so that all information on the internet about a person is available at one convenient location. This will prevent employees from wasting time googling their own name...
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I never asked you to quit. I told you you should quit (costly, bad for you, bad for those around you, inconvenient, and no benefits to continuing other than withdrawl avoidance). I wouldn't ask you to. I'll just call you stupid or weak willed for continuing. That is fine by me. Sorry I misinterpreted.
Then I have to say you are an idiot. I made it clear that my point was "bad smokers ruined it for everyone else, now live with the consequences." You have stated that you aren't a bad smoker so you should have to live with the consequences. I don't care. It's too late. I'd tell the same thing to skateboarders. The punks in the 70s/80s trashed public areas and got them banned, and now it's more popular and responsible, the laws banning them from pretty much everywhere still stand. Wouldn't you be pissed if you were a skateboarder and someone was doing thins that could potentially make your pursuit of 'boarding worse for you? I tell people to watch themselves when it could possibly take away some of my privileges. It's not as if ALL is lost. If marijuana users did not end up smoking cocaine, it wouldn't be banned as a gateway drug. So if you are a pothead, you try to prevent your fellow potheads from trying coke. Get my drift?
I did no such thing. You obviously don't even know what that word means. I have described traits of bad smokers. You have stated you have seen such and don't like them either. We were talking about things that smokers do. I never said all (which would be a generalization, not a stereotype). I never said you did them because you were a smoker (which would be a stereotype). Stereotype: A conventional, formulaic, and oversimplified conception, opinion, or image
You called me stupid for smoking. I think that qualifies.
Regardless, while the stereotype may be true, I am just saying that it does not help.
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Protected environment is where it is HARD for someone to bully you. A regulated environment is where it is illegal to say something that could be construed as bullying you. I do not mind the former. The latter is scary.
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Voluntary exposure of intimate details is not very smart if you are worried about certain pictures/facts leaking. Rumors are just that and if they affect you in any way, you can always sue. The legal system kicks in when it gets serious, but before that, it is just a friendly reminder of the ways of the internet. What would you rather have? Some kid getting 'aggressive emails' or regulation of expression on the internet?
If it is serious, go to the authorities. If it is not, don't whine.
I feel uncomfortable smoking in the crowded presence of non-smokers due to having to blow smoke away from them and not make everyone's clothes smell bad. Still, by taking away designated smoking areas, you have not managed to relegate us anywhere, but instead encouraged us to smoke in unregulated public areas where a lot of people might gather. Furthermore, do you honestly think that Philip Morris hires no one? You may not approve of my actions, but it is still hypocritical of you to ask a smoker to quit. We all have our vices and you are pointing a finger at me while continuing to indulge in activities for your own pleasure that pollute the env and causes damage to my health. Driving was an example - Some people use a car as a luxury/for convenience etc... and I can make the same claims about them. You definitely indulge in activities you enjoy that pollute the environment and harm me. Therefore, all I am saying that this is a case of pot calling the kettle black.
Regarding smokers dirtying surroundings and smoking in strangers' houses, I usually take it upon myself to tell them off. In fact, I often yell at people for spitting while they smoke. Some of us do have a sense of right and wrong and most of us are trying to quit. You are certainly not helping by stereotyping smokers.
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Ooh! I have some great wisdom for you! You know those little bic lighters? Wear jeans and stick them in your pocket next to the 'rib' that runs down the side. I accidentally carried one through an airport once and they did not pick it up. Haven't tried it since though (matches work for me just fine), but every time I travel, I see that there's no way thay would pick it up. Maybe I look harmless, but I still DO look Arab according to most people (including Arabs)
I am amazed at the inefficiency of their search mechanism at enforcing one of the stupider rules they've come up with to alleviate the masses' fears.
Disclaimer: This post is not intended to encourage anyone to carry a lighter on an aircraft. Please follow regulations always:)
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What kind of a car do you drive? Are you strictly utilitarian? Do you have any liking for a particular activity for your entertainment? Do you waste electricity on video games? Have you ever lit a campfire? Even had a BBQ in your garden?
Quit smoking, you smelly, drug-addicted throwback. I do not feel like it. You can stick your self righteousness where it belongs.
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But with English -- unlike almost any other language -- you can look at a word and immediately know that its roots are in Greek, or Latin, or French, or Celtic, or whether it's a modern loan word. This has massive benefits for advanced literacy, as it means you actually know more words than you think you do, and can quite accurately guess at the meaning of new words you encounter -- which is of far greater utility than simply knowing how to say the word. Get the sound wrong and people will correct you almost immediately, so what's the problem? All great points! It also helps a lot with spelling of words - atleast for me. when I was little, I used to get confused about the spelling of 'sepa(e)rate', 'tempe(a)rature' and 'occurrence(ocurrence, occurence)' with my mistakes in brackets. To my delight, I learnt words like disparate, parity, temper, recurrence etc... which greatly helped in spelling these words by using common roots. Spelling in other languages is often easier because you can memorize rules, but my point is that it is not all that hard to spell in english.
Basically with 2 out of the following 3 characteristics of a word: Meaning, spelling and pronunciation, you can usually figure out the third. Which is fine by me.
What, redesign things so that you can poison others for the convenience of your addiction? Do you bike to work sir? Do you pollute MY environment and thusly poison me? Do you ever perspire?
I am a considerate smoker (I try to restrict my smoking only to designated areas), but it gets hard when those designated areas are snatched from me. I feel uncomfortable smoking in the midst of a crowd of people waiting for a taxi just as much as they feel uncomfortable due to my smoking. But it is because of hypocritical people against smoking (while they pollute the environment and release toxic chemicals into the atmosphere at will in their SUVs) that we do not manage to keep smoking away from you. As for emptying ashtrays at intersections - no sir, I have never and will never do such a thing. I apologize on behalf of all the asses who have.
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Why can't you develop a means of not smoking in public places? I don;t want to. I enjoy smoking.
I personally could care less if you want to feed your nicotine addiction by smoking tobacco or shooting it, or whether you'd like to chew fiberglass or smoke arsenic in your spare time. But for the rest of us who find the smell and smog offensive and the thought of even more lethal second-hand smoke less than attractive, please abstain. You do not care about my love for smoking (or my legal right to); Why should I care about your perceived fears of lung cancer from second hand smoke?
BTW, I have never smoked in the presence of anyone who does not degrade the environment and the air around me thereby reducing my lifespan by subjecting me to pollution. Erase your carbon footprint on the planet and I'll butt out.
Especially in crowded areas like airports. Have you ever been to Frankfurt? After my last couple visits I'll be routing flights around it if for no other reasons than that it smells like a truck stop. Wait, I'll take that back as it's unfair to the last couple of truck stops I've been to. I'm all for segregation of smokers and non-smokers! I'll fly only through smoking airports and you can fly through the others. I sure hope you don't travel abroad very often.
P.S. All smokers know that smoking's bad for them. We do it anyways. Your anti-smoking propaganda does not help us quit; it only makes you feel holier. When you stop adversely affecting the environment and give up all things that are bad for you, I shall consider your POV. Until then, you are a hypocrite.
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My flight to Singapore: not a half day... 16 hours of not smoking just drives me to peg upon peg of scotch...
Fortunately, all international airports have smoking sections.
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The load rating (i.e. 100% load) is a product of the lowest common denominator of design safety factors throughout the aircraft. Testing beyond 100% load is an *extra* margin of safety because 100% load already incorporates safety factors appropriate for human life. This clarifies it for me! thanks... maybe I will climb onboard one of these carbon fiber planes after all!
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In practice, the regulations are the product of generations of actual aviation experience and are driven by the industry itself. In fact, every proposed regulation or change to an existing regulation is subject to public review. In theory, any citizen is free to comment but, in practice, the aviation industry experts have far more clout. I have actually sat on such advisory committees and participated in the drafting of recommendation (not wings but, other critical structural elements)
So, in short, the FAA will not be culpable because they didn't dictate that limit, it evolved over time and experience. Also, bear in mind this is only the ultimate static load test - there are others, including a power spectral density analysis which evolved from the old "sharp-edged gust load". I guess as long as there is no negligence/malice, no one can really be held responsible. I guess I am OK with that as an engineer, but if I were a victim (either a consumer or a shareholder), I'd want to blame someone.
Okay....can't really speak to your personal experience, I'm mearly referencing the regulations themselves. Just that I considered a general ethical principle of design that you design with a safety factor of about 3 for things that involve human life.
Where the Von-Mises criterion will plot as an ellipse set at 45 degrees, The Tresca criterion is a hexagon inscribed in that ellipse (Tresca's Hexagon) [Refernce Bruhn, Meyers & Chawla, et. al]. You'd be hard pressed to show any point where they differ by a factor of 2. On re-reading, my statement was definitely wrong... I was expressing my visualization as follows:
1) You shoot for 66%(1.5 safety factor) of the Tresca criterion.
2) The safety factor of this in terms of the VM criterion at some points and can go up to 2 (my estimate - probably inaccurate)...
3)I consider a safety factor of 2 to be 'twice' as safe as a safety factor of 1.5...
Now after typing it out, I don't feel so clear about what I was trying to say...heh! Sorry if this is still confusing...
Anyway, the gist of this whole convoluted way of expressing things was that several factors (including what criteria we pick) play into calculating safety factors and therefore, 150% loading might actually be a very safe standard (as other people have pointed out). I jsut wanted to ask if this was the indeed the case.
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Engineering ethics usually dictates that where human life is involved, you place a safety factor of atleast 2.5 to 3. It has nothing to do with maximums and what is allowed. It is however possible that at 150% loading, the stress on the wing is 3 times as much which will satisfy the ethical guideline. I am not sure that is the case though - which is why I ask.
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If there's one in the Salt Lake City airport, I've never been able to find it. SLC had one about an year ago for sure. In fact, it was wonderful - Glass walled and everything. Except for all the Utahoanites smoking Dorals.
There was one in Chicago though, last time I went through there, about 4 years ago.
Also, St. Louis has one, in the middle of the D gates. Chicago I am pretty sure there's none now... I was just there the weekend before the last.
By Washington - I meant DC (don't remember which one, but probably was Reagan)
In Seattle and SFO, now, you can't even smoke on the sidewalks out front anymore. That's because Expedia runs Vista...
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If our intrepid engineers manage to test to 200% for 3 second, then somebody is going to come along and say, "let's see if we can make the wings lighter"
Actually, I wrote some code to do just this. The software that the algorithm is a part of is used by both Boeing and Airbus apart from most other aircraft manufacturers. So I think they probably have done the analysis at the design stage a LOOOONG time ago.
As it turns out, validating airframe structures with respect to FAA airworthiness requirements is kinda what I do for a living.
If something does go wrong, is the FAA culpable if it turns out the limit was too low? I have rarely seen a safety factor of 1.5 for something that involves human life. Then again, Tresca and Von Mises criterion may themselves differ by a factor of close to 2...
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Fewer do than not... Atlanta only has it in their intl terminal, Salt Lake City and Detroit have one while Richmond, Portland, Chicago, Washington, Tampa, Seattle all do not (IIRC)... Maybe kayak should come up with a 'Smoking route search' that only routes you through airports that do not need you to go through security to smoke. Should be an easy twaek to their software...I'd pay 10-15 bucks more...
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Well... All it would take is a 6 hour FEA analysis. Any sophomore Mech Engg student can calculate it by hand in under 5 minutes to an order of magnitude accuracy and validate the FEA results and they can use the one they have for the left side of the first plane they sell...
P.S. You won't catch me flying ANA too soon...
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Perhaps this is an inane question, but did Boeing redesign their aeroplane to accommodate the flex-wings? The craft will be lighter, they can utilize the increased flex to their advantage (refer to the McLaren front wing in their F1 cars) and such. I presume from the 787 name that it will remain a similar design to existing crafts, but research is probably under way...Let's hope for the best
Regardless, this should be a cheaper aircraft to operate. But are we going to be paying lesser for flights? I don't think so... But can they atleast put in smoking sections at airports or develop technology so that I do not have to remove my shoes everytime I want to smoke at a stopover?
Actually, Sprint offers unlimited data, 500 minutes, nights n weekends (nights start at 7) and mobile to mobile calling for $30. This is however under the SERO plan which no one's heard of. http://www.sprint.com/sero (I think it is open to everyone now... just google for the current email address they want you to use)
Why is the guy being prosecuted? Should it not be the 'publisher' which would be wordpress.com? Wordpress is just as much responsible for Bildt's blog as Bildt is responsible for a comment to the blog... ergo...
"Psychic spies from China crying to pass deregulation...
Little girls from Sweden dream of free speech legislation...
If you want these kind of dreams, just come to Colbert Nation..."'
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From the perspective of an Indian student, Computer Science is often confused with Software Engineering.
Computer Science is a B.Sc program that lasts 3 years in India. This encompasses roughly half of what they teach in BS programs in the US.
The B.Tech in Comp Science program is a 4 year program and teaches you Software Engineering with a heavy focus on programming. This is usually what almost everyone who gets into an engineering program wants to do and if you are in the top 10% of the applicants who got in, you are considered a fool if you pick something 'lower' like Mech. Engg:)
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That it should be released on the same day as a device that teased otherwise, but was virtually closed to 3rd party development.
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Do they get a free download of the CD?
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so that all information on the internet about a person is available at one convenient location. This will prevent employees from wasting time googling their own name...
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Cheers! -- Vig
Protected environment is where it is HARD for someone to bully you. A regulated environment is where it is illegal to say something that could be construed as bullying you. I do not mind the former. The latter is scary.
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Voluntary exposure of intimate details is not very smart if you are worried about certain pictures/facts leaking. Rumors are just that and if they affect you in any way, you can always sue. The legal system kicks in when it gets serious, but before that, it is just a friendly reminder of the ways of the internet. What would you rather have? Some kid getting 'aggressive emails' or regulation of expression on the internet?
If it is serious, go to the authorities. If it is not, don't whine.
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I feel uncomfortable smoking in the crowded presence of non-smokers due to having to blow smoke away from them and not make everyone's clothes smell bad. Still, by taking away designated smoking areas, you have not managed to relegate us anywhere, but instead encouraged us to smoke in unregulated public areas where a lot of people might gather. Furthermore, do you honestly think that Philip Morris hires no one? You may not approve of my actions, but it is still hypocritical of you to ask a smoker to quit. We all have our vices and you are pointing a finger at me while continuing to indulge in activities for your own pleasure that pollute the env and causes damage to my health. Driving was an example - Some people use a car as a luxury/for convenience etc... and I can make the same claims about them. You definitely indulge in activities you enjoy that pollute the environment and harm me. Therefore, all I am saying that this is a case of pot calling the kettle black.
Regarding smokers dirtying surroundings and smoking in strangers' houses, I usually take it upon myself to tell them off. In fact, I often yell at people for spitting while they smoke. Some of us do have a sense of right and wrong and most of us are trying to quit. You are certainly not helping by stereotyping smokers.
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Cyberbullying has been the norm in usenet ngs for the longest time. It's time the 'poor little college kid' on facebook got hazed as well...
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Ooh! I have some great wisdom for you! You know those little bic lighters? Wear jeans and stick them in your pocket next to the 'rib' that runs down the side. I accidentally carried one through an airport once and they did not pick it up. Haven't tried it since though (matches work for me just fine), but every time I travel, I see that there's no way thay would pick it up. Maybe I look harmless, but I still DO look Arab according to most people (including Arabs) :)
I am amazed at the inefficiency of their search mechanism at enforcing one of the stupider rules they've come up with to alleviate the masses' fears.
Disclaimer: This post is not intended to encourage anyone to carry a lighter on an aircraft. Please follow regulations always
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Basically with 2 out of the following 3 characteristics of a word: Meaning, spelling and pronunciation, you can usually figure out the third. Which is fine by me.
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I am a considerate smoker (I try to restrict my smoking only to designated areas), but it gets hard when those designated areas are snatched from me. I feel uncomfortable smoking in the midst of a crowd of people waiting for a taxi just as much as they feel uncomfortable due to my smoking. But it is because of hypocritical people against smoking (while they pollute the environment and release toxic chemicals into the atmosphere at will in their SUVs) that we do not manage to keep smoking away from you. As for emptying ashtrays at intersections - no sir, I have never and will never do such a thing. I apologize on behalf of all the asses who have.
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BTW, I have never smoked in the presence of anyone who does not degrade the environment and the air around me thereby reducing my lifespan by subjecting me to pollution. Erase your carbon footprint on the planet and I'll butt out.
Especially in crowded areas like airports. Have you ever been to Frankfurt? After my last couple visits I'll be routing flights around it if for no other reasons than that it smells like a truck stop. Wait, I'll take that back as it's unfair to the last couple of truck stops I've been to. I'm all for segregation of smokers and non-smokers! I'll fly only through smoking airports and you can fly through the others. I sure hope you don't travel abroad very often.
P.S. All smokers know that smoking's bad for them. We do it anyways. Your anti-smoking propaganda does not help us quit; it only makes you feel holier. When you stop adversely affecting the environment and give up all things that are bad for you, I shall consider your POV. Until then, you are a hypocrite.
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My flight to Singapore: not a half day ... 16 hours of not smoking just drives me to peg upon peg of scotch...
Fortunately, all international airports have smoking sections. Cheers!
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1) You shoot for 66%(1.5 safety factor) of the Tresca criterion.
2) The safety factor of this in terms of the VM criterion at some points and can go up to 2 (my estimate - probably inaccurate)...
3)I consider a safety factor of 2 to be 'twice' as safe as a safety factor of 1.5...
Now after typing it out, I don't feel so clear about what I was trying to say...heh! Sorry if this is still confusing...
Anyway, the gist of this whole convoluted way of expressing things was that several factors (including what criteria we pick) play into calculating safety factors and therefore, 150% loading might actually be a very safe standard (as other people have pointed out). I jsut wanted to ask if this was the indeed the case.
Cheers!
Engineering ethics usually dictates that where human life is involved, you place a safety factor of atleast 2.5 to 3. It has nothing to do with maximums and what is allowed. It is however possible that at 150% loading, the stress on the wing is 3 times as much which will satisfy the ethical guideline. I am not sure that is the case though - which is why I ask.
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There was one in Chicago though, last time I went through there, about 4 years ago. Also, St. Louis has one, in the middle of the D gates. Chicago I am pretty sure there's none now... I was just there the weekend before the last. By Washington - I meant DC (don't remember which one, but probably was Reagan)
In Seattle and SFO, now, you can't even smoke on the sidewalks out front anymore. That's because Expedia runs Vista...
Cheers!
Actually, I wrote some code to do just this. The software that the algorithm is a part of is used by both Boeing and Airbus apart from most other aircraft manufacturers. So I think they probably have done the analysis at the design stage a LOOOONG time ago.
As it turns out, validating airframe structures with respect to FAA airworthiness requirements is kinda what I do for a living.
If something does go wrong, is the FAA culpable if it turns out the limit was too low? I have rarely seen a safety factor of 1.5 for something that involves human life. Then again, Tresca and Von Mises criterion may themselves differ by a factor of close to 2...
Cheers!
Fewer do than not... Atlanta only has it in their intl terminal, Salt Lake City and Detroit have one while Richmond, Portland, Chicago, Washington, Tampa, Seattle all do not (IIRC)... Maybe kayak should come up with a 'Smoking route search' that only routes you through airports that do not need you to go through security to smoke. Should be an easy twaek to their software...I'd pay 10-15 bucks more...
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Well... All it would take is a 6 hour FEA analysis. Any sophomore Mech Engg student can calculate it by hand in under 5 minutes to an order of magnitude accuracy and validate the FEA results and they can use the one they have for the left side of the first plane they sell...
P.S. You won't catch me flying ANA too soon...
Cheers!
Perhaps this is an inane question, but did Boeing redesign their aeroplane to accommodate the flex-wings? The craft will be lighter, they can utilize the increased flex to their advantage (refer to the McLaren front wing in their F1 cars) and such. I presume from the 787 name that it will remain a similar design to existing crafts, but research is probably under way...Let's hope for the best
Regardless, this should be a cheaper aircraft to operate. But are we going to be paying lesser for flights? I don't think so... But can they atleast put in smoking sections at airports or develop technology so that I do not have to remove my shoes everytime I want to smoke at a stopover?
Cheers!
Actually, Sprint offers unlimited data, 500 minutes, nights n weekends (nights start at 7) and mobile to mobile calling for $30. This is however under the SERO plan which no one's heard of. http://www.sprint.com/sero (I think it is open to everyone now... just google for the current email address they want you to use)
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Why is the guy being prosecuted? Should it not be the 'publisher' which would be wordpress.com? Wordpress is just as much responsible for Bildt's blog as Bildt is responsible for a comment to the blog... ergo... "Psychic spies from China crying to pass deregulation... Little girls from Sweden dream of free speech legislation... If you want these kind of dreams, just come to Colbert Nation..."' Cheers!
From the perspective of an Indian student, Computer Science is often confused with Software Engineering.
:)
Computer Science is a B.Sc program that lasts 3 years in India. This encompasses roughly half of what they teach in BS programs in the US.
The B.Tech in Comp Science program is a 4 year program and teaches you Software Engineering with a heavy focus on programming. This is usually what almost everyone who gets into an engineering program wants to do and if you are in the top 10% of the applicants who got in, you are considered a fool if you pick something 'lower' like Mech. Engg
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