Larry Ellison brought it back to one-design. That's what the AC45/AC72 are all about. After the last foreign winner tried to create a monstrosity. (Actually it was a rather nifty monohull design) and then Mr. Ellison stepped in with his trimarand.
So Larry Ellison did you a big favor by returning to a standardized class.
FYI, not sure what if this was cheating or testing. Oracle is already in the America's Cup race. So nothing to be gained by cheating. I think they were trying to see how weight placement affected the 45s so they knew how to balance their 72 better.
Really, no computers on Moth boats. And their initial designs date back to the 1930s. Granted they've been heavily modified with trapeze, outriggers and hydrofoils. In recent years...but that's called "advancement", oh, no computers on those btw.
But the real point is, Oracle is already IN the America's Cup. So there is really no gain from cheating. (Where as the competitors winning would gain the challenge right.)
I am thinking that they were experimenting to see how the AC45's performed differently with the various weights so as to leverage that with the AC72 - which can be modified.
That Oracle is already guaranteed a position in the America's Cup race. So cheating doesn't really make a darn difference for them. The series was to pick the challenger.
But now here is what I think really happened. The America's Cup is not as tightly specified. They could add that weight if they wanted. I wager that someone on the team was experimenting with a theory on weight balance. Trying to see if having weight further up in the bow or amidships made any improvements.
This was unlikely to heve been done for cheating purposes. And it may not have even been realized that it was a violation.
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In Laser class racers, tying the wrong not or using an extra piece of rope can be a disqualifier. Most wouldn't even realize they'd done something illegal.
It is all the same concepts with the exception of the ability to hydrofoil. But present day Moths (1930's design revised numerous times) have been running hydrofoils for a while now. Hard sails are decades old too.
Heck, there are folks hydrofoiling old lasers now. And the rest of the action is not really different than ancient catamaran designs.
Seriously, this is the right attitude. And you know what, we young'ions have a lot we can learn from those who have more experience. They can tell us how to avoid mistakes, both ones they avoided and ones they failed to avoid. Then we if we're wise, may find ways to avoid those same mistakes. Or we decide to build tools to avoid them and sell them to everyone else.
Peace = Yugoslavian War Peace = Constant bombings of Iraq whenever a Monica Lewinsky headline appeared Prosperity = A Conservative Congress that negotiated many reforms. Technology Brought to Full Flower = Largely GenX Debt today = WWII, that was a monstrous war. And here in a quasi peace time, we are at that level. God forbid we find ourselves in a crisis like WWII.
Yes, we've heard Baby Boomers complain constantly. I've heard more boomers complain than GenY.
Like, you know, these articles always like to lay out GenY (and GenX) as like you know some horrible types of people. But dude/bro remember, unlike yo baby boomer ass self and your gramps. Companies don't show loyalty. They shouldn't expect it either.
And when baby boomer bro and grampa dude be using incomplete sentences and acting like dicks. But not providing any perks like they got (ie: 30 hours, no benefits, or 60 hour contract worker let go at any moment). Don't expect these younger generations to have loyalty back.
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Sorry... I am not a part of Generation Y. But most people I know who are Generation Y work hard, with little complaint. They've gotten a bum ride. Bad economy, flipping burgers with a bachelors, and are being left with three generations of debt. Few ask for handouts. But many dislike infringement into their personal life. We made it all about the dollar. So their attitude is basically, "I don't trust you. I work. You pay. That's the end of it." And that's not their fault. That's the fault of baby boomers, and gramps.
And if they seem to not care about sending you a decent message. It might be because you're not paying them a decent wage.
If that level is not sufficient, then one needs to question whether the concept of herd immunity is valid.
One of the things these articles rarely says is whether the folks were immunized. There was a past one. In which first they derided the anti-vaccine folks. Then it turned out most of those affected were supposedly vaccinated.
a) There was a measle outbreak, the initial infection arrived from one person returning from Indonesia.
b) Approximately 25 individuals came down with measles
Of the twenty-five individuals EITHER
a) all were unvaccinated and are suffering the consequences, and its not threat to all you vaccine lovers. OR
b) the twenty-five included both vaccinated and unvaccintated, in which case we have a more serious issue. And need to re-evaluate the vaccines and update them for current strains.
If the former, You and yours are safe. If the latter, then we've been alerted to a much more serious problem in time to take pre-emptive action.
Cause the Pope had been one of his biggest supporters and protectors. And Galileo had not been able to offer proof of his beliefs. Actually, more so that a number of his arguments in support were disproven (such as the tides sloshing about).
So basically, the Pope said you can discuss, but not advocate for the heliocentric view as a fact. Instead, Galileo, published a book arguing for it, and using some of the Pope's statements by a character named Simpleton.
This is like a venture capitalist saying "Please don't say we've discovered a cure for cancer. Until we have proved that it works. Instead, just say we are 'researching' a cure for cancer."
Then the researcher goes on the View. And well, a lot of the stuff he claims as proof of success is circumstantial and invalid.
Is that he was an arrogant ass and often wrong. The Catholic church did not have issue with Galileo's heliocentric view, in fact, the Catholic church has a method to accept and alter their understandings of such natural actions.
The issue is that Galileo's arguments left doubt. Ironically, there were some contemporaries whose work could have aided Galileo's proof of his view. However, he has pretty much dismissed those individuals and their works as wrong. And done so extremely rudely.
The real issue of Galileo's is that he came out postulating "FACT" while by-passing the equivalent of "peer review" for the day. The pope was actually rather fond of Galileo and his work. But refused to acknowledge Galileo's theories as fact, despite his fondness. Then Galileo chose to be a bigger arse. And wrote a book publicly insulting the Pope. It's funny, as we still have this issue in science today over peer review, and early publication statements.
Do you know what the big punishment was? I've read comments deriding the church for executing Galileo. When in truth, Galileo was given a backhanded patronage. He was put on a house arrest. But pretty much had most of his means taken care of, was free to continue his work. It was essentially a public censure.
Ironically, I was unaware of most of these facts until a few years ago. When reading the 1632 series, I started to research Galileo Galilei.
"The matter was investigated by the Roman Inquisition in 1615, and they concluded that it could be supported as only a possibility, not an established fact."
That is not obstruction of science by the church, pope, nada. That is merely saying "Hey, before you declare something as fact, you need to be able to prove it."
Alas, the failure of science here, is to hide this blemish in the failure of history. So we go and teach how Galileo was persecuted for thinking differently. No, Galileo was in trouble for being a rude arrogant ass who couldn't back up his claims.
And that is that entities like CNN when they did this, and required registration. Quite a few individuals found themselves "blocked" after disagreeing politically. Even though we'd never used swears, profanities, or directly insulted anyone.
The problem is that many entities leverage sign-in requirements as a censoring tool. And that is not cool.
They were high dose exposure, not extremely low dose. What if a low dose of radiation triggers a biological mechanism to store energy. Perhaps because in the past such levels were associated with solar activity.
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Hey goofball...
Larry Ellison brought it back to one-design. That's what the AC45/AC72 are all about. After the last foreign winner tried to create a monstrosity. (Actually it was a rather nifty monohull design) and then Mr. Ellison stepped in with his trimarand.
So Larry Ellison did you a big favor by returning to a standardized class.
FYI, not sure what if this was cheating or testing. Oracle is already in the America's Cup race. So nothing to be gained by cheating. I think they were trying to see how weight placement affected the 45s so they knew how to balance their 72 better.
Sailing yachts are usually elegant. Motor yachts are often ugly barges.
*yawns*
If you think crew and skipper don't matter on these new boats. You are seriously mistaken.
Really, no computers on Moth boats. And their initial designs date back to the 1930s. Granted they've been heavily modified with trapeze, outriggers and hydrofoils. In recent years...but that's called "advancement", oh, no computers on those btw.
I believe the AC45'sf or the Cup have foils now.
But the real point is, Oracle is already IN the America's Cup. So there is really no gain from cheating. (Where as the competitors winning would gain the challenge right.)
I am thinking that they were experimenting to see how the AC45's performed differently with the various weights so as to leverage that with the AC72 - which can be modified.
That Oracle is already guaranteed a position in the America's Cup race. So cheating doesn't really make a darn difference for them. The series was to pick the challenger.
But now here is what I think really happened. The America's Cup is not as tightly specified. They could add that weight if they wanted. I wager that someone on the team was experimenting with a theory on weight balance. Trying to see if having weight further up in the bow or amidships made any improvements.
This was unlikely to heve been done for cheating purposes. And it may not have even been realized that it was a violation.
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In Laser class racers, tying the wrong not or using an extra piece of rope can be a disqualifier. Most wouldn't even realize they'd done something illegal.
No it's not....
It is all the same concepts with the exception of the ability to hydrofoil. But present day Moths (1930's design revised numerous times) have been running hydrofoils for a while now. Hard sails are decades old too.
Heck, there are folks hydrofoiling old lasers now. And the rest of the action is not really different than ancient catamaran designs.
For being a brilliant man....
Seriously, this is the right attitude. And you know what, we young'ions have a lot we can learn from those who have more experience. They can tell us how to avoid mistakes, both ones they avoided and ones they failed to avoid. Then we if we're wise, may find ways to avoid those same mistakes. Or we decide to build tools to avoid them and sell them to everyone else.
Peace = Yugoslavian War
Peace = Constant bombings of Iraq whenever a Monica Lewinsky headline appeared
Prosperity = A Conservative Congress that negotiated many reforms.
Technology Brought to Full Flower = Largely GenX
Debt today = WWII, that was a monstrous war. And here in a quasi peace time, we are at that level. God forbid we find ourselves in a crisis like WWII.
Yes, we've heard Baby Boomers complain constantly. I've heard more boomers complain than GenY.
Like, you know, these articles always like to lay out GenY (and GenX) as like you know some horrible types of people. But dude/bro remember, unlike yo baby boomer ass self and your gramps. Companies don't show loyalty. They shouldn't expect it either.
And when baby boomer bro and grampa dude be using incomplete sentences and acting like dicks. But not providing any perks like they got (ie: 30 hours, no benefits, or 60 hour contract worker let go at any moment). Don't expect these younger generations to have loyalty back.
***
Sorry... I am not a part of Generation Y. But most people I know who are Generation Y work hard, with little complaint. They've gotten a bum ride. Bad economy, flipping burgers with a bachelors, and are being left with three generations of debt. Few ask for handouts. But many dislike infringement into their personal life. We made it all about the dollar. So their attitude is basically, "I don't trust you. I work. You pay. That's the end of it." And that's not their fault. That's the fault of baby boomers, and gramps.
And if they seem to not care about sending you a decent message. It might be because you're not paying them a decent wage.
We have 90%+ herd immunity on measles.
If that level is not sufficient, then one needs to question whether the concept of herd immunity is valid.
One of the things these articles rarely says is whether the folks were immunized. There was a past one. In which first they derided the anti-vaccine folks. Then it turned out most of those affected were supposedly vaccinated.
a) There was a measle outbreak, the initial infection arrived from one person returning from Indonesia.
b) Approximately 25 individuals came down with measles
Of the twenty-five individuals EITHER
a) all were unvaccinated and are suffering the consequences, and its not threat to all you vaccine lovers.
OR
b) the twenty-five included both vaccinated and unvaccintated, in which case we have a more serious issue. And need to re-evaluate the vaccines and update them for current strains.
If the former, You and yours are safe. If the latter, then we've been alerted to a much more serious problem in time to take pre-emptive action.
What does it matter to you....if your kids are vaccinated.
You and yours have no reason to fear them and theirs.
They're only putting those who are not vaccinated at risk.
(That is, if the vaccinations are actually still working - a totally separate issue to be reviewed)
"that Christ was not God but merely an unusually skillful magician, that the Holy Ghost is the soul of the world, that the Devil will be saved, etc"
Apparently, at the time of Bruno, Copernicus' model was not considered heresy.
Except Galileo Galilei was famed for attacking people rather than their ideas.
And THAT'S why he got into so much flak.
Cause the Pope had been one of his biggest supporters and protectors. And Galileo had not been able to offer proof of his beliefs. Actually, more so that a number of his arguments in support were disproven (such as the tides sloshing about).
So basically, the Pope said you can discuss, but not advocate for the heliocentric view as a fact. Instead, Galileo, published a book arguing for it, and using some of the Pope's statements by a character named Simpleton.
This is like a venture capitalist saying "Please don't say we've discovered a cure for cancer. Until we have proved that it works. Instead, just say we are 'researching' a cure for cancer."
Then the researcher goes on the View. And well, a lot of the stuff he claims as proof of success is circumstantial and invalid.
Yes, but anyone who is making a mistake and insulting people over it = an ass.
Galileo Galilei was an ASStronomer!!!
Is that he was an arrogant ass and often wrong. The Catholic church did not have issue with Galileo's heliocentric view, in fact, the Catholic church has a method to accept and alter their understandings of such natural actions.
The issue is that Galileo's arguments left doubt. Ironically, there were some contemporaries whose work could have aided Galileo's proof of his view. However, he has pretty much dismissed those individuals and their works as wrong. And done so extremely rudely.
The real issue of Galileo's is that he came out postulating "FACT" while by-passing the equivalent of "peer review" for the day. The pope was actually rather fond of Galileo and his work. But refused to acknowledge Galileo's theories as fact, despite his fondness. Then Galileo chose to be a bigger arse. And wrote a book publicly insulting the Pope. It's funny, as we still have this issue in science today over peer review, and early publication statements.
Do you know what the big punishment was? I've read comments deriding the church for executing Galileo. When in truth, Galileo was given a backhanded patronage. He was put on a house arrest. But pretty much had most of his means taken care of, was free to continue his work. It was essentially a public censure.
Ironically, I was unaware of most of these facts until a few years ago. When reading the 1632 series, I started to research Galileo Galilei.
"The matter was investigated by the Roman Inquisition in 1615, and they concluded that it could be supported as only a possibility, not an established fact."
That is not obstruction of science by the church, pope, nada. That is merely saying "Hey, before you declare something as fact, you need to be able to prove it."
Alas, the failure of science here, is to hide this blemish in the failure of history. So we go and teach how Galileo was persecuted for thinking differently. No, Galileo was in trouble for being a rude arrogant ass who couldn't back up his claims.
And that is that entities like CNN when they did this, and required registration. Quite a few individuals found themselves "blocked" after disagreeing politically. Even though we'd never used swears, profanities, or directly insulted anyone.
The problem is that many entities leverage sign-in requirements as a censoring tool. And that is not cool.
Plastic man was thin,...
They were high dose exposure, not extremely low dose. What if a low dose of radiation triggers a biological mechanism to store energy. Perhaps because in the past such levels were associated with solar activity.
How would we know until we discovered it?
This is the problem with such blatant statements. It often is merely "we haven't studied to see if low levels of radiation might have that affect."
Worse, we ended up with it two times around.
Having test driven many new 7-8 passenger crossover SUVs. I can say the same thing some of those.
But as one who has small children, it does make a difference having that extra option.
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I am guessing the Model X will have two more adult sized seats.