So we don't care about actual fact; what's *really* important is inspiring little girls?
Got any children? Specifically, girls? Then you know that Things Change when they hit puberty. Maybe they'll revert to wanting to to do something manly (like mine wanted to be a Marine for a couple of years), but just as likely not.
IOW, this is the 49th anniversary of a scary looking woman sitting in a chair for 72 hours doing nothing but getting nauseous, taking a few pictures and keeping a short journal.
Oh My Fscking God!! How inspiring could one woman be?????
I want my daughter to ask for a lunch box with a picture of Liu Yang or Sally Ride,
Why? What's wrong with Disney princesses? Did little boys who wanted/Miami Vice/ lunch boxes really want to be undercover narcotics agents with stupid clothing and bad hair?
Anyway, what's so special about passengers where the main differentiator between them and all the other teachers, engineers, etc is that mission specialists don't barf in space?
I know girls aren't that technically competent, and are only really good at finding sparkley pink stuff, but really, you're on Slashdot -- can't you at least Google "women in space" before going back to painting your nails and gabbing with your BFF about how cute the boys are?
By common courtesy (yeah, I know, ROTFLMAO) or new law, rocket "bits" must be designed with drag-inducers of some sort to get them to fall quickly back to earth.
What I am saying is that you benefit from these things every day of your life. I don't understand how people can look down their nose at these methods while at the same time voluntarily benefiting from the consequences.
George Orwell said it best, I think, before WW2:
Pacifists are people who haven't faced the unpleasant facts of life, either economically or politically; if they did face those facts, they wouldn't be pacifists for long.
and:
Rightly hating violence, [pacifists] do not wish to recognise that it is integral to modern society and that their own fine feelings and noble attitudes are all the fruit of injustice backed up by force. They do not want to learn where their incomes come from.
I say a little atheist prayer every night thanking the FSM for the existence of Big Pharma, because without them I'd be in a sanitarium (or whatever they're called now) having almost continuous seizures.
Don't forget Japan. All of these countries achieve such low fertility rates via female education.
Anyway, that's 1.1Bn people + China's 1.3Bn. What about the other 4.6Bn?
Bangladesh, India, China, Ethiopia, Nigeria, Mexico, Indonesia and to a degree Turkey and Iran are way overpopulated and (with the exception of China) keep on growing.
Leave open ports 25, 53, 465 and whatever ports your VPN uses.
There would have to be more tweaks, but the point is that the vast majority of people in any organization don't need access to ESPN, CNN, TMZ, etc, etc, ad nauseum.
You whitelist depending on the field that your company, division or group is in. Yes, it would require some effort on the part of IT staff, but would also reduce the number of malware infections and thus the amount of time wasted on reimaging such PCs.
Don't forget, "enthusiastic young geek proud of his work and just talks and talks and talks, letting slip how he made design flaws and wasn't able to implement many of the promised features".
This is why most organizations should treat the Internet the same way they treat firewalls: block everything then whitelist only what's actually needed for employees to do their work.
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That worries me a hell of a lot less than Miley Cyrus flashing her crotch on stage.
So we don't care about actual fact; what's *really* important is inspiring little girls?
Got any children? Specifically, girls? Then you know that Things Change when they hit puberty. Maybe they'll revert to wanting to to do something manly (like mine wanted to be a Marine for a couple of years), but just as likely not.
Sure, because everyone (except those in the Soviet space program) thought that she actually *did something* besides sit there.
At least Our Guys had control sticks even though they were mainly for emergencies.
IOW, this is the 49th anniversary of a scary looking woman sitting in a chair for 72 hours doing nothing but getting nauseous, taking a few pictures and keeping a short journal.
Oh My Fscking God!! How inspiring could one woman be?????
I want my daughter to ask for a lunch box with a picture of Liu Yang or Sally Ride,
Why? What's wrong with Disney princesses? Did little boys who wanted /Miami Vice/ lunch boxes really want to be undercover narcotics agents with stupid clothing and bad hair?
Anyway, what's so special about passengers where the main differentiator between them and all the other teachers, engineers, etc is that mission specialists don't barf in space?
A spationaut is french.
Giggle... Snort... ROTFLMAO.
CESMs don't deserve to go into space.
I know girls aren't that technically competent, and are only really good at finding sparkley pink stuff, but really, you're on Slashdot -- can't you at least Google "women in space" before going back to painting your nails and gabbing with your BFF about how cute the boys are?
sense of entitlement with regards to everything ... using their computer and their network, you play by their rules.
Now you know what social conservatives think about drug testing welfare recipients: if you want my money, you must follow my rules.
Your problem is that you've actually given credence to PC Magazine.
No decent American (ahem) company could refuse.
As opposed to Kaspersky? Some Russian spook was in K's offices 10 minutes after the announcement was made that K had discovered Flame.
And the PRC? They've got patriotic countrymen in every tech firm in the US and Europe.
Exactly.
By common courtesy (yeah, I know, ROTFLMAO) or new law, rocket "bits" must be designed with drag-inducers of some sort to get them to fall quickly back to earth.
Sure, that would be great.
But seriously, what chemical reactions actually happen in water ice?
below -160C, who in their right mind actually thinks that there will be life?
Except that -- uselessly -- you don't tell us which models!!!
We should bring them to their knees as well.
Utopian socialism at it's finest and most naive.
As opposed to any other large and powerful organizations in any other economic system?
You're implying that since big pharma does inded have a positive impact that they're above any reproach.
Well, no...
I'm implying that Big Pharma is more than just a bunch of robber barons soaking the poor while laughing themselves to the bank.
What I am saying is that you benefit from these things every day of your life. I don't understand how people can look down their nose at these methods while at the same time voluntarily benefiting from the consequences.
George Orwell said it best, I think, before WW2:
and:
I agree big Pharma is a nasty business
I say a little atheist prayer every night thanking the FSM for the existence of Big Pharma, because without them I'd be in a sanitarium (or whatever they're called now) having almost continuous seizures.
so some child is getting a shittier education...
We can always borrow another $10T from those paragons of ethics the PRC.
Don't forget Japan. All of these countries achieve such low fertility rates via female education.
Anyway, that's 1.1Bn people + China's 1.3Bn. What about the other 4.6Bn?
Bangladesh, India, China, Ethiopia, Nigeria, Mexico, Indonesia and to a degree Turkey and Iran are way overpopulated and (with the exception of China) keep on growing.
http://www.worldmapper.org/display.php?selected=2
http://www.indexmundi.com/map/?t=0&v=21&r=xx&l=en
Leave open ports 25, 53, 465 and whatever ports your VPN uses.
There would have to be more tweaks, but the point is that the vast majority of people in any organization don't need access to ESPN, CNN, TMZ, etc, etc, ad nauseum.
You whitelist depending on the field that your company, division or group is in. Yes, it would require some effort on the part of IT staff, but would also reduce the number of malware infections and thus the amount of time wasted on reimaging such PCs.
That's not the only reason and you know it.
Don't forget, "enthusiastic young geek proud of his work and just talks and talks and talks, letting slip how he made design flaws and wasn't able to implement many of the promised features".
This is why most organizations should treat the Internet the same way they treat firewalls: block everything then whitelist only what's actually needed for employees to do their work.
And this the day after other Slashdotters criticize me for saying that people are losing faith in Science.