I start by being reasonable. That includes giving them enough time and opportunities to understand the problem, and then work on a fix. I also don't expect commercial products to be compatible with beta releases. How in the world can they even provide support for something that is under development?
Actually, the reason for the Drone ship is that some cargoes are launched higher and faster than others, and the booster stage just can't get back to land based on the launch profile
ummm, rocket fuel. Hydrogen & Oxygen. Two extremely common elements, available for (almost) free. Cost of it is energy to split them apart. And it doesn't require huge amounts of rocket fuel to land, that first stage is mostly empty (most of the fuel got burned during liftoff). Overall, a win since they don't need to design, build & lift parachutes, which, for somethat that size and weight, would weigh more than the fuel used.
Fully recovered, no restrictions on anything. I was out of work for 4 weeks, and took a few more weeks to fully recover.
Interesting sidenote: I went in for a post-donation checkup, and my doctor felt a very small lump in my throat. it was checked out, and turned out to be a very early thyroid cancer. I had surgery on 2/29 to remove my thyroid, and have fully recovered from that. The tumor was extremely small, would not have been found except for the kidney donation. I have to be on thyroid medication for life, but I can live with that.
So, looking at it, I can say that donating a kidney saved two lives: the recipient and my own.
Last June I donated one of my kidneys to someone I didn't know. It saved his life.
Currently, there are over 93,000 people on the kidney transplant waiting list. The wait for a deceased donor could be 5 years, and in some states, it is closer to 10 years. Patients are prioritized by how long they’ve been on the waiting list, their blood type, immune system activity and other factors. 80% of the people on the waiting list are on kidney dialysis. The longer a person is on dialysis and has to wait for a transplant, the short and long term success rates are negatively affected. On average, receiving a kidney transplant can double someone’s life expectancy.
Each day, 18 Americans die waiting for an organ transplant.
Please consider donating your kidneys after death, it can save lives. Better yet, consider doing a living donation such as what I did. All medical costs are covered by the recipient's insurance company. The results after a living donation are much better than after a post-mortum donation.
While the risks are not zero, they are about the lowest you can expect for any major surgery you can undergo as a donor
Gaaahh.
My MacBook Pro is 6 years old. Still does a great job.
That comment is from a throw-away viewpoint, which seems to feel that everyone has lots of money to give Apple, and no need to spend it on anything else.
Let's see: I have a house to pay for, a sick wife, a son in college, a dog, 2 cars to pay for, insurance for everybody, all the associated bills needed to pay for a house, etc. Left over is a few dollars I try to put towards retirement. I don't need to waste my money on useless Apple crap.
Before all the Apple fanboys start getting on their high horse, be warned that I am (used to be) a long time Apple customer, starting with the original Apple ][, Apple///, Apple Lisa, original 128K Apple Macintosh. More recently, (back in 2010) I got a Macbook Pro 17" laptop, my wife has an iPad Air 2.
So I'm speaking from experience: Apple stuff is overpriced. Yes, it is usually reliable, although we just had to replace the 6 month old iPad, and the apple cables leave a lot to be desired. But my father got an Asus laptop for $300, and he was very happy with it until he died of cancer.
well, I would suspect he was writing for most americans to read. Most americans don't understand the metric system, so, he did the conversion so the readers wouldn't have to.
That being the case, what happens if the drone is 329 feet away?
And I'm speaking as an american
I have 32 gig of memory on my system. 16 wasn't enough, i was running out of memory. with 32, I have an 8 gig ramdisk which I load my games onto (I'm only actively playing one at a time, so if I switch games, I load another). While I don't need it because of extremely fast D drive (RAID 10, 8 drives) and an SSD C drive, a good disk cache is also useful in reducing access time.
It really depends on how much disk access you need to do. I'm writing some mods for a game, and found that when I started compiling on the RAM disk the compile times dropped significantly.
They are also far more dangerous in an accident.
I had a '68 VW Beetle back in 1975. Believe me, you don't want to be in that car in any sort of accident
I'll listen to your complaint after you have collected $40,000 to replace that car you just totaled. Doesn't matter whose fault it was, you will still collect.
I'll agree that it seems like they are trying to screw everyone, but in the majority of cases they do pay up. Maybe not as much as you think you should get, but they do.
Same for health insurance. I'm going to be donating a kidney in a few weeks to someone who needs it. The total cost of both operations (the one to take it from me and the one to implant it in the recipient) will be over $100,000. Guess what? Insurance is paying.
Hmmm, ancestral land? Better read up on your history.
Israel existed more than 2000 years ago. The amount of Jewish history and Jewish historical artifacts in the land are ample evidence.
Add to that the fact that the first recorded land sale was to Abraham, when he purchased a cave and field to serve as burial grounds: The Cave of Machpelah is the world's most ancient Jewish site and the second holiest place for the Jewish people, after Temple Mount in Jerusalem. The cave and the adjoining field
were purchased—at full market price—by Abraham some 3700 years ago. Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Sarah, Rebecca, and Leah are all later buried in the same Cave of Machpelah.
Hamas launched their rockets into Israel, Israel retaliates with full scale massive military campaign --- Gaza Strip almost flattened as a result
Ummm, your words:
"Hamas launched their rockets into Israel, Israel retaliates"
Israel didn't start it, Hamas did. And there were many examples of Hamas storing weapons in schools, in tunnels, launching missiles from playgrounds, etc. If Hamas cared for their people (they apparently don't), they would not conduct war this way. Israel did what they could to minimize civilian casualties. I said minimize, because it is impossible to totally avoid them, given what Hamas was doing.
So I ask you: Who are the terrorists? The ones launching cowardly, hidden attacks, or the ones defending themselves?
And all those tunnels built with concrete? Oh, you mean the concrete which Israel allowed into Gaza for civilian and humanitarian use? I guess Hamas doesn't care about using the supplies for civilians, making their lives better, etc.
This has been done in the Disney parks for many years already. Above 77 degrees, the price was $2.25,below 77, it was $1.25 (Not sure if the numbers are correct, but the example is)
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I start by being reasonable. That includes giving them enough time and opportunities to understand the problem, and then work on a fix. I also don't expect commercial products to be compatible with beta releases. How in the world can they even provide support for something that is under development?
Cool!
Nice to see cooperation
Ummm, do you have anything like facts?
What, no comments about the flat earth?
Actually, the reason for the Drone ship is that some cargoes are launched higher and faster than others, and the booster stage just can't get back to land based on the launch profile
ummm, rocket fuel. Hydrogen & Oxygen. Two extremely common elements, available for (almost) free. Cost of it is energy to split them apart. And it doesn't require huge amounts of rocket fuel to land, that first stage is mostly empty (most of the fuel got burned during liftoff). Overall, a win since they don't need to design, build & lift parachutes, which, for somethat that size and weight, would weigh more than the fuel used.
Thunderbird (which I use) shows the extensions
Gaah! I started to read that link, but what a load of hogwash.
Fully recovered, no restrictions on anything. I was out of work for 4 weeks, and took a few more weeks to fully recover.
Interesting sidenote: I went in for a post-donation checkup, and my doctor felt a very small lump in my throat. it was checked out, and turned out to be a very early thyroid cancer. I had surgery on 2/29 to remove my thyroid, and have fully recovered from that. The tumor was extremely small, would not have been found except for the kidney donation. I have to be on thyroid medication for life, but I can live with that.
So, looking at it, I can say that donating a kidney saved two lives: the recipient and my own.
This doesn't make sense. Why not increase the number of medical schools to increase the supply of good doctors?
Last June I donated one of my kidneys to someone I didn't know. It saved his life.
Currently, there are over 93,000 people on the kidney transplant waiting list. The wait for a deceased donor could be 5 years, and in some states, it is closer to 10 years. Patients are prioritized by how long they’ve been on the waiting list, their blood type, immune system activity and other factors. 80% of the people on the waiting list are on kidney dialysis. The longer a person is on dialysis and has to wait for a transplant, the short and long term success rates are negatively affected. On average, receiving a kidney transplant can double someone’s life expectancy.
Each day, 18 Americans die waiting for an organ transplant.
Please consider donating your kidneys after death, it can save lives. Better yet, consider doing a living donation such as what I did. All medical costs are covered by the recipient's insurance company. The results after a living donation are much better than after a post-mortum donation.
While the risks are not zero, they are about the lowest you can expect for any major surgery you can undergo as a donor
Gaaahh. My MacBook Pro is 6 years old. Still does a great job. That comment is from a throw-away viewpoint, which seems to feel that everyone has lots of money to give Apple, and no need to spend it on anything else. Let's see: I have a house to pay for, a sick wife, a son in college, a dog, 2 cars to pay for, insurance for everybody, all the associated bills needed to pay for a house, etc. Left over is a few dollars I try to put towards retirement. I don't need to waste my money on useless Apple crap. Before all the Apple fanboys start getting on their high horse, be warned that I am (used to be) a long time Apple customer, starting with the original Apple ][, Apple ///, Apple Lisa, original 128K Apple Macintosh. More recently, (back in 2010) I got a Macbook Pro 17" laptop, my wife has an iPad Air 2.
So I'm speaking from experience: Apple stuff is overpriced. Yes, it is usually reliable, although we just had to replace the 6 month old iPad, and the apple cables leave a lot to be desired. But my father got an Asus laptop for $300, and he was very happy with it until he died of cancer.
well, I would suspect he was writing for most americans to read. Most americans don't understand the metric system, so, he did the conversion so the readers wouldn't have to. That being the case, what happens if the drone is 329 feet away? And I'm speaking as an american
I've had a traumatic brain injury, I've lost my entire memory for the time I was working there
I was let go one time like this. Got 3 months severance (was Directory of Technology), they didn't ask for anything like this
FDR didn't have a choice. Hitler did
Two words: Disk Cache
I have 32 gig of memory on my system. 16 wasn't enough, i was running out of memory. with 32, I have an 8 gig ramdisk which I load my games onto (I'm only actively playing one at a time, so if I switch games, I load another). While I don't need it because of extremely fast D drive (RAID 10, 8 drives) and an SSD C drive, a good disk cache is also useful in reducing access time.
It really depends on how much disk access you need to do. I'm writing some mods for a game, and found that when I started compiling on the RAM disk the compile times dropped significantly.
Believe it or not, most premiums are NOT related to the cost of replacing/repairing cars. Liability, medical takes the lion's share of it.
They are also far more dangerous in an accident. I had a '68 VW Beetle back in 1975. Believe me, you don't want to be in that car in any sort of accident
My 2014 Forester would disagree with you. Top-rated by Consumer's Reports, somehow I think it is a "good" car.
Rock, Paper, Scissors
I'll listen to your complaint after you have collected $40,000 to replace that car you just totaled. Doesn't matter whose fault it was, you will still collect. I'll agree that it seems like they are trying to screw everyone, but in the majority of cases they do pay up. Maybe not as much as you think you should get, but they do. Same for health insurance. I'm going to be donating a kidney in a few weeks to someone who needs it. The total cost of both operations (the one to take it from me and the one to implant it in the recipient) will be over $100,000. Guess what? Insurance is paying.
Hmmm, ancestral land? Better read up on your history. Israel existed more than 2000 years ago. The amount of Jewish history and Jewish historical artifacts in the land are ample evidence. Add to that the fact that the first recorded land sale was to Abraham, when he purchased a cave and field to serve as burial grounds: The Cave of Machpelah is the world's most ancient Jewish site and the second holiest place for the Jewish people, after Temple Mount in Jerusalem. The cave and the adjoining field were purchased—at full market price—by Abraham some 3700 years ago. Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Sarah, Rebecca, and Leah are all later buried in the same Cave of Machpelah.
Hamas launched their rockets into Israel, Israel retaliates with full scale massive military campaign --- Gaza Strip almost flattened as a result
Ummm, your words:
"Hamas launched their rockets into Israel, Israel retaliates"
Israel didn't start it, Hamas did. And there were many examples of Hamas storing weapons in schools, in tunnels, launching missiles from playgrounds, etc. If Hamas cared for their people (they apparently don't), they would not conduct war this way. Israel did what they could to minimize civilian casualties. I said minimize, because it is impossible to totally avoid them, given what Hamas was doing.
So I ask you: Who are the terrorists? The ones launching cowardly, hidden attacks, or the ones defending themselves?
And all those tunnels built with concrete? Oh, you mean the concrete which Israel allowed into Gaza for civilian and humanitarian use? I guess Hamas doesn't care about using the supplies for civilians, making their lives better, etc.
This has been done in the Disney parks for many years already. Above 77 degrees, the price was $2.25,below 77, it was $1.25 (Not sure if the numbers are correct, but the example is)