Everybody is whining over vaporware, vaporware purported to 'maybe' created by a company, even though that company never said two shakes about it.
And I thought we covered the whole information debacle a few weeks ago during the whole 'Xerox dots You' scare, I thought the consensus they already have the info, it's just a matter of how hard it is to join the queries.
That's a very true statement, especially when a company is going through a reorganization. This means absolutely nothing other than a slow news day on Slashdot. I'm actually confused as to why this ended up getting approved for the front page.
Ah, but on/. a slow news day considerably lowers the bar for 'stuff that matters.'
Get a box(es) of toothpicks (flat preferably), a fast car with the rear passenger door removed, and a trusty sidekick.
Proceed to place the toothpicks at one toothpick's width intervals for a significant distance down a straight quarter mile stretch of road.
Starting from 1/4 mile away, while lying in the backseat with your head out the door hole and your accomplice driving, accelerate to a good fraction of the vehicle's max speed.
Try to catch glimpses of the pavement through the toothpicks.
I'm personally in favor of them utilizing some wasted external tanks to create a sort of octagon around a central propulsion tower that could be spun for anywhere from the.3G for Mars local G to 1G for the return home.
The biggest problem foreseen with any rotation scheme is of course the coriolis forces whereby your head experiences an amount of gravity fractionally different than your feet. This gives new meaning to the term light headed.
..roughly as exciting as seeing two dogs mating...
Canus di contendo? Dogs of War? War = Mars? They might get a little to excited by that, and we don't want to idle their growing economy and social dynamic.
If they go idle who'll come and be our new Overlords to whom we bow down?
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Space Tourism?
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..I'm an astroNOT.
Don't get me wrong, I get jazzed talking about the possibilites for the future of space travel, space tourism among them. But no one should kid themselves into thinking that anyone that goes up in the shuttle is accomplishing alot of science - including the astronauts.
Look at it this way, fly to NYC. Once there get into one of their lovely cabs. Instruct the cab driver to drive you by all the important landmarks; WTC site, Empire State Building, Central Park, etc. Have him stop on one corner so you can get out and grab a Nathan's. Now go back to the airport and go home. Did you learn alot about NYC? Did you get a feel for it?
That my compatriots is what our space program is, a bunch of people that go round and round and then come home. And from what I hear the food isn't the greatest.
I find it interesting that a physician wouldn't want to be able to monitor a patient without the hassle of actually meeting with the patient. Ideally I see the efficiency of a non-meeting system winning over the current visitation model. I'm not sure what insurance guidelines you are looking at but medicare and the other big providers just approved billing models for 'monitoring' patients. It was quite the event around the office.
Disclaimer - I'm a computer programmer, working for a consulting firm for a big medical company on next-gen applications. Right now, the next-gen of physician care is gearing towards home-based monitoring of a patient, including but not limited to implanted devices, weight and blood pressure. All of the big players are going for systems that allow the consistent monitoring of a patient's health instead of a model where the patient actually has to get sick to come in.
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Waaaaaaah!
Hear that? It's the Waaaahmbulance.
Everybody is whining over vaporware, vaporware purported to 'maybe' created by a company, even though that company never said two shakes about it.
And I thought we covered the whole information debacle a few weeks ago during the whole 'Xerox dots You' scare, I thought the consensus they already have the info, it's just a matter of how hard it is to join the queries.
Don't you mean 'l337?'
Also, shouldn't there be the obligatory '-xors' somewhere in your post?
Ala... 'I bet it suxxorz at l337 translations'
I for one woull like to welcome our new wine and sherry drinking techno raver subterranian overlords
Is 'subterranian overlords' a contradiction in terms? Then again, 'underlords' just doesn't have the same impact?
..what's this science thing you're talking about?
That's a very true statement, especially when a company is going through a reorganization. This means absolutely nothing other than a slow news day on Slashdot. I'm actually confused as to why this ended up getting approved for the front page.
/. a slow news day considerably lowers the bar for 'stuff that matters.'
Ah, but on
DO NOT TRY THIS @ HOME
The idea of a tether system has yet to be successfully demonstrated.
.3G for Mars local G to 1G for the return home.
I'm personally in favor of them utilizing some wasted external tanks to create a sort of octagon around a central propulsion tower that could be spun for anywhere from the
The biggest problem foreseen with any rotation scheme is of course the coriolis forces whereby your head experiences an amount of gravity fractionally different than your feet. This gives new meaning to the term light headed.
I for one welcome our Brothel House running, kegger holding, drunken Badger overlords.
...and I'm from the Gopher state
..but so does a gold plated turd.
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More screenies here (if
..roughly as exciting as seeing two dogs mating...
Canus di contendo? Dogs of War? War = Mars? They might get a little to excited by that, and we don't want to idle their growing economy and social dynamic.
If they go idle who'll come and be our new Overlords to whom we bow down?
I long for a phaser too...
...set to stun.
..I'm an astroNOT. Don't get me wrong, I get jazzed talking about the possibilites for the future of space travel, space tourism among them. But no one should kid themselves into thinking that anyone that goes up in the shuttle is accomplishing alot of science - including the astronauts. Look at it this way, fly to NYC. Once there get into one of their lovely cabs. Instruct the cab driver to drive you by all the important landmarks; WTC site, Empire State Building, Central Park, etc. Have him stop on one corner so you can get out and grab a Nathan's. Now go back to the airport and go home. Did you learn alot about NYC? Did you get a feel for it? That my compatriots is what our space program is, a bunch of people that go round and round and then come home. And from what I hear the food isn't the greatest.
Flying Spaghetti Monster-ism?
Mr.Gates should hire DVD Jon as a Sony/Blu-Ray DRM 'consultant'.
It's tiny...and it is surprisingly comfortable to hold. We're still talking about the Micro right?
I find it interesting that a physician wouldn't want to be able to monitor a patient without the hassle of actually meeting with the patient. Ideally I see the efficiency of a non-meeting system winning over the current visitation model. I'm not sure what insurance guidelines you are looking at but medicare and the other big providers just approved billing models for 'monitoring' patients. It was quite the event around the office.
Disclaimer - I'm a computer programmer, working for a consulting firm for a big medical company on next-gen applications. Right now, the next-gen of physician care is gearing towards home-based monitoring of a patient, including but not limited to implanted devices, weight and blood pressure. All of the big players are going for systems that allow the consistent monitoring of a patient's health instead of a model where the patient actually has to get sick to come in.
Eventually, some PC manufacturer is going to sign a deal with Apple and sell machines with OS X installed...
Excellent point. I believe the foundation for this is already apparent with the rebranded HP iPods.
"I'm about to install porn_dialer_v1.69.exe, Click OK to continue"
Is that supposed to be an insult? You do know where they put dildos, right? Sounds like a good job description if I ever heard one.
Trent Reznor, great musician, got his idea from http://www.davidbowie.com/neverFollow/ David Bowie
1. Yeah, I see that coming. 2. Unfortunately. 3. We can only hope. 4. That or spur it (I know, cop out) 5. That deserves a funny point or two.
Is the day I order the Mini then. 'Bout damn time. I didn't RTFA totally but it looks like some sweet improvements to what was already a good system.
People exist that don't live in the USA? What heresy is this?
What about Fable? and Burnout 3: Takedown for the X-Box owned the PS2 version.
I've noticed significant reduction in lows and an unsettling amount of distortion when I go from vinyl to wax cylinder.