The Russians won everything except the moon. First satellite, first animal, first person, first space station, first robot to the moon, first robot to venus, first robot to mars. Up until soft landings and manned landing on hte moon, the Soviets won everything. Nasa landed people on the moon in 1969, and hte soviet landed a robot on the moon that took off and flew back to earth in 1970. If the Soviet program went differently, if a few accidents hadn't have happened, that very well could have been a manned lander they built instead, the technology was there, just not the budget by that time, if the US hadn't be so desperate for a change of fortune after loosing everything else, they probably wouldn't poured such phenomenal amount of money into it and sent men, it was only because they were totally mad for the moon. It could very easily have gone the other way.
The space race didn't end with the moon landing, it's one of those races that doesn't have a finish line. The Russian space program survived the collapse of the USSR, it's not going anywhere soon, is NASA that resilient?
As they are all potential VC's, their interest is in getting rid of the current VC so they can take his spot, and buttering up the university council so as to get their support.
Firstly, the VC couldn't do those things unless he got department heads, registrars, and a load of other university officers to collude with him, and I doubt they would be willing to join a new VC in acting in such a manner, he would soon find his staff conspiring to make his life hard for him and undermine him at every turn. Not to mention what the students would do if they thought he was trying to force out their favourite professor, his reputation would not look good when his campus is covered in posters with caricature of him and graffiti insulting him in various ways. I recall the time when a couple of students got a megaphone off the lecturers union and want and stuck it against the VC's office window and shouted various things down it when the VC was trying to sack a well liked professor.
A VC is not ultimately in charge, the university council can shit all over him and kick him out if he behaved in such a manner, and probably would, if they saw him treating one of their colleges like that.
What???? What do you mean 'don't need'? I require a singing rubber fish, without it's beautiful renditions of Don't Worry, Be Happy and Take Me To The River, I could not continue to live.
Umm, are you a retard or do you just spend you life reading obscure blogs only. This is what the Democrats have focused on.
All the conspirotards I see are firmly in the Democrats-and-Republicans-are both-run-by-the-illuminati school of political thought. With optional lizardoid involvement.
Cambridge is only about 5 miles across. So that proves my point, bikes are ok for short trips. Now compare to greater london, which is 30 miles across, how many people do you see cycling in from the edge of the M25 to the opposite side?
Trains and buses were invented for a reason you know.
Yes, getting up hours earlier, probably before sunrise, riding for 5 times as long through any weather from sleet to baking sun, up and down hills, in your suit with your briefcase, and arriving worn out and sweating, possibly soaked in rain or covered in dust is a great way to start your day at work.
Personally I'll retain my brain and use my bike for trips of under 5 miles. For longer trips, try the bus.
And seeing as all the ones in charge were rewarded with honours and promotions for their incompetence it's just going to get worse. Of course it would have been too embarrassing even for Bush, if he had condemned their failure to take action when he was sat reading My Pet Goat for 20 minutes after hearing the news of the attack.
I'm reasonably sure that the passengers on those doomed 9/11 flights sat back and thought about the fat settlement cheques that they were going to get from the airlines for "mental anguish and emotional distress".
I'm pretty sure they were thinking that if they kept their heads down they could stay alive until the plane landed and then let special forces and trained negotiators deal with it, rather than sticking their neck out and putting themselves on the top of the 'execute as an an example' list.
When threatened by religious zealots brandishing knifes and threatening to kill them, do you seriously think people would be thinking 'hooray, I'm gunna get a huge compensation cheque'?
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a car powered by a motor in a trailer? That sounds like the worst design for a vehicle ever.
The Russians won everything except the moon. First satellite, first animal, first person, first space station, first robot to the moon, first robot to venus, first robot to mars. Up until soft landings and manned landing on hte moon, the Soviets won everything. Nasa landed people on the moon in 1969, and hte soviet landed a robot on the moon that took off and flew back to earth in 1970. If the Soviet program went differently, if a few accidents hadn't have happened, that very well could have been a manned lander they built instead, the technology was there, just not the budget by that time, if the US hadn't be so desperate for a change of fortune after loosing everything else, they probably wouldn't poured such phenomenal amount of money into it and sent men, it was only because they were totally mad for the moon. It could very easily have gone the other way.
The space race didn't end with the moon landing, it's one of those races that doesn't have a finish line. The Russian space program survived the collapse of the USSR, it's not going anywhere soon, is NASA that resilient?
That's 'cos we got the Jewish ones.
As they are all potential VC's, their interest is in getting rid of the current VC so they can take his spot, and buttering up the university council so as to get their support.
Name another brand of photocopier.
and no googling for one!
Firstly, the VC couldn't do those things unless he got department heads, registrars, and a load of other university officers to collude with him, and I doubt they would be willing to join a new VC in acting in such a manner, he would soon find his staff conspiring to make his life hard for him and undermine him at every turn. Not to mention what the students would do if they thought he was trying to force out their favourite professor, his reputation would not look good when his campus is covered in posters with caricature of him and graffiti insulting him in various ways. I recall the time when a couple of students got a megaphone off the lecturers union and want and stuck it against the VC's office window and shouted various things down it when the VC was trying to sack a well liked professor.
A VC is not ultimately in charge, the university council can shit all over him and kick him out if he behaved in such a manner, and probably would, if they saw him treating one of their colleges like that.
hydophonic? is that where you hook the fishtank up to your stereo?
no, a purple chimp would be better.
What do you people do to your computers?
Use them.
What???? What do you mean 'don't need'? I require a singing rubber fish, without it's beautiful renditions of Don't Worry, Be Happy and Take Me To The River, I could not continue to live.
here's a shovel, get to work...
Umm, are you a retard or do you just spend you life reading obscure blogs only. This is what the Democrats have focused on.
All the conspirotards I see are firmly in the Democrats-and-Republicans-are both-run-by-the-illuminati school of political thought. With optional lizardoid involvement.
Cambridge is only about 5 miles across. So that proves my point, bikes are ok for short trips. Now compare to greater london, which is 30 miles across, how many people do you see cycling in from the edge of the M25 to the opposite side?
Trains and buses were invented for a reason you know.
The pony may run on a good cheap fuel, but the emissions are more of a problem.
Yes, getting up hours earlier, probably before sunrise, riding for 5 times as long through any weather from sleet to baking sun, up and down hills, in your suit with your briefcase, and arriving worn out and sweating, possibly soaked in rain or covered in dust is a great way to start your day at work.
Personally I'll retain my brain and use my bike for trips of under 5 miles. For longer trips, try the bus.
And seeing as all the ones in charge were rewarded with honours and promotions for their incompetence it's just going to get worse.
Of course it would have been too embarrassing even for Bush, if he had condemned their failure to take action when he was sat reading My Pet Goat for 20 minutes after hearing the news of the attack.
for fucks sake, has slashdot got rabies today or something?
What's wrong with the quote tags?
I'm reasonably sure that the passengers on those doomed 9/11 flights sat back and thought about the fat settlement cheques that they were going to get from the airlines for "mental anguish and emotional distress".
I'm pretty sure they were thinking that if they kept their heads down they could stay alive until the plane landed and then let special forces and trained negotiators deal with it, rather than sticking their neck out and putting themselves on the top of the 'execute as an an example' list.
When threatened by religious zealots brandishing knifes and threatening to kill them, do you seriously think people would be thinking 'hooray, I'm gunna get a huge compensation cheque'?
Breakdancing aliens might make the movie worth not poking your eyes out
You didn't see Men in Black then?
I'll count these tiles in this big square mosaic, and you count these loose tiles inside this sack.
Also the sack will be constantly jiggled about.
that's why we invented standard conditions.
The pound is the kilogram's bitch. When the kg says bend over, the lb presents it's tight little ass for a pounding.
The pound is no more equivalent to the kilogram than Disney dollars are equivalent to US dollars.
on a space station/satellite without artificial gravity.
So glad you specified that, wouldn't want someone to think you meant the ones with that artificial gravity that we have invented.
It's the new coke/classic coke.
Wah wah wah! I'm a whiny mac user and I don't like a keyboard that windows users do.