And the US Air Force did plan to operate their own Shuttles, even building a launch site for them (Challenger convinced them to go with expendable launchers instead). But it can't reasonably be claimed the Shuttle itself was a military product.
Metamoderation can be very difficult without context. Sometimes a post can seem "Offtopic", but after seeing the post it's replying to, it makes sense.
I foresee problems using this proposed truck for towing. One of the things that makes the Model S successful is it's form. It has very low aerodynamic drag, and a somewhat fixed mass. Towing a trailer completely disrupts that system. Mass will increase dramatically, and most trailers have the aerodynamics of a brick.
As an old-schooler, I've been using a modified hosts file. Are there any distinct advantages to using ad-blocking software over a hosts file?
Ad-blocking software updates the list automatically. Typically some sort of script needs to be used to do this with a host file.
I've been thinking about switching to the host method myself. I'm looking to use the very host file you posted on my router. Since I am a networking novice, I haven't figured out how to do that yet.
The advertising industry has been collaborating with law enforcement on a new piece of technology. The Adblock Plus Blocker! It blocks Adblock Plus from ad industry conferences.
Will Adblock plus respond with an Adblock Plus Blocker Blocker?
The problem is that the programmers coded the "official" rules of the road. They forgot to code the unofficial rule. I call it rule zero, because it's the most important one. Avoid crashing at all cost.
All of the other rules of the road exist to supplement rule zero. They are meaningless if rule zero is violated. The computer code needs to reflect that.
Nope. This is just about not letting encryption happen by default on all our messaging. It's espionage, it's political control, it's subversion of democracy.
Good point! This could result in Watergate all over again, but no one will get caught.
There are so many methodologies out there. I discovered a new one the other day: "kanban".
Sounds like Toyota's manufacturing jargon is making its way into the programming world. Toyota jargon has been popular in manufacturing since The Toyota Way came out. Ever since then, a bunch of Japanese rooted words started flying around manufacturing plants. If they are implemented correctly, many of those techniques are useful and intuitive. However, managers usually don't implement it correctly.
Hasn't offshore gold dredging been done for years in Alaska? The environmental effects should be well known by now.
Yes, there is even a TV show about it. However, the miners in Alaska are generally poorly funded and only mine in shallow water. Someone sinking millions on dollars into it would be completely different.
A major problem is that a lot of people go to college when really they just need job training. They don't care for, and don't receive, the real education that college degrees represent.
The entire purpose of our education system is to provide better workers for industry. Education for the sole purpose of enlightenment is a luxury our society isn't prepared to provide. It was, and will remain, something only the very upper levels of society will obtain.
Since Betacam used the same tapes (with a different format), this apparently signals the end of Betacam as well.
The entire industry has moved over to CompactFlash for the most part. Some cameras even have hot swapable arrays so a camera crew doesn't miss a second of material. Once one drive is full, the system automatically switches to the next drive and you can swap out the full drive while still recording.
They just fear consumer reaction to having another consumable fluid (that needs to be refilled every 9 thousand miles, or so) and don't want to do the heavy lifting of consumer education.
Typically, a DEF tank needs to be refilled every time the fuel tank is filled. Volkswagen cheated to get to that 9k mile interval.
When DEF was first introduced, there was a concern that the infrastructure wasn't available to refill the tanks. Manufacturers were trying to avoid using DEF, or extending fill intervals as long as possible to prevent issues if DEF wasn't available.
Which are all very different from those found in tiny passenger cars. It's trivial to make a very large diesel engine meet emission standards.
As a diesel emissions engineer, I cannot emphasize enough how incorrect this statement is. All diesel engines function on the same principles. Diesel emissions regulations are the most strict for small engines. The EPA assumes that smaller engines (car and truck) are less expensive to develop than large engines. Medium and large engine (locomotive and ship) regulations lag behind the small engines by a few years so they can benefit from the work already done by the small engine manufacturers.
Right now it appears all types of diesel engines will eventually end up with similar engine technology (EGR+SCR). There might be some slight differences in execution due to the duty cycle differences. For example, a ship at sea has a very different duty cycle than a semi in traffic.
Of course, emission TESTING standards might get improved in ways that can catch cheaters faster...
Absolutely! The fact that an automaker cheated says the standards are strict. The fact they got a way with it as long as they did says the system lacks proper verification.
Once you ban a technology, you are also banning any development on it. It may have some undesirable effects now. Ban those effects. If the technology is worthwhile, someone will figure out a way to solve the problems.
Also, just because there is one bad egg doesn't mean an entire technology is bad.
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No idea how Elon Musk feels about it, but I think it's not quite appropriate.
The fictional Tony Stark made his money with dubious weapons business.
Frankly Elon Musk is the better man.
He's comfortable enough to make a cameo in Iron Man II.
While a fan-driven engine *theoretically* can go supersonic, in practice it's so horribly inefficient that it's unlikely to be practical.
The Pratt & Whitney F119 engine uses a fan to achieve supersonic flight specifically because it's more fuel efficient than the alternatives.
And the US Air Force did plan to operate their own Shuttles, even building a launch site for them (Challenger convinced them to go with expendable launchers instead). But it can't reasonably be claimed the Shuttle itself was a military product.
Here's a really great article on the US Air Force Shuttle program. The pictures are amazing!
And who trusts Financial "Advisors" - regardless of if they are human or AI?
I trust Bogleheads. Financial advisers are really just salesmen.
Sometimes I make an "appointment" with them, but I give them a bogus address
1060 W. Addison?
Metamoderation can be very difficult without context. Sometimes a post can seem "Offtopic", but after seeing the post it's replying to, it makes sense.
Fresh, solid and intelligent articles on TECH, and a banning of any and all trolls. Start there.
All tech, not just IT.
That could be one hell of a towing truck.
I foresee problems using this proposed truck for towing. One of the things that makes the Model S successful is it's form. It has very low aerodynamic drag, and a somewhat fixed mass. Towing a trailer completely disrupts that system. Mass will increase dramatically, and most trailers have the aerodynamics of a brick.
Investigators have traced the problem to a faulty starter-generator
I.e. a big fucking coil, the exact kind of thing an EMP wants to whomp on, even with military hardening against it.
I was thinking the magnetron out of a microwave oven. But yeah, same idea.
The fact that people matter is quickly becoming forgotten in the quest for maximizing quarterly return on investment.
That was forgotten long ago! It's in a graveyard next to research and development funding.
The only place you will find those are startups with passionate leadership. Once Wall Street gets involved, it's all over.
As an old-schooler, I've been using a modified hosts file. Are there any distinct advantages to using ad-blocking software over a hosts file?
Ad-blocking software updates the list automatically. Typically some sort of script needs to be used to do this with a host file.
I've been thinking about switching to the host method myself. I'm looking to use the very host file you posted on my router. Since I am a networking novice, I haven't figured out how to do that yet.
The advertising industry has been collaborating with law enforcement on a new piece of technology. The Adblock Plus Blocker! It blocks Adblock Plus from ad industry conferences.
Will Adblock plus respond with an Adblock Plus Blocker Blocker?
...they will never go away. They will only be patched over and worked around.
The problem is that the programmers coded the "official" rules of the road. They forgot to code the unofficial rule. I call it rule zero, because it's the most important one. Avoid crashing at all cost.
All of the other rules of the road exist to supplement rule zero. They are meaningless if rule zero is violated. The computer code needs to reflect that.
...its not like Congress is going to work with him after all the name calling he has directed at them over the years.
If congress won't work with him, how did he get his massive education reform bill passed this week?
Nope. This is just about not letting encryption happen by default on all our messaging. It's espionage, it's political control, it's subversion of democracy.
Good point! This could result in Watergate all over again, but no one will get caught.
There are so many methodologies out there. I discovered a new one the other day: "kanban".
Sounds like Toyota's manufacturing jargon is making its way into the programming world. Toyota jargon has been popular in manufacturing since The Toyota Way came out. Ever since then, a bunch of Japanese rooted words started flying around manufacturing plants. If they are implemented correctly, many of those techniques are useful and intuitive. However, managers usually don't implement it correctly.
Hasn't offshore gold dredging been done for years in Alaska? The environmental effects should be well known by now.
Yes, there is even a TV show about it. However, the miners in Alaska are generally poorly funded and only mine in shallow water. Someone sinking millions on dollars into it would be completely different.
A major problem is that a lot of people go to college when really they just need job training. They don't care for, and don't receive, the real education that college degrees represent.
The entire purpose of our education system is to provide better workers for industry. Education for the sole purpose of enlightenment is a luxury our society isn't prepared to provide. It was, and will remain, something only the very upper levels of society will obtain.
When I was reading this article, I was surprised how wired Idaho seems to be.
Since Betacam used the same tapes (with a different format), this apparently signals the end of Betacam as well.
The entire industry has moved over to CompactFlash for the most part. Some cameras even have hot swapable arrays so a camera crew doesn't miss a second of material. Once one drive is full, the system automatically switches to the next drive and you can swap out the full drive while still recording.
Source: my buddy works in TV.
They just fear consumer reaction to having another consumable fluid (that needs to be refilled every 9 thousand miles, or so) and don't want to do the heavy lifting of consumer education.
Typically, a DEF tank needs to be refilled every time the fuel tank is filled. Volkswagen cheated to get to that 9k mile interval.
When DEF was first introduced, there was a concern that the infrastructure wasn't available to refill the tanks. Manufacturers were trying to avoid using DEF, or extending fill intervals as long as possible to prevent issues if DEF wasn't available.
Which are all very different from those found in tiny passenger cars. It's trivial to make a very large diesel engine meet emission standards.
As a diesel emissions engineer, I cannot emphasize enough how incorrect this statement is. All diesel engines function on the same principles. Diesel emissions regulations are the most strict for small engines. The EPA assumes that smaller engines (car and truck) are less expensive to develop than large engines. Medium and large engine (locomotive and ship) regulations lag behind the small engines by a few years so they can benefit from the work already done by the small engine manufacturers.
Right now it appears all types of diesel engines will eventually end up with similar engine technology (EGR+SCR). There might be some slight differences in execution due to the duty cycle differences. For example, a ship at sea has a very different duty cycle than a semi in traffic.
Of course, emission TESTING standards might get improved in ways that can catch cheaters faster...
Absolutely! The fact that an automaker cheated says the standards are strict. The fact they got a way with it as long as they did says the system lacks proper verification.
Once you ban a technology, you are also banning any development on it. It may have some undesirable effects now. Ban those effects. If the technology is worthwhile, someone will figure out a way to solve the problems.
Also, just because there is one bad egg doesn't mean an entire technology is bad.