Actually, that is simply incorrect. One of the reasons that the US government was not entirely upset when the Soviets got Sputnik up first was that it would fly over the United States. When we did not complain over a spacecraft flying over our territory, we established the freedom to do so, allowing s to fly spy satellites over Russian and other territories. The US does not have a policy forbidding any country or group from flying non-weapon satelites over our territory.
The Chinese are creating this new and dangerous precedent, and they could find this backfire on them. We do not stop Chinese and Russian spy satelites from flying over US territory and interests. We do not blind them either. The most that we do is try to hide what they are trying to look at. With this course of action, the Chinese have opened themselves up to similar actionsby us that otherwise would not have happened.
Here is just a quick idea, but maybe, just maybe, the scientists who designed this thing actually know what they are doing more than we do, and have already thought of that. Just maybe all that work they did for their big degrees and Ph.D.s makes them more knowledgeable in their field than the average slashdotter.
I know, I am about to be told that "I'm new here";-)
I agree. I was slow myself to switch to FF, but then there was that debacle a few months back where Microsoft new of a security hole, and only would release the fix to people who were paying for some stupid subscription thing.
I felt betrayed. I was usingan up to date version of IE. I had shelled out the money for XP Pro. I had payed for Office 2003 Pro. I was loyal, and this was how they paid me back.
That very day, I went and downloaded FF, and I could not believe what I had been missing. Istarted reccommending it to my friends, and helping them put it on their computers.
I really don't care what they put in IE 7. I feel burned by MS, and I am not going back to IE.
Possibly not. At the equator, the Earth's rotation speed (and therefore the speed that the day/night line is traveling) is about 1000 miles per hour.
For a solar power plane to stay in daylight at the equator, it would have to travel at near or above that speed, above mach 1. Not going to happen, at least not with todays techology.
Sure, at higher lattitudes the needed speed goes down, but you have to get pretty high for it to get low enough, and then you might not be able to race the boat.
Your entirely right. It isn't ODF that is the problem, that would be like accusing XML of causing a similar problem in MS Office. Its the application, not the format.
Don't know where my head was at when I wrote my first post.
Case not closed. I do not agree with the argument of just using the Word plugin for ODF.
ODF is supposed to be both open source and cheaper than MS Office. Last time I had to buy a copy of MS Office Pro I spent $200, and that was with student pricing. I switched to OpenOffice largely because I could not afford the idea of paying that price again.
Are we saying that open source is not for the disabled. Is the goal of the open source community to discriminate against the disabled? I think not, but when people make statements like "Just use MS Word, case closed," that is just what they are doing.
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Actually, that is simply incorrect. One of the reasons that the US government was not entirely upset when the Soviets got Sputnik up first was that it would fly over the United States. When we did not complain over a spacecraft flying over our territory, we established the freedom to do so, allowing s to fly spy satellites over Russian and other territories. The US does not have a policy forbidding any country or group from flying non-weapon satelites over our territory.
The Chinese are creating this new and dangerous precedent, and they could find this backfire on them. We do not stop Chinese and Russian spy satelites from flying over US territory and interests. We do not blind them either. The most that we do is try to hide what they are trying to look at. With this course of action, the Chinese have opened themselves up to similar actionsby us that otherwise would not have happened.
Good going China.
What part of "news for nerds" don't YOU understand Gli7ch. This was a funny first post. Obviously it was over your head.
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Your attempt to save it for the rest of us has be slashdotted.
Um, why would Starcraft be any cooler on this machine? It doesn't use 3D acceleration.
Here is just a quick idea, but maybe, just maybe, the scientists who designed this thing actually know what they are doing more than we do, and have already thought of that. Just maybe all that work they did for their big degrees and Ph.D.s makes them more knowledgeable in their field than the average slashdotter.
;-)
I know, I am about to be told that "I'm new here"
I agree. I was slow myself to switch to FF, but then there was that debacle a few months back where Microsoft new of a security hole, and only would release the fix to people who were paying for some stupid subscription thing. I felt betrayed. I was usingan up to date version of IE. I had shelled out the money for XP Pro. I had payed for Office 2003 Pro. I was loyal, and this was how they paid me back. That very day, I went and downloaded FF, and I could not believe what I had been missing. Istarted reccommending it to my friends, and helping them put it on their computers. I really don't care what they put in IE 7. I feel burned by MS, and I am not going back to IE.
Possibly not. At the equator, the Earth's rotation speed (and therefore the speed that the day/night line is traveling) is about 1000 miles per hour.
For a solar power plane to stay in daylight at the equator, it would have to travel at near or above that speed, above mach 1. Not going to happen, at least not with todays techology.
Sure, at higher lattitudes the needed speed goes down, but you have to get pretty high for it to get low enough, and then you might not be able to race the boat.
Actually, part of the problem is that Dihydrogen Monoxide is would notbe the proper chemical name for water. It would be Hydrogen Hydroxide.
I know the joke is with Dihydrogen Monoxide, and I get it when I see it. Just always annoys me, that's all.
Your entirely right. It isn't ODF that is the problem, that would be like accusing XML of causing a similar problem in MS Office. Its the application, not the format.
Don't know where my head was at when I wrote my first post.
Fine, replace the ODF with OpenOffice, since OpenOffice is one of the common suits that uses ODF, and my comment makes sense, and is still valid.
Case not closed. I do not agree with the argument of just using the Word plugin for ODF. ODF is supposed to be both open source and cheaper than MS Office. Last time I had to buy a copy of MS Office Pro I spent $200, and that was with student pricing. I switched to OpenOffice largely because I could not afford the idea of paying that price again. Are we saying that open source is not for the disabled. Is the goal of the open source community to discriminate against the disabled? I think not, but when people make statements like "Just use MS Word, case closed," that is just what they are doing.