Comment Re:Did Musk really call it "big falcon"? (Score 1) 124

by fleisher on Friday November 23, 2018 @02:55PM (#57689298) Attached to: Elon Musk Renames Big Falcon Rocket To 'Starship'

Should have gone with Comparatively Colossal Carrying Projectile.

CCCR. The initials (in cyrillic) for the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.

Comment Re:Request For Comments (Score 3, Informative) 150

by fleisher on Friday March 22, 2013 @11:23PM (#43254435) Attached to: A 50 Gbps Connection With Multipath TCP

The old saying is, "The proof of the pudding is in the eating," not "The proof is in the pudding."

by fleisher on Sunday November 30, 2008 @01:25AM (#25930625) Attached to: Obama Team Considers Cancellation of Ares, Orion

Very appropriate answer to this question. As is this one: "Those who cannot learn from history are doomed to repeat it." - George Santayan

"Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it." George Santayana. Fixed that for you.