Yes, I do not understand why NASA would send up such a large crew and risk that many lives. It would have been much better from a risk management (and common sense) approach to do some type of unmanned re-entry, or fly with the smallest crew possible.
They are just about there. Big farm operations don't make any money without federal (U.S.) subsidies.
I'm a new farmer, starting out with just 40 acres. One of the first words of advice, from my neighbors, was on how to get my government money. I checked into the particular program and decided it was not for me. If I accepted the government money, I would be limited on what I could raise. No thank you!
Here's another one. What happens to your farm if you can't pay your property taxes? You loose it! You only own the land as long as you can pay the property taxes.
You can write the best design document around, but if it doesn't address the requirements, it won't produce a good result.
I think that most requirements gathering activities don't involve the right people. Most importantly, they should involve the developer. I have seen requirements sessions involving only the business analyst, an IT lead, and the project manager. They leave out the developer! Usually it is done because the developer is busy with other things.
If you leave the developer/programmer out of the requirements work, they never get the opportunity to understand the requirements and ask questions as the requirments are formed. If you do these two things, you will get much better designs.
GM crops are a bad idea, in that we don't know what the long-term effects of these modifications will be in the wild. There is no way to guarantee that unintended contamination of pure strains will not occur.
Look at the case of Percy Schmeiser, a Canadian farmer whose canola crop was contaminated with Monsanto's Round-Up Ready Canola.
This is a wide-spread problem that is pitting the small farmer against corporate giants. Look at this article from The Des Moines Register.
They only lowered the price they raised. And, that is only for the basic listing fee. I'm glad that they did it, but it was done for the purpose of spin and damage control.
I'm saving up money to be able to homeschool the kids...
The homeschooling part is not expensive, as long as one parent is home to do it. As far as materials such as books, these are readily available and often for a good price used.
We've moved to the "unschooling" approach, which in many ways is even less expensive. I want my children to be able to think and express themselves, not to mention, love their family. It's an investment in time that will return more value than you ever could believe.
Yes, and we were put to shame in Iraq. Look at what most of those people risked to go and vote. What is risked in the U.S.? A few minutes of your time.
Legacy systems will often contain such hard limits. Usually, they are buried deep in the code and sometimes no one knows that they exist. Any point where such hard limits exist must be discovered. A solution needs to then be designed for each situation. If you are a manager or a maintainer of such a system, it is your responsibility to do this. When you are questioned, just point out the Comair computer disaster.
We have a big problem with deer jumping in front of cars. It's one thing to identify other vehicles, but what do you do about deer?
Also, what do you do with all the old cars, trucks, vans, etc? As an example, look at how fast people are moving to HDTV. How fast would the adoption rate be for this technology. Would there be automatic navigation lanes, similar to carpool lanes?
I must admit that I would enjoy travelling to work this way. It just seems that it will be a long time becoming a reality, if at all.
I like to send anonymous donations from time to time. I can't easily do this anymore. When I go to the bank to get a cashiers check, I must now be identified on the check. I feel that I have lost a liberty because they are afraid that I might be supporting terrorism, when in reality, I am just trying to help someone out.
Any more, the shuttle is a waste of time and money. The main problem is that NASA has all their eggs in one basket. Where is the funding for development of the next generation shuttle? Let's take what we learned and improve upon it, rather than trying to keep this aging program going.
The votes in the last election were very interesting. Bush carried mostly rural areas, while Gore carried mostly urban areas. There seems to be a general ideological split between the people who live in the country, versus those that live in the city.
If you look at the map referenced in the article, the vote seems to be going that direction again. I'm from Iowa, and much of our vote is concentrated in our larger cities. If it goes like the last election, these cities will vote for Kerry.
I'm managing a project that has a good portion of the work going on off-shore. It is a royal pain to manage, not to mention that it messes with your sleep!
The communication is difficult. You have to double-document everything, even brief phone conversations. There's also the CYA activities necessary because of the contract.
The biggest hurdle is the lack of knowledge of our company and business. Sure, they have a center of excellence, but really, it takes years to get a good grasp on our business and way of doing things.
There are cultural issues too. Everyone I work with offshore are very nice. It's just hard to tell if you are getting a straight answer or not.
I believe that we could have done a better job on this project by having the whole team on-site. At least you have body-language to tell you when understanding is not happening.
I can see your point. I'm not against positive rewards. However, the rewards should have a better outcome than just providing a kind of sedative.
While loosing your freedom might be punishment enough, is it enough of a deterrent to keep the prisoner from becomming a repeat offender? Maybe, by not having TV, they would have time to reflect on what they did wrong and decide to change their ways so they don't end up back in prison agan. There are a lot of better ways to build character than watching what is on TV today.
If I remember right, they would actually use petrolium jelly on the outer portion of the camera lense. This would create the fuzzy appearance for the closeup of the lady's face.
I played guitar in a garage band in the 1970s and early 1980s. A friend of mine had a PAiA Electronics Gnome Micro-Synthesiser. We used it on gigs and had a lot of fun with it. It was especially good at doing the intro to Riding the Storm Out by REO. Instead of a keyboard, it had an electronic ribbon that you touched with a probe to make the different pitches. I had a diagram to indicate where to set all the dials.
I don't get too many unsolicited calls anymore. However, I do get political calls and some charity. Watch for the political calls to increase over the next several months, heading toward elections this fall. These calls are really annoying!
The other type of call that is bothersome is from companies with which I already have a "business relationship." I find that most companies define this pretty broadly. This is especially true for large corporations. So, I buy some tires at a department store and they call me for siding.
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Yes, I do not understand why NASA would send up such a large crew and risk that many lives. It would have been much better from a risk management (and common sense) approach to do some type of unmanned re-entry, or fly with the smallest crew possible.
For example: Ctrl+T gives you a tab. Ctrl+N gives you a window. There are other ways to do this too.
They are just about there. Big farm operations don't make any money without federal (U.S.) subsidies.
I'm a new farmer, starting out with just 40 acres. One of the first words of advice, from my neighbors, was on how to get my government money. I checked into the particular program and decided it was not for me. If I accepted the government money, I would be limited on what I could raise. No thank you!
Here's another one. What happens to your farm if you can't pay your property taxes? You loose it! You only own the land as long as you can pay the property taxes.
I think that most requirements gathering activities don't involve the right people. Most importantly, they should involve the developer. I have seen requirements sessions involving only the business analyst, an IT lead, and the project manager. They leave out the developer! Usually it is done because the developer is busy with other things.
If you leave the developer/programmer out of the requirements work, they never get the opportunity to understand the requirements and ask questions as the requirments are formed. If you do these two things, you will get much better designs.
Read the EULA and read this, in the Gripe Log, before you buy.
Look at the case of Percy Schmeiser, a Canadian farmer whose canola crop was contaminated with Monsanto's Round-Up Ready Canola.
This is a wide-spread problem that is pitting the small farmer against corporate giants. Look at this article from The Des Moines Register.
They only lowered the price they raised. And, that is only for the basic listing fee. I'm glad that they did it, but it was done for the purpose of spin and damage control.
The homeschooling part is not expensive, as long as one parent is home to do it. As far as materials such as books, these are readily available and often for a good price used.
We've moved to the "unschooling" approach, which in many ways is even less expensive. I want my children to be able to think and express themselves, not to mention, love their family. It's an investment in time that will return more value than you ever could believe.
Yes, and we were put to shame in Iraq. Look at what most of those people risked to go and vote. What is risked in the U.S.? A few minutes of your time.
The role of public schools isn't to produce free thinkers and speakers. It is to get the masses to submit to the government.
Sledge-O-Matic!
Legacy systems will often contain such hard limits. Usually, they are buried deep in the code and sometimes no one knows that they exist. Any point where such hard limits exist must be discovered. A solution needs to then be designed for each situation. If you are a manager or a maintainer of such a system, it is your responsibility to do this. When you are questioned, just point out the Comair computer disaster.
This reminds me of the WKRP turkey episode. "As God is my witness, I thought turkeys could fly!!!"-- Arthur Carlson, WKRP in Cincinnati
Also, what do you do with all the old cars, trucks, vans, etc? As an example, look at how fast people are moving to HDTV. How fast would the adoption rate be for this technology. Would there be automatic navigation lanes, similar to carpool lanes?
I must admit that I would enjoy travelling to work this way. It just seems that it will be a long time becoming a reality, if at all.
I like to send anonymous donations from time to time. I can't easily do this anymore. When I go to the bank to get a cashiers check, I must now be identified on the check. I feel that I have lost a liberty because they are afraid that I might be supporting terrorism, when in reality, I am just trying to help someone out.
That being said, I don't like it one bit. It is another assult on our personal freedoms. This is one issue where the courts should get involved.
Any more, the shuttle is a waste of time and money. The main problem is that NASA has all their eggs in one basket. Where is the funding for development of the next generation shuttle? Let's take what we learned and improve upon it, rather than trying to keep this aging program going.
If you look at the map referenced in the article, the vote seems to be going that direction again. I'm from Iowa, and much of our vote is concentrated in our larger cities. If it goes like the last election, these cities will vote for Kerry.
The communication is difficult. You have to double-document everything, even brief phone conversations. There's also the CYA activities necessary because of the contract.
The biggest hurdle is the lack of knowledge of our company and business. Sure, they have a center of excellence, but really, it takes years to get a good grasp on our business and way of doing things.
There are cultural issues too. Everyone I work with offshore are very nice. It's just hard to tell if you are getting a straight answer or not.
I believe that we could have done a better job on this project by having the whole team on-site. At least you have body-language to tell you when understanding is not happening.
While loosing your freedom might be punishment enough, is it enough of a deterrent to keep the prisoner from becomming a repeat offender? Maybe, by not having TV, they would have time to reflect on what they did wrong and decide to change their ways so they don't end up back in prison agan. There are a lot of better ways to build character than watching what is on TV today.
I think our government views TV as a right. Why else would prison inmates get it?
If I remember right, they would actually use petrolium jelly on the outer portion of the camera lense. This would create the fuzzy appearance for the closeup of the lady's face.
I played guitar in a garage band in the 1970s and early 1980s. A friend of mine had a PAiA Electronics Gnome Micro-Synthesiser. We used it on gigs and had a lot of fun with it. It was especially good at doing the intro to Riding the Storm Out by REO. Instead of a keyboard, it had an electronic ribbon that you touched with a probe to make the different pitches. I had a diagram to indicate where to set all the dials.
The latest internal statistic at my company on this is that 52% of the incoming email is SPAM.
I don't get too many unsolicited calls anymore. However, I do get political calls and some charity. Watch for the political calls to increase over the next several months, heading toward elections this fall. These calls are really annoying!
The other type of call that is bothersome is from companies with which I already have a "business relationship." I find that most companies define this pretty broadly. This is especially true for large corporations. So, I buy some tires at a department store and they call me for siding.