At the company I work for, the training contract (yes, contract) contains a clause that says if you leave within two years, you must reimburse the company for the training expense. OR... they could just pay you more -- if they want to keep you, they will keep the pay competitive
Sadly, for me the later is not true. Sometimes you have to leave. Indentured servitude ends in June (it was a big bill for a full degree they asked me to obtain -- and I agreed because it sounded like a good idea, at the time). Resume's already in circ. 2 months and counting...
Mod this guy insightful. This is exactly what I was thinking... There are more exciting mobile platforms available now, which likely attract the attention of the younger crowd. Damn, I'm getting old too...
The return vehicle can be the same vehicle that carried you out there. Simply getting there will require a "vehicle that is significantly different than any currently available for that trip". This is just an engineering and logistics problem. An expensive problem, yes; but, it's just an engineering problem nonetheless.
This is clearly a case of cause and effect. The weighty US Health Care Reform Act combined with Global Warming is being catalyzed by a black hole from the LHC. The volcano is the result. Clearly, the World is going to end!
Cue the guy with a bell and a "The End is Nigh" billboard.
Damn. I have electronic equipment and components (analog instrument, radio and digital), hacked computer equipment, chemicals, a vacuum pump, oxygen generator, furnace, model rocketry equipment, RC aircraft, and tools, lots and lots of tools, in my "mad science" workshop. Have guns and ammunition. Also have a bookcase full of physics, chemistry, electronic engineering and computer science books. From what you say, If Homeland Security ever took an interest in me I'd be in a world of hurt. Good thing I'm not paranoid.
For those who don't RTFA: ULA said the cost to upgrade the basic Atlas V to meet manned spaceflight would be $400M. They also said that if you want to build a heavy lift Atlas or Delta to manned spaceflight spec it would cost between $1B and $2B. And they want NASA to pay all the cost, up front.
Well that's true. When I have transitioned from T-Mobile to AT&T the phones drop the call. They all try to hang onto the T-Mobile network until all contact is lost with the tower, which happens after voice communication is no longer possible. Fortunately for me (based on my typical routes) I have a 4 mile wide river that tends to delineate the area where there's coverage or not. The only time I seem to have problems is when I'm close to the shore and the phone can still "see" towers across the river.
You've got to think like a paranoid government agency tasked with either preventing terrorist attacks or determining the facts afterwards (should they fail to prevent it in the first place). Minimizing the effects of an attack falls under prevention, fwiw. Yes, there are portable devices that are much more reliable and sensitive, which can be brought to bear. The early warning is useful though.
Picture: You're the first responders, arriving on a scene with 20 or 30 people passed out on the floor. It would be nice to have some clue as to why... Particularly if there is a need to stay out of the "danger zone" and perhaps evacuate an area.
Pfft. No one will trust the results from a single $1 sensor. However... 20 or 30 of them alarming at once followed by finding 20 or 30 casualties at the location will make a pretty compelling case that there's toxic agent present.
Whoever buys them, it will be for the brand and the patents portfolio. The products... are ok but there are a lot of other good products out there that they have to compete with; and, Palm is not winning market share...
My T-Mobile phone rolls right over to AT&T's network when I leave T-Mobile's coverage zone in Hampton Roads. When I get far enough into the country that AT&T doesn't work, nobody has coverage. At that point your only options is a Verizon land-line.
I remember gnome when it first arrived on the scene. I seem to recall testing it around late 1998 on a workstation. Definitely not the same as current stuff.
Yes, I believe that was one of the Air Force requirements -- they were wanting a mechanism for recovering the hugely expensive satellites that didn't make it all the way into orbit due to upper stage failures; or, that suffered some failure early (too early) in their life.
It wasn't the ISS specifically (its design came later); but, yes, it was designed with use for ferrying components to orbit for a space station. There were also a few Air Force requirements that drove its design as well...
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That $10M doesn't count the damage to the wind tunnel and instrumentation.
At the company I work for, the training contract (yes, contract) contains a clause that says if you leave within two years, you must reimburse the company for the training expense. OR... they could just pay you more -- if they want to keep you, they will keep the pay competitive
Sadly, for me the later is not true. Sometimes you have to leave. Indentured servitude ends in June (it was a big bill for a full degree they asked me to obtain -- and I agreed because it sounded like a good idea, at the time). Resume's already in circ. 2 months and counting...
Mod this guy insightful. This is exactly what I was thinking... There are more exciting mobile platforms available now, which likely attract the attention of the younger crowd. Damn, I'm getting old too...
The return vehicle can be the same vehicle that carried you out there. Simply getting there will require a "vehicle that is significantly different than any currently available for that trip". This is just an engineering and logistics problem. An expensive problem, yes; but, it's just an engineering problem nonetheless.
Mars CANNOT be escaped from with ANY technology currently available. Period.
Why would you say that? Mars' gravity well is smaller than Earth's.
This is clearly a case of cause and effect. The weighty US Health Care Reform Act combined with Global Warming is being catalyzed by a black hole from the LHC. The volcano is the result. Clearly, the World is going to end!
Cue the guy with a bell and a "The End is Nigh" billboard.
Are you saying we're doomed to fail in the future; or, is the future now?
How about the applications runs on the OS/2 library set and it's cheaper and easier to migrate the OS libraries than to port all the applications.
Well, I remember that kept me busy for like... a week. After that, buy some breadboard and get a digikey catalog.
Damn. I have electronic equipment and components (analog instrument, radio and digital), hacked computer equipment, chemicals, a vacuum pump, oxygen generator, furnace, model rocketry equipment, RC aircraft, and tools, lots and lots of tools, in my "mad science" workshop. Have guns and ammunition. Also have a bookcase full of physics, chemistry, electronic engineering and computer science books. From what you say, If Homeland Security ever took an interest in me I'd be in a world of hurt. Good thing I'm not paranoid.
Yes. Since they have already expressed interest in amateur radio, this is an excellent source.
For those who don't RTFA: ULA said the cost to upgrade the basic Atlas V to meet manned spaceflight would be $400M. They also said that if you want to build a heavy lift Atlas or Delta to manned spaceflight spec it would cost between $1B and $2B. And they want NASA to pay all the cost, up front.
Well that's true. When I have transitioned from T-Mobile to AT&T the phones drop the call. They all try to hang onto the T-Mobile network until all contact is lost with the tower, which happens after voice communication is no longer possible. Fortunately for me (based on my typical routes) I have a 4 mile wide river that tends to delineate the area where there's coverage or not. The only time I seem to have problems is when I'm close to the shore and the phone can still "see" towers across the river.
One way to dissuade the release of anonymous information is to very publically "out" either the source(s), collaborator(s) or the facilitator(s).
You've got to think like a paranoid government agency tasked with either preventing terrorist attacks or determining the facts afterwards (should they fail to prevent it in the first place). Minimizing the effects of an attack falls under prevention, fwiw. Yes, there are portable devices that are much more reliable and sensitive, which can be brought to bear. The early warning is useful though.
Picture: You're the first responders, arriving on a scene with 20 or 30 people passed out on the floor. It would be nice to have some clue as to why... Particularly if there is a need to stay out of the "danger zone" and perhaps evacuate an area.
Pfft. No one will trust the results from a single $1 sensor. However... 20 or 30 of them alarming at once followed by finding 20 or 30 casualties at the location will make a pretty compelling case that there's toxic agent present.
They could have just put it in all the cell phones and not told anyone. See, this new government transparency thing is working! /sarcasm
Your death will not be in vain!
Whoever buys them, it will be for the brand and the patents portfolio. The products... are ok but there are a lot of other good products out there that they have to compete with; and, Palm is not winning market share...
My T-Mobile phone rolls right over to AT&T's network when I leave T-Mobile's coverage zone in Hampton Roads. When I get far enough into the country that AT&T doesn't work, nobody has coverage. At that point your only options is a Verizon land-line.
Yes, but, it's the main product, currently on the market, that people can associate with them.
Damn dude. Sorry. I accidentally stole your moment of glory. : (
I remember gnome when it first arrived on the scene. I seem to recall testing it around late 1998 on a workstation. Definitely not the same as current stuff.
Yes, I believe that was one of the Air Force requirements -- they were wanting a mechanism for recovering the hugely expensive satellites that didn't make it all the way into orbit due to upper stage failures; or, that suffered some failure early (too early) in their life.
It wasn't the ISS specifically (its design came later); but, yes, it was designed with use for ferrying components to orbit for a space station. There were also a few Air Force requirements that drove its design as well...