. That different parties saw different things, and took different meanings from those very same actions.
A universal truth should actually be universal, not limited to a small group. Or maybe I am just annoyed that God will send an Army of 200,000,000 to rescue a 144,000. That's in the bible too. Such a powerful being needs such a huge army (at least 5 times larger than the worlds combined militaries) to save so few. Even the US Army is better than that.
Really? Show me in genisis any mention of Jesus. In fact show me any book of the old testament which talks about Jesus.
The old testament is basically a Basterized,plagurized copy of the Jewish Torah. The big difference between Jews and Christians is that Jews don't believe Jesus is the messiah. That he hasn't shown up yet. The Koran also uses the Torah for it's early works including Moses saving the Jews. Jesus was just another prophet but Mohamed was his True prophet.
Also note that the bible that you know it isn't the same as was written in Greek 400 years after Jesus died. With a massive debate about which parts of his life were true. The dead sea scrolls show us a dramatically different view of Jesus. The authenticity of either side can't be proven because of that debate. Also make sure you understand thateach version of the bible phrases things in different ways with each phrase slightly changing themeaning of indivuial passages. While the overall story may be correct. Parts are missing ormore likely misinterpreted.
Not to compare anyone to Jesus,but just as a thought exercise write Reagan's presidential history but leave out the Iran/contra affair. Or write clinton's history but leave out Monica. Write Franklin Roosevelt's history but ignore the fact he was in a wheelchair. People like to embellish stories. To make them sound better. While each of the events and people in the bible happened the true details are forever lost.
For all we know a stressed leader stuck in a desert, with his peoplefighting amount themselves like groups of different people tend to do. Got cold, so he started a bush on fire for warmth. Mulling over the problems he was having with the group he decided on a set of commandments to help keep the peace.
Not any less accurate and just as believable as the orginial. I apologize for any spelling or gramar errors as I typed all this on my phone
Unless of course you can't stand bars. Ihave been in only one where it was any fun most bars are boring unless you are talkative. If you don't care about talking to random strangers then bars are useless. You haveto do something to waitfor thehours that women actually show up that aren't taken
a drug shelter or drug den mans a home taken over by a gang, or other group that sells drugs. drug clinics, or rehab clinics are where you go to detox.
There are homeless shelters(that always need more room) However Homeless will move into an abandoned house and live in it. while in some cases it can be a good thing in most it makes the homes unsafe and a fire hazard.
Don't you love English. the same phrase can mean multiple different things based on region.
In Rochester,NY we have been doing this for years. Some 200-300 abandons homes are destroyed and then the empty lots are resold. Advantagesare less housing for homeless and drug shelters. On the bad side other than cleaning up bad buildings it doesn't help a lot, and someone still has to pay for it.
I really wish they had portable generator setup so you could do controlled burns and genrate electrcity from the heat produced.
Until you see what time Warner wants to do with caps. The modification to their terms of service allowed their VOIP service unlimited bandwidth while charging the customer for some else's VOIP. ISP's want a deal where BING.com users don't get charged bandwidth but if you use google.com you have to pay extra. Breaking metering will prevent the value of such arrangements.
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and unless your dragging vb objects around just what are you planning with using a mouse anyways? The GUI? Your plans should all be in what? text.
There is $350 million people in the USA alone. That's $2 a piece. Figure $20 since half are kids, and not everyone will do so. Plus the money can be gathered now slowly for the 2015 ending of the Hubbel. also i was figuring $2 billion. Prices always goes up.
Instead of worrying about the exact dollar figures try to put it into perspective. It is something that is sorely needed as the people of the USA have no clue on how much is spent/earned, and moved around this country every day let alone every year.
while I agree. i also don't want them to completely mothball the shuttles either. There is a handful of missions that only a shuttle can accomplish that would be worth every penny in keeping one on hand.
My personal favorite goal. When the Hubbel is finally dying And beyond repair, Send up a 2-3 man crew retrieve it and return it to earth safely. That is what the shuttle were meant to do with old satellites. retrieve them for proper disposal on earth. It is one mission not yet attempted. Besides how cool would it be to have the Hubbel space telescope setting in the Smithsonian? heck the majority of the shuttle launch could be financed by donors. It would be risky, but for that honor, i bet you get lots of volunteers.
nope I am an American and a baptized Methodist whose parents taught him to be open to all things, that nothing is unquestionable, that debate is good, but also things only get done when the talking has stopped.
Also I know several gun toting bible thumping(they visit random houses door to door to spread the word) nutjobs who think I am going to hell because I don't pray with them when they come buy stuff from me.(yes i am in Sales, and they are my customers) I also know other people of the same church that are far more tolerant and quiet about their views(though they too will spread the word outside of business).
However there are nutjobs for everything from UFO's to religions. Basically a nutjob is one who ignores reality to believe only what someone told them(or didn't tell them) is true. I have met wiccan's who are just as crazy as a quiet man of a peaceful god who believes that god gave man guns to kill non believers. yes I know how stupid that sounds but try to argue with that person some day. It is saddening sight to behold.
So what did you learn? that when you assume things you only make an Ass out of U and me. And yes by that I mean me as well since this is now throughly off topic.
No Doctor Who accidently left the positronic plans behind for Sung to steal.
Actually I plan on pointing out the major discrepencies as a sign that the bible is in fact fallible and has been manipulated to change it's message over the centuries. With several additonal books that aren't in the current versions one has to wonder why the "words of god" Would be left out. I don't ever expect a reasonable answer. Because trolling religous nutjobs is always fun until they hang you for being a heretic.
Well glowy computer parts are cool but I would rather have an optical router and network cards. Fiber to the home.
The grandparent was talking about hybrids, but also something new. If and when MRAM becomes possible the technological hard drive wether spinning or flash is gone.
Indeed I am waiting for a true hybrid system to be built. One that has the OS installed in read only flash and applications on a separate drive. you might ask why? but then stop to realize what would happen if viruses couldn't overwrite the system settings. that to clean up a virus all you had to do was to reboot.
screw the fusion pistol, give me dual double barreled sawed off shotguns. tis a feature not repeated in any FPS and one I miss. The perfect short range combination.
Well there is one but it isn't out yet.
Get a crunchpad. The form factor is larger than wanted but everything else fits the bill. The fact is companies keep trying to tie their services to these things to make money but some how fail to do so as the unit is so locked down it never takes off to begin with.
I fully expect the crunch pad to spawn a series of open devices of various sizes. electronic paper, is a joke until it costs the same as paper.
Fragile? I have dropped my iPhone onto concrete three times from 5 feet up. I carry it all day at work and don't use any of the protectors. I treat it as I do any other phone. Fragile isn't a word I would use to describe it.
If a shit submarine hits a fan your in much deeper shit than you should be to start with.
Though does morpheous's hovercraft count as a shit traveling submarine?
1) I said it wasn't strictly MSFT's fault. They do however provide the tools to do things in windows that a proper OS doesn't allow. These things are done not out of malice but obscene backward compatibility.
Second I don't write the mission critical stuff. someone else designs it and i am only a user. however they(not MSFT) have so screwed up the standard windows installer that it crashes 60% of the time by failing version checks with their own software.
I use OS X and Linux at Home. I have to maintain the Windows work computers up for day to day items( we have a part time IT dept) that means installing the softare, and dealing with things as the auto-updater breaks them.
well take a quick look around at other smart phones. some 80% of them are what? black.
there are silver ones and a few random other colours but most are black.
No the only thing apple should be ashamed of is poor battery design and over clocking the processor to make idiots happy.
here is the kicker you can't 100% trust MSFT patches. because of the way XP works, and has been allowed to work a patch my QA test fine but break a mission critical app that is written poorly. However because MSFT doesn't force developers to use the proper tools the app works without an update. I have had it happen to me several times. the patch auto downloads plugs the leak but from then on I can't use software that is necessary for my job.
There have also been several times where MSFT has rushed a patch and either sent out the wrong one(it happens), or the patch was flawed and crashed systems left and right.
This isn't strictly MSFT fault(it is only in the sense they are so laxed about patching things properly) but you can't trust auto updates you need to give them about a week to work out if there are serious issues.
i just rename good files as porn image files.
That way my data is hid by obscurity. And since it is porn it is freely shared thus backing up my data like a real man. by having the world mirror it.
except for the 50% of people who don 't qualify for the OEM/ education versions.
If your OEM and your installing it on non authorized machines then you will be sued by MSFT it is just a matter of time until they find out.
why do you think it is called click through licensing. 99.9% of the population doesn't read them, it is there to try and force a legality that doesn't really exist.
The jews say that the messiah hasn't come yet, and the muslims say that jesus was just another dude and Mohammed was the true messenger.
What makes one any better than the other? It therefore isn't a universal vehicle of faith.
Also why do only those who have lived in the middle east or rome get Jesus? Why didn't God who loves all his children send a messenger to the America's(inca's, aztec, Mayan, etc), and one to the Asia continent? Doesn't seem very universal to me to give your message of peace to just one group, and ignore the rest.
You can't ignore that Jesus's message is mixed up. That different parties saw different things, and took different meanings from those very same actions.
A universal truth should actually be universal, not limited to a small group. Or maybe I am just annoyed that God will send an Army of 200,000,000 to rescue a 144,000. That's in the bible too. Such a powerful being needs such a huge army (at least 5 times larger than the worlds combined militaries) to save so few. Even the US Army is better than that.
Really? Show me in genisis any mention of Jesus. In fact show me any book of the old testament which talks about Jesus.
The old testament is basically a Basterized,plagurized copy of the Jewish Torah. The big difference between Jews and Christians is that Jews don't believe Jesus is the messiah. That he hasn't shown up yet. The Koran also uses the Torah for it's early works including Moses saving the Jews. Jesus was just another prophet but Mohamed was his True prophet.
Also note that the bible that you know it isn't the same as was written in Greek 400 years after Jesus died. With a massive debate about which parts of his life were true. The dead sea scrolls show us a dramatically different view of Jesus. The authenticity of either side can't be proven because of that debate. Also make sure you understand thateach version of the bible phrases things in different ways with each phrase slightly changing themeaning of indivuial passages. While the overall story may be correct. Parts are missing ormore likely misinterpreted.
Not to compare anyone to Jesus ,but just as a thought exercise write Reagan's presidential history but leave out the Iran/contra affair. Or write clinton's history but leave out Monica. Write Franklin Roosevelt's history but ignore the fact he was in a wheelchair. People like to embellish stories. To make them sound better. While each of the events and people in the bible happened the true details are forever lost.
For all we know a stressed leader stuck in a desert, with his peoplefighting amount themselves like groups of different people tend to do. Got cold, so he started a bush on fire for warmth. Mulling over the problems he was having with the group he decided on a set of commandments to help keep the peace.
Not any less accurate and just as believable as the orginial. I apologize for any spelling or gramar errors as I typed all this on my phone
Unless of course you can't stand bars. Ihave been in only one where it was any fun most bars are boring unless you are talkative. If you don't care about talking to random strangers then bars are useless. You haveto do something to waitfor thehours that women actually show up that aren't taken
a drug shelter or drug den mans a home taken over by a gang, or other group that sells drugs. drug clinics, or rehab clinics are where you go to detox.
There are homeless shelters(that always need more room) However Homeless will move into an abandoned house and live in it. while in some cases it can be a good thing in most it makes the homes unsafe and a fire hazard.
Don't you love English. the same phrase can mean multiple different things based on region.
To bad that the tunnel is only a 1/2 mile long and stops at the river. though it could be like Springfield's trolly system.
In Rochester,NY we have been doing this for years. Some 200-300 abandons homes are destroyed and then the empty lots are resold. Advantagesare less housing for homeless and drug shelters. On the bad side other than cleaning up bad buildings it doesn't help a lot, and someone still has to pay for it.
I really wish they had portable generator setup so you could do controlled burns and genrate electrcity from the heat produced.
Until you see what time Warner wants to do with caps. The modification to their terms of service allowed their VOIP service unlimited bandwidth while charging the customer for some else's VOIP. ISP's want a deal where BING.com users don't get charged bandwidth but if you use google.com you have to pay extra. Breaking metering will prevent the value of such arrangements.