Perhaps it will be possible to make brain implants that enables you to connect to the internet and let others connect their brains with the net as well. Imagine sharing brainpower, or even share thoughts, ideas and memories over a filesharing network.
Of course they will understand. Their company probably laid off some people not too unrecently. So, then, just show them how good you are and why they should hire you. They, if anyone, should know how the job market is.
Perhaps I'm not doing it right here, but I would like to compare todays government space exploration journeys with some of the great journeys carried out by the european explorers hundreds of years ago. They are (were) both funded by the president/congress (then: king/queen) And now the cruisers and trade ships and cargo ships are owned and operated by competing private companies. I believe that in the future, a large part of space exploration/travel will be carried out by private companies, for profit. Shipping cargo, mining, tourism, trading, exploration, adventures. And what about politics in outer space? Surely there will be new governments controlling areas of the moon, mars, mercury, asteroid belt etc. Or maybe not governments, maybe more like corporations.
And regarding to what you said about ICBM's, actually they can be modified and used to launch stuff into orbit. For example the Planetary Society's solar sail. I see some sort of beauty in that - to turn swords into plows, kinda. I have not yet lost hope in humankind.
It should in any case be in a higher orbit, and it should be expanded so that it can be used to assemble large interplanetary spacecrafts. Also, build a station on the lunar surface and one in the L1 (between earth and the moon). Not a bad first step towards a good infrastructure in space.
Absolutely correct. It's their product and they can do whatever they wish with it. If people are not happy, they can chose another OS. The fact that people don't do it, is irrelevant. It's possible to do it, granted it might take some time to migrate to a completely different system, but it's still possible. And if MS doesn't take care of their customers, they will eventually lose customers anyway. And that's how it should be, the customers deciding on what they like or dislike.
ESA should develop their own manned spacecrafts soon... as a complement to the NASA shuttle and whatever comes after it. It's not a good idea to rely on one design only, if we don't count the russians, and also with more countries capable of reaching space independently, the more manned launches can there be. For example one shuttle service mission to Hubble, one european crew rotation mission to ISS, etc. at the same time.
He did probably not see the channels he thought he saw, but I'm not sure. I've heard different stories on that one. Anyway, are the riverbeds visible through a telescope of the size that Lowell used?
Working on a Pentium 166 running Windows 98, developing in VisualBasic/Access. The machine might crash if it has too little free memory left, or some fool might unplug the outlet, by mistake or simply to use my outlet. The office itself is a mix of electronic workshop and officelike areas. A radio is constantly playing the latest mainstream pop in the background.
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Whoever told you Beagle2 was the main part, was wrong. I am sure it's been said many times before (and judging by the number of people still not knowing what it's all about, it was said in vain, nevertheless...), it was not the main part of the mission. It may have recieved most press and media attention, but it was not the main mission. Ah, why do I bother.
I am sure we could manage to reach that goal. The ATV is comparable in size tothe Apollo craft. If ESA could get Ariane 5 approved for manned launches, then the step wouldn't be terribly big to launch manned capsules. The Hermes could have been something, but as usual the budget was blown to pieces. The Hermes was another similar project.
There are some plans to send more probes and landers to Mars, including the French Netlanders and the sample return mission. Ultimately, ESA wants to be part of both a human return to the moon as well as a human mission to Mars. I hope these things will come true.
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Perhaps it will be possible to make brain implants that enables you to connect to the internet and let others connect their brains with the net as well. Imagine sharing brainpower, or even share thoughts, ideas and memories over a filesharing network.
Yes, all the Rama books and the Odyssey books except 3001.
Of course they will understand. Their company probably laid off some people not too unrecently. So, then, just show them how good you are and why they should hire you. They, if anyone, should know how the job market is.
Yes, mine the moon and launch the modules/raw material to the space dock at the L1 point... from there, send it off to wherever.
And regarding to what you said about ICBM's, actually they can be modified and used to launch stuff into orbit. For example the Planetary Society's solar sail. I see some sort of beauty in that - to turn swords into plows, kinda. I have not yet lost hope in humankind.
I hope that ESA can work together with Russia on this one.
Problem is, it's not the 60's, and von Braun and Korolev aren't around anymore. Where are the badass engineers?
It should in any case be in a higher orbit, and it should be expanded so that it can be used to assemble large interplanetary spacecrafts. Also, build a station on the lunar surface and one in the L1 (between earth and the moon). Not a bad first step towards a good infrastructure in space.
Absolutely correct. It's their product and they can do whatever they wish with it. If people are not happy, they can chose another OS. The fact that people don't do it, is irrelevant. It's possible to do it, granted it might take some time to migrate to a completely different system, but it's still possible. And if MS doesn't take care of their customers, they will eventually lose customers anyway. And that's how it should be, the customers deciding on what they like or dislike.
So will 36 trendy gay men decorate the factory and have the workers wear something stylish?
It also sums up the total IQ of him and his customers. It was a very very long time since I heard anyone say anything so mindboggingly stupid.
ESA should develop their own manned spacecrafts soon... as a complement to the NASA shuttle and whatever comes after it. It's not a good idea to rely on one design only, if we don't count the russians, and also with more countries capable of reaching space independently, the more manned launches can there be. For example one shuttle service mission to Hubble, one european crew rotation mission to ISS, etc. at the same time.
He did probably not see the channels he thought he saw, but I'm not sure. I've heard different stories on that one. Anyway, are the riverbeds visible through a telescope of the size that Lowell used?
Tell me, what does "inter" stand for in "Internet"?
Working on a Pentium 166 running Windows 98, developing in VisualBasic/Access. The machine might crash if it has too little free memory left, or some fool might unplug the outlet, by mistake or simply to use my outlet. The office itself is a mix of electronic workshop and officelike areas. A radio is constantly playing the latest mainstream pop in the background.
Whoever told you Beagle2 was the main part, was wrong. I am sure it's been said many times before (and judging by the number of people still not knowing what it's all about, it was said in vain, nevertheless...), it was not the main part of the mission. It may have recieved most press and media attention, but it was not the main mission. Ah, why do I bother.
I am sure we could manage to reach that goal. The ATV is comparable in size tothe Apollo craft. If ESA could get Ariane 5 approved for manned launches, then the step wouldn't be terribly big to launch manned capsules. The Hermes could have been something, but as usual the budget was blown to pieces. The Hermes was another similar project.
There are some plans to send more probes and landers to Mars, including the French Netlanders and the sample return mission. Ultimately, ESA wants to be part of both a human return to the moon as well as a human mission to Mars. I hope these things will come true.
Take them by surprise by sending them the spanish inquisition - surely they wont expect that?
"Big Ba-Dah Big Boom"
"Me fifth element, supreme being. Me protect you."
"Mul-ti-pass!"
"Chi-cken! Good."
One can not *not* love her :)
Probably the theme to the movie Mortal Kombat :-)
I do my best to vote them out. Problem is that noone else is. And then, of what use is my vote among millions?
Sleep schedules? Nerds have those? I mean, except for the usual "sleep when you're out of caffeine" schedule.
That's a good analogy that made the whole thing easy to grasp :) But how many LOC's and VW Bugs is it?