Which wasn't a bad way to save the project, when we had no obvious reason (or imaginary cash) to embark outwards.
But to save it for what? What are we getting for our $100 billion? It seems like there's a lot of scientific research that could be done for that amount with a lot bigger payoff.
And you have a DVD burner lying around the house? Nice!
It should be pointed out that ReplayTV and TiVo devices generally don't have DVD writers either. Even those that do -- for substantially higher prices -- may not allow much flexibility in editing or authoring the DVD. So if you're comparing build-your-own DVR to commercial ones, a DVD burner isn't part of the equation.
That said, I capitulated and bought a ReplayTV, which my six year old uses with aplomb. (Her only disappointment was when I informed her that it did not have infinite capacity, and thus old shows weren't kept forever.)
But it surely cost a lot more that a 40G hard drive.
At first, but don't call me Shirley. The cheapest compact flash available costs less than the cheapest hard drive, so as a process, making a flash card is potentially cheaper. The capacity isd definitely a generation behind, but if you're not storing videos, a gig or four may be enough for most console game purposes.
Just try getting a Pentecostal, a Zionist, and a Wahabbist to admit that they all worship the same diety.
It seems there was this Catholic priest and this Episcopalian minister who were forever arguing about religion. Finally, the minister says to his friend, "You know, we really should stop this argument. We're both worshipping the same God, we should just learn to accept each other's differences." The priest says to his friend, "You know, you're right. Let's not argue. You go on worshipping the Lord in your way, and I'll continue to worship Him in His way."
The logic seems to be that truth is brought about in some sort of democratic fashion.
So what's your alternative? We just listen to you?
"No one pretends that democracy is perfect or all-wise. Indeed, it has been said that democracy is the worst form of government except all those other forms that have been tried from time to time."
Sir Winston Churchill, Hansard, November 11, 1947
Not to mention, the Feds have a decent pension plan as well as a decent 401(k) equivalent. Retirement after 30 years is very doable, and indeed, that's my wife's plan as a Fed employee. I'll probably have to keep working in my private sector job, assuming it doesn't head to Ho Chi Minh City, Mumbai, or Quezon City before too long...
It's possible that some of the decision makers at NASA may have expected (or at least hoped for) this sort of reaction. If you want to boost your funding, propose cutting an expensive but popular program, in the hopes that you'll get an outcry and support for budget increases.
(I'm not complaining if this was intentional, mind you; I'm just congratulating them on their clever strategy if it was.)
How much would keeping the Hubble active cost compared to some of the proposed massively powerful earthbound scopes, anyway? Given the choice, I'd probably go for buying the OWL or the like rather than the Hubble if the costs are similar.
Yeah, Dell charges a fair bit for shipping by default. However, you can UPS (or other shipping company) it back at their standard rates. Dell usually has a free shipping deal going, but if not and you want to buy from them, get an account with UPS (it's free), Dell makes it reasonably easy to arrange your own shipping for a lot less.
This is true in the U.S., at any rate; I can't tell if there's a similar situation for the UK.
CNN already has an article which pretty much blames the OSS community for the worm.
I can't see how what CNN wrote can be considered inflammatory, just accurate. If they suggested a "fan of the Philadelphia Eagles" defamed the New York Giants web site, would you say that makes the Eagles themselves look like crazy lunatics?
Furthermore, judges are pretty hard to influence with P.R., one way or the other. The actions of this idiot (and even Slashdot jokes) aren't going to affect the outcome of this case.
I don't know what's more cowardly; that you fought tooth and nail to escape military service, or that you did so at taxpayers' expense.
"I had other priorities in the '60s than military service." -Dick Cheney, 1989
Hey, if it's good enough for the U.S. Vice President...
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imho, the web interface to mythtv makes it more useful than any other PVR solution - I don't have to walk into the other room to set up or manage recordings, or can schedule recordings I've forgotten about before leaving on vacation
Why do we need these things when the money could be used to lay cable ?
Dunno about you, but I would love competing services (and thus presumably lower prices) for broadband, or even to have redundancy in my connection. Cable costs me an arm and a leg at the moment, and is my only choice. There could be multiple airship-based providers as well as DSL and cable.
If people are willing to pay a premium for the bandwidth cost they incur, then even 24bit versions of files could be sold.
Speaking of which, do FLAC and the like currently support 24bit/96K input files? Likewise, does WAV support 24/96K, or is there some other uncompressed format for that audio resolution?
Imagine fast moving flying buses that could carry hundreds of passengers at a time from coast to coast in a matter of hours.
...seated in spaces so small that if POWs were kept in them, it would violate the Geneva convention. I'd live with somewhat longer travel time in exchange for more comfortable travel, myself.
Unfortunately, as I understand it, railroad unions still give drivers the same rest breaks old drivers needed from shovelling tons of coal, and thus labor costs make passenger rail unviable.
It would probably require the complicity of more individuals, some of whom may actually have consciences. Unless your boss is also in charge of the time records, you can't have the boss from hell threatening to under-report your hours.
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US Steel was able to reorganize itself from a state of near bankruptcy to modest profitability due to the steel tariff.
But at what price? The aforementioned Tool and Die company is paying higher prices for its steel, making it less competitive. See this, for example.
Everyone here gets electricity usually by making illegal connections to the power lines of neighbors or the street.
So that's how you can do C++ work for $4.50/hour!
The problem I primarily have is having to tell some kid that his biological father was a mouse.
"Are you a man or a mouse?"
"Umm..."
That about says it all. No wonder it's so easy to fire people. "All you do all day is hit return!"
PHB: "And don't get me started on your overuse of colons."
Dilbert: "They remind me of you, sir."
Which wasn't a bad way to save the project, when we had no obvious reason (or imaginary cash) to embark outwards.
But to save it for what? What are we getting for our $100 billion? It seems like there's a lot of scientific research that could be done for that amount with a lot bigger payoff.
And you have a DVD burner lying around the house? Nice!
It should be pointed out that ReplayTV and TiVo devices generally don't have DVD writers either. Even those that do -- for substantially higher prices -- may not allow much flexibility in editing or authoring the DVD. So if you're comparing build-your-own DVR to commercial ones, a DVD burner isn't part of the equation.
That said, I capitulated and bought a ReplayTV, which my six year old uses with aplomb. (Her only disappointment was when I informed her that it did not have infinite capacity, and thus old shows weren't kept forever.)
But it surely cost a lot more that a 40G hard drive.
At first, but don't call me Shirley. The cheapest compact flash available costs less than the cheapest hard drive, so as a process, making a flash card is potentially cheaper. The capacity isd definitely a generation behind, but if you're not storing videos, a gig or four may be enough for most console game purposes.
Have a look here to see their traffic. Totals are here. They can handle 2gb/sec.
McElroy's note to self: next time store music and video on BBC computers, not FermiLab.
Just try getting a Pentecostal, a Zionist, and a Wahabbist to admit that they all worship the same diety.
It seems there was this Catholic priest and this Episcopalian minister who were forever arguing about religion. Finally, the minister says to his friend, "You know, we really should stop this argument. We're both worshipping the same God, we should just learn to accept each other's differences." The priest says to his friend, "You know, you're right. Let's not argue. You go on worshipping the Lord in your way, and I'll continue to worship Him in His way."
They were probably just getting pissed off with hordes of Americans wandering around with cameras making a nuisance of themselves
Usually these are called "tourists."
The logic seems to be that truth is brought about in some sort of democratic fashion.
So what's your alternative? We just listen to you?
"No one pretends that democracy is perfect or all-wise. Indeed, it has been said that democracy is the worst form of government except all those other forms that have been tried from time to time."
Sir Winston Churchill, Hansard, November 11, 1947
I can't wait for Beauty and the Beast e^(i*pi)+1.
Sounds like one big zero to me.
Not to mention, the Feds have a decent pension plan as well as a decent 401(k) equivalent. Retirement after 30 years is very doable, and indeed, that's my wife's plan as a Fed employee. I'll probably have to keep working in my private sector job, assuming it doesn't head to Ho Chi Minh City, Mumbai, or Quezon City before too long...
It's possible that some of the decision makers at NASA may have expected (or at least hoped for) this sort of reaction. If you want to boost your funding, propose cutting an expensive but popular program, in the hopes that you'll get an outcry and support for budget increases.
(I'm not complaining if this was intentional, mind you; I'm just congratulating them on their clever strategy if it was.)
How much would keeping the Hubble active cost compared to some of the proposed massively powerful earthbound scopes, anyway? Given the choice, I'd probably go for buying the OWL or the like rather than the Hubble if the costs are similar.
Be fair, it's more likely Microsoft than Dell...
Of course you speak for yourself. Who else would you expect to do it if you wouldn't?
Ah, so you're not married.
Yeah, Dell charges a fair bit for shipping by default. However, you can UPS (or other shipping company) it back at their standard rates. Dell usually has a free shipping deal going, but if not and you want to buy from them, get an account with UPS (it's free), Dell makes it reasonably easy to arrange your own shipping for a lot less.
This is true in the U.S., at any rate; I can't tell if there's a similar situation for the UK.
CNN already has an article which pretty much blames the OSS community for the worm.
I can't see how what CNN wrote can be considered inflammatory, just accurate. If they suggested a "fan of the Philadelphia Eagles" defamed the New York Giants web site, would you say that makes the Eagles themselves look like crazy lunatics?
Furthermore, judges are pretty hard to influence with P.R., one way or the other. The actions of this idiot (and even Slashdot jokes) aren't going to affect the outcome of this case.
I don't know what's more cowardly; that you fought tooth and nail to escape military service, or that you did so at taxpayers' expense.
"I had other priorities in the '60s than military service." -Dick Cheney, 1989
Hey, if it's good enough for the U.S. Vice President...
imho, the web interface to mythtv makes it more useful than any other PVR solution - I don't have to walk into the other room to set up or manage recordings, or can schedule recordings I've forgotten about before leaving on vacation
You mean like myreplaytv.com for ReplayTV users?
Altivec, incidentally, the Mac "equivalent", is purely 32 bit. Otherwise, I might be playing with Altivec ops these days myself.
Why do we need these things when the money could be used to lay cable ?
Dunno about you, but I would love competing services (and thus presumably lower prices) for broadband, or even to have redundancy in my connection. Cable costs me an arm and a leg at the moment, and is my only choice. There could be multiple airship-based providers as well as DSL and cable.
If people are willing to pay a premium for the bandwidth cost they incur, then even 24bit versions of files could be sold.
Speaking of which, do FLAC and the like currently support 24bit/96K input files? Likewise, does WAV support 24/96K, or is there some other uncompressed format for that audio resolution?
Imagine fast moving flying buses that could carry hundreds of passengers at a time from coast to coast in a matter of hours.
...seated in spaces so small that if POWs were kept in them, it would violate the Geneva convention. I'd live with somewhat longer travel time in exchange for more comfortable travel, myself.
Unfortunately, as I understand it, railroad unions still give drivers the same rest breaks old drivers needed from shovelling tons of coal, and thus labor costs make passenger rail unviable.
Why would it be any harder for them to screw you?
It would probably require the complicity of more individuals, some of whom may actually have consciences. Unless your boss is also in charge of the time records, you can't have the boss from hell threatening to under-report your hours.