a lot of what comes out of Pyongyang is likely directed at their own population. Kim needs to convince his people that their country is under imminent threat in order to distract attention away from the corruption and oppression by his regime. He needs to show his own people that he is doing something to respond to that threat that his propaganda machine created. Otherwise he appears weak, or his people won't take that threat seriously. And he needs the combination of an over-sized military (for the population) and sanctions as an excuse for the extreme poverty most of his citizens face. "Comrade, I know you are starving, but unfortunately we need to protect our country from American aggression. We don't want to divert precious resources to build atomic weapons, but those cosmically evil Americans give us absolutely no choice..."
Or, heaven forbid, people can learn to stop living with so much crap so they don't need so much money...
Some of us would like to earn enough money so that we could retire some day and maintain a middle-class standard of living. It's not about buying stuff.
EPCOT as envisioned by Walt Disney was to be an actual city where people would live and work. He designed it in concentric rings, somewhat resembling a wagon wheel with spokes. The inner zone would have towers and was supposed to be where people work. The middle ring was a park and retail area, and the outer-most ring was residential. Walt Disney had the idea that all major American corporations would want to relocate their R&D to EPCOT, so if you could get GM next door to GE and might get an electric or atomic car sooner. So was the thinking. The conceptual designs had a very mid-century futuristic look to them. Walt Disney even proposed covering the city in a dome, so the weather would always be perfect. But I'm a bit skeptical about being able to keep a dome cool and dry in the Florida climate.
.... we can all take comfort in knowing Korea, both north and south, have taken the important first step of solving the major global defecit of a 160 mile audible pissing contest.
There are no civilians within miles of the DMZ. "If a tree falls in a forest and no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound?"
I think there must be an upper limit to where the explosion is kinetically destructive. Eventually the curvature of the earth would direct the explosive energy into space.
It's ready for a certain someone to create a derivative work.
"Mein Kampf" was arguably a derivative work itself. There were a lot of others writing similar racialist pamphlets or books in the late 19th- and early 20th- centuries. The only difference is this author had a political career and started a war. Otherwise, he would have just been another forgotten blowhard. IMHO, the book is probably only interesting to historians, in the same way early Marxist or Leninist literature might be... to understand the political debates of the time against the backdrop of the industrial revolution and families being uprooted from their homes to work in cities, etc.
The FAA has no jurisdiction over hobby drones in my neighborhood.
Yes they do.
Those drones cannot fly high enough to even risk an incident with interstate air travel or the military.
Are you even familiar with your local airspace? Do you have a copy of the Aeronautical Information Publication (AIP) and keep it updated? Do you have a current VFR sectional? Have you checked the NOTAMS (Notices to Airmen)? Do you know where military training routes and training areas are located? Do you know what the performance of all drones are?
The US Constitution affords no such authority to the federal government in such matters and there is no nexus which can be stretched to create one...
Along those lines of logic, what if each municipality or State decided to create their own airspace definitions and issue their own pilots licenses? What if for example, the State of Louisiana decided to have their ATC only speak French? French is after all one of the official ICAO languages and is spoken by a sizable population in that state.
....Less than 100 years ago we were, and we did carpet bomb cities and nuke cities into the ground....Our new-found humanity prevents us from committing some horrible atrocities...
In the Second World War, we were fighting enemies who also carpet bombed cities and targeted civilian populations. Two examples: the Germans carpet bombed Rotterdam then later London. The Japanese carpet bombed Chongqing in China. The British didn't start targeting German cities until after the London Blitz.
If we fought against Al Qaeda and ISIS like we fought against Germany and Japan, those organizations would not exist and new similar organizations would not take there place.....
That is an assumption that you are making. As you stated, we are not fighting nation states, but we are fighting a political ideology that is promoted by several terrorist organizations and lots of self-radicalized individuals. I don't see how targeting civilian populations in the middle east would ensure peace. It would for one thing result in a mass exodus of refugees headed to Europe and it would wreck the already fragile economies in these countries. Paradoxically it would strengthen ISIS and other similar organizations; they would proclaim themselves to be the protector, and would have no opposition once the educated middle class (who knows better) packs up and leaves. What is needed to end these conflicts are legitimate political solutions, not incoherent tactics based upon false assumptions.
But it would likely take the slaughter of tens of millions of innocents, which we are no longer able to accept.
That is a good thing. Especially if the slaughter of innocents has no benefit whatsoever.
In a lot of these countries, anyone who works with technology or turns a wrench calls himself an engineer. It could be an elevator operator or a guided-missile designer, or anyone in between.
In Smedley Butlers time, this guy would have been called a "shoddy millionaire" A term which comes from the American Civil War and usually refers to someone selling shoddy items such as cardboard boots or recycled garments at an exorbitant price.
You miss the fact that as people age (which many of the Obama supporters have), they tend to mature from D to R.
That might have been true in your father's Republican Party. But the current party has become an activistic party and activists scare off most voters over a certain age and life experience.
Yes, I used one way back when learning how to aviate and navigate in flight school in the Navy. Back then, digital Flight Management Systems (FMS) were something found only in military fleet aircraft and big airliners. Fast forward to today, even light aircraft are getting digital FMS- and GPS that are far better than the INS and Mission Computers I used in my fleet aircraft. Even gliders are getting advanced digital FMS systems that show the pilot where he is and how far he can glide without lift. I'm not a flight instructor, but I can imagine that the old Jeppesen circular flight computer will soon be a novelty that old-timers like to reminisce about while they are swearing about the young'uns over reliance on GPS.
They stole the launcher from Ukrainian army and then fired their new toy.....
If that were the case it would pose an equal danger to Russian aircraft operating in the region. Russia would have an interest in taking said new toy off of their hands.
...I'm not sure that's certain. It may have been rebels using Russia supplied equipment, or there may have been Russians operating the equipment too.
Just giving "untrained" rebels, who are operating on the Russian border, a BUK system without any oversight or command and control would endanger Russian aircraft in the region as well. I don't think the Russians would be that stupid.
And then for some, who do not consider flying without an engine flying....
My point was if a medical condition is keeping him from flying powered airplanes, then sailplanes might be a good alternative. Certainly better than the alternative, not flying at all.
FTA, not sure what his medical condition is that's holding him up, but he may be able to get a glider pilots license instead. The medical requirements are not as stringent. As opposed to a simulator, glider flying would teach good stick and rudder skills, energy management, reading weather conditions, and sound decision making. On top of that, soaring is a great hobby.
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....Why not? The Star Wars movies no longer suck....
I vote for the Chewbacca defense against North Korean aggression.
a lot of what comes out of Pyongyang is likely directed at their own population. Kim needs to convince his people that their country is under imminent threat in order to distract attention away from the corruption and oppression by his regime. He needs to show his own people that he is doing something to respond to that threat that his propaganda machine created. Otherwise he appears weak, or his people won't take that threat seriously. And he needs the combination of an over-sized military (for the population) and sanctions as an excuse for the extreme poverty most of his citizens face. "Comrade, I know you are starving, but unfortunately we need to protect our country from American aggression. We don't want to divert precious resources to build atomic weapons, but those cosmically evil Americans give us absolutely no choice..."
Or, heaven forbid, people can learn to stop living with so much crap so they don't need so much money...
Some of us would like to earn enough money so that we could retire some day and maintain a middle-class standard of living. It's not about buying stuff.
EPCOT as envisioned by Walt Disney was to be an actual city where people would live and work. He designed it in concentric rings, somewhat resembling a wagon wheel with spokes. The inner zone would have towers and was supposed to be where people work. The middle ring was a park and retail area, and the outer-most ring was residential. Walt Disney had the idea that all major American corporations would want to relocate their R&D to EPCOT, so if you could get GM next door to GE and might get an electric or atomic car sooner. So was the thinking. The conceptual designs had a very mid-century futuristic look to them. Walt Disney even proposed covering the city in a dome, so the weather would always be perfect. But I'm a bit skeptical about being able to keep a dome cool and dry in the Florida climate.
Next flamebait topic please.
Did video kill the radio star?
.... we can all take comfort in knowing Korea, both north and south, have taken the important first step of solving the major global defecit of a 160 mile audible pissing contest.
There are no civilians within miles of the DMZ. "If a tree falls in a forest and no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound?"
I think there must be an upper limit to where the explosion is kinetically destructive. Eventually the curvature of the earth would direct the explosive energy into space.
No warhead. No guidance system. So basically we shipped them a big paperweight.
No, we shipped them a giant model rocket!!!
.... south korea: pick up a copy of whatever Biebers got out this year while you're at it...
south korea: And if you happen to stumble across the Yoko Ono Box set, pick that up as well.
It's ready for a certain someone to create a derivative work.
"Mein Kampf" was arguably a derivative work itself. There were a lot of others writing similar racialist pamphlets or books in the late 19th- and early 20th- centuries. The only difference is this author had a political career and started a war. Otherwise, he would have just been another forgotten blowhard. IMHO, the book is probably only interesting to historians, in the same way early Marxist or Leninist literature might be... to understand the political debates of the time against the backdrop of the industrial revolution and families being uprooted from their homes to work in cities, etc.
The FAA has no jurisdiction over hobby drones in my neighborhood.
Yes they do.
Those drones cannot fly high enough to even risk an incident with interstate air travel or the military.
Are you even familiar with your local airspace? Do you have a copy of the Aeronautical Information Publication (AIP) and keep it updated? Do you have a current VFR sectional? Have you checked the NOTAMS (Notices to Airmen)? Do you know where military training routes and training areas are located? Do you know what the performance of all drones are?
The US Constitution affords no such authority to the federal government in such matters and there is no nexus which can be stretched to create one...
Along those lines of logic, what if each municipality or State decided to create their own airspace definitions and issue their own pilots licenses? What if for example, the State of Louisiana decided to have their ATC only speak French? French is after all one of the official ICAO languages and is spoken by a sizable population in that state.
In some other country somewhere, I'm sure there there will be an official looking at this and thinking Red Star OS is a very good idea.
If the NSA were doing the job they were supposed to be doing all along, this would be the ideal distro to target for a backdoor.
....Less than 100 years ago we were, and we did carpet bomb cities and nuke cities into the ground....Our new-found humanity prevents us from committing some horrible atrocities...
In the Second World War, we were fighting enemies who also carpet bombed cities and targeted civilian populations. Two examples: the Germans carpet bombed Rotterdam then later London. The Japanese carpet bombed Chongqing in China. The British didn't start targeting German cities until after the London Blitz.
If we fought against Al Qaeda and ISIS like we fought against Germany and Japan, those organizations would not exist and new similar organizations would not take there place.....
That is an assumption that you are making. As you stated, we are not fighting nation states, but we are fighting a political ideology that is promoted by several terrorist organizations and lots of self-radicalized individuals. I don't see how targeting civilian populations in the middle east would ensure peace. It would for one thing result in a mass exodus of refugees headed to Europe and it would wreck the already fragile economies in these countries. Paradoxically it would strengthen ISIS and other similar organizations; they would proclaim themselves to be the protector, and would have no opposition once the educated middle class (who knows better) packs up and leaves. What is needed to end these conflicts are legitimate political solutions, not incoherent tactics based upon false assumptions.
But it would likely take the slaughter of tens of millions of innocents, which we are no longer able to accept.
That is a good thing. Especially if the slaughter of innocents has no benefit whatsoever.
Exact. The ultimate dream of every super-rich is enjoying his wealth forever.....
Or they live long enough to lose it all...
In a lot of these countries, anyone who works with technology or turns a wrench calls himself an engineer. It could be an elevator operator or a guided-missile designer, or anyone in between.
In Smedley Butlers time, this guy would have been called a "shoddy millionaire" A term which comes from the American Civil War and usually refers to someone selling shoddy items such as cardboard boots or recycled garments at an exorbitant price.
You miss the fact that as people age (which many of the Obama supporters have), they tend to mature from D to R.
That might have been true in your father's Republican Party. But the current party has become an activistic party and activists scare off most voters over a certain age and life experience.
A better known example is the E6B....
The pilot slang term for the E6B was "Wiz Wheel".
Yes, I used one way back when learning how to aviate and navigate in flight school in the Navy. Back then, digital Flight Management Systems (FMS) were something found only in military fleet aircraft and big airliners. Fast forward to today, even light aircraft are getting digital FMS- and GPS that are far better than the INS and Mission Computers I used in my fleet aircraft. Even gliders are getting advanced digital FMS systems that show the pilot where he is and how far he can glide without lift. I'm not a flight instructor, but I can imagine that the old Jeppesen circular flight computer will soon be a novelty that old-timers like to reminisce about while they are swearing about the young'uns over reliance on GPS.
They stole the launcher from Ukrainian army and then fired their new toy.....
If that were the case it would pose an equal danger to Russian aircraft operating in the region. Russia would have an interest in taking said new toy off of their hands.
...I'm not sure that's certain. It may have been rebels using Russia supplied equipment, or there may have been Russians operating the equipment too.
Just giving "untrained" rebels, who are operating on the Russian border, a BUK system without any oversight or command and control would endanger Russian aircraft in the region as well. I don't think the Russians would be that stupid.
Does that mean it's on an irregular, erratic orbit, and should be pulled over and given a breathalyzer test before it endangers any inhabited planets?
It's okay - we were told, just a few days ago, that the most important innovation was the refrigerator...
I vote for fire and then the wheel. Maybe someday we'll be saying, "You didn't have to reinvent the shipping container."
And then for some, who do not consider flying without an engine flying....
My point was if a medical condition is keeping him from flying powered airplanes, then sailplanes might be a good alternative. Certainly better than the alternative, not flying at all.
FTA, not sure what his medical condition is that's holding him up, but he may be able to get a glider pilots license instead. The medical requirements are not as stringent. As opposed to a simulator, glider flying would teach good stick and rudder skills, energy management, reading weather conditions, and sound decision making. On top of that, soaring is a great hobby.