Wow, way to stretch that guys comment.
having public roads, sewer, water, and emergency services are a necessity. internet on the other hand is in no way a necessity, especially at such a high cost. using public money for this when we are still in a deficit is completely irrational.
"The automated telephone exchange was invented by someone who ran a fire brigade, and reckoned (rightly, as it turned out), that the switchboard operators were favouring his rival."
Took me a bit of searching but I found it, He was an Undertaker.
"According to legend, Almon Strowger, an undertaker, was motivated to invent an automatic telephone exchange after having difficulties with the local telephone operators, one of whom was the wife of a competitor. He was said to be convinced that she, as one of the manual telephone exchange operators was sending calls "to the undertaker" to her husband."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strowger_switch
I spent 8 years in the Navy, 2 of which were as a deck seaman on an LHA (800 footer). 4 years were spent in Norfolk VA doing coastal water patrol and the other 2 were spent as harbor security on Guam.
I have experienced a few storms underway and i can assure you there is nothing good to be had in a hurricane at sea.
Getting underway to escape a harbor (and sail around the storm) is common practice
Getting underway and deliberately sailing into a storm to increase speed on a janky vessel with a crew of limited knowledge and experience is simple incompetence.
As an American, I normally jump at the chance to badmouth Iran. I strongly urge you to look at the history of that area before making a statement like that. Iran was once a very westernized place and before that it was many other things.
Im not sure the footprints will be visible after all this time.
The site itself should be left alone, but landing nearby and getting close enough to capture some video would (in my opinion) revive public interest in space.
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Tell us how you really feel.
Talk about how Christianity is bad for the sciences.
Total Garbage. Just what I expect from the U.S. Government. Can't balance our budget, find more ways to tax consumers.
Anyone who ain't groovy is a wicked loozah.
Agreed
Wow, way to stretch that guys comment. having public roads, sewer, water, and emergency services are a necessity. internet on the other hand is in no way a necessity, especially at such a high cost. using public money for this when we are still in a deficit is completely irrational.
All I got out of it was Monkey Island is being namedropped by developers...
That wall of text has approximately 0 readability and far less value.
wow
damn wall of text... sorry
"The automated telephone exchange was invented by someone who ran a fire brigade, and reckoned (rightly, as it turned out), that the switchboard operators were favouring his rival." Took me a bit of searching but I found it, He was an Undertaker. "According to legend, Almon Strowger, an undertaker, was motivated to invent an automatic telephone exchange after having difficulties with the local telephone operators, one of whom was the wife of a competitor. He was said to be convinced that she, as one of the manual telephone exchange operators was sending calls "to the undertaker" to her husband." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strowger_switch
I spent 8 years in the Navy, 2 of which were as a deck seaman on an LHA (800 footer). 4 years were spent in Norfolk VA doing coastal water patrol and the other 2 were spent as harbor security on Guam. I have experienced a few storms underway and i can assure you there is nothing good to be had in a hurricane at sea. Getting underway to escape a harbor (and sail around the storm) is common practice Getting underway and deliberately sailing into a storm to increase speed on a janky vessel with a crew of limited knowledge and experience is simple incompetence.
play louder music.
I thought the title said: How about some Fritos at work?
and what did you bring to the conversation? about as much as me.
no need, but the choice is there. free speech lady.
And I used up my last mod points this morning.
more mod points to this please
mod this +6 funny plz k thx bai
As an American, I normally jump at the chance to badmouth Iran. I strongly urge you to look at the history of that area before making a statement like that. Iran was once a very westernized place and before that it was many other things.
fanboi alert
no balls
Im not sure the footprints will be visible after all this time. The site itself should be left alone, but landing nearby and getting close enough to capture some video would (in my opinion) revive public interest in space.
The dream of getting a HJ through the internet took a step forward today.
Since when is Slashdot PC? Can't even say Bitchslapping anymore?