I'm not supposed that to doctors will give different diagnoses, but they also have to work with what they're given. A patient may give different details, especially if they've just spoken to a GP - they're likely to preempt questions that had to be asked previously.
This goes with every profession. A colleague of mine was being investigated by HMRC (tax) and was complaining that his accountant was still telling him it was ok to claim fuel, but the tax man wasn't. The problem was he didn't understand that by lying to the accountant (consciously or otherwise) she couldn't give him the correct info.
My first thought was that they were fake, but not for the same reason. I assumed that they'd stuck on extra bits so their great leader could show his people (and the gullible of the world) how well their missile programme is progressing.
Maybe UA need to look at how their scheduling works, and make sure those very important staff are taken into account when flogging seats.
At the very least, those critical staff should have been put on the aircraft first, and then allow the passengers to board. At least then the *only* chaos would have been caused by preventing a paid-up and checked-in passenger from boarding, not having to use security to drag a customer off the aircraft.
When I was a student I always asked if they were looking for standby seats. Unfortunately it never happened as cash is cash. The last time I had a threat of being bumped was in a group of 10 on a stag weekend. The problem there was that there were two flights a day so that would have fucked up the whole reason for the trip, so in that case we weren't happy about it.
If I had to be in work the next morning - like this guy - I'd be seriously pissed off about being bumped, regardless of how much cash they're throwing at me.
I was going to rely with a joke about terrorists using exploding phones and not burner* ones, but then I released that was the Israelis.
* I'm not even convinced that current terrorists in the EU/USA would know to use burner phones - they seem to be too bloody stupid. The only reason they seem to succeed is sheer luck rather than skill. The current crop also seem to be drug using, alcohol drinkingrentboys.
I'm not trying to compare myself to an great scientists or claim that I'm an expert, but that's kind of how I deal with requests from my boss. He'll come up with a "stupid" idea and I'll proceed to shoot it down, and he's happy with that because as he's told me "I know you'll come back with a working solution after telling me it's impossible"*
It's just my method of problem solving - it comes across as very negative - but at the same time as coming up with problems my mind is thinking about how to solve or work around them.
* It has set an unfortunate precedent that he thinks everything is possible, although he's learned that when I say "that breaks the laws of thermodynamics" it probably is impossible.
It's quite possible they're not aiming to reuse the same components on the same booster. It would be just as efficient to replace certain items (grid fins, legs, etc) an already refurbished component. Those components could be refurbished and swapped into a subsequent booster for relaunch.
Quite frankly, I don't think it matters if a booster contains the same reused parts or whether it contains reused parts from a different booster. The aim is to get a quick launch turn-around.
Do you honestly believe that it cost more to go over that stage with a fine-toothed comb than to manufacturer a brand new one and go over that with a fine-toothed comb? Or do you think that SpaceX simply build an F9 booster and then say "yup, that looks about right - it'll work"?
F9 boosters are only travelling at about 2,300 m/s (64km AMSL) at MECO, compared to the space shuttle's 8,200 m/s (120km ASML) during reentry, so it's understandable that more work needed to be done to get the space shuttle flying again. Personally, I think you should be comparing the F9 booster rebuild to the SRB recovery and rebuild - what SpaceX are doing there is order of magnitude more complex.
That said, there's no real point in comparing the two - they don't have much in common apart from the fact they're both launch systems.
My example - DFW - has 4 runways that are 4,085 metres long. If you don't believe Wikipedia (because that's sensible) then head over to google maps and measure the runways for yourself
My local gliding club is a great big grass area. They have six winch points, but can shift the launch point to suit the wind. It also makes emergency landings safer as you have a huge area to aim for. The question isn't "will it work", it's "is paving the area worth it", and I very much doubt it. Take Dallas/Fort Worth for example - it has 7 runways. The total paved area of those runways is about 147 hectares (0.6 sq miles), assuming the average width is 60m.
To fit just a single 4,085m runway in a circle the paved area would have to be 1310 hectares (5.1 sq miles) - an increase of almost 800% on the current paved area. It would be even greater as the circle would need to be bigger to have parallel 4,085m runways. Granted, I'm not including taxiways, but even so I can't see it being economic.
That requires you to take context into account, and as I realised last week talking to a colleague, that's not allowed.
I was seriously told "I appreciate you'reâputting it in context, but it's still the biggest threat we have in this country". This was in response to my comment that he'd he no issue with getting back on the M40 to drive to work after seeing a pile up, but would avoid London at the moment.
We do - do an image search for gravity waves satellite photo.
Admittedly, the only reason I know is from a Rogue NASA tweet. I couldn't understand how you could see them until I realised I was getting them confused with gravitational waves.
It's the same all over - people like to push the blame onto others, otherwise they'd have to admit their own stupidity. I work with a couple of people like that - it's always somebody else's fault.
The EU will continue to be a great scapegoat all the way through the Article 50 negotiations, and even after if the UK doesn't get a good deal. I wonder what will replace it in the future?
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I'm not supposed that to doctors will give different diagnoses, but they also have to work with what they're given. A patient may give different details, especially if they've just spoken to a GP - they're likely to preempt questions that had to be asked previously.
This goes with every profession. A colleague of mine was being investigated by HMRC (tax) and was complaining that his accountant was still telling him it was ok to claim fuel, but the tax man wasn't. The problem was he didn't understand that by lying to the accountant (consciously or otherwise) she couldn't give him the correct info.
My first thought was that they were fake, but not for the same reason. I assumed that they'd stuck on extra bits so their great leader could show his people (and the gullible of the world) how well their missile programme is progressing.
Out of interest, do you always use the person's middle name when attributing quotes, or only when they have a "foreign sounding name"?
Maybe UA need to look at how their scheduling works, and make sure those very important staff are taken into account when flogging seats.
At the very least, those critical staff should have been put on the aircraft first, and then allow the passengers to board. At least then the *only* chaos would have been caused by preventing a paid-up and checked-in passenger from boarding, not having to use security to drag a customer off the aircraft.
Clearly UA had no idea that UA staff were going to be needed to fly on a UA flight down to another airport in order to work on a scheduled UA flight.
When I was a student I always asked if they were looking for standby seats. Unfortunately it never happened as cash is cash. The last time I had a threat of being bumped was in a group of 10 on a stag weekend. The problem there was that there were two flights a day so that would have fucked up the whole reason for the trip, so in that case we weren't happy about it.
If I had to be in work the next morning - like this guy - I'd be seriously pissed off about being bumped, regardless of how much cash they're throwing at me.
I've never managed that in the UK / Ireland.
Easy - if my computer dies, I'll just dig out a spare one, or if necessary buy a new one. How hard can it be to do the same with tractor. /s.
I was going to rely with a joke about terrorists using exploding phones and not burner* ones, but then I released that was the Israelis.
* I'm not even convinced that current terrorists in the EU/USA would know to use burner phones - they seem to be too bloody stupid. The only reason they seem to succeed is sheer luck rather than skill. The current crop also seem to be drug using, alcohol drinking rentboys.
Well, somebody needed to pay for Black & Decker drills - the favoured power tool of the IRA.
I'm not trying to compare myself to an great scientists or claim that I'm an expert, but that's kind of how I deal with requests from my boss. He'll come up with a "stupid" idea and I'll proceed to shoot it down, and he's happy with that because as he's told me "I know you'll come back with a working solution after telling me it's impossible"*
It's just my method of problem solving - it comes across as very negative - but at the same time as coming up with problems my mind is thinking about how to solve or work around them.
* It has set an unfortunate precedent that he thinks everything is possible, although he's learned that when I say "that breaks the laws of thermodynamics" it probably is impossible.
It's quite possible they're not aiming to reuse the same components on the same booster. It would be just as efficient to replace certain items (grid fins, legs, etc) an already refurbished component. Those components could be refurbished and swapped into a subsequent booster for relaunch.
Quite frankly, I don't think it matters if a booster contains the same reused parts or whether it contains reused parts from a different booster. The aim is to get a quick launch turn-around.
"those poor bastards had to wear space suits to walk on Mars - he didn't even terraform it for them first"
Do you honestly believe that it cost more to go over that stage with a fine-toothed comb than to manufacturer a brand new one and go over that with a fine-toothed comb? Or do you think that SpaceX simply build an F9 booster and then say "yup, that looks about right - it'll work"?
F9 boosters are only travelling at about 2,300 m/s (64km AMSL) at MECO, compared to the space shuttle's 8,200 m/s (120km ASML) during reentry, so it's understandable that more work needed to be done to get the space shuttle flying again. Personally, I think you should be comparing the F9 booster rebuild to the SRB recovery and rebuild - what SpaceX are doing there is order of magnitude more complex.
That said, there's no real point in comparing the two - they don't have much in common apart from the fact they're both launch systems.
I've found that i can right click on a tab to close it when it's been hijacked by models.
My example - DFW - has 4 runways that are 4,085 metres long. If you don't believe Wikipedia (because that's sensible) then head over to google maps and measure the runways for yourself
My local gliding club is a great big grass area. They have six winch points, but can shift the launch point to suit the wind. It also makes emergency landings safer as you have a huge area to aim for. The question isn't "will it work", it's "is paving the area worth it", and I very much doubt it. Take Dallas/Fort Worth for example - it has 7 runways. The total paved area of those runways is about 147 hectares (0.6 sq miles), assuming the average width is 60m.
To fit just a single 4,085m runway in a circle the paved area would have to be 1310 hectares (5.1 sq miles) - an increase of almost 800% on the current paved area. It would be even greater as the circle would need to be bigger to have parallel 4,085m runways. Granted, I'm not including taxiways, but even so I can't see it being economic.
That requires you to take context into account, and as I realised last week talking to a colleague, that's not allowed.
I was seriously told "I appreciate you'reâputting it in context, but it's still the biggest threat we have in this country". This was in response to my comment that he'd he no issue with getting back on the M40 to drive to work after seeing a pile up, but would avoid London at the moment.
Am i missing something - how would that mean the fifth element wouldn't have been made?
We do - do an image search for gravity waves satellite photo.
Admittedly, the only reason I know is from a Rogue NASA tweet. I couldn't understand how you could see them until I realised I was getting them confused with gravitational waves.
I'm 100% sure that the GP doesn't understand how vaccines are supposed to work...
It's the same all over - people like to push the blame onto others, otherwise they'd have to admit their own stupidity. I work with a couple of people like that - it's always somebody else's fault.
The EU will continue to be a great scapegoat all the way through the Article 50 negotiations, and even after if the UK doesn't get a good deal. I wonder what will replace it in the future?
The British can choose to be governed by a democratic power...
Which is why the first thing May's government did was to try side-stepping parliament...