@TroyQueef: SXM Runway 10.
It may be time for Top Gear to revisit their pickup truck/space shuttle stunt and launch a second mission...this time MANNED.
Seriously, at least we have a Stig Death to look forward to in the next season.
Seriously, at least we have a Stig Death to look forward to in the next season.
It seems pretty clear that Google has taken the One Ring from Microsoft, who took it from IBM, who forged it somewhere in the depths when computing was being born. Apple wants the One Ring, but never can quite grab it away.
One Ring to rule them all,
One Ring to find them,
One Ring to bring them all
and in in our profits bind them
One Ring to rule them all,
One Ring to find them,
One Ring to bring them all
and in in our profits bind them
So when can we expect Season 16?
@airshows1: You did the right thing, no matter what the commentariat claims.
@Loreo: This will cubicle art in a lot of IT departments this morning.
Well done!
Well done!
One of the strongest memories I have as a child is sitting with the MIS/Chief Telemetry Officer of KSC and the Missile Chief (in charge of pad safety) for the Apollo 11 flight when the LEM landed and later when Neil and Buzz walked on the lunar surface. That four days after I had seen the Saturn V that carried Apollo 11 launch from a little more than 3.5 nautical miles.
Many champagne toasts and tears were shed by all of those men. It was their dreams and hard work come true.
Many champagne toasts and tears were shed by all of those men. It was their dreams and hard work come true.
Right...the petrolheads are going to patiently wait for this weekend's Top Gear to show up in their country either on cable or on stream, instead of clicking three buttons and downloading it the next day in 20 minutes or less.
Sigh. Megapixel counts are more or less irrelevant past a certain level (far below 12MP) and what matters is the signal-to-noise and the dynamic range of the sensor, as well as speed.
While I don't ever dare dream that my iPhone or Droid will replace a Nikon D3, it would be nice if the phone could take a picture with a backlit subject and compensate, or shoot at 1/1000th of a second with a decent depth-of-field.
While I don't ever dare dream that my iPhone or Droid will replace a Nikon D3, it would be nice if the phone could take a picture with a backlit subject and compensate, or shoot at 1/1000th of a second with a decent depth-of-field.
@acarr260: Looks like someone who really, really doesn't want a door ding to me. Doesn't GM have Dent Monkey like everyone else?
I also enjoyed the first season, and thought that the show has a chance to grow into something can stand up on its own.
The problem with U is that some folks want it to be like SG-1, others see the obvious BSG parallels, or Lost in Space, or Gilligan's Island.
So far, the show has so many McGuffins - ranging from the Ancient Stones to the whole rescue of Rush midseason that I can really understand the "Gilligan's Island" criticism.
The problem with U is that some folks want it to be like SG-1, others see the obvious BSG parallels, or Lost in Space, or Gilligan's Island.
So far, the show has so many McGuffins - ranging from the Ancient Stones to the whole rescue of Rush midseason that I can really understand the "Gilligan's Island" criticism.
@TemporalSword: Agreed. Fox would have canceled Star Trek after 8 episodes.
@reddingofish: Wasn't that the idea behind Matt Helm (Dean Martin?)
Helm was a parody of Bond, which in turn became a parody of itself when Roger Moore had the role...
Helm was a parody of Bond, which in turn became a parody of itself when Roger Moore had the role...
"20 times stiffer and 30 times harder than plastic"
You can boil that down to one simple word: brittle.
You can boil that down to one simple word: brittle.
@Dr Emilio Lizardo: touche'.
That's point, game and match for the thread.
That's point, game and match for the thread.
Job well done, especially by not muddying the kiddies minds by mentioning the Wave-particle duality of electrons.
Then again, since it is a bedrock of quantum mechanics, you really cannot produce a satisfactory explanation without at least putting your toe in that particular water...
Then again, since it is a bedrock of quantum mechanics, you really cannot produce a satisfactory explanation without at least putting your toe in that particular water...
@Hi: No, what we will be fighting are the countries they sell this weapon to.
It has been said that "an enemy of my enemy is my friend" and both Microsoft and Apple consider Google to be an enemy.
We could well see an intertwining of the Old Guard from the 1970's banding together to fight the 'Do No Evil' boys.
We could well see an intertwining of the Old Guard from the 1970's banding together to fight the 'Do No Evil' boys.
I had a much better view: from 3.5 nautical miles away from the rocket on July 16, 1969.
We sat in the VIP stands as we watched my father and grandfather's life work come to fruition. It's amazing what happened then, not just the launches, but all of the work and training leading up to them. History only tells the tale of a few men, but it was a cast of tens of thousands of men and women who worked endlessly to make Kennedy's vision come true.
What the videos do not and never can give you is the ground-rumbling shaking that a Saturn V had when it lifted off. It clawed its way off of the ground in defiance and sent low frequency sound for miles around. It used to drive the alligators crazy, and you could not go near water's edge for hours after liftoff...lest you be attacked.
@iScuba: I was going to post exactly that, iScuba. It may well have worked as designed - either DARPA didn't tell the truth, or the craft may well have worked inside its test parameters which DARPA could say was a failure with some plausible deniablility.
