The dumb terminal machines that dispense Metrocards to ride NYC Subways run on Windows. No wonder so many are out of service at any given time.
Overkill? Absolutely! The least the Transit Authority could do is set up kiosks so riders could surf and check email while waiting for the next train. Maybe throw in MS Office so we could get those last-minute reports done before work.
Santa Claus, take note:
Just what do you do with your sleigh and reindeer the rest of the year? That 11-month excess capacity could be out makin' you money Jan thru Nov.
It's clear now that we can't relay on the government to do every damn thing. We as citizens need to be more involved in our own safety and survival. That includes strikes, counterstrikes and all manner of diabolical operations in third-world nations.
As we speak I'm highlighting the major points for my Boy Scout Troop.
so lesse: we get to follow the preparations on earth, the endless documentaries about this heroic figure venturing into space never to return, months of enroute radio commentary from said hero, the endless sad goodbyes of friends and family...transmissions of our hero's last gasps as the oxygen runs out...the melancholy music tracks that will be played when they announce his death......and his last words immortalized for decades on T-Shirts the world over...
How many plastic bottles would I need to lash together and strap to myself to reach low Earth orbit? And what if I wanted to sell tickets and take passengers? Finally, a practical use for the 379 empty Pepsi bottles in the basement! And a darn good source of extra cash!
I tend to agree with you: the generation born in the 20's and 30's experienced changes (and faced hardships) far deeper and more dramatic than any of the generations who followed.
Kinda looks like somebody who didn't really get it saw Google's paper, told a DBA half the details of what they didn't understand anyway, the DBA heard the word "data", read half a paragraph of Google's paper, and next thing you know all hell broke loose in the DBA's office. The DBAs called their friends who didn't actually read the paper, etc etc.
How 'bout a system to order groceries online and an automated in-store system of mobile robotic arms to find my groceries, pick my groceries off the shelves, box/bag it, label it with my name and have it waiting for me at the door?
I'll not shop or eat again until I can buy food in such a manner...
Fuel=zero plus or minus 8kg. That pretty much sums up the level of uncertainty. It's easy from the comfort of terra firma, many degrees removed from actual work-day problem-solving about this to assume that there's a fuel gauge at least as accurate as on a car. Such is not the case. Obviously five decades of space technology is not enough time to have all the answers all the time.
"Rats...that damn stupid tarp's gonna get me court martialed......I had to run to take a leak. Two minutes...thas' all! Who knew the satellite was overhead?"
--signed, Boatswain's Mate I. M. Waterhead
...are you suggesting there may be bottlenecks all along the bus? shame! I want the opportunity to convince myself (and others) that my 5Ghz chip allows me to type in MS Word sooo much faster!
...there's a difference between vivid "style" and overblown imagery for its own sake that has no real power...and yeah, a freshman English Comp professor would probably hand this one back with the words "pointlessly melodramatic"
written in red......but I guess it's good to be the Bruce
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The dumb terminal machines that dispense Metrocards to ride NYC Subways run on Windows. No wonder so many are out of service at any given time. Overkill? Absolutely! The least the Transit Authority could do is set up kiosks so riders could surf and check email while waiting for the next train. Maybe throw in MS Office so we could get those last-minute reports done before work.
Santa Claus, take note: Just what do you do with your sleigh and reindeer the rest of the year? That 11-month excess capacity could be out makin' you money Jan thru Nov.
It's clear now that we can't relay on the government to do every damn thing. We as citizens need to be more involved in our own safety and survival. That includes strikes, counterstrikes and all manner of diabolical operations in third-world nations. As we speak I'm highlighting the major points for my Boy Scout Troop.
Bucky's not dead! I saw him buying gas at a truck stop outside of Memphis. Kept mumbling something about tensegrity and the Elvis Effect...
so lesse: we get to follow the preparations on earth, the endless documentaries about this heroic figure venturing into space never to return, months of enroute radio commentary from said hero, ...and his last words immortalized for decades on T-Shirts the world over...
the endless sad goodbyes of friends and family...transmissions of our hero's last gasps as the oxygen runs out...the melancholy music tracks that will be played when they announce his death...
How many plastic bottles would I need to lash together and strap to myself to reach low Earth orbit? And what if I wanted to sell tickets and take passengers? Finally, a practical use for the 379 empty Pepsi bottles in the basement! And a darn good source of extra cash!
I tend to agree with you: the generation born in the 20's and 30's experienced changes (and faced hardships) far deeper and more dramatic than any of the generations who followed.
...it's amazing what can get done in a relatively $hort time when an "evil empire" like the old Soviet Union is in the mix...no expense was spared
Kinda looks like somebody who didn't really get it saw Google's paper, told a DBA half the details of what they didn't understand anyway, the DBA heard the word "data", read half a paragraph of Google's paper, and next thing you know all hell broke loose in the DBA's office. The DBAs called their friends who didn't actually read the paper, etc etc.
how far do you suppose an Anonymous Coward could be thrown by such a device?
How 'bout a system to order groceries online and an automated in-store system of mobile robotic arms to find my groceries, pick my groceries off the shelves, box/bag it, label it with my name and have it waiting for me at the door?
I'll not shop or eat again until I can buy food in such a manner...
ambitious plan--perhaps too ambitious. why not start with a robotic ointment-squeezer or band-aid applier...see how that works out first
Fuel=zero plus or minus 8kg. That pretty much sums up the level of uncertainty. It's easy from the comfort of terra firma, many degrees removed from actual work-day problem-solving about this to assume that there's a fuel gauge at least as accurate as on a car. Such is not the case. Obviously five decades of space technology is not enough time to have all the answers all the time.
"Rats...that damn stupid tarp's gonna get me court martialed... ...I had to run to take a leak. Two minutes...thas' all! Who knew the satellite was overhead?"
--signed, Boatswain's Mate I. M. Waterhead
...are you suggesting there may be bottlenecks all along the bus? shame! I want the opportunity to convince myself (and others) that my 5Ghz chip allows me to type in MS Word sooo much faster!
...there's a difference between vivid "style" and overblown imagery for its own sake that has no real power...and yeah, a freshman English Comp professor would probably hand this one back with the words "pointlessly melodramatic" written in red... ...but I guess it's good to be the Bruce
'scuse me...could somebody help me get off the wall over here? I think my belt buckle is causing the problem...
"good afternoon and welcome to the Google Institute of Parapsychology..."