The best way of judging the risk is to ask the crew for the rescue mission if they would be willing to risk their lives for a 10% chance of the shuttle blowing up on reentry. The only ones against doing something about it were the managers.
Yes, a shallower angle and higher entry speed would have resulted in a more "gentle" descent, but the lower temperatures and pressures would have been sustained for longer, so no evidence that a change in reentry would have had any effect in their survival. They don't carry enough fuel to re-enter slow enough to survive a heat shield failure.
The article made it clear that it wouldn't have worked, but was only a theoretical exercise. There has never been a shuttle launch with a 100% success rate of all tests, and that would have had to have happened for this to work.
Why wouldn't this survive? She claims she was defrauded in her contract, and her demand for reparation of the fraud is partial ownership of the copyright.
This case seems to be all about the contractual dispute, copyright is a minor issue. But in slashdot world, the copyright becomes the major issue, and the contractual dispute/fraud is ignored.
How can someone who performed in a work-for-hire claim copyright?
When the contract for the work for hire is invalid (not in good faith or fraudulent), as is claimed here.
Or if that offends you, she claims she was defrauded, and the judgment she's seeking for the remedy for the fraud is partial-ownership of the copyright.
A performer owns copyright of their performance, unless otherwise agreed. Most actors sign away these rights. She may have signed away those rights, but is arguing a breach of contract that would nullify that assignement of her copyright on her own work. If she is correct in that breach of contract assertion, then she should still hold copyright over her performance, and her scenes would have to be cut to end up with a work that the "owner" would be able to distribute.
The principle issue here is not copyright, but contract law.
When I last went to a Radio Shack (close to 12 years ago now) it was for speaker cable. They only sold the packages like you describe. I went to the same one 5 years before that and they had it by the foot on rolls. And electronic components. But in 2001, last I was in one, there was nothing like that at all. I guess they tried making a come back. But now, I'm nowhere near one, so I can't check again. Like the solder and iron I mentioned elsewhere, Home Depot was a better electronics store than Radio Shack (solder, and piles of speaker wire, though they call it electrical wire there).
Last I went to one (it's been years), they had no components. They recommended Home Depot, who did carry solder irons and solder. Radio Shack sold phones, toys, and not much else.
It's not about others working for less, but others working for more. If Peter Jackson gets paid by the NZ governemnt to have Weta do the sfx for LoTR, then the US should tax the imported product to even the playing field. Same with Ewe Boll in Germany (though it looks like cg is beyond his ketchup budget). It's about foreign government paying people to move jobs out of the US. The US should object to that, and tax accordingly.
When the Aussies play fair with their imports, they'll have a leg to stand on when dealing with others. NZ fruit, South American fruit, if Australia makes it, they over-tax the import. The US should do the same, but an Aussie asking for it is rich.
If the Chinese government is subsidizing solar panels, they are tarriffed and talks start about blocking them completely. If Ewe Boll is subsidized by the German government or Peter Jackson is subsidized by the NZ government, why is the US failing to enforce its stated import rules against those works?
What, are we dispensing with all pleasentries now and just fighing a war with our "most favored" trading partner, China?
Yes, but given the number of stories about the Tesla, any news about the CEO, stock price, or awards would likely be gauged to be newsworthy, regardless of comparitive interest of any single story. Once a single subject is being covvered in absurd detail, all details will be covered, without regard to whether any individual detail is newsworthy.
Yes, they volunteer. I spoke with more than one Katrina "volunteer" who was turned away from the site. Sure, one ham can call another, and have that one call 911 and hope the information gets back to the people that actually matter. But the actual responders don't want them underfoot. Many of the preparedness exercises are held by volunteer organizations, but when a real emergency hits, they are turned away. How many preparedness exercises you refer to were organized by FEMA or the National Guard? You know, the people on the ground when the big ones hit, throwing up roadblocks and turning away self-styled survivalists with radios.
Nerds are often interested in cars. Cars have tech. But pure HP wars aren't nerdy enough for Slashdot. The editors know that anything about any EV/hybrid will generate lots of posts about coal and politics and such, so they encourage/reward them. If the commentators could remain on topic, the number would drop drastically. But we are off topic discussing the related or unrelated stories.
My heat pump in my house is rated to full quoted rating down to -20. I can't imagine that the capacity would drop that much for another -20 degrees, but I've not tried, we get about 10 frosts a year, and never a hard one.
The number of passenger cars per household (not trucks) is about 2 per household.
Average new car is over $30k. Yes, I know that's new. But even your $300 clunker was new at some point. If people aren't buying new cars in enough numbers, there'd be no used cars.
In the 1960s, the top speed for a wheel driven vehicle (not a jet powered one, but '60s tech driving wheels) was over 400 mph. 50 years later, production cars (which this limited run doesn't even qualify for), are nearing 70% of what was achieved in the '60s. Managing to hit 70% of what was done 50 years ago isn't going to awe me. Top speed is one of the least interesting performance measures of a car. Why would top speed matter in a road car when it's never legal or safe for a car to do it on the road?
The rich document bags use disproportionately more resources. Targeting them gets the greatest effect per person. And they are some of the few that can afford green. The middle class can't. The poor are green because they can't afford anything.
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The best way of judging the risk is to ask the crew for the rescue mission if they would be willing to risk their lives for a 10% chance of the shuttle blowing up on reentry. The only ones against doing something about it were the managers.
Yes, a shallower angle and higher entry speed would have resulted in a more "gentle" descent, but the lower temperatures and pressures would have been sustained for longer, so no evidence that a change in reentry would have had any effect in their survival. They don't carry enough fuel to re-enter slow enough to survive a heat shield failure.
The article made it clear that it wouldn't have worked, but was only a theoretical exercise. There has never been a shuttle launch with a 100% success rate of all tests, and that would have had to have happened for this to work.
Why wouldn't this survive? She claims she was defrauded in her contract, and her demand for reparation of the fraud is partial ownership of the copyright.
This case seems to be all about the contractual dispute, copyright is a minor issue. But in slashdot world, the copyright becomes the major issue, and the contractual dispute/fraud is ignored.
How can someone who performed in a work-for-hire claim copyright?
When the contract for the work for hire is invalid (not in good faith or fraudulent), as is claimed here.
Or if that offends you, she claims she was defrauded, and the judgment she's seeking for the remedy for the fraud is partial-ownership of the copyright.
A performer owns copyright of their performance, unless otherwise agreed. Most actors sign away these rights. She may have signed away those rights, but is arguing a breach of contract that would nullify that assignement of her copyright on her own work. If she is correct in that breach of contract assertion, then she should still hold copyright over her performance, and her scenes would have to be cut to end up with a work that the "owner" would be able to distribute.
The principle issue here is not copyright, but contract law.
Yes, the clerk is "just following orders". If the orders are bad, the clerk has the option to not follow them.
When I last went to a Radio Shack (close to 12 years ago now) it was for speaker cable. They only sold the packages like you describe. I went to the same one 5 years before that and they had it by the foot on rolls. And electronic components. But in 2001, last I was in one, there was nothing like that at all. I guess they tried making a come back. But now, I'm nowhere near one, so I can't check again. Like the solder and iron I mentioned elsewhere, Home Depot was a better electronics store than Radio Shack (solder, and piles of speaker wire, though they call it electrical wire there).
Last I went to one (it's been years), they had no components. They recommended Home Depot, who did carry solder irons and solder. Radio Shack sold phones, toys, and not much else.
It's not about others working for less, but others working for more. If Peter Jackson gets paid by the NZ governemnt to have Weta do the sfx for LoTR, then the US should tax the imported product to even the playing field. Same with Ewe Boll in Germany (though it looks like cg is beyond his ketchup budget). It's about foreign government paying people to move jobs out of the US. The US should object to that, and tax accordingly.
When the Aussies play fair with their imports, they'll have a leg to stand on when dealing with others. NZ fruit, South American fruit, if Australia makes it, they over-tax the import. The US should do the same, but an Aussie asking for it is rich.
If the Chinese government is subsidizing solar panels, they are tarriffed and talks start about blocking them completely. If Ewe Boll is subsidized by the German government or Peter Jackson is subsidized by the NZ government, why is the US failing to enforce its stated import rules against those works?
What, are we dispensing with all pleasentries now and just fighing a war with our "most favored" trading partner, China?
Yes, but given the number of stories about the Tesla, any news about the CEO, stock price, or awards would likely be gauged to be newsworthy, regardless of comparitive interest of any single story. Once a single subject is being covvered in absurd detail, all details will be covered, without regard to whether any individual detail is newsworthy.
Yes, they volunteer. I spoke with more than one Katrina "volunteer" who was turned away from the site. Sure, one ham can call another, and have that one call 911 and hope the information gets back to the people that actually matter. But the actual responders don't want them underfoot. Many of the preparedness exercises are held by volunteer organizations, but when a real emergency hits, they are turned away. How many preparedness exercises you refer to were organized by FEMA or the National Guard? You know, the people on the ground when the big ones hit, throwing up roadblocks and turning away self-styled survivalists with radios.
Nerds are often interested in cars. Cars have tech. But pure HP wars aren't nerdy enough for Slashdot. The editors know that anything about any EV/hybrid will generate lots of posts about coal and politics and such, so they encourage/reward them. If the commentators could remain on topic, the number would drop drastically. But we are off topic discussing the related or unrelated stories.
Yeah, but the hams all think that when the apocalypse comes, they'll save the human race.
My heat pump in my house is rated to full quoted rating down to -20. I can't imagine that the capacity would drop that much for another -20 degrees, but I've not tried, we get about 10 frosts a year, and never a hard one.
The number of passenger cars per household (not trucks) is about 2 per household.
Average new car is over $30k. Yes, I know that's new. But even your $300 clunker was new at some point. If people aren't buying new cars in enough numbers, there'd be no used cars.
Polar orbits still go behind the Earth.
I expected as much, but kept the wording because it was funny.
In the 1960s, the top speed for a wheel driven vehicle (not a jet powered one, but '60s tech driving wheels) was over 400 mph. 50 years later, production cars (which this limited run doesn't even qualify for), are nearing 70% of what was achieved in the '60s. Managing to hit 70% of what was done 50 years ago isn't going to awe me. Top speed is one of the least interesting performance measures of a car. Why would top speed matter in a road car when it's never legal or safe for a car to do it on the road?
So you aren't putting "solar panels" in orbit, but giant mirrors. Are they pointed at a generator in orbit or back to Earth?
I understand you didn't RTFA, but perhaps you can try next time to RTFS(ummary) "the Tesla Model S is is the Best Overall Car you can buy"
CR didn't say it was the best vehicle on the planet, but the best overall car (assumption: within their test criteria).
The rich document bags use disproportionately more resources. Targeting them gets the greatest effect per person. And they are some of the few that can afford green. The middle class can't. The poor are green because they can't afford anything.
Yes, and if you note, lots of Google car submissions are accepted.