A positively giddy amount of work goes into flight planning...
Geez, I love Discovery channel sometimes. They broadcast a one-hour program about this last week (maybe it was a repeat). All flights going overseas from NA having to go through Gander; gulf stream, stacked, pre-determined flight pipelines, "on-ramp" priorities, etc.
Radio stations continued to broadcast until their backups ran out and we were left with dead air
Just some thoughts about 1998's power outage during winter. Apparently, the air conditioning was not working in the most recent major power failure, which caused people to sweat more than what they were accustomed to.
"This situation continued until 1200 when CJFM management decided that they had to "protect their audience" and returned to their regular music programming. As a concession to the storm and the fate of their AM counterpart CJFM did carry the expanded CJAD news broadcasts but apart from that a listener to CJFM would not have known that Montreal was enduring the worst storm in living memory."
Guy walks into a bar holding a pile of wet steaming dogshit. "Hey guys, look what I almost stepped in!"
[paraphrased from my memory]
Hey man, what's that?
I dunno, man, looks like shit.
Smell it, man, see what it is.
Smells like shit, man.
But how can you be sure, man? Touch it.
Feels like shit, too, man.
Taste it!
Yup, it's shit. Good thing we didn't step in it!
...cooling requirements while flying at high altitude become more important than simple fan noise
I would have thought that abundant cool air supply wouldn't be a problem for high-flying aircraft. Duct in outside air and use a simple heat exchanger if worried about airborne contaminants.
What's the outside air temp at 10,000 feet? Manage it with hot exhaust gas if a steady temperature is required. Where's the worry, freezing the chips?
I would say "no". IT/Ginger/Segway turned out to be a high-priced scooter for the walking-averse and not cheap fusion power, hoverboards or affordable sexbots for geeks like we were expecting.
The industry makes their money off of people replacing old formats. Now that pretty much everyone has converted their old collections to CD, that stream of money has pretty much dried up
I, for one, refuse to repurchase that Boy George album I so incorrectly bought back in the 70s. Machine Head, however, I might think twice about. Dah^ dah^ dah, dah^ dah^ da nah! Smoooke on the water, a fiyer in the sky-ey.
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Isn't Ananova the online equivalent of Weekly World News?
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Stop Slashdot Flash ads now! Or at least make them stoppable by right clicking and selecting "Stop" or hitting the "Stop" browser button. Or
They're thinking of a purchase price of a mere $ 1 billion. That's less than a hundredth of what Time warner acquired them for 2 years ago!
Why the surprise? AOL served its purpose by getting hundreds of millions of people online and aware of the internet. It is a dead duck and many people have made tons of money.
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A positively giddy amount of work goes into flight planning...
Geez, I love Discovery channel sometimes. They broadcast a one-hour program about this last week (maybe it was a repeat). All flights going overseas from NA having to go through Gander; gulf stream, stacked, pre-determined flight pipelines, "on-ramp" priorities, etc.
snopes usually provides references. For this one there are none. Ever heard of The Repository of Lost Legends?
Radio stations continued to broadcast until their backups ran out and we were left with dead air
Just some thoughts about 1998's power outage during winter. Apparently, the air conditioning was not working in the most recent major power failure, which caused people to sweat more than what they were accustomed to.
Radio in Montreal, until the ice storm, has been fairly stable
"This situation continued until 1200 when CJFM management decided that they had to "protect their audience" and returned to their regular music programming. As a concession to the storm and the fate of their AM counterpart CJFM did carry the expanded CJAD news broadcasts but apart from that a listener to CJFM would not have known that Montreal was enduring the worst storm in living memory."
Guy walks into a bar holding a pile of wet steaming dogshit. "Hey guys, look what I almost stepped in!"
[paraphrased from my memory]
Hey man, what's that?
I dunno, man, looks like shit.
Smell it, man, see what it is.
Smells like shit, man.
But how can you be sure, man? Touch it.
Feels like shit, too, man.
Taste it!
Yup, it's shit. Good thing we didn't step in it!
(My apologies to Cheech and Chong)
...cooling requirements while flying at high altitude become more important than simple fan noise
I would have thought that abundant cool air supply wouldn't be a problem for high-flying aircraft. Duct in outside air and use a simple heat exchanger if worried about airborne contaminants.
What's the outside air temp at 10,000 feet? Manage it with hot exhaust gas if a steady temperature is required. Where's the worry, freezing the chips?
Thanks A LOT, bonehead.
Now people in the 23d century are going to have to unfreeze Shatner, Nimoy and three-fingered Doohan to undo the stuff that you just triggered.
In 2274 people will be cursing your name as Bill resurrects his singing career.
Please mod parent up.
I would say "no". IT/Ginger/Segway turned out to be a high-priced scooter for the walking-averse and not cheap fusion power, hoverboards or affordable sexbots for geeks like we were expecting.
We were SO scammed.
Go File > Settings > Accent >
Uncheck "Pretentious"
You know, the best thing about this article is that it's uncontaminated by cheese.
Which cheese?
I'm betting by 2005 my 32bit cpu well become self-aware and upgrade itself.
"Hi, I'm Chippy, your processor assistant. Would you like me to upgrade myself to 64bit at minimal cost? Please select your preference below:
Yes / No (Self Destruct Option)"
...jobs for marketeers, salespeople...
This is Slashdot, care to revise that statement?
Can they project vertically? Since I spend most of my life being horizontal, that would be a great feature on the ceiling.
Blogs are the almost sole domain of the self-absorbed and emotionally immature.
They are more like pre-teen/teen girls' diaries, except everyone has the key.
Real...world.
Please explain this concept further.
No need to apologize. Co-opting of names/titles is pretty rampant recently. There's nothing new under the sun, as they say, especially not today.
That was Deep Purple
From "Machine Head" perhaps?
...because Mars Needs Women!
We geeks can't afford sharing the ones we have already what with all the big tentacles, musculature and attractive extra eyeballs. Mhey.
Good point, there is definately not enough shitting on MareCans these days.
Wear a Canadian flag on your backpack and say "eh" a lot.
The industry makes their money off of people replacing old formats. Now that pretty much everyone has converted their old collections to CD, that stream of money has pretty much dried up
I, for one, refuse to repurchase that Boy George album I so incorrectly bought back in the 70s. Machine Head, however, I might think twice about. Dah^ dah^ dah, dah^ dah^ da nah! Smoooke on the water, a fiyer in the sky-ey.
This post brought to you by the over 40 club mulletheads.
Isn't Ananova the online equivalent of Weekly World News?
--
Stop Slashdot Flash ads now! Or at least make them stoppable by right clicking and selecting "Stop" or hitting the "Stop" browser button. Or
They're thinking of a purchase price of a mere $ 1 billion. That's less than a hundredth of what Time warner acquired them for 2 years ago!
Why the surprise? AOL served its purpose by getting hundreds of millions of people online and aware of the internet. It is a dead duck and many people have made tons of money.
...this study was done on MICE and not HUMANS
What makes you think that journalists and people like us differentiate between animals and humans?
Hey, stop squirting that stuff in my eyes!
(unemployed programmer in testing lab)
...a nation full of people with a) no patience and b) a very short attention span
Aren't you being redundantly repetitive with that statement?
Oh, sorry, I thought you wanted an argument
Yes, but you've done so with class and respect.