You should come to Seattle. It rains all of the time and the majority of drivers are expert at it. They just cram as many cars on the freeways as is possibly.
You realize that Consumer Reports is pseudoscientific nonsense. They compare models that are outdated or unavailable. They more or less randomly make up criteria with a heavy bias to the Northeast US corridor's idea of a good time.
I'm having a hard time believing its going to happen anytime soon, but not due to technological hurtles and not even necessarily due to financial ones either. Any US company/individual interested in traveling out into the solar system on their own is going to face a gauntlet of red tape. "Environmental" groups that see any human advancement as an affront to the "natural order". Entrenched business interests that see it as a threat to their profit margins. And politicians who have spent years touting the "difficulty" of space travel and necessity of vast expenditures in money/resources to their states/districts. Against that SpaceX is going to have one heck of an uphill battle, though they did face a similar one just getting into the launch industry so while it might take a while they could very well succeed.
What, PETA has found 'Mars Hamsters' or something? Greenpeace has the "Vacuum Warrior"?
The Sierra Club is going to stand on "Of Course I'll Still Love You" and try to block a launch?
Decades ago, aerospace research was all private, then the government started buying in because it realised the benefit to the miliatary.
FTFY
I guess WWI was 'a few decades' but governments have been heavily involved in aerospace for quite some time. Remember, Jules Verne and Robert Heinlein never actually built anything.
Before this fact was just used for public shaming of one german manufacturer... Believe me, they did this purposefully to force Germany to agree to secret ISDS courts (aka "this wouldnt happen with ISDS courts, look how badly VW is doing").
Paranoid conspiracy in four posts!
Not quite a record, but an achievement nonetheless. You should get some mod points.
So, you hook up an equalizer circuit to a smart phone app and poof! Customization. You could even use the app to play tones at certain volumes to help train the device.
Just like the audiologist does.
These days this is easier than writing a malware app for IE 6,
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Model Rocketry Club in Middle School spawned a few engineers from my hometown.
The model rocketry club in my high school spawned a few brush fires....
In government projects, bid cost has only a fleeting correlation to actual costs. See, for example, any major weapons system.
I imagine that the government of Dubai is not immune to this sort of behavior on the part of it's contractors.
somebody should trademark that.
Yeah, the US Patent Office.
You should come to Seattle. It rains all of the time and the majority of drivers are expert at it. They just cram as many cars on the freeways as is possibly.
And then stop.
Perfectly safe.
Last time I checked, interest still cost money.
I'd bet that it the stated cost doesn't cover insurance though....
Wet cleanup on Aisle 6!
Boo!
With enough caffeine, anything is possible.
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Personal beauty products.
Oh, how far this site has fallen.......
You realize that Consumer Reports is pseudoscientific nonsense. They compare models that are outdated or unavailable. They more or less randomly make up criteria with a heavy bias to the Northeast US corridor's idea of a good time.
You're better off using Amazon's recommendations.
Tin ear, eh? Well, you will want some of these nice oxygen free cables so you don't corrode. Can't have that.
I'm having a hard time believing its going to happen anytime soon, but not due to technological hurtles and not even necessarily due to financial ones either. Any US company/individual interested in traveling out into the solar system on their own is going to face a gauntlet of red tape. "Environmental" groups that see any human advancement as an affront to the "natural order". Entrenched business interests that see it as a threat to their profit margins. And politicians who have spent years touting the "difficulty" of space travel and necessity of vast expenditures in money/resources to their states/districts. Against that SpaceX is going to have one heck of an uphill battle, though they did face a similar one just getting into the launch industry so while it might take a while they could very well succeed.
What, PETA has found 'Mars Hamsters' or something? Greenpeace has the "Vacuum Warrior"?
The Sierra Club is going to stand on "Of Course I'll Still Love You" and try to block a launch?
When was the last time you past the Turing Test?
I bet neither of you get invited to many parties.
Decades ago, aerospace research was all private, then the government started buying in because it realised the benefit to the miliatary.
FTFY
I guess WWI was 'a few decades' but governments have been heavily involved in aerospace for quite some time. Remember, Jules Verne and Robert Heinlein never actually built anything.
Me neither, I think people are blowing this way out of propo/#)/"!#))!=*{ NO CARRIER
Grandpa! We've told you a thousand times. Don't try to log into IRC in the car. The TRS-80 doesn't fit in the front seat!
Is this a rhetorical question?
Before this fact was just used for public shaming of one german manufacturer... Believe me, they did this purposefully to force Germany to agree to secret ISDS courts (aka "this wouldnt happen with ISDS courts, look how badly VW is doing").
Paranoid conspiracy in four posts!
Not quite a record, but an achievement nonetheless. You should get some mod points.
The big change in Alaska is you can't get an increasing number of items, especially heavy items or anything containing lithium at all.
However, WalMart still ships bottles of salad dressing and 50 pound bags of dog food for free.
It's a weird world.
Gotta love consistency.
The hobgoblin of little minds.
So, you hook up an equalizer circuit to a smart phone app and poof! Customization. You could even use the app to play tones at certain volumes to help train the device.
Just like the audiologist does.
These days this is easier than writing a malware app for IE 6,
Shhhh. His basement is whatever he wants it to be.
Don't mess up his day.
Does it blend?
Honest question: What would it take to make that happen? Money, time or technology?
Fusion and holographic storage.
Sure you can. Replica "Star Wars" everything. Replica "Star Trek" everything.
Reality is quite overrated.
Not even 'Lil Kim is that stupid. After all, this is rocket science. And rapid unscheduled disassembly is part and parcel of rocket science.
"If it doesn't blow, it doesn't go'.