My understanding is that at those altitudes, the flight envelope becomes very thin (is that the right terminology?). So too much thrust leads to too much speed leads to structural problems, and too little speed leads to a stall.
If the planes flew at 1920 aircraft altitudes, then there would be a lot of wiggle room...however, fuel economy would suffer a lot.
First thing I did when I opened this thread was Ctrl-F for "nova". I know nothing about the aeronautics, but I too found this to be a very convincing explanation.
What really struck me as odd was that (as I recall from the Nova video) planes are out of communication from land when in the middle of the ocean. With humanity's level of satellite technology (not to mention radio-wave-bouncing-off-of-atmosphere-skillz), this just seems weird.
No I just opened a new bank account with $5,000 in it because a Nigerian prince needs my help for transferring $500M USD. He will leave me with $100M USD for my trouble!
When I was getting my ham license, the instructor related an anecdote of a married man arranging a tryst with someone other than his wife. He did this on a ham radio, using the local community's repeater to patch into the phone system (mobile calling has been around long before cell phones) -- and of course, everyone used that frequency. Needless to say, his wife, uh, found out.
Point is, if you're broadcasting sensitive information over the air, you need to encrypt it if you expect any privacy at all, period (unless it's remarkably short-range). This was true in WWII, it was true in the 80's, and it's true today. I'm not saying I agree with what Google did, but someone with a laptop, GPS and kismet could do exactly the same thing, just on a smaller scale.
See, you posted anonymously, taking reasonable measures to ensure that your (very cerebral) comment can't be linked to you. This is -- in a very loose sense -- somewhat akin to encrypting your WiFi, something the victims of Google's data collection did not do.
If you don't want your brilliant comments hurting your karma (or be traceable to your account / real name / whatever), post anonymously; if you don't want your WiFi data being broadcast to all, encrypt it. Neither is a perfect solution, but both are easy first steps.
...and/or get some near-unlimited fuel source, like fusion.
That's what solar power is -- it's just that the fusion source is millions of miles away.
Additionally -- and I'm sure this is redundant with some other posts -- producing hydrogen directly cuts the middle man, if that's what you're ultimately going to do. I'd certainly rather putter around in one of these or one of these than in an electric vehicle -- and if the energy's cheap and clean...well, bring back the muscle cars, I say!
Additionally, since JS is historically predominantly client-side, robust server-side validation should always be used. So in that sense, it's somewhat less important to have thorough testing -- a shopping cart which says the total for your new flatscreen is $0.00 and then fails when you go to pay for it is a much better problem to have than a system which displays the total correctly, but changes $0.00...
Of course, the best solution is to have neither issue =)
The linked article mentions that Apple sales should "grab at least 20 percent of global PC sales this year, if you include tablets." Maybe TFS means Dell / HP / other manufacturers (isn't it great needing to interpret article summaries in some bass-akwards way because they're just wrong?). . .
The fact that there are myriad models contributes to his dislike, but a big reason he doesn't like the 911 is that the engine's "in the wrong place" (Lotus, with their mid-engine setup, puts it in the right place).
I love driving my (old-but-not-classic) 911, but I can certainly push my econobox harder, because it's a much more forgiving setup (FF). Push an average econobox a little too hard, and the tires will squeal and you'll get some understeer -- no biggie; push an older 911 past the limit, and you might find ourself in a ditch.
Well, Ubuntu is a windows-based operating system, in that all programs/applications and even configuration can (nominally) be done through boxes on the screen which can be dragged around, resized, minimized, etc.
Maybe this only works because no one wants to say they're windows-based in the first place;) (someone's probably gonna drag up a Lindows reference...)
Actually, I'm sure there's a market in Silicon Valley for an appetizer joint that brands itself as an App Store (or App Place, or something that takes a jab at Apple). It would be great to be a waiter there...no substitutions or user requests! (Now I'm thinking of a Sony-themed restaurant...they take away your food half way through your meal...)
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My understanding is that at those altitudes, the flight envelope becomes very thin (is that the right terminology?). So too much thrust leads to too much speed leads to structural problems, and too little speed leads to a stall.
If the planes flew at 1920 aircraft altitudes, then there would be a lot of wiggle room...however, fuel economy would suffer a lot.
First thing I did when I opened this thread was Ctrl-F for "nova". I know nothing about the aeronautics, but I too found this to be a very convincing explanation.
What really struck me as odd was that (as I recall from the Nova video) planes are out of communication from land when in the middle of the ocean. With humanity's level of satellite technology (not to mention radio-wave-bouncing-off-of-atmosphere-skillz), this just seems weird.
New bank accounts have a $0 balance.
No I just opened a new bank account with $5,000 in it because a Nigerian prince needs my help for transferring $500M USD. He will leave me with $100M USD for my trouble!
So when is Taco going to do an autobiography?
"I wanted to be the poll option, but CowboyNeal sought the position, and I acquiesced every time..."
I'm betting you either loved that prof or absolutely hated him. Hopefully the former!
When I was getting my ham license, the instructor related an anecdote of a married man arranging a tryst with someone other than his wife. He did this on a ham radio, using the local community's repeater to patch into the phone system (mobile calling has been around long before cell phones) -- and of course, everyone used that frequency. Needless to say, his wife, uh, found out.
Point is, if you're broadcasting sensitive information over the air, you need to encrypt it if you expect any privacy at all, period (unless it's remarkably short-range). This was true in WWII, it was true in the 80's, and it's true today. I'm not saying I agree with what Google did, but someone with a laptop, GPS and kismet could do exactly the same thing, just on a smaller scale.
Nah, that's too mainstream -- looks like he's into topless, baby-oil covered bombshells playing Wii.
See, you posted anonymously, taking reasonable measures to ensure that your (very cerebral) comment can't be linked to you. This is -- in a very loose sense -- somewhat akin to encrypting your WiFi, something the victims of Google's data collection did not do.
If you don't want your brilliant comments hurting your karma (or be traceable to your account / real name / whatever), post anonymously; if you don't want your WiFi data being broadcast to all, encrypt it. Neither is a perfect solution, but both are easy first steps.
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No, but that will be the case with the Kinect submarine.
Thank you, thank you! I'll be here all week!
...and/or get some near-unlimited fuel source, like fusion.
That's what solar power is -- it's just that the fusion source is millions of miles away.
Additionally -- and I'm sure this is redundant with some other posts -- producing hydrogen directly cuts the middle man, if that's what you're ultimately going to do. I'd certainly rather putter around in one of these or one of these than in an electric vehicle -- and if the energy's cheap and clean...well, bring back the muscle cars, I say!
No, I'm pretty sure this Civic could cross the Atlantic in 29 minutes... ;)
RT: @v1 instead of insta-caving to abuse of law? wow. never saw that coming, certainly not from Twitter.
Twitter respect: level UP
Because two orders of magnitude is the difference in price between a Honda Civic and a Lamborghini Gallardo.
Sounds like you're (aspersions) other_languages.
Oh, sometimes I crack myself up.
Additionally, since JS is historically predominantly client-side, robust server-side validation should always be used. So in that sense, it's somewhat less important to have thorough testing -- a shopping cart which says the total for your new flatscreen is $0.00 and then fails when you go to pay for it is a much better problem to have than a system which displays the total correctly, but changes $0.00...
Of course, the best solution is to have neither issue =)
I, uh, don't think that was a hug. Also, get a room...
So take your Penguin...and go grep yourself.
...
And for the record, I have...a Linux server in my house...
Clearly you don't -- otherwise, you would've said, "go fsck yourself" ;)
EOM
Still bummed that I was one off, but not bummed enough to retry and sign up with another one. You, on the other hand, seem to have done it properly!
Either way, it really should be enough for anyone.
Just like 640K RAM ;)
And I'll even drop the price down to $10/address.
Muah ha ha ha ha...
The linked article mentions that Apple sales should "grab at least 20 percent of global PC sales this year, if you include tablets." Maybe TFS means Dell / HP / other manufacturers (isn't it great needing to interpret article summaries in some bass-akwards way because they're just wrong?). . .
The fact that there are myriad models contributes to his dislike, but a big reason he doesn't like the 911 is that the engine's "in the wrong place" (Lotus, with their mid-engine setup, puts it in the right place).
I love driving my (old-but-not-classic) 911, but I can certainly push my econobox harder, because it's a much more forgiving setup (FF). Push an average econobox a little too hard, and the tires will squeal and you'll get some understeer -- no biggie; push an older 911 past the limit, and you might find ourself in a ditch.
...like Top Gear UK...
Which is, incidentally, the best TV show...[long pause]...in the world.
Sometimes I stand in front of the bathroom mirror and practice my Clarkson-in-the-world voice. Other people do that too, right?
Well, Ubuntu is a windows-based operating system, in that all programs/applications and even configuration can (nominally) be done through boxes on the screen which can be dragged around, resized, minimized, etc.
;) (someone's probably gonna drag up a Lindows reference...)
Maybe this only works because no one wants to say they're windows-based in the first place
Actually, I'm sure there's a market in Silicon Valley for an appetizer joint that brands itself as an App Store (or App Place, or something that takes a jab at Apple). It would be great to be a waiter there...no substitutions or user requests! (Now I'm thinking of a Sony-themed restaurant...they take away your food half way through your meal...)