I watched NOVA, which said that the Viking missions were basically just a test mission. It didn't have a lot of the gizmos and gadgets because NASA just wanted to see if they could land on Mars, and more importantly, not break anything in the process. A big problem with Opportunity and Spirit was getting them to fit inside the lander module. NASA used the same exact module as the Viking missions, which is why Spirit folds up into a nice little pyramid - it had to fit in there because they wanted to go with a design they had already used and knew it worked.
I think that would violate the fourth amendment. You need to obtain a warrant, which must specify exactly what user you are targeting, and what it is your seeking. You can't just subpeona an ISP and filter all their client's emails until you find what your looking for.
I grew out of legos some 8 or 9 years ago, but LOVED them as a kid. I had everything from Ice Planet to Space Police to the robots (can't remember the name of the series). I have at least 2 or 3 big boxes full of these complete with instruction manuals. I probably recieved/spent $2000 on that stuff and its just sitting in my attic. It will be interesting to see if they skyrocket in value in the near future.
GM, Ford, Toyota, etc. should be the ones building the roads, out of their own pockets, to create incentives for people to buy their automobile products.
By the time that happens we'll all be flying around.
Also, wasn't the interstate system built to quickly access different areas of the country, should it ever be invaded? Hows a jet supposed to land in a tunnel?
My microapps teacher told me a story of his grandfather refusing to use the phone. He said, "Why would I ever talk into a peice of plastic. If I want to talk to somebody, I'll go down the street and talk to them."
While some people today may be concerned about big brother, new generations are more open to technology. I think that someday, tomorrow's kids will not have a problem with technology controlling their lives because they will be brought up in a world where technology is already doing so.
I am only 18 years old and have started a business with a great outlook. What dmorin said is correct, in that you really don't need that much money to start. The great thing about computers is that they enable you to start a dream with little or nil capital. You can start your project as a hobby and see where it takes you. I talked to my high school teacher Mr. Killion about my idea while he was teaching his MS Access unit. He said it was a great idea, so I borrowed a copy of Access 2000 and started tooling around. I got something pretty simple yet snazzy running, and showed a few guys at the pizza place I worked at. They loved the idea, and gave me tons of great feedback all of which i wrote down. Now that I knew the idea was a good one, I purchased a laptop on ebay and Academic Editions of Office Pro and VST with my college ID, saving roughly $800 on the software.
I continued to improve my product and started telling a few friends about it. One of them asked if there was anything he could do to help, and I told him I needed help with sales.
The sales area of my business was the roughest part for me, as I had multiple hits against me such as no prior sales experience, I look young for an already young age, and I had trouble 'upselling' my product - that is, hitting the points potential customers wanted to hear. So my friend and I got together a few mornings and just hit Pizza place after Pizza place. We had a really hot prospect, which got us both very excited. The manager was thrilled to see the program, and even more impressed when I told him I was the one who designed it. He said it was awesome, but would be even better if it had inventory management too!
I was certain this sale was going to go great. I looked at my notebook, made all the changes he suggested, and spent the entire weekend developing the new inventory system. We went back there and he apoligized but the owner basically didn't want to spend any money.
It was a big disappointment to both of us, but we still had an interest out there. My friend Greg had to go down to florida for school as the summer was ending, so we said our goodbyes and that was the end of my salesmen role for a while.
I had just about given up when my mom (without telling me) had told our mechanic about my program. One afternoon while getting my car fixed he stopped into his shop for a second. He saw me and asked about my program and what it did. I started telling him, and since I had my laptop out at the time, I just started to walk him through it.
He was blown away! "Wow this is AWESOME!", and "So many places could use something like this!" were just some of the many positive comments from him. After my little presentation, he said he happened to be related to the owner of a local pizza chain around here. I told him that I had tried to contact that chain, and that they had just blown me off. I gave him my card (always have these handy - give them to everybody you meet!) and told him I appreciated his efforts to speak with the owner of the local chain.
Turns out he didn't have much success with the chain either.
Then things changed for the brighter. The very next day his brother had come up to him and told him he was opening a Pizza and Sub Shop in Dracut, MA (www.spuckies.biz). He got very excited and said, "OMG OMG You've got to call this kid he's like 16 but he's a genious he's the next Bill Gates!". Not thinking much of it, Dennis, the co-owner of the new shop, took my card and checked out my website (www.digitalcommercesolutions.com \ www.dcsusa.biz - comming soon). He was blown away - "Career Opportunities, Head of Sales, Database Management Specialists?!?? - A kid did this???". He was certain it was the works of a major software corporation somewhere in America... but it was just me:)
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I watched NOVA, which said that the Viking missions were basically just a test mission. It didn't have a lot of the gizmos and gadgets because NASA just wanted to see if they could land on Mars, and more importantly, not break anything in the process. A big problem with Opportunity and Spirit was getting them to fit inside the lander module. NASA used the same exact module as the Viking missions, which is why Spirit folds up into a nice little pyramid - it had to fit in there because they wanted to go with a design they had already used and knew it worked.
I think that would violate the fourth amendment. You need to obtain a warrant, which must specify exactly what user you are targeting, and what it is your seeking. You can't just subpeona an ISP and filter all their client's emails until you find what your looking for.
I wonder if, when I was removed from the computers, they noticed the degradation in work/quality from the remainder of the class.
With their heads so far up their asses, I don't think they are capable of any real investigation into the matter.
How to render the Segway obsolete.
I did not RTFA, but a related story was on Tech-TV. http://www.techtv.com/news/scitech/story/0,24195,3 587957,00.html
I grew out of legos some 8 or 9 years ago, but LOVED them as a kid. I had everything from Ice Planet to Space Police to the robots (can't remember the name of the series). I have at least 2 or 3 big boxes full of these complete with instruction manuals. I probably recieved/spent $2000 on that stuff and its just sitting in my attic. It will be interesting to see if they skyrocket in value in the near future.
GM, Ford, Toyota, etc. should be the ones building the roads, out of their own pockets, to create incentives for people to buy their automobile products.
By the time that happens we'll all be flying around. Also, wasn't the interstate system built to quickly access different areas of the country, should it ever be invaded? Hows a jet supposed to land in a tunnel?
My microapps teacher told me a story of his grandfather refusing to use the phone. He said, "Why would I ever talk into a peice of plastic. If I want to talk to somebody, I'll go down the street and talk to them." While some people today may be concerned about big brother, new generations are more open to technology. I think that someday, tomorrow's kids will not have a problem with technology controlling their lives because they will be brought up in a world where technology is already doing so.
I am only 18 years old and have started a business with a great outlook. What dmorin said is correct, in that you really don't need that much money to start. The great thing about computers is that they enable you to start a dream with little or nil capital. You can start your project as a hobby and see where it takes you. I talked to my high school teacher Mr. Killion about my idea while he was teaching his MS Access unit. He said it was a great idea, so I borrowed a copy of Access 2000 and started tooling around. I got something pretty simple yet snazzy running, and showed a few guys at the pizza place I worked at. They loved the idea, and gave me tons of great feedback all of which i wrote down. Now that I knew the idea was a good one, I purchased a laptop on ebay and Academic Editions of Office Pro and VST with my college ID, saving roughly $800 on the software.
:)
I continued to improve my product and started telling a few friends about it. One of them asked if there was anything he could do to help, and I told him I needed help with sales.
The sales area of my business was the roughest part for me, as I had multiple hits against me such as no prior sales experience, I look young for an already young age, and I had trouble 'upselling' my product - that is, hitting the points potential customers wanted to hear. So my friend and I got together a few mornings and just hit Pizza place after Pizza place. We had a really hot prospect, which got us both very excited. The manager was thrilled to see the program, and even more impressed when I told him I was the one who designed it. He said it was awesome, but would be even better if it had inventory management too!
I was certain this sale was going to go great. I looked at my notebook, made all the changes he suggested, and spent the entire weekend developing the new inventory system. We went back there and he apoligized but the owner basically didn't want to spend any money.
It was a big disappointment to both of us, but we still had an interest out there. My friend Greg had to go down to florida for school as the summer was ending, so we said our goodbyes and that was the end of my salesmen role for a while.
I had just about given up when my mom (without telling me) had told our mechanic about my program. One afternoon while getting my car fixed he stopped into his shop for a second. He saw me and asked about my program and what it did. I started telling him, and since I had my laptop out at the time, I just started to walk him through it.
He was blown away! "Wow this is AWESOME!", and "So many places could use something like this!" were just some of the many positive comments from him. After my little presentation, he said he happened to be related to the owner of a local pizza chain around here. I told him that I had tried to contact that chain, and that they had just blown me off. I gave him my card (always have these handy - give them to everybody you meet!) and told him I appreciated his efforts to speak with the owner of the local chain.
Turns out he didn't have much success with the chain either.
Then things changed for the brighter. The very next day his brother had come up to him and told him he was opening a Pizza and Sub Shop in Dracut, MA (www.spuckies.biz). He got very excited and said, "OMG OMG You've got to call this kid he's like 16 but he's a genious he's the next Bill Gates!". Not thinking much of it, Dennis, the co-owner of the new shop, took my card and checked out my website (www.digitalcommercesolutions.com \ www.dcsusa.biz - comming soon). He was blown away - "Career Opportunities, Head of Sales, Database Management Specialists?!?? - A kid did this???". He was certain it was the works of a major software corporation somewhere in America... but it was just me
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