Human error. Humans are both the most expensive and weakest link in manned space travel.
Unmanned space investigation can tell us more about the universe than manned projects, at a fraction of the cost. Why are we so determined to put meat into places where it cannot survive?
The safety spiel is pointless theater. Please suggest one example where the outcome of an emergency would have been significantly different if nobody had listened to the safety speech. They exist only to give a false belief that you can survive a real plane emergency. Air travel is statistically safer than driving, but if a plane goes down, you are dead. Your corpse will yard sale or burn up, usually both, in that order. (Carlin said it best: "In the event of a water landing...doesn't that sound an awful lot like CRASHING INTO THE OCEAN!")
Also, the safety spiel is just a disclaimer to shield airlines from "The tray attacked me!" lawsuits.
The function of flight attendants is to babysit adults for a couple hours and deal with "problem passengers." The safety spiel lets attendants believe their role is more important than it is, so their union wants to preserve the silly exercise.
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But only in coins.
Uber/Lyft are described as "disrupting" the traditional taxi business model. In 5-10 years when all cabs are driverless, Uber/Lyft will be a footnote.
One milliwat : one kilotonne? How can it get off the ground?
America is dying of political trolling.
Then don't feed the troll.
naked, legless, armless, and often headless in the bathtub. We affectionately called them all "Torso Barbie"
Maybe the game she was designing was "Barbie. The Dark Descent."
What next? Will the President fart in our general direction?
Earth will get a ticket for dumping.
"Sorry Bill, too much terrorist, aristocrat-killing propaganda in your plays. Lock him in the tower, mates."
Not break up as in AT&T. Break up as in sledgehammer.
I got a bad feeling about this.
Human error. Humans are both the most expensive and weakest link in manned space travel.
Unmanned space investigation can tell us more about the universe than manned projects, at a fraction of the cost.
Why are we so determined to put meat into places where it cannot survive?
Next item up for bid.
Time for California to ban Ford, Chrysler and GM sales in the largest car market in the country.
ATT, Comcast and Verizon just lowered rates and expanded fiber coverage to the same 32 cities.
Tesla sales banned in Michigan? OK. Ford and General Motors sales banned in California. California's auto market is six times the size Michigan's.
The safety spiel is pointless theater. Please suggest one example where the outcome of an emergency would have been significantly different if nobody had listened to the safety speech. They exist only to give a false belief that you can survive a real plane emergency. Air travel is statistically safer than driving, but if a plane goes down, you are dead. Your corpse will yard sale or burn up, usually both, in that order. (Carlin said it best: "In the event of a water landing...doesn't that sound an awful lot like CRASHING INTO THE OCEAN!")
Also, the safety spiel is just a disclaimer to shield airlines from "The tray attacked me!" lawsuits.
The function of flight attendants is to babysit adults for a couple hours and deal with "problem passengers." The safety spiel lets attendants believe their role is more important than it is, so their union wants to preserve the silly exercise.
Of course! Just bomb climate change into submission. Why didn't we think of this sooner?
'Murrica.
are statistically less prone to separation forces inherent in the system.
(A related study claims that weeks beginning with a dose of python are 42% more likely to contain mirth.)
do you have a shit eating grin?
I made a jammer to block mobile phone conversations that I don't want clogging public spectrum. Of course, it doesn't block my conversations.
For UK and European readers, "the size of Delaware" is just a tad more than a fourth of "the size of Wales".
That exchange rate keeps plummeting. When I was a kid, you could get two Wales for a Delaware.
Pray I do not alter them again.
I'm too Xy for this post.
...it's the only way to be sure.
Agreed.
What's that? They got Ebola too?
spies!