It is true; the NOTAMs list the systems as inoperative; I am not sure exactly which components were off, or if everything was, but the landing was visual.
Yikes. I've listened to the ATC recording but the clip started around the time of the crash. I would like to hear the clearance and instructions given to Asiana 214.
The FDR and CVR data and will be interesting. (Black box flight data and recorded cockpit conversation since there seems to be a debate going on regarding pilot lingo vs. general public).
I'll bet it was the adrenalin talking. People in these kinds of situations tend to say things like "it sounded like a bomb going off", "it was like in a movie or sumthin", or the ever-popular "it happened so fast".
Q. What did the turtle say when he ran into a snail? A. It happened so fast.
Considering how much of the geek community resides near SFO (and flies SFO), it's perfectly justified. I can't think of anywhere with a greater concentration of slashdotters.
Boston, Austin, Ann Arbor, Seattle all would surprise you.
Seattle doesn't have many basements but I'll give you Ann Arbor.
As an adult the time of year doesn't make any difference in the amount of free time I have to "update my technical skills inventory."
You beat me to it. I'm employed full time so my schedule doesn't change based on the calendar, so I'm puzzled by the question unless it's targeted towards the "school's out" crowd. If that's the case then it doesn't really matter. 60-ish days of something new isn't going to matter much come fall when classes start. I'd recommend summer courses to get out of school sooner to get started on a soul-crushing career. Bonus points if those courses are a technology you aren't familiar with to stick your toe in the water.
Not a single police force has tried to hire me since I started using medical marijuana. Just try to get a pilot's license! Oddly, if you drink, they'll trust you not to fly drunk but if you use medical marijuana they won't trust you at all.
1. More people die when you (try to) fly at 18 MPH than driving at 18 MPH 2. Convenience stores next to long runway-ish looking streets are too much of a temptation 3. ATC is not interested that a puffy white cloud is watching/following/judging you
If you're in IT especially and you're invisible you're suspicious. Lots of job applicants. What makes you stand out?
Work experience, knowledge, the ability to share and communicate it directly, personality, hygene... the list goes on and on. I work with a blogger extrovert. His fascinating blog post with pictures, formatted tables, etc. that details his 14 year journey of using Microsoft mobile devices might be delightful for a hiring manager to read. I hope that hiring manager notices the post was made during work hours. And please no "he was on a break". It's a pattern of behavior. Even when the blog posts relate to the technology he uses at work, it takes him away from being a resource. It's fine if you want to tell the world what daddy did at work today. I don't see why an employer would tolerate it on their time.
Yes. In their most common configuration they go back to the 60's. I'm having trouble (obviously) trying to put this into words. The design has changed little since the 60's but that is a changin'. I consider LEDs on electronics modern use even if it was 50 years ago.
50,000 is a nice middle ground on the claims. And CFLs are off topic and irrelevant. I still remember cursing and pulling every one out of the house. >:(
My complaint isn't about the message, it's the method of delivery. Or rather, the inability to turn off The President's Mouthpiece.
I can turn off the AMBER and weather alerts, but not The President's Mouthpiece. That's the part that truly gets my goat. Now listen to your phone like the good little citizen you are!
I can't imagine being so rigid and closed minded that I wouldn't want to receive a message during a national emergency. Your position isn't interesting enough to find out if it's any president, any political party, or you're simply an anarchist. If it gives you any comfort, no president has used this type of notification in the past 50 years. Now go get your custom firmware to block it like the good little tin foil hat drone you are!
You describe what sounds like an intelligently used alert system. To use weather lingo it sounds like you are confused on forecast vs. watch vs. warning. This type alert should be reserved for "in progress" emergencies. What would be annoying is to get these alerts for days before (only to then possibly have it miss).
Because it leads to the ability to spread propaganda or misinformation (especially if someone hacks it!) to everyone with a smartphone and since it's "official" people will be less apt to question it.
Because it leads to people making wild claims based on unrelated third party applications and services? Based on your comment I'm not sure what kind of communications should be allowed beyond "none".
And for full disclosure, I discovered as I replaced more incandescents with LEDs my natural gas consumption increased ever so slightly during the winter because I wasn't heating rooms with 60W / 100W bulbs any more. I don't have air conditioning, but if I did that increase would be offset by reduced cooling costs in the summer.
I don't get nearly as cranky when my daughter leaves her closet light on all night. It now uses 6.5W instead of the 60W bulb that came with the house and then the 40W I replaced it with.
CFLs are and were a bad idea and off topic. Here's a link to a cost calculator, but it's all simple math. An LED putting out the light of a 50W incandescent only uses 9W. Most LED bulbs are rated anywhere from 25,000 to 50,000 hours and longer. So for 50,000 hours you'll buy 50 regular lightbulbs at $.75 = $37.50. If you don't want to pay $59 for the fancy LEDs you can get simple LED bulbs for much less than $37.50 at a big box store. And the whole time use one fifth the electricity for those 50,000 hours.
Obviously it depends on the cost of your electricity, but nowhere is that cost cheap enough to be negligible. Break even on an LED is typically around 3 - 5 years and over the 45 years when used three hours a day the savings is almost $300 (after the cost of the bulb).
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No, the answer is don't try to pick up underage girls.
And SAL 9000 back at Urbana was so upset by the news, she was willing to undergo significant risk to herself in order to help Dr. Chandra revive him.
Yet, we are offtopic further still. Where will it end?
In 3001 with Frank Poole.
I tried Googling this issue, and I couldn't find any sources to back it up. Seems like someone would have mentioned it...
Try Bing. ;)
It is true; the NOTAMs list the systems as inoperative; I am not sure exactly which components were off, or if everything was, but the landing was visual.
Yikes. I've listened to the ATC recording but the clip started around the time of the crash. I would like to hear the clearance and instructions given to Asiana 214.
Sorry I don't have any more mod points. Well done and a well deserved 5!
The FDR and CVR data and will be interesting. (Black box flight data and recorded cockpit conversation since there seems to be a debate going on regarding pilot lingo vs. general public).
I'll bet it was the adrenalin talking. People in these kinds of situations tend to say things like "it sounded like a bomb going off", "it was like in a movie or sumthin", or the ever-popular "it happened so fast".
Q. What did the turtle say when he ran into a snail?
A. It happened so fast.
Or since it's an aircraft how about "rotated around it's yaw axis".
Considering how much of the geek community resides near SFO (and flies SFO), it's perfectly justified. I can't think of anywhere with a greater concentration of slashdotters.
Boston, Austin, Ann Arbor, Seattle all would surprise you.
Seattle doesn't have many basements but I'll give you Ann Arbor.
As an adult the time of year doesn't make any difference in the amount of free time I have to "update my technical skills inventory."
You beat me to it. I'm employed full time so my schedule doesn't change based on the calendar, so I'm puzzled by the question unless it's targeted towards the "school's out" crowd. If that's the case then it doesn't really matter. 60-ish days of something new isn't going to matter much come fall when classes start. I'd recommend summer courses to get out of school sooner to get started on a soul-crushing career. Bonus points if those courses are a technology you aren't familiar with to stick your toe in the water.
What's going on with space-based solar power?
Why? Earth-based solar power doesn't work?
Solar panels on the sun charge things more quickly.
Not a single police force has tried to hire me since I started using medical marijuana. Just try to get a pilot's license! Oddly, if you drink, they'll trust you not to fly drunk but if you use medical marijuana they won't trust you at all.
1. More people die when you (try to) fly at 18 MPH than driving at 18 MPH
2. Convenience stores next to long runway-ish looking streets are too much of a temptation
3. ATC is not interested that a puffy white cloud is watching/following/judging you
hygene
Was that supposed to be "hygiene"?
Yes. Early Sunday mornings my spelling also stinks.
What do you do do?
If you're in IT especially and you're invisible you're suspicious. Lots of job applicants. What makes you stand out?
Work experience, knowledge, the ability to share and communicate it directly, personality, hygene... the list goes on and on. I work with a blogger extrovert. His fascinating blog post with pictures, formatted tables, etc. that details his 14 year journey of using Microsoft mobile devices might be delightful for a hiring manager to read. I hope that hiring manager notices the post was made during work hours. And please no "he was on a break". It's a pattern of behavior. Even when the blog posts relate to the technology he uses at work, it takes him away from being a resource. It's fine if you want to tell the world what daddy did at work today. I don't see why an employer would tolerate it on their time.
Definitely.
Yes. In their most common configuration they go back to the 60's. I'm having trouble (obviously) trying to put this into words. The design has changed little since the 60's but that is a changin'. I consider LEDs on electronics modern use even if it was 50 years ago.
50,000 is a nice middle ground on the claims. And CFLs are off topic and irrelevant. I still remember cursing and pulling every one out of the house. >:(
Yeah, probably too soon for an Aquabats season 2 reference.
RTFA and enjoy "Learning and Growing"!
Well, good day to you too, sir.
My complaint isn't about the message, it's the method of delivery. Or rather, the inability to turn off The President's Mouthpiece.
I can turn off the AMBER and weather alerts, but not The President's Mouthpiece. That's the part that truly gets my goat. Now listen to your phone like the good little citizen you are!
I can't imagine being so rigid and closed minded that I wouldn't want to receive a message during a national emergency. Your position isn't interesting enough to find out if it's any president, any political party, or you're simply an anarchist. If it gives you any comfort, no president has used this type of notification in the past 50 years. Now go get your custom firmware to block it like the good little tin foil hat drone you are!
You describe what sounds like an intelligently used alert system. To use weather lingo it sounds like you are confused on forecast vs. watch vs. warning. This type alert should be reserved for "in progress" emergencies. What would be annoying is to get these alerts for days before (only to then possibly have it miss).
Because it leads to the ability to spread propaganda or misinformation (especially if someone hacks it!) to everyone with a smartphone and since it's "official" people will be less apt to question it.
Because it leads to people making wild claims based on unrelated third party applications and services? Based on your comment I'm not sure what kind of communications should be allowed beyond "none".
And for full disclosure, I discovered as I replaced more incandescents with LEDs my natural gas consumption increased ever so slightly during the winter because I wasn't heating rooms with 60W / 100W bulbs any more. I don't have air conditioning, but if I did that increase would be offset by reduced cooling costs in the summer.
I don't get nearly as cranky when my daughter leaves her closet light on all night. It now uses 6.5W instead of the 60W bulb that came with the house and then the 40W I replaced it with.
Not true. See my long winded post above regarding energy savings.
CFLs are and were a bad idea and off topic. Here's a link to a cost calculator, but it's all simple math. An LED putting out the light of a 50W incandescent only uses 9W. Most LED bulbs are rated anywhere from 25,000 to 50,000 hours and longer. So for 50,000 hours you'll buy 50 regular lightbulbs at $.75 = $37.50. If you don't want to pay $59 for the fancy LEDs you can get simple LED bulbs for much less than $37.50 at a big box store. And the whole time use one fifth the electricity for those 50,000 hours.
Obviously it depends on the cost of your electricity, but nowhere is that cost cheap enough to be negligible. Break even on an LED is typically around 3 - 5 years and over the 45 years when used three hours a day the savings is almost $300 (after the cost of the bulb).