True, though I don't know many folks even in aircraft maintenance who use the military format anywhere but on required forms, 350 equipment condition tags, etc.
I always used the "7 Dec 2009" style on informal entries and in the handwritten old-school "green logbooks".
Maintenance documentation got the TO version:
From TO 00-20-1 "Manually record all dates on the forms prescribed in the 00-20-series Technical Orders by eight digits in the order of year, month, and day. Example: YYYYMMDD, 20091207 for 7 Dec 2009."
No, but if I had a bunch of components in a storage shed in a deployed location I'd mark the "good ones" after bench-checking them so users could "grab and go". It's a helluva lot easier than bouncing serial numbers off a logbook.
FMC, PMC (Partially Mission Capable), NMC (Not Mission Capable), and other codes are the usual shorthand. If you need to make one out of two, "cann" (cannibalize) parts from the NMC equipment and have at it.
FMC is the usual term for Fully Mission Capable, and while I've never seen masking tape used to mark aircraft it is light enough to provide a good background for magic marker. (When marking light-colored surfaces, grease pencil was common in the Air Force years ago.)
There is obviously no place for a "781" forms binder in such a small machine.:)
"This would be an instant success, especially in the corporate world. Given the fact that end-user computing power needs have attained a plateau, a simple machine running XP with 2GB RAM is enough."
It's "enough" for a web appliance, but speed is always better.
"How about software for people who need to get things done."
The sort of people who care more about shiny bullshit are moving to the FOSS world from the Windows world. While it would be nice to shoot them in the face, that's mildly illegal.
What we can do is chase them the fuck off, call out the damage they do, and make them feel unwelcome. They won't change because such folks CAN'T change.
Flame them into ash, don't support them, and undermine their projects. Boycott their projects, use your credibility to chase away potential users, and start FIGHTING or we will lose.
The laptops connect to standard wall outlets via their power brick.
Integrate the chargers into the vehicle. Use standard 220 single-phase outlets of appropriate capacity. No risk of getting stuck with an infrastructure of chargers which may not be appropriate to future tech.
Bonus: High-capacity 220 is nice for welders, air compressors, and other equipment.
The solution to vehicle-specific chargers is to integrate them with the vehicle then plug 'em in to standard 220 single-phase outlets fed from appropriate breakers.
Never discount Indisputable Oily Guinea Charm. Chicks dig that in preference to pasty variations of white guy, IMO based on the inborn white chick desire to fuck niggers (who in Northern vernacular were referred to as, no lie, "Swamp Guineas").
Hey, I didn't write the rules, I just play the game. Bergen County represent!
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...isn't new.
In big boy politics NEITHER side cares about a few dead guys. Anyone not getting this needs to grow up.
Jihadists kill their enemies, anti-Jihadists kill their enemies, and anti-anti-Jihadists HELP Jihadists kill anti-Jihadists.
There is no "neutral way to participate".
"Oh. My. God."
There is no God, and the intent of Manning leaking the cables was their exposure. This was inevitable, so no one should be surprised.
When a secret ceases to be secret it's no longer secret.
"If you've only just realised that, you've never met a Mensa member before."
Or read Slashdot much. (runs)
A stack of books next to the shitter is common, and a computer can serve the same function. The crapper is renowned as a good place to think.
"which is built from an LCD display-cum-mirror,"
It's molded into the plastic. There is a reason I said "picture" a plain one because US mines have lettering.
Have some internal pics:
http://www.usmilitariaforum.com/forums/lofiversion/index.php/t70805.html
True, though I don't know many folks even in aircraft maintenance who use the military format anywhere but on required forms, 350 equipment condition tags, etc.
I always used the "7 Dec 2009" style on informal entries and in the handwritten old-school "green logbooks".
Maintenance documentation got the TO version:
From TO 00-20-1
"Manually record all dates on the forms prescribed in the 00-20-series Technical Orders by eight digits in the order of year,
month, and day. Example: YYYYMMDD, 20091207 for 7 Dec 2009."
"Claymores have "Face Toward Enemy" written on them. Nothing would surprise me."
OK. Picture a PLAIN Claymore. Not particularly intuitive.
No, but if I had a bunch of components in a storage shed in a deployed location I'd mark the "good ones" after bench-checking them so users could "grab and go". It's a helluva lot easier than bouncing serial numbers off a logbook.
FMC, PMC (Partially Mission Capable), NMC (Not Mission Capable), and other codes are the usual shorthand. If you need to make one out of two, "cann" (cannibalize) parts from the NMC equipment and have at it.
Grease pencil on weapons placards was common (the Navy may still use it).
When we deployed to Al Dhafra, grease pencils were even used for nose art:
http://www.f-16.net/interviews_article33.html
Note the old-school white placard on this O-2:
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/54/432712455_fda36d0f7d.jpg
Tape is available and produces the required contrast. There is no functional reason not to use tape and marker.
FMC is the usual term for Fully Mission Capable, and while I've never seen masking tape used to mark aircraft it is light enough to provide a good background for magic marker. (When marking light-colored surfaces, grease pencil was common in the Air Force years ago.)
There is obviously no place for a "781" forms binder in such a small machine. :)
"Could we please stop posting about a new Windows 8 "feature" every day?"
No. Need Page Hits.
"This would be an instant success, especially in the corporate world. Given the fact that end-user computing power needs have attained a plateau, a simple machine running XP with 2GB RAM is enough."
It's "enough" for a web appliance, but speed is always better.
"If you know what youre doing, you can get a very performant gaming rig-- windows OS included-- for under $450."
HUSH! Those early adopters are subsidizing the rest of us!
"A condom that emits hypnotic patterns that put women into a deeply relaxed state in which they find it difficult to disagree? :)"
It flashes credit card logos?
Being a white trash techno-phobe is certainly a mark of stupidity.
I wish that all techno-phobes had a common throat, and my hands were on it.
"The guy loses his job, pays $400K in fines and goes to Federal prison for 10 years. His life is over."
That's called "deterrence". Once he INITIATED the process his life is reasonably forfeit as an example. It doesn't matter why he did the deed.
"we have moved just about every last fucking factory to China, "
No. See CIA World Factbook.
"How about software for people who need to get things done."
The sort of people who care more about shiny bullshit are moving to the FOSS world from the Windows world. While it would be nice to shoot them in the face, that's mildly illegal.
What we can do is chase them the fuck off, call out the damage they do, and make them feel unwelcome. They won't change because such folks CAN'T change.
Flame them into ash, don't support them, and undermine their projects. Boycott their projects, use your credibility to chase away potential users, and start FIGHTING or we will lose.
"but for the average user, you might as well have them download another browser."
I do. I might put up with silly shit for a while for the puzzle value, but no fucking way do I inflict it by recommendation.
I recommend Chrome for average users. It works. It's simple. It's fast.
Remember Phoenix which was later renamed Firefox? Yeah, the Firefox leadership doesn't either.
Chrome and Opera are light and fast. Epiphany is nice too and worth a look.
Firefox leadership no longer care about users, but as FF itself demonstrated, BROWSERS ARE EASILY REPLACED.
The laptops connect to standard wall outlets via their power brick.
Integrate the chargers into the vehicle. Use standard 220 single-phase outlets of appropriate capacity. No risk of getting stuck with an infrastructure of chargers which may not be appropriate to future tech.
Bonus:
High-capacity 220 is nice for welders, air compressors, and other equipment.
The solution to vehicle-specific chargers is to integrate them with the vehicle then plug 'em in to standard 220 single-phase outlets fed from appropriate breakers.
Never discount Indisputable Oily Guinea Charm. Chicks dig that in preference to pasty variations of white guy, IMO based on the inborn white chick desire to fuck niggers (who in Northern vernacular were referred to as, no lie, "Swamp Guineas").
Hey, I didn't write the rules, I just play the game. Bergen County represent!