It is not sane because it is not applied to car or bicycles which actually do kill dozens or hundreds of people a day throughout the world. If you assumption were correct, then you'd see even more reports of injuries, but you don't, or have you not noticed that?
No they were not. Those 'drones' as you call it and so readily believe what the media spoon fed you, were not the quadcopters everyone now imagines.
Those 5 aircraft were RC gliders that were operating from an established, air chart marked, field. they were fixed wing aircraft that had been in the air for many hours before the wildfire was a problem. There is no practical or legitimate way for those operators were to know of fires springing up in the distance and creeping into the area. There was no TFR in effect for that location at that time and this nothing illegal took place. As soon as the operators were aware of manned aircraft there, they descended and cleared the airspace even though they were taking part in what was supposed to be some kind of flight time record.
The media never bothered to look into the details and even when it is repeatedly pointed out to them, they never update the story, chosing to continue the fear mongering, which you apparently have bought into.
The mostly likely 'reason' is that the vast majority of porn s probably captured and snippets (who has time to watch the entire plot of the production) and tends to be a violation of copyright. If you cannot prove that you own the copyright , then you can probably be charged with that 'crime' until it is proven that you do have a legit copy, Even if you have the DVD with you, that fact that it is one your computer probably means you violated some standard or assumed to be present licensing agreement. So unless you starred in the production yourself, they will probably use that angle to charge you with something.
It is interesting and at least a sad commentary how there is such a disproportionate concern. Here some military site is shown in the open and people complain, even though (as another pointed out) a rail line and highway run right along the fence line. As a conspiracy theory, anyone have a guess what secret, strange flash can be seen in the middle of the base (@ 56 3'16.70"N 4 49'5.95"W)? Look at the elevation, there are plenty of surrounding hills from which people can take pictures, such as at least two on the Panoramio layer on Google Earth; http://www.panoramio.com/photo/1100160 or http://www.panoramio.com/photo/1100421
This was covered just last week on the Oogle Earth site [http://www.ogleearth.com/2009/03/sun_stupidity_w.html] There is a small, old dam in rural south Carolina that is quite obviously to have intentionally been pixelated [35 1'13.34"N 81 0'27.92"W], though there are plenty of user photos that show the thing and one can even use the new GE 5 feature to see old pics that clearly provide details.
As others pointed out, the only folks with an extreme interest in such a place and the means to do anything of note would already have their own eyes in the sky that can gather much more detailed data. More security theater, IMHO.
It also provides closure for other cases. What if a lifetime sentence was really that long. If someone was accused of multiple crimes that carried that sentence and you are a victim (or family member of the victim) would you necessarily want the prosecution to stop after the first case and go "we got all we can get, why even bother proving the other cases anyway?"
Don't forget to take into the account the additional money they will lose with all the other 'bundled' programs. Dell undoubtedly gets paid to install all the trial-ware programs such as Anti Virus, AOL, Earthlink, etc. So not only will they lose out on selling the OS, but also the fees they collect for each system that has the trial-ware bundle.
The tendency of the average person to believe he or she is better-than-average is known as the "above-average effect," and it flies in the face of logic... by definition, it is impossible for a majority of people to be above average. The more incompetent someone is in a particular area, the less qualified that person is to assess anyone's skill in that space, including their own. Here is the summary of the study. http://www.damninteresting.com/?p=406
Looking through the options, I cannot find why my messages are not being automatically filtered. I like to have all my downloaded messages go into one folder, allow me to read through, and then I'll manually run the filtering, but I have so many folders, it ia hard to keep track of exactly how many might be new. Could anyone tell me how to disable this new feature?
Cadets in Military Colleges (e.g. The Citadel, VMI, West Point) and even boot camps learn to do this real fast when the fourth class system goes into effect. It is less of a hassle to pee in the sink in the room rather than go outside the room and be taken down and hassled for a couple of hours by some upperclassmen looking for a target as you try to make your way to the common bathroom.
Then you simply sue the entity for whom the advertising is being done. Follow the money trail. Give them a one time use CC number with limit. When they attempt to charge, then you have a money trail. A few suboenas will find the company doing the billing. If they want to argue that they have nothing to do with it, then advise them to name a co-defendant in the suit that you file.
You worked as a telemarketer and you still don't know what you are talking about. I don't blame you for the ignorance only your lack of proper training. Having someone say 'take me off your/the/some/a list" does nothing. The entity can purchase a new list with your number and call again. So what you have suggested has no ligit purpose. One needs to specifically state that they want their number (name is unnecessary and not relevent) ADDED to the company's do-not-call list. That specificlaly requires the company to add the number to their scrub list. It is this list against which all future lists are to be compared/scrubbed so that you do not get called again.
From what part of your anatomy did you get that "you get $500" comment? You are not a whistleblower and are not entitled to recovered funds. Had you been trained properly (or completed your own research) you would know that $500 is not automatic, nor is it some limit. The Telephone Consumer Protection Act of 1991 provides a private right of action (PROA) (i.e. you have the right to sue the offending entities) thorugh which you are entitled by statute $500 per violation of the law (and there can be many violations in a single call). That amount is set by law and cannot be reduced, however the court in its discredtion can treble (that means triple), the damages if you can shoe the offendind entity violated the law willfully or knowingly.
The law has a lot of nuiances, so you just have to do a little research. Google '47 USC 227' or 'CFR 64.1200' and learn more. In short each of these things are violations of the law:
* prerecorded commercial call initiated to a residence with an EBR (established business relationship) * call initated to a device through which the user has to pay (e.g. cell phone) * falure to send the person a copy of the company's policy regarding the maintenace of their DNC list * failure in trianing person placing the call in existance and use of company DNC list * failure to have a company do-not-cal list * failure to properly identify the entity eithe rplacing the call or on who's behalf a call is made * making two or more violating live calls in a 12 month period (yes, this means that a company has to live call you at least twice after a DNC request in order for you to have a PROA
That is just a short list, but there are plenty more requirements. The fact is very few people are aware of their rights. I have had only 3 cases in court and have won or settled each one and have settled a couple of more without having to file. So believe me, my knowledge is a good deal more extensive than your own in this area. Once I graduated school and got a real job (the telemarketing research and suits were used as a learning experience) I didn't have time to push any more, but around the holidays I get a lull and may pick it up again for kicks and giggles.
I shouldn't have an effect for you. The DNC list is for *residential* numbers. You are not suppose to place a business number on the National DNC list. If you don't want such calls, change your number to something that is unlisted, but then that would defeat the pupose of a business line.
You also seem to consider the inverse. What if you call another business that, unknowing to you, placed their number on the Nat DNC list? Would you want to be fined or chastised when you had a reasonable expectation that a business line is for, well... conducting business?
Be careful of calls that you make to a resident. If you call a residential number on the list (you have purchased a list of numbers as you are required to do.. have you not?), then you can be in violation of federal law. If you make *any* calls as a business to anyone other than other businesses (meaning any residents at all) then you better be aware of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act of 1991 [47 USC 227]. If you do not maintain a company do-not-call list on your own as well as have a policy regarding the maintenance of that DNC list, then *you* are8 in violation of the law. So don't go whining until you are sure that you are following the law as already required.
"company has coerced prospective clients into signing up for its service through aggressive telemarketing"
In my case, this is certainly true. My number was listed on my personal, non-commercial website [floridacaves.com] whois registration information. They called the number to advertise their services. Unfortunately for them, it was a personal cellular number and it has been illegal for more than a decade to place telemarketing calls to such a number.
I sued them last year under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act of 1991 [47 USC 227] and won a $5,149 small claims court judgment against them (for making a commercial prerecorded call to a cellular number, for failing to send me a copy of their do-not-call policy, for failing to train their staff in proper use of the do-not-call policy, and for willfully or knowingly violating the law).
I just hadn't gotten around to collecting as I thought they might have gone out of business or hidden assets, however, if they want to use their name again on public records, then they are still in business and collectable. I'll have to file to domesticate my judgment in Nevada, but that should not be too hard. Once cannot let a company like this get away with strong-arming people when they do it themselves, in my personal opinion (gained from my own experience with them).
Just because my number was listed in my website registration, it does not grant them prior EXPRESS permission that is *required* before that may place commercial calls to a cellular number.
The TCPA gives you specific private right of action to go against the companies that violate the law. Do your own research at http://www.tcpalaw.com/
Why not rebuild over the water? Well, it has been tried before.
"When I first came here, this was all swamp. Everyone said I was daft to build a castle on a swamp, but I built in all the same, just to show them. It sank into the swamp. So I built a second one. That sank into the swamp. So I built a third. That burned down, fell over, then sank into the swamp. But the fourth one stayed up. And that's what you're going to get."
Any particularly good spots that you can recommend for your fellow Slashdot brethren? I plan to go Wed and want to get a good spot. I might drive up Tuesday night and car camp if it ensures my getting a good spot. I figure tickets are gone by now. I'd even kayak (outside restricted space of course) if it ensured a good sight.
Having never attend a launch previously, and fearing that such events will be historic memories only in the future, I would like to attend the next available launch. What would you folks recommend as the best location? I have access to bicycles and kayaks, so can go off-road and wouldn't mind a 4-5 mile paddle if need be.
I also used to feel bad about charging so much for what I see as something simple, namely just installing some software and waiting for the scan. However it took a while to realize that it is easy because of my experience, education, and training. It is the same thing as a doctor reading a X-Ray for 5 minutes and charging several hundred dollars. Medical school, equipment (was working on some x-ray C arms this weekend that cost $250,000), and office space is expensive. Sure with a few book and a lot of time I might be able to figure out the chart for myself, but I need that assessment now.
It is like the old joke. A guy has a problem with a washer and calls the repair tech. The tech comes out, looks at it, and strikes the motor with hammer, sees that it works, and gives the guy a bill for $50. "$50!!! That is outrageous, I want an itemized bill", says the guy. So the tech gives hime a bill that reads "Hitting motor with hammer, $1, knowing *where* to hit, $49".
Weight can indeed be an issue. For one thing, the term 'oxygen tank' is extremely misleading. Except for trained technical divers, SCUBA divers do not use pure oxygen underwater (yet most newspapers stupidly say the diver 'ran out of oxygen' if they refer to a fatality).
Humans will not float with steel tanks attached without some method of buoyancy compensation. Aluminum tanks are ~3 pounds negative when full and are ~3 pounds positive when empty (77.4 ft^3 [the amount of gas in an Al80 at 3000psi] weighs approx 6 pounds). A steel tank is typically negatively buoyant, even when empty. Divers need to carry weight/ballast so they can remain at their decompression/safety stop depth, even with a near empty tank, and to compensate for the positive buoyancy of exposure protection (e.g. neoprene wetsuit).
I don't think "plastic air tanks" are available. What you are most likely considering is the carbon fiber tanks that firefighters use. They need something lightweight since they are always carrying them above water. They would not be useful for underwater use since the diver would have to carry a lot of weight to overcome the positive buoyancy aspects of the tank on top of the ballast for theit exposure suits and natural buoyancy characteristics.
Oxygen is used to accelerate decompression after deep or long exposure dives. Oxygen is not taken below a depth of 20 feet (1.6 atmospheres) due to the effects of exposure. It can be managed, but just takes experience, training, and very good depth control. On deep dives, I'll normally have a scooter, 2-3 other bottles beside my backgas tanks, and will be drifting 3-60 miles away from shore without anything onto which one can hold onto for support while maintaining the exact same depth for 20-30+ minutes.
Compressed air does indeed have moisture filtered in order to avoid oxidation in the tanks. Most shops use partial pressure blending techniques to mix the Nitrox blend. Normally AVO (Aviator's oxygen) is used (instead of medical oxygen) since it is easier to obtain [some places claim some BS about needing a prescription], and because it has been ultrafiltered for moisture so it would not freeze the plumbing in planes at altitude./technical diver//SCUBA instructor
Oxygen is just as narcotic as nitrogen. "Nitrogen narcosis" is simply a misnomer. The only way to reduce narcosis is to introduce a lighter gases, namely helium (neon and hydrogen have been used, but they are quite expensive and have handling issues).
Argon (Ar): narcotic value = 2.33, helium (He) has a value 0.23. Both nitrogen (N2) and oxygen (O2) have the value 1.00./tech diver//nitrox SCUBA instructor
You would certainly not blackout using oxygen at 20 feet. This is the normal depth where technical divers switch from the bottome mix (or some other decompression mix) to oxygen. At 20 feet, oxygen is at a partialo pressure of 1.6 {[(depth/33) + 1] * FO2} where FO2 is the fraction of oxygen in the gas (in our case 100%).
In a nutshell, the buildup of too much oxygen can casue temporary neurological issues that can lead to convulsions (consider it like your computer locking up and automatically rebooting itself). This isn't deadly in itself, however being underwater with a regulator in your mouth can lead to drowning when you drop it while blacked out.
A certain cave diving team regularly decompresses on 100% oxygen at 30 fet, however they are in a dry area and can afford the risk, however they take breaks on a regular basis, by breathing a low FO2 gas, to reduce the amount of 'oxygen loading'.
Stop posting your guesswork when you have no idea of what you are saying./technical diver//nitrox SCUBA instructor
On September 11, 2001, most of the news web servers were screaming under the load. If I recall correctly, slashdot was one of the few servers that could withstand the constant pounding and people were using it as a main source of up-to-the-minute information. (Slashback: http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/09/11/131425 8&tid=103)
I think even Fark was hit by a lot of time-outs for a while.
Speaking of which, whatever happened to Ghyslain? Last I heard the parents were going to sue someone, the kid was being laughed out of all the different schools he attended, etc. It was the best me-me this side of "All Your Base".
Count Chocula and Captain Crunch found murdered. Cereal killer suspected.
And for the obligatory bash.org copy/paste:
#75154
you know what's ALWAYS bothered me? cold cereal mascots
I mean that is just some FUCKED UP SHIT
the Trix rabbit, for example
I dunno man... if I were him I'd be fucking KILLING some kids
I remember a commercial where the fuckin rabbit WENT INTO A FUCKIN STORE AND BOUGHT A BOX OF TRIX WITH HIS OWN FUCKIN MONEY.
fuckin kids came outta NOWHERE and basically fuckin mug the poor stupid bitch rabbit
"silly rabbit Trix are for kids"
Fuckin rabbit just sits there and looks depressed.
FUCK NO that wouldn't fly with me
I'd have pimp-slapped EVERY ONE OF those fuckin bitches
and made them go get me the REST of a "complete breakfast" and eat Trix right in front of them bitches and THEN beat the shit out of them some more.
and wtf is with the disguises? All the dumb rabbit does is hide his ears and all of a sudden he's a fuckin kid?
I dunno about you, but if I SAW a 6 foot fuckin RABBIT with his ears tucked under a baseball cap, I wouldn't immediately think
"Hey, there's a cool lookin human kid, let me go over and share some of my cereal with him"
NO.
I'd be thinking
"that's a 6 foot fuckin RABBIT with his ears tucked under a baseball cap... what the FUCK was I just smoking?"
another thing... wtf is up with cereal being "A part of this complete breakfast"
last time -I- checked, cereal WAS breakfast
they show a big ass bowl of frosted flakes next to a waffle, a pancake, toast, a banana, a fuckin grapefruit... who the FUCK eats a breakfast that big
not me
I don't even EAT breakfast nomore
I mean, I eat when I get up
but the whole thought "BREAKFAST IS ONLY SERVED UNTIL SUCH AND SUCH TIME"
bitch, you make my fucking sausage and egg sandwich when I pay you the fucking money
don't give me that shit.
Back to stupid cereal mascots...
Lucky Charms.
FUCKING LUCKY CHARMS
Lucky can turn the fucking MOON into a marshmallow, and he can't escape a bunch of fucking 6 year olds?!?!?
C'mon now, Lucky.
I KNOW your bitch ass has got to have a "Blow the fucking kids up" spell SOMEWHERE
or make "kid marshamllows" and EAT those bitches.
"They're after me Lucky Charms!"....
KILL THEM, BITCH!
I dunno why I went off on this rant here
it's just always bothered me."
Slashdot Mirror
It is not sane because it is not applied to car or bicycles which actually do kill dozens or hundreds of people a day throughout the world. If you assumption were correct, then you'd see even more reports of injuries, but you don't, or have you not noticed that?
How often has you witnessed such a swarm or are you just giving into fiction thoughts of paranoia?
No they were not. Those 'drones' as you call it and so readily believe what the media spoon fed you, were not the quadcopters everyone now imagines.
Those 5 aircraft were RC gliders that were operating from an established, air chart marked, field. they were fixed wing aircraft that had been in the air for many hours before the wildfire was a problem. There is no practical or legitimate way for those operators were to know of fires springing up in the distance and creeping into the area. There was no TFR in effect for that location at that time and this nothing illegal took place. As soon as the operators were aware of manned aircraft there, they descended and cleared the airspace even though they were taking part in what was supposed to be some kind of flight time record.
The media never bothered to look into the details and even when it is repeatedly pointed out to them, they never update the story, chosing to continue the fear mongering, which you apparently have bought into.
The mostly likely 'reason' is that the vast majority of porn s probably captured and snippets (who has time to watch the entire plot of the production) and tends to be a violation of copyright. If you cannot prove that you own the copyright , then you can probably be charged with that 'crime' until it is proven that you do have a legit copy, Even if you have the DVD with you, that fact that it is one your computer probably means you violated some standard or assumed to be present licensing agreement. So unless you starred in the production yourself, they will probably use that angle to charge you with something.
It is interesting and at least a sad commentary how there is such a disproportionate concern. Here some military site is shown in the open and people complain, even though (as another pointed out) a rail line and highway run right along the fence line. As a conspiracy theory, anyone have a guess what secret, strange flash can be seen in the middle of the base (@ 56 3'16.70"N 4 49'5.95"W)? Look at the elevation, there are plenty of surrounding hills from which people can take pictures, such as at least two on the Panoramio layer on Google Earth; http://www.panoramio.com/photo/1100160 or http://www.panoramio.com/photo/1100421
This was covered just last week on the Oogle Earth site [http://www.ogleearth.com/2009/03/sun_stupidity_w.html] There is a small, old dam in rural south Carolina that is quite obviously to have intentionally been pixelated [35 1'13.34"N 81 0'27.92"W], though there are plenty of user photos that show the thing and one can even use the new GE 5 feature to see old pics that clearly provide details.
As others pointed out, the only folks with an extreme interest in such a place and the means to do anything of note would already have their own eyes in the sky that can gather much more detailed data. More security theater, IMHO.
It also provides closure for other cases. What if a lifetime sentence was really that long. If someone was accused of multiple crimes that carried that sentence and you are a victim (or family member of the victim) would you necessarily want the prosecution to stop after the first case and go "we got all we can get, why even bother proving the other cases anyway?"
Don't forget to take into the account the additional money they will lose with all the other 'bundled' programs. Dell undoubtedly gets paid to install all the trial-ware programs such as Anti Virus, AOL, Earthlink, etc. So not only will they lose out on selling the OS, but also the fees they collect for each system that has the trial-ware bundle.
The tendency of the average person to believe he or she is better-than-average is known as the "above-average effect," and it flies in the face of logic... by definition, it is impossible for a majority of people to be above average. The more incompetent someone is in a particular area, the less qualified that person is to assess anyone's skill in that space, including their own. Here is the summary of the study. http://www.damninteresting.com/?p=406
Looking through the options, I cannot find why my messages are not being automatically filtered. I like to have all my downloaded messages go into one folder, allow me to read through, and then I'll manually run the filtering, but I have so many folders, it ia hard to keep track of exactly how many might be new. Could anyone tell me how to disable this new feature?
Cadets in Military Colleges (e.g. The Citadel, VMI, West Point) and even boot camps learn to do this real fast when the fourth class system goes into effect. It is less of a hassle to pee in the sink in the room rather than go outside the room and be taken down and hassled for a couple of hours by some upperclassmen looking for a target as you try to make your way to the common bathroom.
Then you simply sue the entity for whom the advertising is being done. Follow the money trail. Give them a one time use CC number with limit. When they attempt to charge, then you have a money trail. A few suboenas will find the company doing the billing. If they want to argue that they have nothing to do with it, then advise them to name a co-defendant in the suit that you file.
You worked as a telemarketer and you still don't know what you are talking about. I don't blame you for the ignorance only your lack of proper training. Having someone say 'take me off your/the/some/a list" does nothing. The entity can purchase a new list with your number and call again. So what you have suggested has no ligit purpose. One needs to specifically state that they want their number (name is unnecessary and not relevent) ADDED to the company's do-not-call list. That specificlaly requires the company to add the number to their scrub list. It is this list against which all future lists are to be compared/scrubbed so that you do not get called again.
From what part of your anatomy did you get that "you get $500" comment? You are not a whistleblower and are not entitled to recovered funds. Had you been trained properly (or completed your own research) you would know that $500 is not automatic, nor is it some limit. The Telephone Consumer Protection Act of 1991 provides a private right of action (PROA) (i.e. you have the right to sue the offending entities) thorugh which you are entitled by statute $500 per violation of the law (and there can be many violations in a single call). That amount is set by law and cannot be reduced, however the court in its discredtion can treble (that means triple), the damages if you can shoe the offendind entity violated the law willfully or knowingly.
The law has a lot of nuiances, so you just have to do a little research. Google '47 USC 227' or 'CFR 64.1200' and learn more. In short each of these things are violations of the law:
* prerecorded commercial call initiated to a residence with an EBR (established business relationship)
* call initated to a device through which the user has to pay (e.g. cell phone)
* falure to send the person a copy of the company's policy regarding the maintenace of their DNC list
* failure in trianing person placing the call in existance and use of company DNC list
* failure to have a company do-not-cal list
* failure to properly identify the entity eithe rplacing the call or on who's behalf a call is made
* making two or more violating live calls in a 12 month period (yes, this means that a company has to live call you at least twice after a DNC request in order for you to have a PROA
That is just a short list, but there are plenty more requirements. The fact is very few people are aware of their rights. I have had only 3 cases in court and have won or settled each one and have settled a couple of more without having to file. So believe me, my knowledge is a good deal more extensive than your own in this area. Once I graduated school and got a real job (the telemarketing research and suits were used as a learning experience) I didn't have time to push any more, but around the holidays I get a lull and may pick it up again for kicks and giggles.
I shouldn't have an effect for you. The DNC list is for *residential* numbers. You are not suppose to place a business number on the National DNC list. If you don't want such calls, change your number to something that is unlisted, but then that would defeat the pupose of a business line.
... conducting business?
You also seem to consider the inverse. What if you call another business that, unknowing to you, placed their number on the Nat DNC list? Would you want to be fined or chastised when you had a reasonable expectation that a business line is for, well
Be careful of calls that you make to a resident. If you call a residential number on the list (you have purchased a list of numbers as you are required to do.. have you not?), then you can be in violation of federal law. If you make *any* calls as a business to anyone other than other businesses (meaning any residents at all) then you better be aware of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act of 1991 [47 USC 227]. If you do not maintain a company do-not-call list on your own as well as have a policy regarding the maintenance of that DNC list, then *you* are8 in violation of the law. So don't go whining until you are sure that you are following the law as already required.
"company has coerced prospective clients into signing up for its service through aggressive telemarketing"
In my case, this is certainly true. My number was listed on my personal, non-commercial website [floridacaves.com] whois registration information. They called the number to advertise their services. Unfortunately for them, it was a personal cellular number and it has been illegal for more than a decade to place telemarketing calls to such a number.
I sued them last year under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act of 1991 [47 USC 227] and won a $5,149 small claims court judgment against them (for making a commercial prerecorded call to a cellular number, for failing to send me a copy of their do-not-call policy, for failing to train their staff in proper use of the do-not-call policy, and for willfully or knowingly violating the law).
I just hadn't gotten around to collecting as I thought they might have gone out of business or hidden assets, however, if they want to use their name again on public records, then they are still in business and collectable. I'll have to file to domesticate my judgment in Nevada, but that should not be too hard. Once cannot let a company like this get away with strong-arming people when they do it themselves, in my personal opinion (gained from my own experience with them).
Just because my number was listed in my website registration, it does not grant them prior EXPRESS permission that is *required* before that may place commercial calls to a cellular number.
The TCPA gives you specific private right of action to go against the companies that violate the law. Do your own research at http://www.tcpalaw.com/
Why not rebuild over the water? Well, it has been tried before.
"When I first came here, this was all swamp. Everyone said I was daft to build a castle on a swamp, but I built in all the same, just to show them. It sank into the swamp. So I built a second one. That sank into the swamp. So I built a third. That burned down, fell over, then sank into the swamp. But the fourth one stayed up. And that's what you're going to get."
King of Swamp Castle
Any particularly good spots that you can recommend for your fellow Slashdot brethren? I plan to go Wed and want to get a good spot. I might drive up Tuesday night and car camp if it ensures my getting a good spot. I figure tickets are gone by now. I'd even kayak (outside restricted space of course) if it ensured a good sight.
Having never attend a launch previously, and fearing that such events will be historic memories only in the future, I would like to attend the next available launch. What would you folks recommend as the best location? I have access to bicycles and kayaks, so can go off-road and wouldn't mind a 4-5 mile paddle if need be.
I also used to feel bad about charging so much for what I see as something simple, namely just installing some software and waiting for the scan. However it took a while to realize that it is easy because of my experience, education, and training. It is the same thing as a doctor reading a X-Ray for 5 minutes and charging several hundred dollars. Medical school, equipment (was working on some x-ray C arms this weekend that cost $250,000), and office space is expensive. Sure with a few book and a lot of time I might be able to figure out the chart for myself, but I need that assessment now.
It is like the old joke. A guy has a problem with a washer and calls the repair tech. The tech comes out, looks at it, and strikes the motor with hammer, sees that it works, and gives the guy a bill for $50. "$50!!! That is outrageous, I want an itemized bill", says the guy. So the tech gives hime a bill that reads "Hitting motor with hammer, $1, knowing *where* to hit, $49".
Weight can indeed be an issue. For one thing, the term 'oxygen tank' is extremely misleading. Except for trained technical divers, SCUBA divers do not use pure oxygen underwater (yet most newspapers stupidly say the diver 'ran out of oxygen' if they refer to a fatality).
/technical diver //SCUBA instructor
Humans will not float with steel tanks attached without some method of buoyancy compensation. Aluminum tanks are ~3 pounds negative when full and are ~3 pounds positive when empty (77.4 ft^3 [the amount of gas in an Al80 at 3000psi] weighs approx 6 pounds). A steel tank is typically negatively buoyant, even when empty. Divers need to carry weight/ballast so they can remain at their decompression/safety stop depth, even with a near empty tank, and to compensate for the positive buoyancy of exposure protection (e.g. neoprene wetsuit).
I don't think "plastic air tanks" are available. What you are most likely considering is the carbon fiber tanks that firefighters use. They need something lightweight since they are always carrying them above water. They would not be useful for underwater use since the diver would have to carry a lot of weight to overcome the positive buoyancy aspects of the tank on top of the ballast for theit exposure suits and natural buoyancy characteristics.
Oxygen is used to accelerate decompression after deep or long exposure dives. Oxygen is not taken below a depth of 20 feet (1.6 atmospheres) due to the effects of exposure. It can be managed, but just takes experience, training, and very good depth control. On deep dives, I'll normally have a scooter, 2-3 other bottles beside my backgas tanks, and will be drifting 3-60 miles away from shore without anything onto which one can hold onto for support while maintaining the exact same depth for 20-30+ minutes.
Compressed air does indeed have moisture filtered in order to avoid oxidation in the tanks. Most shops use partial pressure blending techniques to mix the Nitrox blend. Normally AVO (Aviator's oxygen) is used (instead of medical oxygen) since it is easier to obtain [some places claim some BS about needing a prescription], and because it has been ultrafiltered for moisture so it would not freeze the plumbing in planes at altitude.
Oxygen is just as narcotic as nitrogen. "Nitrogen narcosis" is simply a misnomer. The only way to reduce narcosis is to introduce a lighter gases, namely helium (neon and hydrogen have been used, but they are quite expensive and have handling issues).
/tech diver //nitrox SCUBA instructor
Argon (Ar): narcotic value = 2.33, helium (He) has a value 0.23. Both nitrogen (N2) and oxygen (O2) have the value 1.00.
You would certainly not blackout using oxygen at 20 feet. This is the normal depth where technical divers switch from the bottome mix (or some other decompression mix) to oxygen. At 20 feet, oxygen is at a partialo pressure of 1.6 {[(depth/33) + 1] * FO2} where FO2 is the fraction of oxygen in the gas (in our case 100%).
/technical diver //nitrox SCUBA instructor
In a nutshell, the buildup of too much oxygen can casue temporary neurological issues that can lead to convulsions (consider it like your computer locking up and automatically rebooting itself). This isn't deadly in itself, however being underwater with a regulator in your mouth can lead to drowning when you drop it while blacked out.
A certain cave diving team regularly decompresses on 100% oxygen at 30 fet, however they are in a dry area and can afford the risk, however they take breaks on a regular basis, by breathing a low FO2 gas, to reduce the amount of 'oxygen loading'.
Stop posting your guesswork when you have no idea of what you are saying.
On September 11, 2001, most of the news web servers were screaming under the load. If I recall correctly, slashdot was one of the few servers that could withstand the constant pounding and people were using it as a main source of up-to-the-minute information. (Slashback: http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/09/11/131425 8&tid=103)
I think even Fark was hit by a lot of time-outs for a while.
Speaking of which, whatever happened to Ghyslain? Last I heard the parents were going to sue someone, the kid was being laughed out of all the different schools he attended, etc. It was the best me-me this side of "All Your Base".
Count Chocula and Captain Crunch found murdered. Cereal killer suspected.
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And for the obligatory bash.org copy/paste:
#75154
you know what's ALWAYS bothered me? cold cereal mascots
I mean that is just some FUCKED UP SHIT
the Trix rabbit, for example
I dunno man... if I were him I'd be fucking KILLING some kids
I remember a commercial where the fuckin rabbit WENT INTO A FUCKIN STORE AND BOUGHT A BOX OF TRIX WITH HIS OWN FUCKIN MONEY.
fuckin kids came outta NOWHERE and basically fuckin mug the poor stupid bitch rabbit
"silly rabbit Trix are for kids"
Fuckin rabbit just sits there and looks depressed.
FUCK NO that wouldn't fly with me
I'd have pimp-slapped EVERY ONE OF those fuckin bitches
and made them go get me the REST of a "complete breakfast" and eat Trix right in front of them bitches and THEN beat the shit out of them some more.
and wtf is with the disguises? All the dumb rabbit does is hide his ears and all of a sudden he's a fuckin kid?
I dunno about you, but if I SAW a 6 foot fuckin RABBIT with his ears tucked under a baseball cap, I wouldn't immediately think
"Hey, there's a cool lookin human kid, let me go over and share some of my cereal with him"
NO.
I'd be thinking
"that's a 6 foot fuckin RABBIT with his ears tucked under a baseball cap... what the FUCK was I just smoking?"
another thing... wtf is up with cereal being "A part of this complete breakfast"
last time -I- checked, cereal WAS breakfast
they show a big ass bowl of frosted flakes next to a waffle, a pancake, toast, a banana, a fuckin grapefruit... who the FUCK eats a breakfast that big
not me
I don't even EAT breakfast nomore
I mean, I eat when I get up
but the whole thought "BREAKFAST IS ONLY SERVED UNTIL SUCH AND SUCH TIME"
bitch, you make my fucking sausage and egg sandwich when I pay you the fucking money
don't give me that shit.
Back to stupid cereal mascots...
Lucky Charms.
FUCKING LUCKY CHARMS
Lucky can turn the fucking MOON into a marshmallow, and he can't escape a bunch of fucking 6 year olds?!?!?
C'mon now, Lucky.
I KNOW your bitch ass has got to have a "Blow the fucking kids up" spell SOMEWHERE
or make "kid marshamllows" and EAT those bitches.
"They're after me Lucky Charms!"
KILL THEM, BITCH!
I dunno why I went off on this rant here
it's just always bothered me."
Just take out the obvious space in the URL. Everything is still there. Don't fret... not a corporate shutdown.