Don't be stupid. The US Constitution doesn't restrict my swinging my fist, yet if on Federal land I swing my fist through the space occupied by your face every judge will rule I'm in the wrong. Perhaps you'd just say it was unconstitutional for the government to interfere with my punching you in the face?
Digital really doesn't carry as far as analog, at least in mountainous terrain, especially now that there are no low band VHF channels. Bought a converter when the switch happened, tested and returned it. Tried again when the last VHF repeater went off the air and same thing. (before we didn't realize there was a repeater in the opposite direction)
It largely depends on choices. I live where internet is dial up only at 26.4KBs (no cell service either) and especially for the wife when the last couple of TV stations went digital and therefore no longer receivable it was quite the bummer. The 8 track was replaced by something as easy to acquire and the same cost while being an improvement. TV has disappeared for many on the fringes and only has a decent replacement for some and is much more expensive. One time cost for a TV ($10 at the thrift store) plus one time cost for antenna (big used one was $50) while internet is a recurring cost.
Unwanted pregnancy, emotional damage, STDs to name but a few
Yes, all good reasons to teach children about sex, or are you one of those people who think if you keep sex a secret, kids will never figure it out? You just have to own a couple of kittens to observe how they naturally figure out sex and without any education they don't even worry about incest, little well anything in your list.
I've been offered cocaine, both for free and for a price, much more often then the zero times I've been offered child porn. And while raping children should obviously be illegal, should the poor people who are attracted to children but never act on it be criminalized? I like women, like looking at them but have never raped one and can't imagine forcing myself on a non-willing woman. Then there are the edge cases such as the 19 year old having sex with a 17 year old. Come to think of it I played doctor as a child, officially child abuse in some jurisdictions even though the girl was older then me and initiated it.
Tubes didn't need high voltage AC for anything. The heaters were usually low voltage, often put into series to add up to 120v and could be AC or DC, IIRC the first number was the filament voltage. They did need high voltage DC to drive the anode plate, in early tube devices this was supplied by a B battery at various voltages such as 90v. Quickly looking at wiki I find this, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Roman Catholics [not?] being allowed into government
The US Constitution forbade any religious test for office from the outset. Catholics weren't allowed into Parliament until the Roman Catholic Relief Act 1829. Moreover the House of Lords, which didn't really lose its power until the 20th century, includes bishops of the CoE.
Err, the Quebec Act (1774) removed the Protestant Faith part of the Oath of Supremacy therefore allowing Roman Catholics to be involved in (colonial?) government. America didn't enact a bill of rights (or illegalize letters of attainment) until after they'd purged most the undesirables from the 13 colonies.
Americans still hate the French
You think we hated our allies in the Revolution?
No you hated the French to the north of you, especially when they beat Washington again.
King George recognizing the Native Americans as equal subjects
You're kidding, right? As for trying to temporarily stop westward expansion, the UK's concern was money. It's expensive to keep armies in the field, and they were still paying off debts from the French and Indian War. Remember those taxes the colonists complained about - what did you think they were paying for?
Protecting the colonists who were expanding into the natives land. Even back then some Americans believed in their right to a free lunch.
As for George's oh so progressive attitude towards the Native Americans, it's odd that he would take that stance while simultaneously expanding the British Empire in India.
It was a private business that was expanding into India.
It's the Queens role in the Australian States government that I'm not so sure of. Do they have Lieutenant Governers? Can the Queen open a States legislature? Here the General Governor has acted the opposite of sacking the government in the case of a vote of no confidence by proroguing Parliament before the vote, on the advice of the PM of course. He does now get to travel and sign trade agreements instead of an elected official. Our ruling Conservative Party considers it undemocratic for parties to form a coalition and now with the [un]fair elections act it'll be illegal for many Canadians to vote (severe limits on acceptable ID), good bye campaign spending limits and Elections Canada won't even be allowed to tell the voters there's an election on or where to vote, little well prosecute when the remaining rules are broken.
Other factors not often mentioned, Roman Catholics being allowed into government (Americans still hate the French) and the big one, King George recognizing the Native Americans as equal subjects and stopping the theft of land which is why so many land speculators were pro-independence and America went on to steal a huge amount of land as well as purchasing some.
Why would you have to get rid of the monarchy to have a federation? Australia and Canada are two examples of federations of equal states (provinces) under a monarchy. Not so sure of Australia but here in Canada both federal laws and provincial laws need royal consent to come into effect, usually signed by the Queens representative but the Queen herself can sign them into law. Just like the Queen in Right of Canada is different from the Queen in Right of the UK, you could have the Queen of Scotland as different from the Queen of England and the Queen of the UK.
Yes, what happened to the other 32 fluid ounces needed to make a gallon, which of course was defined as 10 lbs of water at 62 degrees Fahrenheit and is now defined as 4.54609 litres. 4 quarts in a gallon 2 pints in a quart 4 gills in a pint 5 fluid ounces in a gill 160 fluid ounces in a true gallon.
Many stores ban recording devices of all types so you're likely to get kicked out of the store. Which raises another point, simple things like going shopping, using a public bathroom, changing room and such is not going to go over well for the glass wearers.
My Dad, when he was alive and having grown up around the time of WWII in England considered the police as a force that was there to help. Get a flat tire on your bicycle, go to the police station. Get lost, go to the police station. Get falling down drunk, a nice police man would walk you home and so on. Totally different attitude to the police compared to when I grew up where the attitude was to avoid the police at all costs.
Well that too. The Russian launch site is pretty far north which is why the ISS is so far north. 56 degrees IIRC If they really tried they might have been able to reach it but it would take extra fuel and stripping down the Soyuz so impracticable.
Story reminds me of the movie Marooned http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M... which I saw at the drive in 40+ years ago. Well done movie about an Apollo craft stranded in orbit that I haven't seen in a long time. Also there was the Skylab rescue vehicle, an Apollo capsule modified for 5 crew members that was kept ready during the Skylab missions. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S...
The engineers who designed the rubber seals said that they were not designed for freezing temps, and to wait for it to warm up. No feel about it, the temperature was out of the design limit and the rubber was going to be brittle. Management wanted a launch that day and overrode the engineers.
It wouldn't have been 2 consecutive crews as Apollo 7 had already successful flown, though using a Saturn 1B. Which brings up the question of whether a similar accident in Earth orbit such as Apollo 7 would be survivable. Might have to still restart the computer and would have limited time to fire the retro rockets.
Apollo 13 were lucky to make it to orbit. The pogoing problems (68g at 16hz) which caused an engine to shut down are forgotten due to the later oxygen tank blowout. If the oxygen blowout had happened to Apollo 8, or had happened on the return part of any of the missions they would have been dead due to no Lunar Module to use as a life raft. They also had problems due to it not being that solid of a platform, the Lunar Module did not interface too well with the Command Module as they discovered when they needed more CO2 scrubbed.
The mission had nothing to do with the ISS and was always too far away for the ISS to make any difference. It was only after the accident that all future mission (with one exception) had to be close to the ISS in case of problems. The orbit was also out of reach of a launch from Russia as well even if the Russians could have got the rescue mission together.
I don't think repairing the ship later would be an option. The shuttles weren't made to spend more then a few weeks in orbit and at the low orbits they operated in the orbits decay pretty quick. I'd guess that they would have tried to land it with no crew, using a flight path least likely to endanger any one on the ground, perhaps after attempting a quick fix.
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Don't be stupid. The US Constitution doesn't restrict my swinging my fist, yet if on Federal land I swing my fist through the space occupied by your face every judge will rule I'm in the wrong. Perhaps you'd just say it was unconstitutional for the government to interfere with my punching you in the face?
Trees and mountains block the satellites currently
Digital really doesn't carry as far as analog, at least in mountainous terrain, especially now that there are no low band VHF channels. Bought a converter when the switch happened, tested and returned it. Tried again when the last VHF repeater went off the air and same thing. (before we didn't realize there was a repeater in the opposite direction)
It largely depends on choices. I live where internet is dial up only at 26.4KBs (no cell service either) and especially for the wife when the last couple of TV stations went digital and therefore no longer receivable it was quite the bummer.
The 8 track was replaced by something as easy to acquire and the same cost while being an improvement. TV has disappeared for many on the fringes and only has a decent replacement for some and is much more expensive. One time cost for a TV ($10 at the thrift store) plus one time cost for antenna (big used one was $50) while internet is a recurring cost.
Security is simple, just never connect your wallet to the internet.
Unwanted pregnancy, emotional damage, STDs to name but a few
Yes, all good reasons to teach children about sex, or are you one of those people who think if you keep sex a secret, kids will never figure it out? You just have to own a couple of kittens to observe how they naturally figure out sex and without any education they don't even worry about incest, little well anything in your list.
I've been offered cocaine, both for free and for a price, much more often then the zero times I've been offered child porn.
And while raping children should obviously be illegal, should the poor people who are attracted to children but never act on it be criminalized? I like women, like looking at them but have never raped one and can't imagine forcing myself on a non-willing woman. Then there are the edge cases such as the 19 year old having sex with a 17 year old. Come to think of it I played doctor as a child, officially child abuse in some jurisdictions even though the girl was older then me and initiated it.
Tubes didn't need high voltage AC for anything. The heaters were usually low voltage, often put into series to add up to 120v and could be AC or DC, IIRC the first number was the filament voltage. They did need high voltage DC to drive the anode plate, in early tube devices this was supplied by a B battery at various voltages such as 90v.
Quickly looking at wiki I find this, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
http://science.slashdot.org/co...
Roman Catholics [not?] being allowed into government
The US Constitution forbade any religious test for office from the outset. Catholics weren't allowed into Parliament until the Roman Catholic Relief Act 1829. Moreover the House of Lords, which didn't really lose its power until the 20th century, includes bishops of the CoE.
Err, the Quebec Act (1774) removed the Protestant Faith part of the Oath of Supremacy therefore allowing Roman Catholics to be involved in (colonial?) government. America didn't enact a bill of rights (or illegalize letters of attainment) until after they'd purged most the undesirables from the 13 colonies.
Americans still hate the French
You think we hated our allies in the Revolution?
No you hated the French to the north of you, especially when they beat Washington again.
King George recognizing the Native Americans as equal subjects
You're kidding, right? As for trying to temporarily stop westward expansion, the UK's concern was money. It's expensive to keep armies in the field, and they were still paying off debts from the French and Indian War. Remember those taxes the colonists complained about - what did you think they were paying for?
Protecting the colonists who were expanding into the natives land. Even back then some Americans believed in their right to a free lunch.
As for George's oh so progressive attitude towards the Native Americans, it's odd that he would take that stance while simultaneously expanding the British Empire in India.
It was a private business that was expanding into India.
It's the Queens role in the Australian States government that I'm not so sure of. Do they have Lieutenant Governers? Can the Queen open a States legislature?
Here the General Governor has acted the opposite of sacking the government in the case of a vote of no confidence by proroguing Parliament before the vote, on the advice of the PM of course. He does now get to travel and sign trade agreements instead of an elected official. Our ruling Conservative Party considers it undemocratic for parties to form a coalition and now with the [un]fair elections act it'll be illegal for many Canadians to vote (severe limits on acceptable ID), good bye campaign spending limits and Elections Canada won't even be allowed to tell the voters there's an election on or where to vote, little well prosecute when the remaining rules are broken.
Other factors not often mentioned, Roman Catholics being allowed into government (Americans still hate the French) and the big one, King George recognizing the Native Americans as equal subjects and stopping the theft of land which is why so many land speculators were pro-independence and America went on to steal a huge amount of land as well as purchasing some.
Why would you have to get rid of the monarchy to have a federation? Australia and Canada are two examples of federations of equal states (provinces) under a monarchy. Not so sure of Australia but here in Canada both federal laws and provincial laws need royal consent to come into effect, usually signed by the Queens representative but the Queen herself can sign them into law.
Just like the Queen in Right of Canada is different from the Queen in Right of the UK, you could have the Queen of Scotland as different from the Queen of England and the Queen of the UK.
any qs?
Yes, what happened to the other 32 fluid ounces needed to make a gallon, which of course was defined as 10 lbs of water at 62 degrees Fahrenheit and is now defined as 4.54609 litres.
4 quarts in a gallon
2 pints in a quart
4 gills in a pint
5 fluid ounces in a gill
160 fluid ounces in a true gallon.
Many stores ban recording devices of all types so you're likely to get kicked out of the store. Which raises another point, simple things like going shopping, using a public bathroom, changing room and such is not going to go over well for the glass wearers.
My Dad, when he was alive and having grown up around the time of WWII in England considered the police as a force that was there to help. Get a flat tire on your bicycle, go to the police station. Get lost, go to the police station. Get falling down drunk, a nice police man would walk you home and so on.
Totally different attitude to the police compared to when I grew up where the attitude was to avoid the police at all costs.
Yea, I saw others pointing that out after I posted. Bad design.
Well that too. The Russian launch site is pretty far north which is why the ISS is so far north. 56 degrees IIRC If they really tried they might have been able to reach it but it would take extra fuel and stripping down the Soyuz so impracticable.
Story reminds me of the movie Marooned http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M... which I saw at the drive in 40+ years ago. Well done movie about an Apollo craft stranded in orbit that I haven't seen in a long time.
Also there was the Skylab rescue vehicle, an Apollo capsule modified for 5 crew members that was kept ready during the Skylab missions. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S...
The engineers who designed the rubber seals said that they were not designed for freezing temps, and to wait for it to warm up. No feel about it, the temperature was out of the design limit and the rubber was going to be brittle. Management wanted a launch that day and overrode the engineers.
It wouldn't have been 2 consecutive crews as Apollo 7 had already successful flown, though using a Saturn 1B.
Which brings up the question of whether a similar accident in Earth orbit such as Apollo 7 would be survivable. Might have to still restart the computer and would have limited time to fire the retro rockets.
Apollo 13 were lucky to make it to orbit. The pogoing problems (68g at 16hz) which caused an engine to shut down are forgotten due to the later oxygen tank blowout. If the oxygen blowout had happened to Apollo 8, or had happened on the return part of any of the missions they would have been dead due to no Lunar Module to use as a life raft. They also had problems due to it not being that solid of a platform, the Lunar Module did not interface too well with the Command Module as they discovered when they needed more CO2 scrubbed.
Apollo 13 were lucky enough to have a second spaceship right there. Without the lunar module to act as a life raft they would never have made it.
The mission had nothing to do with the ISS and was always too far away for the ISS to make any difference. It was only after the accident that all future mission (with one exception) had to be close to the ISS in case of problems.
The orbit was also out of reach of a launch from Russia as well even if the Russians could have got the rescue mission together.
I don't think repairing the ship later would be an option. The shuttles weren't made to spend more then a few weeks in orbit and at the low orbits they operated in the orbits decay pretty quick.
I'd guess that they would have tried to land it with no crew, using a flight path least likely to endanger any one on the ground, perhaps after attempting a quick fix.