The movie is science fiction. At some point there will be inconsistencies (we have all groaned when hearing explosions in space.) Based on the post, putting the stations in line to advance the plot and getting the rotation wrong are pretty minor issues.
JW

rtlls-send-inverted-tessane dept.
didn't want you to think that effort went to waste.

Dr. Gillessen's web page has additional information here - https://wiki.mpe.mpg.de/gascloud/FrontPage and the ESO website has an article as well thatexplains what is happening - http://www.eso.org/public/news/eso1332/
JJW

You never have the option to take the law into your own hands. If you don't like the job your government(police) are doing, then work on them. But you never have the option to take the law into your own hands.

You all must be too young to know this or I am to old for /.
A geek is a bum who bites the heads off of chickens for drinks.
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/geek
I never liked the fact that that term was applied to "anyone who knows more about something than I do" (especially computers.)

So, do you wear glasses?

Standardization of Parts and the Cotton Gin. His inventions helped to usher in the civil war by making sure the North never needed slaves and the South needed even more.

I assume that by ‘monkey work’ your boss means the coding itself and not any of the design. If that isn’t what he means, then that has already been covered.
I outsourced several small custom add-on components for our core application. These components were not going to be used by any other customers and were not going to be included in the main product. I don’t know why you would outsource your core development – also already covered here. But if you are set on outsourcing, here is my advice:

1. Develop a specification with all features and functions clearly defined.
2. Design the database schema (or whatever data storage design you need).
3. Prototype every screen. Create full up screens (even if they are just images) with the same controls on them that you want to see in the product.
4. Spell out every user input and result for every screen.
5. Establish the platforms – all development tools, OS’s and languages should be spelled out up front.
6. Review often – catch problems as soon as possible.
7. Document every variance. If they can’t do something the way you wanted it, document it and the agreement you came to.
8. Pay for feature completion, not hours.
9. Protect your Intellectual Property.

Decaf - Gave up coffee with caffeine years ago after finding out that one of the (effective) ingredients in migraine medication was caffeine - Everything from Caffergot to Excedrin Migraine. But... If I already ha plenty of caffeine in my system from drinking coffee, it didn't help much. Now without caffeine, a hot cup of Joe poured over that migraine is very effective and cutting it off! Jeff

Recognize this?
"...whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness"

Actually... I assume the "defacing" is quite clear in Chinese. A look at a dozen or so sites doesn't look like any huge defacing has been done. Images seem intact, English text sill clear enough.... Hard to verify.

Actually XKCD foresaw this: http://xkcd.com/808/

Really? Really? You don't know why Microsoft embraced gaming? Haven't you figured it out yet? Microsoft made zillion$ in operating systems and application software. Did they need a game or game console, NO! But the US military did. They started with Bungie and the Mac thinking they would prepare a small select group, but it wasn't enough. So they enlisted Microsoft to take it to the next level and get it out there on a game console. Oh, yea, now do you get it?
IT'S NOT A GAMING CONSOLE, IT'S A TRAINING SIMULATION!
They are trying to prepare us for the day when the Covenant get here! Urban combat, space combat, huge tracts of devastation, get it? GET IT?
THE COVENENT ARE COMING AND THEY ARE BRINGING THE FLOOD!!!! I'm going to be ready. I've trained in the simulations again and again. I've read all the mission reports. I'll be READY. I have my shotgun! AAAAAAAAAA! No, NO! Leave me alone. You're not turnin' me into one of those things! AAAAAAA!!!!!!!

"The mileage tax is being considered instead of an increase in the gas tax in order to tax hybrids and EVs as well in order to generate more revenue."

There, that's more accurate.

Terminal velocity is calculated as sqrt((2*w)/(rho*A*Cd)).
w = weight
rho = about 1.22 kgm**3
A = Things fall in the orientation that causes the most air resistance (believe it or not) so that's the face area, about .07 ft**2
Cd = Coefficient of drag for a rectangle is about .75

So terminal velocity is about 50 MPH.