One crash in light aircraft ages ago suggested possible connection, unlikely.
My understanding is that the prohibition on cell phones is actually a FCC requirement, not a FAA requirement. It has more to do with the cell phone infrastructure than potential interference with aircraft systems.
I've been wondering if the arms race between spammers and people trying to stop them may be what eventually leads to a true artificial intelligence.
Consider: We want to distinguish between a machine and a human (presumably intelligent). The spammers are motivated to make their machines act more and more intelligent. We also want to distinguish between valid, meaningful messages and spam.
So, on both fronts there is pressure to increase the intelligence of the machine.
Ultimately, there will be one set of AIs sending messages to another set of AIs offering to improve body parts that the AIs don't have.
I knew a guy, married to one of my mom's cousins, who was a public health official, and probably a fundamentalist Christian. He said that if AIDS was God's punishment, then lesbians were God's chosen people.
I'm not sure what you mean by a "religion-respecting Christian", but I don't know of any who believe that the earth is 5000 years old. 6000 years would be a more accurate figure. This was calculated in the 1650s by Archbishop Us[s]her an Anglican who came up with a figure of 4004BC for creation based on the chronologies in the Bible.
This was amazing scholarship for its time. However, there are some problems with it. First, there are several different versions with different chronologies. Second, there are several gaps in the chronologies. For example, there is no mention how long people were in Eden before the fall.
I dunno. The thing is is that by definition, we are going to be in the center of the observable universe. That is simple geometry and tells us nothing about the unobservable universe. An other thing is that if the universe is expanding uniformly, any point would see the universe expanding around that point. Again that would say nothing about how special that point is.
But you can pay a little more and send it certified or registered. That will provide some evidence that you actually sent it. I think that certified just gives you a receipt, but registered is theoretically traceable end-to-end.
The power plant doesn't have much impact on maneuverability. Interestingly, the more efficient engines tend to be quieter (not as much energy being turned into noise). The major factor in speed in aerodynamics, not the engine. Most commercial jets are pushing the transonic region and to go faster than that would require a whopping big increase in power. There's a reason why the Concord and the TU-144 were the only commercial SSTs.
The nice thing about more efficient engines is that you can either carry less fuel and more paying cargo, or fly longer routes with the same amount of fuel.
Commercial jets are best at high altitudes and suck down low. So, if you can skip a fuel stop, you are much better off.
I interviewed once for an electrical engineering job and had to take a basic test on electrical circuits. Afterwards, one of the managers told me that they had college graduates come in who didn't even understand Ohm's law.
Being tested is not an affront to basic human dignity and you're not being singled out just because you're an IT person.
That is a perfect example. Who uses carburetors anymore? =D
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Lots of small airplane engines, the Lycomings and the Continentals, are actually carbureted. The newer engines are fuel injected, but if you have an older airplane that was certified with an older engine, you need an older design engine.
Iron should ultimately become the most abundant element in the universe. This is because energy can be extracted from the fusion of everything lighter than iron and from the fission of anything heavier than iron.
Unfortunately, this may take an inconveniently long time.
As I pointed out in a prior post, I'm using an official public release version of Firefox. Not a beta, not a nightly, not an RC. In this capacity, I'm an end user, not a QA tester. Do you actually presume that everyone who uses Firefox should report each bug that they encounter? What if your grandmother uses Firefox and something doesn't work as she expects?
I have worked in avionics software - the kind of software where people can die if things don't work properly. I'll let you in on a little secret. Even after this software has gone through QA and is certified by the FAA, there are still bugs. And yes, the customers of this certified, QA'ed, etc'ed software let us know about the bugs.
I just use abuse@ftc.gov (or something like that) as the throw away mail address. That way the middleman is eliminated. 1600 Pennsylvania Ave also works as a mailing address.
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Stupid liberals are all in a tizzy when we don't let the mainstream media get away with turning the Superbowl into a hardcore fuckfest in front of millions of innocent children, but then they want us to fact check everything we say. No hypocrisy there, nope.
I work with aviation software. The documentation, testing, and software is all overseen by a DER (designated engineering representative), a person authorized by the FAA to approve things.
If there's a problem with an airplane and it turned out that he approved something inappropriately, he would be facing some serious personal liability.
Just so you know, there are jobs with serious penalties for negligence. And there are people who do these jobs.
Whether the Genesis account is believed or not, it is familiar to a large number of people. Whether you believe it or not, it's an important part of western culture. Trying to ignore it would be like trying to ignore Shakespeare in English literature.
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One crash in light aircraft ages ago suggested possible connection, unlikely.
My understanding is that the prohibition on cell phones is actually a FCC requirement, not a FAA requirement. It has more to do with the cell phone infrastructure than potential interference with aircraft systems.
It's funny both the slashdot summary and CNN note that the police said the pilot's license didn't have a photo.
For good reason. Pilots' licenses don't have photographs. I think the police there have never seen anything like it and are just plain perplexed.
My pilot license does have a photo. It's of Orville and Wilbur Wright and the Wright Flyer.
I've been wondering if the arms race between spammers and people trying to stop them may be what eventually leads to a true artificial intelligence.
Consider: We want to distinguish between a machine and a human (presumably intelligent). The spammers are motivated to make their machines act more and more intelligent. We also want to distinguish between valid, meaningful messages and spam.
So, on both fronts there is pressure to increase the intelligence of the machine.
Ultimately, there will be one set of AIs sending messages to another set of AIs offering to improve body parts that the AIs don't have.
I knew a guy, married to one of my mom's cousins, who was a public health official, and probably a fundamentalist Christian. He said that if AIDS was God's punishment, then lesbians were God's chosen people.
I'm not sure what you mean by a "religion-respecting Christian", but I don't know of any who believe that the earth is 5000 years old. 6000 years would be a more accurate figure. This was calculated in the 1650s by Archbishop Us[s]her an Anglican who came up with a figure of 4004BC for creation based on the chronologies in the Bible.
This was amazing scholarship for its time. However, there are some problems with it. First, there are several different versions with different chronologies. Second, there are several gaps in the chronologies. For example, there is no mention how long people were in Eden before the fall.
These are called Massive Compact Halo Objects or MACHOs and can be detected by gravitational lensing.
MACHO
I dunno. The thing is is that by definition, we are going to be in the center of the observable universe. That is simple geometry and tells us nothing about the unobservable universe. An other thing is that if the universe is expanding uniformly, any point would see the universe expanding around that point. Again that would say nothing about how special that point is.
But you can pay a little more and send it certified or registered. That will provide some evidence that you actually sent it. I think that certified just gives you a receipt, but registered is theoretically traceable end-to-end.
The power plant doesn't have much impact on maneuverability. Interestingly, the more efficient engines tend to be quieter (not as much energy being turned into noise). The major factor in speed in aerodynamics, not the engine. Most commercial jets are pushing the transonic region and to go faster than that would require a whopping big increase in power. There's a reason why the Concord and the TU-144 were the only commercial SSTs.
The nice thing about more efficient engines is that you can either carry less fuel and more paying cargo, or fly longer routes with the same amount of fuel.
Commercial jets are best at high altitudes and suck down low. So, if you can skip a fuel stop, you are much better off.
I interviewed once for an electrical engineering job and had to take a basic test on electrical circuits. Afterwards, one of the managers told me that they had college graduates come in who didn't even understand Ohm's law.
Being tested is not an affront to basic human dignity and you're not being singled out just because you're an IT person.
That is a perfect example. Who uses carburetors anymore? =D
-Z
Lots of small airplane engines, the Lycomings and the Continentals, are actually carbureted. The newer engines are fuel injected, but if you have an older airplane that was certified with an older engine, you need an older design engine.
To quote Doug Stanhope:
"At least I'm not some middle aged moron living with a boogey man in my closet still!
I'm confused. Are you saying that the moron is distilling boogey men in his (or her) closet? Or is the boogey man in the still?
There was a song about short people many years ago. There was a bit of a stink raised about it too as I recall.
Iron should ultimately become the most abundant element in the universe. This is because energy can be extracted from the fusion of everything lighter than iron and from the fission of anything heavier than iron.
Unfortunately, this may take an inconveniently long time.
Yeah, but most Christians will be more than happy to give you a copy of he Bible if you act the least bit interested. Just look at the Gideons.
So, this would be like random women calling you up and telling you that they don't want to date you?
As I pointed out in a prior post, I'm using an official public release version of Firefox. Not a beta, not a nightly, not an RC. In this capacity, I'm an end user, not a QA tester. Do you actually presume that everyone who uses Firefox should report each bug that they encounter? What if your grandmother uses Firefox and something doesn't work as she expects?
I have worked in avionics software - the kind of software where people can die if things don't work properly. I'll let you in on a little secret. Even after this software has gone through QA and is certified by the FAA, there are still bugs. And yes, the customers of this certified, QA'ed, etc'ed software let us know about the bugs.
I just use abuse@ftc.gov (or something like that) as the throw away mail address. That way the middleman is eliminated. 1600 Pennsylvania Ave also works as a mailing address.
Stupid liberals are all in a tizzy when we don't let the mainstream media get away with turning the Superbowl into a hardcore fuckfest in front of millions of innocent children, but then they want us to fact check everything we say. No hypocrisy there, nope.
Can't be worse than football.
A lot of people like to talk big, but are terrified of the real thing.
The whole love thing is very 20th century.
I'm afraid that you may be a few millennia out, unless you missed a "B.C.E." there.
I work with aviation software. The documentation, testing, and software is all overseen by a DER (designated engineering representative), a person authorized by the FAA to approve things.
If there's a problem with an airplane and it turned out that he approved something inappropriately, he would be facing some serious personal liability.
Just so you know, there are jobs with serious penalties for negligence. And there are people who do these jobs.
Whether the Genesis account is believed or not, it is familiar to a large number of people. Whether you believe it or not, it's an important part of western culture. Trying to ignore it would be like trying to ignore Shakespeare in English literature.
What does this engineering-masturbation have to do with transportation? It's not like it's useful for anything other than some weird bragging rights.
Well, since engineers can't get girlfriends, what other outlet do they have?
The pedants are revolting