[How] to check these unconstitutional invasions of...rights by the Federal judiciary? Not by impeachment in the first instance, but by a strong protestation of both houses of Congress that such and such doctrines advanced by the Supreme Court are contrary to the Constitution; and if afterwards they relapse into the same heresies, impeach and set the whole adrift. For what was the government divided into three branches, but that each should watch over the others and oppose their usurpations?
~ Thomas Jefferson to Nathaniel Macon, 1821.
Where in the hell do you get 5 bits from?
It's the old Baudot code young whippersnapper. Haven't you ever used TTYs or paper tape writer/readers?
Get off my lawn!
"We" don't, but our elected representatives do.
More specifically, our elected representatives listen to their campaign contributions, bribes, etc.
Do you really think NASA is not using bolts, nuts and studs of AT LEAST this kind of quality?
Of course they are, they merely have higher standards for spacecraft (especially manned spacecraft) than anything you are accustomed to. Even an unmanned spacecraft is far more expensive than any terrestrial engine you've ever worked with. Do you really think I have never worked with NASA spacecraft? Would you like to hear about the $50,000 toggle switch boondoggle on the STS? It is after all, only taxpayer money.
UNIX is hot. It's more than hot. It's steaming. It's quicksilver lightning with a laserbeam kicker. -- Michael Jay Tucker