From the poster have far exceeded their initial 30-day mission
From the ARTICLE Originally planned as a 90-day mission, Spirit has already performed well beyond expectations for 263 days and Opportunity is just three weeks behind its sister vehicle in operational time.
Such a contridiction, you don't suppose the poster flew through the article and posted it without actually reading it? After all, this is Slashdot.
If I could make one small request to the car making industry, it would be: Please do not dumb down driving.
Driving is a learned exercise that requires experience to become good at. The introduction of things like traction control, and anti-lock braking systems have caused much of the driving public to ignore time-tested techniques for maintaining control over a vehicle.
Case in point: A cousin of mine was recently endowed with a driver's license. However, nobody thought it necessary to tell him how in certain vehicles under certain conditions, pumping the brake pedal is necessary to stop. They assumed anything he drove would have anti-lock brakes.
Things like smart cruise control are going to make us become complacent about things like safe following distances and paying attention to the conditions ahead of the vehicle you are following.
Until we're ready to turn over 100% control to the robots (which shouldn't happen for a very long time), please make vehicles safer by encouraging driver experience, not by doing things for him/her.
Actually, I would argue that fraud was the only intent. I mean, we're not talking about some stuff written on a napkin. We're talking about a document written to appear to be on official stationary, by a government official.
Illegal or not, I don't see why a person should be allowed to make fake government documents, pass them as real ones, and not go to prison.
Does anyone else think that no counting of votes or reporting of results should occur until all polls in the nation have closed?
I don't think people understood before the impact that preceding states have on states in later time zones. Hopefully recent electoral experiences will prompt states to delay election information.
In fact, I'm not terribly happy with how news organizations treat election-day broadcasts. They seem to treat it the same as they would treat the final game in a Stanley Cup Series. As opposed to celebrating the freedom of voting, and perhaps a look back on 4 years.
For example, I would have thought that in the years I've spent watching election coverage, I would have heard about what Badnarik said about pre-1890s ballots not being printed by the government.
I got the impression that the so-called "surplus" was a plan that by 200-whatever, there would be money left over in the federal budget.
The surplus wasn't a deficit thing as much as it was a balanced budget thing. Which are two things that are very closely related.
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[i]nobody has a legitimate reason for owning a 30 round clip.[/i]
Well, I don't know about 'nobody'. I'm sure the military and law enforcement have very legitimate reasons to own 30 round magazines.
As far as an ordinary citizen, they might think that the extended size of the magazine makes for a better place to hold the weapon. They might think having a 30-rd magazine is better than lugging around 3 10 rounders (although the 10 rounders might be better if the weapon jams). Perhaps the 30 round magazines are cheaper...maybe they're the only ones available for that weapon.
Regardless of all of that, the great thing about freedom is that I don't have to justify owning a 30rd magazine.
Think on this. You say that the access to weaponry is what enables things like Columbine to happen. I would like to offer up something else for consideration. Perhaps easier access to weaponry would allow people to deal with things like Columbine. What if half of the teachers at that high school were trained and equipped with weapons?
The point is, the United States is a much more individualistic culture, and the idea of relying on the government for protection runs contrary to this. People are willing to go to great lengths spending a lot of time and money to be trained and equipped with modern weapons. They justify doing so because they believe they must take responsibility for the protection of their families.
Actually, it would be fitting for Diebold to refuse to sell to California.
This would be similiar to when governments began sueing Ford Motor company because their Crown Victoria police cars would explode after being hit in the rear by vehicles traveling at highway speeds. When the state filed charges, Ford stopped selling them cars.
So, this begs the question,...is California still buying diebold machines? Because if they are, then this lawsuit is nothing about ensuring voting integrity.
According to the article, the only foreseeable way to keep these things sealed and running for 30 years is to make them breeder reactors, converting the wasted material into usable plutonium 239.
Isn't plutonium 239 the stuff that makes nuclear weapons work?
I mean, we're not allowed to have breeder reactors in the United States, but its perfectly ok to send one to a developing nation?
Those maps are most popular because they are, IMHO, the most balanced. Neither team has a distinctive advantage, like the overt terrorist advantage in cs_assault.
New maps take a while to become popular. Mainly because to be good at CS, you have to know the map pretty well. In fact, I found my skills improved when I figured out how everything was laid out in the map.
Also, who wants to wait 30min for a new map to download? For me, I find I have an hour or so free for some gaming, so I want to pop in ASAP before I have to head out the door. The last thing I want is to waste half of that time loading the map. Especially just to find out that the new map I just downloaded is utter crap.
You know what, I have no idea what drug I was on when I was thinking that. No, it wasn't that the PDA didn't hold a charge, it was that it would completely reset (in other words, dump all of it's information) during battery changes. And in the months leading up to my obtaining service would dump it's information without the batteries being dead.
I had a totally different experience with Best Buy's PSP. I bought a Palm m100 (yeah...yeah) when they first came out. Since the Palm was going to a replace an older crappier Casio PDA whose screen broke while sitting in my pocket, I opted to pay the extra $$$ for the PSP.
The PSP lasted 3 years, and miracously I was able to keep all documentation intact and easy to get at. About 1 year before the PSP expired, the Palm's battery began holding its charge for shorter and shorter time frames. At about 3 months till expiration, I contacted the PSP people, and told them my Palm would not hold a charge.
I mailed them the PDA, and about 3 weeks later, they sent me a certificate for store credit in the exact same amount I originally paid for the m100.
Simple. Why make a $50 camera that will last for 50 years, when you can make a $10 camera that will last for 2 years? Make things cheap and easily broken, and people will buy a new one every few years. That is the mentality.
Semi trucks are the backbone of this country. How do you think freight is carried from the rail yard to the destination? Or from the air port? Or the grove? You say you would like to see less semis, well are you willing to pay 2x for everything as a result? I bet no.
As for Hummers having a good reason to exist...How about their being an important part of our military's mobility?
Absolutely not. I have cut any ties whatsoever to the ACLU and the NAACP. They have simply become puppets of the Democratic party, and no longer serve their original purposes.
When you have the NAACP endorsing a white democrat over a black republican, what is going on here?
When you have the ACLU arguing against the outlawing of child pornography, yet agreeing with Reno that gun ownership is not an individual human right, what is going on here?
No thank you. I have decided that such organizations are not worth my time, and that other organizations are far more worthy of my money.
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From the poster
have far exceeded their initial 30-day mission
From the ARTICLE
Originally planned as a 90-day mission, Spirit has already performed well beyond expectations for 263 days and Opportunity is just three weeks behind its sister vehicle in operational time.
Such a contridiction, you don't suppose the poster flew through the article and posted it without actually reading it? After all, this is Slashdot.
Perhaps some pointers on how everything you do on the internet can and will be recorded, and probably will come back to haunt you.
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Wait, there's someone at the door...............
ARRRRRRRRRRRGH!!!!
You would be surprised how many big bad conservative republican corporate heros are also big on environmental conservation and wildlife management.
Well, in your situation, the only time the roads would be slick is when it first rains and brings the oils in the road to the surface.
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However, in Michigan, we get nasty ice crap on the roads.
Here, this better explains it:
http://media.ebaumsworld.com/index.php?e=fun_on
If I could make one small request to the car making industry, it would be: Please do not dumb down driving.
Driving is a learned exercise that requires experience to become good at. The introduction of things like traction control, and anti-lock braking systems have caused much of the driving public to ignore time-tested techniques for maintaining control over a vehicle.
Case in point: A cousin of mine was recently endowed with a driver's license. However, nobody thought it necessary to tell him how in certain vehicles under certain conditions, pumping the brake pedal is necessary to stop. They assumed anything he drove would have anti-lock brakes.
Things like smart cruise control are going to make us become complacent about things like safe following distances and paying attention to the conditions ahead of the vehicle you are following.
Until we're ready to turn over 100% control to the robots (which shouldn't happen for a very long time), please make vehicles safer by encouraging driver experience, not by doing things for him/her.
Since there was no intent to defraud[...].
Actually, I would argue that fraud was the only intent. I mean, we're not talking about some stuff written on a napkin. We're talking about a document written to appear to be on official stationary, by a government official.
Illegal or not, I don't see why a person should be allowed to make fake government documents, pass them as real ones, and not go to prison.
Does anyone else think that no counting of votes or reporting of results should occur until all polls in the nation have closed?
I don't think people understood before the impact that preceding states have on states in later time zones. Hopefully recent electoral experiences will prompt states to delay election information.
In fact, I'm not terribly happy with how news organizations treat election-day broadcasts. They seem to treat it the same as they would treat the final game in a Stanley Cup Series. As opposed to celebrating the freedom of voting, and perhaps a look back on 4 years.
For example, I would have thought that in the years I've spent watching election coverage, I would have heard about what Badnarik said about pre-1890s ballots not being printed by the government.
Is it illegal to falsify government documents?
If so, would Bill Burkett have to tell investigators where he obtained the documents?
Poll around my office: Nobody here cares who China elects.
Not to mention, Americans have a vested interest. Whoever wins the elctions effects our lives much more than most foreigners.
I got the impression that the so-called "surplus" was a plan that by 200-whatever, there would be money left over in the federal budget.
The surplus wasn't a deficit thing as much as it was a balanced budget thing. Which are two things that are very closely related.
[i]nobody has a legitimate reason for owning a 30 round clip.[/i]
Well, I don't know about 'nobody'. I'm sure the military and law enforcement have very legitimate reasons to own 30 round magazines.
As far as an ordinary citizen, they might think that the extended size of the magazine makes for a better place to hold the weapon. They might think having a 30-rd magazine is better than lugging around 3 10 rounders (although the 10 rounders might be better if the weapon jams). Perhaps the 30 round magazines are cheaper...maybe they're the only ones available for that weapon.
Regardless of all of that, the great thing about freedom is that I don't have to justify owning a 30rd magazine.
Think on this. You say that the access to weaponry is what enables things like Columbine to happen. I would like to offer up something else for consideration. Perhaps easier access to weaponry would allow people to deal with things like Columbine. What if half of the teachers at that high school were trained and equipped with weapons?
The point is, the United States is a much more individualistic culture, and the idea of relying on the government for protection runs contrary to this. People are willing to go to great lengths spending a lot of time and money to be trained and equipped with modern weapons. They justify doing so because they believe they must take responsibility for the protection of their families.
Well, since they didn't bother to test the machines, then the state shares in some of the blame.
Mayber caveat emptor doesn't apply to the gov'ment?
Actually, it would be fitting for Diebold to refuse to sell to California.
This would be similiar to when governments began sueing Ford Motor company because their Crown Victoria police cars would explode after being hit in the rear by vehicles traveling at highway speeds. When the state filed charges, Ford stopped selling them cars.
So, this begs the question,...is California still buying diebold machines? Because if they are, then this lawsuit is nothing about ensuring voting integrity.
You must have a cheap car. Because food and medicine for a horse is quite cheap.
According to the article, the only foreseeable way to keep these things sealed and running for 30 years is to make them breeder reactors, converting the wasted material into usable plutonium 239.
Isn't plutonium 239 the stuff that makes nuclear weapons work?
I mean, we're not allowed to have breeder reactors in the United States, but its perfectly ok to send one to a developing nation?
Those maps are most popular because they are, IMHO, the most balanced. Neither team has a distinctive advantage, like the overt terrorist advantage in cs_assault.
New maps take a while to become popular. Mainly because to be good at CS, you have to know the map pretty well. In fact, I found my skills improved when I figured out how everything was laid out in the map.
Also, who wants to wait 30min for a new map to download? For me, I find I have an hour or so free for some gaming, so I want to pop in ASAP before I have to head out the door. The last thing I want is to waste half of that time loading the map. Especially just to find out that the new map I just downloaded is utter crap.
You know what, I have no idea what drug I was on when I was thinking that. No, it wasn't that the PDA didn't hold a charge, it was that it would completely reset (in other words, dump all of it's information) during battery changes. And in the months leading up to my obtaining service would dump it's information without the batteries being dead.
LOL, I still don't know what I was thinking.
I had a totally different experience with Best Buy's PSP. I bought a Palm m100 (yeah...yeah) when they first came out. Since the Palm was going to a replace an older crappier Casio PDA whose screen broke while sitting in my pocket, I opted to pay the extra $$$ for the PSP.
The PSP lasted 3 years, and miracously I was able to keep all documentation intact and easy to get at. About 1 year before the PSP expired, the Palm's battery began holding its charge for shorter and shorter time frames. At about 3 months till expiration, I contacted the PSP people, and told them my Palm would not hold a charge.
I mailed them the PDA, and about 3 weeks later, they sent me a certificate for store credit in the exact same amount I originally paid for the m100.
Simple. Why make a $50 camera that will last for 50 years, when you can make a $10 camera that will last for 2 years? Make things cheap and easily broken, and people will buy a new one every few years. That is the mentality.
Mod parent down.
Semi trucks are the backbone of this country. How do you think freight is carried from the rail yard to the destination? Or from the air port? Or the grove? You say you would like to see less semis, well are you willing to pay 2x for everything as a result? I bet no.
As for Hummers having a good reason to exist...How about their being an important part of our military's mobility?
Not only is the color disgusting, but how about the logo in the upper left?
"It is what IT is?"
Yeah Slashdot, you really are.
Oh, and Apple Good, US Bad, Bush evil!
Absolutely not. I have cut any ties whatsoever to the ACLU and the NAACP. They have simply become puppets of the Democratic party, and no longer serve their original purposes.
When you have the NAACP endorsing a white democrat over a black republican, what is going on here?
When you have the ACLU arguing against the outlawing of child pornography, yet agreeing with Reno that gun ownership is not an individual human right, what is going on here?
No thank you. I have decided that such organizations are not worth my time, and that other organizations are far more worthy of my money.
Not all of the states have felony murder statutes. My home state of Michigan does not.
And how bogus is it to say there is a 50/50 chance of an accident happening?
...waits 10 seconds...
Know what? There's a 50/50 chance that I'm going to die of a heart attack in the next 10 seconds...
well, I was half-right...