Although many others previously have expressed the same opinion (the SS1/SS2 designs as is will never make it to LEO), this is some more technical background to this opinion.
Not to mention the Raptor's distinguished record as the aircraft of choice of the Wardog Squadron/Aces of Razgriz, Osean Air Force, during the Yuktobania-Belka-Osea conflict. And don't forget the Mobius squadron of ISAF...
Now that Jack is defying the court order requiring him to have another member in good standing of the Florida bar to submit motions for him, what other sanctions can be placed upon him? Is there a more extreme penalty for him beyond permanent disbarrment?
Fine. First, demonstrate that this "thing" is happening in the first place.
Do this in such a fashion that independent researchers can replicate the "thing" at will.
Step two, assuming that you succeed in the first step, is providing a testable hypothesis that explains why the laws of thermodynamics and the way the world works as we know it have to be tossed out.
I don't think they'll get past step one, actually.
I found it...interesting that the first commenter in the article about the two arms being demoted took a single comment about astronomy ("Trying to create a picture of the Milky Way is about 40% hard science and 60% imagination") and tried to spin it into a debate on "Intelligent Design."
Did you see the picture of the waterproof phone? These phones are not "retardedly huge" but are in fact comparable in size to all the other flip phones in the NTT DoCoMo line.
Incidentally, NTT DoCoMo actually sells Motorola RAZRs here, as the M702iS. It's on the low end of the phones they sell, but its major selling point is World Wing capability.
Your link assumes the companies won't advance their designs, as is common in engineering endeavorers. The person who wrote this has what I'd call an extreme amount of ignorance when it comes to technological advancement. She seems to assume that actual orbital and beyond orbital spaceflight is beyond the capabilities of private corporations, ignoring the fact that it was private corporations who built all the spacecraft that have flown so far (at least in this country) and who in fact have produced many of the innovations that make it possible.
Did you actually read the whole article? The author herself points out that "Private industry already really runs the rocketry market." She then cites examples of companies and rockets both built upon previous models, and designed from scratch.
Her point is not that private corporations can't do orbital launches -- show me where she said that. Her point is that the particular line of design that produced SpaceShip One is a dead end, and that designing a rocket for LEO operations is an order of magnitude more complex.
I'll assume that you are young and jumped to a conclusion unwarranted by what was actually written.
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Considering the policy changes/transparent pandering to advertisers that have happened there in the past few months, I'd say that FARK.com is now FARK.com without the humor.
Our parents bought us an Atari 2600 when we were kids; we played that thing until the colors went funky and all the controllers were broken. Even with that, they decided that the 2600 was all the game system we'd ever need, and refused to buy us anything newer. (I'd visit my NEW BEST FRIEND with the NES all the time.)
When I got my first job (at the local Kmart), I ended up taking matters into my own hands and bought an original Game Boy. When my mom saw it, she went ballistic; Why are you wasting your money on that stuff? was a common refrain.
Then she discovered Tetris.
From that moment on, any time I couldn't find my Game Boy, I knew she had taken it to play Tetris. She even hooked Dad into it. By the time I left for college, I ended up just buying another one.
They still play it to this day. I tried to give them other games, but nothing but Tetris interests them.
Except for the fact that at least initially, this Citizendium is going to have exactly the same number of articles as Wikipedia, right? They're going to just fork the wiki, and then send articles through a review process -- which seems like what the wiki was intended to be for Nupedia in the first place.
That being said, considering the fact that Nupedia only generated a couple dozen "final" articles in three and a half YEARS, I don't see how Citizendium will be noticeably different from Wikipedia for quite a while.
And why would I want to go to an almost-clone of Wikipedia? I've already got access to the original, flaws and all.
Are the North Koreans aware that there actually IS a Korean version of Windows? This travelogue, from back when the World Cup was co-hosted by Japan and South Korea, suggests that they don't. I can easily imagine the North Korean government keeping mum on the existance of a South Korean division of Microsoft.
Two quotes:
Oddly enough the students were using the English version of Windows 98 rather than the Korean one. When I asked Mr. Huk why he looked at me like I was an idiot and said because there wasn't a Korean version. A 'fact' that must come as a huge surprise to Microsoft Korea!
When asked if he felt like they were missing out on all the great information available on the Net Mr. Huk just brushed us off with, "we already know the truth from our government. Why would we want to learn what others say?" Which, in a nutshell, seemed a pretty good explanation of North Korean thought as a whole.
So what, if they choose not to sell their program to the US, that means that anyone can post a fansubbed version to the 'net, yes? And the studios shouldn't care about this because no one in Japan can see these fansubs at all, right?
Are you assuming that the Japanese voice actors are that much better than the American ones?
Are you also assuming that the professional subtitle scripts are 100% accurate to the original Japanese meaning?
Furthermore, are you assuming that those subbed anime files on YouTube were translated and subbed by professional translators?
Remember, with animation, the "original" voice track is also a dub track. Just as there are...less-than-talented American voice actors, so there are less-than-skillful Japanese voice actors. And, fandubs vary wildly in quality (anyone recall the AnimeJunkies' mass naked child events fiasco?)
Japanese production companies want their products to be seen in the best light possible -- right of publicity and all, y'know. An amateur translation/subtitling job probably won't be good enough for that.
Okay, so they can keep close tabs on you in the airport. Yet, if you were intent on doing mischief, wouldn't you have done all your preparation before you even got there?
For what it's worth, in Japan the major mobile phone companies (DoCoMo, Vodafone/Softbank, AU) have promoted music-player phones since January or so. My current phone (DoCoMo N702iD) even plays AAC. The latest DoCoMo line of phones uses the fact that they all have music player software as their main selling point in advertising.
However, the ads specifically mention their WMA compatibility, so maybe Apple might be missing the boat in this market.
(and, of course, one of the phones is ATRAC compatible. Care to guess which manufacturer makes that one?)
...and while you're tossing out thanks for the slashdotting, remember to give a shout out to Fark, which had this on the front page last week.
Farked+Slashdotted. Poor server never had a chance.
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That'd be Maniac, if I recall correctly.
Also, I recall dealing with being forced to have Maniac as my wingman in the earlier games by shooting him down myself, and just flying the rest of that branch of the story without a wingman. Plus I got to say some moving words at his funeral!
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I post this link in every SS1/SS2 thread I come across...
http://www.daughtersoftiresias.org/misc/ss1.html
Although many others previously have expressed the same opinion (the SS1/SS2 designs as is will never make it to LEO), this is some more technical background to this opinion.
Space tourism, yeah. But orbital flights?
Why SpaceShipOne Never Did, Never Will, And None Of Its Direct Descendants Ever Will, Orbit The Earth
Well, if Verizon is "most reliable"...
...then Fox News is "fair and balanced", and Wal*Mart has "Always the lowest price. Always", right?
Not to mention the Raptor's distinguished record as the aircraft of choice of the Wardog Squadron/Aces of Razgriz, Osean Air Force, during the Yuktobania-Belka-Osea conflict. And don't forget the Mobius squadron of ISAF...
R. Daneel? R.Daneel doesn't come into the Foundation series until Foundation and Earth...unless they make "Prelude" first, I guess.
Now that Jack is defying the court order requiring him to have another member in good standing of the Florida bar to submit motions for him, what other sanctions can be placed upon him? Is there a more extreme penalty for him beyond permanent disbarrment?
Contempt of court, I guess...
Fine. First, demonstrate that this "thing" is happening in the first place.
Do this in such a fashion that independent researchers can replicate the "thing" at will.
Step two, assuming that you succeed in the first step, is providing a testable hypothesis that explains why the laws of thermodynamics and the way the world works as we know it have to be tossed out.
I don't think they'll get past step one, actually.
Arrogance, ignorance, and blindly accepting new ideas that have not been proven do not make for a good scientist either.
Openmindedness
does not excuse the claimant
from providing proof
Rainy season comes
bringing with it a fresh crop
of nutball scammers
I found it...interesting that the first commenter in the article about the two arms being demoted took a single comment about astronomy ("Trying to create a picture of the Milky Way is about 40% hard science and 60% imagination") and tried to spin it into a debate on "Intelligent Design."
Maybe interesting isn't the word I'm looking for.
Did you see the picture of the waterproof phone? These phones are not "retardedly huge" but are in fact comparable in size to all the other flip phones in the NTT DoCoMo line.
Incidentally, NTT DoCoMo actually sells Motorola RAZRs here, as the M702iS. It's on the low end of the phones they sell, but its major selling point is World Wing capability.
Her point is not that private corporations can't do orbital launches -- show me where she said that. Her point is that the particular line of design that produced SpaceShip One is a dead end, and that designing a rocket for LEO operations is an order of magnitude more complex.
I'll assume that you are young and jumped to a conclusion unwarranted by what was actually written.
So, if Rutan, Virgin Galactic, and Scaled Composites are aiming for orbital flights, will they have to redesign the spacecraft from scratch?
Why SpaceShipOne Never Did, Never Will, And None Of Its Direct Descendants Ever Will, Orbit The Earth
Considering the policy changes/transparent pandering to advertisers that have happened there in the past few months, I'd say that FARK.com is now FARK.com without the humor.
I must protest. Mari Iijima is a very talented singer.
If you're into J-pop, of course.
Our parents bought us an Atari 2600 when we were kids; we played that thing until the colors went funky and all the controllers were broken. Even with that, they decided that the 2600 was all the game system we'd ever need, and refused to buy us anything newer. (I'd visit my NEW BEST FRIEND with the NES all the time.)
When I got my first job (at the local Kmart), I ended up taking matters into my own hands and bought an original Game Boy. When my mom saw it, she went ballistic; Why are you wasting your money on that stuff? was a common refrain.
Then she discovered Tetris.
From that moment on, any time I couldn't find my Game Boy, I knew she had taken it to play Tetris. She even hooked Dad into it. By the time I left for college, I ended up just buying another one.
They still play it to this day. I tried to give them other games, but nothing but Tetris interests them.
Except for the fact that at least initially, this Citizendium is going to have exactly the same number of articles as Wikipedia, right? They're going to just fork the wiki, and then send articles through a review process -- which seems like what the wiki was intended to be for Nupedia in the first place.
That being said, considering the fact that Nupedia only generated a couple dozen "final" articles in three and a half YEARS, I don't see how Citizendium will be noticeably different from Wikipedia for quite a while. And why would I want to go to an almost-clone of Wikipedia? I've already got access to the original, flaws and all.
Are the North Koreans aware that there actually IS a Korean version of Windows? This travelogue, from back when the World Cup was co-hosted by Japan and South Korea, suggests that they don't. I can easily imagine the North Korean government keeping mum on the existance of a South Korean division of Microsoft.
Two quotes:
So what, if they choose not to sell their program to the US, that means that anyone can post a fansubbed version to the 'net, yes? And the studios shouldn't care about this because no one in Japan can see these fansubs at all, right?
Are you assuming that the Japanese voice actors are that much better than the American ones?
Are you also assuming that the professional subtitle scripts are 100% accurate to the original Japanese meaning?
Furthermore, are you assuming that those subbed anime files on YouTube were translated and subbed by professional translators?
Remember, with animation, the "original" voice track is also a dub track. Just as there are...less-than-talented American voice actors, so there are less-than-skillful Japanese voice actors. And, fandubs vary wildly in quality (anyone recall the AnimeJunkies' mass naked child events fiasco?)
Japanese production companies want their products to be seen in the best light possible -- right of publicity and all, y'know. An amateur translation/subtitling job probably won't be good enough for that.
Okay, so they can keep close tabs on you in the airport. Yet, if you were intent on doing mischief, wouldn't you have done all your preparation before you even got there?
I now have my phone set to ring with the opening theme from Sailor Moon
Please say that at least you're using the original Japanese version...
For what it's worth, in Japan the major mobile phone companies (DoCoMo, Vodafone/Softbank, AU) have promoted music-player phones since January or so. My current phone (DoCoMo N702iD) even plays AAC. The latest DoCoMo line of phones uses the fact that they all have music player software as their main selling point in advertising.
However, the ads specifically mention their WMA compatibility, so maybe Apple might be missing the boat in this market.
(and, of course, one of the phones is ATRAC compatible. Care to guess which manufacturer makes that one?)
...and while you're tossing out thanks for the slashdotting, remember to give a shout out to Fark, which had this on the front page last week.
Farked+Slashdotted. Poor server never had a chance.
That'd be Maniac, if I recall correctly.
Also, I recall dealing with being forced to have Maniac as my wingman in the earlier games by shooting him down myself, and just flying the rest of that branch of the story without a wingman. Plus I got to say some moving words at his funeral!