Also, the commies are coming.. oh, but we don't quote that part of the speech.
Neither actually make the idea any less retarded.
But apparently if you were one of the spam-in-a-can heroes of the 60s space program we're required to accept everything you say as gospel until you die.
Which won't be long now.. http://www.xkcd.com/893/
yes, I know. The public good coinciding with the commercial good, wtf? It's almost like that Adam Smith guy was onto something!
It's already the case that when slave labor practices are brought to light you have thousands of fanboys ranting about raising the standard of living in developing countries and it's better than starving (as if paying a living wage were simply not an option).
I hate Apple with a passion but think they're actually improving the standard of living in developing countries by offering work there.
The question is: are the workers free to leave for a better opportunity? If not, then they're slaves.. otherwise they're just poor, and hiring poor people is a nice thing to do.
Feature that will no doubt be added to Facebook soon: ghost profiles. They probably already have it for people who get tagged in photos but don't have a Facebook account, but I expect soon it will become an acknowledged process - you'll be able to say "I know that girl" and create a profile for her.. fill in any information you know about her.. and other people will do the same. Those of us who don't have Facebook profiles will first hear about it when someone says "hey, I sent you a friend request on Facebook and you didn't accept it!" and you say "I don't have a Facebook profile" and they say "oh, it must be a ghost profile."
Enjoy the total information society.
Yes, but we need to make murder illegal on Tuesdays.
By definition a required rating is not voluntary.
A uniform system would be censorship... as that's the traditional role of movie classifications.
I think you mean you want a voluntary rating system, like the rest of the world.
Starbucks, even?
We don't have time for a handjob.
For Internet? Sure.. for movies and video games? Yep, censorship is the official policy with no apologies. Adults are not permitted to decide what they wish to watch, that's the decision of the state.
I read the article 3 days ago when it was news.
Hint: the title is unrelated to both the summary and the article.
It's not the design that is required, it's the design review process.
I've heard it described thus: justifying your design to supposed experts who quibble about the most inane parts of the design and ignore the most important. You could submit the most stupid stuff you can think of and they will debate you on the color of the paint you used.
http://procurement.ksc.nasa.gov/documents/NNK11MS03S_Boeing_SAA_Combined_Redacted.pdf
http://procurement.ksc.nasa.gov/documents/NNK11MS01S_SAA-%20SNC_Redacted.pdf
http://procurement.ksc.nasa.gov/documents/NNK11MS02S_SAA_BlueOrigin_04-18-2011.pdf
http://procurement.ksc.nasa.gov/documents/NNK11MS04S_SAA-SpaceX.pdf
The SpaceX milestones amount to this:
So, out of 10 milestones, 4 of them involve actual work and 6 are posturing, paperwork and oversight. And to think, Space Act Agreements are the most efficient way NASA does business.
Variables don't; constants aren't.