Come to think of it DVDs are 20 (or more?) years old. In fact if you give someone a DVD, they look at you like you gave them a VHS. When they don't look at you weird, they never watch it because 1) they can't figure out how to play it on their computer, 2) they put it in a DVD player but cannot figure out how to switch the TV set to view the player (it's been years since they've done it), 3) they only watch streaming videos, 4) they ***only*** view videos on their phone, or 5) ain't got the time to watch the video (but lots of time to rant about it in the forums).
I'm reading the comments (like most I don't bother to RTFA) and thinking where is her picture or the news article when she went on a rampage at a Comcast office after losing her cool with customer service.
In 1990s I was fortunate to get some coaching by an old guy on curly quotes, apostrophes, em dashes, etc. when preparing newsletters for a non-profit. He showed real quote marks, not inch and foot pounds. Wordprocessors were becoming common so us regular folk can do are own typesetting. Remember back in those days when printed material looked like ransom notes because uneducated went font crazy? This guy gave me a brief overview, he also was impressed I had my own Strunk and White, he gave me a small book "The PC is not a typewriter" by Robin Williams (no, not the comedian), dang my comment here on/. shows inch marks.
Though this guy was in his 80s, he kept up with computer technologies. He even showed me he found a new font that is a little different than typical Times New Roman (I couldn't tell the difference) but he was really excited about it as he got cranking on some newsletters. He learned about typesetting with direct hands-on approach when as a teenager he worked at a printing shop where typesetters used the linotype machines, when a page was completed they'd dump all the characters in a box (and there were lots of pages) and he would have to sort each one individually (I forgot details he described but these were not lead characters usually used so couldn't be melted down). It was very tedious and boring so he learned fast about typesetting and printing to find more interesting work than sorting characters.
Help me out: What's the problem with socialism, exactly?
Someone wrote this and I saved it in my diatribes folder, I forgot to note the originator:
Do not confuse Stalinism or Maoism with socialism, those first two where strictly police states with the masquerade of what ever political system they were pretending to be. This being no different to Nazism.
So want to see socialism, first the psychopaths have to go, quite simply they will corrupt any ism they are a part of, attempt to turn it into an authoritarian state where they have control and can dominate and exploit the citizens of that society.
Socialism is the system that the majority of people were born into, the family unit, a socialist government is basically about expanding the socialism of the family unit into the greater community to gain the all to obvious outcomes, a caring and sharing society of human beings and the extended family concept.
The 'Free Market' is straight up marketing lie because it is wholly and totally dependent upon nothing in that market ever being Free, everything 'owned' and 'controlled', so that those with the most can control and exploit those with the least. With everything that can be owned being owned, including all of the essentials to life, so that denial of life becomes the tool of exploitation of the not free at all market place of human lives.
Either we shift to socialism or die as a species, that is the choice, suck it up.
I believe she still has success with music sales and concerts, obviously not as much as before, surprisingly Britney managed to keep active in the business this long. I was thinking of her doing another genre like Julie London singing songbook standards of Porter, Gershwin, Berlin, etc. and also wear the beautiful dresses like Julie, http://jazztimes.com/articles/...
I keep asking the same. Why, why, why?!?! I met a bank loan officer asking with one hack after another, and all of us are pretty much alarm fatigued by it all so we ignore it, is how does his bank deal with it? Does he get a lot of scam emails? His answer is they have triple layer, this and that security... Yeah I also asked we have heard this from many other companies and agencies, and yet they've been hacked. He couldn't really answer that question and I don't think anyone can.
I see why too - so many people I meet in the tech sector are classic Ayn Rand devotees who basically want the government dismantled anyway. Most techies are obsessed with automation and productivity and have no idea that basically every business in the world has to follow rules, pay corrupt officials, and has startup costs.
Even if it is some CIA guy who publicized the campaign emails. I'd be happy if they did the same for the republicans and their campaings,
I wonder why all the dirt that was spilled was from DNC and not the RNC. However, I see Putin in much favor of Trump because Trump wants NATO and Japan to "pay their share" of military spending. Argue what you want but this will weaken NATO and US forces in the pacific. NATO is an obstacle for Putin so the weaker it is the better for him. I expect US involvement in Poland (removal of ABM systems and F22s) and Ukraine to significantly drop, and rest of Europe have to look elsewhere for support. Also it seems Trump always praises Putin, never criticizes him. Based on that, seems perfectly logical to put a bunch of smart but hungry (Putin only pay them a few rubles) to hack systems, leak details, stir up the pot in Trump's favor.
Yeah, right. Tell that to Bush, Cheney, Rove, and millions of Americans. They were wrong, but they MADE Iraq about 9/11.
I find it ironic that these days people either say going to war in Iraq was a mistake or they never bring it up. I know some people who were totally gung ho about 2003 war and now say it was a mistake and they never supported it. Now there are many wanting sue the Saudis over 9/11 (unheard of 10 years ago back then). Then there's this Russian hack... duh... here we go again. Now if we can get CIA and FBI to declassify all the "good stuff" but it'd probably dismissed as fake news or most people will just not get it. It may be GB of data and most people don't understand networks (probably too "tubular").
Just asking as I wonder the political aspects. I'm not trying stir up another political diatribe (I admit it sure does seem like I am) but trying to speculate national policy that I see could impact Silicon Valley that sometime in the future this area will be economically depressed (there was a time with Detroit was an economic powerhouse, nobody foresaw it could become like it is). What we have is a new administration that claims to bring jobs back to US and not particularly accommodating to China.
We also have many powerful companies like Apple that are closely coupled with China and contribute to the Democratic Party. I see California as a separate "country" from the rest of US (maps show it as blue while most of continental US as red), huge immigrant percentage (and Trump is not particularly accommodating to immigrants). It seems to me Republicans would be pleased to see Silicon Valley along with rest of California economically take a nose dive that would reduce power with several Democrats (that make up most of the elected officials). IEEE article about tightening of H1B visas that would impact many SV companies. Of course there are many local people that are getting squeezed out which they'd be happy to see several of these SV companies go out of business. Trump talks about high tariffs on foreign made items (just about everything we buy), many of us are used to regularly buying cheap stuff and disposing it shortly after. I wonder if this will cause high tech startup and design go someplace else and SV becomes insignificant (there's not much oil to be drilled here so it does not fit into the petroleum centric of the Trump administration).
If such a thing were to happen then all these new buildings will go vacate, demographics significantly change, people paying mortgages on million dollar homes suddenly go "underwater," etc., etc., etc.
Kraft Erhicke said, “If God intended man to be a space faring species he would have given them a Moon.” (found this in Paul Spudis’ 2016 book 'Value of the Moon").
What I was getting at by being factious this the faith in capitalism to fix all problems, when you have a monopoly or collusion is why slow internet, i.e. the Seattle example.
Mamie Van Doren is still alive! Very active on facebook. Unlike other 1950s blonde bombshells (Monroe, Mansfield, Dors, Lansing) who all died before 50 (though Diana died in her early 50s), Mamie was determined to grow old. Mae West lived to considerable old age, I wonder if she were still around what kinds of posts she would have on FB. Techies should be familiar with Lamarr who found time to do techie stuff herself.
it's crap, many don't understand you need good infrastructure for a functioning modern society. But oh no, that would require more evil gubbermint to do all that. Leave it to private companies (yay capitalism), yeah sure and look what we got for internet. Yes, I bitchy today. What really gripes me is telco companies lobby legislation preventing cities and towns set up their own high speed internet (essential for businesses)
It seems all these DVRs require subscription and be tied to the internet. OK so I haven't surveyed the market, I don't subscribe to comcast DVR or Tivo as they all seem tied to the internet. My current DVR is the Panasonic DMR-E85H that functions just like the old school VHS but it has a harddrive, just press the button and it starts recording. It has a timer to set when I want to record (there's always some show or movie that plays during times when I'm at work or in bed). If I want to save it, then I can make a DVD. No, I don't pirate movies but I want to save them myself in case I want to watch again (and be able to use a different player), i.e. when TCM showed a bunch of Mamie Van Doren movies which they will never show again. However, it is NTSC analog and I have to set the cable box for specific channel.
It seems the Panasonic DMR-E85H (and the 75) was only on the market for a couple years then yanked probably because MAFIAA considers piracy a bigger problem than climate change, frugal economy, and terrorism. But wait! Aussie Panasonic has the DMR-BWT460GN, oooooo, looks real nice too. It's just like the SD models but this has huge HDD and Bluray. AC power is 220, USB to save files to external HDD and there is a RJ45 LAN jack to connect to a broadband router and get on the internet. It lists HDD info as recordable contents include mp4 and MPEG2. This beast covers every country except North America!
But then anything nowadays to record? Not often are old movies played on TV, outfits like TCM tend to show the same movies over and over (rare exceptions like the MVD movies). So is there anything worthwhile to record? For me I have no interest in football, Kardashians, etc. There is PBS, and on weekends CSPAN3 has interesting history programs. Late last night on CSPAN3 a program (I recorded it with my DMR-E85H) by Frank Capra made during WWII portrays Japan determined to rule the world through military conquest.
ah yes, I remember that particularly is I never noticed the wardrobe malfunction. I'm not into football but was with friends as they had a football party (was it a superbowl? I'm too lazy to look up the details). I remember about people discussing the lopsided team match, where one team seemed to have considerable skill over the other like the losing team was college kids going up against pro players. Then few days later comes this controversy, it took the FCC quite some time on how to deal with the matter. Janet Jackson took the fall but I always wondered why Justin Timberlake (who was the one that grabbed her costume) walked away untouched.
I'll probably never get to Italy but this new leaning tower is close by. Maybe go to top of building and take a selfie before it become uninhabitable. I wonder who will find a solution (can't ignore it forever), if they do I'm sure ASCE will present them with a spiffy award (and give them a free meal and free parking close by at their annual banquet).
So you are worried about rich people in SV that attempted to bribe the candidate who would write the regulation in their favor in order to screw the US workers.
no, I was simply asking about what will happen with many of these companies. Regarding rich people, many SV residents that are getting pushed out because of high cost of living would be happy to see many such as Google, Apple, and FB leave the area.
There are people on space forums criticizing Musk of his government funded "hobby rocket" and "Mars colonizing fantasy" (I agree the latter is a fantasy, as for the former all rockets are government funded except for those of you flying Estes). Though Elon may be the new Tony Stark and generates lots of excitement among younger generation, he is not an almighty God. Telsa and SpaceX have their problems and baggage but if these companies go, it will leave a huge gaping hole of capability. Who knows when Orion or CST100 will fly, Dragon provides both up and down cargo carrying now, and has a big door for big pieces of equipment to move in and out of ISS.
With all this anti-immigrant attitude that is sweeping the country, and with lots of immigrants here in blue state of California (that appears like a foreign country compared to rest of US in this now Trump administration), where will this put many Silicon Valley companies? I heard Ro Khanna got a lot of backing from many SV companies to unseat incumbent congressman Mike Honda because Khanna is a proponent of more H1Bs (disclaimer: I've not extensively researched the details). I can see why many companies are going to push for more visas in these last two months of current Administration (do it while they can). Anyway, as I see Apple being pressured to bring back jobs to US (yeah, lots of luck with that) then there many other companies either friends with Obama and backed Clinton in the election, how will they fit into the Trump regime?
I'm watching this big flying saucer taking place and wondering if it will become abandoned. I heard Apple does more of its business outside the US, all manufacturing and much of the engineering was offshored. They also have tens of billions in cash reserves so if under too much pressure, it seems they could easily abandoned the US altogether (will that make Microsoft the ***only*** source for typical computer OS?). It seems Trump divert trade and interactions with China (and do more with Russia?). Considering California (blue) is an outlier from the rest of country (red), "shooting down the flying saucer" may be a goal for new administration (yes, I'm imagining stuff). However, Apple hasn't made a lot of friends since (along with Google and others) have driven up housing costs in Silicon Valley.
Another aspect this was a huge cooperative program between England and France, think about that besides different language and culture,previously these two countries were wartime enemies for centuries. There's gotta be a huge discussion about that.
Interesting article and one mention, “Market research later in Concorde’s life revealed that customers thought Concorde was more expensive than it actually was. Ticket prices were progressively raised to match these perceptions.” The other aspect "it was killed mostly because it was more profitable to operate a more conventional plane" is something I have to think about (that doesn't make sense but then most of us making money decisions do it for very strange reasons).
Back in those days, SST was the big thing. In 1960s there were people living who remembered reading in newspapers about first airplane flight. With extremely fast development of airplanes, it seemed only natural SST will be primary way of getting around the planet. Cargo will fly on the 747s.
However, I think overall SSTs simply don't scale up especially these days as it may be faster (and reducing 18 hours in coach to 9 hours would be very nice) but overall looking at cost, travel time to airport, time getting through security, etc. Maybe costs can be reduced, sonic boom more quiet (NASA is working on that, http://www.nasa.gov/press-rele... ). However, we also have the Internet so people on long flights are not incognito for hours on end. For executives and the 1%, subsonic private jets are more preferred (there are some proposals for SST "Learjets"*) as simply drive to airport, grab stuff and hop on the plane (don't have to unload carryons, take off shoes and belt, have TSA get all in a hissy fit when they find a partially filled water bottle). So for most people will SSTs save that much time? Regarding speed, even the military doesn't go that fast (if need to, that's what a missile is for).
Back in 1990s when NASA was investigating HSCT I talked with a NASA aero engineer old enough to have worked on SST development work. He said for HSCT (they changed the acronym because SST had bad connotations) to be successful the overall aircraft has to have seats same price as subsonic coach (otherwise companies and vacation travelers are not going to pay even a little more). To achieve this the aircraft has to be much more fuel efficient than Concorde (which flew on afterburners) and has to have about 250 seats (if less, then price per seat will not be like subsonic coach).
* "Learjet" is a generic term like Kleenex, Band-Aid, Xerox people use to call privately owned small jet transports. You all airplane buffs at airports watching a Cessna Citation or a Grumman Gulfstream take off usually hear someone say "oh look, there goes a Learjet!"
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Come to think of it DVDs are 20 (or more?) years old. In fact if you give someone a DVD, they look at you like you gave them a VHS. When they don't look at you weird, they never watch it because 1) they can't figure out how to play it on their computer, 2) they put it in a DVD player but cannot figure out how to switch the TV set to view the player (it's been years since they've done it), 3) they only watch streaming videos, 4) they ***only*** view videos on their phone, or 5) ain't got the time to watch the video (but lots of time to rant about it in the forums).
I'm reading the comments (like most I don't bother to RTFA) and thinking where is her picture or the news article when she went on a rampage at a Comcast office after losing her cool with customer service.
At least this is what I see are drones placing piloted fighter jets in same category as horse cavalrys when the tank comes along.
In 1990s I was fortunate to get some coaching by an old guy on curly quotes, apostrophes, em dashes, etc. when preparing newsletters for a non-profit. He showed real quote marks, not inch and foot pounds. Wordprocessors were becoming common so us regular folk can do are own typesetting. Remember back in those days when printed material looked like ransom notes because uneducated went font crazy? This guy gave me a brief overview, he also was impressed I had my own Strunk and White, he gave me a small book "The PC is not a typewriter" by Robin Williams (no, not the comedian), dang my comment here on /. shows inch marks.
Though this guy was in his 80s, he kept up with computer technologies. He even showed me he found a new font that is a little different than typical Times New Roman (I couldn't tell the difference) but he was really excited about it as he got cranking on some newsletters. He learned about typesetting with direct hands-on approach when as a teenager he worked at a printing shop where typesetters used the linotype machines, when a page was completed they'd dump all the characters in a box (and there were lots of pages) and he would have to sort each one individually (I forgot details he described but these were not lead characters usually used so couldn't be melted down). It was very tedious and boring so he learned fast about typesetting and printing to find more interesting work than sorting characters.
Help me out: What's the problem with socialism, exactly?
Someone wrote this and I saved it in my diatribes folder, I forgot to note the originator:
Do not confuse Stalinism or Maoism with socialism, those first two where strictly police states with the masquerade of what ever political system they were pretending to be. This being no different to Nazism.
So want to see socialism, first the psychopaths have to go, quite simply they will corrupt any ism they are a part of, attempt to turn it into an authoritarian state where they have control and can dominate and exploit the citizens of that society.
Socialism is the system that the majority of people were born into, the family unit, a socialist government is basically about expanding the socialism of the family unit into the greater community to gain the all to obvious outcomes, a caring and sharing society of human beings and the extended family concept.
The 'Free Market' is straight up marketing lie because it is wholly and totally dependent upon nothing in that market ever being Free, everything 'owned' and 'controlled', so that those with the most can control and exploit those with the least. With everything that can be owned being owned, including all of the essentials to life, so that denial of life becomes the tool of exploitation of the not free at all market place of human lives.
Either we shift to socialism or die as a species, that is the choice, suck it up.
I believe she still has success with music sales and concerts, obviously not as much as before, surprisingly Britney managed to keep active in the business this long. I was thinking of her doing another genre like Julie London singing songbook standards of Porter, Gershwin, Berlin, etc. and also wear the beautiful dresses like Julie, http://jazztimes.com/articles/...
Why is there security consistently so bad?
I keep asking the same. Why, why, why?!?! I met a bank loan officer asking with one hack after another, and all of us are pretty much alarm fatigued by it all so we ignore it, is how does his bank deal with it? Does he get a lot of scam emails? His answer is they have triple layer, this and that security... Yeah I also asked we have heard this from many other companies and agencies, and yet they've been hacked. He couldn't really answer that question and I don't think anyone can.
I see why too - so many people I meet in the tech sector are classic Ayn Rand devotees who basically want the government dismantled anyway. Most techies are obsessed with automation and productivity and have no idea that basically every business in the world has to follow rules, pay corrupt officials, and has startup costs.
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Even if it is some CIA guy who publicized the campaign emails. I'd be happy if they did the same for the republicans and their campaings,
I wonder why all the dirt that was spilled was from DNC and not the RNC. However, I see Putin in much favor of Trump because Trump wants NATO and Japan to "pay their share" of military spending. Argue what you want but this will weaken NATO and US forces in the pacific. NATO is an obstacle for Putin so the weaker it is the better for him. I expect US involvement in Poland (removal of ABM systems and F22s) and Ukraine to significantly drop, and rest of Europe have to look elsewhere for support. Also it seems Trump always praises Putin, never criticizes him. Based on that, seems perfectly logical to put a bunch of smart but hungry (Putin only pay them a few rubles) to hack systems, leak details, stir up the pot in Trump's favor.
Yeah, right. Tell that to Bush, Cheney, Rove, and millions of Americans. They were wrong, but they MADE Iraq about 9/11.
I find it ironic that these days people either say going to war in Iraq was a mistake or they never bring it up. I know some people who were totally gung ho about 2003 war and now say it was a mistake and they never supported it. Now there are many wanting sue the Saudis over 9/11 (unheard of 10 years ago back then). Then there's this Russian hack... duh... here we go again. Now if we can get CIA and FBI to declassify all the "good stuff" but it'd probably dismissed as fake news or most people will just not get it. It may be GB of data and most people don't understand networks (probably too "tubular").
Just asking as I wonder the political aspects. I'm not trying stir up another political diatribe (I admit it sure does seem like I am) but trying to speculate national policy that I see could impact Silicon Valley that sometime in the future this area will be economically depressed (there was a time with Detroit was an economic powerhouse, nobody foresaw it could become like it is). What we have is a new administration that claims to bring jobs back to US and not particularly accommodating to China.
We also have many powerful companies like Apple that are closely coupled with China and contribute to the Democratic Party. I see California as a separate "country" from the rest of US (maps show it as blue while most of continental US as red), huge immigrant percentage (and Trump is not particularly accommodating to immigrants). It seems to me Republicans would be pleased to see Silicon Valley along with rest of California economically take a nose dive that would reduce power with several Democrats (that make up most of the elected officials). IEEE article about tightening of H1B visas that would impact many SV companies. Of course there are many local people that are getting squeezed out which they'd be happy to see several of these SV companies go out of business. Trump talks about high tariffs on foreign made items (just about everything we buy), many of us are used to regularly buying cheap stuff and disposing it shortly after. I wonder if this will cause high tech startup and design go someplace else and SV becomes insignificant (there's not much oil to be drilled here so it does not fit into the petroleum centric of the Trump administration).
If such a thing were to happen then all these new buildings will go vacate, demographics significantly change, people paying mortgages on million dollar homes suddenly go "underwater," etc., etc., etc.
Kraft Erhicke said, “If God intended man to be a space faring species he would have given them a Moon.” (found this in Paul Spudis’ 2016 book 'Value of the Moon").
What I was getting at by being factious this the faith in capitalism to fix all problems, when you have a monopoly or collusion is why slow internet, i.e. the Seattle example.
Mamie Van Doren is still alive! Very active on facebook. Unlike other 1950s blonde bombshells (Monroe, Mansfield, Dors, Lansing) who all died before 50 (though Diana died in her early 50s), Mamie was determined to grow old. Mae West lived to considerable old age, I wonder if she were still around what kinds of posts she would have on FB. Techies should be familiar with Lamarr who found time to do techie stuff herself.
it's crap, many don't understand you need good infrastructure for a functioning modern society. But oh no, that would require more evil gubbermint to do all that. Leave it to private companies (yay capitalism), yeah sure and look what we got for internet. Yes, I bitchy today. What really gripes me is telco companies lobby legislation preventing cities and towns set up their own high speed internet (essential for businesses)
It seems all these DVRs require subscription and be tied to the internet. OK so I haven't surveyed the market, I don't subscribe to comcast DVR or Tivo as they all seem tied to the internet. My current DVR is the Panasonic DMR-E85H that functions just like the old school VHS but it has a harddrive, just press the button and it starts recording. It has a timer to set when I want to record (there's always some show or movie that plays during times when I'm at work or in bed). If I want to save it, then I can make a DVD. No, I don't pirate movies but I want to save them myself in case I want to watch again (and be able to use a different player), i.e. when TCM showed a bunch of Mamie Van Doren movies which they will never show again. However, it is NTSC analog and I have to set the cable box for specific channel.
It seems the Panasonic DMR-E85H (and the 75) was only on the market for a couple years then yanked probably because MAFIAA considers piracy a bigger problem than climate change, frugal economy, and terrorism. But wait! Aussie Panasonic has the DMR-BWT460GN, oooooo, looks real nice too. It's just like the SD models but this has huge HDD and Bluray. AC power is 220, USB to save files to external HDD and there is a RJ45 LAN jack to connect to a broadband router and get on the internet. It lists HDD info as recordable contents include mp4 and MPEG2. This beast covers every country except North America!
But then anything nowadays to record? Not often are old movies played on TV, outfits like TCM tend to show the same movies over and over (rare exceptions like the MVD movies). So is there anything worthwhile to record? For me I have no interest in football, Kardashians, etc. There is PBS, and on weekends CSPAN3 has interesting history programs. Late last night on CSPAN3 a program (I recorded it with my DMR-E85H) by Frank Capra made during WWII portrays Japan determined to rule the world through military conquest.
ah yes, I remember that particularly is I never noticed the wardrobe malfunction. I'm not into football but was with friends as they had a football party (was it a superbowl? I'm too lazy to look up the details). I remember about people discussing the lopsided team match, where one team seemed to have considerable skill over the other like the losing team was college kids going up against pro players. Then few days later comes this controversy, it took the FCC quite some time on how to deal with the matter. Janet Jackson took the fall but I always wondered why Justin Timberlake (who was the one that grabbed her costume) walked away untouched.
I'll probably never get to Italy but this new leaning tower is close by. Maybe go to top of building and take a selfie before it become uninhabitable. I wonder who will find a solution (can't ignore it forever), if they do I'm sure ASCE will present them with a spiffy award (and give them a free meal and free parking close by at their annual banquet).
Seems reasonable, Trump is nuts.
So you are worried about rich people in SV that attempted to bribe the candidate who would write the regulation in their favor in order to screw the US workers.
no, I was simply asking about what will happen with many of these companies. Regarding rich people, many SV residents that are getting pushed out because of high cost of living would be happy to see many such as Google, Apple, and FB leave the area.
There are people on space forums criticizing Musk of his government funded "hobby rocket" and "Mars colonizing fantasy" (I agree the latter is a fantasy, as for the former all rockets are government funded except for those of you flying Estes). Though Elon may be the new Tony Stark and generates lots of excitement among younger generation, he is not an almighty God. Telsa and SpaceX have their problems and baggage but if these companies go, it will leave a huge gaping hole of capability. Who knows when Orion or CST100 will fly, Dragon provides both up and down cargo carrying now, and has a big door for big pieces of equipment to move in and out of ISS.
With all this anti-immigrant attitude that is sweeping the country, and with lots of immigrants here in blue state of California (that appears like a foreign country compared to rest of US in this now Trump administration), where will this put many Silicon Valley companies? I heard Ro Khanna got a lot of backing from many SV companies to unseat incumbent congressman Mike Honda because Khanna is a proponent of more H1Bs (disclaimer: I've not extensively researched the details). I can see why many companies are going to push for more visas in these last two months of current Administration (do it while they can). Anyway, as I see Apple being pressured to bring back jobs to US (yeah, lots of luck with that) then there many other companies either friends with Obama and backed Clinton in the election, how will they fit into the Trump regime?
I'm watching this big flying saucer taking place and wondering if it will become abandoned. I heard Apple does more of its business outside the US, all manufacturing and much of the engineering was offshored. They also have tens of billions in cash reserves so if under too much pressure, it seems they could easily abandoned the US altogether (will that make Microsoft the ***only*** source for typical computer OS?). It seems Trump divert trade and interactions with China (and do more with Russia?). Considering California (blue) is an outlier from the rest of country (red), "shooting down the flying saucer" may be a goal for new administration (yes, I'm imagining stuff). However, Apple hasn't made a lot of friends since (along with Google and others) have driven up housing costs in Silicon Valley.
Another aspect this was a huge cooperative program between England and France, think about that besides different language and culture,previously these two countries were wartime enemies for centuries. There's gotta be a huge discussion about that.
Interesting article and one mention, “Market research later in Concorde’s life revealed that customers thought Concorde was more expensive than it actually was. Ticket prices were progressively raised to match these perceptions.” The other aspect "it was killed mostly because it was more profitable to operate a more conventional plane" is something I have to think about (that doesn't make sense but then most of us making money decisions do it for very strange reasons).
Back in those days, SST was the big thing. In 1960s there were people living who remembered reading in newspapers about first airplane flight. With extremely fast development of airplanes, it seemed only natural SST will be primary way of getting around the planet. Cargo will fly on the 747s.
However, I think overall SSTs simply don't scale up especially these days as it may be faster (and reducing 18 hours in coach to 9 hours would be very nice) but overall looking at cost, travel time to airport, time getting through security, etc. Maybe costs can be reduced, sonic boom more quiet (NASA is working on that, http://www.nasa.gov/press-rele... ). However, we also have the Internet so people on long flights are not incognito for hours on end. For executives and the 1%, subsonic private jets are more preferred (there are some proposals for SST "Learjets"*) as simply drive to airport, grab stuff and hop on the plane (don't have to unload carryons, take off shoes and belt, have TSA get all in a hissy fit when they find a partially filled water bottle). So for most people will SSTs save that much time? Regarding speed, even the military doesn't go that fast (if need to, that's what a missile is for).
Back in 1990s when NASA was investigating HSCT I talked with a NASA aero engineer old enough to have worked on SST development work. He said for HSCT (they changed the acronym because SST had bad connotations) to be successful the overall aircraft has to have seats same price as subsonic coach (otherwise companies and vacation travelers are not going to pay even a little more). To achieve this the aircraft has to be much more fuel efficient than Concorde (which flew on afterburners) and has to have about 250 seats (if less, then price per seat will not be like subsonic coach).
* "Learjet" is a generic term like Kleenex, Band-Aid, Xerox people use to call privately owned small jet transports. You all airplane buffs at airports watching a Cessna Citation or a Grumman Gulfstream take off usually hear someone say "oh look, there goes a Learjet!"