The unions fight against the inequality that differential pay will bring by paying 'in-demand' (math & science) teachers more. Increase pay for ALL teachers, especially the ones that are in demand, and you will attract intelligent people, with fantastic capabilities.
I have a BS in Electrical Engineering, I'm more than halfway through my masters. I could teach the pants off of any K-12 math/science class and certainly low level collegiate math courses.
I don't choose not to teach because of the rugrats, but because it would not allow me to give my family & children the things that working in a private industry allows.
When I'm older, 50+, have a solid retirement fund setup and money becomes less of an issue, then I will probably go & teach.
Everyone spewing about the cost of technology going down over the past 14 years is correct, the RIAA states that in the beginning of their article!
What they postulate is that all the non-technical/manufacturing costs have gone down, but the cost of advertising, recording, wages, etc. etc. has actually increased (these type of things will increase along with the CPI).
So in effect, the cost of making the CD has gone down. But the cost of making the CD successful by finding new artists, recording the music, advertising, etc. has gone UP!!!
I hate the RIAA, they are despicable. But you're not even reading the articles!
Do you realize how long it took to build the HST? They don't come off the shelves at k-mart, not even the parts of it would. It's an extremely complex system, likely more complex than anything 90% of the/. population has worked on. As such, construction, assembly & testing would take a SIGNIFICANT amount of time.
This time frame coupled with that of the James Webb's 2013 launch date make the servicing mission more economical when you consider the entire benefit. (ie 4+ years of continued HST production for 1 billion US$ vs. MAYBE a couple years of service (from a new Hubble) + 1 billion US$)
Theres something lacking from the submitted article, namely what did French authorities do to remedy this situation...Or did they let the button-guild run rampant for centuries?
If we're doomed to repeat our history, lets at least flesh out said history so we know what to expect. Maybe we can even escape the doom of repeating our history with a little more thought.
weight: every pound lofted into orbit costs more
money: direct cost of the installation & materials of said shield
effectiveness: do we have something sufficient that would not hinder the mission critical items aboard the sat.?
Since when does wishing to receive images via e-mail make someone an ignorant fuck?
God forbid I have a medium in which I can quickly (sub 10 seconds) share an image with my friends without needing to login to a web-hosting service and upload an image.
Have you ever met any of your friends at college? How about in a bar? On a sports team? At a concert?
A majority of these places you more than likly paid an admission fee.
Guess what, without spending that money you probably wouldn't have met those people. You bought your friends.
As I said before, the dues in a fraternity/sorority go to keeping the organizaion afloat. They weren't divided into neat stacks of $20s and handed out behind my back to the brothers...I think...
You're interpreting what I said incorrectly.
Just by saying they traditionally would not have met doesn't mean they are forbidden. Without my fraternity, there are many people I would never have met because we were not involved in the same activies or the same circle of friends. Hence, my chances of meeting them and becoming friends was drastically lowered.
As a disclaimer, the parent was most likely a joke, but I feel the need to interject because comments like this really piss me off...
As someone that pledged & joined a fraternity during my undergrad I take offense to your comments. I met many life long friends, and solidified many other relationships inside this organization. It taught leadership & management skills that certainly will become precursors to strong professional lives.
It is the habit of many people to comment on things they know nothing about; the popular saying is that people in fraternities and sororities really do pay for their friends. In reality, dues are paid to ensure that the organization can continue to function and remain an avenue for people to experience & meet new people, whom they traditionally would not have met.
New technology gizmos and gadgets are exceedingly easy to use...after a break in period.
Its very analogous to the Windows vs. Linux arguments. Yes, Linux does stuff great, it can even play windows games via various routes, but learning how to use these new tools is prohibitive to most because there is not a succinct base of knowledge expressed in windows-esque terms. So people don't switch (self-included! *ducks*)
If you want to be 'hip' to the new technology, buy it, goof around with it. When you get sick of it, goof around for another week, if it still sucks, http://www.ebay.com./ If not, enjoy.
Obviously the current marketing effort led by the Firefox team has reached, or is soon to reach, the most people it can. There now needs to be a second push to help promote this browser up past 10% market share. Once one in every ten users is using Firefox, then maybe the 'word of mouth' changes will begin to increase more-so.
Personally, I have installed it on my parents' machine, all my tech-saavy coworkers, and I promote it every chance I get. Once we hit the 10% mark, all the people that were too lazy to do it might just say, hey, well, everyone else is doing it, why not me?.
Look at it this way, when Vista 1.0 is released OSX 10.6 or 7 will be released and certainly will have various enhancements. So by saying that each will be consistently improving by adding features etc., Vista Beta 1 is Microsoft's best answer to Tiger, just as Vista 1.0 will be Microsoft's best answer to 10.6 or 7
Would it be possible to put a piece of light, strong material - carbon fiber comes to mind, between the heat shield and the external fuel tank? It seems thats where all the problems are coming from, well a lot of them anyways.
And its not like a piece of carbon fiber that big is going break the ridiculous budget that one launch has.
This carbon fiber should be ejected at the same as the external tank.
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There are times (winter-night) on the Martian surface where this CO2 would be a solid, this may pose a problem
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The unions fight against the inequality that differential pay will bring by paying 'in-demand' (math & science) teachers more. Increase pay for ALL teachers, especially the ones that are in demand, and you will attract intelligent people, with fantastic capabilities.
I have a BS in Electrical Engineering, I'm more than halfway through my masters. I could teach the pants off of any K-12 math/science class and certainly low level collegiate math courses.
I don't choose not to teach because of the rugrats, but because it would not allow me to give my family & children the things that working in a private industry allows.
When I'm older, 50+, have a solid retirement fund setup and money becomes less of an issue, then I will probably go & teach.
Gutt the union? They're preventing progression and have become too in control. We're letting them run the show.
Everyone spewing about the cost of technology going down over the past 14 years is correct, the RIAA states that in the beginning of their article!
What they postulate is that all the non-technical/manufacturing costs have gone down, but the cost of advertising, recording, wages, etc. etc. has actually increased (these type of things will increase along with the CPI).
So in effect, the cost of making the CD has gone down. But the cost of making the CD successful by finding new artists, recording the music, advertising, etc. has gone UP!!!
I hate the RIAA, they are despicable. But you're not even reading the articles!
No - I'm not new here
Don't forget at the Hubble was launched aboard a space Shuttle, not a 'regular' rocket.
Aren't most of the images we look at false-color anyways?
Do you realize how long it took to build the HST? They don't come off the shelves at k-mart, not even the parts of it would. It's an extremely complex system, likely more complex than anything 90% of the /. population has worked on. As such, construction, assembly & testing would take a SIGNIFICANT amount of time.
This time frame coupled with that of the James Webb's 2013 launch date make the servicing mission more economical when you consider the entire benefit. (ie 4+ years of continued HST production for 1 billion US$ vs. MAYBE a couple years of service (from a new Hubble) + 1 billion US$)
Theres something lacking from the submitted article, namely what did French authorities do to remedy this situation...Or did they let the button-guild run rampant for centuries?
If we're doomed to repeat our history, lets at least flesh out said history so we know what to expect. Maybe we can even escape the doom of repeating our history with a little more thought.
According to wikipedia, solar flares & the solar wind travel at around 1 million km/h.
Just for reference, the speed of light is 1 billion km/h. We may not need to worry about subspace just yet.
weight: every pound lofted into orbit costs more money: direct cost of the installation & materials of said shield effectiveness: do we have something sufficient that would not hinder the mission critical items aboard the sat.?
Since they prefix it with 'almost'?
Improvised Explosive Device. Its a homemade bomb.
Since when does wishing to receive images via e-mail make someone an ignorant fuck?
God forbid I have a medium in which I can quickly (sub 10 seconds) share an image with my friends without needing to login to a web-hosting service and upload an image.
I'm not sure I would have gotten it if it wasn't modded +5 funny. The crowbar was the dead give away
Have you ever met any of your friends at college? How about in a bar? On a sports team? At a concert? A majority of these places you more than likly paid an admission fee. Guess what, without spending that money you probably wouldn't have met those people. You bought your friends. As I said before, the dues in a fraternity/sorority go to keeping the organizaion afloat. They weren't divided into neat stacks of $20s and handed out behind my back to the brothers...I think...
You're interpreting what I said incorrectly. Just by saying they traditionally would not have met doesn't mean they are forbidden. Without my fraternity, there are many people I would never have met because we were not involved in the same activies or the same circle of friends. Hence, my chances of meeting them and becoming friends was drastically lowered.
As a disclaimer, the parent was most likely a joke, but I feel the need to interject because comments like this really piss me off...
As someone that pledged & joined a fraternity during my undergrad I take offense to your comments. I met many life long friends, and solidified many other relationships inside this organization. It taught leadership & management skills that certainly will become precursors to strong professional lives.
It is the habit of many people to comment on things they know nothing about; the popular saying is that people in fraternities and sororities really do pay for their friends. In reality, dues are paid to ensure that the organization can continue to function and remain an avenue for people to experience & meet new people, whom they traditionally would not have met.
New technology gizmos and gadgets are exceedingly easy to use...after a break in period.
Its very analogous to the Windows vs. Linux arguments. Yes, Linux does stuff great, it can even play windows games via various routes, but learning how to use these new tools is prohibitive to most because there is not a succinct base of knowledge expressed in windows-esque terms. So people don't switch (self-included! *ducks*)
If you want to be 'hip' to the new technology, buy it, goof around with it. When you get sick of it, goof around for another week, if it still sucks, http://www.ebay.com./ If not, enjoy.
So...whats the next step?
Obviously the current marketing effort led by the Firefox team has reached, or is soon to reach, the most people it can. There now needs to be a second push to help promote this browser up past 10% market share. Once one in every ten users is using Firefox, then maybe the 'word of mouth' changes will begin to increase more-so.
Personally, I have installed it on my parents' machine, all my tech-saavy coworkers, and I promote it every chance I get. Once we hit the 10% mark, all the people that were too lazy to do it might just say, hey, well, everyone else is doing it, why not me?.
Yes, I think it is fair.
Look at it this way, when Vista 1.0 is released OSX 10.6 or 7 will be released and certainly will have various enhancements. So by saying that each will be consistently improving by adding features etc., Vista Beta 1 is Microsoft's best answer to Tiger, just as Vista 1.0 will be Microsoft's best answer to 10.6 or 7
It seems that a couple of the functions included with this toolbar are bringing the usability of OSX to windows.
IE functions like spotlight, quiksilver etc. are included in this package, not to mention some more features
(G*M1*M2) / R^2
Earth(+moon), Mars, Sun...I think that will get you there, as long as you dodge the moon on your way out
If you say this variation is statistical noise, which is very probably is, why are you still reporting it as news???
ah the elusive third step has finally been unmasked!
Would it be possible to put a piece of light, strong material - carbon fiber comes to mind, between the heat shield and the external fuel tank? It seems thats where all the problems are coming from, well a lot of them anyways.
And its not like a piece of carbon fiber that big is going break the ridiculous budget that one launch has.
This carbon fiber should be ejected at the same as the external tank.
TTB