This has been researched, over and over - more with motorcycles than with bicycles. When motorists are looking about, they are looking for threats to themselves. A big truck is a threat to a 1500 pound car. A small truck is a lesser threat to that car. Another car is even less of a threat, but still a deadly threat. A motorcycle is little threat to the driver of that 1500 pound car, so he safely ignores it. And, you people on bicycles are no threat at all. You're on your own, Pal, devil take the hindmost and all that.
The only way to change a cager's pespective, is to put his ass on two wheels for awhile. Only then does he actually become aware of cyclists, whether motorized or not.
Speaking of arrogant little fucks - yes, they DO have the right to take up a full lane of traffic. A bicycle has the same right to use the road that a car, pickup, or tractor trailer has. Exactly the same. You really need to review traffic laws.
Personally, I haven't ridden a bicycle in decades. I do, however, ride a motorcycle. I use the entire lane. It's a defensive measure, taught long long ago. You use the entire lane in order to discourage automobile drivers who might want to crowd you. Never leave part of your lane unoccupied for long, because motorists might want to pass you while using part of your lane.
Before you make allusions that a bicyclist or motorcyclist doesn't know how to use the roadway, you really need to review the laws.
Yeah, except that much of what Kerry babbled about was simply untrue. He wasn't there, he didn't see it, he didn't participate. He made shit up, in the aftermath of real atrocities, committed elsewhere.
Oh - wait - you saw that, didn't you? I readily admit that the US did indeed commit atrocities in Viet Nam. They are on record. It happened. I'm not defending them, I'm not defending the people responsible, nor am I defending the dirty politicos who made it happen.
But Kerry is a lying sack of shit. Kerry was an opportunist from the day he entered the military, to the day he wrote his own Purple Heart commendations, to the day he lied to congress, to the day he was elected, and now today, sucking Muslim dick while hoodwinking the American people.
Hillary, capitalizing on her appointment as secretary of state to the tune of 300 million dollars
RWNJ? No - I'm far more centrist. I'm not left or right. I'm a realist. Delusional, you say? Phhtt. Look around you. The left sells America out, just as readily as the far right does.
Mmmm-hmmmm. I'm not an electrician, but I find myself doing plenty of electrical work. I also have a tool belt. I often use the smaller Klein wire stripper (yellow) because it's to much bother to walk all the way back to my tool box to get the larger pair. I wouldn't call it "automotive" size though, I would call it "household" or "electronics" sized.
And, I still have at least 15 plier like tools in my toolbox. Each of them has their uses, and often enough, no other tool quite fits the bill.
Sounds reasonable enough. The Army and Marines pull out their specs on the A-10, and call in the negotiating teams for the major aircraft manufacturers.
"Gentlemen, we want THIS, but improved to the current state of the art, and we want each and every craft delivered at a cost equivalent to the original A-10's. You eat production delays, over runs, you eat all unexpected costs."
Then they get into specifics, regarding electronics, etc.
Fighting the last war? Yes, that happens so very often. Maybe that is the case here, but I don't think so. This particular weapons platform is so very versatile, unlike aircraft designed and engineered for dogfighting.
LMAO - I didn't say "A-10 Warthog", now did I? I said "hog". I said "Warthog" as well. WTF has the time or the inclination to say "A-10 Thunderbolt"? Hog. Warthog. One or two syllables - short and to the point.
I posted another comment with the same basic content -
Reopen the A-10 production line. But, don't just start producing the exact same aircraft. Electronics have advanced astronomically since the last A-10 was built. So, we improve the electronics. Maybe we can improve the air frame a little - so build in the improvements. We might be able to grow the fuel system a little, addressing the complaint of limited range. The wings are probably already strong enough, we could probably add external fuel pods to get more range. Hell, we might be able to improve the pilot's view a little. Can we give the cannon magazine any more capacity? Might we add any thrust to the engines?
With the new aircraft, and new parts, and new logistics lines, we will have addressed your father's complaints of old, worn out, damaged, stressed components.
But, the basic engineering is solid. Start production of the newer, improved A-10's. Roll out a thousand or more, and get them out to the fleet, and the troops.
If the Air Force doesn't want A-10's, the rest of us don't give a flying fuck about the Air Force. Everyone outside of the Air Force upper echelons loves these craft.
Even with the cost of retooling and reopening the A-10's production line, we could probably build five of these for the cost of a single F-35. Ignoring the cost of tooling and opening the production line, we can build ten or eleven A-10's for the cost of an F-35.
And, no matter the level of technology, often times, numbers count. Five A-10's can most certainly fly more missions than that one F-35, even if everything else was equal. Of course, everything else is not equal. The A-10 is a superior weapon platform for ground support, hands down.
I've seen these planes at relatively close range. That is, I've been within a football field's length of them. I've watched them take off and land. But, I've never been anywhere close to them when they went into action. All I have to go on are videos, Marine's accounts, and imagination. I don't guess I love the things like a Marine loves them, but I'm close enough to Marines to appreciate that love.
What we SHOULD HAVE done, is to revamp that A-10 production lines, and just improved every system aboard, then called it the A-12. Maybe increase the engine power a few percent. Update ALL the electronics - radars, navigation, computing, everything. Install larger fuel tanks, since one of the more legitimate complaints is the A-10's somewhat limited range.
In short, we should have just rebuilt the A-10. The basic engineering was done long ago, and done right. The airframe is solid, so we should stick with it. Maybe structural members can benefit from the addition of carbon fiber? Do it. Maybe computer models show that the precise placement of structural members can be improved? Do it. Maybe some of those wires can be replaced with more efficient fiber optics? Do it. We're looking for improvements, so build them in. When all is said and done, we'll have an updated A-10, and everyone is happy.
1. The previous generation of soldiers, sailors, and airmen used them - they've got to be replaced. 2. I've got to get my name associated with something big, so that I'm remembered in the footnotes of history books. 3. I can't get any kickbacks from the A-10's - see #1. 4. New and shiny is always better. 5. Public relations has already sold the damned thing to the public. 6. You can't fight the tide, and congress is already going with the F-35.
If I spent some time on it, I might come up with more reasons for self important assholes to hate the A-10.
The Department of the Navy isn't going to give up it's Warthogs without a fight. We like to kick our brothers in the Corps around sometimes, but they're our brothers, and we want out A-10's so that we can properly support them.
The basic fact that you're forgetting is, a tool that is engineered for one specific purpose always performs that task or purpose better than some awkward multi-purpose tool.
The F-35 is a multi-purpose tool, trying to fill the niches of multiple special purpose tools. It is going to fail. It is going to fail expensively, and it is probably going to fail disastrously.
Let's assume that you are an electrician, electronics, or some related technical person. You have a tool box with a couple dozen pairs of "pliers" in it. You have wire strippers in multiple sizes, you have end cutters, you have side cutters, you have slip-joint pliers, you have channel-groove pliers in multiple sizes, you have vise-grips in multiple sizes and configurations, you have locking alligator pliers - you have the tools that a lifetime of experience has proved to be invaluable for certain tasks.
Your boss decides that he is going to modernize his work force's tool boxes. He settles on one multi-purpose tool, and takes away all of your special purpose tools. Because these new multi-purpose tools are pretty expensive, he only gives you one pair of multi-purpose pliers. If you preform deviant sexual acts for him, you might get two. So, you have two tools to replace many tools.
Pardon me, but I seem to hear you justifying the rigged tests.
"We know the A-10 does a hell of a job in ground support, but we have a new tool that doesn't quite do the same job, so we're going to change the job description to make the tool fit the job better."
Strip away all the bullshit, and doctrine amounts to the judgement of a bunch of stuffed suits trying to explain what is happening in the real world.
How about this for doctrine?
"We're taking away all the cost efficient tools, and replacing them with new tools that will make our campaign contributors a hell of a lot richer."
You call it a mistake. It's name is "Warthog". Calling it "Thunderbolt" or "Thunderbolt II" just marks you as an outsider. Troops on the ground sure don't call it that. "Incoming Hog, duck!" No one wants to be clipped by a wing as the Hog passes overhead. Let's see if those fucking F-35's get that low to the ground.
Logic? You want logic? That's funny - racism isn't logical. Rape isn't logical. Theft isn't logical. Hatred isn't logical. Life is not logical. Real life is life, you deal with it. I presume that you're whining about my perception of India's rape culture. The rape culture is real. Women must take that into account.
What logic, exactly, leads you to believe that an Indian with a degree can't rape women? You need to read the India Times. There are a lot of educated Indian men who defend the rape culture. Men in high government offices have resisted attempts to "fix" the problem. Men in law enforcement have protected rapists. In fact, senior law enforcement officers have participated in gang rapes.
Pull your head out, and stop equating education with ethics, morals, and humanity. Just reach behind you, grasp both of your ears, and pull hard. Your head should pop right out of your anus, at which point you can breathe freely. Give it a few minutes for oxygen to circulate to your brain before thinking about logic.
So - an educated man cannot be an evil man. Got it. Get a degree, and most people are good with anything you might do. Smart men don't do anything evil. Geez, Louise!
The people of the Six Nations are in turn IMMIGRANTS. Archeologists have established that there were people here 20,000+ years ago - but they can't find evidence of people here 50,000 years ago. Your great-greats came here from SOMEWHERE. And, once they were here, they didn't stay in one place any more than the newest invaders have.
"Indian" is not a race, is it? I thought it was a nationality. India encompasses multiple races, multiple religions, multiple cultures, multiple tribes and sects. India. Let me check - I could be wrong . . .
So - lemme get this straight. India does indeed have a rape culture. It's pretty well documented. There are new atrocities published multiple times every year. So, a woman objects to being in proximity to a male whom she might reasonably expect to have been indoctrinated into the rape culture. That is RACISM?!?!
Sorry, you lose points in the credibility department, because you don't know the difference between racism and other forms of prejudice. Further, I'll hold that not all forms of discrimination are bad.
The only people who commit more rapes than Indians, are probable the swine from Daesh, al Queda, and other sects of virulent Islam.
Yeah, the website is pretty crap. It took a bit of perseverance to actually grab the ISO. Want the link? $ wget http://www.optimcloud.com/disc...
So far, I've installed bash, and configured it as my default shell, then installed nano, and configured as default editor. One step at a time, if/when I feel like it, I should have a working system before 2115 . . . .
That poem is just that - a poem. If it is any more than some ditzy broad's silly poem, then it's a curse. It is NOT part of the constitution, US Code, any sort of federal or state ordinance, law, regulation, or what-have-you. Poem, or curse, take your pick. And, fuck that poem. This country does not belong to the outsiders, it belongs to me and mine - AMERICAN CITIZENS!
Yeah, the Republicans are batshit insane. But - you're going to pretend that the OTHER PARTY IS NOT?!?!?! The Dems are at least as psychotic as the R's are. How 'bout that bitch, Hillary Rodham?
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This has been researched, over and over - more with motorcycles than with bicycles. When motorists are looking about, they are looking for threats to themselves. A big truck is a threat to a 1500 pound car. A small truck is a lesser threat to that car. Another car is even less of a threat, but still a deadly threat. A motorcycle is little threat to the driver of that 1500 pound car, so he safely ignores it. And, you people on bicycles are no threat at all. You're on your own, Pal, devil take the hindmost and all that.
The only way to change a cager's pespective, is to put his ass on two wheels for awhile. Only then does he actually become aware of cyclists, whether motorized or not.
"block a full lane of traffic"
Speaking of arrogant little fucks - yes, they DO have the right to take up a full lane of traffic. A bicycle has the same right to use the road that a car, pickup, or tractor trailer has. Exactly the same. You really need to review traffic laws.
Personally, I haven't ridden a bicycle in decades. I do, however, ride a motorcycle. I use the entire lane. It's a defensive measure, taught long long ago. You use the entire lane in order to discourage automobile drivers who might want to crowd you. Never leave part of your lane unoccupied for long, because motorists might want to pass you while using part of your lane.
Before you make allusions that a bicyclist or motorcyclist doesn't know how to use the roadway, you really need to review the laws.
Yeah, except that much of what Kerry babbled about was simply untrue. He wasn't there, he didn't see it, he didn't participate. He made shit up, in the aftermath of real atrocities, committed elsewhere.
Oh - wait - you saw that, didn't you? I readily admit that the US did indeed commit atrocities in Viet Nam. They are on record. It happened. I'm not defending them, I'm not defending the people responsible, nor am I defending the dirty politicos who made it happen.
But Kerry is a lying sack of shit. Kerry was an opportunist from the day he entered the military, to the day he wrote his own Purple Heart commendations, to the day he lied to congress, to the day he was elected, and now today, sucking Muslim dick while hoodwinking the American people.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/... The terrorist who was rewarded by the left with a professor position
Hillary, capitalizing on her appointment as secretary of state to the tune of 300 million dollars
RWNJ? No - I'm far more centrist. I'm not left or right. I'm a realist. Delusional, you say? Phhtt. Look around you. The left sells America out, just as readily as the far right does.
Mmmm-hmmmm. I'm not an electrician, but I find myself doing plenty of electrical work. I also have a tool belt. I often use the smaller Klein wire stripper (yellow) because it's to much bother to walk all the way back to my tool box to get the larger pair. I wouldn't call it "automotive" size though, I would call it "household" or "electronics" sized.
And, I still have at least 15 plier like tools in my toolbox. Each of them has their uses, and often enough, no other tool quite fits the bill.
Sounds reasonable enough. The Army and Marines pull out their specs on the A-10, and call in the negotiating teams for the major aircraft manufacturers.
"Gentlemen, we want THIS, but improved to the current state of the art, and we want each and every craft delivered at a cost equivalent to the original A-10's. You eat production delays, over runs, you eat all unexpected costs."
Then they get into specifics, regarding electronics, etc.
Fighting the last war? Yes, that happens so very often. Maybe that is the case here, but I don't think so. This particular weapons platform is so very versatile, unlike aircraft designed and engineered for dogfighting.
LMAO - I didn't say "A-10 Warthog", now did I? I said "hog". I said "Warthog" as well. WTF has the time or the inclination to say "A-10 Thunderbolt"? Hog. Warthog. One or two syllables - short and to the point.
I posted another comment with the same basic content -
Reopen the A-10 production line. But, don't just start producing the exact same aircraft. Electronics have advanced astronomically since the last A-10 was built. So, we improve the electronics. Maybe we can improve the air frame a little - so build in the improvements. We might be able to grow the fuel system a little, addressing the complaint of limited range. The wings are probably already strong enough, we could probably add external fuel pods to get more range. Hell, we might be able to improve the pilot's view a little. Can we give the cannon magazine any more capacity? Might we add any thrust to the engines?
With the new aircraft, and new parts, and new logistics lines, we will have addressed your father's complaints of old, worn out, damaged, stressed components.
But, the basic engineering is solid. Start production of the newer, improved A-10's. Roll out a thousand or more, and get them out to the fleet, and the troops.
If the Air Force doesn't want A-10's, the rest of us don't give a flying fuck about the Air Force. Everyone outside of the Air Force upper echelons loves these craft.
Even with the cost of retooling and reopening the A-10's production line, we could probably build five of these for the cost of a single F-35. Ignoring the cost of tooling and opening the production line, we can build ten or eleven A-10's for the cost of an F-35.
And, no matter the level of technology, often times, numbers count. Five A-10's can most certainly fly more missions than that one F-35, even if everything else was equal. Of course, everything else is not equal. The A-10 is a superior weapon platform for ground support, hands down.
I've seen these planes at relatively close range. That is, I've been within a football field's length of them. I've watched them take off and land. But, I've never been anywhere close to them when they went into action. All I have to go on are videos, Marine's accounts, and imagination. I don't guess I love the things like a Marine loves them, but I'm close enough to Marines to appreciate that love.
What we SHOULD HAVE done, is to revamp that A-10 production lines, and just improved every system aboard, then called it the A-12. Maybe increase the engine power a few percent. Update ALL the electronics - radars, navigation, computing, everything. Install larger fuel tanks, since one of the more legitimate complaints is the A-10's somewhat limited range.
In short, we should have just rebuilt the A-10. The basic engineering was done long ago, and done right. The airframe is solid, so we should stick with it. Maybe structural members can benefit from the addition of carbon fiber? Do it. Maybe computer models show that the precise placement of structural members can be improved? Do it. Maybe some of those wires can be replaced with more efficient fiber optics? Do it. We're looking for improvements, so build them in. When all is said and done, we'll have an updated A-10, and everyone is happy.
1. The previous generation of soldiers, sailors, and airmen used them - they've got to be replaced.
2. I've got to get my name associated with something big, so that I'm remembered in the footnotes of history books.
3. I can't get any kickbacks from the A-10's - see #1.
4. New and shiny is always better.
5. Public relations has already sold the damned thing to the public.
6. You can't fight the tide, and congress is already going with the F-35.
If I spent some time on it, I might come up with more reasons for self important assholes to hate the A-10.
The Department of the Navy isn't going to give up it's Warthogs without a fight. We like to kick our brothers in the Corps around sometimes, but they're our brothers, and we want out A-10's so that we can properly support them.
The basic fact that you're forgetting is, a tool that is engineered for one specific purpose always performs that task or purpose better than some awkward multi-purpose tool.
The F-35 is a multi-purpose tool, trying to fill the niches of multiple special purpose tools. It is going to fail. It is going to fail expensively, and it is probably going to fail disastrously.
Let's assume that you are an electrician, electronics, or some related technical person. You have a tool box with a couple dozen pairs of "pliers" in it. You have wire strippers in multiple sizes, you have end cutters, you have side cutters, you have slip-joint pliers, you have channel-groove pliers in multiple sizes, you have vise-grips in multiple sizes and configurations, you have locking alligator pliers - you have the tools that a lifetime of experience has proved to be invaluable for certain tasks.
Your boss decides that he is going to modernize his work force's tool boxes. He settles on one multi-purpose tool, and takes away all of your special purpose tools. Because these new multi-purpose tools are pretty expensive, he only gives you one pair of multi-purpose pliers. If you preform deviant sexual acts for him, you might get two. So, you have two tools to replace many tools.
How in hell are you going to do your job?
Pardon me, but I seem to hear you justifying the rigged tests.
"We know the A-10 does a hell of a job in ground support, but we have a new tool that doesn't quite do the same job, so we're going to change the job description to make the tool fit the job better."
Strip away all the bullshit, and doctrine amounts to the judgement of a bunch of stuffed suits trying to explain what is happening in the real world.
How about this for doctrine?
"We're taking away all the cost efficient tools, and replacing them with new tools that will make our campaign contributors a hell of a lot richer."
You call it a mistake. It's name is "Warthog". Calling it "Thunderbolt" or "Thunderbolt II" just marks you as an outsider. Troops on the ground sure don't call it that. "Incoming Hog, duck!" No one wants to be clipped by a wing as the Hog passes overhead. Let's see if those fucking F-35's get that low to the ground.
30 years from now, they'll give up on fixing it, and retire it.
Logic? You want logic? That's funny - racism isn't logical. Rape isn't logical. Theft isn't logical. Hatred isn't logical. Life is not logical. Real life is life, you deal with it. I presume that you're whining about my perception of India's rape culture. The rape culture is real. Women must take that into account.
What logic, exactly, leads you to believe that an Indian with a degree can't rape women? You need to read the India Times. There are a lot of educated Indian men who defend the rape culture. Men in high government offices have resisted attempts to "fix" the problem. Men in law enforcement have protected rapists. In fact, senior law enforcement officers have participated in gang rapes.
Pull your head out, and stop equating education with ethics, morals, and humanity. Just reach behind you, grasp both of your ears, and pull hard. Your head should pop right out of your anus, at which point you can breathe freely. Give it a few minutes for oxygen to circulate to your brain before thinking about logic.
So - an educated man cannot be an evil man. Got it. Get a degree, and most people are good with anything you might do. Smart men don't do anything evil. Geez, Louise!
The people of the Six Nations are in turn IMMIGRANTS. Archeologists have established that there were people here 20,000+ years ago - but they can't find evidence of people here 50,000 years ago. Your great-greats came here from SOMEWHERE. And, once they were here, they didn't stay in one place any more than the newest invaders have.
"Indian" is not a race, is it? I thought it was a nationality. India encompasses multiple races, multiple religions, multiple cultures, multiple tribes and sects. India. Let me check - I could be wrong . . .
http://lmgtfy.com/?q=India+dem...
Try this link first, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
So - lemme get this straight. India does indeed have a rape culture. It's pretty well documented. There are new atrocities published multiple times every year. So, a woman objects to being in proximity to a male whom she might reasonably expect to have been indoctrinated into the rape culture. That is RACISM?!?!
Sorry, you lose points in the credibility department, because you don't know the difference between racism and other forms of prejudice. Further, I'll hold that not all forms of discrimination are bad.
The only people who commit more rapes than Indians, are probable the swine from Daesh, al Queda, and other sects of virulent Islam.
Yeah, the website is pretty crap. It took a bit of perseverance to actually grab the ISO. Want the link?
$ wget http://www.optimcloud.com/disc...
So far, I've installed bash, and configured it as my default shell, then installed nano, and configured as default editor. One step at a time, if/when I feel like it, I should have a working system before 2115 . . . .
Partly - yes. Why? I'm an American. I'm not Russian-American, Mexican-American, African-American, or any other hyphenated hogwash. I'm American.
That poem is just that - a poem. If it is any more than some ditzy broad's silly poem, then it's a curse. It is NOT part of the constitution, US Code, any sort of federal or state ordinance, law, regulation, or what-have-you. Poem, or curse, take your pick. And, fuck that poem. This country does not belong to the outsiders, it belongs to me and mine - AMERICAN CITIZENS!
Yeah, the Republicans are batshit insane. But - you're going to pretend that the OTHER PARTY IS NOT?!?!?! The Dems are at least as psychotic as the R's are. How 'bout that bitch, Hillary Rodham?