Capitalism being what it is, even if NASA or the Federal Government wrote a special protection plan for the families of the astronauts in the program, one that covered all their needs and then some, the opportunity for insurance by autograph existed, so why not cover that position too?
I wonder if the market would have supported a flood of autographs or if the volume availability would have devalued them the way modern baseball cards have.
By the way, I met the son of a "hot laundry" worker at a cold war nuclear materials facility, his words: "they took real good care of momma after daddy passed" at age 43, from cancer. If the US government did this for anonymous families out in the sticks, I'm pretty sure they'd take appropriate care of astronaut families - though, due to their high profile, the benefits for astronaut families might be more conservative.
The real difference I have noticed between bargain computer equipment and the Mac/similarly priced high end PCs is in the display quality.
Buy a Mac and you're getting good value for money, if you wanted that display and all the other features you're getting. The main premium you're paying is that you'll have to supply your own copy of Windows and the VM software, if you want to use something like AutoCad.
I'd say that FOSS needs to maintain a critical mass to continue operation... Market domination is one way to achieve that, but in reality, a market penetration of 1% should be enough to sustain the development community.
The danger with low market penetration is that it's more likely that people will defect in mass numbers and kill the sustainability, if Linux were in use on 20% of all desktops, it would have a much more certain future and be a bigger target for investment.
I setup svn/trac servers on OS-X using MacPorts and on Ubuntu using Debian/apt-get.
Put simply: apt-get just works. MacPorts took days of research and trial and error to get a functioning system, the Debian setup took less than an hour.
If Wall Street collapses, I'm sure there's some folks in Jersey that can bail the people responsible out, and if that doesn't go well they'll be taken on a one way fishing trip with some concrete shoes... Outside Wall Street, I doubt a single tear would be shed.
An array of small thin flat lenses in the tube could do about the same thing as a big conventional lens. I suspect the new method isn't as stable as conventional lenses, even if you support it with a rigid grid.
Also, if this is SWIR or thereabouts, those cameras and their thick lenses aren't exactly cheap nowadays - it could compete with the traditional IR lens materials pretty easily.
Sure, works for MDs doesn't it? Have you ever read all the stuff they make you sign before they administer any kind of treatment? EULAs hold water like toilet paper, a drop here and there, but they fall apart quickly if the stakes get high.
I think the article is focusing on guys that keep the cars original, but tack on tech - mostly driver improvement focused - that improves their times even with the engine, suspension, tires, etc. kept historically accurate.
I knew a guy that was swapping late 80s Corvette engine/suspension/digital dashes into things like '32 Hudsons, makes for an interesting end product.
Stock Miata SCCA in Sebring a few years back, all the cars had the back of the left headlight cover bent down - makes a cold air intake scoop... Stock class allows any sway bar, I knew a guy that ran one so big (rigid) it was tearing off the mounting brackets when he ran on "stock" (R compound) tires. And the classic stock class trick (all piston engines) is to rebuild the engine with a max allowable overbore, blueprint, 3 angle valves, etc. etc.
Even in Stock SCCA, the serious guys bend the rules when they can.
A doctor, first off, invests much more in their education and makes much more money than a programmer (on average, yes there is overlap - I program and I make more than some doctors, not many).
Secondly, when a doctor gets hit with a malpractice suit, it comes from an individual. If the kid who distributed Napster were found liable for $100 damages to every person who installed his software, what would that total?
Yes, not a problem for Microsoft. For a small business developing software, they might have to post a $100M bond against liability claims - not a problem for Apple or Microsoft, a big problem for the little guy trying to compete with them.
This will start a slew of software that is only warranted under specific OS/software configurations (and then installing an aggressive anti-virus or not error-checking your RAM chips regularly would void your warranty).
It will also start malpractice insurance as a requirement to sell software, driving up costs, down salaries and putting small businesses and independent operators at a heavy disadvantage.
I'm a little surprised that Microsoft isn't supporting it.
Search the press pre-XP release, there was a lot of DRM (mostly software piracy prevention) talk when XP was just pre-market. It quieted down quickly after XP launched.
Yep, I had a ME notebook and it was fine, better than 98 - the default settings were a little annoying (like Vista), but if you went in and turned all that automatic crap off, it was a good OS.
it's not even particularly evil, at least not any more than anything else MS does......the design is wildly inconsistent for no apparent reason... it's just unnecessarily confusing.
Describes every MS product I've ever worked with since DOS 2.1.
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Capitalism being what it is, even if NASA or the Federal Government wrote a special protection plan for the families of the astronauts in the program, one that covered all their needs and then some, the opportunity for insurance by autograph existed, so why not cover that position too?
I wonder if the market would have supported a flood of autographs or if the volume availability would have devalued them the way modern baseball cards have.
By the way, I met the son of a "hot laundry" worker at a cold war nuclear materials facility, his words: "they took real good care of momma after daddy passed" at age 43, from cancer. If the US government did this for anonymous families out in the sticks, I'm pretty sure they'd take appropriate care of astronaut families - though, due to their high profile, the benefits for astronaut families might be more conservative.
Because, if I'm not in with the popular crowd, I might get lonely.
There's actually a practical side to this emotion, if you're "lonely" enough in your OS, you're literally on your own for support issues.
As you say, if it works for you, that's great. However, some people are very concerned (even on non-analytical levels) about moving with the crowd.
The real difference I have noticed between bargain computer equipment and the Mac/similarly priced high end PCs is in the display quality.
Buy a Mac and you're getting good value for money, if you wanted that display and all the other features you're getting. The main premium you're paying is that you'll have to supply your own copy of Windows and the VM software, if you want to use something like AutoCad.
The Mac masterstroke was the triple-boot. With that, "commiting" to Mac is a no-brainer. Buy this cow and you can drink any milk you want.
I'd say that FOSS needs to maintain a critical mass to continue operation... Market domination is one way to achieve that, but in reality, a market penetration of 1% should be enough to sustain the development community.
The danger with low market penetration is that it's more likely that people will defect in mass numbers and kill the sustainability, if Linux were in use on 20% of all desktops, it would have a much more certain future and be a bigger target for investment.
I setup svn/trac servers on OS-X using MacPorts and on Ubuntu using Debian/apt-get.
Put simply: apt-get just works. MacPorts took days of research and trial and error to get a functioning system, the Debian setup took less than an hour.
Or because it is a better means of escapism than reading cod-psychology online?
Or writing cod-psychology online.
Or, high intensity IR LEDs illuminating the plate, invisible to humans...
If Wall Street collapses, I'm sure there's some folks in Jersey that can bail the people responsible out, and if that doesn't go well they'll be taken on a one way fishing trip with some concrete shoes... Outside Wall Street, I doubt a single tear would be shed.
(I have 1 Mbit/s and it works just fine; don't need anything faster.)
You know, the internet has videos too.
Iceland is doing pretty well, thank you - as are all of the most highly socialist Scandinavian states.
If it means competitive service provision (one set of wires, multiple providers, like electricity in Houston), then yes.
We have exactly one choice for broadband to our home, and the provider knows it. Rates jump up for no apparent reason, service drops out, etc. etc.
Nobody's broadband service is perfect, which is why it's important to have a choice of providers, otherwise they have no incentive to improve.
An array of small thin flat lenses in the tube could do about the same thing as a big conventional lens. I suspect the new method isn't as stable as conventional lenses, even if you support it with a rigid grid.
Also, if this is SWIR or thereabouts, those cameras and their thick lenses aren't exactly cheap nowadays - it could compete with the traditional IR lens materials pretty easily.
Sure, works for MDs doesn't it? Have you ever read all the stuff they make you sign before they administer any kind of treatment? EULAs hold water like toilet paper, a drop here and there, but they fall apart quickly if the stakes get high.
I think the article is focusing on guys that keep the cars original, but tack on tech - mostly driver improvement focused - that improves their times even with the engine, suspension, tires, etc. kept historically accurate.
I knew a guy that was swapping late 80s Corvette engine/suspension/digital dashes into things like '32 Hudsons, makes for an interesting end product.
Stock Miata SCCA in Sebring a few years back, all the cars had the back of the left headlight cover bent down - makes a cold air intake scoop... Stock class allows any sway bar, I knew a guy that ran one so big (rigid) it was tearing off the mounting brackets when he ran on "stock" (R compound) tires. And the classic stock class trick (all piston engines) is to rebuild the engine with a max allowable overbore, blueprint, 3 angle valves, etc. etc.
Even in Stock SCCA, the serious guys bend the rules when they can.
A doctor, first off, invests much more in their education and makes much more money than a programmer (on average, yes there is overlap - I program and I make more than some doctors, not many).
Secondly, when a doctor gets hit with a malpractice suit, it comes from an individual. If the kid who distributed Napster were found liable for $100 damages to every person who installed his software, what would that total?
Yes, not a problem for Microsoft. For a small business developing software, they might have to post a $100M bond against liability claims - not a problem for Apple or Microsoft, a big problem for the little guy trying to compete with them.
The financial (credit card processing) software industry has some standards along these lines.
This will start a slew of software that is only warranted under specific OS/software configurations (and then installing an aggressive anti-virus or not error-checking your RAM chips regularly would void your warranty).
It will also start malpractice insurance as a requirement to sell software, driving up costs, down salaries and putting small businesses and independent operators at a heavy disadvantage.
I'm a little surprised that Microsoft isn't supporting it.
Search the press pre-XP release, there was a lot of DRM (mostly software piracy prevention) talk when XP was just pre-market. It quieted down quickly after XP launched.
Yep, I had a ME notebook and it was fine, better than 98 - the default settings were a little annoying (like Vista), but if you went in and turned all that automatic crap off, it was a good OS.
it's not even particularly evil, at least not any more than anything else MS does... ...the design is wildly inconsistent for no apparent reason... it's just unnecessarily confusing.
Describes every MS product I've ever worked with since DOS 2.1.
Did anybody else feel the "FUD" when XP was announced? It's evil, your software won't run on it, it will have stronger DRM than 98, etc. etc. etc.
I remember the same thing when Vista was announced, and now 8 is coming and they're playing it up as the big new scary OS.
I think it's a short-term ploy to drive sales of systems with the old OS "while you can still get it" without a downgrade charge.
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