I thought you were making a clever, but nonspecific, joke. Then I actually looked through the PDF of the manual.
You gotta wonder...if an open admission that this administration is actively working to squelch the First Amendment rights of American citizens wasn't redacted, what was?
But that does not mean the White House is against dissent -- just so long as the president does not see it. In fact, the manual outlines a specific system for those who disagree with the president to voice their views. It directs the White House advance staff to ask local police "to designate a protest area where demonstrators can be placed, preferably not in the view of the event site or motorcade route."
Not only does Chimpy not see it, but no one else sees it, either, thanks to the complicit corporate media.
If this was a Peter Sellers movie, it would be hilarious. Unfortunately, it's not a movie. We're actually living this.
On NPR this morning, I heard that NASA was actually debating whether or not to even address this, as they did not want to go to all the trouble and spoil the shuttle's schedule.
This sounded especially insane to me...if NASA loses another shuttle because of this same tile-damage problem, and because they couldn't be bothered to take the time to fix the problem when they could have, it will be the end of NASA.
Is this even worth being on Slashdot? Employee screws up, causes problems. International news?
I have to agree...interesting, but only marginally newsworthy.
Crap, several of our T1 lines were cut last week by a government employee who "forgot" to get a map of buried cables before digging. It cost us a heck of a lot more than a house (OT and moving of computer equipment from one location to another)... and that is just our business. I am not even sure it got local coverage.
Gotta love it when that happens. We just had a tree trimming company accidentally bring down the power lines about a week ago...we were completely dark for an entire day. There might be some good coming of it, though...as a result, the IT department may get to wire some leads into the emergency natural gas generator in the shop area. Once that's in place, we needn't be concerned with blackouts anymore. ^_^
I know you are totally making that whole story up,
And how exactly do you "know" this? I'm interested, since you obviously don't "know" what you think you know.
but indulge us anyway on these "problems" that you've found.
Since you asked so nicely, I'll "indulge" you with two examples.
One: Our Cisco VPN currently has a problem with Kerberos preauthentication. Kerberos preauthentication must be shut off in the domain accounts' properties to allow the domain accounts to authenticate successfully to the Cisco VPN. But Vista requires Kerberos preauthentication to successfully log on to the domain.
Two: We have a home-brewed customer database here that Vista does not play well with. We're trying to use this difficulty to justify spending the money for a real customer database solution, but anyone who's been to those sorts of meetings know how fun that is.
So...enough "indulgement" for you?
The funny thing is that, assuming that your story is even remotely true, that you've paid MS twice. Once for Vista and again for XP, all the while you're typing this as if you've really stuck to MS by not using Vista.
Again, despite your disrespectful tone, I'll respond.
I'm fully aware that we're currently paying for Vista licenses we're not using, and I've made the IT director aware of this as well. If he's not worried about it, neither am I. My responsibility is the smooth running of my location...I'm not involved in the financial aspects.
The popularity of Windows XP is still making things difficult for Vista.
I wouldn't blame the popularity of XP as much as I would blame the god-awfulness of Vista. At our organization, there are so many problems we've identified with Vista on our enterprise that we've declared a moratorium on its rollout...probably until SP1 is released (which, considering how late Vista was to begin with, could take a while).
In the meantime, I now get to blow Vista off all the new systems we purchase and replace it with XP. As if I didn't have enough work to keep me busy...
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I find that most people who reject number plate tracking, CCTV cameras, automatic logging and vehicle license MOT test (legal UK vehicle check to ensure it is road worthy) and the like generally have something to hide.
How the hell did this get modded "insightful"? All apodyopsis is doing is parroting the administration party line that privacy is about concealing wrongdoing. This is not what privacy is about at all.
Here's an excellent piece by Bruce Schneier that explains in more detail just why the "you must have something to hide" argument is worthless.
HD 189733b is a gas giant planet with 1.15 times the mass of Jupiter and 1.26 its diameter. It orbits its primary in only 2.219 days and in a distance of 0.0313 AU. This is one of the closest planet-star systems known. The planet's surface temperature is 920 kelvin on the poles and 1220 kelvin on the bright side.
There's no point in putting up a replacement for the failing satellite...after all, the Rapture will be here soon enough, and whoever's left deserves to be surprised by the weather.
The great thing about the occultation method is that it can be used to determine a planet's volume. Add that to the wobble method, which determines a planet's mass, and you now have enough data to calculate the planet's density
Sorry to have to inject the obligatory dystopian note into what should be a positive story, but that's just how my mind works.
Who will have access to this information?
Law enforcement?
The Government?
Insurance companies?
Prospective employers?
(Etc....you get the point...)
Some people fear that this information will be used to discriminate against disease-prone individuals in vivo...but it's far more likely that the first discrimination will happen long after birth.
I'm sure something along these lines has been said before, but here's an idea. Instead of designing a robot to transport human casualties, how about designing a robot to fight, so it wouldn't have to carry human casualties?
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It will be used as an escape shoot on rocket launchpads, and will be the 3rd highest drop in the world.
I think the word you're groping for there is 'chute'. ^_^
I thought you were making a clever, but nonspecific, joke. Then I actually looked through the PDF of the manual.
You gotta wonder...if an open admission that this administration is actively working to squelch the First Amendment rights of American citizens wasn't redacted, what was?
Not only does Chimpy not see it, but no one else sees it, either, thanks to the complicit corporate media.
If this was a Peter Sellers movie, it would be hilarious. Unfortunately, it's not a movie. We're actually living this.
Nothing for you to see here. Please move along.
They could have lost astronauts during the EVA to fix the Hubble, but they went and fixed it just the same.
So, are you saying preventative maintenance to help raise the odds of all the astronauts coming home safely is less important than a telescope?
On NPR this morning, I heard that NASA was actually debating whether or not to even address this, as they did not want to go to all the trouble and spoil the shuttle's schedule.
This sounded especially insane to me...if NASA loses another shuttle because of this same tile-damage problem, and because they couldn't be bothered to take the time to fix the problem when they could have, it will be the end of NASA.
Later. Later. Right now, let's play Global Thermonuclear War.
Unfortunately no. While we can still order the Dell desktops we use with XP, that's no longer an option with the Lenovo laptops.
And no, I can't switch to a different brand of laptop. That decision is made two levels above me.
One: Our Cisco VPN currently has a problem with Kerberos preauthentication. Kerberos preauthentication must be shut off in the domain accounts' properties to allow the domain accounts to authenticate successfully to the Cisco VPN. But Vista requires Kerberos preauthentication to successfully log on to the domain.
Two: We have a home-brewed customer database here that Vista does not play well with. We're trying to use this difficulty to justify spending the money for a real customer database solution, but anyone who's been to those sorts of meetings know how fun that is.
So...enough "indulgement" for you?Again, despite your disrespectful tone, I'll respond.
I'm fully aware that we're currently paying for Vista licenses we're not using, and I've made the IT director aware of this as well. If he's not worried about it, neither am I. My responsibility is the smooth running of my location...I'm not involved in the financial aspects.
The popularity of Windows XP is still making things difficult for Vista.
I wouldn't blame the popularity of XP as much as I would blame the god-awfulness of Vista. At our organization, there are so many problems we've identified with Vista on our enterprise that we've declared a moratorium on its rollout...probably until SP1 is released (which, considering how late Vista was to begin with, could take a while).
In the meantime, I now get to blow Vista off all the new systems we purchase and replace it with XP. As if I didn't have enough work to keep me busy...
Here's an excellent piece by Bruce Schneier that explains in more detail just why the "you must have something to hide" argument is worthless.
Have you ever considered turning off the TV...sitting down with your children...and hitting them?
- Bender
Glancing through the description, I saw the prices quoted, and thought "heck....that's not too bad...".
:(
Then, I noticed that the thing in front of the numbers wasn't a dollar sign...it was a pound sign.
(Just for reference, the current exchange rate is: 1.00 GBP = 2.05749 USD.)
HD 189733b is a gas giant planet with 1.15 times the mass of Jupiter and 1.26 its diameter. It orbits its primary in only 2.219 days and in a distance of 0.0313 AU. This is one of the closest planet-star systems known. The planet's surface temperature is 920 kelvin on the poles and 1220 kelvin on the bright side.
They can do without sex, sure...but the simulated latency on WoW would demoralize them within a week. ^_^
Get your ass to simulated Mars!
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There's no point in putting up a replacement for the failing satellite...after all, the Rapture will be here soon enough, and whoever's left deserves to be surprised by the weather.
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The great thing about the occultation method is that it can be used to determine a planet's volume. Add that to the wobble method, which determines a planet's mass, and you now have enough data to calculate the planet's density
Take off your blinders for once.
If you disagree with the arguments posed, by all means dispute them. But don't just dismiss them out of hand, with a snarky "tinfoil hat" comment.
Are you absolutely certain that permanently eliminating certain variations from our gene pool is such a good idea?
After all, just to cite one example, the gene responsible for sickle cell anemia also confers significant resistance to malaria to its carrier.
Who will have access to this information?
Some people fear that this information will be used to discriminate against disease-prone individuals in vivo...but it's far more likely that the first discrimination will happen long after birth.
I'm sure something along these lines has been said before, but here's an idea. Instead of designing a robot to transport human casualties, how about designing a robot to fight, so it wouldn't have to carry human casualties?
Just sayin'...
Sturdy table, capable of holding impeachment, desperately needed.
Please send to Speaker Pelosi on behalf of the people of the United Stated.
Probably...about every fifth article on Slashdot is about some sort of DRM and the reason do jour that it sucks.