That's true, go back to the basic stuff again, although I do not mind stuff like windows and doors and roof pieces and wheels etc. Oh, and keep the Technic line. I loved it, and now my littlesister is having fun with it too, building cars and stuff.
Not necessarily so, the parents were always complaining about the veritable ocean of lego parts all over the floor in us kids' room, whereas we loved it:)
Absolutely true. They need to stop that. I remember the stuff from my childhood, the common blocks and pieces that could be assembled in so many ways. And I have fond memories of my Technic sets too:) Those were awesome, with the electric motors and pneumatic pumps.:) Great! If there's anything they should stop, it's most of the specialized pieces. Keep on with Mindstorm and the basic stuff as well.
The Russians did try to go to the moon but they had too many problems with the new rocket. They realized that they would lose the race to the moon and so they focused on space stations in LEO and claimed they never tried to go to the moon. Pride, and all that...
I was watching this program on TV last night "Snillen spekulerar" (not sure of the english title if there was one), which was Nik Gowen from BBC hosting a talk/discussion with this year's Nobel laureates (in the sciences including economy) in the King's Library in Stockholm. The discussion was partly about the public's view of science and scientists, and how it could be improved. How can we popularize science and make people understand the enormous benefits of which they enjoy everyday without so much of a single thought of "thank you"? This made me think about some of the failures and fiascos in science, such as the space shuttle disasters and the many failed Mars probes, probably including Beagle 2. Every mistake and every failure will probably not improve the common man's view of science and scientists. But it's not only that; the politicians, policy makers and leaders, their parliaments and congresses, will be more reluctant to give more funding to space exploration, for example. They are often unable to see farther than the current term and/or the next election. Why should they fund a bunch of nerds going into space for several billions of dollars every year, especially since it seems their stuff blows up now and then? An uneducated population electing an equally uneducated, shortsighted and powerhungry bunch of morons, that's what we're doing and that's what we value so much that we're ready to kill people to defend that system. It's called democracy, and it means the lowest common denominator will rule. A democratic civilization based around science and technology, where the people doesn't know shit about either one, is an extremely bad thing. The people use technology everyday, yet they think that scientists shouldn't "get any money because they're just playing around".
Yeah. Right.
And those who say these things, live in modern houses, they switch on the light in the morning and turn up the heat at night, they watch TV and listen to radio, they take food from the fridge and put it in the microwave oven, they drive their cars to their jobs where they sit at a computer or talk on the cellphone, they go to hospitals when sick to get treatment, medicine and surgery and recovery and when they are cured, they decide it's better to thank God rather than to thank the doctors and nurses and scientists that made the treatment possible in the first place. And then they go home again, to relax by watching TV sent to them by sattelites. Arrogant, ungrateful bastards. How I detest the stupid people.
Another thing is that these people, and the politicians, demand and expect an immidiate return of their money. I fear that too many failures will decrease their desire to give more funding to important research projects, sadly. And with decreased funding, the likelyhood of success is decreased. Of course, they don't understand this either.
So my point is that with all these attitudes combined, we wont see any advanced or ambitious space exploration projects anytime soon. At least not made by the government.
Exactly. That remark in the article was completely useless unnecessary. The Mars Express is international in that it's an ESA project with one of the scientific instruments built by the americans, and it was launched by a russian rocket. The failed and now abandoned japanese Nozomi had instruments from different countries too. I'm pleased to see cooperation in space. I'm sure most scientists just want to do some good science, whereas the politicians are busy cementing nationalistic feelings for their own purposes.
I'd bet my money on Canadian Arrow or Starchaser before Armadillo. I do believe Scaled will win. Except for these three teams, few are even close to space right now.
The reason I knew about him was probably because I've been madly interested in aerospace flight and read books and magazines and everything. Sometimes I do realize that lots of people don't know stuff like this. I once talked to some chick who hardly knew what the space shuttle was, even.
And to Scaled, I can only say "bloody well done!". Wow, I love that picture over at Space.com with the rocket engine ignited, the SpaceShipOne soaring upwards:-) "Beautiful" is hardly enough to describe it, but it will have to do.
I hope that USA have learned not to support tyrants and terrorists as they did in Chile, Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan and SaudiArabia. Because that is what they have been doing, while claiming to fight for freedom. Rumsfeld is not a liberator. He was one of those supporting Saddam during the 80's. Why am I saying this? Because the historically ignorant Americans will sit around and believe that their leaders always try to fight for freedom in the world.
Absolutely not.
They are fighting for their own power.
Mod me down if you think that will make you feel better, because I am sure it will feel better than the truth does.
Now, let's celebrate that Saddam was arrested. Too bad you didn't do the same with Idi Amin.
Why should Europe have to obey their liberators for an eternity? First of all, the irony of that is too much. Secondly, what's the point in having an independent system if the USA will be able to control it?
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This is obivously a troll, but I'll answer anyway.
However, tell me one thing, if the scientific community thought there might be ice on the moon, and if they by further investigations found out it is not, does that mean science is still wrong? No, it means science is doing its job as long as we let them do it. It shows us a good example of the self correcting mechanism. Science is the best way we have to investigate nature.
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That's true, go back to the basic stuff again, although I do not mind stuff like windows and doors and roof pieces and wheels etc. Oh, and keep the Technic line. I loved it, and now my littlesister is having fun with it too, building cars and stuff.
Not necessarily so, the parents were always complaining about the veritable ocean of lego parts all over the floor in us kids' room, whereas we loved it :)
Haha, I would mod up if I could.
Now when we've had spammers that doesn't care about anti-spam laws, I guess that we'll have greedy lawyers and lying politicians any day now...
Absolutely true. They need to stop that. I remember the stuff from my childhood, the common blocks and pieces that could be assembled in so many ways. And I have fond memories of my Technic sets too :) Those were awesome, with the electric motors and pneumatic pumps. :) Great! If there's anything they should stop, it's most of the specialized pieces. Keep on with Mindstorm and the basic stuff as well.
*wakes up* I've never tried that ride. Please provide more info.
Anyone who considered Saddam Hussein to be a great ally and gave him weapons because of it, is kinda hardcore, yes.
Yes, how sad it is to remember a standardized set of prefixes such as nano or deci. I mean, it could be useful and stuff.
Indeed, and a rover, too. The first one of its kind I believe.
We wouldn't notice a reboot anyway, since Jesus saves! Hah!
The Russians did try to go to the moon but they had too many problems with the new rocket. They realized that they would lose the race to the moon and so they focused on space stations in LEO and claimed they never tried to go to the moon. Pride, and all that...
Can't wait for summer to come, to go down to the beach to admire all the bodies surrounded by water :-)
Yeah. Right.
And those who say these things, live in modern houses, they switch on the light in the morning and turn up the heat at night, they watch TV and listen to radio, they take food from the fridge and put it in the microwave oven, they drive their cars to their jobs where they sit at a computer or talk on the cellphone, they go to hospitals when sick to get treatment, medicine and surgery and recovery and when they are cured, they decide it's better to thank God rather than to thank the doctors and nurses and scientists that made the treatment possible in the first place. And then they go home again, to relax by watching TV sent to them by sattelites. Arrogant, ungrateful bastards. How I detest the stupid people.
Another thing is that these people, and the politicians, demand and expect an immidiate return of their money. I fear that too many failures will decrease their desire to give more funding to important research projects, sadly. And with decreased funding, the likelyhood of success is decreased. Of course, they don't understand this either.
So my point is that with all these attitudes combined, we wont see any advanced or ambitious space exploration projects anytime soon. At least not made by the government.
Exactly. That remark in the article was completely useless unnecessary. The Mars Express is international in that it's an ESA project with one of the scientific instruments built by the americans, and it was launched by a russian rocket. The failed and now abandoned japanese Nozomi had instruments from different countries too. I'm pleased to see cooperation in space. I'm sure most scientists just want to do some good science, whereas the politicians are busy cementing nationalistic feelings for their own purposes.
I'd bet my money on Canadian Arrow or Starchaser before Armadillo. I do believe Scaled will win. Except for these three teams, few are even close to space right now.
...which actually would be a "blue crash".
And to Scaled, I can only say "bloody well done!". Wow, I love that picture over at Space.com with the rocket engine ignited, the SpaceShipOne soaring upwards :-) "Beautiful" is hardly enough to describe it, but it will have to do.
It was the closest dupe I've ever seen too!
Absolutely not.
They are fighting for their own power.
Mod me down if you think that will make you feel better, because I am sure it will feel better than the truth does.
Now, let's celebrate that Saddam was arrested. Too bad you didn't do the same with Idi Amin.
Depending on what freuqency we're talking about, I suppose you could eavesdrop on electromagnetic radiation in a few different ways?
Why should Europe have to obey their liberators for an eternity? First of all, the irony of that is too much. Secondly, what's the point in having an independent system if the USA will be able to control it?
Guess I'll better hurry up and download as much as I can. I hope that someone else will start up a new version...
Perhaps the Giotto spacecraft?
...when webdesigners should know and have at least 25 years of experience in PHP, MySQL, Dreamweaver, Flash, HTML, CSS, XML, XSL, XHTML, Photoshop, Perl, Python, Frontpage, C++, Javascript, VBscript, ASP, .NET, Active Directory, FoxPro and Tetris. You should have five degrees: graphic design, human/computer-interaction, and astrophysics. Oh, that's right, and in Math as well. Even though you need several decades of experience, you should still be young, between 20-35.
This is obivously a troll, but I'll answer anyway. However, tell me one thing, if the scientific community thought there might be ice on the moon, and if they by further investigations found out it is not, does that mean science is still wrong? No, it means science is doing its job as long as we let them do it. It shows us a good example of the self correcting mechanism. Science is the best way we have to investigate nature.