Comment Re:What is being missed... is the $2 million part. (Score 1) 456
Around here, it gets so humid in the summer that we had to swim to get to school.
Upstream both ways!
Around here, it gets so humid in the summer that we had to swim to get to school.
Upstream both ways!
Yeah. You could probably replace the thing with a raspberry pi
.... at each location ... with a custom controller card.. and another one to control them all... for about $5,000 $2M ? Someone's pork barrel overfloweth.
Well, you do have to find someone to do that work, and pay them, and also pay them to warranty their work when it inevitably breaks. Nothing costs just parts, you have to include labor and the example you just gave is all custom (which is exactly what they've got now, just with modern hardware). $2M may be too much but why don't you go submit your bid for $5k and let me know how that works out for you.
With the project already billions over budget and years behind schedule
... You probably wouldn't get on a plane these guys designed
Well if they were spending that time making sure their plane wouldn't fall apart in the air, then sure I would. One of the trends of today's society is that we aren't willing to wait for things. Especially when it comes to new tech and something as risky as a nuclear reactor, I want them to take their time and get it right. Hopefully that will mean the second one they build is put up much more quickly and safely.
Kudos to them for finding their flaws now, and not after a meltdown happens.
"Every day we had shed-loads of treasure coming out of all the graves...." Holy shed, that's a lot of treasure.
I wonder how many Libraries of Congress worth of treasure they ended up with.
Now, if it was a lame attempt at the tired, old, worn the fuck out *hurr, durr USAians dumb hehe* humor, then at least fucking mod it as such.
No, dumbass, it was a poke at how self-involved we Americans tend to be. Way to make his point for him.
It's a naive, domestic operating system without any breeding, but I think you'll be amused by its presumption.