I'm curious as to just how low the launch cost will be, compared to other options.
From the article, it seems that SpaceX is targetting 6M$ per launch, but that is surely not for the same weight a shuttle can lift.
I'd say the SUV is probably one of the best market to implement a hybrid system.
1-SUV are gaz guzzlers. 2-Americans (and Canadians and many others for that matter) buy lots of SUV. Those customers are unlikely to switch to a prius or a civic, at least in the short term. SUV are more popular than ever. 3-30% better fuel economy in a SUV results in bigger fuel savings than in a small car on an absolute scale. 4-The added weight and size of the batteries matter less in a SUV than in a car because the SUV is bigger and heavier. 5-The price premium of the hybrid system is less of a deterrent to SUV buyers because they save more fuel (in absolute terms) and because SUV are tipically more expensive vehicules.
So, I'm not saying everyone should go out and buy a Hummer, I'm saying that people will not realistically give up their SUV any time soon. Since they won't mind as much paying the premium for an hybrid system, then they are a very good market.
Also, it pays for the R&D, which in turn will improve the performance of the hybrid systems and hopefully reduce the price.
To me, a hybrid SUV is a great short term compromise.
It's amazing to see how, even with such limited data, scientists are able to determine the origin of those rocks.
Anyone know what to look for when searching meteorites ? My guess would be to look for an impact crater and check for unusual rocks but then again, IANAGeologist. I guess luck also plays a big role in that;)
Coming from Quebec, I won't try to say that the US have a good reputation here.
I would like to make one distinction though. I would say that most teenagers hate the american government, not the americans. Many american citizens are great folks.
You have elected that government, and as far as I know, we respect that. Are we happy with the results ? No. That is our right.
I guess that is the whole idea of having 2 countries. You can do things your way, we can do it ours. Anyway, how many americans actually care what the canadians think ?
As long as we respect our differences, we can cooperate, wether we agree on different issues or not.
As far as Fox news go, I don't really care. I'd much rather listen to RDI (French CBC news network) or even euronews. Still the CRTC (the ones who regultate that kind of stuff) needs some changes IMHO...
You say there was no plan for the US to attack Japan. True. But if you look at the situation in 1941, you will see that the diplomatic relations were already tense. Japan was attacking China with incredible brutality. Outraged by the Japanese actions, many government, including the US, placed an embargo on strategic materials to Japan.
Those resources, the most important one being OIL, were in short supply in Japan and were critical to their military and civilian operations. At this point, the japanese government and military decided to seize the south-east asian resources. They knew that the US would not sit still while japanese forces began marching on every island there, so they considered a pre-emtive strike.
It turned out to be one heck of a bad move, but it was a pre-emptive strike.
Also, as for the comparison to Bush, don't throw it away so fast. Granted, the US government is not the 1941 japanese government. Still, some interesting parrallels can be found:
1-Both launched a pre-emptive strike against a country that had no intentions of war (The lack of WMD is further proof of that... Iraq was a bankrupt 3rd world country, not a menacing state. Yes, countries that help terrorists might be a threat but Iraq was the wrong place to look for that)
2-In both cases, oil was a major issue. (I for one think it was the primary motivation for the US invasion but I have no proof so I will not argue further on that. Still, even if it didn't cause the war, oil was a major resource, for the Americans and Iraqies alike. It represents billions of dollars that will now likely go to Americans and coalition companies)
3-The strikes seem to backfire. More US soldiers have died since Saddam has fallen than during the war. The cost of all this is huge, the American economy is in the red. Relations with a lot of USA's allies are at their lowest point since the last century. International organisations are begining to fall apart.
So, Bush is not Hitler. But he certainly is not Gandhi either. The war has been done, so now it's too late to back out. If a stable democracy can emerge out of it, good. The idea now is to restore Iraq, restore diplomatic relations and make sure that every american citizen ask himself/herself: Do we really want to give that man another 4 years ?
I have had the exact same problem. The solution ? I simply openened the PS2, cleaned the interior, cleaned the air intakes and most importantly, cleaned the lens.
It took me half an hour(i was very cautious;)), a couple of sheets of scott towels, a Q-Tip and some alcohol.
My PS2 has been working flawlessly ever since.
BTW, if you want some help on how to do this procedure, try google. There is a Howto somewhere (sorry I lost the link) that explains the procedure very well.
The valve came from Germany and German engineering is at least on par, if not better than american engineering (just look at cars for example. Even american companies turn out to german engineering).
So, they could very well end up with a better part priced lower, simply because they are not bound by the same regulations NASA is.
First, there are many english speakers in Montreal and Hull. They work and live in english. I don't have a problem with that and no one should.
Saying it is impossible to live in english in quebec is pure bullshit. English speakers have schools, newspapers, tv channels, universities, etc. You want to play the latest videogame or see the new movie in english. There is absolutely no problem. You want service in english from the provincial government ? You can have it.
Is it so freaking hard to provide service in the language of the local majority ??? I mean, movie companies were making a big fuss over having to translate their movies so that a french release would be available at the same time. Videogames are still moslty english-only. The french-only speakers are screwed. They either have to learn english or not understand.
They HAD to make laws to force businesses to use french signs because the (mainly english speaking) businessmen didn't give a shit about the french speakers. Don't believe me ? Just take a walk downtown montreal and read some signs from old buildings. 100% English. We are not going back to this. Even if this means we have to force everyone to provide french signs and french services. You CAN have an english sign, as long as it is also in french. So, i don't see how we infringe on anyone's rights.
As for the language of communication, you will find that Montreal is a very multi-ethnic city. You can hear french, english, Chinese, arabic, etc. We encourage everyone to learn french and use it as a common language here in our province. There is nothing wrong with that. As I said earlier, for us, it is a matter of survival.
As for the government not restricting the language, Just try to obtain service in Arabic or Hebrew from your municipality or any part of the government for that matter. In Quebec, the government has to be more proactive because the sheer volume of english people surrounding us geographically and culturally would win by default. Not because the french want to give up their language, but because assimilation is insidious. First, we become bilingual, which is good. It broadens the horizons, expands your possibilities, etc. If we can stay there, good. But the danger is that services, business, life in general is more and more english speaking. PEople will use english, for convenience, and over a couple of generations, all notions of speaking french will have diseappeared. This is what is happening now outside Quebec. I personnally know some franco-ontarians that, for no apparent reason, only speak english to one another. I KNOW they are french. I know they speak french. Still, it is normal to them to speak to one another in english. It doesn't seem to make sense but it is happening. Remember that pre 1960 Quebec remained francophone because of the very strong presence of the church. the church can longer assume that role, since the government has assumed the role of the culture protector.
My feeling is that it is mainly miscommunication that is causing trouble with the rest of Canada. Quebecers have come to assume that all the other provinces are acting against Quebec because they hate us. The rest of Canada sees Quebec as the whining, spoiled brat of the country.
I for one have absolutely nothing against Canada. I love this country for it's great achievements and it's More Equal USA Minus The Arrogance TM approach (ouch, the flames are coming for that one , but keep in mind this is a personnal view . Also, please note that many americans are great people. I do not agree with your government, it's my right:P). People need to start talking to each other instead of spreading FUD all over the place.
Anyway, it is not going to happen. Everyone love their little wars on the size of the letters on a sign. In the end, this is what will cause the demise of Canada. I predict that unless the liberals get their head out of their ass and realize that 54 bloquistes out of 75 seats is a clear message for change, the PQ will come in strong next elec
Ok, that is the "standard" reasoning of english Canadians. I live in Hull and work with a lot of english speakers (Hull/Ottawa being separated only by a river very easily crossed) and most of them view things that way.
As a french Canadian that comes from Laval, I have a very different view on this. First, a quck history course: Once upon a time, north america was split between english and french. Then came the USA and a couple of wars that ended up with the english beating the french. So, at the time, Canada was a british colony occupying former french territories. Then the colony became a country. During all those years, lots of measures were taken to minimise the french speakers influence like having 50/50 representation when there was more french than english speakers to change that to rep by pop when english speakers became the majority. Up until the 1960's, it was nearly impossible to be successful IN Quebec, where the vast majority of the population was french speaking, unless you were an english speaker. For most of that time, the french culture was mostly preserved by the "traditionnalist" approach of the church that kept our economy mostly agricultural based with lots of farmers in small french villages.
Then, in the 60's, something changed. We call it the "Revolution Tranquille" or quiet revolution. Quebec people achieved a LOT in very short time. They introduced public schools, nationalised electricity, voted laws to protect the french language and the french speakers. The Quebec people were at last PROUD people, not the victims of a conquest trying to survive assimilation.
Of course, this new nationalism didn't please the rest of Canada, and it is still true today. But, and quebecers and Canadians alike are responsible for this, everyone blew this out of proportions. Instead of embrassing this "double culture", the english and french continued to fight, up to this day.
Canada is a vast country and many parts have largely different views on how it should be ruled. Out in the west, they view the Quebec nationalism as a plague. In Quebec, many view the english as oppressors. In fact, it is an indication of something fundamentally wrong with the country.
What is fundamentally wrong with the country is that Ottawa refuses to see the truth that Quebec is NOT identical to the other provinces. It is not better or worse, it is different. Here we don't speak english, we speak french. We don't drink molson canadian, we drink laurentide (although that might have changed since i looked). We don't celebrate Canada's national holyday, we celebrate the St-Jean-Baptiste (Most people are moving July 1st, since it's a holyday and they don't care about celebrations). We totally abhorre the monarchy stuff. We are more social-democrats than anyone else on the continent. We have a distinct culture. Most see themselves as Québécois fist, Canadians 2nd. Even in the worst years, about 40% of the population say they are fed up with Canada and want to separate. We have a different school system (CÉGEPs being the prime example). I could go on forever.
As I said, WE ARE NOT BETTER OR WORSE, we simply want to be acknoledged for what we are: 7 Millions french speakers in an ocean of over 300 Millions of english speakers. In order to protect the french language, the government HAS to pass laws, otherwise, it will soon be like before the 60's all over again. In case you didn't know, all over Canada, the french minorities are diseappearing, except in Quebec. I just look at Ontarians living in places like Orléans and assimilation is the first word I can think of. The Harris government has not been kind to them and right now there are a lot of consequences to that.
So, with all this ranting, do I have a solution ? Yes and no. Yes only if everyone can stop fighting and agree that the Canadian model is painfully outdated and needs a thourough review. In particular, give Quebec or any province for that matter the opportunity to opt-out of any federal program with compen
Wouln't taking ice from Europa make more sense ? After all Jupiter is much closer to us than Saturn is.
Of course, if they do find life there, the question becomes more complicated, but otherwise, it looks like an excellent water reserve to me;)
Would be to pass the word around the whole programming community (OSS but also all "famous" programmers, which should not be that hard considering that they now know whatever they say will be distorted to suit Brown's view) not to give interviews to anyone affiliated to the AdTI, or respond to their emails. If we can't keep them from trolling, we can at least NOT feed them.
You know, it is really wierd. I have the same problem (and judging by the replies, many others do).
KDE is arguably easier, more polished, prettier, etc than Gnome, but for some reason I keep getting back to Gnome.
To be honest, I have not installed KDE in quite a while, as I'm quite pleased with Gnome 2.6 (I have used Gnome since RedHat9 and now i'm using it on Gentoo).
Still something always bothered me about KDE.
I wonder if the KDE team is aware of that ? And if so, do they know what cause this ? If yes, are they willing to modify KDE to address the issue or simply ignore it and let us wierdos and hippies:P:P:P continue to use other desktops ?
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The real question is how long until someone figures out a way to unlock the hot coffee minigame.
Don't forget about the wedgie.....
./ crowd can relate to...
Yeah I know. Painful memories most of the
I'm curious as to just how low the launch cost will be, compared to other options. From the article, it seems that SpaceX is targetting 6M$ per launch, but that is surely not for the same weight a shuttle can lift.
The worst that could happen is a fork and a name change.
Ok, say you want to travel 100 miles using your numbers.
In a 30mpg car, it takes 3.333 gallons.
The same car with the hybrid system needs 2.56 gallons
net economy : around 0.77 gallons
In a 15mpg SUV, the same 100 miles will require 6.6666 gallons.
Equip the SUV with a hybrid system (that does 19.5mpg) and it will need 5.12 gallons
net economy : around 1.54 gallons
Using a hybrid system in a SUV thus makes a bigger difference.
I'd say the SUV is probably one of the best market to implement a hybrid system.
1-SUV are gaz guzzlers.
2-Americans (and Canadians and many others for that matter) buy lots of SUV. Those customers are unlikely to switch to a prius or a civic, at least in the short term. SUV are more popular than ever.
3-30% better fuel economy in a SUV results in bigger fuel savings than in a small car on an absolute scale.
4-The added weight and size of the batteries matter less in a SUV than in a car because the SUV is bigger and heavier.
5-The price premium of the hybrid system is less of a deterrent to SUV buyers because they save more fuel (in absolute terms) and because SUV are tipically more expensive vehicules.
So, I'm not saying everyone should go out and buy a Hummer, I'm saying that people will not realistically give up their SUV any time soon. Since they won't mind as much paying the premium for an hybrid system, then they are a very good market.
Also, it pays for the R&D, which in turn will improve the performance of the hybrid systems and hopefully reduce the price.
To me, a hybrid SUV is a great short term compromise.
Well, on the plus side, the Linux color scheme is one of the less painfull on the eye.
Just be thankfull it is not posted under IT
*shivers*
Feel free to move along and just ignore.
Seeing how it will probably never end ;)
So, I for one welcome our new Fluxbox Overlord !
It's amazing to see how, even with such limited data, scientists are able to determine the origin of those rocks. Anyone know what to look for when searching meteorites ? My guess would be to look for an impact crater and check for unusual rocks but then again, IANAGeologist. I guess luck also plays a big role in that ;)
How can they be sure that it comes from Mars and not from an asteroid/comet/moon/whatever ?
Coming from Quebec, I won't try to say that the US have a good reputation here.
I would like to make one distinction though. I would say that most teenagers hate the american government, not the americans. Many american citizens are great folks.
You have elected that government, and as far as I know, we respect that. Are we happy with the results ? No. That is our right.
I guess that is the whole idea of having 2 countries. You can do things your way, we can do it ours. Anyway, how many americans actually care what the canadians think ?
As long as we respect our differences, we can cooperate, wether we agree on different issues or not.
As far as Fox news go, I don't really care. I'd much rather listen to RDI (French CBC news network) or even euronews. Still the CRTC (the ones who regultate that kind of stuff) needs some changes IMHO...
This is a textbook example of Pre-Emptive Strike.
You say there was no plan for the US to attack Japan. True. But if you look at the situation in 1941, you will see that the diplomatic relations were already tense. Japan was attacking China with incredible brutality. Outraged by the Japanese actions, many government, including the US, placed an embargo on strategic materials to Japan.
Those resources, the most important one being OIL, were in short supply in Japan and were critical to their military and civilian operations. At this point, the japanese government and military decided to seize the south-east asian resources. They knew that the US would not sit still while japanese forces began marching on every island there, so they considered a pre-emtive strike.
It turned out to be one heck of a bad move, but it was a pre-emptive strike.
Also, as for the comparison to Bush, don't throw it away so fast. Granted, the US government is not the 1941 japanese government. Still, some interesting parrallels can be found:
1-Both launched a pre-emptive strike against a country that had no intentions of war (The lack of WMD is further proof of that... Iraq was a bankrupt 3rd world country, not a menacing state. Yes, countries that help terrorists might be a threat but Iraq was the wrong place to look for that)
2-In both cases, oil was a major issue. (I for one think it was the primary motivation for the US invasion but I have no proof so I will not argue further on that. Still, even if it didn't cause the war, oil was a major resource, for the Americans and Iraqies alike. It represents billions of dollars that will now likely go to Americans and coalition companies)
3-The strikes seem to backfire. More US soldiers have died since Saddam has fallen than during the war. The cost of all this is huge, the American economy is in the red. Relations with a lot of USA's allies are at their lowest point since the last century. International organisations are begining to fall apart.
So, Bush is not Hitler. But he certainly is not Gandhi either. The war has been done, so now it's too late to back out. If a stable democracy can emerge out of it, good. The idea now is to restore Iraq, restore diplomatic relations and make sure that every american citizen ask himself/herself: Do we really want to give that man another 4 years ?
I have had the exact same problem. The solution ? I simply openened the PS2, cleaned the interior, cleaned the air intakes and most importantly, cleaned the lens.
;)), a couple of sheets of scott towels, a Q-Tip and some alcohol.
It took me half an hour(i was very cautious
My PS2 has been working flawlessly ever since.
BTW, if you want some help on how to do this procedure, try google. There is a Howto somewhere (sorry I lost the link) that explains the procedure very well.
By the way, I am not saing American Engineering is bad. Only that quality part CAN and ARE obtained outside the US. ;)
The valve came from Germany and German engineering is at least on par, if not better than american engineering (just look at cars for example. Even american companies turn out to german engineering).
So, they could very well end up with a better part priced lower, simply because they are not bound by the same regulations NASA is.
First, there are many english speakers in Montreal and Hull. They work and live in english. I don't have a problem with that and no one should. :P). People need to start talking to each other instead of spreading FUD all over the place.
Saying it is impossible to live in english in quebec is pure bullshit. English speakers have schools, newspapers, tv channels, universities, etc. You want to play the latest videogame or see the new movie in english. There is absolutely no problem. You want service in english from the provincial government ? You can have it.
Is it so freaking hard to provide service in the language of the local majority ??? I mean, movie companies were making a big fuss over having to translate their movies so that a french release would be available at the same time. Videogames are still moslty english-only. The french-only speakers are screwed. They either have to learn english or not understand.
They HAD to make laws to force businesses to use french signs because the (mainly english speaking) businessmen didn't give a shit about the french speakers. Don't believe me ? Just take a walk downtown montreal and read some signs from old buildings. 100% English. We are not going back to this. Even if this means we have to force everyone to provide french signs and french services. You CAN have an english sign, as long as it is also in french. So, i don't see how we infringe on anyone's rights.
As for the language of communication, you will find that Montreal is a very multi-ethnic city. You can hear french, english, Chinese, arabic, etc. We encourage everyone to learn french and use it as a common language here in our province. There is nothing wrong with that. As I said earlier, for us, it is a matter of survival.
As for the government not restricting the language, Just try to obtain service in Arabic or Hebrew from your municipality or any part of the government for that matter. In Quebec, the government has to be more proactive because the sheer volume of english people surrounding us geographically and culturally would win by default. Not because the french want to give up their language, but because assimilation is insidious. First, we become bilingual, which is good. It broadens the horizons, expands your possibilities, etc. If we can stay there, good. But the danger is that services, business, life in general is more and more english speaking. PEople will use english, for convenience, and over a couple of generations, all notions of speaking french will have diseappeared. This is what is happening now outside Quebec. I personnally know some franco-ontarians that, for no apparent reason, only speak english to one another. I KNOW they are french. I know they speak french. Still, it is normal to them to speak to one another in english. It doesn't seem to make sense but it is happening. Remember that pre 1960 Quebec remained francophone because of the very strong presence of the church. the church can longer assume that role, since the government has assumed the role of the culture protector.
My feeling is that it is mainly miscommunication that is causing trouble with the rest of Canada. Quebecers have come to assume that all the other provinces are acting against Quebec because they hate us. The rest of Canada sees Quebec as the whining, spoiled brat of the country.
I for one have absolutely nothing against Canada. I love this country for it's great achievements and it's More Equal USA Minus The Arrogance TM approach (ouch, the flames are coming for that one , but keep in mind this is a personnal view . Also, please note that many americans are great people. I do not agree with your government, it's my right
Anyway, it is not going to happen. Everyone love their little wars on the size of the letters on a sign. In the end, this is what will cause the demise of Canada. I predict that unless the liberals get their head out of their ass and realize that 54 bloquistes out of 75 seats is a clear message for change, the PQ will come in strong next elec
What's that spells ????
FUD
enough said...
Ok, that is the "standard" reasoning of english Canadians. I live in Hull and work with a lot of english speakers (Hull/Ottawa being separated only by a river very easily crossed) and most of them view things that way.
As a french Canadian that comes from Laval, I have a very different view on this. First, a quck history course: Once upon a time, north america was split between english and french. Then came the USA and a couple of wars that ended up with the english beating the french. So, at the time, Canada was a british colony occupying former french territories. Then the colony became a country. During all those years, lots of measures were taken to minimise the french speakers influence like having 50/50 representation when there was more french than english speakers to change that to rep by pop when english speakers became the majority. Up until the 1960's, it was nearly impossible to be successful IN Quebec, where the vast majority of the population was french speaking, unless you were an english speaker. For most of that time, the french culture was mostly preserved by the "traditionnalist" approach of the church that kept our economy mostly agricultural based with lots of farmers in small french villages.
Then, in the 60's, something changed. We call it the "Revolution Tranquille" or quiet revolution. Quebec people achieved a LOT in very short time. They introduced public schools, nationalised electricity, voted laws to protect the french language and the french speakers. The Quebec people were at last PROUD people, not the victims of a conquest trying to survive assimilation.
Of course, this new nationalism didn't please the rest of Canada, and it is still true today. But, and quebecers and Canadians alike are responsible for this, everyone blew this out of proportions. Instead of embrassing this "double culture", the english and french continued to fight, up to this day.
Canada is a vast country and many parts have largely different views on how it should be ruled.
Out in the west, they view the Quebec nationalism as a plague. In Quebec, many view the english as oppressors. In fact, it is an indication of something fundamentally wrong with the country.
What is fundamentally wrong with the country is that Ottawa refuses to see the truth that Quebec is NOT identical to the other provinces. It is not better or worse, it is different. Here we don't speak english, we speak french. We don't drink molson canadian, we drink laurentide (although that might have changed since i looked). We don't celebrate Canada's national holyday, we celebrate the St-Jean-Baptiste (Most people are moving July 1st, since it's a holyday and they don't care about celebrations). We totally abhorre the monarchy stuff. We are more social-democrats than anyone else on the continent. We have a distinct culture. Most see themselves as Québécois fist, Canadians 2nd. Even in the worst years, about 40% of the population say they are fed up with Canada and want to separate. We have a different school system (CÉGEPs being the prime example). I could go on forever.
As I said, WE ARE NOT BETTER OR WORSE, we simply want to be acknoledged for what we are: 7 Millions french speakers in an ocean of over 300 Millions of english speakers. In order to protect the french language, the government HAS to pass laws, otherwise, it will soon be like before the 60's all over again. In case you didn't know, all over Canada, the french minorities are diseappearing, except in Quebec. I just look at Ontarians living in places like Orléans and assimilation is the first word I can think of. The Harris government has not been kind to them and right now there are a lot of consequences to that.
So, with all this ranting, do I have a solution ? Yes and no. Yes only if everyone can stop fighting and agree that the Canadian model is painfully outdated and needs a thourough review. In particular, give Quebec or any province for that matter the opportunity to opt-out of any federal program with compen
Talking about Venus, I heard she's HOT ! ;)
Wouln't taking ice from Europa make more sense ? After all Jupiter is much closer to us than Saturn is. ;)
Of course, if they do find life there, the question becomes more complicated, but otherwise, it looks like an excellent water reserve to me
But God probably runs Gentoo...
For compatibility reasons, you can still issue the command that created everything:
emerge world
What I wonder is, what USE flags he used...
Anyway, he must have had some pretty powerful machine, as everything compiled in a few days.
Would be to pass the word around the whole programming community (OSS but also all "famous" programmers, which should not be that hard considering that they now know whatever they say will be distorted to suit Brown's view) not to give interviews to anyone affiliated to the AdTI, or respond to their emails. If we can't keep them from trolling, we can at least NOT feed them.
Here is a sample of how it looks: Check under code listing 2
it's cool to see what packages there are. You can also do emerge search nameofpackage
Of course, if you have no idea what you want to install, then it is no better or worse than any other install method.
KDE is arguably easier, more polished, prettier, etc than Gnome, but for some reason I keep getting back to Gnome.
To be honest, I have not installed KDE in quite a while, as I'm quite pleased with Gnome 2.6 (I have used Gnome since RedHat9 and now i'm using it on Gentoo).
Still something always bothered me about KDE.
I wonder if the KDE team is aware of that ? And if so, do they know what cause this ? If yes, are they willing to modify KDE to address the issue or simply ignore it and let us wierdos and hippies :P:P:P continue to use other desktops ?