Comment Re: Do users really care? (Score 1) 278
LOL what indeed. Even in my little town of 8000 people,
I personally don't like all that many folks on my lawn.
LOL what indeed. Even in my little town of 8000 people,
I personally don't like all that many folks on my lawn.
Not really, what is the "spice" from space in your example?
On Arrakis, silly.
NASA and the military have a long, close and contentious relationship. Remember, NASA does few things internally. It outsources most of the manufacturing to other companies. Which companies? Why the very same companies that comprise the military-industrial complex. The Shuttle was a joint Air Force / NASA program (that wasn't terribly smart but that is another story). Many NASA positions require military security clearances.
All of NASA's boosters derived from military stock.
At a lot of levels, they are one in the same.
Knowledge is funny sometimes. It just doesn't follow narrowly defined lines. It just doesn't go where you think it will go.
One of the enduring legacies of Apollo was managing giant, hi tech endeavors with tens of thousands of people involved. Same sorts of endeavors that bring you giant aircraft, giant boats, enormous power projects, the Internet.
While you can argue about how safe or sane searching for knowledge really is, it's clear that it does have major effects on our economy and ecology.
So tune in, turn on and keep your antivirus programs running. It's a weird ride.
Not really, it's US shale oil that is kicking the Russian's economic butt. Wasn't planned, won't last all that long, but what the hell, take it.
(Looks around. Seems wetter and colder than Australasia usually is.)
It's popular up here in Alaska. Not sure just what that means, but there you have it....
Personally I'm pissed off as a Canadian that our government signed onto the F35 program with no bidding or such, totally lied about the costs, when what we really need is a plane that can fly in arctic conditions and keep flying if it loses an engine.
They've already got one, you see. And it's very nice.
Probably would womp an F35 in Arctic air support missions.
What are you talking about? "The Interview" will probably make a lot less money because all of the movie theaters that 90% of people go to aren't showing it. Some of the leaked emails are very embarrassing and will probably cost them a lot in lost goodwill with business partners, which will translate into less profits.
Goodwill? In Hollywood?
You must be joking.
And you guys thought the reason for adding Internet connectivity to appliances was to help the NSA.
Come see the Battle of the Appliances! Coming to a home near you!
GE toaster takes out Amana microwave. LG dryer attacks the Hoover vacuum. People run to the streets in terror!
Micheal Bay to direct the movie!
Foundation and Empire? With Gates as the Mule?
Perhaps we could confuse the issue by chanting 'Hosts file'.
Didn't get that model of the Enterprise for Christmas, did we?
Flying cars don't solve any pressing issues. In fact just the concept creates many more problems than it could ever "solve".
It would certainly solve problems. It would finally get people around here to shut up about the flying cars already.
Absence of gravity? You realize the Irrelevant Space Skid is only 400km up and thus is subject to 90% of the surface force of gravity?
It's that last 10% that really gets you.
I can buy Tang at the grocery store too and I don't feel particularly historic.
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