I agree whole-heartedly about TekServe - loved em!
Is there anyone else that good anywhere else in the country? I don't know. I sure can't find one near Detroit.
7) Knowing the difference between true speed, indicated airspeed, and actual airspeed. My Intro to Aerospace Engineering prof defined indicated airspeed thusly:
The indicated airspeed is the airspeed indicated by the airspeed indicator. If you say it fast like he did, it's a tongue twister.
Look, manned spaceflight as it exists, and as it's projected over the next thirty years, is useless. He's right about the shuttle and the ISS. If Bush's proposed Mars mission is more of the same, then I say scrap it.
A one-off Mars shot is just a big waste of time. It's only worth it if it leads somewhere, and the trajectory doesn't look good right now.
20 people per year joyriding at 320 km is not a big enough payoff for the annual US investment. Either kill it or invest enough to make it worthwhile.
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"Nose" and "lose" don't rhyme.
Man, do some research before you blow your tinfoil-hatted top.
This guy works/worked for the intelligence services.
Sure, if you call the news media an "intelligence service." But if you don't call it that, he was just a reporter. Then he was a news producer, then he ran a PR firm, then he worked in the Nixon White House as a speechwriter.
He was/is involved in "disinformation" operations.
Sure, if you believe that PR and writing speeches for Nixon is "disinformation." Ok, you're "right" on this one, but not really.
This guy gets an article published in the NY Times about a very successful operation that helped finish the Cold War.
It's just crazy, the access that regular Op/Ed writers for the New York Times get to the pages of the New York Times. And how did I get access to my employer's office? Oh, yeah, I work there and it's part of the job. "Who is this guy Maureen Dowd, and how does he get his stuff in the Times so much more than I do?"
There is no evidence, other than this article, and it can't be proved or disproved.
It's not an article, it's an Op/Ed, so that's fine, more or less. It's also how Safire does business quite frequently.
I love a good, well-informed tin-foil hat rant as much as the next guy. It's interesting how much I don't love uninformed ones.
a return to a 14 + 14 "founder's copyright" would be not so much radical as reactionary
I dunno, just because an idea is old doesn't mean it can't be radical. Free speech is still radical. I'm game to call the "founder's copyright" radical.
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I agree whole-heartedly about TekServe - loved em! Is there anyone else that good anywhere else in the country? I don't know. I sure can't find one near Detroit.
I'd like that.
But maybe that's just me...
But seriously, what is it?
Look, manned spaceflight as it exists, and as it's projected over the next thirty years, is useless. He's right about the shuttle and the ISS. If Bush's proposed Mars mission is more of the same, then I say scrap it. A one-off Mars shot is just a big waste of time. It's only worth it if it leads somewhere, and the trajectory doesn't look good right now. 20 people per year joyriding at 320 km is not a big enough payoff for the annual US investment. Either kill it or invest enough to make it worthwhile. -- "Nose" and "lose" don't rhyme.
Man, do some research before you blow your tinfoil-hatted top. Sure, if you call the news media an "intelligence service." But if you don't call it that, he was just a reporter. Then he was a news producer, then he ran a PR firm, then he worked in the Nixon White House as a speechwriter. Sure, if you believe that PR and writing speeches for Nixon is "disinformation." Ok, you're "right" on this one, but not really. It's just crazy, the access that regular Op/Ed writers for the New York Times get to the pages of the New York Times. And how did I get access to my employer's office? Oh, yeah, I work there and it's part of the job. "Who is this guy Maureen Dowd, and how does he get his stuff in the Times so much more than I do?" It's not an article, it's an Op/Ed, so that's fine, more or less. It's also how Safire does business quite frequently. I love a good, well-informed tin-foil hat rant as much as the next guy. It's interesting how much I don't love uninformed ones.
I dunno, just because an idea is old doesn't mean it can't be radical. Free speech is still radical. I'm game to call the "founder's copyright" radical.