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The use of the Hubble Space telescope is not consistent with the military-industrial mission of the 'new' NASA.

It's talking in a different language than you're perhaps accustomed. Pictorial, symbolic. Would you be stupid if you didn't understand a foreign film? Just would signify ignorance, not stupidity or intelligence. So, you'd need some kind of Rosetta Stone to decipher the subtext. The inspiration for the film version of 2001 is Arthur Clarke with modifications by Kubrick. The process is hermeneutic. More here.

We can only speculate for the discrepancy in Kerry's public statements. Perhaps Kerry's position was strongly influenced by our collective experience of Vietnam, so when his staff issued his preceeding statement, it was consistent with his feelings regarding the commitment of US troops to yield their lives in a conflict that did not directly involve the United States. The following is an excerpt from a speech given by Kerry in April 23, 1971: Ok, Vietnam is a hot button issue but you can't discount its influence on how we, our leaders and the people, regard the entanglements of war. I only mention it to perhaps lend some perspective to the overall issue. Perhaps (and there's a lot of weasel words here) there was the understanding that Gulf War I was not meant to be a ground war but was primarily a bombing campaign. No occupation resulted from this operation, so the likelihood of losing troops was low. With that understanding, then perhaps Kerry modified his stance regarding the action. I believe it's all right to change your mind regarding an issue especially in light of new facts. An automatic acceptance of the issue consistent with the President without critical analysis is an injustice to the people who elected the congressmen into office. So I'd have to say that we could do a jujitsu move right back at the Financial Times regarding attacks on honorable motives.

Space Odyssey (1968). The obvious analogies are the celestial alignments that proceed each of the alchemical transmutations in the film. The second main allegory is that it is a black stone that initiates these transmutations. Again this mirrors the alchemical lore about the black stone causing the transmutation of the alchemist. Finally we get to Kubrick's ultimate trick. He proves that he knows exactly what he is doing with this trick. His secret is in plain sight. First one must remember that everytime the monolith, the magical stone, appears in the film there is a strange beautiful celestial alignment occurring. And one must remember that every celestial alignment in the film is followed by a monolith, that is, except for one. That would be the lunar eclipse that occurs at the very beginning of the film. So the question arises - if we are to stay within the rules that are prescribed in the rest of the film - where is the monolith that is supposed to follow that first alignment? The monolith itself doesn't show up in the film for ten more minutes after that first celestial alignment, so what gives here? Is Kubrick just showing off his incredible special effects? Is it just there to impress the viewer from the beginning? These things may very well also be true, but the ultimate trick of Kubrick's is embedded in the idea that the monolith must appear after every one of these magical alignments. Once again, the secret of the film is completely revealed from the beginning. There is a monolith that appears right after the opening sequence with the magical, lunar eclipse. But where is it? It is right in front of the viewer's eyes! The film is the monolith. In a secret that seems to never have been seen by anyone - the monolith in the film has the same exact dimensions as the Cinerama movie screen on which 2001 was projected in 1968. This can only be seen if one sees the film in it's wide-screen format. Completely hidden, from critic and fan alike, is the fact that Kubrick consciously designed his film to be the monolith, the stone that transforms. Like the monolith, the film projects images into our heads that make us consider wider possibilities and ideas. Like the monolith, the film ultimately presents an initiation, not just of the actor on the screen, but also of the audience viewing the film. That is Kubrick's ultimate trick. He slyly shows here that he knows what he is doing at every step in the process. The monolith and the movie are the same thing. - _Alchemical Kubrick - 2001: The Great Work On Film_ by Jay Weidner

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Yeah, my first response was that here's another one of Bush's grand spectacles--dream big, go wide--an automatic lightening rod for controversy designed to draw in skeptics who will be dismissed as naysayers--we're the most powerful nation in the history of the world, don't dis it. Perhaps, though, the biggest dreams are proposed at the time of greatest danger. All nations that rise eventually fall. There's a long list of 'ifs' but if this administration lays adequate groundwork for a mission to Mars via a stopover on the moon, then the rewards could be tremendous. If you could see into the future, you'd know if the admin's efforts were premature (destined to failure) but I personally believe that it follows on our natural progression to spread beyond our limited confines.

That would have to signal a disconnect between the goals of an incumbent candidate and his party's mandates. You can see the beginnings of a disconnect occurring between the Bush administration and the fiscally conservative faction of the Republican Party.

I'm not arguing in favor of cutting spending. Rather I'm saying that the concept of a national program is flawed. The products of education are influenced by a myriad of factors beyond the money that is spent in a classroom. For instance, on the primary level, good nutrition is important. Sometimes you have to factor out the statistical noise generated in a data set. For example, if you take a diverse population and compare it to a more homogenous population you will see differences that cannot be attributed alone to educational processes (compare school population in a typical 'city' in Iowa to one existing in urban Chicago, e.g.). I think you are completely wrong in assuming that our institutions at the collegate level are producing a supply of graduates below the hiring level with the limited exceptions of domestically trained types of scientists and engineers.

I'm not saying I disagree with you, I just know that throwing money at a problem, in itself, is not necessarily a solution. Rather it's not so much, how much money you have, but how you use the money that you have. Only a large quantity of money allows one the luxury of absorbing mistakes. There's this dead statistician, Karl Popper, who said something along the lines that things cannot be proven, they can only be rejected after they are disproved. With that in mind, it seems that you have to run a social experiment to see if it is effective. That's essentially what's happening but it costs money without guarantee of spinoffs. Other programs such as NASA receive huge amounts of money and technological developments issued from this program are touted as evidence of its worth. In my mind, I'd think that if we spent millions (billions?) of dollars on a grand scale project then you damn well get some spinoffs for the general public. Seems that we're dealing with a two-pronged problem, i.e., increase educational accomplishments but insure that enough jobs are created to allow the educated populace to gainfully find employment. What's the point of having a well-educated but unemployed and/or underemployed population?

Look, the simple fact is that the process of interviewing and hiring can be very subjective. There's a large number of unexplained reasons for the decision: The person hiring could have felt threatened. The person hiring may have worked long enough to recall a similar person who ended up causing problems for the district. The person hiring could have perceived that the guy was too weak to handle taunts by teenagers. The fact is, is that we don't know the complete story. One thing that is disturbing is that the rejected candidate submitted his side of the story, published a supposedly confidential email, and pushed his one-sided version of the incident. Whether his purpose is to self-promote or if his motive is political, doesn't matter. This person does not inspire my trust. He needs to grow up and realise that the world can be unfair and to just deal with this situation stoically. "If you cannot do what you love, love what you can do."-- Leonard di Vinci Guy would probably make a decent political consultant.

I don't anything about writing code but I'd think that a convenience that's written in could also serve as an potential exploit. Are there any secure operating systems out there?

Microsoft has established a $5 million fund to pay rewards for information that leads to the arrest and conviction of individuals responsible for releasing malicious code. web page

Seems like there are a lot of assumptions here. Sometimes the excuse is used that a candidate is overqualified most commonly in cases where there may be age discrimination or other bias. Rather than an automatic indictment of the failure of public education and its goals, I'd favor hearing more about the circumstances surrounding his rejection. These types of news stories tend to be viral with an agenda, kind of like the stories of the frivolous lawsuits, stories designed to also discredit the filing of legitimate claims. The meme (def) is that public education is lacking, caters to the LCD, etc. Our dispensation for simple explanations and uncritical thinking support the life and propagation of these viral messages.

A payroll tax cut would give immediate relief to working class families now.

that would be pyromania actually it's my Rainbow 'Long Live Rock n Roll' Richie Blackmore, Ronnie James Dio, and crew thats worn out

I think you need more sex and violence on this site

Look, just don't steal music and everything will be fine. Hey I wonder if you could commodify the posts on this bulletin board as intellectual property? Storage capacity is key.

I'd like to hear a rockin' duet between Hank Jr and Brian Johnson. Introduce it with Hells Bells ringing in the background, getting louder and louder, then they'd break into a rendition of 'Honky Tonkin', all the while Angus is running his ass off on top of the speakers in Aussie school boy uniform, then cap it off the entire number with explosions from 'for those about to rock, we salute you' cannons.

What comes to mind? Terminal uniqueness. Self-congratulatory back slapping. Narcissistic personality disorder. Self gratification as end-in-itself. Colossal circle jerk of gigantic proportions. Or is that redundant? As CBS said: Have we become wussies?

"Member of civilian 'homeland security surveillance team' installs a secret video camera on billboard depicting children's character, 'Animal', of the late Jim Hensen's creation, the beloved Muppets." Innocence is the byword. Ever wonder if all of those 'reality shows' aren't just a way to get you accustomed to the idea of surveillance cameras everywhere?

Now that you bring up deserters, isn't there a prominent member of the current administration who has an unexplained absence in his service record during the Vietnam conflict?

Oooooo! Another 'I am so cool 'cause my music is the shizzle cutting edge.' Yeah, and the covers. I can't think of a better use of bandwidth.

...so I had to walk to the store without my dancing shoes...

2005. Star Wars III coming soon to a theatre near you!