Just got back last July. Most cities, major roads and Coalition bases have cell phone voice coverage. In my experience, data services were non-existent outside of Kabul. I primarily used prepaid cell service where I purchased cards to add minutes -- voice only. I made a few international calls on that cell but felt they cost too much for regular use (about $0.80 per minute to US). I used the coalition provided comms wherever possible. The only commercial ISPs I saw off a US base were in Kabul and the data rates were roughly from well below 56k modem to maybe 128k DSL. Hope this helps. Stay safe.
Don't forget to account for the share of costs of the ATC system of radars, centers and towers to track and route the jet. This would significantly outweigh the cost of similar systems for a maglev train.
Actually, trains have a fairly sophisticated traffic control system of their very own to prevent a fast train from getting behind a slow one, to prevent two trains from towards each on the same track, etc... etc... it's a big job because there will always be a lot less 2D train track than there is 3D airspace.
TFA referred to a point to point maglev system not a network of railroad tracks. Deconfliction planning is similar for trains and aircraft, however, enroute deconfliction is harder for aircraft as their options for pulling aside and waiting are quite limited.
I won't go into airport congestion, weather delays and other cost additions for aircraft in flight.
Nor do you go into congestion at the train terminal (cars, pedestrians, and trains), or weather delays on the track, and other cost additions for a train in service. (Not to mention that airspace is free, while tracks require considerable maintenance.)
I was addressing the efficiency of the crafts, not the stations which feed them. A plane in flight must land within a reasonable safety margin and burns significant amounts of fuel while in a holding pattern. Whereas, an electrically driven train may remain on a siding at idle indefinitely without burning any on-board fuel. Take-off and landing slots are not free for commercial airlines. Additionally, each terminal gate time block reserved, whether used or not, is chargeable.
Good point about the track maintenance. I've no idea what the maglev track maintenance is projected to be. Likely on par with ATC system maintenance costs.
A maglev train parked on a siding should absorb only sufficient power for safety, communications and environmental (comfort) systems.
An aircraft parked on the apron only draws sufficient power for safety, communications and environmental (comfort) systems.
An aircraft in flight holding for weather or congestion was the primary concern here. Additionally, an aircraft APU will consume fuel while awaiting take-off clearance. More than once, I've been forced to return to the terminal for fuel (below safe minimums) after waiting (APU running) for a projected break in the weather at my destination.
I would imagine the train wins hands down. Electrical generation is more efficient than jet engine thrust, being a more closed system vs the jet engine. Even early maglev systems (Disney) had been shown to be fairly energy efficient with computerized control of power distribution.
Don't forget to account for the share of costs of the ATC system of radars, centers and towers to track and route the jet. This would significantly outweigh the cost of similar systems for a maglev train.
I won't go into airport congestion, weather delays and other cost additions for aircraft in flight. A maglev train parked on a siding should absorb only sufficient power for safety, communications and environmental (comfort) systems.
IMHO it's rather likely that rising oil prices over the next decade will force exactly what you propose. It will take a painful 10-20 years to adapt back to viable, self-sufficient local neighborhoods, but "big box" will eventually give way to "next door." Sadly, some suburban neighborhoods will die off, being too remote or too broadly distributed for effective localization.
Once an alternative automotive fuel/system is in wide production and common use, I presume the sprawl will return.
You post an article regarding police seizure of the intellectual property of a notorious biker club. That alone is unique and praisworthy. Then the legal minds of the/. contiuum "educate" us all on trademark and IP law, albeit with the factual confidence level of an exceedingly obscure wikipedia article. Why work, when I have such exotic entertainment available? Ah, yes; the deadline.
No OS uses every possible function of the hardware beneath it, only a subset. Hence, each emulator only emulates those functions, vice the entire hardware set. Smart programmers don't write code they don't need.
Adding an OS to an existing emulator may be as simple as adding a few additional functions to extant code. In real life, though, it can require rewriting many modules to account for unique OS specific behavior and parameter passing bugaboos.
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I might buy the sock to hanger conversion, with trivial alien intervention or a little black sock module in the dryer, but I just don't see how they can possibly get back up on the closet rod after the transformation. BTW, I'm an unwavering post-transformationalist, so don't even start the argument that they migrate to the closet rods as pre-hanger, sock pupae. The fossil evidence doesn't bear that out.
Of course, they inadvertently invented the wheel when they dropped their stone hair curling cylinders. I thought I was all alone in this theory. Thanks for reinforcing the concept.;-)
Actually, they did blend a full color picture, but it all ended up a rather unexciting flat gray except for a small arrangement of craters which appear as the number 999 in a reddish brown shade and what appears to be a large white handkerchief. Nothing to worry about though, almost certainly some innocent explanation. ~
But if she's a great looking natural blonde, I don't think he'll mind all that much.;-) The same might be true if Best Buy is having a great sale on last season's laptops and your friend has been looking for a deal.
Absolutes are such sharp things, they cut tend to both ways.
"I'm from the Government and I'm here to help you."
"The check is in the mail."
"No, that dress does not make you look fat."
I'm sure the "there will be absolutely no repercussions" assurances garnered about the same level of trust in these students as the statements above do in adults.
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Just got back last July. Most cities, major roads and Coalition bases have cell phone voice coverage. In my experience, data services were non-existent outside of Kabul. I primarily used prepaid cell service where I purchased cards to add minutes -- voice only. I made a few international calls on that cell but felt they cost too much for regular use (about $0.80 per minute to US). I used the coalition provided comms wherever possible. The only commercial ISPs I saw off a US base were in Kabul and the data rates were roughly from well below 56k modem to maybe 128k DSL. Hope this helps. Stay safe.
Large, highly complex data sets are best described on the back of four cocktail napkins or on a fixed white board in a shared conference room. ~
Perhaps it's a reference to Arthur from "The Tick" How can one forget a "superhero" with the battle cry of: "Not in the face! Not in the face!"?
All your base is ours.
I'm sure the bad guys haven't figured out how to send an SMS to several numbers on disposable phones. ~
Don't forget to account for the share of costs of the ATC system of radars, centers and towers to track and route the jet. This would significantly outweigh the cost of similar systems for a maglev train.
Actually, trains have a fairly sophisticated traffic control system of their very own to prevent a fast train from getting behind a slow one, to prevent two trains from towards each on the same track, etc... etc... it's a big job because there will always be a lot less 2D train track than there is 3D airspace.
TFA referred to a point to point maglev system not a network of railroad tracks. Deconfliction planning is similar for trains and aircraft, however, enroute deconfliction is harder for aircraft as their options for pulling aside and waiting are quite limited.
I won't go into airport congestion, weather delays and other cost additions for aircraft in flight.
Nor do you go into congestion at the train terminal (cars, pedestrians, and trains), or weather delays on the track, and other cost additions for a train in service. (Not to mention that airspace is free, while tracks require considerable maintenance.)
I was addressing the efficiency of the crafts, not the stations which feed them. A plane in flight must land within a reasonable safety margin and burns significant amounts of fuel while in a holding pattern. Whereas, an electrically driven train may remain on a siding at idle indefinitely without burning any on-board fuel. Take-off and landing slots are not free for commercial airlines. Additionally, each terminal gate time block reserved, whether used or not, is chargeable.
Good point about the track maintenance. I've no idea what the maglev track maintenance is projected to be. Likely on par with ATC system maintenance costs.
A maglev train parked on a siding should absorb only sufficient power for safety, communications and environmental (comfort) systems.
An aircraft parked on the apron only draws sufficient power for safety, communications and environmental (comfort) systems.
An aircraft in flight holding for weather or congestion was the primary concern here. Additionally, an aircraft APU will consume fuel while awaiting take-off clearance. More than once, I've been forced to return to the terminal for fuel (below safe minimums) after waiting (APU running) for a projected break in the weather at my destination.
1's and 0's. This is where Linus magically hand-coded the kernel into existence. Marvel with me! Ooohhh, aaahhh.
I would imagine the train wins hands down. Electrical generation is more efficient than jet engine thrust, being a more closed system vs the jet engine. Even early maglev systems (Disney) had been shown to be fairly energy efficient with computerized control of power distribution.
Don't forget to account for the share of costs of the ATC system of radars, centers and towers to track and route the jet. This would significantly outweigh the cost of similar systems for a maglev train.
I won't go into airport congestion, weather delays and other cost additions for aircraft in flight. A maglev train parked on a siding should absorb only sufficient power for safety, communications and environmental (comfort) systems.
IMHO it's rather likely that rising oil prices over the next decade will force exactly what you propose. It will take a painful 10-20 years to adapt back to viable, self-sufficient local neighborhoods, but "big box" will eventually give way to "next door." Sadly, some suburban neighborhoods will die off, being too remote or too broadly distributed for effective localization.
Once an alternative automotive fuel/system is in wide production and common use, I presume the sprawl will return.
You post an article regarding police seizure of the intellectual property of a notorious biker club. That alone is unique and praisworthy. Then the legal minds of the /. contiuum "educate" us all on trademark and IP law, albeit with the factual confidence level of an exceedingly obscure wikipedia article. Why work, when I have such exotic entertainment available? Ah, yes; the deadline.
Can you imagine a married intellectual among them either? I thought not.
Now I'll have to seriously consider switching to unleaded.
No OS uses every possible function of the hardware beneath it, only a subset. Hence, each emulator only emulates those functions, vice the entire hardware set. Smart programmers don't write code they don't need.
Adding an OS to an existing emulator may be as simple as adding a few additional functions to extant code. In real life, though, it can require rewriting many modules to account for unique OS specific behavior and parameter passing bugaboos.
I didn't see a rowboat.
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I might buy the sock to hanger conversion, with trivial alien intervention or a little black sock module in the dryer, but I just don't see how they can possibly get back up on the closet rod after the transformation. BTW, I'm an unwavering post-transformationalist, so don't even start the argument that they migrate to the closet rods as pre-hanger, sock pupae. The fossil evidence doesn't bear that out.
ancient race of Hilton heiresses
Of course, they inadvertently invented the wheel when they dropped their stone hair curling cylinders. I thought I was all alone in this theory. Thanks for reinforcing the concept. ;-)
If there's a viable Superman and Lois Lane joke with this Metropolis? Naaaaa.
Actually, they did blend a full color picture, but it all ended up a rather unexciting flat gray except for a small arrangement of craters which appear as the number 999 in a reddish brown shade and what appears to be a large white handkerchief. Nothing to worry about though, almost certainly some innocent explanation. ~
can't money buy you love?
No, but rentals are readily available.
Mercury has been trying to lose a little around the belt line for eons.
It's no different then a gold digger's behavior.
But if she's a great looking natural blonde, I don't think he'll mind all that much. ;-) The same might be true if Best Buy is having a great sale on last season's laptops and your friend has been looking for a deal.
Absolutes are such sharp things, they cut tend to both ways.
"I'm from the Government and I'm here to help you."
"The check is in the mail."
"No, that dress does not make you look fat."
I'm sure the "there will be absolutely no repercussions" assurances garnered about the same level of trust in these students as the statements above do in adults.
Hello, it's running on windows. How about a tag to reflect that? Darn, I hate being a n00b.