"Now Fox has a new rule that we can't do those little fake news crawls
on the bottom of the screen in a cartoon because it might confuse the
viewers into thinking it's real news," he (Groening) said.
Yes... now, is this because the viewers are seriously stupid, or is it because the fake news really CAN be confused with the real news?
You don't have to be savvy with computers to realize something's wrong when you, simoultaneously, get offers to buy breast enlargement AND penis enlargement herbal shit. Or, for that matter, educational toys that fully comply with Newtons laws(!) Good heavens, I want a toy that defy them. Anyway, the people who see information and think ALL of it is factual and authoritative are clearly not adults, or they are fools, or they are uneducated. Or any combination. I mean first mistake they make is that they lack skepticism (they believe everything they read and hear). The other mistake is that they think it's authoritative (that's just silly. Even if it WAS, would you still buy? Authoritative would make you buy, why? Because they said you should?) Now, you don't have to be savvy with computers to be a) skeptic, and b) capable of independent thought (example: "they tell me to buy this, yet I decide NOT TO.)
It used to be my favourite browser for a few years. Lately I've been trying out a lot of others, and finally, recently, I decided to move over to Mozilla Firebird completely. It's not finished and it shows (bugs too), so that's gotta say a lot when I switched to it as my main browser! Only use IE whenever I need to test a website I'm doing.
when they need to launch a crew and cargo at the same time
--This is needed on every flight to the ISS, since the station wants lots of big thingies all the time (until it is built; then it will require lots of food and water instead.)--
That's probably true, yes. The food and water and other things they need could be launched with the to-be-built Automatic Transfer Vehicle by the ESA, which is an unmanned cargo ship for such things. It will also be able to adjust the ISS orbit.
A Reusable Capsule, for about 5 people perhaps
--NASA does not have a man-rated rocket for the capsule. Reliability of most cargo-rated rockets is about 95% - which is OK for satellites, but hardly sufficient for people. Soyuz rocket, for example, is man-rated; Proton is not.--
Hm, didn't know that. But I doubt that it would be too expensive to develop such a launch system? The Ariane 5, for example, was initially developed with the french shuttle Hermes in mind.
And that is good in what way? In my opinion, they should keep the shuttle but complement it with another system. Here is my idea:
The Shuttle, for use when they need to launch a crew and cargo at the same time, or when they somehow need the land-like-an-aeroplane ability.
A Reusable Capsule, for about 5 people perhaps, when all they need is to ship people to and from orbit. This capsule should be modular in that they can attach, say, a modul underneath with heatshields and gasbags when they land on earth, and perhaps a module similar to the lower stage of the Apollo LEM, with legs and landing rocket if they want to launch people to the moon.
Cheap launch rockets, when they need to launch cargo only and a crew is not necessary.
I'm european and in EU they want to preserve the diversity by declaring all the official languages of each country to be "official EU languages". However, in a computer project like this, it's just ridiculous not to just use English. I'm not sure about the rest of Europe, but in Sweden it's on the curriculum from as early as from year two in elementary. A lot of the text books (at least in computer science) on college level is in english. I would be surprised if there are a lot of people in Europe born after the 50's who doesn't speak english if they have to. Not only surprised, but actually disapointed.
Absolutely. Those are my two favourite teams as well, and Starchaser too. However, I think Scaled is in the lead, Canadian second, maybe Starchaser is second or perhaps third. Armadillo, no matter how cool they are with their pioneer spirit, will not win this prize. I know the X-Prize might be extended with the X-Prize Cup, and I hope that somehow there will be a prize for the first team who can reach LEO. Once they can do that safely, there's no stopping them.
Why not indeed go ahead with a small space taxi to ship people to and from the ISS, and launch the cargo in unmanned launchers? The space taxi, I think, would be launched using a reusable launcher system. Also, expand the ISS and make it last much longer than originally planned. And btw, maybe they can develop a new cargo/crew shuttle anyway, if they get the scramjet to work?
I know, and I would like to correct everyone on that issue too. But with the kind of thinking that anything NASA have done, no one else should do since it's already been done, would make it pointless to have competition in any area. And what could hurt if research is taking place in more than one place? Perhaps new ideas and more experience would follow. Soviet was the first to carry out manned space missions - should no one else do it, then? Or should they, only not with rockets?
Yes, ESA is very nationalistic. It consists of many nations... Anyway, who is reinventing what wheel? Should we not test ion propulsion simply because Nasa did it before already? Did it work so badly that we should avoid it?
[Answering a telemarketer's phone call.]
Seinfeld: I'm sorry, I'm a little tied up now. Give me your home number and I'll call you back later... oh, you don't like being called at home? Well, now you know how I feel. [hangs up]
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Yes, and that is why this is the only anti-trust case against Microsoft ever!
Yes... now, is this because the viewers are seriously stupid, or is it because the fake news really CAN be confused with the real news?
You don't have to be savvy with computers to realize something's wrong when you, simoultaneously, get offers to buy breast enlargement AND penis enlargement herbal shit. Or, for that matter, educational toys that fully comply with Newtons laws(!) Good heavens, I want a toy that defy them. Anyway, the people who see information and think ALL of it is factual and authoritative are clearly not adults, or they are fools, or they are uneducated. Or any combination. I mean first mistake they make is that they lack skepticism (they believe everything they read and hear). The other mistake is that they think it's authoritative (that's just silly. Even if it WAS, would you still buy? Authoritative would make you buy, why? Because they said you should?) Now, you don't have to be savvy with computers to be a) skeptic, and b) capable of independent thought (example: "they tell me to buy this, yet I decide NOT TO.)
He wasn't forced to work for them in the first place, now was he?
You beat me to the BOFH reference.
Eh. Human spaceflight can't get safer by not doing it. It's by doing it that we learn how to do it safer.
And how often do you get a hundred papercuts per day? (I do agree though, punishment doesn't need to be cruel or barbaric.)
Should be enough food for days to come.
What about monoliths turning the whole thing into a sun?
And then, of course, to launch an exploration mission.
Well if everyone stop buying the stuff, then no one will buy the spammer's services either. The question is, who the hell buy the stuff from them?
A scroll wheel then?
It used to be my favourite browser for a few years. Lately I've been trying out a lot of others, and finally, recently, I decided to move over to Mozilla Firebird completely. It's not finished and it shows (bugs too), so that's gotta say a lot when I switched to it as my main browser! Only use IE whenever I need to test a website I'm doing.
--This is needed on every flight to the ISS, since the station wants lots of big thingies all the time (until it is built; then it will require lots of food and water instead.)--
That's probably true, yes. The food and water and other things they need could be launched with the to-be-built Automatic Transfer Vehicle by the ESA, which is an unmanned cargo ship for such things. It will also be able to adjust the ISS orbit.
A Reusable Capsule, for about 5 people perhaps
--NASA does not have a man-rated rocket for the capsule. Reliability of most cargo-rated rockets is about 95% - which is OK for satellites, but hardly sufficient for people. Soyuz rocket, for example, is man-rated; Proton is not.--
Hm, didn't know that. But I doubt that it would be too expensive to develop such a launch system? The Ariane 5, for example, was initially developed with the french shuttle Hermes in mind.
I'm european and in EU they want to preserve the diversity by declaring all the official languages of each country to be "official EU languages". However, in a computer project like this, it's just ridiculous not to just use English. I'm not sure about the rest of Europe, but in Sweden it's on the curriculum from as early as from year two in elementary. A lot of the text books (at least in computer science) on college level is in english. I would be surprised if there are a lot of people in Europe born after the 50's who doesn't speak english if they have to. Not only surprised, but actually disapointed.
Only if it's diet coke.
Absolutely. Those are my two favourite teams as well, and Starchaser too. However, I think Scaled is in the lead, Canadian second, maybe Starchaser is second or perhaps third. Armadillo, no matter how cool they are with their pioneer spirit, will not win this prize. I know the X-Prize might be extended with the X-Prize Cup, and I hope that somehow there will be a prize for the first team who can reach LEO. Once they can do that safely, there's no stopping them.
Why not indeed go ahead with a small space taxi to ship people to and from the ISS, and launch the cargo in unmanned launchers? The space taxi, I think, would be launched using a reusable launcher system. Also, expand the ISS and make it last much longer than originally planned. And btw, maybe they can develop a new cargo/crew shuttle anyway, if they get the scramjet to work?
Exactly. What if they had ion engines on the Voyagers? They could have reached a speed much higher than now, with several decennia of acceleration.
I know, and I would like to correct everyone on that issue too. But with the kind of thinking that anything NASA have done, no one else should do since it's already been done, would make it pointless to have competition in any area. And what could hurt if research is taking place in more than one place? Perhaps new ideas and more experience would follow. Soviet was the first to carry out manned space missions - should no one else do it, then? Or should they, only not with rockets?
Yes, ESA is very nationalistic. It consists of many nations... Anyway, who is reinventing what wheel? Should we not test ion propulsion simply because Nasa did it before already? Did it work so badly that we should avoid it?
[Answering a telemarketer's phone call.]
Seinfeld: I'm sorry, I'm a little tied up now. Give me your home number and I'll call you back later... oh, you don't like being called at home? Well, now you know how I feel.
[hangs up]
Now that's something completely different!
Which apparently is very important if you've been working on nuclear reactors for a while.