Duh? You mean the navy aircraft fly directly over civilian dwellings during final approach. I think that is the problem here.
When that base was built 50 years ago, it was only farmland around it. Money corrupts, land gets sold, and the Navy has been bitching about it for years.
NAS Oceana (Virginia), for instance. Very close to the beach, final approach right over the beach and hotels. Mix in some beer fueled idiots on a 5th floor hotel balcony...
See how much freedom sucks? Er, I mean, rules? Oh, whatever!
Freedom (and choices) are great. We need more of that. But in this particular instance, the why was missing. The user is required to do an extra middle step of choosing a Pod. A Pod run not by Diaspora, but by 'just some dude'. What will he do with my data? No idea.
How easy was it to get an account here? email address and create a pwd. Done. Same with Facebook. Or any of a number of other social networks.
Diaspora seems to interject extra layers into the process. And in doing so, turns off the geeks (you and I) and the masses of Facebook transferees.
In a collision would you like to:
A: come to a very sudden stop.
B: bleed off speed slowly.
I fully agree. But in a tiny car like the Smart, there is little room to 'bleed off speed slowly'. That has about an 18" crumple zone. There is only so much you can do in 18".
SUV's are not great either, as in the full frame ones tend to transmit a lot more direct force to the occupants than a regular sedan. And if a somewhat smaller/newer car is designed better, they will be 'safer'. But again, there is only so much energy you can bleed off in 18".
But what gets me is the fanbois that tout the Smart as the safest thing since sliced bread. It is great for a microcar. Compared to a similarly designed full size sedan? Not so much.
Which would you rather have...an 18" well designed crumple zone, or a 48" well designed crumple zone? (designed by the same company, and said crumple zones end at your knees)
Again, from the above linked wiki: "Multiple injuries, including to the head, would be likely for a real-world driver of a Smart in a similar collision."
Directly from your wiki link:
"However, in an April 2009 40 mph frontal offset crash test between a Fortwo and a Mercedes C class, "the Smart went air- borne and turned around 450 degrees" causing "extensive intrusion into the space around the dummy from head to feet". The IIHS rated the Smart Fortwo "Poor," noting that "Multiple injuries, including to the head, would be likely for a real-world driver of a Smart in a similar collision."
Yeah yeah yeah...discount physics because you don't like the display platform. Don't get me wrong. I like small cars. I've had a '62 Fiat 500, 2 (original) Mini's...numerous other small cars. If the Smart got better gas mileage, I'd consider one (for a microcar, the mileage (on required premium gas !) sucks)
It does great for a little car. But let's not fool ourselves. Against another moving vehicle, it will get punted. And some of those videos were performed by TUV
Out of interest, I tried to create an account. Way too confusing. Apparently, you must join a 'pod'. What is a pod, what are the differences between Pod A and Pod B, do I have to join the same Pod as my known friends, can I contact people in other Pods? Dunno.
Input textboxes that don't 'act' like textboxes. Confusing uptime stats. (Is this Pod good or bad?) Do I care?
If you actually want people, yo must make the initial signup dead easy. If all you want is a developer wankfest, well, I guess you have that. Actual users, not so much.
The Smart Four Two is safer in a crash than any SUV ever made, but a lot of people dont have the IQ to realize that.
I suggest you go to youtube and watch some of the Smart crash test videos. Against larger cars, the Smart usually gets punted quite far. If everyone drove something that size, sure. But mass does matter.
I have the right to keep an open WIFI connection and if someone else uses it for bad purposes that does NOT expose me to any reasonable danger or risk.
It does make you the initial point of contact/suspicion until they (maybe) figure out it wasn't you. But by then, your PC's have been confiscated, your name in the news, and possibly dragged through the courts. I get your point, but if someone does use your open connection for illegal purposes, you are where the investigation will start.
When many people live in states with no right to work the employer can easily let you go and make up a reason to get you denied unemployment.
As many do, you are confusing 'right to work' with 'at will'.
Right to work involves not being forced into a union as a condition of employment at a certain place. At will mean a) they can fire you, just because, and b) you can quit, just because.
Soon, the dying begins. Roving bands of robbers gradually coalesce into gangs ruled by small time warlords, and eventually regional rulers who hoard the remaining food, fuel, and ammo.
Given a large enough and complete enough failure, 'soon' = 48-72 hours.
This is what happens when you don't have much ex-military in leadership.
It's not just a case of no 'ex-military'. Some years ago, I had to correct a USAF Lt (computer dude, not a flyboy) who was preparing a Powerpoint slide deck. About 1/3 of the way through, there was an image of some fighter jets. Navy F-18 fighter jets.
Dude...you need to change that picture. Why? It's jets. I'm trying to conjure up the concept of speed When your *Air Force* audience sees that picture of Navy jets, they will discount everything else you have said. Cluelessness does not work. Do your homework. It's not like we have a shortage of jets around here. Go 1/2 mile down the street, and you can see about 75 of our jets. Use some of those.
Bottom line, just grabbing an dramatic pic does not work. Do your homework and grab a relevant dramatic pic. Hell...that is a line item in the "Action Officers Handbook", under 'How not to fuck up'.
The scenario I want to see solved is 'the judgement call'
Driving along, an oncoming car starts to intrude on your space. So you have to avoid it. There is also a kid chasing a ball across the street. Given the time/distance/speed/angles, you will hit one of the following: Other car, almost head on Kid Ball the kid is chasing Tree in the front yard to your right
Again...you WILL hit something. And, in this case, the least expensive damage to your car is not the right decision to make.
Humans don't do it right all the time, but something like this must be handled by the logic tree.
Does anyone suffer from this same Netflix effect? Or do I have more Netflix neighbors than most?
I have not noticed this at all on my FiOS connection. Noon, 7PM, midnight, 3 AM....all seems to be about the same. Download slightly faster, and upload slightly slower than the advertised 25/25 speed.
Bundling TV and/or phone brings down the price significantly.
Next summer, when my 2 year price lock-in runs out, I'll switch from 25/25 to 50/25, for about the same price. Currently, our 25/25+phone+TV is $125/mo. And currently, Verizon has no bandwidth cap.
There's a giant plate identifying me or the driver on the back of the car(and in most states, front too).
Given the chance of damage I don't know if privacy is something I want in a car.
You're not thinking long or deep enough. Yes, everyone could theoretically be followed and logged today. Currently, that is far too time consuming. But this type of thing, and ANPR, has the potential to store everyones movements, forever.
You are not interesting enough to worry about today. But a decade from now, when you decide to run for school board or state congress...you will be interesting to your opponent. For the price of a case of beer to his brother in law the cop....your opponent can delve into all of your movements for the last decade with a simple SQL statement. "Oh look... RyuuzakiTetsuya frequented a gay bar back in 2013!" (Yes, you were just there with some college buddies, no big deal. But now you have to defend against the increasingly negative political ads - and in some areas of the country, that type of thing matters)
All of your movements, everyone you hang out with...on someone else's server, forever.
I'm going through this same thing. New master PC, and trying to consolidate 8 zillion files and copies of files from the last decade or so. If you're like me, you copied foldres or trees, instead of individual files. FreeFileSync will show you which files are different between two folders.
Grab two folders you think are pretty close. Compare. Then Sync. This copies dissimilar files in both directions. Now you have two identical folders/files. Delete one of the folders. Wash, rinse, repeat. Time consuming, but it works for me.
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When that base was built 50 years ago
Let me correct myself:
When that base was built 70 years ago...
Duh? You mean the navy aircraft fly directly over civilian dwellings during final approach. I think that is the problem here.
When that base was built 50 years ago, it was only farmland around it. Money corrupts, land gets sold, and the Navy has been bitching about it for years.
NAS Oceana (Virginia), for instance. Very close to the beach, final approach right over the beach and hotels. Mix in some beer fueled idiots on a 5th floor hotel balcony...
They've had many instances over the last few years.
See how much freedom sucks? Er, I mean, rules? Oh, whatever!
Freedom (and choices) are great. We need more of that. But in this particular instance, the why was missing. The user is required to do an extra middle step of choosing a Pod. A Pod run not by Diaspora, but by 'just some dude'. What will he do with my data? No idea.
How easy was it to get an account here? email address and create a pwd. Done. Same with Facebook. Or any of a number of other social networks.
Diaspora seems to interject extra layers into the process. And in doing so, turns off the geeks (you and I) and the masses of Facebook transferees.
In a collision would you like to:
A: come to a very sudden stop.
B: bleed off speed slowly.
I fully agree. But in a tiny car like the Smart, there is little room to 'bleed off speed slowly'. That has about an 18" crumple zone. There is only so much you can do in 18".
SUV's are not great either, as in the full frame ones tend to transmit a lot more direct force to the occupants than a regular sedan. And if a somewhat smaller/newer car is designed better, they will be 'safer'. But again, there is only so much energy you can bleed off in 18".
But what gets me is the fanbois that tout the Smart as the safest thing since sliced bread. It is great for a microcar. Compared to a similarly designed full size sedan? Not so much.
Which would you rather have...an 18" well designed crumple zone, or a 48" well designed crumple zone? (designed by the same company, and said crumple zones end at your knees)
Again, from the above linked wiki: "Multiple injuries, including to the head, would be likely for a real-world driver of a Smart in a similar collision."
Directly from your wiki link:
"However, in an April 2009 40 mph frontal offset crash test between a Fortwo and a Mercedes C class, "the Smart went air- borne and turned around 450 degrees" causing "extensive intrusion into the space around the dummy from head to feet". The IIHS rated the Smart Fortwo "Poor," noting that "Multiple injuries, including to the head, would be likely for a real-world driver of a Smart in a similar collision."
Yeah yeah yeah...discount physics because you don't like the display platform. Don't get me wrong. I like small cars. I've had a '62 Fiat 500, 2 (original) Mini's...numerous other small cars. If the Smart got better gas mileage, I'd consider one (for a microcar, the mileage (on required premium gas !) sucks)
It does great for a little car. But let's not fool ourselves. Against another moving vehicle, it will get punted.
And some of those videos were performed by TUV
Out of interest, I tried to create an account. Way too confusing.
Apparently, you must join a 'pod'. What is a pod, what are the differences between Pod A and Pod B, do I have to join the same Pod as my known friends, can I contact people in other Pods?
Dunno.
Input textboxes that don't 'act' like textboxes.
Confusing uptime stats. (Is this Pod good or bad?) Do I care?
If you actually want people, yo must make the initial signup dead easy. If all you want is a developer wankfest, well, I guess you have that. Actual users, not so much.
The Smart Four Two is safer in a crash than any SUV ever made, but a lot of people dont have the IQ to realize that.
I suggest you go to youtube and watch some of the Smart crash test videos. Against larger cars, the Smart usually gets punted quite far.
If everyone drove something that size, sure. But mass does matter.
I have the right to keep an open WIFI connection and if someone else uses it for bad purposes that does NOT expose me to any reasonable danger or risk.
It does make you the initial point of contact/suspicion until they (maybe) figure out it wasn't you. But by then, your PC's have been confiscated, your name in the news, and possibly dragged through the courts.
I get your point, but if someone does use your open connection for illegal purposes, you are where the investigation will start.
True, but then you'd have to get through 100 drones per attacking aircraft, wouldn't you!
That's what the initial wave of cruise missiles is for.
Send up 100, $1,000,000 drones with a single missile for each $190M fighter aircraft and see who wins.
The guy who takes out their ground control stations wins.
NASA has facilities in Langley? The conspiracy theorists must have a field day with that...
Not CIA Langley, the other Langley. Colocated with Langley AFB, in southeast VA.
Overrun a couple hundred miles and you might get the mountains in Utah or the Grand Canyon. Undershoot, and you get California.
Why is it that USA space tech prefers water splashdowns instead of dry land like the Russians and Chinese?
Maybe because we also have a large enough Navy to support it.
Is it possible to have a more broken link? Yes.
Is it likely? No.
When many people live in states with no right to work the employer can easily let you go and make up a reason to get you denied unemployment.
As many do, you are confusing 'right to work' with 'at will'.
Right to work involves not being forced into a union as a condition of employment at a certain place.
At will mean a) they can fire you, just because, and b) you can quit, just because.
Soon, the dying begins. Roving bands of robbers gradually coalesce into gangs ruled by small time warlords, and eventually regional rulers who hoard the remaining food, fuel, and ammo.
Given a large enough and complete enough failure, 'soon' = 48-72 hours.
This is what happens when you don't have much ex-military in leadership.
It's not just a case of no 'ex-military'. Some years ago, I had to correct a USAF Lt (computer dude, not a flyboy) who was preparing a Powerpoint slide deck. About 1/3 of the way through, there was an image of some fighter jets. Navy F-18 fighter jets.
Dude...you need to change that picture.
Why? It's jets. I'm trying to conjure up the concept of speed
When your *Air Force* audience sees that picture of Navy jets, they will discount everything else you have said. Cluelessness does not work. Do your homework. It's not like we have a shortage of jets around here. Go 1/2 mile down the street, and you can see about 75 of our jets. Use some of those.
Bottom line, just grabbing an dramatic pic does not work. Do your homework and grab a relevant dramatic pic. Hell...that is a line item in the "Action Officers Handbook", under 'How not to fuck up'.
The scenario I want to see solved is 'the judgement call'
Driving along, an oncoming car starts to intrude on your space. So you have to avoid it. There is also a kid chasing a ball across the street. Given the time/distance/speed/angles, you will hit one of the following:
Other car, almost head on
Kid
Ball the kid is chasing
Tree in the front yard to your right
Again...you WILL hit something. And, in this case, the least expensive damage to your car is not the right decision to make.
Humans don't do it right all the time, but something like this must be handled by the logic tree.
Does anyone suffer from this same Netflix effect? Or do I have more Netflix neighbors than most?
I have not noticed this at all on my FiOS connection. Noon, 7PM, midnight, 3 AM....all seems to be about the same. Download slightly faster, and upload slightly slower than the advertised 25/25 speed.
15/5 @ $70
50/25 @ $80
75/35 @ $90
150/65 @ $100
300/65 @ $210
Bundling TV and/or phone brings down the price significantly. Next summer, when my 2 year price lock-in runs out, I'll switch from 25/25 to 50/25, for about the same price. Currently, our 25/25+phone+TV is $125/mo. And currently, Verizon has no bandwidth cap.
I'm sorry, but isn't transparency something we'd like more from politicians???
Only politicians? How about your soon to be ex's lawyer? They're already doing that with EZPass.
There's a giant plate identifying me or the driver on the back of the car(and in most states, front too).
Given the chance of damage I don't know if privacy is something I want in a car.
You're not thinking long or deep enough.
Yes, everyone could theoretically be followed and logged today. Currently, that is far too time consuming. But this type of thing, and ANPR, has the potential to store everyones movements, forever.
You are not interesting enough to worry about today. But a decade from now, when you decide to run for school board or state congress...you will be interesting to your opponent.
For the price of a case of beer to his brother in law the cop....your opponent can delve into all of your movements for the last decade with a simple SQL statement. "Oh look... RyuuzakiTetsuya frequented a gay bar back in 2013!"
(Yes, you were just there with some college buddies, no big deal. But now you have to defend against the increasingly negative political ads - and in some areas of the country, that type of thing matters)
All of your movements, everyone you hang out with...on someone else's server, forever.
I'm going through this same thing. New master PC, and trying to consolidate 8 zillion files and copies of files from the last decade or so.
If you're like me, you copied foldres or trees, instead of individual files. FreeFileSync will show you which files are different between two folders.
Grab two folders you think are pretty close. Compare. Then Sync. This copies dissimilar files in both directions. Now you have two identical folders/files. Delete one of the folders. Wash, rinse, repeat.
Time consuming, but it works for me.
FreeFileSync at sourceforge.