someone wanted a definition of "dry socket" [link]
I've had one. It made me insane. er.
Well, personally, I kind of want to slay the dragon.
Angel ,'Not Fade Away'
Natter 37: Oddly Enough, We've Had This Conversation Before.
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Trudy Booth - Jul 27, 2005 6:15:19 pm PDT #3583 of 10002
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
sarameg - Jul 27, 2005 6:16:33 pm PDT #3584 of 10002
tommy, it isn't the shuttle mechanics. It's the mentality. And I see it every.single.fucking.day. New guy has a chance, but really... it's entrenched. Don't get me wrong, our scientists and engineers do amazing things. But the management? So risk averse that ... well, the rovers didn't involve people. I don't believe THIS NASA will go to mars. Or even get anything human-risky up. It's bloated with managers covering their asses.
lori - Jul 27, 2005 6:19:27 pm PDT #3585 of 10002
Yep. This NASA needs to get the fuck over the idea of sending people anywhere, and just give us more money for robotic missions. People = too complicated and risky. Won't ever happen.
So maybe I'm just cranky because I'm at work late doing yet another cost exercise.
sarameg - Jul 27, 2005 6:27:17 pm PDT #3586 of 10002
Oh, poor lori!
What drove the Apollo missions is long gone from NASA. I'm all for it doing robotics, and I think it will. But the human question? It's off the list. Yeah, I was upset over Challenger and Columbia. But... it's a risk astronauts know and accept. I admire them for that. Hell, I think it IS acceptable, provided the humans involved acknowlege it. It is not a risk the agency will accept now, though.
Somebody else has to take up that challenge.
Lee - Jul 27, 2005 6:31:48 pm PDT #3587 of 10002
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
I could totally meet you guys for a drink!
Yay!
lori - Jul 27, 2005 6:34:29 pm PDT #3588 of 10002
But... it's a risk astronauts know and accept. I admire them for that. Hell, I think it IS acceptable, provided the humans involved acknowlege it. It is not a risk the agency will accept now, though.
Exactly. I know folks that will accept that risk. But they don't run the joint.
okay - going home now.
And yay for Kristen joining us on Saturday!
tommyrot - Jul 27, 2005 6:38:32 pm PDT #3589 of 10002
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
billytea - Jul 27, 2005 6:49:52 pm PDT #3590 of 10002
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
Heartless bastard!
I'm sorry, but I can't get irate with anyone who can say:
So let me say defensively at the outset that I love animals, and I particularly love goofy animals like penguins, platypuses, ostriches, giraffes, sloths, armadillos and kangaroos who seem to have been designed by drunken angels on the day God was off making other worlds.
If he'd mentioned echidnas and mole rats too, I'd email him my support.
Kristen - Jul 27, 2005 7:03:27 pm PDT #3591 of 10002
YAY! I can't wait to see everyone.
Also, while looking up some stuff online the other day, I had this odd impulse to go to Vegas for my birthday in October. But only go to LA places while there. It amused me to think about it.
Lee - Jul 27, 2005 7:04:44 pm PDT #3592 of 10002
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
I'ma buy you a drink, Kristen.
I think you should do Vegas for your birthday. I hear all the cool kids are.