If the object is overtaking the ISS it can just heat the facing side up on approach, if the ISS is overtaking the object the ISS can heat up the facing side after passing it. Either should work to reduce orbital velocity, hopefully enough to drop it into the atmosphere. If my weak grasp on orbital mechanics is correct enough...

Corrected that for you.

I have some issues with their TV service, though TIVO helped with some of that, but their internet is doing very good. It used to be 30M and I'd get ~22 but now that they've updated to 60M I'm getting that and a bit more sustained. Even though their commercials make me change the channel, it seems they are actually continuously improving (at least in my area).

Innocent until proven guilty, thought it doesn't look good.

Correct, my bad. What I get for not thinking enough before posting.

Just because racial disparaging was acceptable back then doesn't make it right. Though I would question an arrest for speech.

I am not a scientist but my understanding is this is natural selection, or the adjustment of existing genes to environmental "stresses". Evolution would be the addition of a new gene that never existed before. So my thinking is no.

And the fact you could get software from many publishers, rather than just Microsoft, is why Microsoft has the massive market share over Apple. Guess history is not a good lesson.

I like my cruise control plenty fine but I don't want anything taking my focus off the road. Not to mention if they take the Airbus theory of automation (automation knows better than pilot) rather than the Boeing theory of automation (pilot can override automation at any time), I won't even sit in one of these cars. Of course I've flown in an Airbus but airplanes have a lot better known (or at least consistent) set of conditions than cars do.

Which results in "The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.". If you are absolutely certain about anything, it is time to figure out why you are so certain.

Sorry, my monitor is clean and my chair doesn't squeak. Did he get the wrong IP?

The winner writes the histories. This is new since when?

With the stories today I'm sometimes not sure if I should attribute to April Fools and other stories I just wish I could attribute to April Fools...

Though you are typically expected to understand DO-178b, or at your company should have people who do in order to certify the software. Then the FAA DER audits that software based on DO-178b. At least if the software is considered critical to safety of flight.

We are getting closer to times where computers can handle everything but it is hard to fully hand off control. A computer never makes mistakes when programmed right and the hardware doesn't fail but the computer can't handle unexpected situations. Programming it for all situations before problems happen, or allowing it to adapt to the unexpected, is the hard part.