From what I had been reading, the American shuttle has been grounded for the next few years. Perhaps even until 2012...
And despite other comments I've read and the lack of coverage of this in the news, we WILL be depending on Russia during this period to get us to the ISS. We are buying Suyoz vehicles.
The sale of them WAS out of the question since NASA could not purchase any space equipment from Russia because of the Iran Nonproliferation Act. Only a U.S. President could "bypass" the legislation.
NASA seems to want to have us believe the dust is more deadly than the radiation on the surface of the moon. I found this article quite humorous, enjoy!
The "simulated" dust "sticks" the same way here as they claim in did on the moon. Cinderblock dust, Quickcrete(TM), etc which are high in silica. Read the warning label on Quickcrete(TM), or check out http://www.osha.gov/SLTC/constructionsilica/
When I used to use Mandrake Linux a lot back in 99', I could never pick between Gnome or KDE myself! There were certain things I liked about both, so I would just have both installed and pick one or the other in the startup menu.
This kind of reminds me of the old deal with the gold "Liscensed by Nintendo" emblems that used to appear on cartridge labels back in the 80's.
As other companies figured out how to zap Nintendos lock-out chip so they could make their owned games without the shiny gold emblem, Tengen just went ahead and used legal action (which they eventually lost their case for miserably) and got the code for it from the copyright office. After that, the Tetris suit, retailers not carring Tengen titles due to threats from Nintendo, they were ultimately strong-armed and shut down by Nintendo.
Now I don't know what ever came of the manufactorer that made the un-Nintendo-liscensed "Chiller" and "Baby Boomer" titles, but something tells me they didn't exactly become a big success.
So in the case of Nintendo... despite Nintendos bullying and Tengens efforts to get things done their way, Nintendo is still a loved company and Tengen is out of business.
Would the same sort of thing happen for Apple with the iPod accessories? Perhaps. As much I despise Apple and would never own an iPod... I know there are plenty of people who think different (as lame as different may be) that will be more than happy to shell out big bucks for their trendy accessories with Apple logos on them.
Kinda like filling up your Sims on beverages, then walling them into a 5x5 foot room. Watch em whine, complain, pee on theirselves, then finally die:)
Who wants to play The Sims "for real" anymore? It just goes on and on and then you remember you actually have to wash YOUR OWN dishes (dog).
The Secret Of Monkey Island was the first thing that came to my mind when I read this! Heh-heh.
I'm sure some of you remember the "Spitting Contest" from Monkey Island 2 - LeChucks Revenge where you mixed the blue and yellow grogs to make green (Like Largo's spit) once you had a fake ID to actually buy grog from the bar... which was a temporary library card.
"Name? Um.... Smith.";)
This sort of thinking is quite scary. History keeps repeating itself and soon will come another dark ages if shit like this continues. Everyone remember the story of Galileo Vs. Church?
I really don't see this as happening any time soon myself. (WARNING: SARCASM HERE) And remember... the US is the best country (with an inferior broadband network compared to the UK) and we don't take orders from spineless Europeon countries that don't agree with us.
Too bad human have never breached very far past the Earths Van Allen belts.
It's quite humorous to read NASA re-telling the lies and saying things like "We can't go as fast as we did in the Apollo missions".
I want the Russian landers data which lies on microfiche in a vault somewhere...
The massive ammounts of data from our (unmanned) OWN MOON LANDER would be nice too.
But I'm not holding my breath on that or NASA to start telling the truth.
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The game will not even load (last time I checked if) you are running Windows XP 64bit. That kind of prevents me from beginning to be bored.
More like S.T.A.L.K.E.R.
Yeah yeah.. that's all fine and dandy, but how many FPS does it get in Crysis on ultra settings? (heh-heh)
Funny... they never got the original lander to function properly on Earth at all...
You know, I agree with a lot of this... however, I believe the whole public school system in the U.S. should be mothballed. It simply doesn't cut it.
From what I had been reading, the American shuttle has been grounded for the next few years. Perhaps even until 2012...
And despite other comments I've read and the lack of coverage of this in the news, we WILL be depending on Russia during this period to get us to the ISS. We are buying Suyoz vehicles.
The sale of them WAS out of the question since NASA could not purchase any space equipment from Russia because of the Iran Nonproliferation Act. Only a U.S. President could "bypass" the legislation.
Read for yourself... http://www.spacedaily.com/news/NASA_Had_No_Choice_ But_To_Buy_Soyuz_Flights.html
I just want to see plumper video game chicks ;)
NASA seems to want to have us believe the dust is more deadly than the radiation on the surface of the moon. I found this article quite humorous, enjoy!
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http://www.wired.com/news/space/0,2697,67110,00.h
The "simulated" dust "sticks" the same way here as they claim in did on the moon. Cinderblock dust, Quickcrete(TM), etc which are high in silica. Read the warning label on Quickcrete(TM), or check out http://www.osha.gov/SLTC/constructionsilica/
Very true... perhaps if Windows Vista ( or Windoze Gay Meadow as I call it ) pushes ipv6 I'll finally install XP ;)
Yeah it's been the same way as well for at least the past 3 years my local cable internet provider company...
When I used to use Mandrake Linux a lot back in 99', I could never pick between Gnome or KDE myself! There were certain things I liked about both, so I would just have both installed and pick one or the other in the startup menu.
This kind of reminds me of the old deal with the gold "Liscensed by Nintendo" emblems that used to appear on cartridge labels back in the 80's.
As other companies figured out how to zap Nintendos lock-out chip so they could make their owned games without the shiny gold emblem, Tengen just went ahead and used legal action (which they eventually lost their case for miserably) and got the code for it from the copyright office. After that, the Tetris suit, retailers not carring Tengen titles due to threats from Nintendo, they were ultimately strong-armed and shut down by Nintendo.
Now I don't know what ever came of the manufactorer that made the un-Nintendo-liscensed "Chiller" and "Baby Boomer" titles, but something tells me they didn't exactly become a big success.
So in the case of Nintendo... despite Nintendos bullying and Tengens efforts to get things done their way, Nintendo is still a loved company and Tengen is out of business.
Would the same sort of thing happen for Apple with the iPod accessories? Perhaps. As much I despise Apple and would never own an iPod... I know there are plenty of people who think different (as lame as different may be) that will be more than happy to shell out big bucks for their trendy accessories with Apple logos on them.
Let's see him develop a complex program with no bugs!
Kinda like filling up your Sims on beverages, then walling them into a 5x5 foot room. Watch em whine, complain, pee on theirselves, then finally die :)
Who wants to play The Sims "for real" anymore? It just goes on and on and then you remember you actually have to wash YOUR OWN dishes (dog).
The Secret Of Monkey Island was the first thing that came to my mind when I read this! Heh-heh. I'm sure some of you remember the "Spitting Contest" from Monkey Island 2 - LeChucks Revenge where you mixed the blue and yellow grogs to make green (Like Largo's spit) once you had a fake ID to actually buy grog from the bar... which was a temporary library card. "Name? Um.... Smith." ;)
"apollo was tracked by telescopes on it's journey to the moon."
Could have been a probe...
If everyone thought the same, the world would be pretty dull.
Everyone is entitled to their opinion. If we ever get the probe data that has been classified for years perhaps I'll change mine.
Going to the moon is a lot easier when you are on a movie set.
This sort of thinking is quite scary. History keeps repeating itself and soon will come another dark ages if shit like this continues. Everyone remember the story of Galileo Vs. Church?
My thoughts exactly, although I haven't seen the documentry.
I really don't see this as happening any time soon myself. (WARNING: SARCASM HERE) And remember... the US is the best country (with an inferior broadband network compared to the UK) and we don't take orders from spineless Europeon countries that don't agree with us.
A cop shot a kid dead point-blank in the 80's for pointing a laser tag gun at him.
Party affiliation is irrelevant. The whole governmental system is owned by corporations. Wake up.
Yeah I agree. Good to see this struck down.
Too bad human have never breached very far past the Earths Van Allen belts. It's quite humorous to read NASA re-telling the lies and saying things like "We can't go as fast as we did in the Apollo missions". I want the Russian landers data which lies on microfiche in a vault somewhere... The massive ammounts of data from our (unmanned) OWN MOON LANDER would be nice too. But I'm not holding my breath on that or NASA to start telling the truth.