Ever gone though a light and then throught "hold on, was that light red"?
As for needing to activate the summon via the key fob, I learned an important lesson with my car. Don't keep the key in your back pocket. I managed to remotely drop the roof on my car in the pouring rain without realising it. Only realised half an hour later.
That's a bizarre one. The TCAS was disabled because the transponder had been "inadvertently deactivated", and - like you said - the only thing to tell the pilots was an indicator with white text.
What I don't understand is how they determined the pilots deactivated the transponder. It's mentioned nowhere in the Wikipedia article (the font of all knowledge). I'm going to have to read the two reports now. It's also not mentioned why the Embraer was experiencing communication issues.
Is there a reason why increases in sea level vary globally. I can understand they may differ between - for example - the Atlantic and Mediterranean. But differently around the Pacific?
I had to watch the SES-9 & CRS-8 missions to check that out*. For GTO, MECO is at 8,300km/h & 65km. For LEO, MECO is at 6600km/h & 74km. So they managed to recover a stage travelling 25% faster. The lateral velocity would have been greater too, because the launch profile is flatter.
* Not really to check it out, but to compare the actual numbers. It'll obviously have to go faster to get to GTO.
I'm intrigued as to what that device actually is, and what it's supposed to be. I like the aerial attached to the cabinet too - I wonder if it actually connected to anything.
My comment "not a problem for me" was ambiguous - I meant that me flying my RC could in no way breach the MATZ, as in the UK you do have to have the RC within eyesight - VR gear is [apparently] illegal.
I was going to say that Islamist terrorists don't tend to drink alcohol, but then I remembered that Salah Abdelsalam (the terrorist that bottled it during the Paris attacks) was a rent boy...
I got bored one spring and decided to build a quadcopter. Because I'm close to an RAF base and because we sometimes get Pumas and Chinooks doing low level training over the [abandoned] airfield where I work, I checked VFR chart. Turns out I'm at the very end of a MATZ (Military Air Traffic Zone) stub, so you can legally fly up to 1,000ft below, or 3,000ft above - not a problem for me.
It's not hard to find out the rules. Stupid people are stupid and lazy people are lazy. No point tarring everyone with the same brush.
I was about to ask what the outcome of the enquiry was, and then realised you meant a helium balloon, not one with a basket full of people hanging below it.
Without a doubt there are different problems. Some will argue that the UK has made it too easy for them not to assimilate - can't speak English, have a translator, etc. Some will argue that the problem is with 2nd & 3rd generation British Muslims* - they've rose tinted glasses about "back home", ignoring the fact their parents & grandparents fought tooth and nail to leave the aforementioned "paradise". All the reasons people come up with will have a modicum of truth.
* It's not just a Muslim issue - an Indian in university (Sikh) got annoyed when I called him English. The conversation went a bit like this: Him: I'm Indian Me: Oh, when did you move to London? H: I've always lived here M: So you're English. H: No I'm Indian M: How long have you lived in India? H: Never M: Ok then, what passport do you have H: British M: You're English...
So, I cobbled some highly inefficient javascript together with nodejs and have left it parsing comments for the following article. The censored comments are fairly innocuous. You're apparently not allowed to cite Breitbart articles either.
Have a look at Trevor Phillips' bio - he was a Labour politician, running for Mayor of London. Granted, he wasn't too pally with Red Ken, but he's not exactly Nigel Farage.
When I get off my arse, I want to write a script that scrapes comments, and if it sees they've been removed, flag the cached record as such. That way I can see what's been deleted. It would be pretty easy to then tweet them automagically. In fact, that might be my task before the pub quiz tonight.
"The Guardian Publishes Comment Abuse Stats, Invites Debate On Moderation" - by disabling commenting on the article in the link. I'm a regular on the Grauniad's website, and their censoring of comments has become ridiculous. I've have comments removed because I highlighted an author's hypocrisy, use of logical fallacies and general intellectual dishonesty.
"This is what it feels like when you have two college classes with a gay guy that keeps trying to flirt with you. Or at least, that was my particular experience."
That's not because he's gay, it's because he's an asshole. Now you know how women feel when some dickhead keeps coming on to them even after being told no. Put simply, some people are assholes, regardless of gender, sexual orientation, colour or creed.
"Parachutes will slow down the descent..." - only in relation to the speed it was previously doing. The shuttle's SRBs splashed down at speeds in the region of 50mph. Soyuz capsules descend at about 24 ft/s (16mph) and use retro rockets to reduce the speed further.
"...thrusters would only need to be fired horizontally..." - thrusters that the 1st stage doesn't have. It has some cold RCS thrusters at the top for attitude control, but the amount of fuel needed for horizontal translation against a modest 10kt breeze would be massive. This stage landed on a rotating and vertically translating ship in a 40-50kt gale.
"...vertical thrust for super smooth landing" - which is exactly what SpaceX are doing. Remember, a single Merlin engine provides too much thrust to hover, so it'll have to fire at exactly at the right time anyway.
Put simply, explain how to slow a stage from 7,000 + km/h using just parachutes so it lands within a previously designated area of 300x170 ft in gale force winds. If you can, ESA, ULA & Roscosmos have a job for you.
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Ever gone though a light and then throught "hold on, was that light red"?
As for needing to activate the summon via the key fob, I learned an important lesson with my car. Don't keep the key in your back pocket. I managed to remotely drop the roof on my car in the pouring rain without realising it. Only realised half an hour later.
No, but it might tell you how to categorise what is important to remember, and what is not.
That's a bizarre one. The TCAS was disabled because the transponder had been "inadvertently deactivated", and - like you said - the only thing to tell the pilots was an indicator with white text.
What I don't understand is how they determined the pilots deactivated the transponder. It's mentioned nowhere in the Wikipedia article (the font of all knowledge). I'm going to have to read the two reports now. It's also not mentioned why the Embraer was experiencing communication issues.
You're going to really piss Beelzebub off if you continuously summon him like that.
Is there a reason why increases in sea level vary globally. I can understand they may differ between - for example - the Atlantic and Mediterranean. But differently around the Pacific?
I had to watch the SES-9 & CRS-8 missions to check that out*. For GTO, MECO is at 8,300km/h & 65km. For LEO, MECO is at 6600km/h & 74km. So they managed to recover a stage travelling 25% faster. The lateral velocity would have been greater too, because the launch profile is flatter.
* Not really to check it out, but to compare the actual numbers. It'll obviously have to go faster to get to GTO.
I was thinking more along the lines of Cliff Robertson.
I'm intrigued as to what that device actually is, and what it's supposed to be. I like the aerial attached to the cabinet too - I wonder if it actually connected to anything.
Well there's their problem, instead of attacking the hoses with fire axes, they should have hooked them up. Training has really gone down hill...
My comment "not a problem for me" was ambiguous - I meant that me flying my RC could in no way breach the MATZ, as in the UK you do have to have the RC within eyesight - VR gear is [apparently] illegal.
I was going to say that Islamist terrorists don't tend to drink alcohol, but then I remembered that Salah Abdelsalam (the terrorist that bottled it during the Paris attacks) was a rent boy...
Wi-Fi? They're controlling it via WiFi?
While we're at it, ban fictional books, video games, alcoholic drinks, etc. They serve no purpose either.
Yes - the anecdotal evidence is that we see airlines operating 2-engined short haul aircraft, and manufacturers make aircraft that airlines will buy.
Also, compare the Trent 500 & 700 engines (4 on the A340 and 2 on the A330 respectively).
500 - 5.25 TWR
700 - 6.76 TWR
They cost about the same, and have similar specific fuel consumption, but your engine cost and mass is double on the A340.
You're not just throttling the air intake, a grill will also cause turbulence which could affect the efficiency of the bypass fan turbine places.
Bah, replied to wrong comment. Careless people are careless!
I got bored one spring and decided to build a quadcopter. Because I'm close to an RAF base and because we sometimes get Pumas and Chinooks doing low level training over the [abandoned] airfield where I work, I checked VFR chart. Turns out I'm at the very end of a MATZ (Military Air Traffic Zone) stub, so you can legally fly up to 1,000ft below, or 3,000ft above - not a problem for me.
It's not hard to find out the rules. Stupid people are stupid and lazy people are lazy. No point tarring everyone with the same brush.
I was about to ask what the outcome of the enquiry was, and then realised you meant a helium balloon, not one with a basket full of people hanging below it.
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Without a doubt there are different problems. Some will argue that the UK has made it too easy for them not to assimilate - can't speak English, have a translator, etc. Some will argue that the problem is with 2nd & 3rd generation British Muslims* - they've rose tinted glasses about "back home", ignoring the fact their parents & grandparents fought tooth and nail to leave the aforementioned "paradise". All the reasons people come up with will have a modicum of truth.
* It's not just a Muslim issue - an Indian in university (Sikh) got annoyed when I called him English. The conversation went a bit like this:
Him: I'm Indian
Me: Oh, when did you move to London?
H: I've always lived here
M: So you're English.
H: No I'm Indian
M: How long have you lived in India?
H: Never
M: Ok then, what passport do you have
H: British
M: You're English...
So, I cobbled some highly inefficient javascript together with nodejs and have left it parsing comments for the following article. The censored comments are fairly innocuous. You're apparently not allowed to cite Breitbart articles either.
Would you have accepted it if the AC cited The Independent?
Have a look at Trevor Phillips' bio - he was a Labour politician, running for Mayor of London. Granted, he wasn't too pally with Red Ken, but he's not exactly Nigel Farage.
When I get off my arse, I want to write a script that scrapes comments, and if it sees they've been removed, flag the cached record as such. That way I can see what's been deleted. It would be pretty easy to then tweet them automagically. In fact, that might be my task before the pub quiz tonight.
"The Guardian Publishes Comment Abuse Stats, Invites Debate On Moderation" - by disabling commenting on the article in the link. I'm a regular on the Grauniad's website, and their censoring of comments has become ridiculous. I've have comments removed because I highlighted an author's hypocrisy, use of logical fallacies and general intellectual dishonesty.
"This is what it feels like when you have two college classes with a gay guy that keeps trying to flirt with you. Or at least, that was my particular experience."
That's not because he's gay, it's because he's an asshole. Now you know how women feel when some dickhead keeps coming on to them even after being told no. Put simply, some people are assholes, regardless of gender, sexual orientation, colour or creed.
"Parachutes will slow down the descent..." - only in relation to the speed it was previously doing. The shuttle's SRBs splashed down at speeds in the region of 50mph. Soyuz capsules descend at about 24 ft/s (16mph) and use retro rockets to reduce the speed further.
"...thrusters would only need to be fired horizontally..." - thrusters that the 1st stage doesn't have. It has some cold RCS thrusters at the top for attitude control, but the amount of fuel needed for horizontal translation against a modest 10kt breeze would be massive. This stage landed on a rotating and vertically translating ship in a 40-50kt gale.
"...vertical thrust for super smooth landing" - which is exactly what SpaceX are doing. Remember, a single Merlin engine provides too much thrust to hover, so it'll have to fire at exactly at the right time anyway.
Put simply, explain how to slow a stage from 7,000 + km/h using just parachutes so it lands within a previously designated area of 300x170 ft in gale force winds. If you can, ESA, ULA & Roscosmos have a job for you.