My sister, far from a religious extremist, and then the local PTA president, decided to home school her 3 boys when the school failed to take action on a sexual complaint. Basically, there was an older boy, 5th grade, that was exploring other kids at the school. When he was caught red handed, the school decided "counciling" was more appropriate. 2 years later, when the boy was ARRESTED, she put her kids back into the school system.
I'm waiting for Pope Benedict XVII, a.k.a. Pope Benedict Forever. They've been talking about it since the 16th century. But, they better watch out, I've heard they might go the Catholic Wars Galaxies route.
I am more likely to trust a peer review from the guys at the LHC, when they talk about their research, than the IPCC folks, when they talk about theirs.
If we are killed or destroyed by an accidentally conceived black hole (insert sex joke), it will be before we are harmed by anything the IPCC predicted.
Larry Niven's "Hole Man" describes a possible ending. In his story, a small black hole is released into Mar's core. He paints the picture of it bouncing around the core, consuming as it went. Eventually, Mars would become unstable and break apart.
Not knowing the exact calculations, and depending upon the size of the item, isn't it more likely that such a black hole would consume enough to turn itself into a less dangerous dense sphere?
It is not beyond belief that Google made certain concessions to the Chinese Government. Eventually, any concession to ANY government is going to bite the company and the user in the ass. Or, in the case of the Chinese, put a lethal 9mm sized hole in the head.
O.K., I RTFA and I RTFPR and so far, there's no way to connect and dump this to your PC? Maybe I missed it. But, this is an expensive scratch pad. With no storage, it doesn't even have the benefits of the group of steno pads I have in my drawer with notes from phone calls, impromptu meetings, and ideas that flash past while working on code.
I hate it when companies use patent claims in their marketing. Won't buy.
Such BS doesn't even make a good soundbite. I would be willing to bet that the computer you are posting from has all sorts of patents and patent-pending notices in its documentation and stamped on the body.
If I were to go into your kitchen, your bathroom, your bedroom, and your living room, I'd see all sorts of little gadgets, gizmos, appliances, and devices that have patents or have a patent pending.
Worse yet, I bet you have a lot of software patented material.
Yeah, you're a rebel. Yep, you got street cred. Power to the masses.
No wonder you're hiding under the AC label, you know how ridiculous you sound on the surface and under the surface.
Of course, this kind of self realization indicates that deep down, you know you're an idiot and blowhard, filled with self loathing 'cause you are THAT guy. You are the guy that has the permanent coffee mug grip that wanders through the cubicle farm espousing your ill founded, self contradicting, absurd opinion on matters political, economic, and such.
I live in the greater Seattle area. Because I lived in Boise (working at HP) for a few years, I have to provide "travel" documents to the police, I'm subject to unannounced inspections and searchs. I was once accused of trying to assemble a potato of mass destruction when they found a few empty McDonalds fry boxes in the back of my car. Talk about an oppressive police state? Western Washington.
Even something like a $5 potato cannon can kill people at close range.
Dude, don't start it up. Those folks in Idaho are a thin skinned bunch.
The Idaho Potatoe Council, through their spokesman, Spuddy Buddy, want to reiterate that, "Potatoes don't kill people, people kill people."
"The potatoe is a non-lethal vegetable. In fact, there is only one tuber that is considered a weapon, but it is grown only in the upper most reaches of the Andeas on the boarders of Chile and Peru," Buddy went on to say.
Did you know millions of potatoes have been shipped around the world as humanitarian relief. Not a single one has been used in military agression. There has only been one instance of a potato being used to kill. That was the aforementioned Peruvian Murder Spud (rough translation) that the CIA used in an assasination attempt on the husband of Evita Peron.
You still don't know what you are talking about. The cann program would take a bird ready for depot (refurb) and put it in cann status to act as a quick supply for planes on flight status. The aircraft would then be made flight ready once depot was ready to take it. It would leave, and another aircraft would move into cann status. There was NO reduction in fleet, it was just a means of taking care of an ever slowing supply line.
Next time, stay out of a discussion that you no nothing of. Just because you think you know what a term means, doesn't mean you are right. Ay, PIP?
I remember Reece Sellin melting down and reducing himself to a flaming pile over Freedows. But then again, he was a kid back then with dreams of doing more. He was fond of asking people to name him any other kid his age working on a microkernal system that was competing with Microsoft. Of course he would melt down when anyone said, 'O.k., show us.' He was a master at flame wars, but not much of a project lead.
You're in the wrong conversation. This has nothing to do with reducing the fleet, it is about maintaining the fleet. Try not to let your ideologies get in the way of what is being discussed. Bet you're a pip at parties.
This was one of my reasons for leaving the USAF and going to Lam Research. Under G.H.W. Bush, we had a single "cann bird". Under Clinton, funds were drying up, parts were coming slow, and we went to 2 cann birds. Then 3 cann birds. Then, I was being told to sign off red x's that I didn't want to sign off.
O.k., sparky, it appears you are being serious. There are a metric buttload of F14 in mothballs in the boneyard. My argument stands, even if we are adding 10 to the number. You were wrong in both cases.
As a former USAF avionics specialist, these things are a maintenance bear (npi). the maintenance ratio is measured in 10s of hours per flight hours. However, removing combat related systems will lighten the load and reduce certain maintenance cost.
Bull, but nice try at humor. If they were to put surplus F4s on the market, there would also be a glut of spare parts. The F4 is one of the most plentiful in the boneyard.
Stop. Don't cloud the discussion with facts. The fact, most of these guys who are so anti-Microsoft are self haters because their primary, secondary, and maybe tertiary machines run MS. The only thing that keeps them from switching to Linux is that they are waiting for it to stabilize, or for their CIO to see the light and switch. They are kind of like the Baptist minister that tells you not to sin and how to lead a good life, but goes home, beats his wife and heads out to the local gay bar to pick up some young hanging meat.
While hooked up to a time share in the mid 70's, I wanted to know what the key did. I kept pounding it. After a few minutes, my display responded with ****STOP RINGING THAT DAMN BELL*****. Seems a large clanging bell in the server room, miles away, was hooked up so the System Admin could respond to requests from the user.
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My sister, far from a religious extremist, and then the local PTA president, decided to home school her 3 boys when the school failed to take action on a sexual complaint. Basically, there was an older boy, 5th grade, that was exploring other kids at the school. When he was caught red handed, the school decided "counciling" was more appropriate. 2 years later, when the boy was ARRESTED, she put her kids back into the school system.
So, you ARE a liar.
I'm waiting for Pope Benedict XVII, a.k.a. Pope Benedict Forever. They've been talking about it since the 16th century. But, they better watch out, I've heard they might go the Catholic Wars Galaxies route.
Well, could bring a new definition to "flame war" when the comments section of the blog turns ugly.
I am more likely to trust a peer review from the guys at the LHC, when they talk about their research, than the IPCC folks, when they talk about theirs.
If we are killed or destroyed by an accidentally conceived black hole (insert sex joke), it will be before we are harmed by anything the IPCC predicted.
Larry Niven's "Hole Man" describes a possible ending. In his story, a small black hole is released into Mar's core. He paints the picture of it bouncing around the core, consuming as it went. Eventually, Mars would become unstable and break apart.
Not knowing the exact calculations, and depending upon the size of the item, isn't it more likely that such a black hole would consume enough to turn itself into a less dangerous dense sphere?
I like how you didn't use the AC this time.
This is an expensive, almost useless toy. Maybe the kids can use it on a long drive, but I bet they get bored with it really fast.
It is not beyond belief that Google made certain concessions to the Chinese Government. Eventually, any concession to ANY government is going to bite the company and the user in the ass. Or, in the case of the Chinese, put a lethal 9mm sized hole in the head.
O.K., I RTFA and I RTFPR and so far, there's no way to connect and dump this to your PC? Maybe I missed it. But, this is an expensive scratch pad. With no storage, it doesn't even have the benefits of the group of steno pads I have in my drawer with notes from phone calls, impromptu meetings, and ideas that flash past while working on code.
Such BS doesn't even make a good soundbite. I would be willing to bet that the computer you are posting from has all sorts of patents and patent-pending notices in its documentation and stamped on the body.
If I were to go into your kitchen, your bathroom, your bedroom, and your living room, I'd see all sorts of little gadgets, gizmos, appliances, and devices that have patents or have a patent pending.
Worse yet, I bet you have a lot of software patented material.
Yeah, you're a rebel. Yep, you got street cred. Power to the masses.
No wonder you're hiding under the AC label, you know how ridiculous you sound on the surface and under the surface.
Of course, this kind of self realization indicates that deep down, you know you're an idiot and blowhard, filled with self loathing 'cause you are THAT guy. You are the guy that has the permanent coffee mug grip that wanders through the cubicle farm espousing your ill founded, self contradicting, absurd opinion on matters political, economic, and such.
It's the weekend, so you have to do it here.
I live in the greater Seattle area. Because I lived in Boise (working at HP) for a few years, I have to provide "travel" documents to the police, I'm subject to unannounced inspections and searchs. I was once accused of trying to assemble a potato of mass destruction when they found a few empty McDonalds fry boxes in the back of my car. Talk about an oppressive police state? Western Washington.
The CIA was trying to make it look like Chileans were trying to make it look like Peruvians.
Dude, don't start it up. Those folks in Idaho are a thin skinned bunch.
The Idaho Potatoe Council, through their spokesman, Spuddy Buddy, want to reiterate that, "Potatoes don't kill people, people kill people."
"The potatoe is a non-lethal vegetable. In fact, there is only one tuber that is considered a weapon, but it is grown only in the upper most reaches of the Andeas on the boarders of Chile and Peru," Buddy went on to say.
Did you know millions of potatoes have been shipped around the world as humanitarian relief. Not a single one has been used in military agression. There has only been one instance of a potato being used to kill. That was the aforementioned Peruvian Murder Spud (rough translation) that the CIA used in an assasination attempt on the husband of Evita Peron.
You still don't know what you are talking about. The cann program would take a bird ready for depot (refurb) and put it in cann status to act as a quick supply for planes on flight status. The aircraft would then be made flight ready once depot was ready to take it. It would leave, and another aircraft would move into cann status. There was NO reduction in fleet, it was just a means of taking care of an ever slowing supply line.
Next time, stay out of a discussion that you no nothing of. Just because you think you know what a term means, doesn't mean you are right. Ay, PIP?
I remember Reece Sellin melting down and reducing himself to a flaming pile over Freedows. But then again, he was a kid back then with dreams of doing more. He was fond of asking people to name him any other kid his age working on a microkernal system that was competing with Microsoft. Of course he would melt down when anyone said, 'O.k., show us.' He was a master at flame wars, but not much of a project lead.
You're in the wrong conversation. This has nothing to do with reducing the fleet, it is about maintaining the fleet. Try not to let your ideologies get in the way of what is being discussed. Bet you're a pip at parties.
Moot, since my argument stands up for the Tomcat as well. Anything else? O.k., you can sit down now. Thanks for playing.
At least one F-14 in the boneyard, or more, Gee
This was one of my reasons for leaving the USAF and going to Lam Research. Under G.H.W. Bush, we had a single "cann bird". Under Clinton, funds were drying up, parts were coming slow, and we went to 2 cann birds. Then 3 cann birds. Then, I was being told to sign off red x's that I didn't want to sign off.
O.k., sparky, it appears you are being serious. There are a metric buttload of F14 in mothballs in the boneyard. My argument stands, even if we are adding 10 to the number. You were wrong in both cases.
As a former USAF avionics specialist, these things are a maintenance bear (npi). the maintenance ratio is measured in 10s of hours per flight hours. However, removing combat related systems will lighten the load and reduce certain maintenance cost.
Bull, but nice try at humor. If they were to put surplus F4s on the market, there would also be a glut of spare parts. The F4 is one of the most plentiful in the boneyard.
Stop. Don't cloud the discussion with facts. The fact, most of these guys who are so anti-Microsoft are self haters because their primary, secondary, and maybe tertiary machines run MS. The only thing that keeps them from switching to Linux is that they are waiting for it to stabilize, or for their CIO to see the light and switch. They are kind of like the Baptist minister that tells you not to sin and how to lead a good life, but goes home, beats his wife and heads out to the local gay bar to pick up some young hanging meat.
While hooked up to a time share in the mid 70's, I wanted to know what the key did. I kept pounding it. After a few minutes, my display responded with ****STOP RINGING THAT DAMN BELL*****. Seems a large clanging bell in the server room, miles away, was hooked up so the System Admin could respond to requests from the user.
Blake's 7. I was in the USAF for the final 2 series. Incredible characters and stories. Horrible sets.