So they want to restrict private companies from collecting and sharing someone's location data, yet the federal government is planning on implementing a rule that requires someone flying in a private plane to have a verified and approved security threat before they will prevent the government's location tracking to be made public. http://www.nbaa.org/ops/security/barr/20110318-barr-bolen-aopa.php This is referred to as the TMZ bill since it will allow paparazzi to know the location of celebrities. It will also allow companies to learn where their competitor's aircraft are.
There's just one more step before toll transponder information is made public too.
Burt Rutan had comments about this at last year's EAA Convention. He recommended that the next step be an electric plane with a special purpose design for doing aerobatics in air shows. A standard act is only about 15 minutes, which is within the current practical power design restrictions. Burt stated that propeller drives didn't need to be only put on the front or back of the plane inline with the forward motion. Smaller propellers with motors could be put on the wing tips and/or tail to create unique aerobatics.
Back to my point of view: Throughout aviation history, it's the engine that drives aircraft innovation: The Wright Flyer wouldn't have existed without Charles Taylor's lightweight engine. The P&W R-2800 Double Wasp enabled many aircraft designs from the B-26, P-47 and Douglas DC-6 The P-51 wasn't the success without the Merlin engine. The 747 couldn't have existed without the high-bypass turbofan. The 777 wouldn't exist without the huge power engines. The 787 and any future airliner design wouldn't exist without an engine with better fuel economy.
This is exactly the same thing that happened to Homer's internet company, Compu-global-hyper-mega-net.
From:
http://simpsons.wikia.com/wiki/Compu-Global-Hyper-Mega-Net
Compu-Global-Hyper-Mega-Net is Homer's Internet company. The company's headquarters is the dining room of 742 Evergreen Terrace. It is never made clear what the company sells or offers, however Microsoft's Bill Gates still buys out the company.
After Homer received the wrong mail that was meant to go to Flanders since he started an online Internet service homer read and researched the "Internet" he told Marge they were behind in the world of tech and they started a computer company that was destroyed by billionaire Bill Gates when he said "Well I don't get rich by writing a lot of checks," then he told his goons to "buy him out boys" but when Homer got his hopes up the goons started smashing everything and he and Marge were trapped in the corner of their living room as people destroyed everything they worked for.
Easy solution. This place http://www.nushield.com/ has matte plastic for computer screens. It tucks in behind the bezel. Just remember to take off all the blue protective plastic. I thought the thing was too dark until it started peeling away. (I don't have any financial interest in the company. Just had the same complaint as the OP.)
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So they want to restrict private companies from collecting and sharing someone's location data, yet the federal government is planning on implementing a rule that requires someone flying in a private plane to have a verified and approved security threat before they will prevent the government's location tracking to be made public. http://www.nbaa.org/ops/security/barr/20110318-barr-bolen-aopa.php
This is referred to as the TMZ bill since it will allow paparazzi to know the location of celebrities. It will also allow companies to learn where their competitor's aircraft are.
There's just one more step before toll transponder information is made public too.
Burt Rutan had comments about this at last year's EAA Convention.
He recommended that the next step be an electric plane with a special purpose design for doing aerobatics in air shows.
A standard act is only about 15 minutes, which is within the current practical power design restrictions.
Burt stated that propeller drives didn't need to be only put on the front or back of the plane inline with the forward motion. Smaller propellers with motors could be put on the wing tips and/or tail to create unique aerobatics.
Back to my point of view:
Throughout aviation history, it's the engine that drives aircraft innovation:
The Wright Flyer wouldn't have existed without Charles Taylor's lightweight engine.
The P&W R-2800 Double Wasp enabled many aircraft designs from the B-26, P-47 and Douglas DC-6
The P-51 wasn't the success without the Merlin engine.
The 747 couldn't have existed without the high-bypass turbofan.
The 777 wouldn't exist without the huge power engines.
The 787 and any future airliner design wouldn't exist without an engine with better fuel economy.
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Well, the AP1000 is made by CBS (owner of Westinghouse), not GE (owner of NBC).
Westinghouse Nuclear is now owned by Toshiba. The Westinghouse name has been divided up a bunch of times.
This is exactly the same thing that happened to Homer's internet company, Compu-global-hyper-mega-net. From: http://simpsons.wikia.com/wiki/Compu-Global-Hyper-Mega-Net Compu-Global-Hyper-Mega-Net is Homer's Internet company. The company's headquarters is the dining room of 742 Evergreen Terrace. It is never made clear what the company sells or offers, however Microsoft's Bill Gates still buys out the company. After Homer received the wrong mail that was meant to go to Flanders since he started an online Internet service homer read and researched the "Internet" he told Marge they were behind in the world of tech and they started a computer company that was destroyed by billionaire Bill Gates when he said "Well I don't get rich by writing a lot of checks," then he told his goons to "buy him out boys" but when Homer got his hopes up the goons started smashing everything and he and Marge were trapped in the corner of their living room as people destroyed everything they worked for.
Easy solution. This place http://www.nushield.com/ has matte plastic for computer screens. It tucks in behind the bezel. Just remember to take off all the blue protective plastic. I thought the thing was too dark until it started peeling away. (I don't have any financial interest in the company. Just had the same complaint as the OP.)