Trek predates actual Apollo missions. I believe I've seen some pre-Sputnik Buck Rogers clips where they did in situ repairs. I wonder who the original Space MacGyver is?
If Trek were realistic, you'd also see some failures. "I hope using Spock's head as an R-wave conductor can restart the warp engine; the Klingons are nearing. Let's go: 3...2...1... AAAUU!!UUGG g g aak k k.....k."
If they did slide completely, what's the best speculation of what would happen? How far down was the bottom of the slope? I imagine they'd bail out of the buggy to save their skin, sliding a bit themselves for a while, and then walk down later to get the buggy. Did they train for such sliding? (The lander was probably a good long walk away. I'm still trying to google a good map.)
Incidentally, one of the most iconic Apollo photos came from mission 15:
The industry is trying to blur the distinction such that the user couldn't tell the difference. Whether that's entirely possible or not is another matter.
With enough fiddling, JavaScript/DOM/CSS/HTML can be made to resemble a desktop UI. Whether it's worth the development effort and/or whether such can be made sufficiently responsive are open questions.
Jesus didn't describe a political system either way. Thus, saying a given political system is pro-Christian or anti-Christian is claiming a lot with very little evidence otherwise. Scriptures can be cherry-picked to support either direction.
I personally don't like a winner-take-all system. We need a healthy middle class, even if taxation etc. is needed to keep one up. A society where 1% live in gated communities and bribe what they want out of politicians, and where the other 99% live in a Mad Max grovelling mode is not a good society in my opinion.
that if any would not work, neither should he eat.
How does that work out when 10 people are chasing 5 jobs? It didn't say. Surprise surprise.
The work world is an ugly game. Play by its rules or get rolled over. Bitching about the rules will get you nowhere. Sure, vote stupid politicians out when you can, but some things are out of your personal control, at least in the short term.
I suspect many "desktop" software companies will hedge and build the app as a web app, BUT keep a "local virtual web server" option so that it can have quick access to local disk etc. if needed. Light users may be fine with a cloud-centric approach, but power users may want the local approach for responsiveness and storage space control.
Some of my personal music "experiments" are like that: I only run them on my desktop, but they use a typical web browser stack such that they could be "in the cloud" with a few minor tweaks.
I do miss some aspects of desktop RAD engines where coordinate-based GUI engines give direct control of screen real-estate. The "flow" based HTML convention can be a PITA. Auto-sizing for devices can be nice, but it requires time to perfect and test the UI for diff sizes & devices. Coordinates are more WYSIWYG and thus easier to deal with when your audience is small and known. For small-audience RAD, coordinates are often preferred.
Why in the hell would anyone train their replacement though?
I've done it before because I didn't want to burn bridges. Change happens and they may want you back. Not all visa workers work out. I had a fairly good rapport with the org and felt karma could bounce my way someday. It wasn't easy to resist telling them to go fuck a bank.
I'd rather they reallocate those funds for basic road repair, such as re-painting lane lines and fixing potholes. CA roads have gone to shit since the recession.
A lawyer specializing in a state that's too small for an outsourcing firm to bother with. What Indian student is going to want to specialize in Rhode Island law?
I know an ex-law enforcement officer who said he sometimes countered such moves by videoing the person right back.
The camera holder would then often say, "Hey, why are you videoing me? I didn't do anything."
The officer then replied back, "The same laws that allow you to video me also allow me to video you. I'll make a deal; you stop and then I'll stop too."
How is this different than a PC with a non-closable prompt that says, "Your PC is infected. Enter your credit card number to order our cleaning software".
I suppose it could be even worse by deleting all your files and THEN locking up.
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If a tree explodes in the forest...
Trek predates actual Apollo missions. I believe I've seen some pre-Sputnik Buck Rogers clips where they did in situ repairs. I wonder who the original Space MacGyver is?
By the way, Apollo 17 fixed a broken buggy fender with a map and duct tape: http://science.nasa.gov/scienc...
If Trek were realistic, you'd also see some failures . "I hope using Spock's head as an R-wave conductor can restart the warp engine; the Klingons are nearing. Let's go: 3...2...1... AAAUU!!UUGG g g aak k k.....k."
Not if that provision has ugly side-effects.
If they did slide completely, what's the best speculation of what would happen? How far down was the bottom of the slope? I imagine they'd bail out of the buggy to save their skin, sliding a bit themselves for a while, and then walk down later to get the buggy. Did they train for such sliding? (The lander was probably a good long walk away. I'm still trying to google a good map.)
Incidentally, one of the most iconic Apollo photos came from mission 15:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A...
CA should say, "You can use our roads, BUT only if you share all accident info."
That's pie-in-the-sky untried technology and/or infrastructure. Busted and unpainted roads are here and now and known to be fixable.
The industry is trying to blur the distinction such that the user couldn't tell the difference. Whether that's entirely possible or not is another matter.
With enough fiddling, JavaScript/DOM/CSS/HTML can be made to resemble a desktop UI. Whether it's worth the development effort and/or whether such can be made sufficiently responsive are open questions.
Jesus didn't describe a political system either way. Thus, saying a given political system is pro-Christian or anti-Christian is claiming a lot with very little evidence otherwise. Scriptures can be cherry-picked to support either direction.
I personally don't like a winner-take-all system. We need a healthy middle class, even if taxation etc. is needed to keep one up. A society where 1% live in gated communities and bribe what they want out of politicians, and where the other 99% live in a Mad Max grovelling mode is not a good society in my opinion.
How does that work out when 10 people are chasing 5 jobs? It didn't say. Surprise surprise.
The work world is an ugly game. Play by its rules or get rolled over. Bitching about the rules will get you nowhere. Sure, vote stupid politicians out when you can, but some things are out of your personal control, at least in the short term.
I suspect many "desktop" software companies will hedge and build the app as a web app, BUT keep a "local virtual web server" option so that it can have quick access to local disk etc. if needed. Light users may be fine with a cloud-centric approach, but power users may want the local approach for responsiveness and storage space control.
Some of my personal music "experiments" are like that: I only run them on my desktop, but they use a typical web browser stack such that they could be "in the cloud" with a few minor tweaks.
I do miss some aspects of desktop RAD engines where coordinate-based GUI engines give direct control of screen real-estate. The "flow" based HTML convention can be a PITA. Auto-sizing for devices can be nice, but it requires time to perfect and test the UI for diff sizes & devices. Coordinates are more WYSIWYG and thus easier to deal with when your audience is small and known. For small-audience RAD, coordinates are often preferred.
I hacked my browser to be an Apple Watch.
I've done it before because I didn't want to burn bridges. Change happens and they may want you back. Not all visa workers work out. I had a fairly good rapport with the org and felt karma could bounce my way someday. It wasn't easy to resist telling them to go fuck a bank.
Plutocrat mentality: "I've got mine now, the rest of you can grovel for scraps."
I'd rather they reallocate those funds for basic road repair, such as re-painting lane lines and fixing potholes. CA roads have gone to shit since the recession.
They have plumbing in India etc. also. If you mean incompetent, there are dumbass plumbers in any country.
Quick, elect it!
Blasphemy!
A lawyer specializing in a state that's too small for an outsourcing firm to bother with. What Indian student is going to want to specialize in Rhode Island law?
I'm sure if there were enough money in it, they'd find a way to get properly certified. The plumbing equivalent of Tata may emerge. Caca?
Visa workers can potentially take those jobs also.
They only work for flatworms
So, who are the lucky bastards who get the Dolly Parton universe?
I imagined a Beowulf cluster of atoms, and it looked like, well, a molecule.
I know an ex-law enforcement officer who said he sometimes countered such moves by videoing the person right back.
The camera holder would then often say, "Hey, why are you videoing me? I didn't do anything."
The officer then replied back, "The same laws that allow you to video me also allow me to video you. I'll make a deal; you stop and then I'll stop too."
How is this different than a PC with a non-closable prompt that says, "Your PC is infected. Enter your credit card number to order our cleaning software".
I suppose it could be even worse by deleting all your files and THEN locking up.