The Primary destination for the space shuttle is ISS. That is basically all the shuttle is going to be used for, ISS. That is also why NASA didn't want to fix Hubble with a manned mission because that would mean that the space shuttle wouldn't be able to approach ISS if a problem occured.
Yep, NASA has an entire book available on their site documenting the building of the space shuttle. The Space Shuttle actually would have been much more advanced and safer then it is right now. But, Congress had given NASA a strict budget, and NASA had to build a space shuttle with the budget they had at the time which was if I remember correctly was around 1.2billion.
Considering some of the better designs needed nearly 4billion to be built, 1.2billion was way too little:-/
Umm... You know when they where doing project Pluto(A nuclear powered Ramjet Cruise Missile) They found out that the exhaust was barely radioactive, if it was radioactive at all.
Ohh and the project your are talking about is NERVA, and that was not canned because they were considered too dangerous. They were canned because of the 1963 ban on nuclear testing in the atmosphere. And the considered the exhaust from the NERVA rockets to be radioactive, which was hardly the case, but nonetheless blame the politicians.
Umm there is this big thing in space called the International Space Station. All the shuttle has to do is dock with it, and either spacewalk and fix it themselves, or wait for another shuttle to come and repair it.
Ohh and the chances of both shuttles breaking is slim, very very slim.
Mmmm I certainly wouldnt consider an iPod disposable. $300 for 20gb, that should last quite a while until you ever need to get a new one(new batteries only cost $30)
Because umm Copyright's are protected by federal law http://www.copyright.gov/circs/circ1.html
You know when they wrote "Life, Liberty, and Pursuit of Happiness"? They really ment, "Life, Liberty, and Property" And you know, Movies and whatnot are one's property, and it is the governments job to make sure that people have the right to control their own property.
Because its M$, everyone hates M$, booo M$, Down with M$$$$$$$$$!!!!!!!!11 I dont even know why I hate M$ but I just do, M$ sucks!!!!!
Its slashdot, people hate microsoft for insignificant reasons.
I honestly don't see the problem with windows Media Player, I personally have VLC set as my main video player in Windows XP, and in OS X too. But, now its like, Microsoft has to remove features of the OS because people are whining. Its like forcing Toyota to stop offering Toyota Seats in their cars because they are a monopoly. They should just offer cars without seats to people, yah like people are going to buy those right? Cars without seats, HAHA.
I mean, I thought everything going open-source was something people would love, especially a popular OS like Solaris(dont give me garbage about Solaris dying, It is still a rather popular OS in many segments(for example my school's CS program uses Sun computers with Solaris))
This kind of attitude is rather how should I say, Arrogant.
Why do people try to control information... Just let it be free.
Because ummm.. it takes effort to create information. And umm people don't usually do stuff just for "the hell of it". You know we live in a capitalist society right? People are rewarded for making good things. If you lose the incentive to do something new, why do it at all? Don't give me crap about utopian societies and whatnot, we live in the real world and people are greedy bastards. Socialism doesn't work in our world;-) Unless you have figured out a way to create replicators ala Star Trek.
No, but by your analogy, going into Deer Parks Reserviors and hooking some of your own pipes into their water systems without their authorization, and then using those pipes to provide free water would also not be stealing.
But umm, that is stealing, that is what these sites are doing.
But... In the spirit of being a good American, it appears you only care about yourse
lf, and aren't thinking of how this impacts others.
Please enlighten me with your wisdom as to how this is affecting others.
You're a moron, did you know that? An ignorant moron... These sites were simply indexing what's being offered by others. If one were to go by your variety of logic, eBay should be shut down also since stolen good have been offered on it in the past.
Closing these sites down doesn't remove one bit of content from being offered. For that matter, you can find torrents on Google also. Should we shut them down as well?
That's great and all, that they were just "indexing" the information. Yeah the actual servers for the torrents were hosted on different sites, wooptiedoo! Does it matter? They were a portal for illegal content, illegal is illegal, wether you are providing it, or providing a way to get it.
I wholeheartedly agree. This is a very good thing for Developing Nations. But these sites are not in Developing nations.
But, you might also be forgetting that the majority of the traffic to these torrent sites is coming from the US, and one of the main reasons these sites are in other countries is to escape US copyright laws. IF these sites WHERE in developing nations and only catering to those developing nations, I wouldn't see much of a problem problem with that at all.
Ohh yeah, lets not forget the video game torrents, the movie torrents, the music torrents, the book torrents, the operating systems torrents, the software torrents....
Yeah lets all hide it behind TV torrents...
Like I said, You hear what you want to hear. You also hide everything behind that. "Lets forget about everything illegal these torrent sites had and lets only mention TV torrents!"
There are never 2 sides to a story. There are only Facts.
So True. The best form of government is a mixture of strong local governments and a weak federal government. That way, if something screws up in your area, you know who to blame, the local government.
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The Primary destination for the space shuttle is ISS. That is basically all the shuttle is going to be used for, ISS. That is also why NASA didn't want to fix Hubble with a manned mission because that would mean that the space shuttle wouldn't be able to approach ISS if a problem occured.
Yep, NASA has an entire book available on their site documenting the building of the space shuttle. The Space Shuttle actually would have been much more advanced and safer then it is right now. But, Congress had given NASA a strict budget, and NASA had to build a space shuttle with the budget they had at the time which was if I remember correctly was around 1.2billion.
:-/
Considering some of the better designs needed nearly 4billion to be built, 1.2billion was way too little
Umm... You know when they where doing project Pluto(A nuclear powered Ramjet Cruise Missile) They found out that the exhaust was barely radioactive, if it was radioactive at all.
Ohh and the project your are talking about is NERVA, and that was not canned because they were considered too dangerous. They were canned because of the 1963 ban on nuclear testing in the atmosphere. And the considered the exhaust from the NERVA rockets to be radioactive, which was hardly the case, but nonetheless blame the politicians.
You sir are an uninformed sheep.
Umm there is this big thing in space called the International Space Station. All the shuttle has to do is dock with it, and either spacewalk and fix it themselves, or wait for another shuttle to come and repair it.
Ohh and the chances of both shuttles breaking is slim, very very slim.
Wow, Im sure Bush had a lot to do with the spy sattelite programs in the late 80's early 90's. uhuh, keep thinking that.
Mmmm I certainly wouldnt consider an iPod disposable. $300 for 20gb, that should last quite a while until you ever need to get a new one(new batteries only cost $30)
Because umm Copyright's are protected by federal law http://www.copyright.gov/circs/circ1.html
You know when they wrote "Life, Liberty, and Pursuit of Happiness"? They really ment, "Life, Liberty, and Property" And you know, Movies and whatnot are one's property, and it is the governments job to make sure that people have the right to control their own property.
Mooooooo!
... Not everyone is a sheep yah know.
Boycott that crap!!! Thats what!
And there in one post you can find all my freaks.
Because its M$, everyone hates M$, booo M$, Down with M$$$$$$$$$!!!!!!!!11 I dont even know why I hate M$ but I just do, M$ sucks!!!!!
Its slashdot, people hate microsoft for insignificant reasons.
I honestly don't see the problem with windows Media Player, I personally have VLC set as my main video player in Windows XP, and in OS X too. But, now its like, Microsoft has to remove features of the OS because people are whining. Its like forcing Toyota to stop offering Toyota Seats in their cars because they are a monopoly. They should just offer cars without seats to people, yah like people are going to buy those right? Cars without seats, HAHA.
Because most Open Source software is a pain in the ass to use thats why.
heh maybe I should have RTFA a bit more then?
Exactly
I mean, I thought everything going open-source was something people would love, especially a popular OS like Solaris(dont give me garbage about Solaris dying, It is still a rather popular OS in many segments(for example my school's CS program uses Sun computers with Solaris))
This kind of attitude is rather how should I say, Arrogant.
Ontop of that, Information does become free, because yah know, copyrights expire.
Because ummm.. it takes effort to create information. And umm people don't usually do stuff just for "the hell of it". You know we live in a capitalist society right? People are rewarded for making good things. If you lose the incentive to do something new, why do it at all? Don't give me crap about utopian societies and whatnot, we live in the real world and people are greedy bastards. Socialism doesn't work in our world
No, but by your analogy, going into Deer Parks Reserviors and hooking some of your own pipes into their water systems without their authorization, and then using those pipes to provide free water would also not be stealing.
But umm, that is stealing, that is what these sites are doing.
Stealing is Stealing
You can not rationalize stealing. If you stole something from someone, then you stole it, you didn't "deprive them of a theoritical sale"
Please enlighten me with your wisdom as to how this is affecting others.
You're a moron, did you know that? An ignorant moron... These sites were simply indexing what's being offered by others. If one were to go by your variety of logic, eBay should be shut down also since stolen good have been offered on it in the past.
Closing these sites down doesn't remove one bit of content from being offered. For that matter, you can find torrents on Google also. Should we shut them down as well?
That's great and all, that they were just "indexing" the information. Yeah the actual servers for the torrents were hosted on different sites, wooptiedoo! Does it matter? They were a portal for illegal content, illegal is illegal, wether you are providing it, or providing a way to get it.
The truth hurts.
It might, but you'd never know.
Yeah, you wouldn't either.
I wholeheartedly agree. This is a very good thing for Developing Nations. But these sites are not in Developing nations.
But, you might also be forgetting that the majority of the traffic to these torrent sites is coming from the US, and one of the main reasons these sites are in other countries is to escape US copyright laws. IF these sites WHERE in developing nations and only catering to those developing nations, I wouldn't see much of a problem problem with that at all.
Ohh yeah, lets not forget the video game torrents, the movie torrents, the music torrents, the book torrents, the operating systems torrents, the software torrents....
Yeah lets all hide it behind TV torrents...
Like I said, You hear what you want to hear. You also hide everything behind that. "Lets forget about everything illegal these torrent sites had and lets only mention TV torrents!"
There are never 2 sides to a story. There are only Facts.
Media in 2014 sir, Media in 2014...
So True. The best form of government is a mixture of strong local governments and a weak federal government. That way, if something screws up in your area, you know who to blame, the local government.
Basically, Devolution of government all the way!
I ment "hear about how evil M$ are" Before all you grammer/spelling nazis come.
Yeah, they are certainly robber barrons, those damned capitalists trying to make money off of their work... Who would have though of such a thing!?