I worked at a call center for Sears, and one day about 20 guys in suits walked in and the place fell silent. We all worked in a big "pit" so everyone could see.
All of us who were part of the first round of layoffs were escorted to a room, processed and handed a check and shown the door. It was a "hotseat" arrangement, so I had no personal effects except what was on my person.
A female friend mentioned they laid off all the guys who were not managers, and anyone else who was considered a "troublemaker" and we were given a severance check. Everyone else spent two weeks boxing up files to be sent to the new call center in Idaho.
Answer: So the human pilot has time to engage targets.
Ground/drone based remote spotters who can direct fire and paint targets could be engaged by a high speed drone that does not need as much time as a human pilot. Such CAS drones might be cheap enough to buy and operate to assign to small units, or have requests for CAS come from a pool of such drones that are on patrol, being rearmed and refueled in a continuous autonomous loop.
He had us play game, on paper, to learn important concepts.
For example, we did a stock market game. Despite everyone KNOWING that the Crash happens in October of 1929, none of the players were in a cash position come October. Drove the point home that in a bubble, no one sees the bubble, even with perfect knowledge.
My son is lucky enough to have a equally talented history teacher who demonstrated exactly how bad the Black Death was and how it was spread. And a math teacher that had them design their own games using math principals.
I have offered my assistance to a fellow D&D player that wants to develop an entire learning program around gaming, specifically board games, card games, and pen and paper RPGs.
We both agree that at least where we are, in California, computer skills are a basic competency, and what the kids really need is the social interaction to build social skills that are increasingly missing in the modern world.
I take my son to D&D games precisely to help him develop those skills, and so far it is working pretty good. Helps to have understanding DMs, who I can occasionally bribe with homemade baked goods...
From memory, the biggest threat to the cyclist is first themselves, hitting things or loss of control of the bike, then being hit by other cyclists (aka, asshats riding against traffic), and then vehicles.
The "scariest" scenario most people think of is being hit from behind by a car. That is surprisingly less than 1% of all accidents, although it is the most deadly accident.
That argument is going on right now with all the rider assist technology that is available: ABS of course, active suspension tuning, and even more advanced Throttle Control Systems that prevent wheelies and reduce the chance of a low side when powering out of a curve.
Then again, with many such bikes having insane 150+ HP in 400lb bike, you need something to tame the beast.
It is quite a shock to jump on the vintage 75 CB550 and ride around with an optimistic 50HP under your butt after riding a modern bike with all the trimmings.
The idea is that rather than do it in the real world where people are at stake, you do thought experiments to determine what might happen and what dangers might exist. THEN you can use those concepts to drive experiments to see if the concepts hold up to scrutiny.
Newsflash: Einstein never approached the speed of light, but he could figure out what it might be like and then other people devised scientific tests to prove or disprove his ideas once the technology caught up to his ideas.
There is a huge difference in the requirements of Urban dwellers, Sub-Urban dwellers and Rural Dwellers.
Personally, I think the rental process will work just fine for Urban, pretty well for Sub-Urban, and Rural Dwellers will be hard pressed to use the service.
I can see a future of ringed zones around metropolitan areas: Zone 0 is pedestrian/self driving rented cars, zone 1 is a mix with the idea of transition from self driving to piloted cars, and zone 2 is rural, where self driving cars are usually owned by the driver.
I am not dense, I am just disbelieving based on what this Administration has done.
Show me the delegation that allows her to do what she did.
I mean, this is the most transparent administration ever, so it should be easy to find the Executive Order.
You won't because it did not happen, and it would have to be a written order because she signed paperwork saying she understood the law and how it worked when she was on-boarded as Sec of State.
BTW, even if you do find it, it still makes him responsible for her actions. He gets indicted instead of her, no passing the buck on National Security.
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Once, after a layoff.
I worked at a call center for Sears, and one day about 20 guys in suits walked in and the place fell silent. We all worked in a big "pit" so everyone could see.
All of us who were part of the first round of layoffs were escorted to a room, processed and handed a check and shown the door. It was a "hotseat" arrangement, so I had no personal effects except what was on my person.
A female friend mentioned they laid off all the guys who were not managers, and anyone else who was considered a "troublemaker" and we were given a severance check.
Everyone else spent two weeks boxing up files to be sent to the new call center in Idaho.
I can tell you from experience that my solar panels produce about 1/10th on a sunny winter day that they do in summer.
Raining or overcast? Practically zero, 1/20th or less.
Exactly how is it going to generate energy when it is covered by ice?
It worked with the French...
But WHY does it need to go low and slow?
Answer: So the human pilot has time to engage targets.
Ground/drone based remote spotters who can direct fire and paint targets could be engaged by a high speed drone that does not need as much time as a human pilot.
Such CAS drones might be cheap enough to buy and operate to assign to small units, or have requests for CAS come from a pool of such drones that are on patrol, being rearmed and refueled in a continuous autonomous loop.
I had a good history teacher in HS.
He had us play game, on paper, to learn important concepts.
For example, we did a stock market game. Despite everyone KNOWING that the Crash happens in October of 1929, none of the players were in a cash position come October.
Drove the point home that in a bubble, no one sees the bubble, even with perfect knowledge.
My son is lucky enough to have a equally talented history teacher who demonstrated exactly how bad the Black Death was and how it was spread.
And a math teacher that had them design their own games using math principals.
I have offered my assistance to a fellow D&D player that wants to develop an entire learning program around gaming, specifically board games, card games, and pen and paper RPGs.
We both agree that at least where we are, in California, computer skills are a basic competency, and what the kids really need is the social interaction to build social skills that are increasingly missing in the modern world.
I take my son to D&D games precisely to help him develop those skills, and so far it is working pretty good. Helps to have understanding DMs, who I can occasionally bribe with homemade baked goods...
It might be able to play the original Legend of Zelda theme....
Effective Cycling by John Forester has interesting statistics, including the effect of training (his course at MIT naturally) on accidents:
http://www.wright.edu/~jeffrey...
From memory, the biggest threat to the cyclist is first themselves, hitting things or loss of control of the bike, then being hit by other cyclists (aka, asshats riding against traffic), and then vehicles.
The "scariest" scenario most people think of is being hit from behind by a car. That is surprisingly less than 1% of all accidents, although it is the most deadly accident.
That argument is going on right now with all the rider assist technology that is available: ABS of course, active suspension tuning, and even more advanced Throttle Control Systems that prevent wheelies and reduce the chance of a low side when powering out of a curve.
Then again, with many such bikes having insane 150+ HP in 400lb bike, you need something to tame the beast.
It is quite a shock to jump on the vintage 75 CB550 and ride around with an optimistic 50HP under your butt after riding a modern bike with all the trimmings.
Failure is always an option...
The concept of science fiction escapes you.
The idea is that rather than do it in the real world where people are at stake, you do thought experiments to determine what might happen and what dangers might exist.
THEN you can use those concepts to drive experiments to see if the concepts hold up to scrutiny.
Newsflash: Einstein never approached the speed of light, but he could figure out what it might be like and then other people devised scientific tests to prove or disprove his ideas once the technology caught up to his ideas.
That is called "Science", bro.
I have altered your DNA.
Pray I do not alter it further.
It exists:
https://www.crowdsupply.com/pu...
There is the gotcha:
if you are being watched, you are not the sort of person they want to know is being watched.
Defeats the purpose of catching you doing whatever you were put on the watch list for, right?
Any of them *could* be armed, it would just be illegal to do so.
Laws don't prevent thing from happening, they only provide punishment if you are caught.
We have laws against murder, but it did not stop him.
Ammunition is pretty easy to make.
All the things you need you can get from an industrial supply shop and a machine shop and it can be made anywhere.
That includes the smokeless powder and the percussion caps.
Go read I, Robot.
Does a great job of discussing and documenting what happens when the computer is faced with two equally bad outcomes.
Then come back and post.
There is a huge difference in the requirements of Urban dwellers, Sub-Urban dwellers and Rural Dwellers.
Personally, I think the rental process will work just fine for Urban, pretty well for Sub-Urban, and Rural Dwellers will be hard pressed to use the service.
I can see a future of ringed zones around metropolitan areas: Zone 0 is pedestrian/self driving rented cars, zone 1 is a mix with the idea of transition from self driving to piloted cars, and zone 2 is rural, where self driving cars are usually owned by the driver.
Now where does my motorcycle fit in all this? =)
We shall see what the future brings.
" Also, the exhaust valves don't suck in air so it will take some serious water pressure to get past those."
Mostly true.
Improperly tuned pipes will suck in air, and thus water, during the scavenging cycle.
Because I think she has been smoking something...
So the theory is that it is a solar sail with a portable sun?
That actually makes some kind of sense... I must have screwed it it up.
"I suppose you could let someone walk through a virtual store like a first person shooter. "
It better include the 2AM Walmart Zombies...
I am not dense, I am just disbelieving based on what this Administration has done.
Show me the delegation that allows her to do what she did.
I mean, this is the most transparent administration ever, so it should be easy to find the Executive Order.
You won't because it did not happen, and it would have to be a written order because she signed paperwork saying she understood the law and how it worked when she was on-boarded as Sec of State.
BTW, even if you do find it, it still makes him responsible for her actions. He gets indicted instead of her, no passing the buck on National Security.
Edit: The presidential standard was applied by someone else, not you personally.
Agreed, but you applied the Presidential authority to the Secretary of State.
So you are saying the President authorized this personally?
Quite the bombshell.
Otherwise, your argument holds no meaning.