No that would be silly, since he only had one copy of his portfolio how would he do multiple applications ? :-)

You're supposed to feed it real life, from CCTV. Muppets.

Using CCTV you'd get real predictive behaviour technology, then add automation and the machine can do what you would have done for you, saving you the trouble of doing it so you can then do something more productive, like go and watch your old dvds so you can remember what that bloody computer was called... [yeah I know, Pree, I had to look it up - how embarrassing, I'll leave my sci-fi geek card at the door on the way out]

No, that's why he says that the upgraded engines will have it.

Also it is not just about having the margin it is about having the ability to react fast enough - the landing burns are very short and you only get one chance (and too much thrust will bounce which ain't helpful either).

I don't know why, but I can provide some guesses:

1. any contact with a loop, or possibly just aerodynamic effects, risks messing up the engines/thruster control calculations and/or knocking the rocket over
2. loop clearance is going to have to be small if it is going to help (eg. if landing leg fails) but large to avoid (1) - maybe there is no right size
3. need to add in the effects of wave motion on loop and whatever structure is holding it up - for a start, the higher up it is the more it will move, relative to descent path, with the waves
4. a strong enough loop suspension structure may add significant weight to the barge, but more importantly moves it's CofG upwards, making it less stable and giving more roll in the waves, quite possibly negating any benefit from the loop (in terms of chance success)

But I think the big one is this: the rocket _looks_ hugely unstable on landing, and the little legs don't look wide enough, but this is deceptive. With most of the fuel gone and a lot of weight in the engines I bet the CofG of the rocket is probably much much lower than it intuitively looks. Think a long cardboard tube with a lead weight at the bottom - how much do you actually need to stabilise it to get it to stand up?

Now, wind might be a problem, but then it's at sea, if you have high winds you have big waves and you are stuffed anyway.

Last point: they only need to re-use some of the rockets to make launches a _lot_ cheaper, and they don't have much storage space left that they could have put this one in anyway :-)

RUD = "Rapid Unplanned Disassembly" has been around a _lot_ longer than ksp.

See google books for one example from 1991, but it goes back much further than that.

It isn't the govt that has missed the point, it is you. Yes, I agree, the point of an app is all about "p0wning your audience" and "fucking people over" by getting lots of data by the back door, but the government already has all that, they already p0wn you, they are fucking you over anyway.

What would an app give the government? Your location (you're using a cellphone - already got it), your call history (got it), your salary, your tax details, your medical records, your bank details, your browsing history, your porn site preferences (got it, got it, got it) etc.?

In fact all an app would do is require them to build and pay for another database to store info they already have, or can get trivially from a third party that stores it for them (very often because the govt has forced them to do so at no cost to govt).

Why not simply have a button/control/shortcut/whatever that briefly _shows_ the masked password - that way the default is safe and you can check for shoulder surfers before you make it unsafe, but you have the ability to check the password if you are unsure about your typong.

Simple, easy, helpful, safe-by-default.

And also, already there on anything from phones to desktops (std disclaimer: your chosen OS may vary)

There's upgrades and updates.

With windows you pay (maybe, not for 7,8,x to 10, not for 8 to 8.1) for upgrades, but updates, from security updates to service packs, are free. Typically you get at least a year or two of mainstream support after last date of sale, and five years extended support (security updates are still provided free) beyond that. Same level of price and service on Android devices would be just fine thanks - can you tell me where I can find it?

You had zeros ?

You lucky lucky bastards

IVX all the way and a C if you were very lucky. Addition and subtraction were bad enough, gods help you if you needed multiplication or division and forget exponentiation. And make sure you remember where you are in the number and get the ordering right or it'll be crucifixion* for you.

*if it's a first offence

1. I know

2. Doesn't matter - "user does the link" or "user does the compile" is considered subterfuge by rms / FSF, there are endless historical pronouncements on this. See the discussions on gmp/RIPEM for a start (one summary here: http://tech-insider.org/linux/... ). Or any of the old usenet threads on "gpl and plugins".

3. Yes but if the FSF / rms consider it a violation, even if there is no legal basis, then we should drop the GNU/ from Debian etc. in deference to them.

Of course, it is possible that they want the GNU/ to remain in the name of something they consider a violation of their ideas and licence, but if so they can ask for it to be re-instated. It would be impolite for us to _assume_ that is what they want - it would be assuming that they are hypocrites....

SFC says ZFS is a GPL violation and "“Almost There” is More Painful Than Proprietary" (see https://sfconservancy.org/blog... )

If so, surely we need to drop the "GNU" bit, since it is now merely a GNU system over another proprietary (or at least not FOSS, because it is a GPL violation) kernel? Or will rms continue to want crediting for distributions which violate (in his opinion) the very license he created?

So use something like spamfrom[nameofwebsite]@yourdomain.com

If any spam from elsewhere comes to it, you know they've sold, or lost, your details. In the meantime it goes to an inbox that is not your main personal one.

No cloud is required - MS office collaborative editing also works via any SharePoint server. In fact think it was available on-premise before cloud.

Also, the technology it is based on originally _was_ peer-to-peer - look up Groove and Ray Ozzie.
Groove was actually really good, MS have unfortunately made it a lot worse since.

There is no such tax advantage in the UK, in fact typically diesel is more expensive (slightly) than petrol, and has been for many years. It is however still a win for the "tight fisted" driver due to diesel's typical higher fuel economy.

The real "problem" in Europe is that they legislated for much stricter standards on fleet average fuel economy and CO2 emissions (see e.g. https://www.washingtonpost.com... ). The only way to meet those standards has been small diesels, it is only in the last couple of years that petrol technology has started catching up. USA doesn't believe CO2 is a pollutant, has low taxes on fuel, so US drivers don't (in general) care about efficiency. Some of the big US car mfrs (e.g. Ford) make highly efficient cars that they only sell _outside_ the US - because apparently no US demand... http://www.wired.com/2009/02/f...

Diesel is no dirtier or cleaner than petrol (end electric just moves the dirt where you can't see it), it is just different. It is all really about which pollutant you want, and how fast you want to die. CO will kill you in minutes, and petrol engines are 20-40x worse than diesels. Unburnt hydrocarbons we don't yet know how fast they'll kill you, but again petrol is a lot worse than diesel. NOx will kill you in years to decades, maybe, and diesels are worse than petrol. CO2 will kill most of us in generations, maybe, and petrol is worse than diesel.

There is a direct relation in any IC engine (petrol or diesel) between NOx and CO - bring one down and the other goes up. Pick which you want. Personally I'll take the NOx and live a bit longer.

Just the Real IRA _alone_ have killed more than the Brussels attacks, and more with a single bomb, and that is _since_ the "peace" deals in Northern Ireland. The total deaths from that conflict are in the thousands since the 60s/70s, and more before that. All over a conflict over who should control divorces in the christian church.

In that area of the world they tend to use kneecapping for thieves rather than hand-chopping - http://www.stuffyoushouldknow.... - not sure which is worse, not sure I care, both show equal barbarism in the perpetrator.