Capsules are better than the shuttle, yes. Almost always have been, except for the few cases where you need to launch 40k+ lbs of payload AND 7 people all at once.
I'd mention quality control, but NASA hasn't exactly been immune to QC problems either.
As is usually the case, simpler = more reliable, and a capsule is far simpler than the shuttle.
That parachute jump was from a relatively stationary balloon, not someone jumping out of a spacecraft at re-entry speeds.
I'll readily admit I'm no aerospace engineer, but it seems to me that you'd still need to get rid of a lot more energy than the guy who stepped out of a balloon. Enough so that your escape capsules would probably end up being big enough and heavy enough to remove any useful payload abilities of your lauch vehicle.
Or we could go back to a simpler but sturdier method and just use capsules again, and accept that if something goes terribly wrong, people are going to die. Then again, I saw something go terribly wrong with a car on the highway over thanksgiving and a guy literally lost his head as a result (note to self: compact cars do not fit cleanly underneath semi-trailers). Death happens. It is part of life, and especially a part of anything that relatively few people have done before.
And more importantly, its the insurance companies who decide wether a hospital/clinic/whatever is going to be allowed to use something. And they want THEIR backside covered by FDA approval.
You do realize that Children's Mercy gets a lot of "business" (what a horrible word to describe sick kids, but it fits) from the Chicago area, right? Not to mention the rest of Illinois. One of those "blue" states you're oh-so-fond-of.
I didn't see anything in his post about burning new copies.
I'm sorta like the above -- I either buy CDs and rip them myself (although usually to mp3), or I do without the music. I don't want a music library consisting of every song under the sun, and as a result, I can afford to buy the music I do want.
The higher light use might be offset by lower heating/cooling bills since a lot of old single-pane windows would be replaced with insulation as they're covered over.
IIRC Wordpad can handle some embeded objects in.rtf (and other??) files. I'm guessing the exploit takes advantage of a vulnerability with one of those embedded types or the handling of them.
Not that we'd believe a statement like that until January 21, 2009 anyway. You're not seriously suggesting that the various government bureaucracies will instantly change their ways and become believable and trustworthy, are you?
Depending on the rest of the restaurant's business model, a "family" section may be incompatible (say, the overall image one wants to present). Also, you end up with one group or the other (or, more likely, both groups) ending up less than happy with the divide and/or presence of the other group.
In any case, sometimes a change resulting in losing customers isn't a bad thing for business, if the change results in an overall increase for the business. The key, of course, is wether that change is a sustainable one, and not (as in the case of certain car companies -- hey, whaddaya know, cars DO fit!) throwing away the business to chase next quarter's fiscal reports. As far as the sustainability of Steam, so far, so good.
Yet I've bought many more games via Steam than I would have if I had to go to the store to get them. I'm sure I'm not the only person who has done so.
If sales caused by Steam > sales lost because of Steam, how exactly is Steam bad for business?
In other words, if I run a business (say, a restaurant) and institute a no-children policy, thereby "losing" some business (parents bringing their children), but in the process I gain more business (people who want to eat without kids being around), why are the "lost" sales a negative?
Sorry, I couldn't think of a car analogy that would work.
You'll note I said the sterotype of Americans being war-mongers, implying that it is not correct. However, it is how the rest of the world has looked at the US for the last 7 or so years, and if you look at most articles about technology being developed by, or developed for, or being used by the military, the majority of posts here are along the lines of "can't they find some use other than killing people" -- so now there's an article suggesting non-militaristic use of a new technology, and people are bitching that there's no military applications listed. Damned if you do, damned if you don't.
As for the rest, I'm more of a supporter of the military than most on slashdot, even though medical issues prevented me from serving, so you can point your rant at someone else.
You'd rather continue the stereotype of war-mongering Americans?
My first thought was applying the coating to ropes, since I enjoy sailing. If the ropes won't get wet, they won't rot as easily, and might be easier to handle.
Besides, as far as submarines are concerned, stealth comes from being quiet. Don't see how this would do much to help absorb noise. It might help with speed, but probably not a whole lot. Low drag is a lot more beneficial when you've only got one human-power moving you, compared to a nuclear reactor and who-knows-how-much-shaft-horsepower.
That would be fine with me. Chances are, I won't even know about the GPL project. If they find/fix bugs, politeness would have them let me know so I can fix them, or freely contribute the fix, but that's based on politeness, not license obligations, and I have no real expectation that they'd do so.
I can still improve my code, regardless of what they do with their copy of it. In the end, its just code.
You seem to think that once A "contributes" code from Foo to Bar that A gives a damn about Bar. Bar is programmer B's problem to deal with. A can continue to modify Foo, or can abandon it (often but not always the case - "here, I'm done working on it, knock yourselves out"). In either case, why does Bar being closed-source matter?
If you like GPL, good for you. Go use it. Some of us will use BSD. Others will use propriatary licenses. Others will use License of their choice. All we ask is that you GPL folks get down off your high horse and realize the GPL is just a license, RMS is not the messiah, and that your code simply isn't that important (nor most other code, including mine).
And slightly off-topic, and not directed at any one single person here: Does GPL Smug stack with Prius Smug? Because if you add that to Obama Smug you might be able to reach a critical mass of Smug, which would be amusing.
I don't agree with his ideals at all, and cannot stand the GPL.
So, I'll continue to use the BSD license. Yes, someone can take my code and use it in a closed-source app. I'm OK with that. If I thought it was worth the time/effort to sell it, I wouldn't release it via BSD. If they think they can make money off my work, they're welcome to try.
If the employee makes you more money than they cost you in payroll & benefits, then hiring one less (or firing one) will make your profit decrease as well as your costs.
Title pretty much sums it up. The election officials don't know their ABCs, so you pretty much had to grab the book and find your name in it. They didn't have pencil sharpeners, but they had boxes and boxes of brand-new unsharpened pencils.
Remarkably, the R's and D's were behaving themselves, across the street from the polling place, quietly holding their signs.
Supporters of other issues on the ballot (mostly new sales taxes to support special-interest groups) were campaigning INSIDE the polling place and refusing to leave, in violation of state law. I expect they were eventually escorted out by the police, but I didn't have time to stick around and watch. Election officials just ignored the whole issue.
Slashdot Mirror
Imagine that. A company is using some of their products to promote other products of theirs. Shocking, I know, that a company would do such a thing.
They have the same link and message for FF2.x users. Guess what? I'm still not going to downgrade to FF3 and its uselessbar.
Capsules are better than the shuttle, yes. Almost always have been, except for the few cases where you need to launch 40k+ lbs of payload AND 7 people all at once.
I'd mention quality control, but NASA hasn't exactly been immune to QC problems either.
As is usually the case, simpler = more reliable, and a capsule is far simpler than the shuttle.
That parachute jump was from a relatively stationary balloon, not someone jumping out of a spacecraft at re-entry speeds.
I'll readily admit I'm no aerospace engineer, but it seems to me that you'd still need to get rid of a lot more energy than the guy who stepped out of a balloon. Enough so that your escape capsules would probably end up being big enough and heavy enough to remove any useful payload abilities of your lauch vehicle.
Or we could go back to a simpler but sturdier method and just use capsules again, and accept that if something goes terribly wrong, people are going to die. Then again, I saw something go terribly wrong with a car on the highway over thanksgiving and a guy literally lost his head as a result (note to self: compact cars do not fit cleanly underneath semi-trailers). Death happens. It is part of life, and especially a part of anything that relatively few people have done before.
And more importantly, its the insurance companies who decide wether a hospital/clinic/whatever is going to be allowed to use something. And they want THEIR backside covered by FDA approval.
You do realize that Children's Mercy gets a lot of "business" (what a horrible word to describe sick kids, but it fits) from the Chicago area, right? Not to mention the rest of Illinois. One of those "blue" states you're oh-so-fond-of.
I didn't see anything in his post about burning new copies.
I'm sorta like the above -- I either buy CDs and rip them myself (although usually to mp3), or I do without the music. I don't want a music library consisting of every song under the sun, and as a result, I can afford to buy the music I do want.
The higher light use might be offset by lower heating/cooling bills since a lot of old single-pane windows would be replaced with insulation as they're covered over.
IIRC Wordpad can handle some embeded objects in .rtf (and other??) files. I'm guessing the exploit takes advantage of a vulnerability with one of those embedded types or the handling of them.
Just a guess, and I'm posting before reading.
Not that we'd believe a statement like that until January 21, 2009 anyway.
You're not seriously suggesting that the various government bureaucracies will instantly change their ways and become believable and trustworthy, are you?
Depending on the rest of the restaurant's business model, a "family" section may be incompatible (say, the overall image one wants to present). Also, you end up with one group or the other (or, more likely, both groups) ending up less than happy with the divide and/or presence of the other group.
In any case, sometimes a change resulting in losing customers isn't a bad thing for business, if the change results in an overall increase for the business. The key, of course, is wether that change is a sustainable one, and not (as in the case of certain car companies -- hey, whaddaya know, cars DO fit!) throwing away the business to chase next quarter's fiscal reports. As far as the sustainability of Steam, so far, so good.
Yet I've bought many more games via Steam than I would have if I had to go to the store to get them. I'm sure I'm not the only person who has done so.
If sales caused by Steam > sales lost because of Steam, how exactly is Steam bad for business?
In other words, if I run a business (say, a restaurant) and institute a no-children policy, thereby "losing" some business (parents bringing their children), but in the process I gain more business (people who want to eat without kids being around), why are the "lost" sales a negative?
Sorry, I couldn't think of a car analogy that would work.
Doesn't change the fact that "jarhead" is a nickname for Marines, and Marines do not refer to themselves as soldiers.
Your attempt at humour still fails, since you can't get basic facts correct.
Jarheads are Marines, and they don't refer to themselves as "soldiers".
Your attempt at humour fails miserably.
You'll note I said the sterotype of Americans being war-mongers, implying that it is not correct. However, it is how the rest of the world has looked at the US for the last 7 or so years, and if you look at most articles about technology being developed by, or developed for, or being used by the military, the majority of posts here are along the lines of "can't they find some use other than killing people" -- so now there's an article suggesting non-militaristic use of a new technology, and people are bitching that there's no military applications listed. Damned if you do, damned if you don't.
As for the rest, I'm more of a supporter of the military than most on slashdot, even though medical issues prevented me from serving, so you can point your rant at someone else.
You'd rather continue the stereotype of war-mongering Americans?
My first thought was applying the coating to ropes, since I enjoy sailing. If the ropes won't get wet, they won't rot as easily, and might be easier to handle.
Besides, as far as submarines are concerned, stealth comes from being quiet. Don't see how this would do much to help absorb noise. It might help with speed, but probably not a whole lot. Low drag is a lot more beneficial when you've only got one human-power moving you, compared to a nuclear reactor and who-knows-how-much-shaft-horsepower.
And with the price of copper, that copper fence & copper barbed wire would get stolen by thieves wanting to sell it for scrap.
It would take a special kind of stupid to steal the fencing from the jail, but I'm sure people would try anyway.
Nice personal attacks. But hey, if it makes you happy, keep it up.
If you think I'm smug because I cannot stand the GPL, good for you. Have a cookie. Random slashdot users' opinions of me matter not one bit.
The problem is that it is still security theatre, and there were still 150k+ people wrongly harassed because of this policy.
150k+ more people were wrongly harassed for those 1.2k arrests. Doesn't sound so good when you look at all the numebers involved.
That would be fine with me. Chances are, I won't even know about the GPL project. If they find/fix bugs, politeness would have them let me know so I can fix them, or freely contribute the fix, but that's based on politeness, not license obligations, and I have no real expectation that they'd do so.
I can still improve my code, regardless of what they do with their copy of it. In the end, its just code.
You seem to think that once A "contributes" code from Foo to Bar that A gives a damn about Bar. Bar is programmer B's problem to deal with. A can continue to modify Foo, or can abandon it (often but not always the case - "here, I'm done working on it, knock yourselves out"). In either case, why does Bar being closed-source matter?
If you like GPL, good for you. Go use it. Some of us will use BSD. Others will use propriatary licenses. Others will use License of their choice. All we ask is that you GPL folks get down off your high horse and realize the GPL is just a license, RMS is not the messiah, and that your code simply isn't that important (nor most other code, including mine).
And slightly off-topic, and not directed at any one single person here: Does GPL Smug stack with Prius Smug? Because if you add that to Obama Smug you might be able to reach a critical mass of Smug, which would be amusing.
I don't agree with his ideals at all, and cannot stand the GPL.
So, I'll continue to use the BSD license. Yes, someone can take my code and use it in a closed-source app. I'm OK with that. If I thought it was worth the time/effort to sell it, I wouldn't release it via BSD. If they think they can make money off my work, they're welcome to try.
If the employee makes you more money than they cost you in payroll & benefits, then hiring one less (or firing one) will make your profit decrease as well as your costs.
Title pretty much sums it up. The election officials don't know their ABCs, so you pretty much had to grab the book and find your name in it. They didn't have pencil sharpeners, but they had boxes and boxes of brand-new unsharpened pencils.
Remarkably, the R's and D's were behaving themselves, across the street from the polling place, quietly holding their signs.
Supporters of other issues on the ballot (mostly new sales taxes to support special-interest groups) were campaigning INSIDE the polling place and refusing to leave, in violation of state law. I expect they were eventually escorted out by the police, but I didn't have time to stick around and watch. Election officials just ignored the whole issue.
Whitespace (the language)