...if Musk is in for the long run or for an exit within the next 2-3 years. Any ideas?

SpaceX is using laser melting, also called selective laser melting, explained: https://www.additively.com/en/...

Laser sintering is commonly used the term when plastic parts are produced: https://www.additively.com/en/...

Not at all... But we have seen people overthrowing governments lately. It can happen in the west too.

It's all part of the 'create-fear-by-telling-lies' departments. It has been all the way since 9/11. FUD at its best.

... the rich and powerful elite behind todays governments and therefore also the secret services will learn hopefully soon enough, that their wealth and power is worth nothing, absolutely nothing if you face a large turnaround in society regarding civil rights and privacy rights. Good luck.

... of fucking assholes. Seriously. How on earth can their PR department sleep at night? By ignoring the facts? By ignoring what they know? It should be a law, that people in those positions should be held liable for what they contribute to - privacy invasion.

OTRS to the rescue.

Migrate your apps, fork the code, invest some cash. And next time, write up a long term strategy regarding on how to live with well known product lifecycles.

There are tons of rumours spreading in mass media, most of it are not true or are outdated sooner or later. A good writeup is this article on AeroInside.com: http://www.aeroinside.com/item...

... but another user here: FUCK BETA.

They will lose me as a user once BETA goes mandatory.

Oh, I won't make them money because I am allowed "to have ads disabled"...

It's 2014, after all.

Tell this to the sailplaines/gliders in Europe.

I think if you want to track the a bit more convienient, you need a motorized dish.

And nowadays we know that sat tracking is easy these days thanks to various free and open software/hardware around.

If you can spare some minutes on a lazy Sunday, watch Travis Goodspeeds Talk on 30C3 from a couple of weeks ago.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ktnQ7nBCuqU

The big question is, what can state-of-the art spy sats track these days at what resolution? Retina scans?