First off cosmic radiation does increase cancer risk. I realize that pilots get exposed more than most, but business travelers who travel frequently get a good % more than if they didnt fly.
A survey of Icelandic commercial flyboys, conducted in 2000 by the University of Iceland's Dr. Vilhjálmur Rafnsson, found that skin cancer rates for pilots were between 10 and 25 times higher than that of the general public.
I think you misunderstood. I am saying that I am used to students having an honor code.
The person I responded to is saying how the professor is potentially breaking the rules by not following an agreement (the ROASS). I am responding that the students are (at least) equally at fault for breaking another agreement, the honor code.
The honor code (At most, apparently not all universities) is a list of what is and what is not acceptable in the eyes of the university.
I am not sure the legal binding nature of it, but I also am not one to push for the letter of the law over the spirit of the law.
I am also unaware of anything to do with this university....for all I know acceptance is only finalized by signing a sheet saying "I will not study, and will get answers to questions from sources that require the least understanding of material."; however, at the educational institutions I have been at there has always been an accessible (again it is possibly not legally binding) document known as the "honor code" dictating acceptable versus unacceptable behaviors. Included in this is the malicious use of materials in order to subvert an exam, for example getting the answers to all the pool of questions on an exam by finding, essentially, the teacher's edition of the book.
Although I agree he is probably not a great professor (20 years of teaching business exactly the same way seems like a bad idea), a higher average is not the goal.
Most professors hope to have around a B average (it used to be a C), in order to separate better and worse performing students. Of course the ideal is everyone learns the material perfectly, doesn't cheat and gets 100%. But since different people have better or worse grasps of the material having the same average year-in year-out I view as successful.
I imagine (Although it might not be true) that back in the day with the cockpits open they might hang out at the snack cart. Withn eyeshot of the controls but still both "exposed".
and even if it is redundant the point is there is always one pilot (at least) locked away behind bullet-proof shield
See my other response.....also if those 100 people chose an airline which sells refundable tickets, and bought such tickets then it would not be an issue.
Often refundable are more expensive, but if you know you will be getting the refund it just costs your time to go to the airport
the guy who got "thrown" out of San Diego Airport got refunded even though his ticket was non-refundable since he was disallowed from getting through security.
Maybe you should not fly at all considering the increase dose of cosmic radiation incurred while flying, due to less protection since you are so high up.
As a rule, cosmic radiation levels rise with increasing altitude (up to about 20 km above ground). The actual radiation level is influenced by a number of factors, most importantly through the shielding provided by the earth's atmosphere. The overall effect for flight crew and travellers is an increased radiation exposure during flights as compared to staying on the ground. Flight crew passes up to 1000 hours per year on board of flying planes, which leads to annual effective radiation doses in the range of 2 to 5 milliSievert (mSv) for most crew. Occasional travellers obtain a fraction of this value through less frequent leisure or occupational flights. In comparison, the natural background radiation amounts to 2 to 3 mSv per year at most geographical locations worldwide.
Though I am against these scanners as they dont help and invade privacy. A much better use of comparable money/space/time is similar scanners which blow air on you and then analyze trace amounts of compounds (searching for explosives or signatures of common explosives)
Wait.....they are let through (pre-flight security.... i.e. before flying) because its hard to get them back on due to swelling (which occurs during the flight)???
Or get 100 people to buy tickets on one flight (at airport with body scanners for everyone) and have them all refuse, get refunded and watch the airlines make a fuss.
Big corporations are the only ones these days with the muscle to push around big sis/bro
Not if you opt into it via Amazon's terms of service.
You just will no longer be creating the same contract. The contract will now read this item will be offered to the recipient, which he/she can accept or exchange for credit towards another purchase.
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A survey of Icelandic commercial flyboys, conducted in 2000 by the University of Iceland's Dr. Vilhjálmur Rafnsson, found that skin cancer rates for pilots were between 10 and 25 times higher than that of the general public.
The person I responded to is saying how the professor is potentially breaking the rules by not following an agreement (the ROASS). I am responding that the students are (at least) equally at fault for breaking another agreement, the honor code.
I am not sure the legal binding nature of it, but I also am not one to push for the letter of the law over the spirit of the law.
I am also unaware of anything to do with this university....for all I know acceptance is only finalized by signing a sheet saying "I will not study, and will get answers to questions from sources that require the least understanding of material."; however, at the educational institutions I have been at there has always been an accessible (again it is possibly not legally binding) document known as the "honor code" dictating acceptable versus unacceptable behaviors. Included in this is the malicious use of materials in order to subvert an exam, for example getting the answers to all the pool of questions on an exam by finding, essentially, the teacher's edition of the book.
Most professors hope to have around a B average (it used to be a C), in order to separate better and worse performing students. Of course the ideal is everyone learns the material perfectly, doesn't cheat and gets 100%. But since different people have better or worse grasps of the material having the same average year-in year-out I view as successful.
And what of the honor code that students are under?
what about 1x1
and even if it is redundant the point is there is always one pilot (at least) locked away behind bullet-proof shield
This would result in higher prices for tickets, which people already complain about
Alternatively if this meant making the cabin smaller you either would have less bathrooms or less seats, again resulting in fare increases
the power to shut down any domestic, or block and foreign website it so chooses
Editors of /. take a little time reading what gets posted
Often refundable are more expensive, but if you know you will be getting the refund it just costs your time to go to the airport
the guy who got "thrown" out of San Diego Airport got refunded even though his ticket was non-refundable since he was disallowed from getting through security.
As a rule, cosmic radiation levels rise with increasing altitude (up to about 20 km above ground). The actual radiation level is influenced by a number of factors, most importantly through the shielding provided by the earth's atmosphere. The overall effect for flight crew and travellers is an increased radiation exposure during flights as compared to staying on the ground. Flight crew passes up to 1000 hours per year on board of flying planes, which leads to annual effective radiation doses in the range of 2 to 5 milliSievert (mSv) for most crew. Occasional travellers obtain a fraction of this value through less frequent leisure or occupational flights. In comparison, the natural background radiation amounts to 2 to 3 mSv per year at most geographical locations worldwide.
Though I am against these scanners as they dont help and invade privacy. A much better use of comparable money/space/time is similar scanners which blow air on you and then analyze trace amounts of compounds (searching for explosives or signatures of common explosives)
Wait.....they are let through (pre-flight security.... i.e. before flying) because its hard to get them back on due to swelling (which occurs during the flight)???
Hence bulletproof door, and only one pilot leaving cockpit at a time
Big corporations are the only ones these days with the muscle to push around big sis/bro
They cut his beard and forced him to eat it
......a permament loss, as his beard will never grow back
perhaps I shant
If he wants to be a person (and not two persons) maybe he should put some effort into dieting
You may have just opened up a new flood of lawsuits against employers that will further clog the US legal system.
Would you be surprised if the most productive use (saving lives from cancer) got put on hold in order to make more money (sell Doritos)
I swear.....Van Gogh......what do you mean I cant enter because the scan failed
paper target
really, thats what you'd shoot at?
item will be offered to the recipient, which he/she can accept or exchange for credit towards another purchase.
You just will no longer be creating the same contract. The contract will now read this item will be offered to the recipient, which he/she can accept or exchange for credit towards another purchase.
Its just gift return, receive credit, buy something new..... just without the initial delivery.