Think of all the "space-age" technology you have today. Your cell phone, compact radios, great insulation, etc etc. All that was developed from technologies made for the original moon-shot. Expecting benefits from pure research and development in 5 years is insane. Although the station does suck allot of money, it will pay off in the future in new synthesis technologies, habitat sustainability, launch, and commumication technologies.
As much as I hate to give MS props, C# is one of my favorite languages to program in. I'm a GNU programmer at heart, but programming C# is like brain candy. I don't have to think about memory allocation or anything even remotely machine-related.
Because with all the memory leaks that were made in windows makes me trust M$oft to do the memory allocation right!
I like 'em both. A guy can swing both way, right?
Sure, they have a job ready for you as Mr. Ballmer's personal ASSistant.
Yes, I know it's out of context.
No, I don't care.
I just wanted to add to this discussion one little thing. I used to be in the avid "Just want a "phone" phone." group. However recently, my finacee was in an accident. She thought the person in front of her had gone so she started out and popped the rear of the car in front. The woman immediately jumps out of the car and starts yelling and screaming for the police. Basically, this woman was being a bitch.
As soon as the police showed up, they looked at the woman and asked (many times) "where's the damage". As soon as my finacee took out the camera phone and started documenting the accident, everything settled down and the bitch^H^H^H^H^H^H Lady finally left.
I basically just wanted to say, camera phones do serve(rarely) a purpose and I'm glad I have one now.
No one said ANYTHING about cheaper parts... but hey, feel free to continue to critque. And a few months could have put us in a better launch windows that didn't require as much fuel, etc, etc.... Not to mention the salaries of a team of engineers and scientists...
But I will say they made a marvelous piece of equipment
While it's outstanding that these things are running so well for so long, it's amuzing that people haven't thought of this from an engineer's perspective.
These things are horribly over-engineered. Not that it is a bad thing they are proving so resilliant, but we're now at 8x the "designed" life span. In my mind, that means they could have probably built it half as robust and still been outstanding pieces of machinery(and alot less expensive).
I know that hindsight is 20/20, and I'm not judging the engineers poorly on this feat(quite the opposite in fact). I just thought someone might want to point that little tid-bit out...
I mean, come on. It is the greeks afterall. Can you turn an entire city into sex-crazed bi-sexual women that are slave to all men who enter(espescially gods)? If not, then what the hell is the point!?
Pretty much, that is the gist of it. You can't put the Presidential Seal(or any of the other government seal) on ANYTHING that is sold. Change something with it, and it's parody. Using something in un-altered form is NOT parody. It's also not about free speech(see first sentence). No one will give a rat's ass as long as they "parody" the seal. The Onion has smart people... They should have know about this law. So either they didn't care and broke it anyway, or they didn't care cause they thought they wouldn't be called on it. Either way, CHANGE IT IN SOME WAY!
Only greedy people fall for the "I have $18346205826.54 US, and I need someone to help me get it out of the country." So, how can you feel truly sorry for someone who is attempting to commit a crime and gets scammed out of his money?
well, that sounds like a good plan... not buying something. But a good teacher makes sure their students get what they need to learn. And no, things don't get sorted out. My Father was threatened with possible firing because he sent a letter of complaint to the super-intendant(he's a pricnipal now) complaining about the lack of funding and salary cuts while the upper administration got raises. The problems are not the teachers, the problem is the overblown admininstration. I don't want to discuss all of this here, but when someone in a top administration postion decides the money and everyone gets cuts except for the top administration(who get raises) something is corrupt, and proper channels no longer work. But maybe that's just me.
Meanwhile, teachers have duped us into believing they're underpaid! They even get special tax breaks, oestensibly to "purchase school supplies". What a powerful lobby they have!
Of course, now all students have to be IQ-tested for the "no student left behind" act. Perhaps we should test the teachers, too, and leave some of them behind.
I shouldn't respond to this, but I feel I must. First off, both of my parents are teachers.
My mother had to work 25 years, get a national board certification, and such to reach $38,000. My father had to work similarly. All this while raising two children. When I was growing up, I remember my mother having to decide what she could afford at the store to go with rice for dinner.
Recently, the school board decided to fund my mother's room with a whopping total of $75 to purchase supplies for the year. Now what's worse is that this class has several modules that require expendable items like glue, balsa wood, certain chemicals, etc. The $75 wouldn't cover even ONE of the 12 modules. She had to buy the rest out of pocket.
And if you think they get paid over the summer, you're mistaken. Most teachers have 10-month contracts. So, what the school does is spread that money out over 12 months so that there is no stop in money flow. Also, teachers work during the day at school, and get paid no overtime for the work they do at home. Make lesson plans, grade papers, deal with irate parents, deal with the verbal abuse of morons like you... etc... etc.
Next time you make an assanine comment like that, I hope you do it in front of a teacher and get the back of your hand slapped by a ruler. But of course that won't happen since teachers are disciplined for patting a child on the shoulder now in congratulations of good work.
The level to which the copying can be taken and purposely distributed without consent is vastly different when it becomes digital.
And here I thought copyright laws were to protect all rights of the creator regardless of the infraction... no the level to wich that infingment occurs.
Don't misunderstand my tone, I understand your point. But copyright laws are about each infraction, not the number of times and scale of the infraction.
fuck you you leave. Why does this supposedly free society with allegedly Democratic rights for all demand deportation to the enslaved countries for the tiny offense of airing criticism of it in public? It's my vote, for "We the People", right? And I FUCKING SAY I DON'T WANT TO BE PART OF A FUCKING DICTATORSHIP! That's my citizenly opinion on how to run this country. Go back to FOX "news" and get your robot brain programmed some more.
You are correct that it's your vote, but you have been consistantly over ridden by less fanatical people. You can say what you want, just as I can suggest that if you really "don't want to be part of a dictatorship" then you have other options of citizenship. I don't really expect you to go running off into the ocean, but I'm weary of everyone using hindsight to justify venomous attacks with no real basis.
People in the US like people who make good plans. Yelling and whining and screaming does nothing but tick people off. Here's a suggestion, go run for office and see just how many supporters you can garner with your rhetoric. Dean recently tried to run for president on that level of "debate" and lost horribly... have fun!
This is of course utterly laughable, as it simply does not matter who invented what, or how would you react to the Chinese demanding you stop using paper, or, omg, firearms, because they invented the stuff?
Point of info: Chinese invented rockets and blackpowder, not firearms. However, lets take this a bit further. Ok, they invented paper. Fine. We don't want to use theirs, so we can make our own. Blackpowder? Oh, well we just make our own and developed smokeless powder also. So, we invited the internet... you don't want to use ours? Fine, go build/make your own.
I'm just tired of hearing about all this SHIT. Countries make your own.country stuff. Leave TLD alone, it's working fine. then you'll have your own little sandbox to play in and tax and everything.
Jesus, yeah. I'm fed up with this hypocracy. The US government wants to enslave the world. Period. If you doubt this, you've never opened a history book in your life.
*Points to Canada*
*Points to Mexico*
*Points to the Pacifist^H^Hc Ocean*
*Points to the Anal-retentive^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^Htlantic Ocean
You're free to travel in any of those directions towards open borders. Let's hope you do the world a favor and take one of the last two... Oh, and don't bring any scuba gear other than the belt. HAVE FUN!
And what does this matter, in about 10 years, the IPv4 Address space will be exhausted... so there will be a new overlord^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H controlling body at that point.
This "new" thruster sounds an awful lot like an IonEngine. Not to discount this or anything. But theoretically, the ion engine can propel a craft to near the speed of light, it will just take it a few thousand years to get up to that speed. I think one engineer refered to it as "acceleration with patience." I guess I'll be more impressed when I see one of these things used in a vehicle launch situation.
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Think of all the "space-age" technology you have today. Your cell phone, compact radios, great insulation, etc etc. All that was developed from technologies made for the original moon-shot. Expecting benefits from pure research and development in 5 years is insane. Although the station does suck allot of money, it will pay off in the future in new synthesis technologies, habitat sustainability, launch, and commumication technologies.
"Whale: 'I wonder if it will be my friend'"
Yes, I know it's out of context.
No, I don't care.
I just wanted to add to this discussion one little thing. I used to be in the avid "Just want a "phone" phone." group. However recently, my finacee was in an accident. She thought the person in front of her had gone so she started out and popped the rear of the car in front. The woman immediately jumps out of the car and starts yelling and screaming for the police. Basically, this woman was being a bitch.
As soon as the police showed up, they looked at the woman and asked (many times) "where's the damage". As soon as my finacee took out the camera phone and started documenting the accident, everything settled down and the bitch^H^H^H^H^H^H Lady finally left.
I basically just wanted to say, camera phones do serve(rarely) a purpose and I'm glad I have one now.
At least then you'll never need to get up to get rid of that monitor tan and you can fix a grilled cheese sammich at the same time!
BRRRRRRRRiiiiilliant!!
No one said ANYTHING about cheaper parts... but hey, feel free to continue to critque. And a few months could have put us in a better launch windows that didn't require as much fuel, etc, etc.... Not to mention the salaries of a team of engineers and scientists...
But I will say they made a marvelous piece of equipment
While it's outstanding that these things are running so well for so long, it's amuzing that people haven't thought of this from an engineer's perspective.
These things are horribly over-engineered. Not that it is a bad thing they are proving so resilliant, but we're now at 8x the "designed" life span. In my mind, that means they could have probably built it half as robust and still been outstanding pieces of machinery(and alot less expensive).
I know that hindsight is 20/20, and I'm not judging the engineers poorly on this feat(quite the opposite in fact). I just thought someone might want to point that little tid-bit out...
Now, FLAME ON!!
had the spirit to climb husband hill!!
I mean, come on. It is the greeks afterall. Can you turn an entire city into sex-crazed bi-sexual women that are slave to all men who enter(espescially gods)? If not, then what the hell is the point!?
Pretty much, that is the gist of it. You can't put the Presidential Seal(or any of the other government seal) on ANYTHING that is sold. Change something with it, and it's parody. Using something in un-altered form is NOT parody. It's also not about free speech(see first sentence). No one will give a rat's ass as long as they "parody" the seal. The Onion has smart people... They should have know about this law. So either they didn't care and broke it anyway, or they didn't care cause they thought they wouldn't be called on it. Either way, CHANGE IT IN SOME WAY!
Only greedy people fall for the "I have $18346205826.54 US, and I need someone to help me get it out of the country." So, how can you feel truly sorry for someone who is attempting to commit a crime and gets scammed out of his money?
well, that sounds like a good plan... not buying something. But a good teacher makes sure their students get what they need to learn. And no, things don't get sorted out. My Father was threatened with possible firing because he sent a letter of complaint to the super-intendant(he's a pricnipal now) complaining about the lack of funding and salary cuts while the upper administration got raises. The problems are not the teachers, the problem is the overblown admininstration. I don't want to discuss all of this here, but when someone in a top administration postion decides the money and everyone gets cuts except for the top administration(who get raises) something is corrupt, and proper channels no longer work. But maybe that's just me.
I shouldn't respond to this, but I feel I must. First off, both of my parents are teachers.
My mother had to work 25 years, get a national board certification, and such to reach $38,000. My father had to work similarly. All this while raising two children. When I was growing up, I remember my mother having to decide what she could afford at the store to go with rice for dinner.
Recently, the school board decided to fund my mother's room with a whopping total of $75 to purchase supplies for the year. Now what's worse is that this class has several modules that require expendable items like glue, balsa wood, certain chemicals, etc. The $75 wouldn't cover even ONE of the 12 modules. She had to buy the rest out of pocket.
And if you think they get paid over the summer, you're mistaken. Most teachers have 10-month contracts. So, what the school does is spread that money out over 12 months so that there is no stop in money flow. Also, teachers work during the day at school, and get paid no overtime for the work they do at home. Make lesson plans, grade papers, deal with irate parents, deal with the verbal abuse of morons like you... etc... etc.
Next time you make an assanine comment like that, I hope you do it in front of a teacher and get the back of your hand slapped by a ruler. But of course that won't happen since teachers are disciplined for patting a child on the shoulder now in congratulations of good work.
You're lucky... Since I worked at a computer repair store in highschool, I got called in to fix all those things you did.... Fscking BASTARD!
And here I thought copyright laws were to protect all rights of the creator regardless of the infraction... no the level to wich that infingment occurs.
Don't misunderstand my tone, I understand your point. But copyright laws are about each infraction, not the number of times and scale of the infraction.
One of the bigges online collections of data will be violating copywrights by copying information provided by libraries...
Guess we need to outlaw coppiers in libraries...
You are correct that it's your vote, but you have been consistantly over ridden by less fanatical people. You can say what you want, just as I can suggest that if you really "don't want to be part of a dictatorship" then you have other options of citizenship. I don't really expect you to go running off into the ocean, but I'm weary of everyone using hindsight to justify venomous attacks with no real basis.
People in the US like people who make good plans. Yelling and whining and screaming does nothing but tick people off. Here's a suggestion, go run for office and see just how many supporters you can garner with your rhetoric. Dean recently tried to run for president on that level of "debate" and lost horribly... have fun!
Point of info: Chinese invented rockets and blackpowder, not firearms. However, lets take this a bit further. Ok, they invented paper. Fine. We don't want to use theirs, so we can make our own. Blackpowder? Oh, well we just make our own and developed smokeless powder also. So, we invited the internet... you don't want to use ours? Fine, go build/make your own. I'm just tired of hearing about all this SHIT. Countries make your own
Shouldn't that read Reason "1"??
*Points to Mexico*
*Points to the Pacifist^H^Hc Ocean*
*Points to the Anal-retentive^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^Htlantic Ocean
You're free to travel in any of those directions towards open borders. Let's hope you do the world a favor and take one of the last two... Oh, and don't bring any scuba gear other than the belt. HAVE FUN!
And what does this matter, in about 10 years, the IPv4 Address space will be exhausted... so there will be a new overlord^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H controlling body at that point.
So is plasitc if you apply a large enough voltage (see OLEDs).
Dump the yellow toner.
compared to 2.1230753x10^-32
This "new" thruster sounds an awful lot like an Ion Engine. Not to discount this or anything. But theoretically, the ion engine can propel a craft to near the speed of light, it will just take it a few thousand years to get up to that speed. I think one engineer refered to it as "acceleration with patience." I guess I'll be more impressed when I see one of these things used in a vehicle launch situation.