Refitting tech packs is not like swapping a graphics card and "voila". The systems are highly integrated and cannot be replaced piecemeal like newer aircraft.
What they need is a tech pack that makes F35 "voila" it is an A-10.;)
My father's opinion, and he was a military aircraft mechanic for 35 years, from the A6 to the B2, is that the problem with A-10, F16 and F18 is not is that they are obsolete, it is that the standard mechanic cannot work on them effectively.
As he put it, after so many field repairs and variations, you cannot go to the book and read how to fix it like you can the B2 and other more recent aircraft. B2s can be fixed by going to the bin and getting the part or subsystem and replacing it. Very modular. Every repair has tools, parts and a timecard for repair time associated with it. Follow the instructions and you will be able to disassemble to get the part, replace the part, reassemble and test the part to ensure it is working correctly.
Older aircraft are much more oddball. It no longer looks like the factory spec. Parts have to be fabricated because they are no longer made. Hydraulic lines need to be bent because they don't route the same after taking damage and being repaired in the field.
Now, there are arguments pro and con for having well trained and flexible mechanics that understand how the aircraft operates and can repair it, and there is pro and con for having a weapon system where individual skill is less important and repairs can be done quicker. (providing spares are on hand)
They are not FEMA, or any relief organization, they investigate crimes. Of course they found something that would make it easier for them to investigate, damn our rights in the process.
At some point, video recording is going to be universal. Ether the officers will all carry them, or there will be a public backlash and citizens will carry them. Ashley Madison is another warning in a long string including Snowden: Information wants to be free. If your indiscretion, public or governmental, is captured electronically, then eventually it will be outed.
yes, but the chances of the Indian Government coming in and competing with unfair advantages (like forced labor), as has happened in China, makes those costs worth it, at least from a business continuity standpoint.
If a natural, or government, crisis hits either company, the likelihood of both sites going down is slim.
No, not always directly, but one of the biggest factors in the US economy is consumer spending, and consumer confidence predicts spending... and the President's actions directly impacts consumer confidence. Carter malaise speech/Reagan "New Day" speech being a prime example of the effect. Nothing changed, but public perception that things were going to get better helped make them get better.
Besides, when you add in that the President can declare war, and the Congress can control taxes and regulations, the government IS significantly responsible for the economy, but not entirely.
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Refitting tech packs is not like swapping a graphics card and "voila". The systems are highly integrated and cannot be replaced piecemeal like newer aircraft.
What they need is a tech pack that makes F35 "voila" it is an A-10. ;)
My father's opinion, and he was a military aircraft mechanic for 35 years, from the A6 to the B2, is that the problem with A-10, F16 and F18 is not is that they are obsolete, it is that the standard mechanic cannot work on them effectively.
As he put it, after so many field repairs and variations, you cannot go to the book and read how to fix it like you can the B2 and other more recent aircraft. B2s can be fixed by going to the bin and getting the part or subsystem and replacing it. Very modular. Every repair has tools, parts and a timecard for repair time associated with it. Follow the instructions and you will be able to disassemble to get the part, replace the part, reassemble and test the part to ensure it is working correctly.
Older aircraft are much more oddball. It no longer looks like the factory spec. Parts have to be fabricated because they are no longer made. Hydraulic lines need to be bent because they don't route the same after taking damage and being repaired in the field.
Now, there are arguments pro and con for having well trained and flexible mechanics that understand how the aircraft operates and can repair it, and there is pro and con for having a weapon system where individual skill is less important and repairs can be done quicker. (providing spares are on hand)
Yes, using technology to commit a crime is now now as bad as using a gun.
Based on the "scary technology == scary technology" transference of properties.
I think Romans invented massive debt...
see where it got them?
Federal Bureau of Investigation take away?
They are not FEMA, or any relief organization, they investigate crimes. Of course they found something that would make it easier for them to investigate, damn our rights in the process.
Didn't anyone watch Minority Report?
IBM has had the "Consulting by Degree" program for years. Takes newly graduated students and gets them up to speed for a consulting career in IBM:
http://www-935.ibm.com/service...
when people just read the Rainbow Series.
Fundamentals, people, study the fundamentals.
At some point, video recording is going to be universal. Ether the officers will all carry them, or there will be a public backlash and citizens will carry them.
Ashley Madison is another warning in a long string including Snowden: Information wants to be free. If your indiscretion, public or governmental, is captured electronically, then eventually it will be outed.
Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?
You need to step up your game and go to HAM club meetings.
Bring Geritol, it makes for a great mixer.
Manager: How the hell did that happen?!
SysAdmin: Hey, you are the one that though those surplus Phalanx systems were a waste of money....
The Turner Diaries.
He had a copy of them in his possession when he was arrested. He also sold copies of the book at Gun shows.
Now maybe it was not that important... but it was important enough to take on the run.
Simple: If they are not Muslim and are white, they are Christians, and did it for Christ.
Most people calling you a bigot are not aware of their own prejudices.
The last one in the US was of course Timothy McVeigh.
They must be black sheep... to blend into the background.
All weapons systems are an arms race. This is nothing new.
Wait till it goes to 11, man.
You mean a Deck of Cards?
PFY
Pimply Faced Youth
No no, this is not PHBs, this is GHC, or Golden Haired Child.
SO artsy....
Except the lawyer. Still not convinced.
We need to change it, but to "change" it to beat up someone you don't like is just poor logic.
The raw data is there, in the U measurements, it is just how it is evaluated.
Raw numbers of employment would be absolutely fair, so long as we all agree what "unemployed" means.
Do you count children? Disabled? Maybe we count everyone? People that choose not to work?
122 million are employed in the us, of a population of 320ish million.
61% "unemployment" makes for a crappy headline.
War is merely the continuation of diplomacy by other means. - Clausewitz.
yes, but the chances of the Indian Government coming in and competing with unfair advantages (like forced labor), as has happened in China, makes those costs worth it, at least from a business continuity standpoint.
If a natural, or government, crisis hits either company, the likelihood of both sites going down is slim.
No, not always directly, but one of the biggest factors in the US economy is consumer spending, and consumer confidence predicts spending... and the President's actions directly impacts consumer confidence. Carter malaise speech/Reagan "New Day" speech being a prime example of the effect. Nothing changed, but public perception that things were going to get better helped make them get better.
Besides, when you add in that the President can declare war, and the Congress can control taxes and regulations, the government IS significantly responsible for the economy, but not entirely.