I thank all the gods for the Slashdot link location notifier.
Yes, it makes it so much easier to judge a book by it's cover and avoid being exposed to points of view you might not agree with. You don't want to learn about witch hunts and unjust prosecution because hey, think of the children. It doesn't matter that the courts, the legislature, and the police are slowly broadening the definition of 'child pornography; because its just kiddy diddlers - right? They'll never come for you after all.
In the same way I'd recycle my current house into a new house - all I have to do is replace the foundation, modify the old wiring and piping to accept the new wiring and piping, and replace all the drywall and siding and most of the studs inside the walls. I.E. it's a hell of a lot more complex than you imply.
You might be interested to read up about Soyuz 18a; the second stage hadn't separated when the third stage fired! The Soyuz capule was jettisoned, reentered normally, and landed safely.
Except it didn't reenter normally. The LES fired, increasing it's downward velocity while it's lack of horizontal velocity meant a steeper than normal trajectory. The result was a high temperature, high G loading reentry.
On the other hand, escape modules of this type have been tried in aircraft and largely proved unsuccessful - mostly because they are very, very heavy and require a large parachute and a sophisticated deployment system.
They now have 2 years to make it better, faster, more efficient, etc.
Nope. This late in the game (even with a two year delay) all the hardware is either already built or nearing completion. Redoing major hardware for minor improvements just isn't in the cards. (Most of the hardware is already at 90's standards - where it isn't at 21st century standards.)
why not do what we do in england, run outraged stories in the newspaper and on television every time an elderly person is attacked?
Well, if you were familiar with American media, you'd know we do just that. Without about the same [utter and complete lack of] sucess in preventing future attacks.
My father is in real estate and has seen an increasing number of homes gutted of their copper, particularly those acquired by banks which have been left vacant. And they really demolish the interiors these homes trying to get at any bit of copper. You can only imagine what that does to property values, but it also has opened up the potential for great investment opportunities.
Decent attorneys don't run $250-$350 an hour anyhow - they are usually much less. You don't always get what you pay for, as many attorneys inflate their fees to make themselves look impressive.
No, the Wikipedia doesn't have limitless room, virtually or really. Wikipedia is limited by how many editors it can attract and keep to monitor and maintain it's articles.
This is true, but the articles that get deleted are usually articles put up and maintained by particularly devoted followers of whatever obscure topic it is about. Having them writing and maintaining these articles in no way diminishes your stock of editors for other pages.
Which means you miss the point utterly. Just because a page has a devoted following now does not change the fact that the more pages there are, the harder it is to find that devoted following in the future.
No, I'm saying that it could get so big that it could no longer be maintained against vandalism and well meaning but poorly executed edits because there aren't enough eyes to watch the articles.
Deletionists are horrible horrible people. Wikipedia is not an encyclopedia, it's a website with virtually limitless room for expansion.
No, the Wikipedia doesn't have limitless room, virtually or really. Wikipedia is limited by how many editors it can attract and keep to monitor and maintain it's articles.
Second, nobody's been investing in airport infrastructure. The planes are getting bigger but the runways aren't and we're not adding new runways either. Part of it is politics but a lot of it is economic.
Right. They didn't just build a new airport at Denver. Sea-Tac didn't just add a third runway. There isn't a steady history of building new airports and runways in the US over the last thirty years...
Plus I seem to remember pirates operating in the Carribean during Reagan's term, preying on private pleasure craft.
Where do you think Disney got the idea for the ride? (grin) OK, the ride predates Reagan but so do pirates. A lot of people think piracy ended with the end of the golden age of buccaneers - but they've pretty much always been around. They just haven't made the mainstream news much.
Actually, it's not outside their jurisdiction - under the law of the sea, on the high sea a pirate may be engaged or apprehended by any nation. Historically, to protect their own interest is the only reason any state engages pirates.
This story just goes to show ya what pansies we have allowed ourselves to become. Can you imagine pirate infested waters under Ronald Reagan's six hundred ship navy?
I don't have to imagine it - because it was reality. Pirates off of Somalia, pirates in Indonesia, pirates along the coast of South America... (John McPhee's Looking for a Ship (1991) describes encounters with the latter.)
Not that the [US] Navy ever reached six hundred ships anyhow.
Huh? The USN (and other nation's navies) have been working on anti-piracy measures in that area for years. Just because you've never heard of it doesn't mean it isn't happening.
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OK, and? Out my (very wide) circle of friends, only one other than myself uses Slashdot.
Yes, it makes it so much easier to judge a book by it's cover and avoid being exposed to points of view you might not agree with. You don't want to learn about witch hunts and unjust prosecution because hey, think of the children. It doesn't matter that the courts, the legislature, and the police are slowly broadening the definition of 'child pornography; because its just kiddy diddlers - right? They'll never come for you after all.
BitTorrents on P2P sites aren't album sales.
In the same way I'd recycle my current house into a new house - all I have to do is replace the foundation, modify the old wiring and piping to accept the new wiring and piping, and replace all the drywall and siding and most of the studs inside the walls. I.E. it's a hell of a lot more complex than you imply.
Challenger broke up at 48kft (14.6 kilometers or 9 miles).
Ejections seats for Shuttle ascent were rejected on three grounds, none of them related to dynamic pressure:
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Except it didn't reenter normally. The LES fired, increasing it's downward velocity while it's lack of horizontal velocity meant a steeper than normal trajectory. The result was a high temperature, high G loading reentry.
eBay takes almost 10% of sales? Hell, brick and mortar stores would give their left nut to have their overheard as low as that.
eBay has much to answer for, and one of them is giving a lot of idiots a chance to underprice experience and drive them out of the market.
On the other hand, escape modules of this type have been tried in aircraft and largely proved unsuccessful - mostly because they are very, very heavy and require a large parachute and a sophisticated deployment system.
Nope. This late in the game (even with a two year delay) all the hardware is either already built or nearing completion. Redoing major hardware for minor improvements just isn't in the cards. (Most of the hardware is already at 90's standards - where it isn't at 21st century standards.)
Well, if you were familiar with American media, you'd know we do just that. Without about the same [utter and complete lack of] sucess in preventing future attacks.
That's called the "Broken Window Fallacy".
Decent attorneys don't run $250-$350 an hour anyhow - they are usually much less. You don't always get what you pay for, as many attorneys inflate their fees to make themselves look impressive.
Seems his years of college did teach him spelling, as spelled 'experience' correctly. What do you blame your lack of reading comprehension on?
Which means you miss the point utterly. Just because a page has a devoted following now does not change the fact that the more pages there are, the harder it is to find that devoted following in the future.
No, I'm saying that it could get so big that it could no longer be maintained against vandalism and well meaning but poorly executed edits because there aren't enough eyes to watch the articles.
No, the Wikipedia doesn't have limitless room, virtually or really. Wikipedia is limited by how many editors it can attract and keep to monitor and maintain it's articles.
That depends on one's point of doesn't it?
Right. They didn't just build a new airport at Denver. Sea-Tac didn't just add a third runway. There isn't a steady history of building new airports and runways in the US over the last thirty years...
Oh, wait.
Short range though - the atmosphere will quench the beam within a few hundred meters, tops.
That's untrue of any cryptographic technique - it's very difficult to hide the fact that you are communicating and to fool traffic analysis.
Maybe the [adoptive] parents shouldn't lie to their kids?
Where do you think Disney got the idea for the ride? (grin) OK, the ride predates Reagan but so do pirates. A lot of people think piracy ended with the end of the golden age of buccaneers - but they've pretty much always been around. They just haven't made the mainstream news much.
Actually, it's not outside their jurisdiction - under the law of the sea, on the high sea a pirate may be engaged or apprehended by any nation. Historically, to protect their own interest is the only reason any state engages pirates.
I don't have to imagine it - because it was reality. Pirates off of Somalia, pirates in Indonesia, pirates along the coast of South America... (John McPhee's Looking for a Ship (1991) describes encounters with the latter.)
Not that the [US] Navy ever reached six hundred ships anyhow.
Huh? The USN (and other nation's navies) have been working on anti-piracy measures in that area for years. Just because you've never heard of it doesn't mean it isn't happening.