I don't have kids, and I haven't watched the show for 30 years, so why do I hear it in Cookie Monster's voice every time I read the phrase 'cookie policy'? (Coo-kie Po-li-cy!)
This only assumes that all of the money currently spent on services is money well spent.
I think there is more money wasted in the various health and human services programs than is even spent on space-related activities.
I don't mean that money spent on human services, etc. is bad, just that billions of dollars are funneled into these programs that are never applied for their ostensible purpose.They get spent on administrivia, stupid projects, and so on.
I would rather see waste curtailed in huge programs than see important smaller programs scrapped entirely.
Unfortunately, Bush doesn't care. He's only interested in cutting the taxes for his support base. He doesn't care what doesn't get paid for.
I'd much rather see us do things in space that lead us to establish a permanent presence in space than see a manned Mars mission. I'm always worried that the Mars mission would turn out like the Apollo program, where most of the gains are just abandoned after their political objectives have been obtained.
I like the idea of using the Moon as a base for industry and power generation. I've always maintained that humanity's presence in space will never be sustained until there's a buck to be made. Much better to have your pollution generated away from home, anyway.
I did RTFA on power collection from the Moon, but I'm still amused by the notion that the beams will be "less intense than the noontime sun." Don't we already get that much power already, *from the noontime sun?*
I want a combination of reminder, GPS, and a big database of my local area, so that the next time I go near,say, Home Depot, my PDA can remind me that the next time I went to Home Depot, I wanted to pick up there. This would be worth something to many of us, I think.
I had a similar idea, but it involved constructing the largest, most technologically advanced, and most impressive single structure possible to our civilization at it's current stage. I figure that that's the best way to throw it back into their teeth.
I've got one of the Bean backpacks as well. I use it every day, and I have no problems with it. It looks like any other backpack, and has adequate padding for a laptop and peripherals.
I've been using it pretty hard for a year or so, and I've noticed no appreciable wear. I got the leather-bottomed one, though, because I figured I'd wear out the nylon-bottomed one.
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I don't have kids, and I haven't watched the show for 30 years, so why do I hear it in Cookie Monster's voice every time I read the phrase 'cookie policy'? (Coo-kie Po-li-cy!)
Offtopic, my left testicle. You're SUPPOSED to eat feed corn. You save seed corn to plant.
I think that should have been "Seed Corn."
Ow! Hot! Hothothothot!
This only assumes that all of the money currently spent on services is money well spent.
I think there is more money wasted in the various health and human services programs than is even spent on space-related activities.
I don't mean that money spent on human services, etc. is bad, just that billions of dollars are funneled into these programs that are never applied for their ostensible purpose.They get spent on administrivia, stupid projects, and so on.
I would rather see waste curtailed in huge programs than see important smaller programs scrapped entirely.
Unfortunately, Bush doesn't care. He's only interested in cutting the taxes for his support base. He doesn't care what doesn't get paid for.
I'd much rather see us do things in space that lead us to establish a permanent presence in space than see a manned Mars mission. I'm always worried that the Mars mission would turn out like the Apollo program, where most of the gains are just abandoned after their political objectives have been obtained.
I like the idea of using the Moon as a base for industry and power generation. I've always maintained that humanity's presence in space will never be sustained until there's a buck to be made. Much better to have your pollution generated away from home, anyway.
I did RTFA on power collection from the Moon, but I'm still amused by the notion that the beams will be "less intense than the noontime sun." Don't we already get that much power already, *from the noontime sun?*
I heard this from somebody a while ago here on ./
,say, Home Depot, my PDA can remind me that the next time I went to Home Depot, I wanted to pick up there. This would be worth something to many of us, I think.
I want a combination of reminder, GPS, and a big database of my local area, so that the next time I go near
Why does IT specifically need access to AIM and ICQ, that it should be denied to everyone else?
I had a similar idea, but it involved constructing the largest, most technologically advanced, and most impressive single structure possible to our civilization at it's current stage. I figure that that's the best way to throw it back into their teeth.
I've got one of the Bean backpacks as well. I use it every day, and I have no problems with it.
It looks like any other backpack, and has adequate padding for a laptop and peripherals.
I've been using it pretty hard for a year or so, and I've noticed no appreciable wear. I got the leather-bottomed one, though, because I figured I'd wear out the nylon-bottomed one.
Hah. Reminds me of Charley Parker's Argon Zark comic strip.