this is awesome. one rover kicked ass now there are two. good work NASA and JPL and anyone else who helped out. i hope i can work on something as cool as this mission when i get older. i wish more people paid attention to these missions. most people i know just say, "they sent a cart to mars. wow. who cares?"
i hope people aren't this disinterested when we finally send a mission to Europa.
i don't understand why making a computer voting system is so hard. you make a booth with a screen. people come in. people look at their ID and then they go into the booth. they slide their ID (either driver license or a special voter card) into the machine. it checks to see that they are registered and if they have voted already. if they are ok to vote the candidates come up on a screen. it will have their picture and their name so dumb people won't mess it up. you touch the person/option you want to vote for. the results aren't sent over any network. the same people that usually go pick up the punch cards go to each machine and get the results. the only stuff you need to send over a network is the check at the begining to see if they are registered and if they have voted yet or not. there are web sites all over the net that have voting things and they can remember if you've voted before. they work ok. why can't this type of voting work that well?
this is just the first logical step until we are all driving vehicles like the one Mr. Garrison invented on South Park... all it needs is anal intrusion.
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good call old chum!!! tally ho!
i dont' go there but they have a good CS program and there actually is a 3:1 women to men ratio
this story has everything. technology, spies, massive explosions, and high ranking government officials dying. it doesn't get much better than this.
this is awesome. one rover kicked ass now there are two. good work NASA and JPL and anyone else who helped out. i hope i can work on something as cool as this mission when i get older. i wish more people paid attention to these missions. most people i know just say, "they sent a cart to mars. wow. who cares?" i hope people aren't this disinterested when we finally send a mission to Europa.
i don't understand why making a computer voting system is so hard. you make a booth with a screen. people come in. people look at their ID and then they go into the booth. they slide their ID (either driver license or a special voter card) into the machine. it checks to see that they are registered and if they have voted already. if they are ok to vote the candidates come up on a screen. it will have their picture and their name so dumb people won't mess it up. you touch the person/option you want to vote for. the results aren't sent over any network. the same people that usually go pick up the punch cards go to each machine and get the results. the only stuff you need to send over a network is the check at the begining to see if they are registered and if they have voted yet or not. there are web sites all over the net that have voting things and they can remember if you've voted before. they work ok. why can't this type of voting work that well?
well, i think the philosophy of the square meter would have been better.
that is awesome. i am in awe of their ability to talk about absolutely nothing. :-)
this is just the first logical step until we are all driving vehicles like the one Mr. Garrison invented on South Park... all it needs is anal intrusion.
the sun is on fire!!! run away!!!
I knew Bill Gates would make some sort of mechanial exoskeleton and destroy us all someday...