It's 2008 and that haven't even had so much as a test flight. Until they can actually show some results, they've got no room to brag. There are about a million defunct designs that promised great things they WOULD do. There are very few that ever actually delivered on any of those promises.
I hate it when people use acronyms for no good reason. SCOTUS would be understandable if you had to say "Supreme Court of the United States." But most people understand "Supreme Court" just fine. I think the context of the article would make it quite clear that this wasn't a reference to the Supreme Court of Paraguay. This is a similar thing with the acronym POTUS (instead of simply "The President" or "President Bush" or even just "George Bush").
Acronyms are particularly annoying on/. because too many people assume that everyone is familiar with the technical jargon used in there particular field (leading to conflicting acronyms).
With George W. outright *owning* at least 4 judges (this case was accepted at his urging) and having influence over at least one other, I would say that AT&T is pretty much guaranteed AT LEAST a 5-4 ruling.
Burt Rutan is a prick, but he proved with SpaceShipOne that he can deliver (unlike all the other X Prize competitors). I don't think anyone doubted that Scaled Composites was dead serious when they said they're going to build SpaceShipTwo.
The Falcon 9 is just a cargo rocket. And it hasn't even completed a successful test flight yet. The SpaceShipTwo is the first passenger rocket that will put space within reach of non-billionaires and it's based on the SpaceShipOne, which has already PROVEN its viability with several successful test flights.
No one gives a shit about engine tests. Call us back when the Falcon 9 actually puts some passengers into space (and "in theory" doesn't count).
Fahrenheit is better than Celsius for delineating temperature. Celsius may be more standardized, but putting only 100 degrees between freezing cold and boiling hot makes for a pretty shitty scale for humans (unless you want to get into decimal points).
Thank God. For the longest time I thought little demons were sneaking in the freezer and fucking around with my ice. All your modern technology still frightens me.
One of the few comedians who stayed completely relevant over the span of many decades. He was also able to reinvent himself on several occasions, and each time very effectively. In the early 60's he was part of a vanilla Lewis and Martin-type comedy team, in the late-60's/early 70's he became a cutting edge counter-culture comic, and in the 80's he became a great comic actor. Truly amazing.
I was watching him in Dogma just this weekend. That opening with him introducing the "Jesus Wow!" campaign still cracks me up.
They wouldn't be so bad if they could learn to actually EAT food once in a while (instead of just throwing it everywhere), or learn to go at least five seconds without you in the room before they started a temper tantrum, or NOT learn to perfectly imitate every annoying sound in the house just to get your attention. They're bigger attention whores than Paris Hilton.
They don't have the right to override the Constitution without an amendment. But good luck getting the Supreme Court to enforce this (it's stacked with Bush appointees and other fundies) or Congress to ever actually grow some balls (the Democrats who were elected to stand up to George W. have done nothing but act like his plantation slaves).
Some have speculated that birds are descended from dinosaurs. I used to think this was a bunch of crap until I owned an African Congo Grey parrot. I don't know who is the closest direct bird descendant of the Tyrannosaurus Rex, but after my experience I'm pretty sure it must be a Congo Gray named Max.
Yes, because conservatives are known for their high levels of education, diction, scientific acumen, and general reasoning skills. If you don't believe it, just go to any NASCAR race and listen to the fans debate the merits of Plato and Kant.
Jesus, even with a weakened dollar, that's less the $40,000 a year for a PROGRAMMER?!?!? To put that in perspective, the median income for U.S. *high school teachers* is $51,000.
I always make myself watch at least one a week. Some weeks I'll watch more (two or all three), but I always watch and return *at least* one title a week. Otherwise, I'm not getting my money's worth out of the three-out-at-once plan. If you're not watching at least one a week, you had might as well downgrade your Netflix to one of the cheaper plans, or start renting titles individually from a local video store (4 titles a month at Netflix is about $4-$5 a pop for the rentals, or about what you would pay at a video store).
Barack Obama won't do jackshit. Despite his rock star image, in the end, he's just another Democrat--disorganized and spineless. Democrats talk a good game, but when the rubber hits the road, they cave like Batman. They have failed to deliver on pretty much everything they were elected to do. End the war in Iraq? What a joke. There are more troops there NOW than when the Dems took over!
Once again, this why I refuse to belong to either party.
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I showed my portfolio to my landlord. He said he still needed a check or cash.
It's 2008 and that haven't even had so much as a test flight. Until they can actually show some results, they've got no room to brag. There are about a million defunct designs that promised great things they WOULD do. There are very few that ever actually delivered on any of those promises.
Acronyms are particularly annoying on /. because too many people assume that everyone is familiar with the technical jargon used in there particular field (leading to conflicting acronyms).
With George W. outright *owning* at least 4 judges (this case was accepted at his urging) and having influence over at least one other, I would say that AT&T is pretty much guaranteed AT LEAST a 5-4 ruling.
No rent money *THIS* month either!
The only reason Russert got talked up so much is because the media loves itself above all other subjects.
At least you didn't have it on the "Rape is Funny" bit.
It's easy to be non-offensive and popular when you have nothing to say.
If you're that worried about safety, you should probably stay on the ground. I suspect that's where the Falcon 9 will stay.
Don't exaggerate. Cessnas aren't that big.
If you're looking for a virgin who can build a spacecraft, just find the nearest NASA engineer.
Burt Rutan is a prick, but he proved with SpaceShipOne that he can deliver (unlike all the other X Prize competitors). I don't think anyone doubted that Scaled Composites was dead serious when they said they're going to build SpaceShipTwo.
No one gives a shit about engine tests. Call us back when the Falcon 9 actually puts some passengers into space (and "in theory" doesn't count).
Fahrenheit is better than Celsius for delineating temperature. Celsius may be more standardized, but putting only 100 degrees between freezing cold and boiling hot makes for a pretty shitty scale for humans (unless you want to get into decimal points).
Thank God. For the longest time I thought little demons were sneaking in the freezer and fucking around with my ice. All your modern technology still frightens me.
The last 8 years have made a lot of us angry. He's hardly alone.
I was watching him in Dogma just this weekend. That opening with him introducing the "Jesus Wow!" campaign still cracks me up.
He'll be missed.
They wouldn't be so bad if they could learn to actually EAT food once in a while (instead of just throwing it everywhere), or learn to go at least five seconds without you in the room before they started a temper tantrum, or NOT learn to perfectly imitate every annoying sound in the house just to get your attention. They're bigger attention whores than Paris Hilton.
They don't have the right to override the Constitution without an amendment. But good luck getting the Supreme Court to enforce this (it's stacked with Bush appointees and other fundies) or Congress to ever actually grow some balls (the Democrats who were elected to stand up to George W. have done nothing but act like his plantation slaves).
Norwegian, Danish, what's the difference?
Some have speculated that birds are descended from dinosaurs. I used to think this was a bunch of crap until I owned an African Congo Grey parrot. I don't know who is the closest direct bird descendant of the Tyrannosaurus Rex, but after my experience I'm pretty sure it must be a Congo Gray named Max.
Yes, because conservatives are known for their high levels of education, diction, scientific acumen, and general reasoning skills. If you don't believe it, just go to any NASCAR race and listen to the fans debate the merits of Plato and Kant.
That's fucking insane.
I always make myself watch at least one a week. Some weeks I'll watch more (two or all three), but I always watch and return *at least* one title a week. Otherwise, I'm not getting my money's worth out of the three-out-at-once plan. If you're not watching at least one a week, you had might as well downgrade your Netflix to one of the cheaper plans, or start renting titles individually from a local video store (4 titles a month at Netflix is about $4-$5 a pop for the rentals, or about what you would pay at a video store).
Once again, this why I refuse to belong to either party.