Double Singularity Blog http://doublesingularity.com/blog//index.php Double Singularity Blog en-US hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 Back in Black http://doublesingularity.com/blog//index.php/2010/01/01/back_in_black 2010-01-01T19:26:44Z Rick Rick's Life Turns out everything works fine in IE 6. Shame that this is the only computer still using IE 6 Turns out everything works fine in IE 6.

Shame that this is the only computer still using IE 6

]]> What you talkin' 'bout, Navy? More Zumwalt gossip http://doublesingularity.com/blog//index.php/2008/09/19/what_you_talkin_bout_navy_more_zumwalt_g 2008-09-19T05:35:43Z Rick Current Events I had previously posted about the sudden paradigm shift in Navy destroyer acquisition, and now that the dust has settled somewhat more information has come out concerning the rapid change in policy. The sudden reversal from a decade long shipbuilding policy left heads turning on Capital Hill, forcing the Navy to provide some information as to their reasoning. [...] Read more! I had previously posted about the sudden paradigm shift in Navy destroyer acquisition, and now that the dust has settled somewhat more information has come out concerning the rapid change in policy.

The sudden reversal from a decade long shipbuilding policy left heads turning on Capital Hill, forcing the Navy to provide some information as to their reasoning.

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]]> Fortune Cookie (Its just not my week) http://doublesingularity.com/blog//index.php/2008/09/17/fortune_cookie_its_just_not_my_week 2008-09-18T03:06:17Z Rick Fortune Cookies Sell your ideas - they are totally acceptable. Sell your ideas - they are totally acceptable.

]]> Fortune Cookie of Doom http://doublesingularity.com/blog//index.php/2008/09/11/fortune_cookie_of_doom 2008-09-11T16:49:53Z Rick Fortune Cookies "You will advance for with your abilities." Yep, that about sums it up. "You will advance for with your abilities."

Yep, that about sums it up.

]]> I assure you, we are open! http://doublesingularity.com/blog//index.php/2008/09/09/i_assure_you_we_are_open 2008-09-09T06:07:23Z Rick Rick's Life Sorry that it has been a while since I have posted - things have been busy to the point that I have not had the time to sit and type about it all. I promise that there are good things in the works... Sorry that it has been a while since I have posted - things have been busy to the point that I have not had the time to sit and type about it all. I promise that there are good things in the works...

]]> LCS Trials http://doublesingularity.com/blog//index.php/2008/08/01/lcs_trials 2008-08-01T23:21:10Z Rick Current Events The oft-maligned Littoral Combat Ship is progressing; USS Freedom LCS-1 is undergoing builder's trials on Lake Michigan. Marinette Marine, the ship's builders, will make sure that everything is working fine before turning the vessel over the the Navy later this year for acceptance trials. The oft-maligned Littoral Combat Ship is progressing; USS Freedom LCS-1 is undergoing builder's trials on Lake Michigan. Marinette Marine, the ship's builders, will make sure that everything is working fine before turning the vessel over the the Navy later this year for acceptance trials.

]]> Museum Not Underway Due To Nuclear Power http://doublesingularity.com/blog//index.php/2008/07/27/museum_not_underway_due_to_nuclear_power 2008-07-27T05:27:13Z Rick History and Museums For a while, it looked like USS Narwhal SSN-671 was going to be saved by the National Submarine Science Discovery Center in Newport, Kentucky. The group planned on removing the reactor compartments of the submarine and installing empty plugs, which could be used for an orientation center, display area, gift shop, or anything else you could have needed inside the boat. The project would have cost appr