Great suggestions. Emacs gets you practical knowledge: an IDE that is one of the most powerful and customizable there is; and LISP, which may not be a practical choice, but one that stretches the mind. Thus, you cover both the practical and "meditative" sides.
Going all in on the first try of mission already fairly risky
A lot of problems do seem to be caused by trying to do to much in unknown environments. A Russian Mars lander in the early 70's even had a little rover. This was before anybody knew what the surface of Mars was even like: rocky? sandy? dusty? If they focused instead on making it simple and robust, they could have had the first successful landing.
Same with UK's Beagle lander. If they had made it simpler and smaller, they'd have enough money left over for more parachute tests, which they regret skimping on now.
In a new environment or if you are a newbie space nation, it's usually best to follow K.I.S.S.
The US sent a small simple rover to Mars, Sojourner, before sending bigger rovers, and this is partly the reason for the rover successes.
With some image processing it can probably get even clearer. We are seeing the rawer early versions.
The spewing "jet" ones are also interesting, but do look similar to past Enceladus images. The difference in this case is that they are probably only a few miles away from the probe instead of a few thousand.
The biggest problem with most orgs in my opinion is lack of bottom-up feedback. As long as a boss kisses up to the right superiors and same-level managers, they can be dickheads to their subordinates or get away with glaring gaps.
There should be more feedback from subordinates in their evaluations. Often managers have one two bad habits that if not kept in check, will run out of control. I have bad habits also that would get worse if not kept in check by my boss and colleagues, such as silly things I can get fastidious about or being too frank at the wrong time.
I'm not saying subordinate feedback should be given the same weight as superior evaluations, only that it play a role.
And non-technical managers can still do a decent job in my opinion if they are good listeners and seek a variety of opinions. A good manager can manage just about anything. All else being equal, a boss with a tech background is better, but if they suck in other areas, I'll take a balanced non-tech boss instead.
I hear you, but getting competition to work with the "last mile conundrum" is tricky. It's not an efficient use of resources for each vendor to build multiple lines to the same house since the customer will only pick one in the end. If I pick Jiff peanut butter, the Skippy bottle is not thrown away or wasted; another consumer buys it. Unless a neighborhood is dense, the losing telecom co would have to toss their proverbial peanut butter in the garbage. They'll have to pass that loss on in their rates.
And in my observation you need at least 4 to 7 companies competing, otherwise the evils of oligopolies appear. 3 doesn't cut it: it's why Japan ate Detroit's lunch in the 80's.
Let's hope they also overturn the Amanda Knox conviction. The evidence against her is rather weak. It appears she did lie, but perhaps because she was scared and was trying not to get framed by spinning her story. Reduce her sentence to lying in court, which she already spent the time for, anyhow.
Leverage the butterfly effect. You use a small object to gradually change the orbit of a progressively bigger one on up to a big comet. Sure, it takes a while, but cheaper. Tradeoffs.
Slashdot Mirror
Politicians want to use it to trick us more often than just Iraq and ACA.
"Damn! The pod bay doors have been open the whole time. Very clever Hal, but I'm still gonna yank your chips......hey, where did the chips go?"
It's because you didn't pay your Slashdot bill. So shuddup!
It's amazing what they blame on Carter: A dead probe 40 years after his term.
I dig this one: "Buyer must collect item from its storage location on Comet 67P."
Graph databases? Why?
Great suggestions. Emacs gets you practical knowledge: an IDE that is one of the most powerful and customizable there is; and LISP, which may not be a practical choice, but one that stretches the mind. Thus, you cover both the practical and "meditative" sides.
Nice pun in the title. Almost didn't catch it.
Did you expect otherwise? It's like throwing steaks to hungry dogs and expecting them not to bite.
Bet they are tripping over themselves to get more research grants
A lot of problems do seem to be caused by trying to do to much in unknown environments. A Russian Mars lander in the early 70's even had a little rover. This was before anybody knew what the surface of Mars was even like: rocky? sandy? dusty? If they focused instead on making it simple and robust, they could have had the first successful landing.
Same with UK's Beagle lander. If they had made it simpler and smaller, they'd have enough money left over for more parachute tests, which they regret skimping on now.
In a new environment or if you are a newbie space nation, it's usually best to follow K.I.S.S.
The US sent a small simple rover to Mars, Sojourner, before sending bigger rovers, and this is partly the reason for the rover successes.
This is an amazing shot in my opinion, like something out of an early 1960's sci fi show:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/...
With some image processing it can probably get even clearer. We are seeing the rawer early versions.
The spewing "jet" ones are also interesting, but do look similar to past Enceladus images. The difference in this case is that they are probably only a few miles away from the probe instead of a few thousand.
The biggest problem with most orgs in my opinion is lack of bottom-up feedback. As long as a boss kisses up to the right superiors and same-level managers, they can be dickheads to their subordinates or get away with glaring gaps.
There should be more feedback from subordinates in their evaluations. Often managers have one two bad habits that if not kept in check, will run out of control. I have bad habits also that would get worse if not kept in check by my boss and colleagues, such as silly things I can get fastidious about or being too frank at the wrong time.
I'm not saying subordinate feedback should be given the same weight as superior evaluations, only that it play a role.
And non-technical managers can still do a decent job in my opinion if they are good listeners and seek a variety of opinions. A good manager can manage just about anything. All else being equal, a boss with a tech background is better, but if they suck in other areas, I'll take a balanced non-tech boss instead.
Dark Onion going on here?
I hear you, but getting competition to work with the "last mile conundrum" is tricky. It's not an efficient use of resources for each vendor to build multiple lines to the same house since the customer will only pick one in the end. If I pick Jiff peanut butter, the Skippy bottle is not thrown away or wasted; another consumer buys it. Unless a neighborhood is dense, the losing telecom co would have to toss their proverbial peanut butter in the garbage. They'll have to pass that loss on in their rates.
And in my observation you need at least 4 to 7 companies competing, otherwise the evils of oligopolies appear. 3 doesn't cut it: it's why Japan ate Detroit's lunch in the 80's.
Not if you hire Cheney's lawyers.
Let's hope they also overturn the Amanda Knox conviction. The evidence against her is rather weak. It appears she did lie, but perhaps because she was scared and was trying not to get framed by spinning her story. Reduce her sentence to lying in court, which she already spent the time for, anyhow.
I for one welcome our slow-to-sanity overlords.
Fox probably will. Most frothing viewers won't know or care what 4800 baud is, but it makes O sound bad, which is what F wants.
No worries if he breaks that promise, it only affects like 7 people
Leverage the butterfly effect. You use a small object to gradually change the orbit of a progressively bigger one on up to a big comet. Sure, it takes a while, but cheaper. Tradeoffs.
I don't give a fuck and I don't think it should fucking matter. Stupid rule.
Let's kill Oracle! Support and promote PostgreSql to wipe them off the face of the Earth like the lawyer-filled vermin they are.
Google? They are growing annoying, but Oracle has jumped the open shark too many times.
As a newly-appointed Kuiper Belt Object, I am offended by that!
Triton's birth certificate is fake!