Lufthansa and Emirates A380's seem to have the same type of climate control systems as the A350 and the B787, because they feel far more comfortable than other planes I've flown with.
A friend of mine from the Netherlands was going to visit his grandfather one day, only to find that the whole neighbourhood was cordoned off, evacuated, and the police and military bomb disposal teams in a hurry to get inside.
Turns out, his grandfather had been the quartermaster for the local resistance, and had a fair amount of stuff lying around in his cellar, such as a couple of anti-tank mines, some mortar shells, a whole lot of small arms ammunition etc.
That sounds a bit more far fetched. More probable, in my analysis, is that JSM saw Team Oslo and Guang Zhou, darted in between the former and ahead of the latter. However, the Alnic MC was obscured from the JSM both visually and on RADAR by Team Oslo, until it was too late. At that point, they may also temporarily have lost steering due to the hydrodynamic effects of the wake and possibly bow waves of the ships around the point.
They crossed the path of other vessels, behind one, in front of another, and failed to cross in front of the third. There is suspicion that they may temporarily have lost steering due to the hydrodynamic effects of multiple wakes, swells and otherwise turbulent water, just like turbulent air behind a plane can cause planes behind it to lose lift/maneuverability.
The JSM incident was a multi-ship scenario, with poor visibility(dark, multiple ships cluttering the view, shore lights etc)
But, the JSM was the give-way vessel, since it was outside the TSS, and shall thus take any practical actions to keep well clear of any risk of collision. And, as I noted in another post, this fits well into a behavioural pattern with US destroyers: Crossing TSS zones, in the dark, ahead of other ships. USS Porter, USS Fitzgerald and USS John S. McCain all collided in TSS zones, in the dark, while trying to cross.
"I don't think that's right.......what was it evading? It didn't collide until after it turned."
It was trying to evade the destroyer trying to cross the TSS, right across their bow. The collision happened mid-turn, then the momentum of the turn, assisted by the momentum imparted from the destroyer, the turn continued, until the ship came to a complete stop, before finally reversing.
"How do you know that? The destroyer isn't displayed in the movie."
Basically, watching the AIS, reading statements from other sailors in the area, analyzing where the damage is on the JSM, factoring in other US Navy incidents etc(The Fitzgerald collision was while crossing a TSS, in full dark, and the USS Porter was hit while performing a maneuver like the one I mentioned, crossing in front of one cargo ship, just to be hit by the second cargo ship that was behind the other one, in the Straits of Hormuz, which is a TSS zone too, also in full dark), as well as paying attention to the scuttlebut among mariners in general.
So you have a behavioural pattern among destroyer captains of making dashes across TSS zones, along with comparatively little bridge experience compared to merchant mariners with similar length of service in terms of years. IIRC, on the JSM, the CO did most of his ship duty in engineering, prior to becoming XO and then CO.
No, the examiner would give me a full pass, because I show that I understand that the ColRegs are not rigid rules, that it always depends on the situation.
That sharp turn to port is a last-minute evasive maneuver. You can see how the Guang Zhou made an evasive maneuver to starboard also.
Basically, the destroyer tried, in full darkness, to cross a busy TSS, through a cluster of cargo ships. It managed to cross behind one of them, in front of another, but the third was not detected, and that's what hit them. Presumably, it was obscured by the other cargo ships until too late.
Except that INS need to be recalibrated ever so often, and the rougher the conditions, the more frequently it has to be recalibrated. So you never rely on INS for your primary navigation system either.
A stand-on vessel that treats it as being right-of-way can still be given the lion's share of blame in the case of a collision, for failing to undertake evasive maneuvers, or for violating other parts of Colreg. In this case, the McCain was nominally the stand-on, but they were crossing a TSS in an unsafe manner, while the cargo ship was in the TSS lane, the JSM will most likely be given the majority of the blame. Despite nominally being the stand-on. If stand-on equalled right of way, the JSM wouldn't even be in doubt.
So no, it's not nitpicking. It's being factually correct AND accurate.
Modern cargo ships can do fairly sharp emergency turns, but it was also helped by the destroyer. Fortunately for the McCain, the cargo ship was ballasted, so not running full cargo, and it was going fairly slowly(around 9-10kts only, IIRC).
Here's a reference video of the AIS tracks for the cargo vessels, collision handles shortly after the 50s mark. . https://youtu.be/vlrA36GzHNs
Alnic MC is in a cluster of ships together with Team Oslo, Guang Zhou, Hyundai Global and a bit behind them was the Long Hu San Observe the evasive maneuver that first the Guang Zhou undertakes, and then the sharp turn to port the Alnic MC tries to perform, to avoid the collision.
Except that the merchant ships were in a TSS, and the destroyer apparently tried to cross behind one cargo ship, ahead of another, and got hit by the third, that had been obstructed by the first cargo ship.
Commercially operated vehicles have automated loggers, modern ones also tie into satnav etc(GPS, GLONASS etc are treated as supplementary data, not primary data for this).
The ones I've seen, you basically slot your card, and it's logged as you. If you let someone else drive, with your user still logged in, you naturally get fined(if you work for a company, you most likely will be fired, if you work independently, you will have a harder time finding new hauls, because the news about people being morons travels quite fast...)
As for the privacy issues, there's always tradeoffs, but most drivers actually like the logging now, especially with the modern systems that can also log some of the traffic info sent via DAB. Quite a few drivers have been able to protect themselves from accusations of fraud when they've driven longer routes around traffic jams etc.
You'll find that most of us do have a clue, and do know that it's just a smokescreen you apologists throw out every time.
For example, you mention Saguache county: We have municipalities here in Sweden that have lower population densities than that county, and they still have access to fibre.
Sweden itself is larger than Califoria, but has a quarter of the population, and much the same in type of population distribution in terms of urban vs rural. There's no excuse for the so-called tech hub in the world to be as pathetic as it is on average. According to Steam's stats, California has an average download rate that is 10Mbit/s lower than Sweden's, despite Akamai, which Steam uses, being utterly shit in Sweden.
Sweden is 450 000 square kilometers. California is 420 000 square kilometers. For the east coast of the US, take all of new England, New York, Pennsylvania and just under half of Virginia, then you're around the Swedish area, for comparison.
Sweden has a population around the 10 million mark. California's is around 39 million, as you said. The east coast US area I mentioned? Let's round it down and say 30 million?
Stop making excuses. The only US state that can really get a pass is Alaska(and the fact that some russian cities in Siberia have fibre internet Alaska shouldn't be given too lenient a pass either...)
"As someone who did professional audio engineering for quite a few years, I have to disagree --- sort of.
First, you say a "reasonable" MP3. A "reasonable" MP3 is indeed hard to tell from a lossless file, but most MP3s aren't all that "reasonable" and can be pretty easily distinguished."
My bet is that the poster you responded to has somewhat impaired hearing without knowing about it, and thinks that since they have a hard time hearing the differences, everyone else does too. I've met a few of those, and they are just as annoying as the audiophiles who believe gold plated fibreoptics improves sound etc.
"My second caveat has to do with the listening environment. If you're listening on the Apple earbuds that came with your phone, you surely can't tell good from bad. If you listen on the JBL professional setup I had in my studio control room, you sure as heck can hear small differences."
Fully agreed, the right equipment is a must. The home sound setups I've built, I've built out of studio gear, and then made nice front-ends for the looks, and pay maybe 40-50% of what an equivalent "enthusiast" brand setup would cost. I think one of the big problems is that today, for cheap systems, you either get an integrated solution, like a "soundbar" or compact stereo, with no flexibility, or a home cinema surround system. It's hard to find a baseline, flexible 2-speaker amplifier nowadays, without having to go to specialist shops.
Oh, look, that bullshit again. First of all, the european population obviously fails to include the european part of Russia. Second, many US people will exaggerate just how large all US states are and how small european nations are. As an example, only two US states are larger than Sweden, Texas and Alaska. So, let's compare Sweden with the nearest US states area wise.
Sweden, 450 295 km2, population density of 24.5 people/km2 California, 423 970 km2, population density of 92.6 people/km2 Both have heavily urbanized areas where a majority of the population lives, then a smattering of people spread all over the place.
Yet we've not had the problems of extending broadband of many different forms all over the country, including in the very sparesly populated far north, despite mountains, rivers, wetlands, large amounts of snow, low temperatures etc. The issue in the US as a whole is not the population density, it's the lack of political will on people and politicians both, and excessive greed from corporations. A significant portion of the lack of political will among the people can be attributed to "wah wah capitalism wah wah invisible hand of market wah wah".
Vigilantes also rise from ideology, more commonly in orthodox religious or right-wing political leaning ones historically, though recently(as in the last 60 years), left-wing and some more liberal religious groups have started to engage in vigilante behaviour too
No, Homo Sapiens is a species. There are multiple races, that is, various biological adaptations to different environments etc. Claiming anything else is just ideological indoctrination, no matter if you claim that there's only one race, or that some race is worth more than others.
There's plenty of evidence for it, like how some races are more or less susceptible to certain health issues, like say being less likely to suffer from Malaria but instead having an 8 times higher risk of contracting diabetes. Or, for another race, increased susceptibility to Malaria and more likely to suffer from clinical depression, but less susceptible to diabetes. There is plenty of biological evidence that proves your ideological imperative wrong.
As for your statement regarding breeding, you clearly show that you are quite ignorant about biology: Races can interbreed and produce viable offspring. Hell, in some families, you can even have cross-species breeding, though the offspring becomes either completely(Liger, male Mules), or mostly sterile(female mules).
In Sweden they do, or get banned from operating. Jail sentences have also been handed out to shady operators. Remember, not every place is as shitty as the US or Russia or China...
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Lufthansa and Emirates A380's seem to have the same type of climate control systems as the A350 and the B787, because they feel far more comfortable than other planes I've flown with.
A friend of mine from the Netherlands was going to visit his grandfather one day, only to find that the whole neighbourhood was cordoned off, evacuated, and the police and military bomb disposal teams in a hurry to get inside.
Turns out, his grandfather had been the quartermaster for the local resistance, and had a fair amount of stuff lying around in his cellar, such as a couple of anti-tank mines, some mortar shells, a whole lot of small arms ammunition etc.
That sounds a bit more far fetched. More probable, in my analysis, is that JSM saw Team Oslo and Guang Zhou, darted in between the former and ahead of the latter. However, the Alnic MC was obscured from the JSM both visually and on RADAR by Team Oslo, until it was too late. At that point, they may also temporarily have lost steering due to the hydrodynamic effects of the wake and possibly bow waves of the ships around the point.
They crossed the path of other vessels, behind one, in front of another, and failed to cross in front of the third. There is suspicion that they may temporarily have lost steering due to the hydrodynamic effects of multiple wakes, swells and otherwise turbulent water, just like turbulent air behind a plane can cause planes behind it to lose lift/maneuverability.
But you have 10(d)(I) and 10(h) that are also in effect
The scenario you linked is inappropriate here.
The JSM incident was a multi-ship scenario, with poor visibility(dark, multiple ships cluttering the view, shore lights etc)
But, the JSM was the give-way vessel, since it was outside the TSS, and shall thus take any practical actions to keep well clear of any risk of collision. And, as I noted in another post, this fits well into a behavioural pattern with US destroyers: Crossing TSS zones, in the dark, ahead of other ships. USS Porter, USS Fitzgerald and USS John S. McCain all collided in TSS zones, in the dark, while trying to cross.
"I don't think that's right.......what was it evading? It didn't collide until after it turned."
It was trying to evade the destroyer trying to cross the TSS, right across their bow. The collision happened mid-turn, then the momentum of the turn, assisted by the momentum imparted from the destroyer, the turn continued, until the ship came to a complete stop, before finally reversing.
"How do you know that? The destroyer isn't displayed in the movie."
Basically, watching the AIS, reading statements from other sailors in the area, analyzing where the damage is on the JSM, factoring in other US Navy incidents etc(The Fitzgerald collision was while crossing a TSS, in full dark, and the USS Porter was hit while performing a maneuver like the one I mentioned, crossing in front of one cargo ship, just to be hit by the second cargo ship that was behind the other one, in the Straits of Hormuz, which is a TSS zone too, also in full dark), as well as paying attention to the scuttlebut among mariners in general.
So you have a behavioural pattern among destroyer captains of making dashes across TSS zones, along with comparatively little bridge experience compared to merchant mariners with similar length of service in terms of years. IIRC, on the JSM, the CO did most of his ship duty in engineering, prior to becoming XO and then CO.
No, the examiner would give me a full pass, because I show that I understand that the ColRegs are not rigid rules, that it always depends on the situation.
That sharp turn to port is a last-minute evasive maneuver. You can see how the Guang Zhou made an evasive maneuver to starboard also.
Basically, the destroyer tried, in full darkness, to cross a busy TSS, through a cluster of cargo ships. It managed to cross behind one of them, in front of another, but the third was not detected, and that's what hit them. Presumably, it was obscured by the other cargo ships until too late.
Except that INS need to be recalibrated ever so often, and the rougher the conditions, the more frequently it has to be recalibrated. So you never rely on INS for your primary navigation system either.
A stand-on vessel that treats it as being right-of-way can still be given the lion's share of blame in the case of a collision, for failing to undertake evasive maneuvers, or for violating other parts of Colreg. In this case, the McCain was nominally the stand-on, but they were crossing a TSS in an unsafe manner, while the cargo ship was in the TSS lane, the JSM will most likely be given the majority of the blame. Despite nominally being the stand-on. If stand-on equalled right of way, the JSM wouldn't even be in doubt.
So no, it's not nitpicking. It's being factually correct AND accurate.
Modern cargo ships can do fairly sharp emergency turns, but it was also helped by the destroyer. Fortunately for the McCain, the cargo ship was ballasted, so not running full cargo, and it was going fairly slowly(around 9-10kts only, IIRC).
Here's a reference video of the AIS tracks for the cargo vessels, collision handles shortly after the 50s mark.
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https://youtu.be/vlrA36GzHNs
Alnic MC is in a cluster of ships together with Team Oslo, Guang Zhou, Hyundai Global and a bit behind them was the Long Hu San
Observe the evasive maneuver that first the Guang Zhou undertakes, and then the sharp turn to port the Alnic MC tries to perform, to avoid the collision.
Except that the merchant ships were in a TSS, and the destroyer apparently tried to cross behind one cargo ship, ahead of another, and got hit by the third, that had been obstructed by the first cargo ship.
The Fitzgerald also ran across a TSS
Commercially operated vehicles have automated loggers, modern ones also tie into satnav etc(GPS, GLONASS etc are treated as supplementary data, not primary data for this).
The ones I've seen, you basically slot your card, and it's logged as you. If you let someone else drive, with your user still logged in, you naturally get fined(if you work for a company, you most likely will be fired, if you work independently, you will have a harder time finding new hauls, because the news about people being morons travels quite fast...)
As for the privacy issues, there's always tradeoffs, but most drivers actually like the logging now, especially with the modern systems that can also log some of the traffic info sent via DAB. Quite a few drivers have been able to protect themselves from accusations of fraud when they've driven longer routes around traffic jams etc.
You'll find that most of us do have a clue, and do know that it's just a smokescreen you apologists throw out every time.
For example, you mention Saguache county: We have municipalities here in Sweden that have lower population densities than that county, and they still have access to fibre.
Sweden itself is larger than Califoria, but has a quarter of the population, and much the same in type of population distribution in terms of urban vs rural. There's no excuse for the so-called tech hub in the world to be as pathetic as it is on average. According to Steam's stats, California has an average download rate that is 10Mbit/s lower than Sweden's, despite Akamai, which Steam uses, being utterly shit in Sweden.
Sweden is 450 000 square kilometers.
California is 420 000 square kilometers.
For the east coast of the US, take all of new England, New York, Pennsylvania and just under half of Virginia, then you're around the Swedish area, for comparison.
Sweden has a population around the 10 million mark.
California's is around 39 million, as you said.
The east coast US area I mentioned? Let's round it down and say 30 million?
Stop making excuses. The only US state that can really get a pass is Alaska(and the fact that some russian cities in Siberia have fibre internet Alaska shouldn't be given too lenient a pass either...)
Correction: They have a LOT of people still alive who remember what happens when it all turns to shit. Don't forget about DDR(east Germany).
"As someone who did professional audio engineering for quite a few years, I have to disagree --- sort of.
First, you say a "reasonable" MP3. A "reasonable" MP3 is indeed hard to tell from a lossless file, but most MP3s aren't all that "reasonable" and can be pretty easily distinguished."
My bet is that the poster you responded to has somewhat impaired hearing without knowing about it, and thinks that since they have a hard time hearing the differences, everyone else does too. I've met a few of those, and they are just as annoying as the audiophiles who believe gold plated fibreoptics improves sound etc.
"My second caveat has to do with the listening environment. If you're listening on the Apple earbuds that came with your phone, you surely can't tell good from bad. If you listen on the JBL professional setup I had in my studio control room, you sure as heck can hear small differences."
Fully agreed, the right equipment is a must. The home sound setups I've built, I've built out of studio gear, and then made nice front-ends for the looks, and pay maybe 40-50% of what an equivalent "enthusiast" brand setup would cost. I think one of the big problems is that today, for cheap systems, you either get an integrated solution, like a "soundbar" or compact stereo, with no flexibility, or a home cinema surround system. It's hard to find a baseline, flexible 2-speaker amplifier nowadays, without having to go to specialist shops.
Why shouldn't Microsoft be allowed to leverage their product and solely allow Edge on Windows, and redirect all Google searches to Bing instead?
Oh, look, that bullshit again. First of all, the european population obviously fails to include the european part of Russia. Second, many US people will exaggerate just how large all US states are and how small european nations are. As an example, only two US states are larger than Sweden, Texas and Alaska. So, let's compare Sweden with the nearest US states area wise.
Sweden, 450 295 km2, population density of 24.5 people/km2
California, 423 970 km2, population density of 92.6 people/km2
Both have heavily urbanized areas where a majority of the population lives, then a smattering of people spread all over the place.
Yet we've not had the problems of extending broadband of many different forms all over the country, including in the very sparesly populated far north, despite mountains, rivers, wetlands, large amounts of snow, low temperatures etc. The issue in the US as a whole is not the population density, it's the lack of political will on people and politicians both, and excessive greed from corporations. A significant portion of the lack of political will among the people can be attributed to "wah wah capitalism wah wah invisible hand of market wah wah".
No, more likely a team of experts in the arts of ungentlemanly warfare will arrange for a series of unfortunate events.
Vigilantes also rise from ideology, more commonly in orthodox religious or right-wing political leaning ones historically, though recently(as in the last 60 years), left-wing and some more liberal religious groups have started to engage in vigilante behaviour too
No, Homo Sapiens is a species. There are multiple races, that is, various biological adaptations to different environments etc. Claiming anything else is just ideological indoctrination, no matter if you claim that there's only one race, or that some race is worth more than others.
There's plenty of evidence for it, like how some races are more or less susceptible to certain health issues, like say being less likely to suffer from Malaria but instead having an 8 times higher risk of contracting diabetes. Or, for another race, increased susceptibility to Malaria and more likely to suffer from clinical depression, but less susceptible to diabetes. There is plenty of biological evidence that proves your ideological imperative wrong.
As for your statement regarding breeding, you clearly show that you are quite ignorant about biology: Races can interbreed and produce viable offspring. Hell, in some families, you can even have cross-species breeding, though the offspring becomes either completely(Liger, male Mules), or mostly sterile(female mules).
In Sweden they do, or get banned from operating. Jail sentences have also been handed out to shady operators. Remember, not every place is as shitty as the US or Russia or China...