Naw, he has his own personal plane, boats are for the peons and those who want to get away from it all. He wants well, he wants "to be president" but doubt he wants the actual work involved, he wants to be around people he can boss around and fire. Getting away from it all is the last thing he wants.
Pay for the unnecessary but expensive things first, then go crying that you need money for necessities. This is a common practice in many organizations. Supposedly the first thing that would go up at a new base is the officers club since if it was the last money wouldn't be allocated to it.
Oh, cut the bleeding heart crap, will ya? We've all got our switches, lights, and knobs to deal with, Striker. I mean, down here there are literally hundreds and thousands of blinking, beeping, and flashing lights, blinking and beeping and flashing - they're *flashing* and they're *beeping*. I can't stand it anymore! They're *blinking* and *beeping* and *flashing*! Why doesn't somebody pull the plug!
Went to find a video clip of this and well it's been taken down so the quotes will have to do.
and probably much more cheaply then the US, since they won't be quite so obsessed with the safety of their X-nauts
Having expendable astronauts isn't going to make space based activities cheaper. Loosing half a billion dollars worth of equipment on the launch pad (and the launch pad itself) is fucking expensive.
The experience gained from government sponsored space exploration allows the government to tackle large problems in a coordinated way.
Basically it's a good team building exercise.
Now as to your comment about Indians not being smart enough to staff a call center with people who speak the language of those whom they will support. A reminder, they are the ones getting paid for this, not the ones paying for it, from their end it's working out quite well.
The technology that is necessary for us to live off the planet will have a purpose first on Earth allowing us to live in different environments than we can currently survive in.
When you can grow tomatoes in the Sahara the people there will be much better off, that is one technology that is necessary before we move on to other rocks.
One thing that will need to be developed if we are to have a future off this planet is a self contained living pod that you can set down anywhere and you'll be able to live there.
It will be easier to build these for Earth first, and they are needed here on Earth first. Once that technology is widespread then it will be modified for other planets and that is what will allow us to get permanently off this rock.
I'm sorry, but even though the moon is made of cheese it would cost 100x as much to harvest the cheese from the moon vs producing cheese here on Earth.
The reason these are toll roads is because the Republican Governor of the State is getting one hell of a kickback from all of this. The residents of Austin have paid the damn taxes, the original plan was also to convert existing roads into toll roads also.
Hell if you look at the story it mentions that because they are bumping the speed limit up the toll road company is going to have to pay the state more money.
The state contract with the toll operator allows the state to collect a $67 million up-front cash payment or a percentage of the toll profits in the future if the speed limit is 80 mph or lower. At 85 mph, the cash payment balloons to $100 million or a higher percentage of toll revenues.
Here is a first time poster posting at the same exact time as the story is posted posting a very pro-microsoft comment in a story about linux.
The person who posted did not do so to further his own ideas. The person posted to have an effect.
Now is that effect to try to get the linux users here to go pro-microsoft? Unlikely, but if he is getting paid then perhaps.
Is this person attempting to get more page views for this story because he is getting paid by/. to? Perhaps, a bit tinfoil hatish, but considering other things that have happened it is possible.
Is this person just a troll? That is probably the most likely answer especially considering this websites past history with organized trolling.
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Why did you make a new account just to post on this story?
Why not use one of your other ones, one with a posting history?
Naw, he has his own personal plane, boats are for the peons and those who want to get away from it all. He wants well, he wants "to be president" but doubt he wants the actual work involved, he wants to be around people he can boss around and fire. Getting away from it all is the last thing he wants.
Hmm, ok here is one I don't think the movies have answered.
If a creature eats a zombie, does the creature get infected and become a zombie themselves?
Just think of the horror of Zombie Sharks with Lasers on their heads!
The mistake that Dell made was giving you a quote without letting you know that it was not going to be available in three weeks.
They probably just didn't think you were going to take three weeks to finally place the damn order.
Once they no longer have the items just what in the fuck did you expect them to do?
Ok, but why is it that every single iPhone I see is covered by a huge honkin rubber protective case?
From what I have seen Apple should quit trying to make the thinnest iPhone possible and instead make something that can survive a drop.
So, prior art?
Though from looking at the patent it looks like they have some substance there and they aren't just patenting the concept, but an implementation.
Sorry, it is only compatible with Orange and Kumquat.
Or were you trying to see if it ran on OSX and/or IOS?
Pay for the unnecessary but expensive things first, then go crying that you need money for necessities. This is a common practice in many organizations. Supposedly the first thing that would go up at a new base is the officers club since if it was the last money wouldn't be allocated to it.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0083530/quotes
Oh, cut the bleeding heart crap, will ya? We've all got our switches, lights, and knobs to deal with, Striker. I mean, down here there are literally hundreds and thousands of blinking, beeping, and flashing lights, blinking and beeping and flashing - they're *flashing* and they're *beeping*. I can't stand it anymore! They're *blinking* and *beeping* and *flashing*! Why doesn't somebody pull the plug!
Went to find a video clip of this and well it's been taken down so the quotes will have to do.
The ability to edit ones comments is always abused. If you fuck up your comment reply to your comment with the correction.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non_sequitur_(logic)
When I worked for Telenetworks in Austin it was almost entirely staffed by college dropouts.
Probably the best workers for the job.
Is the Trail of Tears mentioned every time there is a discussion on the U.S. History website?
If so then perhaps it should be part of that websites icon.
Your argument was not worth the time you spent to type it.
Go ask the Chinese how much cheaper they can launch vs the US.
There might be a difference of a fraction of a penny, not a fraction of the entire cost.
What is the purpose of this?
I think they are throwing shit at the walls and seeing what gets them more page views.
Since it is such a part of the history of /. I propose that we use the ASCII version of Goatse.
and probably much more cheaply then the US, since they won't be quite so obsessed with the safety of their X-nauts
Having expendable astronauts isn't going to make space based activities cheaper. Loosing half a billion dollars worth of equipment on the launch pad (and the launch pad itself) is fucking expensive.
The experience gained from government sponsored space exploration allows the government to tackle large problems in a coordinated way.
Basically it's a good team building exercise.
Now as to your comment about Indians not being smart enough to staff a call center with people who speak the language of those whom they will support. A reminder, they are the ones getting paid for this, not the ones paying for it, from their end it's working out quite well.
The technology that is necessary for us to live off the planet will have a purpose first on Earth allowing us to live in different environments than we can currently survive in.
When you can grow tomatoes in the Sahara the people there will be much better off, that is one technology that is necessary before we move on to other rocks.
One thing that will need to be developed if we are to have a future off this planet is a self contained living pod that you can set down anywhere and you'll be able to live there.
It will be easier to build these for Earth first, and they are needed here on Earth first. Once that technology is widespread then it will be modified for other planets and that is what will allow us to get permanently off this rock.
I'm sorry, but even though the moon is made of cheese it would cost 100x as much to harvest the cheese from the moon vs producing cheese here on Earth.
If it was just his I could agree with you, but take a closer look at the arm of the person behind him.
Nor did it say the name of the person who actually did create it, instead just mentions some scientific society.
I bet if we knew who did invent it, that would tell us why it is know as it is.
That is definitely the funniest part of his post.
The reason these are toll roads is because the Republican Governor of the State is getting one hell of a kickback from all of this. The residents of Austin have paid the damn taxes, the original plan was also to convert existing roads into toll roads also.
Hell if you look at the story it mentions that because they are bumping the speed limit up the toll road company is going to have to pay the state more money.
The state contract with the toll operator allows the state to collect a $67 million up-front cash payment or a percentage of the toll profits in the future if the speed limit is 80 mph or lower. At 85 mph, the cash payment balloons to $100 million or a higher percentage of toll revenues.
The content of his post is actually irrelevant.
Here is a first time poster posting at the same exact time as the story is posted posting a very pro-microsoft comment in a story about linux.
The person who posted did not do so to further his own ideas. The person posted to have an effect.
Now is that effect to try to get the linux users here to go pro-microsoft? Unlikely, but if he is getting paid then perhaps.
Is this person attempting to get more page views for this story because he is getting paid by /. to? Perhaps, a bit tinfoil hatish, but considering other things that have happened it is possible.
Is this person just a troll? That is probably the most likely answer especially considering this websites past history with organized trolling.