They have bigger budgets, usually, that's true. But they need 'em when they're spending $800 on a hammer or a toilet seat...
Those are examples of the US Government. No argument that there is tremendous waste here. Are European governments equally as wasteful? I haven't seen much data on that.
While I applaud attempts like this, if governments couldn't get it right with Beagle then private orgs are certainly going to face some very difficult work to make this happen.
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Hello again sir, just a quick follow up. It seems our options may be more limited than I originally thought. Some guy on Slashdot just gave me a better grounding in law. I thought I was supposed to know everything already?
I apologize for the unpleasant news you are probably reading this morning. We thought we had this one in the bag, but the opposing side actually made better use of solid facts and accurate analysis than we anticipated. I estimate more obfuscation will be needed to win on appeal. We will do our best though.
Agreed. That will probably be more beneficial to science in the long run. If space can be successfully commercialized, that will be worth many billions more than any budget increase for NASA. Scientific projects (or whatever else) can then be funded through commercial funds if NASA doesn't have enough to go around for everything.
Virtual PC on Mac OS 9 is an order of magnitude faster on even a 400 MHZ G4 under Mac OS Classic than Virtual PC is on a 1.5 Ghz G4 under OS X.
That's BS.
I have used VPC a lot under OS 9 and OS X on my Powerbook (800 Mhz G4). Yes it is faster under 9, but the difference is nowhere near an order of magnitude. And I would bet you good money that a 400 Mhz machine will not run it faster than a 1.5 Ghz machine under ANY OS.
Right now a small private company (Liftport), not NASA or the Air Force, is in the lead on revolutionary space travel.
They aren't the only private company planning independent space travel. For example, Space Island Group is planning to build multiple space stations by the end of the decade. They have a lot of former NASA engineers working for them.
the only thing is, i think some people spend their entire lives looking for a perfect action plan about a problem where no such perfect action plan exists.
in other words, on some problems in life, all possible choices are risky and carry some chance of utter failure. yet, irregardless, action is still prudent, necessary, and inescapable. so if you hold the bar to high on the action plan you will choose when it presents itself, you will wind up never acting and always waiting.
That is a good thing to keep in mind. Yes risk is necessary. Since I am only 20, I don't really consider myself to be just a lazy, complacent wiseass who is content to opine from the couch. I will contribute to society what significant thoughts and ideas I have when I feel I am in good position to do so.
Additionally, I think a lot of the people on this site are part of the younger audience (unless they're still coding in Fortran) where broad based political activism is not a potent motivating factor yet.
I'm reminded of the psychology of inaction you allude to when I hear people continually proclaiming "If only" [insert desired outcome here]. As if by some universal law of nature the good or desirable result is supposed to will itself into existence simply because it is good or desirable.
You are reading WAY too much into what I was trying to say.
if people don't like what they see, they turn off the tv, they don't buy the paper.
This is all I was pointing out. Different media formats have different ways for gauging public approval. Newspapers are similar to your Hollywood example. People directly support it with their dollars. I was referring to TV specifically which is different. Unless someone is a member of the Nielson 5,000, turning off the TV is not sending any message to the station they were watching that they don't approve of what they heard. In other words, their methods for expressing displeasure are less direct. That's why I think you see a slower change in the broader structure of television journalism than you do in other formats.
if the right controls the media through billion dollar corporations, then they can saturate the airwaves with their message. but if people hunger for another pov that jives with what they are thinking, boy oh boy, you would see the rise of small scale left-leaning publications like crazy.
I wasn't referring to one party or the other. Both are equally guilty. The left have their rich media moguls and so do the right.
the truth is simply that fox news is successful because it's right wing message actually finds appeal and resonance in people. yeah that's scary.
Again, I wasn't referring to Fox News specifically. I actually lean towards the right. However, my problem is with all media outlets. You have no one actually trying to get to the truth. Some things aren't political, some are just plain common sense. But we can't have that with the elite media. Everything has to be turned into a controversy.
but when you actually want to influence people about your pov, then get ot talking to them. if you just want to placate your conscience and convince yourself why there is no need to fight for what you believe in, then you keep with your back room conspiracy bs.
I have no such intention. I completely agree that intelligent discussion is what is most needed in the current media climate.
i don't know about you, but people are not the dumb automatons and sheep you make them out to be, and talking to them like zombies only turns them off even further to what you think
I never said most people were dumb or that they were zombies. The complete opposite is true. We have a plethora of very intelligent people in this country. The problem is that it takes a lot of effort to be heard. For some reason simply having an intelligent viewpoint on an issue isn't enough. You have to mix in some controversy, some pointless political postulating, and some plain ol' BS to have any chance of being accepted by the media. I think efforts working to change that attitude would go a long way.
i wish you would use your rationality to convince yourself to action instead, as action always trumps inaction. action is the only thing that ever made any difference in this world.
Once again I agree. However, one has to have a good idea of what one thinks needs to be done before a cohesive plan of action can be devised. That's why I appreciate and participate in discussions like this.
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the dog was in the room watching you have sex.....
Nothing so bad about that, unless it was participating too.
My dog already seems to be fairly well equipped...
Oops, I promised the producer I wouldn't say anything.
They have bigger budgets, usually, that's true. But they need 'em when they're spending $800 on a hammer or a toilet seat...
Those are examples of the US Government. No argument that there is tremendous waste here. Are European governments equally as wasteful? I haven't seen much data on that.
Sensationalism in /. posts?
You treat that as an interrogative rather than a known fact.
You must be new here.
While I applaud attempts like this, if governments couldn't get it right with Beagle then private orgs are certainly going to face some very difficult work to make this happen.
Sounds good except in 5 years the timeline will have increased to 10 years.
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Do the editors even read /.?
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I would rather pay the "life tax."
Dear Mr Bainwol,
Hello again sir, just a quick follow up. It seems our options may be more limited than I originally thought. Some guy on Slashdot just gave me a better grounding in law. I thought I was supposed to know everything already?
Your Confused Lobbyist
A sensible ruling on copyright terms?
Dear Mr. Bainwol,
I apologize for the unpleasant news you are probably reading this morning. We thought we had this one in the bag, but the opposing side actually made better use of solid facts and accurate analysis than we anticipated. I estimate more obfuscation will be needed to win on appeal. We will do our best though.
Sincerely yours,
Your Well Paid Lobbyist
Then I will for you.
My joystick is a perfect fit for your vibrating device.
That's probably the discrepancy then. I haven't used 98 in a long time. I use 2000/XP.
Agreed. That will probably be more beneficial to science in the long run. If space can be successfully commercialized, that will be worth many billions more than any budget increase for NASA. Scientific projects (or whatever else) can then be funded through commercial funds if NASA doesn't have enough to go around for everything.
Make the inflatable dolls play audio clips when certain sensors are touched.
And make them get louder when touched in certain areas.
That's probably because of the HAL.
Yeah, he gets cranky when he has to emulate multiple architectures. It takes resources away from his cognitive subroutines.
Because nobody ever specifically banned it?
Actually it was probably because of people like this that have a fetish for banging cadavers.
Virtual PC on Mac OS 9 is an order of magnitude faster on even a 400 MHZ G4 under Mac OS Classic than Virtual PC is on a 1.5 Ghz G4 under OS X.
That's BS.
I have used VPC a lot under OS 9 and OS X on my Powerbook (800 Mhz G4). Yes it is faster under 9, but the difference is nowhere near an order of magnitude. And I would bet you good money that a 400 Mhz machine will not run it faster than a 1.5 Ghz machine under ANY OS.
Before the torrent of "windows sucks" posts...
Too late.
Right now a small private company (Liftport), not NASA or the Air Force, is in the lead on revolutionary space travel.
They aren't the only private company planning independent space travel. For example, Space Island Group is planning to build multiple space stations by the end of the decade. They have a lot of former NASA engineers working for them.
Well, that's until Jobs takes over as CEO...
Oh please. That's just as bad as the continual "Disney to buy Apple" rumors.
One of the comments posted on the blog identified this sorority as the source from another picture of one of the girls that was posted on their site.
the only thing is, i think some people spend their entire lives looking for a perfect action plan about a problem where no such perfect action plan exists. in other words, on some problems in life, all possible choices are risky and carry some chance of utter failure. yet, irregardless, action is still prudent, necessary, and inescapable. so if you hold the bar to high on the action plan you will choose when it presents itself, you will wind up never acting and always waiting.
That is a good thing to keep in mind. Yes risk is necessary. Since I am only 20, I don't really consider myself to be just a lazy, complacent wiseass who is content to opine from the couch. I will contribute to society what significant thoughts and ideas I have when I feel I am in good position to do so.
Additionally, I think a lot of the people on this site are part of the younger audience (unless they're still coding in Fortran) where broad based political activism is not a potent motivating factor yet.
I'm reminded of the psychology of inaction you allude to when I hear people continually proclaiming "If only" [insert desired outcome here]. As if by some universal law of nature the good or desirable result is supposed to will itself into existence simply because it is good or desirable.
You are reading WAY too much into what I was trying to say.
if people don't like what they see, they turn off the tv, they don't buy the paper.
This is all I was pointing out. Different media formats have different ways for gauging public approval. Newspapers are similar to your Hollywood example. People directly support it with their dollars. I was referring to TV specifically which is different. Unless someone is a member of the Nielson 5,000, turning off the TV is not sending any message to the station they were watching that they don't approve of what they heard. In other words, their methods for expressing displeasure are less direct. That's why I think you see a slower change in the broader structure of television journalism than you do in other formats.
if the right controls the media through billion dollar corporations, then they can saturate the airwaves with their message. but if people hunger for another pov that jives with what they are thinking, boy oh boy, you would see the rise of small scale left-leaning publications like crazy.
I wasn't referring to one party or the other. Both are equally guilty. The left have their rich media moguls and so do the right.
the truth is simply that fox news is successful because it's right wing message actually finds appeal and resonance in people. yeah that's scary.
Again, I wasn't referring to Fox News specifically. I actually lean towards the right. However, my problem is with all media outlets. You have no one actually trying to get to the truth. Some things aren't political, some are just plain common sense. But we can't have that with the elite media. Everything has to be turned into a controversy.
but when you actually want to influence people about your pov, then get ot talking to them. if you just want to placate your conscience and convince yourself why there is no need to fight for what you believe in, then you keep with your back room conspiracy bs.
I have no such intention. I completely agree that intelligent discussion is what is most needed in the current media climate.
i don't know about you, but people are not the dumb automatons and sheep you make them out to be, and talking to them like zombies only turns them off even further to what you think
I never said most people were dumb or that they were zombies. The complete opposite is true. We have a plethora of very intelligent people in this country. The problem is that it takes a lot of effort to be heard. For some reason simply having an intelligent viewpoint on an issue isn't enough. You have to mix in some controversy, some pointless political postulating, and some plain ol' BS to have any chance of being accepted by the media. I think efforts working to change that attitude would go a long way.
i wish you would use your rationality to convince yourself to action instead, as action always trumps inaction. action is the only thing that ever made any difference in this world.
Once again I agree. However, one has to have a good idea of what one thinks needs to be done before a cohesive plan of action can be devised. That's why I appreciate and participate in discussions like this.