Double Singularity Blog http://doublesingularity.com/blog//index.php Double Singularity Blog en-US http://backend.userland.com/rss 60 Back in Black http://doublesingularity.com/blog//index.php/2010/01/01/back_in_black Fri, 01 Jan 2010 19:26:44 +0000 Rick's Life 706@http://doublesingularity.com/blog// 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

]]> http://doublesingularity.com/blog//index.php?p=706&c=1&tb=1&pb=1#comments 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 Fri, 19 Sep 2008 05:35:43 +0000 Current Events 705@http://doublesingularity.com/blog// 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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]]> http://doublesingularity.com/blog//index.php?p=705&c=1&tb=1&pb=1#comments Fortune Cookie (Its just not my week) http://doublesingularity.com/blog//index.php/2008/09/17/fortune_cookie_its_just_not_my_week Thu, 18 Sep 2008 03:06:17 +0000 Fortune Cookies 704@http://doublesingularity.com/blog// Sell your ideas - they are totally acceptable. Sell your ideas - they are totally acceptable.

]]> http://doublesingularity.com/blog//index.php?p=704&c=1&tb=1&pb=1#comments Fortune Cookie of Doom http://doublesingularity.com/blog//index.php/2008/09/11/fortune_cookie_of_doom Thu, 11 Sep 2008 16:49:53 +0000 Fortune Cookies 703@http://doublesingularity.com/blog// "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.

]]> http://doublesingularity.com/blog//index.php?p=703&c=1&tb=1&pb=1#comments I assure you, we are open! http://doublesingularity.com/blog//index.php/2008/09/09/i_assure_you_we_are_open Tue, 09 Sep 2008 06:07:23 +0000 Rick's Life 702@http://doublesingularity.com/blog// 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...

]]> http://doublesingularity.com/blog//index.php?p=702&c=1&tb=1&pb=1#comments LCS Trials http://doublesingularity.com/blog//index.php/2008/08/01/lcs_trials Fri, 01 Aug 2008 23:21:10 +0000 Current Events 699@http://doublesingularity.com/blog// 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.

]]> http://doublesingularity.com/blog//index.php?p=699&c=1&tb=1&pb=1#comments Museum Not Underway Due To Nuclear Power http://doublesingularity.com/blog//index.php/2008/07/27/museum_not_underway_due_to_nuclear_power Sun, 27 Jul 2008 05:27:13 +0000 History and Museums 694@http://doublesingularity.com/blog// 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 approximately $2 million, but only one fourth of that amount could be raised. As such, the Navy placed the submarine back on the list to be scrapped. While it is unlikely that Narwhal will be saved, there is still hope for another nuclear submarine, USS Drum SSN-677. [...] Read more! 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 approximately $2 million, but only one fourth of that amount could be raised. As such, the Navy placed the submar