I'm actually glad to see NASA doing stuff that might not work. It seems that a lot of the space work thats been happening in the last decade or two has been stuff that we know we can do. There are still failures, but those tend to be metric vs imperial units issues, not because they're pushing forward in to new areas.
All new technology generates it's share of failures along the way. In the early days NASA blew up a lot of rockets in the process of learning to get them in to space. As long as we're using it on unmanned craft (or on the bench), a decent rate of failures is alright by me if they're learning something from them.
All of the stock spam I get is for companies that don't trade on the NYSE or NASDAQ, it's for much, much, much smaller companies that trade on other exchanges. The companies that make up the Dow Jones average (30 of them) are way too heavily traded to be swayed by pump and dump spam, so they don't bother.
Except for the exceptions....I get just about zero calls trying to sell me something, but a couple of calls a week asking me for donations (usually clothing), from groups I've never donated to. Often they ask for "Mrs. $myLastName", which is interesting since there isn't now, nor has there ever been, a "Mrs. $myLastName" at my phone number.
Thanks for coming out with a show (and a cookbook) that finally tell me why I should cook in a certain way rather than just telling me that I should do it.
Many of your recipes tend to be a high in fat (for example, deep fried mac and cheese). How often do you eat food like that? Do you worry you'll die of a heart attack by age 45?
Amen. I find it amazing that ESRI didn't learn its lesson from AML. They seem to have the attitude that extension languages should only allow you to perform large scale operations that they provide, but they give you no way to write your own.
On the off chance that anyone who works for ESRI is reading: Please give your users a decent language or give them a decent API to run against.
(Suddenly remembering one if the reasons I left my last job where I had to deal with this stuff...)
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I'm actually glad to see NASA doing stuff that might not work. It seems that a lot of the space work thats been happening in the last decade or two has been stuff that we know we can do. There are still failures, but those tend to be metric vs imperial units issues, not because they're pushing forward in to new areas.
All new technology generates it's share of failures along the way. In the early days NASA blew up a lot of rockets in the process of learning to get them in to space. As long as we're using it on unmanned craft (or on the bench), a decent rate of failures is alright by me if they're learning something from them.
It's great...until your "friend" emails goatse.cx man to your Chumby for you.
Oh, the creationists won't deny them. You see, instead of one gap, they can now point to two! They've set rules by which they can't lose.
All of the stock spam I get is for companies that don't trade on the NYSE or NASDAQ, it's for much, much, much smaller companies that trade on other exchanges. The companies that make up the Dow Jones average (30 of them) are way too heavily traded to be swayed by pump and dump spam, so they don't bother.
He can't be playing the Wii, he's spill his drink!
...only this time instead of smoking/non-smoking, we need cell phone and non-cell phone sections. Or better yet, talking and no talking sections.
Read the free docs online, then hand chip a stone axe, and go cut down all the trees you want.
It's free, and you get the personal satisfaction of seeing the trees die yourself, rather than outsourcing that part.
Thanks for posting that. I was avoiding the link out of fear of naked scientists.
Except for the exceptions....I get just about zero calls trying to sell me something, but a couple of calls a week asking me for donations (usually clothing), from groups I've never donated to. Often they ask for "Mrs. $myLastName", which is interesting since there isn't now, nor has there ever been, a "Mrs. $myLastName" at my phone number.
Thanks for coming out with a show (and a cookbook) that finally tell me why I should cook in a certain way rather than just telling me that I should do it.
Many of your recipes tend to be a high in fat (for example, deep fried mac and cheese). How often do you eat food like that? Do you worry you'll die of a heart attack by age 45?
Thanks for the shows, I really enjoy them.
Let's see if Mir gives me a birthday present
2001-03-22 10:35:23
Nope, Tricom was spun off in to an independant company back in 1997.
Amen. I find it amazing that ESRI didn't learn its lesson from AML. They seem to have the attitude that extension languages should only allow you to perform large scale operations that they provide, but they give you no way to write your own.
On the off chance that anyone who works for ESRI is reading: Please give your users a decent language or give them a decent API to run against.
(Suddenly remembering one if the reasons I left my last job where I had to deal with this stuff...)