The FAA's job is not to make the airlines profitable. It's to make them safe.
Actually, that's not true. For years, the FAA was tasked with both promoting aviation and keeping it safe. Congress eventually determined that the conflict of interest was one of the reasons the agency is such a piece of crap and tried to soft-peddle the "promote" part, but you can see how far they got by reading the FAA's own mission statement:
Our continuing mission is to provide the safest, most efficient aerospace system in the world.
The tip-off is "efficient." You and I might think that means "with minimum waste," but in Washington that means "with maximum profit."
...I take it there's nothing analogous to WinPatrol for OS X?
I just click on the little Scotty dog in my tray and tell it to disable Google Updater at startup. And he says, "Startup disabled. By the way, this program is currently running. Should I kill it?" And I say, "Yeah, cool. Thanks, Scotty dog."
I think you just said, "Of course this can happen -- because even though its a device manufacturer, they still have to deal with the fucked up world of software." Nice rejoinder.
Perhaps you meant to inveigh against the GPL here, rather than the BSD license? Really, if the BSD is too burdensome for your taste, what would that leave? Public domain?
"Pound" is a unit of currency in the United Kingdom. Although Canada theoretically has its own currency (the "dollar"), many loyal subjects of the crown still insist on reporting monetary value in pounds. A "thousand-pound moose," therefore, would be a moose that cost approximately US$1460.
If it makes you feel any better, I didn't have any trouble understanding your (somewhat humorous) post. Not sure what's up with your other replies -- or their mods. Too much champagne perhaps.
Doctors remain baffled at the inability the majority of Slashtards to read and comprehend a simple article summarizing a medical experiment, despite apparently functioning visual systems. "They just wouldn't quit insisting that the subject of the experiment used echolocation to navigate the obstacles in the hallway, no matter how clearly and explicitly the article explained that the possibility had been ruled out," say baffled researchers. "We don't think their brains are wired correctly."
LOL. Everybody seems to be enjoying this one so much I couldn't bring myself to mod it Troll. It's up to +4 Insightful as I write and getting funnier by the second.
Quite right. And having 95% of African-Americans vote for Obama is a long way from a color-blind society. But, given how downtrodden blacks in America feel, I think having a black president is a necessary step towards healing the country.
We'll know we've fixed things right if we ever get to the point where African-Americans are ready to vote against the black candidate if they think the white one is better qualified.
Thank you for saying this. When I hear people who have trouble interacting with new machines derided as stupid, I think of my mother, who is 68 years old and borderline-retarded with all machines. She is, however, a PhD, extremely literate and well-read, and very informed on political issues. Her vote should count in any election, but she would definitely have an even chance of yanking the fucking card out before the second "OK" unless specifically warned not to do that before she went into the booth.
It would be shame if her vote went uncounted because of her (not widely recognized but nevertheless real) disability.
This is a perfect answer--not because it makes any sense, but because it so perfectly illustrates the cognitive dissonance we're talking about. Christians who take the time to read both the Bible and the Koran frequently have no trouble taking the harsher parts of the Koran at face value but find no end of excuses why the Bible's crazier passages (shellfish, anyone?) are not to be read literally.
The original post claimed that democrats brought this on by insisting that mortgages be offered to people unable to repay them. Are you seriously claiming that the democrats not only did this but that their means toward this end was to strip away most of the regulation of the financial industry? That's laughable. In case you're new here, the democrats generally favor government regulation while the republicans generally favor the unfettered hand of the free market.
It is true that a massive failure of oversight allowed this debacle to occur, but I hardly think that agreeing with that point is agreeing with the OP.
You need to inform yourself. First of all, the housing bubble was primarily fueled by errors on Wall Street, not Washington. The explosive growth of the mortgage-backed security industry created an environment that gave people lots of incentive to do really stupid things, like loan people money without requiring them to invest significantly in what they were purchasing or demonstrate that they had the money to pay back the loan. Secondly, here is just one of many available articles explaining that the really big hit has come from borrowers with good credit ratings and sufficient cash flow who simply do not wish to continue to pay the mortgage on a house that is no longer worth nearly what they paid for it. It turns out that you can default on your mortgage and all they can take is your house, not your other assets (who knew?).
Anyway, it's certainly not "authoritative," but here is a funny and true cartoon that does a pretty fair job of explaining how the screwed up incentives turned normal people in financial fuck-up machines.
Can't speak for other jurisdictions, but in terminal airspace, the FAA mandates 6, 8, or 10 miles behind the A380. (Sorry about the pdf.) It's gonna be a real pain at busy airports, but they'll probably adjust by always running a heavy jet behind it (thereby only losing a mile versus current restrictions).
There are too many posts following my first one to answer them all. I'll add a reply to yours because you mentioned HVDC. I went to Pickens's site and did a search in the Community section for "HVDC" and found that the subject of transport and storage is being covered. Here is one discussion for anyone wanting a quick take on the tone and direction. It's certainly no worse than most Slashdot discussions;)
You don't need the karma, so rather than mod you up I prefer to strongly agree with your post and commend it to the attention of other readers. There is, sadly, a lot of misunderstanding about how the power grid (and electricity in general) works.
As an example, I know a bright, competent woman who has started putting a lot of time an thought into Boone Pickens's plan for a big move into green energy. I asked her what the plan was for storage and she said (referring specifically to home-based solar production of electricity), "That's no problem, excess electricity gets sold to the power company, who stores it for you." I tried to explain that Georgia Power has no facilities for storing your power and that in fact your minuscule amount of unreliable, intermittent electrical energy was more of a nuisance for them than anything else--until everybody tries to do it, when it turns into a big problem. This wasn't something she wanted to hear.
I would love to hear some good solutions to the engineering (and economic) problems posed by adding wind and solar to the grid, but so far there seems to be a lot of magic involved. For the uninitiated, a quick overview of the difficulties we face can be found here.
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Actually, that's not true. For years, the FAA was tasked with both promoting aviation and keeping it safe. Congress eventually determined that the conflict of interest was one of the reasons the agency is such a piece of crap and tried to soft-peddle the "promote" part, but you can see how far they got by reading the FAA's own mission statement:
The tip-off is "efficient." You and I might think that means "with minimum waste," but in Washington that means "with maximum profit."
...I take it there's nothing analogous to WinPatrol for OS X?
I just click on the little Scotty dog in my tray and tell it to disable Google Updater at startup. And he says, "Startup disabled. By the way, this program is currently running. Should I kill it?" And I say, "Yeah, cool. Thanks, Scotty dog."
I think you just said, "Of course this can happen -- because even though its a device manufacturer, they still have to deal with the fucked up world of software." Nice rejoinder.
Perhaps you meant to inveigh against the GPL here, rather than the BSD license? Really, if the BSD is too burdensome for your taste, what would that leave? Public domain?
"Pound" is a unit of currency in the United Kingdom. Although Canada theoretically has its own currency (the "dollar"), many loyal subjects of the crown still insist on reporting monetary value in pounds. A "thousand-pound moose," therefore, would be a moose that cost approximately US$1460.
If it makes you feel any better, I didn't have any trouble understanding your (somewhat humorous) post. Not sure what's up with your other replies -- or their mods. Too much champagne perhaps.
He said cellphone coverage sucks in many rural areas. Can you hear me now?
Doctors remain baffled at the inability the majority of Slashtards to read and comprehend a simple article summarizing a medical experiment, despite apparently functioning visual systems. "They just wouldn't quit insisting that the subject of the experiment used echolocation to navigate the obstacles in the hallway, no matter how clearly and explicitly the article explained that the possibility had been ruled out," say baffled researchers. "We don't think their brains are wired correctly."
LOL. Everybody seems to be enjoying this one so much I couldn't bring myself to mod it Troll. It's up to +4 Insightful as I write and getting funnier by the second.
I guess that's why all the really tasty brews are aged for a few years by the brewery before they're consumed.
Just curious: what does she think of Ghirardelli? I think it's pretty damn good, but I've never been to Europe (or England, ha ha).
You probably don't care, and maybe won't even believe me, but Budweiser is actually a pretty good beer when it's truly fresh.
I'll just have to take your word for that Hershey's thing, though (unlikely as it seems).
About as much good as it does to reduce airborne separation without pouring more runways. Everybody can get to their holding pattern 2 minutes sooner.
Or if appeal was possible, but they didn't delay your execution waiting for a resolution.
absolutely irrelevant even if it were true
Quite right. And having 95% of African-Americans vote for Obama is a long way from a color-blind society. But, given how downtrodden blacks in America feel, I think having a black president is a necessary step towards healing the country.
We'll know we've fixed things right if we ever get to the point where African-Americans are ready to vote against the black candidate if they think the white one is better qualified.
Thank you for saying this. When I hear people who have trouble interacting with new machines derided as stupid, I think of my mother, who is 68 years old and borderline-retarded with all machines. She is, however, a PhD, extremely literate and well-read, and very informed on political issues. Her vote should count in any election, but she would definitely have an even chance of yanking the fucking card out before the second "OK" unless specifically warned not to do that before she went into the booth.
It would be shame if her vote went uncounted because of her (not widely recognized but nevertheless real) disability.
This is a perfect answer--not because it makes any sense, but because it so perfectly illustrates the cognitive dissonance we're talking about. Christians who take the time to read both the Bible and the Koran frequently have no trouble taking the harsher parts of the Koran at face value but find no end of excuses why the Bible's crazier passages (shellfish, anyone?) are not to be read literally.
Thanks for the demonstration.
I'm afraid you're probably the victim of "TL;DR", but your post should be modded up. I read it, and it is spot-on relevant and informative. Thanks.
The original post claimed that democrats brought this on by insisting that mortgages be offered to people unable to repay them. Are you seriously claiming that the democrats not only did this but that their means toward this end was to strip away most of the regulation of the financial industry? That's laughable. In case you're new here, the democrats generally favor government regulation while the republicans generally favor the unfettered hand of the free market.
It is true that a massive failure of oversight allowed this debacle to occur, but I hardly think that agreeing with that point is agreeing with the OP.
You need to inform yourself. First of all, the housing bubble was primarily fueled by errors on Wall Street, not Washington. The explosive growth of the mortgage-backed security industry created an environment that gave people lots of incentive to do really stupid things, like loan people money without requiring them to invest significantly in what they were purchasing or demonstrate that they had the money to pay back the loan. Secondly, here is just one of many available articles explaining that the really big hit has come from borrowers with good credit ratings and sufficient cash flow who simply do not wish to continue to pay the mortgage on a house that is no longer worth nearly what they paid for it. It turns out that you can default on your mortgage and all they can take is your house, not your other assets (who knew?).
Anyway, it's certainly not "authoritative," but here is a funny and true cartoon that does a pretty fair job of explaining how the screwed up incentives turned normal people in financial fuck-up machines.
Can't speak for other jurisdictions, but in terminal airspace, the FAA mandates 6, 8, or 10 miles behind the A380. (Sorry about the pdf.) It's gonna be a real pain at busy airports, but they'll probably adjust by always running a heavy jet behind it (thereby only losing a mile versus current restrictions).
There are too many posts following my first one to answer them all. I'll add a reply to yours because you mentioned HVDC. I went to Pickens's site and did a search in the Community section for "HVDC" and found that the subject of transport and storage is being covered. Here is one discussion for anyone wanting a quick take on the tone and direction. It's certainly no worse than most Slashdot discussions ;)
As an example, I know a bright, competent woman who has started putting a lot of time an thought into Boone Pickens's plan for a big move into green energy. I asked her what the plan was for storage and she said (referring specifically to home-based solar production of electricity), "That's no problem, excess electricity gets sold to the power company, who stores it for you." I tried to explain that Georgia Power has no facilities for storing your power and that in fact your minuscule amount of unreliable, intermittent electrical energy was more of a nuisance for them than anything else--until everybody tries to do it, when it turns into a big problem. This wasn't something she wanted to hear.
I would love to hear some good solutions to the engineering (and economic) problems posed by adding wind and solar to the grid, but so far there seems to be a lot of magic involved. For the uninitiated, a quick overview of the difficulties we face can be found here.
Stick with that story.