I'm well aware that many of you are either on one of these solar car teams or were in years past.
So perhaps one of you could tell me, why do they do this race every year? Does this race actually advance the solar cell technology and improve the efficiency from year to year, or is it merely everyone spending a year shaving off weight so they have bragging rights over the other schools for 12 months?
I guess my point is, are the cars racing now that much more improved than when they did the race 5 years ago? If not, what's the big hoopla about?
I agree, nobody likes to be micro-managed. But at some point someone has to step in when major accidents happen and it turns out to be have been something preventable by the people who are supposed to be catching these issues before they happen.
I think all the non-NASA people fretting over these routine things are there for a reason, in particular to help control what happens before the launch. You know, so we can prevent another seven people dying and scattering another shuttle all over the western hemisphere.
If Quiviria, the legendary city of gold, where on the moon, you bet your butt every G8 country would be launching some rickety spaceship tomorrow, rain or shine.
Attendee #1: How do you think he does it? Attendee #2: I don't know! Attendee #1: What makes him so good? Attendee #2: Maybe it's the black turtleneck. Attendee #1: Maybe there's something in that bottled water of his.
When Time Warner and AOL merged, the word was that AOL was going to become a media mega-empire of the Internet, that we would see all these exclusive and great media services streamed from AOL. You know, wild ideas like watching TV on the Internet and having the ability to send fullscreen video emails to your grandparents with no hassle.
Instead, we have TiVO and Skype and Windows Media Center and the saddest part of it all is AOL is losing out to broadband. Wouldn't that get the IRONIC tag on Fark?
I'm not really surprised, I'm merely making an observation. If indeed this new digital music market is expanding, why are Apple and Yahoo's competitors not taking off as quickly?
The idea of running a system that costs absolutely nothing on the software side is a powerful one, and Windows and Mac OS X would have a difficult time competing against that.'"
Actually, they don't, because the majority of the computer public truly believe that Microsoft Windows and Office comes free with the PC. Most new Macs come with OS X and iLife free. Despite being true or not true, this is the perception out there.
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I'm well aware that many of you are either on one of these solar car teams or were in years past.
So perhaps one of you could tell me, why do they do this race every year? Does this race actually advance the solar cell technology and improve the efficiency from year to year, or is it merely everyone spending a year shaving off weight so they have bragging rights over the other schools for 12 months?
I guess my point is, are the cars racing now that much more improved than when they did the race 5 years ago? If not, what's the big hoopla about?
Thank you.
Remember the old lady who would scold you if she found any dogeared pages or frayed covers?
:X
Well, I do.
We Kansans appreciate the humor, we also appreciate our students scoring higher than the national average on ACT science scores, as well as reading and math.
/another ultra-defensive flyover stater //laptops in the classroom?
I agree, nobody likes to be micro-managed. But at some point someone has to step in when major accidents happen and it turns out to be have been something preventable by the people who are supposed to be catching these issues before they happen.
I think all the non-NASA people fretting over these routine things are there for a reason, in particular to help control what happens before the launch. You know, so we can prevent another seven people dying and scattering another shuttle all over the western hemisphere.
If Quiviria, the legendary city of gold, where on the moon, you bet your butt every G8 country would be launching some rickety spaceship tomorrow, rain or shine.
It's available at WhipCrackWorkFaster.com.
1) In iTunes, create a new Smart Playlist, set the matching condition to Genre, Is, Podcast, and name the playlist something like "Shuffle's Podcasts"
2) Autofill your shuffle from Playlist "Shuffle's Podcasts", I recommend unchecking Choose Songs Randomly
3) Enjoy
In other words, "Keep It Simple, Stupid" should still be applied.
Attendee #1: How do you think he does it?
Attendee #2: I don't know!
Attendee #1: What makes him so good?
Attendee #2: Maybe it's the black turtleneck.
Attendee #1: Maybe there's something in that bottled water of his.
There should be a mod for Rhetorical.
Because iPod users made it popular, and because it rhymes with "broadcasting", which helps the old-school folks easily understand what it is.
...digging Andre's body out of the rubble. /stop that rhyming and I mean it!
Seriously, that site needs the extra juice.
You have to go to 3rd party sources to get Fedora/Redhat to do anything with mp3.
I don't even have to mention Gentoo, do I?
I wonder how the web existed before the first banner ad appeared.
When Time Warner and AOL merged, the word was that AOL was going to become a media mega-empire of the Internet, that we would see all these exclusive and great media services streamed from AOL. You know, wild ideas like watching TV on the Internet and having the ability to send fullscreen video emails to your grandparents with no hassle.
Instead, we have TiVO and Skype and Windows Media Center and the saddest part of it all is AOL is losing out to broadband. Wouldn't that get the IRONIC tag on Fark?
And you want all this for free?
Maybe you want the Soviet Russia version of Google.
I'm not really surprised, I'm merely making an observation. If indeed this new digital music market is expanding, why are Apple and Yahoo's competitors not taking off as quickly?
Only Yahoo, and this report is crediting their new music subscription service for Yahoo's success.
Coming to stores near you.
You'd know it was working when it told you there were no drivers for the flashing LED.
Is it ok to be freaked out if that's my name?
The idea of running a system that costs absolutely nothing on the software side is a powerful one, and Windows and Mac OS X would have a difficult time competing against that.'" Actually, they don't, because the majority of the computer public truly believe that Microsoft Windows and Office comes free with the PC. Most new Macs come with OS X and iLife free. Despite being true or not true, this is the perception out there.
I was listening to Portishead "Wandering Star" softly in the background, and the lyrics I kept half-hearing were "Wobbling Star". Freaky.