For what it's worth the Flight 261 crash doesn't seem to have hurt the company at all, people aren't perceving Alaska as a ValuJet. Alaska was one of the few carriers to have profitable quarters in 2002.
Boeing did take a pretty big risk on the 777, many of the Boeing employees I know compare 777 launch to the 747 launch in terms of risk to the company and desire to build the best damn plane in the sky. Unfortunately they also tell me the 777 will be the last "great" airliner Boeing will ever build. Most of them feel Boeing is doomed to be a follower of Airbus from now on.
The Pentagon is buying some new Boeing planes, for example it is replacing the KC135 with converted 767 airliners, it is also considering replacing the older 707 AWACS aircraft with 767 AWACS.
But I do agree the Sonic Cruser looks like it was designed for a military application. Transport, tanker, or electronics platform come to mind.
And you've never worked in a large datacenter with systems doing high-volume transaction processing.
There are proceedures to follow in a system down situation, but they make sure the problem isn't made worse, there is a rollback, security isn't comprimised, and the change is documented.
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This is why you should run VPN tunnels across the wireless segement. If you have a firewall between the WAP and the wired network you can prevent anyone without valid VPN authentication from accessing the wired side of the network.
Admittedly this isn't really "securing" the wireless network but piggybacking other security technologies.
Yea, don't your parent's realize that by letting you break their PC (and then hopefully fix it) you are well on the road to becoming a sysadmin. Of course that might be the problem, my mother still thinks I play the piano in a whorehouse, I haven't had the heart to tell her what I really do for a living.
HP Nonstop servers are the current incarnation of the old Tandem gear. Lots of OLTP systems have Tandem kit in them somewhere.
Most who are familiar with the Tandem gear consider it to be "mainframe" class hardware and software, although I think technically they are "super-mini" boxes.
At the recent Chinese Communist Party Congress the leadership gave a ringing endorsement of market based systems and capitalism.
Perhaps the sites with the word "red" in them are blocked because they represent the "old" way.
More likely however is there were some anti-communist or anti-China sites with "red" in the URL and they decided to block anything with "red" in the URL.
Then again maybe RedLobster is owned by the Taiwanese.
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Most steel, iron, and aluminium used in cars is recycled already. With almost any metal it is far cheaper to recycle from an already refined form than to smelt new metal from raw ore.
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Hell, if I could have gotten one in the US, for my last car I would have bought a Mini. Good luck finding and registering one, though.
Huh? Minis are most definately being sold in this country. I've seen quite a few on the road around here. The big problem is they are so popular that the dealers have waiting lists of at least 6mo. I'm not aware of any states where you would have a problem registering a mini, although in some places you would swear there is a law requiring all cars to weigh at least 6000lb.
That may be true, but if you treat the tradespeople like shit they will act like cretins. The problem is often the only way to get decent, prompt, and/or after-hours service from union trades is by getting them to want to help you. This is accomplished by making friends with them and bribery.
Unfortunately life often requires you to go out of your way to be nice to people who really don't deserve it.
Most union tradespeople I've encountered do actually take pride in doing their jobs right and well. You just have to realize that even the best ones won't generally work any harder than the work rules require them to.
My advice is to get to know any tradespeople you may have to deal with on a regular basis for things like electrical work, moving furniture, etc. It's amazing how far just treating them as fellow skilled professionals will get you. Resorting to bribery (aka "gifts") can also help. If you give the union electrician a bottle of nice scotch or a box of cigars when he adds some new circuts in the server room he is much more likely to come out at 3am on a Sunday morning when you need him NOW.
Not always true, most tech firms tend to have reasonably well designed networks, as do most companies that do a lot of OLTP such as airlines, banks, and brokerages.
Large universities seem to have well designed redundant networks as well despite the difficulty of securing funds in that environment.
The site claims to offer rails for the wings if you want. It said it would hold like 70 people per wing at 175 lbs apiece. They seemed to base this on flight charicteristics.
On an operating aircraft the wing have to support the fuel load when on the ground and the plane plus 150 or so passengers plus a margin of safety when in the air.
Multi-port swivels are commonly used in industry for things like cranes and have been for years. It should be no problem to handle phone, power, water, sewage, etc.
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The FAA was in on it too.
For what it's worth the Flight 261 crash doesn't seem to have hurt the company at all, people aren't perceving Alaska as a ValuJet. Alaska was one of the few carriers to have profitable quarters in 2002.
Kind of makes you wish that either the XB-70 had either been proposed earlier or that ICBMs had taken longer to develop.
The XB-70 and the SR-71 were two of the coolest looking planes ever.
Boeing did take a pretty big risk on the 777, many of the Boeing employees I know compare 777 launch to the 747 launch in terms of risk to the company and desire to build the best damn plane in the sky. Unfortunately they also tell me the 777 will be the last "great" airliner Boeing will ever build. Most of them feel Boeing is doomed to be a follower of Airbus from now on.
The Pentagon is buying some new Boeing planes, for example it is replacing the KC135 with converted 767 airliners, it is also considering replacing the older 707 AWACS aircraft with 767 AWACS.
But I do agree the Sonic Cruser looks like it was designed for a military application. Transport, tanker, or electronics platform come to mind.
The truth about proceedures is they are in place to reduce the likelihood of a screwup, to reduce the damage, and increase the chances of detection.
They are never 100%
I don't know, some of the upper-level executives involved in the current scandals have had criminal charges filed against them.
And don't forget the new magazine that will be coming out due to these scandals:
"Martha Stuart Living -- In Prison"
Don't forget the auditors.
And you've never worked in a large datacenter with systems doing high-volume transaction processing.
There are proceedures to follow in a system down situation, but they make sure the problem isn't made worse, there is a rollback, security isn't comprimised, and the change is documented.
This is why you should run VPN tunnels across the wireless segement. If you have a firewall between the WAP and the wired network you can prevent anyone without valid VPN authentication from accessing the wired side of the network.
Admittedly this isn't really "securing" the wireless network but piggybacking other security technologies.
No, and I know of much better/wholesome places to get gristleburgers.
This I why I buy organic free-range meat at my local co-op or at a specialty butcher at the market.
Yea, don't your parent's realize that by letting you break their PC (and then hopefully fix it) you are well on the road to becoming a sysadmin.
Of course that might be the problem, my mother still thinks I play the piano in a whorehouse, I haven't had the heart to tell her what I really do for a living.
Don't you mean UNIXEN? Now excuse me I have to go reboot the Vaxen.
HP Nonstop servers are the current incarnation of the old Tandem gear. Lots of OLTP systems have Tandem kit in them somewhere.
Most who are familiar with the Tandem gear consider it to be "mainframe" class hardware and software, although I think technically they are "super-mini" boxes.
You think emacs is evil?! You've never used VM's XEDIT have you?!! That's evil, baby!
Now that is an editor! I wouldn't compare it to emacs though, more like ex or ed.
At the recent Chinese Communist Party Congress the leadership gave a ringing endorsement of market based systems and capitalism.
Perhaps the sites with the word "red" in them are blocked because they represent the "old" way.
More likely however is there were some anti-communist or anti-China sites with "red" in the URL and they decided to block anything with "red" in the URL.
Then again maybe RedLobster is owned by the Taiwanese.
Most magnesium alloys don't burn that easily. See the burning of the cube for an example.
Most steel, iron, and aluminium used in cars is recycled already. With almost any metal it is far cheaper to recycle from an already refined form than to smelt new metal from raw ore.
Hell, if I could have gotten one in the US, for my last car I would have bought a Mini. Good luck finding and registering one, though.
Huh? Minis are most definately being sold in this country. I've seen quite a few on the road around here. The big problem is they are so popular that the dealers have waiting lists of at least 6mo. I'm not aware of any states where you would have a problem registering a mini, although in some places you would swear there is a law requiring all cars to weigh at least 6000lb.
That may be true, but if you treat the tradespeople like shit they will act like cretins.
The problem is often the only way to get decent, prompt, and/or after-hours service from union trades is by getting them to want to help you. This is accomplished by making friends with them and bribery.
Unfortunately life often requires you to go out of your way to be nice to people who really don't deserve it.
Most union tradespeople I've encountered do actually take pride in doing their jobs right and well. You just have to realize that even the best ones won't generally work any harder than the work rules require them to.
My advice is to get to know any tradespeople you may have to deal with on a regular basis for things like electrical work, moving furniture, etc. It's amazing how far just treating them as fellow skilled professionals will get you. Resorting to bribery (aka "gifts") can also help. If you give the union electrician a bottle of nice scotch or a box of cigars when he adds some new circuts in the server room he is much more likely to come out at 3am on a Sunday morning when you need him NOW.
Not always true, most tech firms tend to have reasonably well designed networks, as do most companies that do a lot of OLTP such as airlines, banks, and brokerages.
Large universities seem to have well designed redundant networks as well despite the difficulty of securing funds in that environment.
The site claims to offer rails for the wings if you want. It said it would hold like 70 people per wing at 175 lbs apiece. They seemed to base this on flight charicteristics.
On an operating aircraft the wing have to support the fuel load when on the ground and the plane plus 150 or so passengers plus a margin of safety when in the air.
It should be fairly easy to provide dampening to limit the rotation speed of the shaft. Think of it as really big video camera fluid pan head.
Multi-port swivels are commonly used in industry for things like cranes and have been for years. It should be no problem to handle phone, power, water, sewage, etc.
Benefits of a HOA?
There are benefits to having a bunch of busybody neighbors tell you what color the marigolds planted in your yard must be?