If it orbits a planet, it's a moon, regardless of other characteristics.
Huh? Your whole "definition" is just stupid and not scientific at all. Did you read a 3rd grade Astronomy book to come up with that "definition"? First, the Moon is the name we gave to our own natural satellite. By your "definition", all the man-made space debris would be a "moon". Objects orbiting planets are called natural satellites.
So, exactly how does your "definition" handle things like the Kuiper belt or the Oort cloud?
Are you for real? Just because this psycho-chick had her feelings hurt you want to excuse her actions? Please. The chick drove 900 miles in adult diapers and pissed her pants. Jeez. How much more psycho can you get? How many people wear diapers when they drive so they do not have to pull over? How many people piss their pants in diapers when they drive so they do not have to pull over?
Oh, and then there is the whole pepper spray thing. Out of a jealous rage, she pepper sprayed some chick because some fellow astronaut didn't want her any more. Oh, boo-hoo. Get over it.
NASA astronauts need to be the "best of the best". We are planning on sending some astronauts, both male and female, to Mars for like a 30 month journey. The last thing we need on a 30 month journey in close quarters is some jealous chick that is going to go "Dahmer" on the whole crew because some other female astronaut looked at "her man". Astronauts should not be allowed to have intimate relations with one another. There are "plenty of fish in the sea" that should allow all astronauts to have intimate relations with non-astronauts.
And what was the "man's" question? Seriously. While I am a U.S. Marine, I have always respected my fellow service men and women who serve in the Air Force, Army, Navy, Coast Guard, etc. I would never try to say they didn't serve a purpose.
The "man's" question you were asking me about was just stupid. I usually see those types of "questions" from people who are jealous of U.S. Marines because they were too afraid to try to become a Marine. I earned my title as a U.S. Marine. The "guy" I replied to did not. If you want to be a U.S. Marine, then go out and do it. Don't join some other US military and then try to bad-mouth the Marines because you were not man enough to even try to become a Marine. If you have ever noticed, any non-Marine that is happy with the branch of the military they serve in never tries to talk trash about the U.S. Marines. Sure, each branch makes fun of each other, however, at the end of the day, we would all put our life on the line for one another.
My grandfather was a WWII Air Force pilot. One of my uncles was in the Marines during Vietnam, another of my uncles was in the Army during Vietnam. Both of my uncles were injured and received Purple Hearts for their sacrifice.
So, to answer the "man's" question, how exactly were the U.S. Marines "unopposed" during Desert Storm? There were 22 Marines that died in action during Desert Shield/Desert Storm, 2 that died from their wounds, and 88 that received wounds during action.
Thanks for the link. I had German in high school, though I am _very_ rusty. While I am a natural born American, my heritage is German and Irish (grandparents), so those are two cultures that I really love.
I didn't _say_ an MS Windows computer. I said a Linux computer. A big difference there.
Yeah, I know what you mean about a locked MS Windows computer. It sucks. However, in most corporate settings the MS Windows computer is a member of a domain, so all you need to do is get your domain admin to unlock the computer.
While I am a senior programmer, I am good friends with the admins where I work. If I run into a locked computer (a bunch of dumb programmers log in to our dev servers and walk away) I just need to walk over a few desks and kick the chair of one of our admins and ask them to unlock the computer.
So I can log in to MS Windows with an all lower case password even though my password is not all lower case? Yeah, right.
How to log in without power down rebooting if someone left the screen locked.
Huh? What the heck does this even mean? Are you saying you do not know how to unlock a locked desktop in Linux? Man, you must be dumb. How about just entering your password?
Where is the start button?
Uhh, you can customize that in Linux. Make a start button if you want and just deploy it. I personally think it is stupid and think that the Applications and Systems menus in Ubuntu make more sense. However, if you really want a button that says "Start", you can do it very easily in Gnome/KDE on Linux.
Where is Internet Explorer?
Uhh, you can name the browser icon on a Linux system anything you want. And, *gasp* you can even change the icon to look just like the IE icon. I did that for my wife when I first moved her to Linux. However, after telling her how bad IE is, I got her to use Firefox. Now she loves her Firefox extensions. I have a Linux computer, an MS WinXP computer, a 17" Intel iMac and an Intel Macbook. When my wife uses any of those systems, she now only looks for the Firefox icon. It is not hard for a person to remember the Firefox icon. Just as it is not hard for a user to remember the IE icon. This is just a stupid "point" you have made.
How is Evolution not the same as Outlook?
Yeah, because the non-technical office worker is a "power" outlook user. Nope. They won't notice much difference at all. Evolution is close enough to not cause any snags.
Where is the My Documents folder?
Again, just put an icon on the desktop and in the Applications menu that says "My Documents". It will be a link to a folder in the users home directory. Heck, you can even make a folder in the users home directory named "My Documents" if you want. I did it for my wife.
Why does this email attachment want to know where I want to save it? Why can't I run it?
Huh? What are you talking about? You can click on inline images in Evolution and see the image. You can click on documents in Evolution and have the default app run it just like in MS Windows. The _only_ thing you cannot do is run some executable code from Evolution. If you think it is a bad idea to not be able to run an executable app attached to an email, well you have some issues.
Brandenburg hasn't become a dot-com zillionaire from his work on MP3, but he received a substantial cut of the royalty payments under a German law that entitles researchers to a share of the profits from their inventions. (He won't say how much.)
What law is that? Do we have anything like that in the USA? Man, that sounds like a great law. Usually the researchers/scientists do all the real work and then the corporate execs get all the big salaries.
The best thing to do is get as far away as possible. I threw grenades in the U.S.M.C. They are very powerful. The first time I threw one, I was shocked at how much "punch" that little grenade has. I know I certainly would not want to test out the "theory" that you heard.:-)
Yes, I would keep about 5 million for me and the family. Anything else would just be living an extremely extravagant life-style IMO. Do I really need a super-yacht to be happy? Do I really need my own personal jet to be happy?
I am a little older and (I hope) a little wiser. I didn't grow up with the means I have now. But you know what? I was very happy as a kid because I had great parents that gave me love.
With 5 Million, you could buy a nice house, nice car, some cool toys and invest the rest. I went down that path and have been very happy.
Are you kidding me? The U.S. Marines have been the "first to go and the last to know". The purpose or the U.S. Marines is to go in first. Secure the situation until the Army can finally get things going to get there. Once the Army gets there, the situation has been pretty much neutralized by the Corps. Sorry buddy, just don't try to compare the average "soldier" to a U.S. Marine. It just doesn't make sense. If you were not man enough to join "The Few, the Proud", don't take out your self-guilt on the Corps. I earned my title as a U.S. Marine, you did not.
Well, I don't have 5 billion to give away. Heck, I don't even have a billion. However, there are a boat load of billionaires in the world. Add up the money of the top 100 billionaires and see how much freaking money they have and think of what good that can do for the humans around the world.
If Billy G. donated 5 billion USD anonymously, it would not link the donation to Billy G. at all. There are a lot of people that could do that. The donation doesn't even need to be from a "person". Just spend a little bit of money (a few hundred bucks at most) to make a non-profit company. Then the donation doesn't come from Billy G., but from the "We Like to Help" corporation/LLC.
I have done it a few times, it is not hard at all. Heck, any knuckle-head can start a private LLC for chump-change. Start the LLC in your friends name and be an anonymous supporter. Then give the money to charity. It is real simple to give money to help others without being known.
Most "philanthropists" _want_ to be known. They want to be thanked and patted on the back for giving from their extreme abundance. That is my big beef with the "philanthropists" of the world.
Please. Spare me your diatribe. Again, I will say, give me 20 billion and see what I do with it. I would keep a _little_ for me and my family and the rest would go to help others and science.
All your shit talking does is discourage others from following his lead
Huh? Are you for real? Do you think there is a billionaire out there that was thinking of giving money to a good cause, happened to be reading/. and then said, "wait, JimDaGeek doesn't think I am giving for real reasons, so fsck 'em'."? Man, you must have 3.14159 brain cells.
I am just so tired of people who pat the ultra-rich on the back because they give a little of their abundance. Billy G. is still super rich. The dude can give away a few more billion and still be a billionaire. Please spare me the "Billy G. is a great man because he gave away money."
Oh, and by the way, even in his "giving" Billy G. is doing business deals. He was making business deals with the big pharma companies. Just read up on it. It is _so_ great to see Billy G. invest in AIDS vaccinations that are unaffordable for Africans!
Huh? Are you retarded? Have you ever given money to charity? If you are giving a large sum of money, you just stipulate that it is only on the condition of that you remain anonymous. It is that simple.
I am not talking about giving away $100, $500 or even $1,000. When you plan to give a large sum to a charity, the top-brass of that charity gets involved. All you have to do is ask to remain anonymous.
Last year I gave about 60% of my income to different causes. Yes, 60%. I would have given more, though I was doing some things with my money. Yeah, I am a "rich" guy, money-wise. However, You won't see me on the news saying, "look at me, I am giving out of my abundance". Nope, that is only for the "philanthropists". Why would Billy G. give away so much and not do it anonymously? Seriously. Does he want the tax credit? Does he want the news coverage?
While I don't make anything close to what Billy G. does, I do well. However, the one difference is that all of my big donations have been anonymous.
Why do all of these _super_ rich people give money out of their abundance and then shout it from the roof tops? Is it to get a pat on the back? Please spare me. I grew up in need, and now I live very well. I give money to help people, not to get my name on the news. That is why you have never heard of people like me who have given more than $200,000 in the last 10 years to charity/research. I don't do it to have people pat me on the back. I do it because I spiritually feel compelled to help my fellow humans who have not been given the blessings that I have. I don't want anyone to know who I am when I give money. I just want to make sure that the money that I earned is going to good use.
Now compare that to Billy G. He wants to "give" money, out of his massive abundance, and shout it from the roof-tops. "Hey, look at how much I am giving to 'help' people". I would like to see Billy G.'s tax returns. I bet he claims as much as he can from what he "gives". I have never claimed what I give to charity/research. I don't give for a tax break. I give to really help. Sure, I am making myself sound like a saint. Though I am not. There are selfish reasons in there as well. I have seen a lot of sickness in my family over the years. So I give to research in the hopes that a treatment will be found. I give to help poor families because I know what the hell that is like.
There are millions of Americans that give some of their income to really help others. Why are they not in the news? There have been plenty of people that have given a larger percent of their income, than Billy G., to help others. Why are they not in news?
There have been far more American that have made a far greater sacrifice than Billy G. giving out of his extreme abundance. Why are they not in the news?
I will say it again. Please spare me the whole "philanthropist" garbage. Most of the "philanthropists" just give out of their abundance. Please, give me 20 billion and see how much freaking money I give away. Damn, I'd give away just about all of it. I would save about 3-4 million (USD) for myself and give the rest away.
I know what you mean. I remember pulling targets in Marine Corps boot camp. We would duck down and and hear the round fly over-head. We would then pull down the target, look for the hit, place a marker over it and then hold up a big "stick" to show the shooter where the shot was. If it was a miss, we would just wave the marker stick across the target.
Man, I miss Marine boot camp. It was a lot of fun:-)
I fired my M203. Boy I missed them. Yeah, they make a nice bang.
I remember during my Marine boot, when we did live grenades, some dude threw his like a girl. It did not go far enough to be in a "safe zone" so the instructor with him threw him into the trench pit (I don't remember if there was a Corps name for it). Me and my fellow recruits were all in a building in-line waiting for our turn. However, we were able to watch what was going on. I remember when that grenade went off. I can not imagine how something so small could make suck an explosion. The force from the grenade was just incredible.
2. Bill Gates has started a profoundly large charity foundation
So what. Give me 20, 30, 40, 50 billion and see if I don't throw around a few billion! Seriously. Give me a call when Billy G. gives away all his money and takes up a hard-working middle-class type job. It won't happen.
Please note that I am not expecting very rich people to give all their money away. However, I am just not impressed by someone with 50 billion giving away 25 billion. You are still left with more freaking money than some smaller countries and more money than most could imagine or more money than you could spend in a life time.
Why in the world would anyone be impressed by a person who only gives out of their extreme abundance? For example, I have 100,000 barrels of soup. I go to my local soup kitchen, for the homeless, and give them 1,000 barrels of soup. I make the news as a great "philanthropist". However, Betty, who has spent 25 hours a week for the last 10 years working at the soup kitchen, is never mentioned. Why?
Please spare me the "rich person gave X amount" and that make them a good person. They only gave out of their abundance. Nothing more, nothing less.
I would like to know what Microsoft shill has modded you as "Flamebait". Seriously. I guess Microsoft pays some of their employees to go through the top technical sites to try to "evangelize" or something. What a shame.
How do you know, you weren't talking lauder after firing?
Stop grasping at straws. I wasn't talking "lauder"(sic).
about talking to each other calmly. Combatants don't do that -- not with own side, not with the enemy.
Have you ever been in a combat situation? I served in the U.S. Marine Corps in 1991. Do a Google search on that year, I think you will see what was happening during that time and where I was.
Being shot at certainly gets the adrenaline going. A very primitive instinct kicks in where you just want to kill to stay alive. However, that only last for a little bit, and soon after, you are able to think clearly and logically to come up with a real survival plan besides just "shooting the crap out of anything that moves".
So yes, shortly after a combat situation, humans are able to talk calmly.
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So, exactly how does your "definition" handle things like the Kuiper belt or the Oort cloud?
in a forest, and I _do_ hear it, will that cause my nerve cells to react and make me like pee my pants or something? :-)
Are you for real? Just because this psycho-chick had her feelings hurt you want to excuse her actions? Please. The chick drove 900 miles in adult diapers and pissed her pants. Jeez. How much more psycho can you get? How many people wear diapers when they drive so they do not have to pull over? How many people piss their pants in diapers when they drive so they do not have to pull over?
Oh, and then there is the whole pepper spray thing. Out of a jealous rage, she pepper sprayed some chick because some fellow astronaut didn't want her any more. Oh, boo-hoo. Get over it.
NASA astronauts need to be the "best of the best". We are planning on sending some astronauts, both male and female, to Mars for like a 30 month journey. The last thing we need on a 30 month journey in close quarters is some jealous chick that is going to go "Dahmer" on the whole crew because some other female astronaut looked at "her man". Astronauts should not be allowed to have intimate relations with one another. There are "plenty of fish in the sea" that should allow all astronauts to have intimate relations with non-astronauts.
And what was the "man's" question? Seriously. While I am a U.S. Marine, I have always respected my fellow service men and women who serve in the Air Force, Army, Navy, Coast Guard, etc. I would never try to say they didn't serve a purpose.
The "man's" question you were asking me about was just stupid. I usually see those types of "questions" from people who are jealous of U.S. Marines because they were too afraid to try to become a Marine. I earned my title as a U.S. Marine. The "guy" I replied to did not. If you want to be a U.S. Marine, then go out and do it. Don't join some other US military and then try to bad-mouth the Marines because you were not man enough to even try to become a Marine. If you have ever noticed, any non-Marine that is happy with the branch of the military they serve in never tries to talk trash about the U.S. Marines. Sure, each branch makes fun of each other, however, at the end of the day, we would all put our life on the line for one another.
My grandfather was a WWII Air Force pilot. One of my uncles was in the Marines during Vietnam, another of my uncles was in the Army during Vietnam. Both of my uncles were injured and received Purple Hearts for their sacrifice.
So, to answer the "man's" question, how exactly were the U.S. Marines "unopposed" during Desert Storm? There were 22 Marines that died in action during Desert Shield/Desert Storm, 2 that died from their wounds, and 88 that received wounds during action.
Thanks for the link. I had German in high school, though I am _very_ rusty. While I am a natural born American, my heritage is German and Irish (grandparents), so those are two cultures that I really love.
I didn't _say_ an MS Windows computer. I said a Linux computer. A big difference there.
Yeah, I know what you mean about a locked MS Windows computer. It sucks. However, in most corporate settings the MS Windows computer is a member of a domain, so all you need to do is get your domain admin to unlock the computer.
While I am a senior programmer, I am good friends with the admins where I work. If I run into a locked computer (a bunch of dumb programmers log in to our dev servers and walk away) I just need to walk over a few desks and kick the chair of one of our admins and ask them to unlock the computer.
The best thing to do is get as far away as possible. I threw grenades in the U.S.M.C. They are very powerful. The first time I threw one, I was shocked at how much "punch" that little grenade has. I know I certainly would not want to test out the "theory" that you heard. :-)
I was not "cutting him down". I just don't like people that "give" away money and then want a press release about it. End of story.
Yes, I would keep about 5 million for me and the family. Anything else would just be living an extremely extravagant life-style IMO. Do I really need a super-yacht to be happy? Do I really need my own personal jet to be happy?
I am a little older and (I hope) a little wiser. I didn't grow up with the means I have now. But you know what? I was very happy as a kid because I had great parents that gave me love.
With 5 Million, you could buy a nice house, nice car, some cool toys and invest the rest. I went down that path and have been very happy.
Are you kidding me? The U.S. Marines have been the "first to go and the last to know". The purpose or the U.S. Marines is to go in first. Secure the situation until the Army can finally get things going to get there. Once the Army gets there, the situation has been pretty much neutralized by the Corps. Sorry buddy, just don't try to compare the average "soldier" to a U.S. Marine. It just doesn't make sense. If you were not man enough to join "The Few, the Proud", don't take out your self-guilt on the Corps. I earned my title as a U.S. Marine, you did not.
Semper Fi
Well, I don't have 5 billion to give away. Heck, I don't even have a billion. However, there are a boat load of billionaires in the world. Add up the money of the top 100 billionaires and see how much freaking money they have and think of what good that can do for the humans around the world.
If Billy G. donated 5 billion USD anonymously, it would not link the donation to Billy G. at all. There are a lot of people that could do that. The donation doesn't even need to be from a "person". Just spend a little bit of money (a few hundred bucks at most) to make a non-profit company. Then the donation doesn't come from Billy G., but from the "We Like to Help" corporation/LLC.
I have done it a few times, it is not hard at all. Heck, any knuckle-head can start a private LLC for chump-change. Start the LLC in your friends name and be an anonymous supporter. Then give the money to charity. It is real simple to give money to help others without being known.
Most "philanthropists" _want_ to be known. They want to be thanked and patted on the back for giving from their extreme abundance. That is my big beef with the "philanthropists" of the world.
I am just so tired of people who pat the ultra-rich on the back because they give a little of their abundance. Billy G. is still super rich. The dude can give away a few more billion and still be a billionaire. Please spare me the "Billy G. is a great man because he gave away money."
Oh, and by the way, even in his "giving" Billy G. is doing business deals. He was making business deals with the big pharma companies. Just read up on it. It is _so_ great to see Billy G. invest in AIDS vaccinations that are unaffordable for Africans!
Huh? Are you retarded? Have you ever given money to charity? If you are giving a large sum of money, you just stipulate that it is only on the condition of that you remain anonymous. It is that simple.
I am not talking about giving away $100, $500 or even $1,000. When you plan to give a large sum to a charity, the top-brass of that charity gets involved. All you have to do is ask to remain anonymous.
Last year I gave about 60% of my income to different causes. Yes, 60%. I would have given more, though I was doing some things with my money. Yeah, I am a "rich" guy, money-wise. However, You won't see me on the news saying, "look at me, I am giving out of my abundance". Nope, that is only for the "philanthropists". Why would Billy G. give away so much and not do it anonymously? Seriously. Does he want the tax credit? Does he want the news coverage?
While I don't make anything close to what Billy G. does, I do well. However, the one difference is that all of my big donations have been anonymous.
Why do all of these _super_ rich people give money out of their abundance and then shout it from the roof tops? Is it to get a pat on the back? Please spare me. I grew up in need, and now I live very well. I give money to help people, not to get my name on the news. That is why you have never heard of people like me who have given more than $200,000 in the last 10 years to charity/research. I don't do it to have people pat me on the back. I do it because I spiritually feel compelled to help my fellow humans who have not been given the blessings that I have. I don't want anyone to know who I am when I give money. I just want to make sure that the money that I earned is going to good use.
Now compare that to Billy G. He wants to "give" money, out of his massive abundance, and shout it from the roof-tops. "Hey, look at how much I am giving to 'help' people". I would like to see Billy G.'s tax returns. I bet he claims as much as he can from what he "gives". I have never claimed what I give to charity/research. I don't give for a tax break. I give to really help. Sure, I am making myself sound like a saint. Though I am not. There are selfish reasons in there as well. I have seen a lot of sickness in my family over the years. So I give to research in the hopes that a treatment will be found. I give to help poor families because I know what the hell that is like.
There are millions of Americans that give some of their income to really help others. Why are they not in the news? There have been plenty of people that have given a larger percent of their income, than Billy G., to help others. Why are they not in news?
There have been far more American that have made a far greater sacrifice than Billy G. giving out of his extreme abundance. Why are they not in the news?
I will say it again. Please spare me the whole "philanthropist" garbage. Most of the "philanthropists" just give out of their abundance. Please, give me 20 billion and see how much freaking money I give away. Damn, I'd give away just about all of it. I would save about 3-4 million (USD) for myself and give the rest away.
I know what you mean. I remember pulling targets in Marine Corps boot camp. We would duck down and and hear the round fly over-head. We would then pull down the target, look for the hit, place a marker over it and then hold up a big "stick" to show the shooter where the shot was. If it was a miss, we would just wave the marker stick across the target.
:-)
:-)
Man, I miss Marine boot camp. It was a lot of fun
I fired my M203. Boy I missed them. Yeah, they make a nice bang.
I remember during my Marine boot, when we did live grenades, some dude threw his like a girl. It did not go far enough to be in a "safe zone" so the instructor with him threw him into the trench pit (I don't remember if there was a Corps name for it). Me and my fellow recruits were all in a building in-line waiting for our turn. However, we were able to watch what was going on. I remember when that grenade went off. I can not imagine how something so small could make suck an explosion. The force from the grenade was just incredible.
Man I miss the Marines bootcamp
Please note that I am not expecting very rich people to give all their money away. However, I am just not impressed by someone with 50 billion giving away 25 billion. You are still left with more freaking money than some smaller countries and more money than most could imagine or more money than you could spend in a life time.
Why in the world would anyone be impressed by a person who only gives out of their extreme abundance? For example, I have 100,000 barrels of soup. I go to my local soup kitchen, for the homeless, and give them 1,000 barrels of soup. I make the news as a great "philanthropist". However, Betty, who has spent 25 hours a week for the last 10 years working at the soup kitchen, is never mentioned. Why?
Please spare me the "rich person gave X amount" and that make them a good person. They only gave out of their abundance. Nothing more, nothing less.
I would like to know what Microsoft shill has modded you as "Flamebait". Seriously. I guess Microsoft pays some of their employees to go through the top technical sites to try to "evangelize" or something. What a shame.
Semper Fi brother.
Dang, am I the only one to laugh at this? I just shot some beer out my nose.
You, sir, owe me one beer!
Have you ever been in a combat situation? I served in the U.S. Marine Corps in 1991. Do a Google search on that year, I think you will see what was happening during that time and where I was.
Being shot at certainly gets the adrenaline going. A very primitive instinct kicks in where you just want to kill to stay alive. However, that only last for a little bit, and soon after, you are able to think clearly and logically to come up with a real survival plan besides just "shooting the crap out of anything that moves".
So yes, shortly after a combat situation, humans are able to talk calmly.
Sorry about that. I thought you were suggesting that Google is a privately-held company.
Amen brother and Semper Fi!
I guess practice make perfect? :-)
.303 rifle. Notice no earplugs! Must of been rough for the fella.
Here is a guy firing his