It shows up for me on the front page, at the top... sometimes it gets replaced with the "metamod" thing, but a quick refresh will bring it back up most of the time.
How's about parents understand that during events which are important and emotional enough to be broadcast "live", you realize that people may, maybe, just maybe, get excited and emotional enough as a result of something that their internal censors may temporarily shut off and unpleasant words may occur.
I remember back when I was young(er), watching live Sunday afternoon professional bowling on the TV. Brian Voss had just won the tournament, and it was significant because it was something like his 10th year in a row with at least one tournament win. After throwing the final strike, doing a little fist pump, he says, while fully miked, "Fuck this, man!" I was shocked because I just didn't expect it. He was shocked because he forgot he was miked. The announcers just brushed it off like it didn't even happen.
(Voss's won at least one tournament for 12 years in a row ending in 1998, so this was in 1996)
The thing that amazes me about this whole thing is his quote:
"I'm a very well-educated, successful, intelligent person," he told the paper. "This is insane to me that I have an armed guard outside my door when I've cooperated with everything other than the whole solitary-confinement-in-Italy thing."
ARE YOU A DUMBASS?! You have a disease that, in its "normal" strain, is still passed on to people by you coughing or sneezing! And you fly overseas! Cooperating with the whole solitary-confinement-in-Italy thing (not to mention the don't-travel-on-a-plane thing) is a very important thing! In fact, one could argue it is more important than cooperating with the "everything other" part.
The CDC flew him from NY to GA. On their own plane. So he couldn't infect anybody else. What makes him think they couldn't do that from Italy? Effing dumbass.
If somebody told the company "I hope you die for what you did," is it far-fetched they will equate that to a death threat when talking to the "press" about it?
With all the BS that's going on in this state (I live in FL, btw) regarding homeowner's insurance, taxes, etc, I am so very thankful that the legislators felt it necessary to address this pressing issue! They didn't even fix the tax "problem" (the fact that home values have risen so much in the state that the current tax structure is boned) in this session, but used CDs? Hell yeah!
These analysts seem to underestimate the "gotta have it" factor among executives. My mother is an executive secretary, and she has to deal with her 2 execs wanting new phones as soon as someone in their ranks gets the New Whiz-Bang Phone Of The Week(TM). One guy even walks in the office, drops his phone on the floor, kicks it a few times, etc, all while saying "Wow I wish I had one of those new Blackberries that [person] just got".
Its all just a big e-penis competition between them. Somebody will get one just because its "cool" and "hip", not because it might be a good phone.
Plus, its company money, what do they care if it costs $500?
I have a 770, and I can't wait for some sort of bluetooth storage like Seagate's D.A.V.E. or that Bluonyx thing by Agere. Then I can store more movies and music on it than I can with the small 2gb flash card that my 770 has.
Its an excellent device to take on planes. You don't have to worry about getting out the laptop, putting it on the tray, the guy in the seat in front of you in full recline and taking that much more of your personal space, longer battery life, etc.
Part of me thinks that they want to find out who she is so some guy with a middle name of "the" (Mikey the Knife, Jimmy the Nose, etc) can go "depose" her. I wouldn't put it past them... Darl carries a gun!
To those that are agreeing or suggesting a dedicated section of the plane for phone talkers -- including TFA -- I suggest this: Next time you're on a plane, ask somebody on the other end of the plane from you to simulate talking on their cell. You'll hear it anywhere in the plane. Now imagine a whole section of people talking, perhaps even gesturing wildly! Oh the humanity...
Basically the entire article is "They could do this... but the ban is cheaper." Of course! We're talking about corporations here! I know the FCC and FAA would love to spend taxpayer monies to study the issue, though. I think the article's author is just bitter he can't use his Crackberry while on a plane.
I say keep the ban in place, but be honest about the fact that people who will talk on their phone all the damn time are annoying. I have to deal with all kinds of people on their phones at work in public. Be honest with yourself, people. You talk loud when you're on a cell phone. I don't want that in an airplane. Noise canceling headphones only go so far.
OK then, let's try some more information then. You can read what I've written below, or you can go here for more info (a very good article).
Knock and detonation are two different names for the same effect. It is also frequently called "pinging" due to the characteristic sound of detonation. Note that a knock sensor just listens for the specific frequency (approximately 6.4KHz according to that article) of the detonation "ping".
Detonation is when part of the unburned/partially burned fuel air mix reaches a critical pressure and temperature and transitions from a normal burning process to an explosive detonation that progresses at near the speed of sound. This causes huge increases in cylinder pressure. Detonation always occurs near peak cylinder pressure with the engine under load, but after the spark fires. It is most likely to occur near the peak torque rpm of the engine.
Pre-ignition by definition is the early ignition of the fuel air mix (before the spark fires) and can be caused by any source of excessive heat in the combustion chamber such as a hot spot from carbon build up, or a hot glowing spark plug due to the excessive heat generated by detonation, use of nitrous oxide or too much boost, etc. This will usually occur at the time of lowest cylinder compression, i.e. the bottom of the intake stroke. This is because it gets harder to light off the air/fuel charge the more you compress it.
It is not uncommon for uncontrolled knock to trigger pre-ignition. Severe pre-ignition can destroy an engine in litterally seconds, it usually melts a hole in a piston and the hole looks like it was caused by a welding torch (i.e. obvious melting of the metal). Because there's no tell-tale "knock," preignition is a silent killer.
Detonation usually breaks things, and if it holes a piston it will simply knock a piece out of the piston like it had been struck by a hammer. One of the most common modes of failure is for the sharp pressure increases due to detonation to break the piston rings, and or the upper ring land on the piston. It can also beat out oil from bearings leading to a bottom end failure, or blow head gaskets, and break cylinder walls.
GPS can be good at altitude measurements, except you need to use the P(Y) code, which is encrypted. You could get away with using carrier phase or differential or RTK but then you start getting into the realm of some quite expensive gear.
The article just talks about a bluetooth GPS module, so I'll assume something commercial that likely includes WAAS. As he says, it'll be good enough to maintain flight but if he wants to land he'll need something more.
Preignition is when the fuel/air charge ignites at the point of lowest compression, and then the engine has to compress this hot, expanded gas. This is how holes get burned in pistons. Knock is detonation, where the fuel/air charge does not burn in a controlled flame front, i.e. it suddenly detonates. It requires that timing advance be backed down a bit.
With the inertial navigation systems I work with, time stamping of data is very important. Clocks that are accurate down to nanoseconds aren't uncommon, synching with GPS 1-PPS signals (1 pulse per second) to determine and correct clock drift per inertial sensor read cycle, etc. Timing systems are usually custom built for the product in question as part of the design.
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She could pay a lawyer to appear on her behalf, but then who is going to cover that cost out of her pocket?
I'm sure there are plenty of lawyers who would be glad to represent her pro-bono in this case.
1) many of the companies that are promoted in the pump and dump schemes are not involved and often dont know for months that they are also victims of the spam. basically its hard to know who really is (spam coming from open relays etc)
Well, somebody is selling massive amounts of shares of whatever company is being pumped. Why not follow that to find somebody to arrest or stab?
Can we please stop using that "Internets" George Bush mistake - it 's so dumb it makes my head hurt. Please just scratch fingernails on blackboards instead.
Very well! From now on, it is known as the Intertron!
I don't like responding to myself, but *WHOOSH* that was the sound of the point going right over my head.
But still, I would burn it to disc. The old computer that I have running MythTV isn't fast enough to decode DVD-res video, or much video at all outside of TV (hardware encoder/decoder cards so the processor doesn't have to do much). Its cheaper for me to burn it to disc than shell out for a better "media center" computer.
Well, I don't know about you, but the audio system I have hooked up in my living room is a helluva lot better than what I have on my computer. Not to mention that my couch is comfy, and my TV is bigger.
Diesel is also interestingly becoming more expensive than gasoline where I live. I find it funny, because diesel fuel is a lot easier to produce than gasoline, or so my fuel engineer friend tells me.
Truckers. They still have to drive places to transport goods, and still need diesel fuel to do it. Demand for diesel is high no matter what the price is, because that price just gets passed back to the customer.
SCO may have bankrupted itself fighting this battle, but IBM still plans to rape the corpse.
IBM was accused by SCO of breach of contract. IBM does a metric assload of consulting to loads of companies, all under contract. IBM won't stop until it is proven without a doubt that they did not breach contract in the slightest. Its all for clearing their name.
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Actually, I'd make #4 "Do the 150% test repeatedly and see how the structure responds do fatigue", then #5 can be "Let CowboyNeal decide."
I remember back when I was young(er), watching live Sunday afternoon professional bowling on the TV. Brian Voss had just won the tournament, and it was significant because it was something like his 10th year in a row with at least one tournament win. After throwing the final strike, doing a little fist pump, he says, while fully miked, "Fuck this, man!" I was shocked because I just didn't expect it. He was shocked because he forgot he was miked. The announcers just brushed it off like it didn't even happen.
(Voss's won at least one tournament for 12 years in a row ending in 1998, so this was in 1996)
ARE YOU A DUMBASS?! You have a disease that, in its "normal" strain, is still passed on to people by you coughing or sneezing! And you fly overseas! Cooperating with the whole solitary-confinement-in-Italy thing (not to mention the don't-travel-on-a-plane thing) is a very important thing! In fact, one could argue it is more important than cooperating with the "everything other" part.
The CDC flew him from NY to GA. On their own plane. So he couldn't infect anybody else. What makes him think they couldn't do that from Italy? Effing dumbass.
If somebody told the company "I hope you die for what you did," is it far-fetched they will equate that to a death threat when talking to the "press" about it?
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With all the BS that's going on in this state (I live in FL, btw) regarding homeowner's insurance, taxes, etc, I am so very thankful that the legislators felt it necessary to address this pressing issue! They didn't even fix the tax "problem" (the fact that home values have risen so much in the state that the current tax structure is boned) in this session, but used CDs? Hell yeah!
"Stupidity is always astounding, no matter how often one encounters it."
Referring to the school district officials, that is.
You spelled "Ticketbastard" wrong.
These analysts seem to underestimate the "gotta have it" factor among executives. My mother is an executive secretary, and she has to deal with her 2 execs wanting new phones as soon as someone in their ranks gets the New Whiz-Bang Phone Of The Week(TM). One guy even walks in the office, drops his phone on the floor, kicks it a few times, etc, all while saying "Wow I wish I had one of those new Blackberries that [person] just got".
Its all just a big e-penis competition between them. Somebody will get one just because its "cool" and "hip", not because it might be a good phone.
Plus, its company money, what do they care if it costs $500?
Meanwhile, in anime, Big O is a giant black mech that occasionally smashes up the city whist engaged in a fight with another mech.
I have a 770, and I can't wait for some sort of bluetooth storage like Seagate's D.A.V.E. or that Bluonyx thing by Agere. Then I can store more movies and music on it than I can with the small 2gb flash card that my 770 has.
Its an excellent device to take on planes. You don't have to worry about getting out the laptop, putting it on the tray, the guy in the seat in front of you in full recline and taking that much more of your personal space, longer battery life, etc.
Part of me thinks that they want to find out who she is so some guy with a middle name of "the" (Mikey the Knife, Jimmy the Nose, etc) can go "depose" her. I wouldn't put it past them... Darl carries a gun!
To those that are agreeing or suggesting a dedicated section of the plane for phone talkers -- including TFA -- I suggest this: Next time you're on a plane, ask somebody on the other end of the plane from you to simulate talking on their cell. You'll hear it anywhere in the plane. Now imagine a whole section of people talking, perhaps even gesturing wildly! Oh the humanity...
Basically the entire article is "They could do this... but the ban is cheaper." Of course! We're talking about corporations here! I know the FCC and FAA would love to spend taxpayer monies to study the issue, though. I think the article's author is just bitter he can't use his Crackberry while on a plane.
I say keep the ban in place, but be honest about the fact that people who will talk on their phone all the damn time are annoying. I have to deal with all kinds of people on their phones at work in public. Be honest with yourself, people. You talk loud when you're on a cell phone. I don't want that in an airplane. Noise canceling headphones only go so far.
OK then, let's try some more information then. You can read what I've written below, or you can go here for more info (a very good article).
Knock and detonation are two different names for the same effect. It is also frequently called "pinging" due to the characteristic sound of detonation. Note that a knock sensor just listens for the specific frequency (approximately 6.4KHz according to that article) of the detonation "ping".
Detonation is when part of the unburned/partially burned fuel air mix reaches a critical pressure and temperature and transitions from a normal burning process to an explosive detonation that progresses at near the speed of sound. This causes huge increases in cylinder pressure. Detonation always occurs near peak cylinder pressure with the engine under load, but after the spark fires. It is most likely to occur near the peak torque rpm of the engine.
Pre-ignition by definition is the early ignition of the fuel air mix (before the spark fires) and can be caused by any source of excessive heat in the combustion chamber such as a hot spot from carbon build up, or a hot glowing spark plug due to the excessive heat generated by detonation, use of nitrous oxide or too much boost, etc. This will usually occur at the time of lowest cylinder compression, i.e. the bottom of the intake stroke. This is because it gets harder to light off the air/fuel charge the more you compress it.
It is not uncommon for uncontrolled knock to trigger pre-ignition. Severe pre-ignition can destroy an engine in litterally seconds, it usually melts a hole in a piston and the hole looks like it was caused by a welding torch (i.e. obvious melting of the metal). Because there's no tell-tale "knock," preignition is a silent killer.
Detonation usually breaks things, and if it holes a piston it will simply knock a piece out of the piston like it had been struck by a hammer. One of the most common modes of failure is for the sharp pressure increases due to detonation to break the piston rings, and or the upper ring land on the piston. It can also beat out oil from bearings leading to a bottom end failure, or blow head gaskets, and break cylinder walls.
GPS can be good at altitude measurements, except you need to use the P(Y) code, which is encrypted. You could get away with using carrier phase or differential or RTK but then you start getting into the realm of some quite expensive gear.
The article just talks about a bluetooth GPS module, so I'll assume something commercial that likely includes WAAS. As he says, it'll be good enough to maintain flight but if he wants to land he'll need something more.
Preignition is when the fuel/air charge ignites at the point of lowest compression, and then the engine has to compress this hot, expanded gas. This is how holes get burned in pistons. Knock is detonation, where the fuel/air charge does not burn in a controlled flame front, i.e. it suddenly detonates. It requires that timing advance be backed down a bit.
With the inertial navigation systems I work with, time stamping of data is very important. Clocks that are accurate down to nanoseconds aren't uncommon, synching with GPS 1-PPS signals (1 pulse per second) to determine and correct clock drift per inertial sensor read cycle, etc. Timing systems are usually custom built for the product in question as part of the design.
I'm sure there are plenty of lawyers who would be glad to represent her pro-bono in this case.
I'll take one. I can store music and video on it and play it all over my Nokia 770, which only has a 2GB flash card in it (RS-MMC).
Or the Interblag, whichever you prefer.
I don't like responding to myself, but *WHOOSH* that was the sound of the point going right over my head.
But still, I would burn it to disc. The old computer that I have running MythTV isn't fast enough to decode DVD-res video, or much video at all outside of TV (hardware encoder/decoder cards so the processor doesn't have to do much). Its cheaper for me to burn it to disc than shell out for a better "media center" computer.
Well, I don't know about you, but the audio system I have hooked up in my living room is a helluva lot better than what I have on my computer. Not to mention that my couch is comfy, and my TV is bigger.
Truckers. They still have to drive places to transport goods, and still need diesel fuel to do it. Demand for diesel is high no matter what the price is, because that price just gets passed back to the customer.
IBM was accused by SCO of breach of contract. IBM does a metric assload of consulting to loads of companies, all under contract. IBM won't stop until it is proven without a doubt that they did not breach contract in the slightest. Its all for clearing their name.