I am a pilot and aircraft owner. Who cares what a new C-172 costs? I honestly do not know or care what a C-172 costs, but $300K doesn't seem wrong to me.
Visit http://www.trade-a-plane.com/ and see what $300K buys. It's a buyers market, which is sad for owners like myself, but potentially good for someone.
As for the medical, I suspect the 3rd class medical will be done away with. Not sure I like the idea since having someone slump over the controls is generally a bad thing. OTOH, I pass my medicals and haven't really considered the alternatives.
Just because it isn't new and shiny does not mean it's broken. Yes, METAR/TAF looked good on TTY canary. Is it really that hard to figure them out? Really? Does flying really mean a glass cockpit to you? Why not look outside and potentially see something new? Do you really need a GPS and ADS-B to fly? I don't, and I use my airplane to commute to work at least once a week. How far does a flight sim take you?
I absolutely do not understand why people take a slow low end airplane like a C-172 or a cherokee and hang enough electronics to support a wild weasel squadron. The whole point is to fly... have a different perspective. And not that sissy straight and level crap either, learn how to do basic aerobatics. Really fly the airplane, don't just act like it's moms minivan with your eyes glued to the damn GPS. That GPS isn't important until it's time to go home.
I will agree w/one of your complaints. The old farts at the airport are a sour crowd. Too many authority freaks and dittoheads. Don't pay them any attention, because they aren't flying often anyway.
Lets try another tack. How about "don't be the victim?" Education and training is an investment. Skipping the hard classes has a tendency to bite back over time. Don't be surprised when society doesn't need yet another liberal arts person, because LA has low barriers and there is a surplus.
Instead of hating, why not try learning? Ask yourself, "How did those people get on the Google bus and how can I join them?" There are still empty seats, if you can prepare yourself. (Note: Google is merely an example, I don't work for Google and most likely never will).
Of course, if you don't believe in hard work and education... well... perhaps you will have to settle for ineffective protest.
There isn't much "boot licking" in software these days. Tyrants have a difficult time hiring worker bees who tolerate abuse. So dial back the hyperbole because it doesn't help your cause. Unless (of course) your "cause" is to simply be provocative. Then by all means crank it up and see how long you have listeners.
We all wish Mathworks/MatLab well. I used it at university and I use it at work. I use Octave at home (and sometimes at work). Octave is good for getting answers, not so good at graphing.
Are they competitors? Yes. Is there room for both? Yes.
Regarding Gimp vs Photoshop: I've never used photoshop (because of price) but I use Gimp all the time. The price is right and the functionality is there. I will never care about Photoshop because I'm not an artist. I think the same is true for Octave, many people have a light simulation or similar and Octave is good and available.
I wrote a similar application in the late 1980's using a backpropagation neural net, and it was difficult to complete.
Asking for volunteer submissions is the easiest and obvious answer. There is a group of commercial operators at http://www.radiomarine.org/ who might have tapes for you.
Some of the CONET project recordings feature morse, but the ones that I have heard sound mechanically generated.
Finally, you can collect for yourself. HF is a desert these days, the last time I tried the only hams were active (there has not been commercial morse for decades). This also means the equipment is dirt cheap on eBay so if you have any outside space at all for just a long wire antenna you can collect your own samples.
Also, you might not be aware but there are several regional variations of international morse. Cyrillic operators have 5 extra characters, the Chinese have an abbreviated numeric system, etc.
Cracking is the last resort. If there is an easier method to compromise a system then that is the path to take.
I read an interview w/the head of the GRU who flatly admitted they never cracked a high level US system. It wasn't necessary since they were able to purchase solutions.
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I am a pilot and aircraft owner. Who cares what a new C-172 costs? I honestly do not know or care what a C-172 costs, but $300K doesn't seem wrong to me.
Visit http://www.trade-a-plane.com/ and see what $300K buys. It's a buyers market, which is sad for owners like myself, but potentially good for someone.
As for the medical, I suspect the 3rd class medical will be done away with. Not sure I like the idea since having someone slump over the controls is generally a bad thing. OTOH, I pass my medicals and haven't really considered the alternatives.
This is exactly right. EAA says homebuilts are the fastest growing market segment. I'm doing my part.
Just because it isn't new and shiny does not mean it's broken. Yes, METAR/TAF looked good on TTY canary. Is it really that hard to figure them out? Really? Does flying really mean a glass cockpit to you? Why not look outside and potentially see something new? Do you really need a GPS and ADS-B to fly? I don't, and I use my airplane to commute to work at least once a week. How far does a flight sim take you?
I absolutely do not understand why people take a slow low end airplane like a C-172 or a cherokee and hang enough electronics to support a wild weasel squadron. The whole point is to fly... have a different perspective. And not that sissy straight and level crap either, learn how to do basic aerobatics. Really fly the airplane, don't just act like it's moms minivan with your eyes glued to the damn GPS. That GPS isn't important until it's time to go home.
I will agree w/one of your complaints. The old farts at the airport are a sour crowd. Too many authority freaks and dittoheads. Don't pay them any attention, because they aren't flying often anyway.
If they could point to it, then it wouldn't be "secret science." Duh.
Just take it on faith, like WMD in Iraq (a "slam dunk").
Ha! Points!
Wow. The hate meter just pegged.
Lets try another tack. How about "don't be the victim?" Education and training is an investment. Skipping the hard classes has a tendency to bite back over time. Don't be surprised when society doesn't need yet another liberal arts person, because LA has low barriers and there is a surplus.
Instead of hating, why not try learning? Ask yourself, "How did those people get on the Google bus and how can I join them?" There are still empty seats, if you can prepare yourself. (Note: Google is merely an example, I don't work for Google and most likely never will).
Of course, if you don't believe in hard work and education... well... perhaps you will have to settle for ineffective protest.
There isn't much "boot licking" in software these days. Tyrants have a difficult time hiring worker bees who tolerate abuse. So dial back the hyperbole because it doesn't help your cause. Unless (of course) your "cause" is to simply be provocative. Then by all means crank it up and see how long you have listeners.
I got mine (years ago) from Aegean Park Press, P.O. Box 2120, Walnut Creek, CA 94595
Chips and Dips could be awful, but it was better than the alternatives.
We all wish Mathworks/MatLab well. I used it at university and I use it at work. I use Octave at home (and sometimes at work). Octave is good for getting answers, not so good at graphing.
Are they competitors? Yes. Is there room for both? Yes.
Regarding Gimp vs Photoshop: I've never used photoshop (because of price) but I use Gimp all the time. The price is right and the functionality is there. I will never care about Photoshop because I'm not an artist. I think the same is true for Octave, many people have a light simulation or similar and Octave is good and available.
I wrote a similar application in the late 1980's using a backpropagation neural net, and it was difficult to complete.
Asking for volunteer submissions is the easiest and obvious answer. There is a group of commercial operators at http://www.radiomarine.org/ who might have tapes for you.
Some of the CONET project recordings feature morse, but the ones that I have heard sound mechanically generated.
Finally, you can collect for yourself. HF is a desert these days, the last time I tried the only hams were active (there has not been commercial morse for decades). This also means the equipment is dirt cheap on eBay so if you have any outside space at all for just a long wire antenna you can collect your own samples.
Also, you might not be aware but there are several regional variations of international morse. Cyrillic operators have 5 extra characters, the Chinese have an abbreviated numeric system, etc.
Does this imply there is an "information dominatrix?"
"50 shades of gray for your firewall?"
Yes, there are several signs proclaiming "Jefferson State" along I-5 in Siskiyou county.
Our NPR station calls itself "Jefferson State Radio"
Although we all enjoy the joke, I don't think many people are actively campaigning for this concept.
Jefferson State resident here. Lets split it up.
Too bad about the water. We never liked sending it to you.
Mojo, is that you?
Google Maps would be the first example that comes to mind, followed by Google Cloud Notification.
You think Raymond McGovern and Thomas Drake are traitors? (I am not so familiar w/the others).
AFAIK, Ray McGovern has never been charged with anything. And are you really going to defend Trailblazer?
You are absolutely correct about what happens to most of these people (deserving of punishment or not).
I'm pretty sure Ray McGovern and Thomas Drake are good guys(tm).
Wookact, you rock!
You owe me a keyboard
Are you Rusty Venture?
Yet another example of why no software is developed east of I-5
Oh, that isn't correct?
Nobody gives a hoot about their universities or degree. Show us the product. Thank you, that will be all.
They say "hax4bux"
This is joke, right?
Cracking is the last resort. If there is an easier method to compromise a system then that is the path to take.
I read an interview w/the head of the GRU who flatly admitted they never cracked a high level US system. It wasn't necessary since they were able to purchase solutions.
That is a damn fine idea, too bad my mod points just expired.
In California, you have to complete a two year apprenticeship to become certified for aerial application.
This is not so much about flying an airplane (which presumably a commercially rated pilot can manage).
It is mostly about handling pesticides, etc. I have not looked but my understanding is that other states have similar requirements.
So even if UC Davis proves the concept, I doubt it relieves the operator of being state certified.