These systems have very specific design parameters, especially for weight, space/shape, power usage, oxygen output, and communication interface. In addition, the F-22 has low-visibility goals across the EM spectrum. Its not like taking the water pump out of a Ford.
In this case, though, the "OBOGS" oxygen system had an "air bleed failure" which probably means that it was still generating oxygen, but there was no pressure to deliver the oxygen to the pilot. Sounds like a gasket, seal, or hose failure. Those things are hardly bleeding edge technology. Another possible cause was the overly difficult emergency pull. Again, not exactly hi-tech. These kinds of design problems are often attributable to poor management in the design phase, rushed development, or sweeping known problems under the rug because of budgetary concerns.
I am heartened by the overwhelming list of experts and public figures who have come out against these bills. However I can't help but feel that the Senators and Representatives who are debating it will never know. Slashdot's catalog of evidence against SOPA and PROTECTIP may as well be invisible to them. These people are trying to regulate something like the Internet but could never be found in a place where real experts have these discussions. How frustrating.
Your post was one of the dumbest things I've read on Slashdot in a while. This is the single worst (best?) example of stupid guns-fix-everything arguments I have ever heard.
In this case, instead of claiming that arming everyone would prevent people from being victims of crime, you actually claim that they would prevent police (paramilitary force as of 2011) from abusing people? When it comes to cops, bringing guns into the mixture only serves to guarantee that they will use lethal force without hesitation.
Tea Party protests avoided police intervention because their cause aligns with the interests of the powerful. Period.
Sorry, the world doesn't have to conform to your work practices. Just because you need to check your pager for work doesn't make it safe to do while driving. At 70mph, I'd prefer you keep the pager in your pocket, and I don't care about your supervisor.
I agree that the NTSB's recommendation is too broad, but your reasoning is wrong.
I don't believe that. People who cry loudly about the media giving a false image of the female form don't ever shed a tear for the effects of the male models. The men are not only extremely lean, but also cut like Hercules. The difference is that men don't broadcast their own insecurities the way women do. Apparently insecure men act like assholes, and insecure women launch media campaigns.
Models shouldn't be fat just because your average american/british/whatever woman doesn't want to hit the gym but is still insecure about her looks. Is it wrong to expect women to have dancer's bodies? Not if they're a dancer!
Everything about a modern woman's appearance is fake, even in real life. Foundation, blush, eye shadow, eye lashes, lipstick, nail polish, hair (color, extensions, perms, straighteners), bras, heels, spanx, perfume, tans, etc. I can go on and on.
I assume that other flies (that don't carry the disease that these mosquitoes do) will fill in the population gap and provide food for low-level predators.
Your comment is difficult to understand, but I'm pretty sure you are implying that the GM mosquitoes will mutate and become some kind of super-bug.
However it is a non-problem. The modified flies have defective offspring, who also have defective offspring. The population will soon go extinct, long before there have been enough generations to mutate into something else. That whole extinction thing is the whole point of releasing these bugs!
Sage (formerly SAGE?) is an open source mathematical package that includes statistical functions. I wanted to add that to the usual mentions of R, etc.
However, are you sure this is what you want? It sounds to me like your real problem is that you have too much data to store. If you're currently using Excel to process your data, and it has been working except that you are running out of space, perhaps what you really need is a database, like Access. If you want OSS, you can probably try LibreOffice, or engage a local student to design a web based system based on MySQL.
Actually, I'm pretty sure that despite the ravings of TV pundits, the US is more free than China will ever be, market included. Also, I'm pretty sure this story was about the government crushing dissent and winning, and not at all about free marking bringing down the government. Mods, put out that flame.
All F-16's use F-100 (or F-110) engines, and without exception they all run on JP-8 fuel. Whatever the Air Force did, you can bet that they didn't change much. The concept that these engines are somehow eco-friendly is absurd, no matter what contributed the hydrocarbons that they are burning. At full afterburner, these engines can burn more than 20,000 pounds of fuel per minute .
I think she just guaranteed that a piece of data that nobody looked at is about to be scrutinized by many. Her 'Jane Doe' status can't last for long...
I've had my BoA accounts for a long time as well, however that is because I started with an account with BayBank, who was bought by Bank Boston, who merged with Fleet, who was bought by Bank of America. Not my fault.
I haven't closed my account, but what I DID do was to move out everything but the minimum to avoid fees to a local credit union. So basically BoA is stuck with a tiny savings account, a credit card that never earns interest, and a checking account that never generates overdraft fees. I think that's even worse for them than losing a customer.
I say this so often it should be in my sig... There is absurdly little difference between so-called "anti-virus" and desktop "internet security" products and the malware from which they are supposed to protect you. When family members ask me how I manage to happily use a 5 year-old PC that seems to be faster than their 1-2 year-old PC, I simply say "I don't have anti-virus installed"
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Heh, good point.
It is probably a fail-safe that can be activated even during a complete systems failure, like no power. It probably opens a bottle of pressurized air.
These systems have very specific design parameters, especially for weight, space/shape, power usage, oxygen output, and communication interface. In addition, the F-22 has low-visibility goals across the EM spectrum. Its not like taking the water pump out of a Ford.
In this case, though, the "OBOGS" oxygen system had an "air bleed failure" which probably means that it was still generating oxygen, but there was no pressure to deliver the oxygen to the pilot. Sounds like a gasket, seal, or hose failure. Those things are hardly bleeding edge technology. Another possible cause was the overly difficult emergency pull. Again, not exactly hi-tech. These kinds of design problems are often attributable to poor management in the design phase, rushed development, or sweeping known problems under the rug because of budgetary concerns.
I am heartened by the overwhelming list of experts and public figures who have come out against these bills. However I can't help but feel that the Senators and Representatives who are debating it will never know. Slashdot's catalog of evidence against SOPA and PROTECTIP may as well be invisible to them. These people are trying to regulate something like the Internet but could never be found in a place where real experts have these discussions. How frustrating.
Your post was one of the dumbest things I've read on Slashdot in a while. This is the single worst (best?) example of stupid guns-fix-everything arguments I have ever heard.
In this case, instead of claiming that arming everyone would prevent people from being victims of crime, you actually claim that they would prevent police (paramilitary force as of 2011) from abusing people? When it comes to cops, bringing guns into the mixture only serves to guarantee that they will use lethal force without hesitation.
Tea Party protests avoided police intervention because their cause aligns with the interests of the powerful. Period.
Sorry, the world doesn't have to conform to your work practices. Just because you need to check your pager for work doesn't make it safe to do while driving. At 70mph, I'd prefer you keep the pager in your pocket, and I don't care about your supervisor.
I agree that the NTSB's recommendation is too broad, but your reasoning is wrong.
Nobody claimed they were perfect. The critics made that up themselves.
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I don't believe that. People who cry loudly about the media giving a false image of the female form don't ever shed a tear for the effects of the male models. The men are not only extremely lean, but also cut like Hercules. The difference is that men don't broadcast their own insecurities the way women do. Apparently insecure men act like assholes, and insecure women launch media campaigns.
Models shouldn't be fat just because your average american/british/whatever woman doesn't want to hit the gym but is still insecure about her looks. Is it wrong to expect women to have dancer's bodies? Not if they're a dancer!
Everything about a modern woman's appearance is fake, even in real life. Foundation, blush, eye shadow, eye lashes, lipstick, nail polish, hair (color, extensions, perms, straighteners), bras, heels, spanx, perfume, tans, etc. I can go on and on.
-d
Nature can survive without this particular species of mosquito. There are hundreds of other flies that fill the same niche.
It saves human lives. fsck the mosquitoes. Did you complain when they eradicated small pox?
I assume that other flies (that don't carry the disease that these mosquitoes do) will fill in the population gap and provide food for low-level predators.
-d
Your comment is difficult to understand, but I'm pretty sure you are implying that the GM mosquitoes will mutate and become some kind of super-bug.
However it is a non-problem. The modified flies have defective offspring, who also have defective offspring. The population will soon go extinct, long before there have been enough generations to mutate into something else. That whole extinction thing is the whole point of releasing these bugs!
-d
Sage (formerly SAGE?) is an open source mathematical package that includes statistical functions. I wanted to add that to the usual mentions of R, etc.
However, are you sure this is what you want? It sounds to me like your real problem is that you have too much data to store. If you're currently using Excel to process your data, and it has been working except that you are running out of space, perhaps what you really need is a database, like Access. If you want OSS, you can probably try LibreOffice, or engage a local student to design a web based system based on MySQL.
It's like we're trolling ourselves.
Actually, I'm pretty sure that despite the ravings of TV pundits, the US is more free than China will ever be, market included. Also, I'm pretty sure this story was about the government crushing dissent and winning, and not at all about free marking bringing down the government. Mods, put out that flame.
NetBSD is a great embedded OS. In fact, many of the above suggestions include code from the NetBSD project.
"Of course it runs NetBSD!"
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hehe, woops. That's pounds per hour.
All F-16's use F-100 (or F-110) engines, and without exception they all run on JP-8 fuel. Whatever the Air Force did, you can bet that they didn't change much. The concept that these engines are somehow eco-friendly is absurd, no matter what contributed the hydrocarbons that they are burning. At full afterburner, these engines can burn more than 20,000 pounds of fuel per minute .
I think she just guaranteed that a piece of data that nobody looked at is about to be scrutinized by many. Her 'Jane Doe' status can't last for long...
In this case, the copyright law doesn't have to be modified. It already specifies that facts cannot be copyrighted.
I think what you want is tort reform.
I've had my BoA accounts for a long time as well, however that is because I started with an account with BayBank, who was bought by Bank Boston, who merged with Fleet, who was bought by Bank of America. Not my fault.
I haven't closed my account, but what I DID do was to move out everything but the minimum to avoid fees to a local credit union. So basically BoA is stuck with a tiny savings account, a credit card that never earns interest, and a checking account that never generates overdraft fees. I think that's even worse for them than losing a customer.
That joke is sooooo six weeks ago.
Either way, their system is shot. McAfee or the Malware, both trash their experience.
Here's a better option: Firefox + AdBlock Plus + NoScript + Ghostery.
I say this so often it should be in my sig... There is absurdly little difference between so-called "anti-virus" and desktop "internet security" products and the malware from which they are supposed to protect you. When family members ask me how I manage to happily use a 5 year-old PC that seems to be faster than their 1-2 year-old PC, I simply say "I don't have anti-virus installed"