I've been from coast to coast in search of a reasonable businessman, but they've all had condition MBA and are suffering for it.

If you can cure that, I'm sure a cure for many other conditions can't be far behind. If you unleash all that monkey power onto all those keyboards, we'll surely have enough employment candidates to spice up all the markets - after all, I can count on one hand the number of MBAs I've met who can read an email, much less respond to it. A cure for that can only be to the benefit of society.

As much as I like and respect the RPI for what it is, "bomb proof" is the absolute last phrase I would use to describe it.

History lesson, please

The price point is important, yes, but this is the kind of thing that separates hobbyist hardware from production hardware.

Again, to be clear, I do love RPI hardware/foundation/etc but I'm just trying to keep things realistic here.

Spoken like someone who's never had to design anything for production.

I, for one, would have been SUPER JAZZED to have something as cool as the RPI compule module in 2008 when I needed an embedded linux system in a small form factor. At the time, the only thing available was the Gumstix Verdex - so I went with that. Built a product around it. Was great at the time. Now, 9 years later: still great for what it was, but I'm still stuck on that platform.

Guess why? (Don't bother to answer, you've already shown that you lack an understanding of how the hardware production pipeline works.)

Point being: the recent explosion in embedded compute modules is nothing to be snarky about. Get back to me when you get off your high hobbyist horse and you've invested in validation, procedures, and training for production-level volume hardware, and we can talk intelligently about product planning, support lifecycles, and lifetime buys. (Also, log in, and get off my lawn.)

have fun with all that cash next time you're at AMS and have to buy a train ticket.

you CAN'T buy one in cash there anymore. You have to stand in a line with all the other confused people trying to buy a ticket in local currency, only to look for a currency slot and not find one. Complete nonsense if you ask me.

Don't care who is in charge. New boss, old boss.

MAKE YOUR DATA ACCESSIBLE FOR MORE THAN 10 DAYS IN THE PAST.

I don't even care about the money I spent on your fancy hardware. I'm not using it, because YOU CAN'T ACTUALLY GIVE ME the SAME DATA YOU COLLECT FOR YOURSELF, in a reasonable fashion.

Kindly f*k off, thanks. I'll just be here engineering a home automation ecosystem that understands the principles of how intelligent people do things, thanks.

PS can I get a refund on this thing? Hell, it's nice hardware, at least just take it back so you can repackage it and sell it to some other sucke^H^H^H^H^H customer cause you're not getting any more of my data... well, at least until you give me that data too, you unbelievable wombats.

Look, just... get your shot together, Morty. I don't care what you have to do. Put it in a bag, take it to the shot store. Just get your shot together.

So your mic has a -3db point at 16k? OK, so all that means is your signal is attenuated.
Solution: BPF and amplify. Nothing of interest in that range, so collateral (spectral) damage is unimportant. Add a dash of modern DSP and blizzow!
Please retake Signals & Systems and then try again, thanks.

So this has been happening on commercial radio stations for years. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...

The only difference is that then, you were explicitly aware of it and consented to carrying around the device.

News flash: carrying around a cellular-connected computer in your pocket, and trusting applications that you can't verify, puts you at risk for THINGS HAPPENING. Discuss.

All they have to do is nuke Reno the week before Labor Day. Screw up I-80 that week and the Internet is f*k'd for quite a while.

You post as AC and you use THINK about it! in a political argument on Slashdot.

Go the fuck home.

You are so completely wrong. I have refuted this argument so many times in this comment chain that I'm sick of doing it again.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mars_Direct
http://www.amazon.com/Case-Mars-Plan-Settle-Planet/dp/145160811X

"If you feel a burning sensation... that's not the testing. That's the asbestos."

America needs to figure out that spirit again, because history has proven we're sure as hell not getting anywhere without it.

I am interested in your theories; can you provide documentation on either assertion?

Specifically, how is the government trying to kill private space industry? Also, how is the same government spending billions on Putin's space program?

I try to #include <assert.h>

I appreciate if you could do the same.

Although I recognize, and like, your sig - I call your bluff.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mars_Direct
http://www.amazon.com/Case-Mars-Plan-Settle-Planet/dp/145160811X

Get back to me when you realize what part of your statement is wrong, and we'll talk.

I am marginally sorry to inform you that you are completely ignorant of the facts of space travel.

Please read about delta-V and understand gravity wells. Retake PHYS420 if you have to.

Then, learn how things actually work: If you were smart, you'd know you don't need to pick up extra boosters: you could just launch from A SINGLE VEHICLE and get a COMPLETE MISSION TO MARS. Here are some references to help you along the way:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mars_Direct

http://www.amazon.com/Case-Mars-Plan-Settle-Planet/dp/145160811X

Please do your research before spouting off about "dozens of big parts", because any rocket scientist knows how mass works - and you clearly don't. Decade long job? No, it's an 18-month job, because there's NO support equipment unless you're an aerospace industry shill. "Having a Moon base would help with construction"? Do you even understand gravity, and the QA process? Do you think it's easier and cheaper to QA while wearing a EVA suit?