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  1. Re:Military project with multi-nation politics on Missing Files Blamed For Deadly A400M Crash · · Score: 1

    Well yes, It is almost as bad as the US where they spread the pork. But this was primarily France and Germany with sales to Italy and Turkey and potentially UK and Norway.

  2. Re:whatever happened to real controls? on Missing Files Blamed For Deadly A400M Crash · · Score: 1

    Try and run all the parameters of a modern jet engine and try to figure it out as you fly. You can not and never have been able to. Along with an airframe which a human can not control.

    Way before you or I were born you could not fly an aircraft without something in the way.

  3. Re:Too Slowly? on Missing Files Blamed For Deadly A400M Crash · · Score: 1

    This was what I thought.

  4. Re:I want to see a list of catastrophes on Missing Files Blamed For Deadly A400M Crash · · Score: 1

    You missed the meatware. Most seems to be blamed on the dead.

  5. Re:Extreme Euphemism on Missing Files Blamed For Deadly A400M Crash · · Score: 1
  6. Re:Extreme Euphemism on Missing Files Blamed For Deadly A400M Crash · · Score: 1

    Just for fun ships are have been termed "bottoms" before and after they sink.

  7. Re:Extreme Euphemism on Missing Files Blamed For Deadly A400M Crash · · Score: 1

    I think the term is "hull loss" by insurance companies

  8. Re:Many regs trace back to accidents on Missing Files Blamed For Deadly A400M Crash · · Score: 1

    Not that I know anything about the military. But it would not surprise me. It was related to your comment about the Navy "Navy regulations are written in blood". They can be wrong. But It is ideal if everyone believes it.

  9. Re:Many regs trace back to accidents on Missing Files Blamed For Deadly A400M Crash · · Score: 1

    I must agree.
    But thing do change slowly. Sometimes those things are no longer relevant.

    Did you hear the myth of the soldiers how spend many long and painful hours painting the ground. Just because it had always been painted? It was always painted as someone spilled the paint and said nothing.

  10. Re:Strange... on Missing Files Blamed For Deadly A400M Crash · · Score: 1

    Depends on how you put it, this was a test flight for a production model. The craft had not flown before. The aircraft (general model) have been flying for 2 years at this point. An Aircraft testing in Italy for delivery to Turkey I think.

  11. Re:Old timers rejoice! on Missing Files Blamed For Deadly A400M Crash · · Score: 1

    Easier to fix I suppose but then I do have a 12 year old car with an ECU which just keeps running and tells me when the catalytic converter is fucked. And when the Ox burn is out of whack, and when the COx and sulfur emissions are getting weird. All are indications that the engine is not good.

    And it is a tiny 1.8 liter 4 cylinder 20 valve little car by american standards ;)

  12. Re:Old timers rejoice! on Missing Files Blamed For Deadly A400M Crash · · Score: 1

    Remember when you could not start your car cos the choke was not in the correct position and the distributor had twisted or rotted?

  13. Re:Good god. on Missing Files Blamed For Deadly A400M Crash · · Score: 1

    From what I have read, the engines were working Ok ish but in flight the crew noticed some glitches. They switched to cruse idle mode to see if that would resolve the issue. The engines refused to come out of that state. By the way the ECU which is thought to be a fault is part of the engine https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
    Not technically Airbus (but probably their responsibility 2 years into flight testing)

  14. Re: Why bother with installed capacity? on Solar Power Capacity Installs Surpass Wind and Coal For Second Year · · Score: 4, Informative

    http://www.world-nuclear.org/i...

    The section on improved performance is quite interesting. The US averages 81% utilisation

  15. Re:Fabricating an assualt rifle in California... on Making an AR-15 In the Wired San Francisco Office · · Score: 1

    Battle rifle is a term used in WW2.
    Assult rifle was used in that time as a machine gun.

    Some people did know.

  16. Re:Fabricating an assualt rifle in California... on Making an AR-15 In the Wired San Francisco Office · · Score: 1

    It is not straight. I could do better and I have no knowledge of machine tools.Drill a straight hole? Well no.

  17. Re:Fabricating an assualt rifle in California... on Making an AR-15 In the Wired San Francisco Office · · Score: 1

    Making these things does require skill. Many people may not have the skills but some do.

  18. Re:Fabricating an assualt rifle in California... on Making an AR-15 In the Wired San Francisco Office · · Score: 1

    Not all gun control advocates are totally about banning guns. Not all of those for guns are safe to own them. It is not just fore or against. As you pointed out there are people who really need training before holding a gun.

  19. Re:Parents should be liable on Diphtheria Returns To Spain For Lack of Vaccination · · Score: 1

    Is that for real? Sometimes I wish I could sensor this kind of trash. Well I do not really A question of what do you chose. Do you let people decide for themselves? . Not an easy question. when it comes to vaccinations.

  20. Re:Parents should be liable on Diphtheria Returns To Spain For Lack of Vaccination · · Score: 2

    Add in Measles, mumps and rubella.

    All nasty and they do maim and kill. Think chicken pox and how well that spreads. Now try measles and how that spreads (far faster)

    I fear that many do not know the harm that these diseases caused. .

  21. Re:Question: Fossil Expansion? on How Dinosaurs Shrank and Became Birds · · Score: 1

    Mega fauna seem to be very vulnerable. They are quite easy to wipe out. They take a long time to grow and do not reproduce fast. There are other reasons.

  22. Re:Let me put my skepticism hat on... on Cool Tool: The Nuclear Fuel Cycle Cost Calculator · · Score: 1

    You may be correct.

    I know that highly energetic waste tends to be spaced so as to reduce the mutual radiativity. Nuclear weapons are also spaced that way (for other reasons, such as to increase lifespan)

    Critical mass is one part of the equation.

  23. Re:Let me put my skepticism hat on... on Cool Tool: The Nuclear Fuel Cycle Cost Calculator · · Score: 1

    You forgot the spread the waste out bit part. As generally you do not want all the waste to close together. Them neutrons seem to get everywhere. You do not really want a sub-fissile reactor in your storage bunker.

  24. Re:Mixed reaction on Battle To Regulate Ridesharing Moves Through States · · Score: 1

    And what kind of insurance do you have? Third party. third party, fire and theft. fully comprehensive. full comp and other drivers? Does it cover injuries to the person in your car? (less of a problem here due to NHS) but some injuries are life long and can still be costly.

    So there needs to be a minimum level of insurance. The insurance companies will also want to know, and will force you to have some set of minimum maintenance on your vehicle.

    All in all it is simpler to make it a requirement for taxis/minicabs to be licensed and for that license to have minimum set requirements.

    Here Taxis have a fixed price meter. Minicabs have to be dispatched and a quote given beforehand (there are no hard and fast limits on the number of minicabs)

  25. Re:Mixed reaction on Battle To Regulate Ridesharing Moves Through States · · Score: 1

    At least here it is unlikely or even not possible to successfully sue the driver of the car you are in for damages. If you know them. You can but you are not likely to get a large claim (which the insurance company covers). NHS and all.

    A taxi or minicab driver could be sued for a fuck load of money if they were, or could be considered, to have done anything wrong. There is a legal difference between driving for hire and giving someone a lift.