It's technically no different than tossing logs into the boiler of a train.
Er... I know what you're trying to say, but you throw the fuel--wood, as you said--into the firebox of the locomotive. The train is what is being pulled by the locomotive.
Of course they had lives, families, etc, etc. But look. I'm not their babysitter. They knew exactly what they were doing, took a risk that they would be involved in a crash, and got involved in a crash. My sympathy for them only extends so far.
I feel exactly the same way. Growing up, I lived 5 miles outside of town on a twisty forest road. There was another kid known for driving his hotrod well over 55 mph and taking corners with 1/2 his car in the opposing lane.
Did I mention it was a forest road? We had a large number of logging trucks and even a few dump trucks (building roads). He met one while he was in their lane. Head on. I think his nurse is still required to spoon-feed him ten years later.
His sister was saying something about how upset she was, which caused me to comment that at least he met a large truck. She was furious. "What do you mean?" I explained that his driving put others at risk and at least he met an object that he couldn't hurt, like another passenger car or truck. Needless to say, she didn't see the logic in that.
A law to require people to render assistance? Sorry, not going to happen, for lots of good reasons. (Starting with: unenforcable...)
Except for the fact that other countries do have these laws and do enforce them, i.e. Germany and their "Unterlassene Hilfeleistung", where a driver must stop and render aid until an official takes over (police, emt, etc). In fact, the photographers who snapped Princess Di's last moments were investigated as to whether they failed to render aid under France's laws.
But you are probably right in that it can't happen in the US. We can't even get slow drivers into the right lane, so requiring them to know CPR is probably a bridge too far.
"It's not that helicopters actually fly. It's just that they're so ugly, the earth naturally repels them."
-- Any jet jockey
Instead of defeating the Mu-barrier (retreating blade stall), it would impress me more if they could overcome compression effects when the forward-moving blade gets close to the speed of sound.
Back in the late 1980s, I was in the only computer course my high school offered. The teacher was more than worthless. Not only did most kids know more than her, she resented them for it.
Anyway, she wrote the tests on the computer. Naturally. But *WHY* did she choose to write them on one of the 20 computers in the lab instead of the one back in her office, I will never know. Plus, it wasn't in a hidden folder nor a password protected document. In fact, I think the folder was her name, with a subfolder named tests!
So, that's how I earned my 3 days of in-school suspension. And half the kids I gave the test to didn't even 'fess up! Bleh...
Theodore Roosevelt, on his second run for the presidency (would have been his 3rd term, first=MacKinley died, second=elected) he was the number 2 vote-getter. This is as the independent, Bull Moose candidate. The 3rd place finisher was the incumbent, Taft. Wilson was the winner.
It was, and still is, the largest showing of a third-party candidate in US history. Talk about a uniter, not a divider!
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"All third parties are completely eliminated by the electoral college unless they have a huge following. I don't know of any electoral votes going to a 3rd party, although I suspect that it could've happened in the past."
Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but I remember reading some article about the time and money put into making the space shuttle's 3 computers almost 100% failsafe. Because of the knowledge built up over time, and the importance of quality control over the newest technology, these computers have never been replaced. I think they're in the league of a 8088 in terms of memory and speed. I also remember the memory as being described as wrapped ferrite cores. Same stuff?
Two railroads completed the Transcontinental Railroad: The Union Pacific (East Coast to Utah) and the Central Pacific (West Coast to Utah).
The Central Pacific evolved/merged into the Southern Pacific. Interestingly as a side-note, one of the presidents of the SP was Leland Stanford, who founded a small school in California by the same name.
The SP had quite a few different divisions, including shipping, communications, et cetera.
Apple heats up. As desktop publishing and AV hit new highs because of advances in networking, larger memory devices (CD, DVD, cheaper memory), and faster processors, these new markets buoy Apple from it's mid-90's slump. This keeps Apple in the running on false legs into the mid to late aughties (2000-2010).
Enter Linux. Apple was a failure at the attempt to license hardware to 3rd parties. While Apple has a fiercely loyal following, so does the "new kid on the block" -- Linux. But Linux is able to take advantage of the huge IBM clone market. Neat OS, fanatic followers, and the added bonus of MUCH cheaper hardware. I won't say software, because as Linux mainstreams, software vendors will start to up prices. The fate of any capitalistic society -- but not a bad thing!
Linux ascendent as Apple fades to Amiga land. As we now see, Linux is great for server applications (Apache, clustering, et cetera) and is claiming much of the market share for what used to be high-end UNIX boxes. As web publishing ties more closely to desktop publishing, Apple will lose serious market share to Linux boxes that are more bang for the buck. Soon all the Macromedia and Adobe software will be on the Linux boxes, also CAD/CAM programs will be ported over, i.e. AutoCAD, Pro-E. Just look at how some movies today are using Linux-produced graphics -- not Apple, not Sun, not Cray (remember TRON?). Plus, the database powerhouses will soon rush to use this new, powerful tool. Oracle and others running on top of Linux will soon be the standard for most businesses and government offices.
Linux mainstream and growing. By 2010 to 2015, Linux on desktops will be fairly common. It will rule the web-file-print-server/cluster/workstation market for most small to mid-sized businesses. Linux will be another radio button at Dell, Micron, Gateway, Apple(?!?) -- just like any other option for a custom system, such as 9x or NT today.
Just my $.02 -- but I think this article backs it up. While OS 9 (and later X) seem to beat Linux in a few categories (and overall), the argument was always prefaced with wait and see. What good is an OS if those looking to the future don't see great stuff for it?
While studying at the local state University, one of my physics professors described a real world job he worked on that related to our current study of angular momentum.
We were looking at the effect of moments - for example, when the proverbial ice-skater extends her arms during her spin, she goes slowly, and when she tucks these into her side, she speeds up her spin.
Well, the professor was working in industry at the time and they were investigating a rocket payload that would launch with a spin to it, but once in orbit, large weights attached to cables would "fling" out, like the skater's arms, and slow the rotation.
And just why did they have to slow down the spin? He said it was because they were looking at the different effects on when the rocket re-entered the atmosphere and burned up. At the time - THEY WERE LOOKING AT LOADING IT WITH SPENT NUCLEAR REACTOR FUEL RODS!!! This was in the 60s when they were looking at the accumulation of nuclear waste and wondering how to dispose of it -- and burning it up in the atmosphere seemed like a good idea...
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Please, please -- temperatures measured in kelvins should not be preceeded by "degrees" (or the symbol). The name _IS_ the unit.
Also, the word is lowercase when used as the unit name or simply use an uppercase K.
It's technically no different than tossing logs into the boiler of a train.
Er... I know what you're trying to say, but you throw the fuel--wood, as you said--into the firebox of the locomotive. The train is what is being pulled by the locomotive.
Of course they had lives, families, etc, etc. But look. I'm not their babysitter. They knew exactly what they were doing, took a risk that they would be involved in a crash, and got involved in a crash. My sympathy for them only extends so far.
I feel exactly the same way. Growing up, I lived 5 miles outside of town on a twisty forest road. There was another kid known for driving his hotrod well over 55 mph and taking corners with 1/2 his car in the opposing lane.
Did I mention it was a forest road? We had a large number of logging trucks and even a few dump trucks (building roads). He met one while he was in their lane. Head on. I think his nurse is still required to spoon-feed him ten years later.
His sister was saying something about how upset she was, which caused me to comment that at least he met a large truck. She was furious. "What do you mean?" I explained that his driving put others at risk and at least he met an object that he couldn't hurt, like another passenger car or truck. Needless to say, she didn't see the logic in that.
Ah, Darwin, you are a friend of mine.
Except for the fact that other countries do have these laws and do enforce them, i.e. Germany and their "Unterlassene Hilfeleistung", where a driver must stop and render aid until an official takes over (police, emt, etc). In fact, the photographers who snapped Princess Di's last moments were investigated as to whether they failed to render aid under France's laws.
But you are probably right in that it can't happen in the US. We can't even get slow drivers into the right lane, so requiring them to know CPR is probably a bridge too far.
"It's not that helicopters actually fly. It's just that they're so ugly, the earth naturally repels them."
-- Any jet jockey
Instead of defeating the Mu-barrier (retreating blade stall), it would impress me more if they could overcome compression effects when the forward-moving blade gets close to the speed of sound.
Dating myself...
Back in the late 1980s, I was in the only computer course my high school offered. The teacher was more than worthless. Not only did most kids know more than her, she resented them for it.
Anyway, she wrote the tests on the computer. Naturally. But *WHY* did she choose to write them on one of the 20 computers in the lab instead of the one back in her office, I will never know. Plus, it wasn't in a hidden folder nor a password protected document. In fact, I think the folder was her name, with a subfolder named tests!
So, that's how I earned my 3 days of in-school suspension. And half the kids I gave the test to didn't even 'fess up! Bleh...
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A556 55-2004Nov16.html
750 lost in one month, versus 10,000 gained over 5 years? I'll buy that for a dollar.
And this doesn't include the 1,250 jobs IBM just opened up in the FairLakes area of Fairfax.
Bugnuts,
Theodore Roosevelt, on his second run for the presidency (would have been his 3rd term, first=MacKinley died, second=elected) he was the number 2 vote-getter. This is as the independent, Bull Moose candidate. The 3rd place finisher was the incumbent, Taft. Wilson was the winner.
It was, and still is, the largest showing of a third-party candidate in US history. Talk about a uniter, not a divider!
---------------------
"All third parties are completely eliminated by the electoral college unless they have a huge following. I don't know of any electoral votes going to a 3rd party, although I suspect that it could've happened in the past."
Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but I remember reading some article about the time and money put into making the space shuttle's 3 computers almost 100% failsafe. Because of the knowledge built up over time, and the importance of quality control over the newest technology, these computers have never been replaced. I think they're in the league of a 8088 in terms of memory and speed. I also remember the memory as being described as wrapped ferrite cores. Same stuff?
Two railroads completed the Transcontinental Railroad: The Union Pacific (East Coast to Utah) and the Central Pacific (West Coast to Utah).
...one of the biggest three telcos in the entire world.
The Central Pacific evolved/merged into the Southern Pacific. Interestingly as a side-note, one of the presidents of the SP was Leland Stanford, who founded a small school in California by the same name.
The SP had quite a few different divisions, including shipping, communications, et cetera.
Which finally brought us to the...
Southern Pacific Railroad Internal Network Telecommunications
aka SPRINT.
Steampunk 's vision of the future:
Apple heats up. As desktop publishing and AV hit new highs because of advances in networking, larger memory devices (CD, DVD, cheaper memory), and faster processors, these new markets buoy Apple from it's mid-90's slump. This keeps Apple in the running on false legs into the mid to late aughties (2000-2010).
Enter Linux. Apple was a failure at the attempt to license hardware to 3rd parties. While Apple has a fiercely loyal following, so does the "new kid on the block" -- Linux. But Linux is able to take advantage of the huge IBM clone market. Neat OS, fanatic followers, and the added bonus of MUCH cheaper hardware. I won't say software, because as Linux mainstreams, software vendors will start to up prices. The fate of any capitalistic society -- but not a bad thing!
Linux ascendent as Apple fades to Amiga land. As we now see, Linux is great for server applications (Apache, clustering, et cetera) and is claiming much of the market share for what used to be high-end UNIX boxes. As web publishing ties more closely to desktop publishing, Apple will lose serious market share to Linux boxes that are more bang for the buck. Soon all the Macromedia and Adobe software will be on the Linux boxes, also CAD/CAM programs will be ported over, i.e. AutoCAD, Pro-E. Just look at how some movies today are using Linux-produced graphics -- not Apple, not Sun, not Cray (remember TRON?). Plus, the database powerhouses will soon rush to use this new, powerful tool. Oracle and others running on top of Linux will soon be the standard for most businesses and government offices.
Linux mainstream and growing. By 2010 to 2015, Linux on desktops will be fairly common. It will rule the web-file-print-server/cluster/workstation market for most small to mid-sized businesses. Linux will be another radio button at Dell, Micron, Gateway, Apple(?!?) -- just like any other option for a custom system, such as 9x or NT today.
Just my $.02 -- but I think this article backs it up. While OS 9 (and later X) seem to beat Linux in a few categories (and overall), the argument was always prefaced with wait and see. What good is an OS if those looking to the future don't see great stuff for it?
While studying at the local state University, one of my physics professors described a real world job he worked on that related to our current study of angular momentum.
We were looking at the effect of moments - for example, when the proverbial ice-skater extends her arms during her spin, she goes slowly, and when she tucks these into her side, she speeds up her spin.
Well, the professor was working in industry at the time and they were investigating a rocket payload that would launch with a spin to it, but once in orbit, large weights attached to cables would "fling" out, like the skater's arms, and slow the rotation.
And just why did they have to slow down the spin? He said it was because they were looking at the different effects on when the rocket re-entered the atmosphere and burned up. At the time - THEY WERE LOOKING AT LOADING IT WITH SPENT NUCLEAR REACTOR FUEL RODS!!! This was in the 60s when they were looking at the accumulation of nuclear waste and wondering how to dispose of it -- and burning it up in the atmosphere seemed like a good idea...
...to wish for my C64 with GEOS GUI? And the sound of the floppy drive's read/write head *bang-bang-banging* away because of the copy protection?