Driving race cars is dangerous, and people are more than willing to do it. Fighting fires is dangerous, and there are plenty of people willing to do it. Bad things will sometimes happen, yet you deal with it and move on.
I'm sure more firemen and racers have died over the years than shuttle crews.
It is a price people are willing to pay with regards to fighting fires and racing cars, why not with space flight?
If this is true, then kudos to Griffin for being a realist.
I was actually struck by how they are almos re-inventing the whole thing, with air tunnel tests and such. But of course, they have been flying these things for years, with the assumption that hitting foam is no problem, and that missing tiles is no problem. I infact remember reading both years before, in some book about the shuttle.
I could have given you specific reply a year ago while I was still using Suse 9.1, but I got rid of that computer (due to buying a laptop that came with Windows) so I can't anymore.
Seriously though, I would really appreaceate it if someone came up with a way to standardise installing and updating programs in Linux -and make it so that it only requires a few clics. It would make it SOOOOO much more usable.
Another problem I think, is when you comment on some rather basic problem with regards to Linux, you usually get alot of technical mumbojumbo as a reply. I just want to install a damn program, it can't be that hard can it?!?
Well, as it turns out, yes it can.
I'm really not partial to Windows or Linux, infact, I would love to use Linux. It just isn't realistic right now. I don't want to spend hours upon hours fiddling with my computer system and learning new stuff and bugging my friends about console commands. Windows is difficult enough, but works most of the time.
First of all, I'm still completely convinced it is all a hoax, and second of all, I'm really having trouble wrapping my brain around that lapboard thingy. How the hell is that going to be any good, I just don't get it. I mean, is the lower part in front or below and where does the lap goe ann uhh.... oh no, I've gone cross-eyed.
I hated the TAC-2. There was absolutely no tactile feedback. The buttons were crap and the stick was stiff and had very little movement. Sure, build quality was great. Unfortunately, this led to me going: "why the hell won't this crap joystick ever brake so I could buy a new one goddamit!!!!"
No, that is not it at all. It is the way the system is set up. It is because the system is set up that way that also breeds corruption, not the other way around.
"Fuel is not a real consideration here. Fuel is cheap (IIRC a few dollars per kg)."
Ach, but you misunderstand the science of sending rockets in space. You see, the more fuel you have, the heavier the rocket is, thus you need even more fuel, bigger engines etc etc.
I don't understand why this was modded flamebait. The shuttle fleet is WAY over due for replacement. It was recognised basically as a waste of money in the early 1980's and should have stopped then. They tried to be smart about it then, and designed the Shuttle-C. A good idea that never happened.
The shuttle is incredibly inefficient. There is no reason to spend all that fuel to take such a large load up into orbit, only for it to be brought back down again.
Basically, NASA painted itself into a corner when they started building the ISS with an obsolete and wasteful system. Now they are committed to building it, yet have nothing to do it with.
The only good place for the Shuttle is hanging from the roof of the Smithsonian.
I think the critique against general is based on wrong assumptions. The view in the west, and the western media of China, is of a very strong, centrally controlled government.
This is absolutely falce. The central government in China, while a strong entity in itself, has very little control over what happens in China. China is in fact very locally governed (If this sounds of anarchistic ideas, then you would be correct, Mao was strongly influenced by European anarchist thinkers).
Thus if the central government sets a certain type of policy, it does not immediately mean if will happen on a local level. Sure, larger cities have governments that are closer to the central government and will attempt to implement policy, but in other parts of China decision making is completely autonomous.
This misunderstanding can be seen, when the Chinese government is critisized for not doing something about a problem, yet crtisizied for setting national policy. In reality, implementation varies from place to place from near perfect implementation to doing the complete opposite.
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Actually, I think that was all a big hoax.
How do you know the commentators are Americans? In my view, Europeans are often way more pragmatic about matters of death than Americans.
For instance, one would never see dead Iraqis OR US soldiers on television in the US. Now what kind of sick denial is that?
Driving race cars is dangerous, and people are more than willing to do it. Fighting fires is dangerous, and there are plenty of people willing to do it. Bad things will sometimes happen, yet you deal with it and move on.
I'm sure more firemen and racers have died over the years than shuttle crews.
It is a price people are willing to pay with regards to fighting fires and racing cars, why not with space flight?
If this is true, then kudos to Griffin for being a realist.
I was actually struck by how they are almos re-inventing the whole thing, with air tunnel tests and such. But of course, they have been flying these things for years, with the assumption that hitting foam is no problem, and that missing tiles is no problem. I infact remember reading both years before, in some book about the shuttle.
You can add a whiter cooler, or even prettier sleeker overalls?
What does a refridgerator or workwear got to do with anything?
That makes no sense.
I could have given you specific reply a year ago while I was still using Suse 9.1, but I got rid of that computer (due to buying a laptop that came with Windows) so I can't anymore.
Seriously though, I would really appreaceate it if someone came up with a way to standardise installing and updating programs in Linux -and make it so that it only requires a few clics. It would make it SOOOOO much more usable.
Another problem I think, is when you comment on some rather basic problem with regards to Linux, you usually get alot of technical mumbojumbo as a reply. I just want to install a damn program, it can't be that hard can it?!?
Well, as it turns out, yes it can.
I'm really not partial to Windows or Linux, infact, I would love to use Linux. It just isn't realistic right now. I don't want to spend hours upon hours fiddling with my computer system and learning new stuff and bugging my friends about console commands. Windows is difficult enough, but works most of the time.
I for one welcome our new long tailed overlords.
Break out the Nikes and chop off those testicles. I'm outa here!
Good for fish, now they won't have their little fish houses falling on them during the night.
Good point.
.... oh no, I've gone cross-eyed.
First of all, I'm still completely convinced it is all a hoax, and second of all, I'm really having trouble wrapping my brain around that lapboard thingy. How the hell is that going to be any good, I just don't get it. I mean, is the lower part in front or below and where does the lap goe ann uhh
Yes, and the problem with Linux is not the lack of applications, rather, the fact that installing any is a total bitch.
I agree, the Sony knock-off of the NES was a huge flop. I wish they would stop already.
I'm waiting for the one that has been rendered in pure Chrystal meth.
Yes, some kind of freaky pedofile android AI.
"Touch me_"
"My mommy always said I shouldn't touch strange men on the internets."
BFD! Too big.
I hated the TAC-2. There was absolutely no tactile feedback. The buttons were crap and the stick was stiff and had very little movement. Sure, build quality was great. Unfortunately, this led to me going: "why the hell won't this crap joystick ever brake so I could buy a new one goddamit!!!!"
It also made my hand sore when using it.
That's because it doesn't EXIST! Get over it! You've been duped!
What category does tentacle rape belong to?
What is this, China bashing month?
I'm sure there are alot of other wrongs to right out there, how about posting about those too?
I'm critical of China, but this is getting out of hand.
No, that is not it at all. It is the way the system is set up. It is because the system is set up that way that also breeds corruption, not the other way around.
"Fuel is not a real consideration here. Fuel is cheap (IIRC a few dollars per kg)."
Ach, but you misunderstand the science of sending rockets in space. You see, the more fuel you have, the heavier the rocket is, thus you need even more fuel, bigger engines etc etc.
I don't understand why this was modded flamebait. The shuttle fleet is WAY over due for replacement. It was recognised basically as a waste of money in the early 1980's and should have stopped then. They tried to be smart about it then, and designed the Shuttle-C. A good idea that never happened.
The shuttle is incredibly inefficient. There is no reason to spend all that fuel to take such a large load up into orbit, only for it to be brought back down again.
Basically, NASA painted itself into a corner when they started building the ISS with an obsolete and wasteful system. Now they are committed to building it, yet have nothing to do it with.
The only good place for the Shuttle is hanging from the roof of the Smithsonian.
it MIGHT even be false!
I think the critique against general is based on wrong assumptions. The view in the west, and the western media of China, is of a very strong, centrally controlled government.
This is absolutely falce. The central government in China, while a strong entity in itself, has very little control over what happens in China. China is in fact very locally governed (If this sounds of anarchistic ideas, then you would be correct, Mao was strongly influenced by European anarchist thinkers).
Thus if the central government sets a certain type of policy, it does not immediately mean if will happen on a local level. Sure, larger cities have governments that are closer to the central government and will attempt to implement policy, but in other parts of China decision making is completely autonomous.
This misunderstanding can be seen, when the Chinese government is critisized for not doing something about a problem, yet crtisizied for setting national policy. In reality, implementation varies from place to place from near perfect implementation to doing the complete opposite.
"ESPECIALLY when you're driving.
What the hell are you talking about? Even my Lada has a clock on the dashboard.