A phenomenon called free surface effect. When carrying an actual liquid cargo as in a tanker the tanks are 'pressed up,' i.e. the cargo is filled to the very top of the tank, which prevents it from moving from side to side with the motion of the ship. Solid cargoes are not loaded in this way, so if they liquefy they move from side to side with the rolling of the ship. This can result in catastrophic instability, and the ship can capsize. Remember the Spirit of Free Enterprise that capsized in Zeebrugge harbour when the OOD forgot to close the stern doors and the car deck flooded? Wikipedia has a short article on the free surface effect (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_surface_effect) that explains it better.
I think the story is quite likely an early April Fool's joke. (The problem with that theory is why pick Microsoft? A cunning selection of the highly improbable target of the joke to make it seem credible?)
No, the problem with that theory is that it isn't April Fools' Day.
The people who get promoted to bosshood are the ones who spend their days wandering around the office like wet dreams gossiping and yapping like those irritating little white dogs that can't shut the fuck up for more than 30 consecutive seconds. They are not the ones who do the work. Then they promote others who are like them, so on and on it goes.
Nicotine is addictive? Stop the presses! Hold the front page! FFS, is stating the bleeding obvious the new fashion?
Here's the thing: vaping is almost certainly healthier than smoking. Many people--myself included--have successfully stopped smoking by switching to vaping. I can't think of any reason why someone who vapes should switch to smoking. It simply doesn't make sense.
Exactly! The fashion now--for red wine at least--is to have a huge balloon glass and pour a tiny puddle of red wine into it. The size of the glass has nothing to do with the amount of wine that ends up actually being poured into it.
Rule 5
Look-out
. Every vessel shall at all times maintain a proper look-out by sight and hearing as well as by all available means
appropriate in the prevailing circumstances and conditions so as to make a full appraisal of the situation and of the risk
of collision.
If you don't like them on the left, you can move them back to the right very much more simply than changing distros. There are on-line lessons on how to use Google.
Not so. I switched to Linux about 10 years ago because I was tired of continually having to tinker with windows to get it to do what it was supposed to do. Linux allowed me to use my computer to do actual work, and not have to do worry about the machine doing what it wanted to do instead of what I wanted it to do.
In my country, Netflix charges the same subscription rate as the US, but they offer only 16% of the content available in the US. Therefore everyone who uses Netflix here uses the US version via a VPN. If Netfix block VPNs, no one will remain a subscriber.
just the old Navstar satellites which were in polar orbit so didn't provide fixes very often if you were near the equator.
Sorry, but why do you get fewer fixes near the equator? Were the orbits set up with apogee over the poles to provide more "hang time" in polar areas?
I guess such a system would have been optimised for navigating nuclear-loaded bombers to their targets flying over the North Polar regions. It's not as if the system was designed for civilian convenience, after all.
No, the satellites were in polar orbits, which means they orbited in north-south direction following a particular meridian. Picture the meridians: they are further apart at the equator than the poles, hence fewer fixes.
Practice is key. When I was at sea in the 70's and 80's, we didn't have GPS, just the old Navstar satellites which were in polar orbit so didn't provide fixes very often if you were near the equator. Company regulations were that noon position was fixed by sun sights in the morning combined with latitude observation at noon, and fix by star sights at morning and evening twilight. After a while it becomes so routine you can almost do it in your sleep.
Today I wouldn't go to sea without paper charts, almanac, Norie's or Burton's tables and a good supply of 2B pencils, not because I don't like GPS, but because I can't trust something provided by a government which may be switched off at any time for any reason.
The same thing happened some years back with fingerprint evidence. The people who are responsible for the analysis of forensic evidence should be 'blind', i.e. they should not have access to the context of the case. If they are given two fingerprints to match, they should merely be asked whether or not they are a match, and not told where they come from or even which case they pertain to. Then there would be far less bias. Also, they should not testify in trials, merely issue an affidavit of their results.
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A phenomenon called free surface effect. When carrying an actual liquid cargo as in a tanker the tanks are 'pressed up,' i.e. the cargo is filled to the very top of the tank, which prevents it from moving from side to side with the motion of the ship. Solid cargoes are not loaded in this way, so if they liquefy they move from side to side with the rolling of the ship. This can result in catastrophic instability, and the ship can capsize. Remember the Spirit of Free Enterprise that capsized in Zeebrugge harbour when the OOD forgot to close the stern doors and the car deck flooded? Wikipedia has a short article on the free surface effect (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_surface_effect) that explains it better.
Those two anecdotes are stories of people hoping to magically get rich quick. The outcome is unsurprising.
Exactly. There is a difference between 'investing' and 'gambling.' Those who don't know the difference get burned. Shame.
As for your computer... It's not really yours, you know.
Flightgear runs fine on Linux, and is as accurate as far as I can tell on the Cessna 172.
So soes X-plane.
No, the problem with that theory is that it isn't April Fools' Day.
The people who get promoted to bosshood are the ones who spend their days wandering around the office like wet dreams gossiping and yapping like those irritating little white dogs that can't shut the fuck up for more than 30 consecutive seconds. They are not the ones who do the work. Then they promote others who are like them, so on and on it goes.
Nicotine is addictive? Stop the presses! Hold the front page! FFS, is stating the bleeding obvious the new fashion?
Here's the thing: vaping is almost certainly healthier than smoking. Many people--myself included--have successfully stopped smoking by switching to vaping. I can't think of any reason why someone who vapes should switch to smoking. It simply doesn't make sense.
Exactly! The fashion now--for red wine at least--is to have a huge balloon glass and pour a tiny puddle of red wine into it. The size of the glass has nothing to do with the amount of wine that ends up actually being poured into it.
A one-armed robber?
My dog has an account. Is this a real or fake account?
Were their eyes hacked as well?
My car: 2006 Ford Fiesta, bought new. 208,000 kms on the clock, no breakdowns--ever. One anecdote to your nothing....
If you don't like them on the left, you can move them back to the right very much more simply than changing distros. There are on-line lessons on how to use Google.
Me too. Where would you put the ILS? How would that work?
Not so. I switched to Linux about 10 years ago because I was tired of continually having to tinker with windows to get it to do what it was supposed to do. Linux allowed me to use my computer to do actual work, and not have to do worry about the machine doing what it wanted to do instead of what I wanted it to do.
"Lorry" isn't slang, it's a proper word.
Agreed. Just look at his name: Archie Bunker, the very caricature of ignorance and stupidity. This guy's the real thing. Hoo boy....
Driving in high heeled shoes sound so awesomely stupid....
I probably would have hyphenated the compound adjective and pluralised sound, thus: Driving in high-heeled shoes sounds so awesomely stupid...
In my country, Netflix charges the same subscription rate as the US, but they offer only 16% of the content available in the US. Therefore everyone who uses Netflix here uses the US version via a VPN. If Netfix block VPNs, no one will remain a subscriber.
Igloos.
OK - and the beams from the satellite were relatively narrow. Or you needed the satellite to be at a particular range of azimuths? Sorry, altitudes.
Yes, a fix was only possible if the satellite was more than 15 degrees above the horizon.
Sorry, but why do you get fewer fixes near the equator? Were the orbits set up with apogee over the poles to provide more "hang time" in polar areas? I guess such a system would have been optimised for navigating nuclear-loaded bombers to their targets flying over the North Polar regions. It's not as if the system was designed for civilian convenience, after all.
No, the satellites were in polar orbits, which means they orbited in north-south direction following a particular meridian. Picture the meridians: they are further apart at the equator than the poles, hence fewer fixes.
Practice is key. When I was at sea in the 70's and 80's, we didn't have GPS, just the old Navstar satellites which were in polar orbit so didn't provide fixes very often if you were near the equator. Company regulations were that noon position was fixed by sun sights in the morning combined with latitude observation at noon, and fix by star sights at morning and evening twilight. After a while it becomes so routine you can almost do it in your sleep. Today I wouldn't go to sea without paper charts, almanac, Norie's or Burton's tables and a good supply of 2B pencils, not because I don't like GPS, but because I can't trust something provided by a government which may be switched off at any time for any reason.
Now every Tom, Dick and Harry will be falling pregnant.
There was a dog who was an Able Seaman in the Royal Navy. Perhaps we'll see one as a justice on SCOTUS one day...
The same thing happened some years back with fingerprint evidence. The people who are responsible for the analysis of forensic evidence should be 'blind', i.e. they should not have access to the context of the case. If they are given two fingerprints to match, they should merely be asked whether or not they are a match, and not told where they come from or even which case they pertain to. Then there would be far less bias. Also, they should not testify in trials, merely issue an affidavit of their results.