any in flight service folks pop quiz how many salt shakers are normally stored in the galley??)
Probably none - why would there be? Salt and pepper packets, sure, but shakers? How 'bout pepper grinders?
[Back when meals were still being served in steerage class, I used to travel with a mini pepper grinder and a sample size of hot sauce. Always improved matters.]
The joke was that a real Delorean could barely do 88 MPH. In fact, some models had a speedo that only went up to 85.
This was due to a US law which limited speedometers to 85 mph. The law ran from '79 to '81 or '82; Delorean hit the market in '81. Hence, 85 mph speedos in the first ones.
Yes, but you're comparing something that is currently flying to something that has absolutely no flight hardware developed. Adeline is just a dream in some CAD designer's mind at this point. Once they actually develop something (they are saying 2025 for first flight, so count on 2030 or later) then you can make comparisons but until then there is nothing to compare.
To be fair, they do have a scale model flying. [I wonder where SpaceX will be in ten years, considering that they went from zero to earth landing in under 14 years.]
Yes, I have, and I own an electric. But I will admit it's a toy compared to commercial gas blowers.
I could never convince the boss to shell out for a commercial, backpack design. OTOH, my job was to touch up after someone else did the bulk of the work - and the hand held units were damned convenient.
To be honest, as much as I hate them, I 100% agree that gas blowers are much simpler and faster to operate for professionals. Battery powered ones just don't have nearly as much power; plug-ins can approach the power of the lowest-end backpack gas blowers,
I wouldn't consider a battery powered unit for anything but the smallest jobs - but that is a knee-jerk response, because I've never used one. (And I'm very happy with my Craftsman C-3 tools, especially with the lithium-ion batteries).
but are impractical when they are using it all around a large home, through gates, in the front yard/street, etc (assuming the location even has accessible outdoor plugs).
This!
And electric blowers that match the durability of a commercial backpack gas blower just don't exist. These guys aren't weekend warriors, they work at this 8 hours a day, 5-6 days a week. Efficiency and reliability is everything.
Interesting point. I didn't go electric till after I stopped using them on the job.
Sounds almost like I am pro-gas blowers - I am definitely not, I can't stand them. I am pro-paying gardeners more so they can afford commercial electric blowers with extra batteries, higher turnover from their inferior durability, etc. But it doesn't do me much good to pay mine more unless they actually use that money for that purpose, AND all of my neighbors and/or their gardening services do the same...
I was gong to say that what is really needed is quieter engine, but I suspect that rechargeable technology is the way to go. No reason that they can't be made as durable as backpack models (for a commercial price), and consider the idea of a handheld motor, plugged into a backpack mounted battery pack.
That said, if people want to get rid of them, as mentioned in the article, they need to pay for it. Electric blowers are more expensive and less convenient, so if gardeners are forced to use them homeowners should expect to pay more and not complain.
Have you owned (or priced) leaf blowers? At the consumer end, you can expect to spend around 50% more (over $100) for a hand held gas model than you would for an equivalent electric model (~$60), and the electric one will probably last longer. Convenience is another issue; I'm fortunate enouigh to have a house where an extension cord plugged into a single outlet not only allows me full access to everywhere that I clear leaves, but powers my electric snow shovel in the winter as well.
I used to maintain vacation rental properties, and used a small gas model because AC power wasn't always convenient - they lasted about a year. No complaints, as we were using consumer grade goods in a commercial environment. I've been using my $60 electric now for five years ()home use, about weekly), and it is still going strong - although it is developing some bearing noise.
And BTW, the blower is far more efficient than a rake. It picks up dirt and twigs from hard surfaces that would otherwise require a broom, and cleans out flower beds and nooks and crannies that would be inaccessible to a rake. And no, I don't blow the leaves onto my neighbors' lawns or into the street - why would I? I certainly wouldn't do so with a rake. (And considering that the range of the leaves - and dirt! - being blown is typically measured in feet or yards, please don't suggest that their landing spot is beyond my control.)
I acquired my dad's worn out a '69 Merc Colony Park which had a gorgeous expanse of unbroken, wood patterned 'contact paper' on the sides. By the time i got the car (in '76), that vinyl trim had become structural - in was the only part of the car that hadn't rusted. I could find a slightly puffy spot on the regular painted bodywork and shove the ignition key straight through.
[This was when I lived in the Hudson Valley (in New York) where the regular use of salt in the winter was quite vicious to many cars].
Lastly, most laptops end up discarded not because of damage, but because their innards are obsolete. His insides are not upgradeable; the bulky case has limited interior space and is not modular. The materials used are impact resistant but they have to be made and formed by hand.
The innards are from the Novena project, which appears to specifically allow hardware upgrades. And while the interior space may be limited, do you actually expect future components to be increasing in size?
The tax at the checkout thing is because unlike VAT, our sales tax is a local thing, that varies by county, and city, and sometimes state.
Example: California is mostly broken up by city (or town, or village, or whatever) but does have some oddball, street address based variants. Washington is broken up by zip+four code. Another state has only one state-wide rate (My client in Oregon needed me to add out-of-state sales tax to their rickety SBT system.)
The politics of sales tax increases, and who gets a slice of them, is probably an industry unto itself, employing an unknown number of toadies and bureaucrats and enriching corrupt politicians across the country.
I did some work for the Riverside County controller's office back in the 90s. At the time, they published an annual tome showing the breakdowns of tax collected and tax disbursed for any address in the county. It ran eight or nine hundred pages, and - while it was necessary for internal use - it was also sold to real estate agents for around $85/copy.
[At the time, they were in the process of converting it to CD media].
No, this has nothing to do with aiming or accuracy. It is a technology which requires you to have a radio connected watch on your wrist in order for the gun to fire. As long as the watch is within range (presumably, less than a foot), the gun can be fired at anyone or anything which you care to destroy.
In testing, the armatix iP1 failed more like 50% of the time. Would you buy a gun that costs between 3 and 5 times what a dumb handgun costs and fails that often?
In fairness, the article said that three to four misfires per eleven shots was common [but not always the case]. So you're probably only looking at having a misfire rate of maybe one in three - and isn't that good enough for self defense?
Also, it apparently requires 15 minutes before first bullet on boot up, are you willing to wait that long to defend yourself?
No, it took them 20 minutes to initially pair the fun with the watch - something you only do once. However, it took about twelve seconds for the gun to reconnect after being out of range.
[Meaning that if your assailant did wrestle it from you; and if you, in turn, wrestled it back, he would then have twelve seconds to re-re-wrestle it and perhaps club you with it.]
I would hope not. Would you sooner take off in a brand new Cessna, fresh off the factory floor, or in one that had actually been flight tested? Do you want to beta test a new booster?
[Kind of reminds reminds me that while the early bird gets the worm, it is the second mouse that gets the cheese.]
How much of the avionics, pumps, etc, can survive launch and landing.
If they didn't survive the launch, the missions would have ended before orbit. And the beauty of the rocket powered, vertical landing is that the booster is being subjected to the same forces that it was designed to handle during launch - a kick in the tail, producing compressive loads. Those systems have essentially proven themselves even on the 'failed' attempts.
Somewhat sadly, Cederic is correct in his reply: the language does evolve, and the meaning of words and phrases change. 'Begging the question' is a tricky one, because it is difficult to even explain the original meaning. OTOH, using it to define a situation in which one would naturally ask such a question is grammatically correct. The fact that the same phrase refers to a logical fallacy is immaterial - indeed, it is the 'correct' (that is, original) meaning that is arcane.
The same applies to the use of the term 'assault weapon'. Gun right supporters will claim that it can only refer to selective fire carbine style weapons (the military definition), while the media use it for any 'scary' looking gun, and the lawmakers pretty much fail on getting any meaningful definition at all.
And so it is that 'begging the question' instead of 'raising the question' is correct - much as it rankles me to admit it.
[This is coming from a guy who refuses to use the term 'decimate' because its meaning has also changed. We have plenty of terms to mean 'annihilate your enemy'. But how many terms do we have for 'kill every tenth soldier in your own army? Hopefully, 'defenestration' - another personal favorite - will remain untouched.]
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I'm a member of that 4.5%, and I can confirm that my color blindness affects most of the population.
You all look different.
As the article pointed out, the wheels would indeed contain a drive mechanism - an electric motor/generator in each.
any in flight service folks pop quiz how many salt shakers are normally stored in the galley??)
Probably none - why would there be? Salt and pepper packets, sure, but shakers? How 'bout pepper grinders?
[Back when meals were still being served in steerage class, I used to travel with a mini pepper grinder and a sample size of hot sauce. Always improved matters.]
The joke was that a real Delorean could barely do 88 MPH. In fact, some models had a speedo that only went up to 85.
This was due to a US law which limited speedometers to 85 mph. The law ran from '79 to '81 or '82; Delorean hit the market in '81. Hence, 85 mph speedos in the first ones.
It is impossible to land an aircraft with zero fuel exactly.
Sadly enough, pilots continue to do so - with all-too-often fatal results.
Yes, but you're comparing something that is currently flying to something that has absolutely no flight hardware developed. Adeline is just a dream in some CAD designer's mind at this point. Once they actually develop something (they are saying 2025 for first flight, so count on 2030 or later) then you can make comparisons but until then there is nothing to compare.
To be fair, they do have a scale model flying. [I wonder where SpaceX will be in ten years, considering that they went from zero to earth landing in under 14 years.]
They were less than two meters off, with good vertical speed. The landing didn't fail; the leg did. How is this not a partial success?
Yes, I have, and I own an electric. But I will admit it's a toy compared to commercial gas blowers.
I could never convince the boss to shell out for a commercial, backpack design. OTOH, my job was to touch up after someone else did the bulk of the work - and the hand held units were damned convenient.
To be honest, as much as I hate them, I 100% agree that gas blowers are much simpler and faster to operate for professionals. Battery powered ones just don't have nearly as much power; plug-ins can approach the power of the lowest-end backpack gas blowers,
I wouldn't consider a battery powered unit for anything but the smallest jobs - but that is a knee-jerk response, because I've never used one. (And I'm very happy with my Craftsman C-3 tools, especially with the lithium-ion batteries).
but are impractical when they are using it all around a large home, through gates, in the front yard/street, etc (assuming the location even has accessible outdoor plugs).
This!
And electric blowers that match the durability of a commercial backpack gas blower just don't exist. These guys aren't weekend warriors, they work at this 8 hours a day, 5-6 days a week. Efficiency and reliability is everything.
Interesting point. I didn't go electric till after I stopped using them on the job.
Sounds almost like I am pro-gas blowers - I am definitely not, I can't stand them. I am pro-paying gardeners more so they can afford commercial electric blowers with extra batteries, higher turnover from their inferior durability, etc. But it doesn't do me much good to pay mine more unless they actually use that money for that purpose, AND all of my neighbors and/or their gardening services do the same...
I was gong to say that what is really needed is quieter engine, but I suspect that rechargeable technology is the way to go. No reason that they can't be made as durable as backpack models (for a commercial price), and consider the idea of a handheld motor, plugged into a backpack mounted battery pack.
Look for me on Kickstarter . . .
That said, if people want to get rid of them, as mentioned in the article, they need to pay for it. Electric blowers are more expensive and less convenient, so if gardeners are forced to use them homeowners should expect to pay more and not complain.
Have you owned (or priced) leaf blowers? At the consumer end, you can expect to spend around 50% more (over $100) for a hand held gas model than you would for an equivalent electric model (~$60), and the electric one will probably last longer. Convenience is another issue; I'm fortunate enouigh to have a house where an extension cord plugged into a single outlet not only allows me full access to everywhere that I clear leaves, but powers my electric snow shovel in the winter as well.
I used to maintain vacation rental properties, and used a small gas model because AC power wasn't always convenient - they lasted about a year. No complaints, as we were using consumer grade goods in a commercial environment. I've been using my $60 electric now for five years ()home use, about weekly), and it is still going strong - although it is developing some bearing noise.
And BTW, the blower is far more efficient than a rake. It picks up dirt and twigs from hard surfaces that would otherwise require a broom, and cleans out flower beds and nooks and crannies that would be inaccessible to a rake. And no, I don't blow the leaves onto my neighbors' lawns or into the street - why would I? I certainly wouldn't do so with a rake. (And considering that the range of the leaves - and dirt! - being blown is typically measured in feet or yards, please don't suggest that their landing spot is beyond my control.)
I acquired my dad's worn out a '69 Merc Colony Park which had a gorgeous expanse of unbroken, wood patterned 'contact paper' on the sides. By the time i got the car (in '76), that vinyl trim had become structural - in was the only part of the car that hadn't rusted. I could find a slightly puffy spot on the regular painted bodywork and shove the ignition key straight through.
[This was when I lived in the Hudson Valley (in New York) where the regular use of salt in the winter was quite vicious to many cars].
I still miss that car.
Lastly, most laptops end up discarded not because of damage, but because their
innards are obsolete. His insides are not upgradeable; the bulky case has limited
interior space and is not modular. The materials used are impact resistant but they
have to be made and formed by hand.
The innards are from the Novena project, which appears to specifically allow hardware upgrades. And while the interior space may be limited, do you actually expect future components to be increasing in size?
Who said that he bought high?
The tax at the checkout thing is because unlike VAT, our sales tax is a local thing, that varies by county, and city, and sometimes state.
Example: California is mostly broken up by city (or town, or village, or whatever) but does have some oddball, street address based variants. Washington is broken up by zip+four code. Another state has only one state-wide rate (My client in Oregon needed me to add out-of-state sales tax to their rickety SBT system.)
The politics of sales tax increases, and who gets a slice of them, is probably an industry unto itself, employing an unknown number of toadies and bureaucrats and enriching corrupt politicians across the country.
I did some work for the Riverside County controller's office back in the 90s. At the time, they published an annual tome showing the breakdowns of tax collected and tax disbursed for any address in the county. It ran eight or nine hundred pages, and - while it was necessary for internal use - it was also sold to real estate agents for around $85/copy.
[At the time, they were in the process of converting it to CD media].
Also an extra 'c' and not quite enough 'k's.
No, this has nothing to do with aiming or accuracy. It is a technology which requires you to have a radio connected watch on your wrist in order for the gun to fire. As long as the watch is within range (presumably, less than a foot), the gun can be fired at anyone or anything which you care to destroy.
In testing, the armatix iP1 failed more like 50% of the time. Would you buy a gun that costs between 3 and 5 times what a dumb handgun costs and fails that often?
In fairness, the article said that three to four misfires per eleven shots was common [but not always the case]. So you're probably only looking at having a misfire rate of maybe one in three - and isn't that good enough for self defense?
Also, it apparently requires 15 minutes before first bullet on boot up, are you willing to wait that long to defend yourself?
No, it took them 20 minutes to initially pair the fun with the watch - something you only do once. However, it took about twelve seconds for the gun to reconnect after being out of range.
[Meaning that if your assailant did wrestle it from you; and if you, in turn, wrestled it back, he would then have twelve seconds to re-re-wrestle it and perhaps club you with it.]
If you look at the pictures of how it's built, it should be plane [minor pun there] that only flat batteries will fit.
Sounds like you're a potential Gnat customer.
It is 'Anonymous', you insensitive clod! And why are you bouncing my replies?
I would hope not. Would you sooner take off in a brand new Cessna, fresh off the factory floor, or in one that had actually been flight tested? Do you want to beta test a new booster?
[Kind of reminds reminds me that while the early bird gets the worm, it is the second mouse that gets the cheese.]
How much of the avionics, pumps, etc, can survive launch and landing.
If they didn't survive the launch, the missions would have ended before orbit. And the beauty of the rocket powered, vertical landing is that the booster is being subjected to the same forces that it was designed to handle during launch - a kick in the tail, producing compressive loads. Those systems have essentially proven themselves even on the 'failed' attempts.
Somewhat sadly, Cederic is correct in his reply: the language does evolve, and the meaning of words and phrases change. 'Begging the question' is a tricky one, because it is difficult to even explain the original meaning. OTOH, using it to define a situation in which one would naturally ask such a question is grammatically correct. The fact that the same phrase refers to a logical fallacy is immaterial - indeed, it is the 'correct' (that is, original) meaning that is arcane.
The same applies to the use of the term 'assault weapon'. Gun right supporters will claim that it can only refer to selective fire carbine style weapons (the military definition), while the media use it for any 'scary' looking gun, and the lawmakers pretty much fail on getting any meaningful definition at all.
And so it is that 'begging the question' instead of 'raising the question' is correct - much as it rankles me to admit it.
[This is coming from a guy who refuses to use the term 'decimate' because its meaning has also changed. We have plenty of terms to mean 'annihilate your enemy'. But how many terms do we have for 'kill every tenth soldier in your own army? Hopefully, 'defenestration' - another personal favorite - will remain untouched.]
No, it caught one one pedantic asshole.
You can set up a VPN at home if you need access to your shit while out.
http://www.howtogeek.com/221001/how-to-set-up-your-own-home-vpn-server/
Dead link.
Jalopnik has a first person account from a reporter who spent three days in a Virginia jail for doing 93 in a 55 mph zone.