Look, if all this fucking stress about whether the damage is too great to come back, or this stress about the foam falling off is so great, than wrapping duct tape strategically around the shuttle can't be such a bad idea. As long as we have Astronauts in the shuttle, their safety takes the big concern. Cut the payload if it makes it a lot safer, not having to worry about the foam on the outside of the fuel tank falling off and hitting the tiles that are needing to be pristine with no protective layer of cheap plastic or anything in between. Fine. Holy cow 1000 pounds of duct tape to solve the problem is an idea to make fun of people for:P
You go to buy a new vcr, you have to peel off the tape. Well you launch a 2 billion orbitor, you put a easily peelable plastic film on the stupid tiles that have to work right or you kill 7 people. Guys the orbitor cost a meer 2 billion. You fucking republicans better fucking justify the price tag of Iraq fucking assholes. What the fuck sort of life could we be living right now if all that fucking money went into research and exploration assholes. Iraq is getting a muslum law constitution like Iran and we still dumping billions of dollars into George W. Bush's pipe dream, which he doesn't explain, but all you fucking republicans do a pretty good job, if good means totally fucking retarded.
Why not just wrap the fuel tank in plastic or something? Is there any reason the foam has to be totally exposed to the environment with nothing preventing it falling whichever which way?
I agree with you. While I was completely into Quake for a period of like 5 years (after giving up console gaming for the most part in 1994), the N64 almost completely turned me off. For one thing, the 3d was ok, but Quake blew it away. A friend loaned me a N64 and some games about a month ago, so I'm starting to discover some of the fun of Mario Kart, and Mario 64, but at the time the selling point of 3d games was a complete downer for me, as Quake had completely taken over my gaming life. Also, where the heck were the RPG's? The SNES had literally dozens of rpg's. Other than Zelda, you could probably count the rpg's for N64 with 1 hand's fingers. If Nintendo had encouraged developers to make more 2d games and push the 2d gaming experience to new levels, as well as encourage more RPG's, then I _may_ have had some interest.
Having previously been a NES and SNES fanboy (I'll admit it), my friends who were N64 Fanboys didn't help me much with my perception of N64 much either:) "Quake sucks! James Bond on N64 kicks it's ass! RPG's suck! Blah":) Everyone is entitled to their opinion:)
They've undoubtedly thought of this, but if foam hitting the shuttle is such a big deal, couldn't they put something between the shuttle and the tank to protect the orbiter? I know a big sheet of steel would be ugly, heavy, and probably not aerodynamic, but even a layer of sheddable plastic or something. It may be a big design undertaking this late in the game for the shuttle, but safety is very important. If the barrier was a durable enough material, it conceivably could protect the shuttle even if the external tank exploded, if the shuttle wasn't torn apart by the violent inertia.
I think he meant that side-mounted payloads that depend upon a nearly completely intact exterior to survive rentry are safety hazards. If the shuttle used a force field for rentry, then it probably wouldn't be an issue having foam hit it, unless it damaged it's structural integrity or hit it in a window or something.
While watching the external tank drop in real time from the shuttle, I noticed some flashes near
the wings. I was hoping they were just normal
exhaust or explosive bolts or something of that
nature. Anyways, I'm sure NASA is waaay analizing
this thing from like 1000 different angles right now.
Considering the stakes, I think NASA has
every right to be paranoid over this right now!
They were discounting the stuff falling off the
tank as a likely cause for the Columbia breakup
for a long time!
It sure is awesome to have a shuttle in orbit again.
I'm pretty sure they only mean XP, considering that Windows 2000 won't be able to use the brand new l33t IE7. With security enhancements that are only possible using the Windows XP operating system! ALSO user of IE 7 may not be able to view half the websites on the internet, but at least they are secure, unless they have a usb device!!!:)
Maybe they could strike an agreement where they get like a 1% cut on the profits of "Microsoft Windows Vista" and Microsoft gets a 1% cut on the profits of "Vista Windows Vista".:) And everyone is happy!
Hmm, I may be confusing the issue, and obviously trademarks aren't the same as software liscensing, but couldn't Vista the company defend their trademark yet allow Microsoft the company to use Vista's trademark, with the understanding that Microsoft couldn't claim it as their own to harrass other companies or people? Even if it wasn't a commercial liscense (and they would be fools to not, given the given success of Windows Vista) it would still be cool to preemptivly prevent Microsoft from being dicks, yet again:) I mean Vista is a common English word, but not as common as other english words, like "Word" or "Window".:)
They are going to jump on Rockstar all over, and on top of all the shit that they already say about Rockstar, they'll add "and they lied to protect themselves!"
That's the disgusting part of these "politicians" getting involved. Lying sacks, the majority, of both major parties. So much so that disgusting talk show hosts on either side can get their jollies off blanket coloring 100's of millions of people either snide voiceconservatives or contempt and hatredLIBERALS.
I hate all politicians and all radio talk show hosts right now! This big fit about this video game is complete retard criteria!
Not only that but the "constellation" is more of an organizational tool than any actual grouping of stars. The stars in any given constellation may line per line of sight to us here in our solar system, but usually have no actual corelation to each other and one wouldn't have to move too many light years for the constellations to change shapes and ultimately completely change. The individual stars in a constellation can be hundreds of light years apart.
That being said, as an astronomy buff over the years and finding the same constellations night after night, they end up becoming your friends and you can actually have pretty good conversations with above said constellations:) Don't bring any of your human friends though, they may not see anything but "a bunch of stars" and probably won't understand:)
I'm checking out the movie, but on NASA TV last night it was fun, they showed the stills as the were coming in, and the comet got bigger and bigger and then you were looking at rocks and craters and then they got bigger, and then nothing happened for like a minute, and then the guys in the room started cheering, and for like 2 minutes they tortured us by saying things like "wow, we gotta get that picture on the screen!".
Well, you also can get fansubs. Ethically even, if you buy the stuff from the store first. Dubs, subs, it's amazing how far off they BOTH often are. I realize that most people don't have time to spend years learning Japanese. Also, in some anime's (Excel Saga) they just talk way too fast to read all the dubs. On the other hand,often the original dialogue IS superior to dubs or subs. On the gripping hand, sometimes like you say the English dubs are excellent, even better than the original, perhaps! (Ninja Scroll, FLCL, Cowboy Bebop). I've never seen Evangelion, but exceptions are like Robotech and the Slayers TV seasons. Lena's English voice just hurts my ears!
Excel Saga has some cool English voices, even if they also hurt my ears:)
They also did a lot of censuring and even didn't air a couple of episodes of Cowboy Bebop. Anyways, I'll get the chance to see what all the commotion is about now that they will be aired here.
I'll second your opinion on "University of Phoenix Online." It is very irritating to go to a website, and suddenly this woman's voice starts blaring out of my computer speakers, and I had no idea where it's coming from. So I start scrolling through all my tabs, and sure enough, about halfway down the page, is a flash advertisement
and there is that lady talking. At least they have a little flash button allowing you to mute her.
I guess they do a pretty good job of getting their name out there, even if they use popups and spam and annoying flash. But it is annoying!
It does switch between evening/morning star, but in between times, while the planet is either directly in front of the sun relative to us, or behind the sun, or when it is so close to the sun that it's glare usually drowns it out, then you're not going to be able to view it. Mercury switches between morning/evening as well, even faster than Venus.
I see no reason to believe that Microsoft will "basterdize" the RSS format, a format that has to be compatible with existing readers for its uptake to be guaranteed
You may be right but I don't have a lot of faith in Microsoft right now. I've been using a hotmail email address as my primary for many years now, and now I learn that this fall Microsoft is "basterdizing" the format to make it more secure. I get absolutely NO spam, I get absolutely NO unwanted emails on my hotmail account, yet I may have quit using it. Plus Microsoft's track record sortof speaks for itself.
(i.e. no RSS publisher will embrace the extensions if they are incompatible with the majority of reader apps)
Your statement makes complete sense to me but I've ran into enough MS fans over the years who feel like they gotta use MS's newest awesome technology and if I can't use it, then I should shell out $400 for a copy of longhorn too, by golly!
Will stay optimistic though. I hope you are right.
Now I may not be one to talk as I ignored the Windows ME and Win2000 "Upgrade", but wasn't the jump from win 3.1 to win 95 more drastic? Isn't win ME and 2000 and XP just more of the same, just costing more. Granted you may cough up some story about how you've used XP for 10 years and it has never crashed, never pissed you off, does everything right and you are very happy. Fine:)
Check out Samarai Champloo. It's by the same guys who did Cowboy Beebop. It's pretty solid, if pretty violent. Been starting to get into Cowboy Beebop because of Champloo, and seems more laid back...but is starting to grow on me.
Also, I think I read that that evil cave on Dagabah was the location Yoda had defeated a Sith knight, thus it being a good place for him to hide, as the evil would hide him.
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I have the exact same problem. I have many ps1 games that won't even boot in the ps2. It is easy to just swap the a/v cable though.
You go to buy a new vcr, you have to peel off the tape. Well you launch a 2 billion orbitor, you put a easily peelable plastic film on the stupid tiles that have to work right or you kill 7 people. Guys the orbitor cost a meer 2 billion. You fucking republicans better fucking justify the price tag of Iraq fucking assholes. What the fuck sort of life could we be living right now if all that fucking money went into research and exploration assholes. Iraq is getting a muslum law constitution like Iran and we still dumping billions of dollars into George W. Bush's pipe dream, which he doesn't explain, but all you fucking republicans do a pretty good job, if good means totally fucking retarded.
Why not just wrap the fuel tank in plastic or something? Is there any reason the foam has to be totally exposed to the environment with nothing preventing it falling whichever which way?
Thank you for the recommendations! Been trying to find info on Mother 64, guess it never came out.
Having previously been a NES and SNES fanboy (I'll admit it), my friends who were N64 Fanboys didn't help me much with my perception of N64 much either :) "Quake sucks! James Bond on N64 kicks it's ass! RPG's suck! Blah" :) Everyone is entitled to their opinion :)
Holy cow!!!!! XP is still $150? I haven't checked lately, but is Windows 98 still being sold at Walmart for $80?
They've undoubtedly thought of this, but if foam hitting the shuttle is such a big deal, couldn't they put something between the shuttle and the tank to protect the orbiter? I know a big sheet of steel would be ugly, heavy, and probably not aerodynamic, but even a layer of sheddable plastic or something. It may be a big design undertaking this late in the game for the shuttle, but safety is very important. If the barrier was a durable enough material, it conceivably could protect the shuttle even if the external tank exploded, if the shuttle wasn't torn apart by the violent inertia.
I think he meant that side-mounted payloads that depend upon a nearly completely intact exterior to survive rentry are safety hazards. If the shuttle used a force field for rentry, then it probably wouldn't be an issue having foam hit it, unless it damaged it's structural integrity or hit it in a window or something.
Considering the stakes, I think NASA has every right to be paranoid over this right now! They were discounting the stuff falling off the tank as a likely cause for the Columbia breakup for a long time!
It sure is awesome to have a shuttle in orbit again.
I'm pretty sure they only mean XP, considering that Windows 2000 won't be able to use the brand new l33t IE7. With security enhancements that are only possible using the Windows XP operating system! ALSO user of IE 7 may not be able to view half the websites on the internet, but at least they are secure, unless they have a usb device!!! :)
Maybe they could strike an agreement where they get like a 1% cut on the profits of "Microsoft Windows Vista" and Microsoft gets a 1% cut on the profits of "Vista Windows Vista". :) And everyone is happy!
Hmm, I may be confusing the issue, and obviously trademarks aren't the same as software liscensing, but couldn't Vista the company defend their trademark yet allow Microsoft the company to use Vista's trademark, with the understanding that Microsoft couldn't claim it as their own to harrass other companies or people? Even if it wasn't a commercial liscense (and they would be fools to not, given the given success of Windows Vista) it would still be cool to preemptivly prevent Microsoft from being dicks, yet again :) I mean Vista is a common English word, but not as common as other english words, like "Word" or "Window". :)
That's the disgusting part of these "politicians" getting involved. Lying sacks, the majority, of both major parties. So much so that disgusting talk show hosts on either side can get their jollies off blanket coloring 100's of millions of people either snide voice conservatives or contempt and hatred LIBERALS.
I hate all politicians and all radio talk show hosts right now! This big fit about this video game is complete retard criteria!
That being said, as an astronomy buff over the years and finding the same constellations night after night, they end up becoming your friends and you can actually have pretty good conversations with above said constellations :) Don't bring any of your human friends though, they may not see anything but "a bunch of stars" and probably won't understand :)
I'm checking out the movie, but on NASA TV last night it was fun, they showed the stills as the were coming in, and the comet got bigger and bigger and then you were looking at rocks and craters and then they got bigger, and then nothing happened for like a minute, and then the guys in the room started cheering, and for like 2 minutes they tortured us by saying things like "wow, we gotta get that picture on the screen!".
Well, you also can get fansubs. Ethically even, if you buy the stuff from the store first. Dubs, subs, it's amazing how far off they BOTH often are. I realize that most people don't have time to spend years learning Japanese. Also, in some anime's (Excel Saga) they just talk way too fast to read all the dubs. On the other hand,often the original dialogue IS superior to dubs or subs. On the gripping hand, sometimes like you say the English dubs are excellent, even better than the original, perhaps! (Ninja Scroll, FLCL, Cowboy Bebop). I've never seen Evangelion, but exceptions are like Robotech and the Slayers TV seasons. Lena's English voice just hurts my ears! Excel Saga has some cool English voices, even if they also hurt my ears :)
They also did a lot of censuring and even didn't air a couple of episodes of Cowboy Bebop. Anyways, I'll get the chance to see what all the commotion is about now that they will be aired here.
I guess they do a pretty good job of getting their name out there, even if they use popups and spam and annoying flash. But it is annoying!
It does switch between evening/morning star, but in between times, while the planet is either directly in front of the sun relative to us, or behind the sun, or when it is so close to the sun that it's glare usually drowns it out, then you're not going to be able to view it. Mercury switches between morning/evening as well, even faster than Venus.
You may be right but I don't have a lot of faith in Microsoft right now. I've been using a hotmail email address as my primary for many years now, and now I learn that this fall Microsoft is "basterdizing" the format to make it more secure. I get absolutely NO spam, I get absolutely NO unwanted emails on my hotmail account, yet I may have quit using it. Plus Microsoft's track record sortof speaks for itself.
(i.e. no RSS publisher will embrace the extensions if they are incompatible with the majority of reader apps)
Your statement makes complete sense to me but I've ran into enough MS fans over the years who feel like they gotta use MS's newest awesome technology and if I can't use it, then I should shell out $400 for a copy of longhorn too, by golly!
Will stay optimistic though. I hope you are right.
Friends! They have been getting pretty lonely.
Now I may not be one to talk as I ignored the Windows ME and Win2000 "Upgrade", but wasn't the jump from win 3.1 to win 95 more drastic? Isn't win ME and 2000 and XP just more of the same, just costing more. Granted you may cough up some story about how you've used XP for 10 years and it has never crashed, never pissed you off, does everything right and you are very happy. Fine :)
Check out Samarai Champloo. It's by the same guys who did Cowboy Beebop. It's pretty solid, if pretty violent. Been starting to get into Cowboy Beebop because of Champloo, and seems more laid back...but is starting to grow on me.
That looks really nice! It could really use a couple more buttons for SNES games though.
Also, I think I read that that evil cave on Dagabah was the location Yoda had defeated a Sith knight, thus it being a good place for him to hide, as the evil would hide him.