Maybe not, but there's something your highway authority can do about it: Adopt German rules. Passing on the right gets you a ticket; driving on the left without passing gets you a ticket.
Flipping someone off gets you a ticket too, but that's another issue.
Look. 90% of the people on an airplane know perfectly well that the fscking DOOR isn't even going to open less than three or four minutes after the airplane rolls to a stop, and what do they do? They get up and stand there in the aisle or at their seats, half of them uncomfortably bent over, and wait for the other cattle to start down the chute. After that mini-IQ test, how many of them do you think will understand those instructions?
I've never been on an airplane so maybe someone could explain this to me.
Some passengers can lift a bag into the overheads and some can't.
Some passengers are children.
Some passengers are infants.
Some passengers are drunk.
Some passengers are in groups trying to sit together.
Some passengers are dumb as a box of rocks.
Overhead space is limited, so the place where you stow your stuff may or may not be over your seat.
An airliner aisle is barely wide enough for two non-obese people to pass each other, without bags in tow.
If a row of three seats on one side doesn't get filled in window-to-aisle order, the early arrivals have to get back out into the aisle to admit the late arrivals.
...but those variations have been quantified with exquisite precision by half a century of satellite tracking. I'm guessing it has something to do with motion of molten metal in the earth's core, only now beginning to show up because it's a long-term effect.
Indeed. Even ancient Greek and Roman triremes had hybrid propulsion: they actually covered more mileage under sail than rowing, but the oars were there when needed.
There's some confusion here about how the system works...it's not floats and beams.
The effect that makes it possible is that the vertical motion of water under waves progressively decreases with increasing depth. The vanes are supported by two streamlined struts that stick down several feet below the boat. As the boat rises on the front side of a wave, the bottom of the strut assembly moves up at the same rate as the boat, but the water at that depth is not rising as fast. Therefore, the vanes attached to the struts are being dragged upward relative to the water around them.
The vanes are hinged forward of center, so as they're dragged up they rotate to an upward slant until they hit a stop; then they act as a kind of propeller blade, generating a net forward force. As the boat goes down the backside of the wave, they rotate to a downward slant and again you get a forward force.
I built a model of one of these as a kid...worked remarkably well.
Here in The Netherlands we had a nice one last night, around 01:00 in the night one of the public broadcasters decided to air the old Deep Throat movie, in (eager?) anticipation quite a few religious leaders protested as if they did not have an off button on their TV
They knew perfectly well they had an off button on their TV. They were angry because they didn't have an off button connected to your TV.
I have some documents stored behind tons of hardened steel and reinforced concrete, with an armed guard. If bad guys got hold of them I could be out fifty, maybe a hundred thousand dollars. Somehow, I manage to afford it.
Of course, I'm not the only safe-deposit box holder at my bank, and I suspect Wikileaks is not the only tenant in that Cold-War surplus bunker.
The moon's orbit is not perfectly circular, and its axis of rotation is not quite perpendicular to the plane of the orbit. Those effects combine to produce an apparent rocking motion, on a time scale of weeks, called libration. Thanks to that, we can see almost 60 percent of the moon's surface at one time or another.
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Certainly would, and your contribution will be deductible.
rj
They're gonna express disapproval.
In spray paint.
On its shiny metal ass.
rj
-Hey, look, honey, 160 kph, ain't this cool?
-How much is that?
-96 miles an RROOAAARRRR!!!
-What the fuck was that???
rj
Maybe not, but there's something your highway authority can do about it: Adopt German rules. Passing on the right gets you a ticket; driving on the left without passing gets you a ticket.
Flipping someone off gets you a ticket too, but that's another issue.
rj
...George P. Burdell will hijack that blog in about five minutes.
rj
Your sister gets a free pass from me...and if the 98% who are simply dipsticks would show her a little courtesy, she'd have less of a problem.
rj
I'd be happy just to have the drunks sit together.
rj
Look. 90% of the people on an airplane know perfectly well that the fscking DOOR isn't even going to open less than three or four minutes after the airplane rolls to a stop, and what do they do? They get up and stand there in the aisle or at their seats, half of them uncomfortably bent over, and wait for the other cattle to start down the chute. After that mini-IQ test, how many of them do you think will understand those instructions?
rj
Some passengers can lift a bag into the overheads and some can't.
Some passengers are children.
Some passengers are infants.
Some passengers are drunk.
Some passengers are in groups trying to sit together.
Some passengers are dumb as a box of rocks.
Overhead space is limited, so the place where you stow your stuff may or may not be over your seat.
An airliner aisle is barely wide enough for two non-obese people to pass each other, without bags in tow.
If a row of three seats on one side doesn't get filled in window-to-aisle order, the early arrivals have to get back out into the aisle to admit the late arrivals.
And sometimes, disorganization sets in.
rj
...and if they don't get preferential service, they don't pay for it. They fly coach, and the airline makes up the difference by jacking up your fare.
rj
Because aluminum weighs twice as much?
rj
The IRS identifies you by your SSN, too.
rj
Sure. First, of course, you'd have to get a visitor's pass with your SSN on it.
rj
...but those variations have been quantified with exquisite precision by half a century of satellite tracking. I'm guessing it has something to do with motion of molten metal in the earth's core, only now beginning to show up because it's a long-term effect.
rj
Indeed. Even ancient Greek and Roman triremes had hybrid propulsion: they actually covered more mileage under sail than rowing, but the oars were there when needed.
rj
Brilliant yes, new no...
http://www.rexresearch.com/boats/1boat.htm#wave
rj
There's some confusion here about how the system works...it's not floats and beams.
The effect that makes it possible is that the vertical motion of water under waves progressively decreases with increasing depth. The vanes are supported by two streamlined struts that stick down several feet below the boat. As the boat rises on the front side of a wave, the bottom of the strut assembly moves up at the same rate as the boat, but the water at that depth is not rising as fast. Therefore, the vanes attached to the struts are being dragged upward relative to the water around them.
The vanes are hinged forward of center, so as they're dragged up they rotate to an upward slant until they hit a stop; then they act as a kind of propeller blade, generating a net forward force. As the boat goes down the backside of the wave, they rotate to a downward slant and again you get a forward force.
I built a model of one of these as a kid...worked remarkably well.
rj
Just stick it in your garage, next to the 20 gallons of gasoline under your car.
rj
Why bother? Just load the BSoD screensaver...
rj
They knew perfectly well they had an off button on their TV. They were angry because they didn't have an off button connected to your TV.
rj
I have some documents stored behind tons of hardened steel and reinforced concrete, with an armed guard. If bad guys got hold of them I could be out fifty, maybe a hundred thousand dollars. Somehow, I manage to afford it.
Of course, I'm not the only safe-deposit box holder at my bank, and I suspect Wikileaks is not the only tenant in that Cold-War surplus bunker.
rj
rj
The moon's orbit is not perfectly circular, and its axis of rotation is not quite perpendicular to the plane of the orbit. Those effects combine to produce an apparent rocking motion, on a time scale of weeks, called libration. Thanks to that, we can see almost 60 percent of the moon's surface at one time or another.
rj