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I must say I was more excited when SpaceX did their first successful launch, but this is a lot of fun for essentially being parking. Can't wait for the future though. If there's one things that sets Elon Musk apart from other entrepreneurs it's his ability to make long-term plans. It seems like everything he (and his team) does leads up to somethings even greater.


"essentially being parking"

I gotta say, that is one hell of a simplification—launching a rocket into space and meeting up with another craft, already in orbit, is a little more difficult that parking your car. :)


I think they let the valet actually park it. ;)


With any luck, in a few decades, it won't be.


Who said anything about a car? I read that as "essentially being [orbital spacecraft] parking".


According to the radio interview[1] it started out as a writing exercise.

[1] http://dl.dropbox.com/u/17908017/VEG%20You%20and%20Yours.mp3



Quite a long time since I saw Aliens, but isn't the divide between the military and the civilians rather than the men and women?


I was just about to make that point myself: Even the military women talk trash about Ripley at first.

Have an upvote.


I guess I'm damaged from working in agile projects for too long. But whenever someone starts rambling in a large group I can't help thinking about how many man-hours were just lost.


....IF you don't mind buying (speculate on) an apartment, paying twice as much as everyone else, or live outside of the city with transportation issues.


Yeah the housing market is a bit of a pain, though I live (just) outside the city and the subway always runs on time. Got a 20 minute commute to work. Worse when you get to the commuter trains (especially in winter) I guess. But even with living in the burbs, Stockholm's so small that it's no real pain, compared to say London or NYC.


To stay fit I would look into a team or group sport. Unless you want to do body building or competitive weight lifting, you're going from rapidly improving to maintaining your fitness. Sports are so much more multifaceted, that you'll see improvement and reaching goals over a long time.


I would say it has more to do with mindset than technology.


"Apple shipped the first ultrathin laptop."

Take a look at the Sony Vaio 505 models released before the air.


Richard Branson from 2006: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HicaK7NTHQI

Edit: I also remember the pinball game "Revenge from Mars" from 1999. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hA7Cgzk-y1U


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