Ok, if you are actually going to spring for indoor plumbing (read: A place to poop), how are you going to get it there?
First off, the water line up to the treehouse doesn't have to be more than a 1/4" or 1/2" PVC run.. You could use a vacuum pump on top, or a booster pump below.... depends if you want to "pull" the water up or "push" it..
What if the tree tips over and fecal matter starts shooting everywhere?
Well, if you're dumb enough to try and build a septic tank into your treehouse you deserve what you get. If you're referring to the removal procedure, sewer lines are typically gravity fed. You'd be crazy as a loon to pressurize that line.
Beachfront properties with nesting turtles have blackout restrictions where they aren't allowed to have any lights that would confuse the turtles.
Granted, that has nothing to do with the article but it's an example of governmental control of lights.
And as far as it being a LED, not a laser... stare into one of those keychain fob thingies with the ultra-bright LEDs and tell me your vision isn't fubar.... from a couple hundred feet away it's nothing but from a dozen or so feet it takes a while for that spot to go away.
Our concern is about making the best experience for developers. We feel it's going to be the developer experience that drives these devices, not the operating system itself," Kaim said.
Uh, so let me get this straight.
What he really said was "Even though Microsoft is aware our software products may be bloated and massive memory hogs, the fact that developers have a really neat toy to utilize these systems is what will make our device the leading one."
I can tell you for a fact that all your I-94s that you turn in when you leave get processed (stamped with your departure information byt the company that handled your departure) and tossed in a box in their office. Then, when this box is full it gets delivered to the INS officials on-site.
It is the responsibility of the company (cruise ship, airline, whatever) to turn these over in a timely matter but they're dealing with a mostly inept governmental agency, so you can imagine what "timely" degrades to. This is how it has worked in several airports I have worked in.
You manage not to get your balls busted with this approach if you aren't a frequent traveller... Otherwise when they swipe your passport through their barcode reader the computer returns a "Overdue for departure, still in country" message. I vaguely remember a statue of limitations on this..... 90 days sounds familiar
Conversely, the way to verify your information has been processed (rather time consuming, if you ask me) is to show up in your home country at the US embassy and say "Hey, I'm XXX XXXXX and I've obviously left your country and I think my I-94 wasn't properly processed."
I have a K7 T-bird board (Micro-star, I believe) that died a toasty death....the components *pop* separated from the board and the whole room filled with the smell of ozone. I am hesitant to buy a new "cheaper" board for a while, so i'm down a computer. Sucks.
OTOH, it's nice to finally know why this happened.
As for wings coming off airplanes, it usually happens as the result of a pullout from speed, maybe with a lot of load. Like the forest service C-130 that crashed [cbsnews.com]. (watch the video). But typically it occurs in an IFR loss of control where you get into a dive or spiral and pull out too hard. Like the bonanza you mentioned. They have a failure mode called divergent spiral that can rip the wings off on a nice clear day.
Welllllll.... I'll agree with you that if you exceed Vne you're going to snap the wing spar clean off the airframe, but really... that's why it's Vne, you know?
With this skycar, I'd be more concerned about this fire-and-forget guidance system designed to fly you around automatically. Seems that would rely heavily on the yet-to-be-finished Highway In The Sky (HITS) system NASA and the FAA have been kicking around.... I don't think I'd prefer that to shooting my own approaches with VORs.
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Will the US move forward or continue to make a fool of itself?
My $5 goes towards the latter.
Sadly enough, I have learned to never underestimate the ability of a lobby to legally bribe their way to the outcome they want. Politicians will continue to do what the money dictates they do.
A conventional airplane needs just as much room to land power off as power on. even the smallest normal planes need 1000 feet or more to land (yes, yes some STOL planes get in under that). If you don't have a runway you will hit the ground with a forward speed of 100 mph or so and be in for a really scary ride, usually killing you in the process.
Uh, bullshit. Each and every plane has a different best-glide speed. A Cub or 152 that rotates at 45/50k or whatever sure isn't going to need to be doing an approach at your speeds. And a lot of GA still flies those, so don't give me the excuse nobody uses those anymore. Now, I'll give you that trying the flying brick approach with a "doctor-killer" Bonanza or a Saratoga means things need to happen at a quicker speed but it's still no less safe.
Helicopters have other failure modes that are pretty hairy (loss of main rotor, tail rotor or transmission failure) where you will drop like a rock. But the wings come off airplanes too.
Respectfully, if you ARE a retired Army aviatior and you fly without knowing anything about the maintenance history of an aircraft you deserve what you get. I would never fly a machine that I was not allowed to see the logbooks for. Knowing your mechanic and trusting him accounts for quite a bit too, as I'm sure you know. And honestly, how often do wings just fall off an airplane?;)
Finally a/. topic I have some decent knowledge about.
A homebuilt/amateur-built aircraft - otherwise known as experimental - is one that the builder builds 51% of the aircraft.
They must be inspected by an FAA Inspector or a Designated Inspector (essentially the same, similar to a contract position) in order to get an airworthiness certificate. You cannot expect to get away with slapping a gyrocopter blade on your lawnmower and flying around Podunk, Iowa (Not legally, anyways).
Per the Experimental Aircraft Association The builder(s) must provide logs of when, where and how construction took place, along with supporting documents and photographs. If the aircraft passes this inspection, a pilot must fly between 25-40 hours of test flights in specific non-populated areas to make sure all components are operating properly. Only after that test time is flown may passengers be flown in the aircraft.
Anyway, in reference to the question about where you could operate this contraption at.... In accordance with federal aviation reg (FAR) 91.319, you and your skycar would be limited to joyrides (no charging!) over non-dense population areas (no flying through downtown Manhattan) operations in visual conditions during the day only.
Densely populated areas are shown on aviation sectional charts as yellow (that's the shape the lights of the city look like at night from altitude) so as long as you avoid those you should be ok. You might want to check with your local FAA Flight Standards District Office (FSDO - pronounced
"Fizz-do") to get the information straight from the horse's mouth, legal-wise. As far as the regs go, FAR91.119 states Except when necessary for takeoff or landing, no person may operate an aircraft below the following altitudes:
(a) Anywhere. An altitude allowing, if a power unit fails, an emergency landing without undue hazard to persons or property on the surface.
(b) Over congested areas. Over any congested area of a city, town, or settlement, or over any open air assembly of persons, an altitude of 1,000 feet above the highest obstacle within a horizontal radius of 2,000 feet of the aircraft.
(c) Over other than congested areas. An altitude of 500 feet above the surface, except over open water or sparsely populated areas. In those cases, the aircraft may not be operated closer than 500 feet to any person, vessel, vehicle, or structure.
(d) Helicopters. Helicopters may be operated at less than the minimums prescribed in paragraph (b) or (c) of this section if the operation is conducted without hazard to persons or property on the surface. In addition, each person operating a helicopter shall comply with any routes or altitudes specifically prescribed for helicopters by the Administrator.
"Opening Ourselves" to a terrorist attack? You know, 2 short years ago, we considered that "Pursuit of Life, Liberty and Happiness".. Now, we have to worry that if we don't let them monitor us with cameras at traffic lights, body cavity searches at the airport, and logs of all our web surfing, we might let a terrorist get us.
Minor correction... your comment should have said "Now, we have to worry that if we don't let them monitor us with cameras at traffic lights, body cavity searches at the airport, and logs of all our web surfing, we might be accused of being a terrorist. "
Some of us actually use our trucks for what they were designed for, hauling stuff around. I move a lot of mulch and gravel and whatnot when working on my yard. Now, granted, i've never needed to have my shocks tested via a crane drop - that's just silly advertising, i think.
I totally agree with your point about taking your shiny new SUV offroad.... that "luxury ride" suspension and steering aren't going to be worth a damn after treating it the way you would a Jeep.
I happen to have one of these, hooked up to my PS2. I guard that thing like a jealous dog watches a bone. It survived my abusing it in my earlier years and I'll be damned if some fsck ruins it now. It is a stellar picture... always has been.
The only thing that's a little off is the volume rheostat is a little fritzy, you have to play with it a little to make it produce sound. And does anyone still have the front flap that covered the controls?
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Ok, this is probably a troll, but I'll bite...
Ok, if you are actually going to spring for indoor plumbing (read: A place to poop), how are you going to get it there?
First off, the water line up to the treehouse doesn't have to be more than a 1/4" or 1/2" PVC run.. You could use a vacuum pump on top, or a booster pump below.... depends if you want to "pull" the water up or "push" it..
What if the tree tips over and fecal matter starts shooting everywhere?
Well, if you're dumb enough to try and build a septic tank into your treehouse you deserve what you get. If you're referring to the removal procedure, sewer lines are typically gravity fed. You'd be crazy as a loon to pressurize that line.
Not just lighting up the sky...
Beachfront properties with nesting turtles have blackout restrictions where they aren't allowed to have any lights that would confuse the turtles.
Granted, that has nothing to do with the article but it's an example of governmental control of lights.
And as far as it being a LED, not a laser... stare into one of those keychain fob thingies with the ultra-bright LEDs and tell me your vision isn't fubar.... from a couple hundred feet away it's nothing but from a dozen or so feet it takes a while for that spot to go away.
Our concern is about making the best experience for developers. We feel it's going to be the developer experience that drives these devices, not the operating system itself," Kaim said.
Uh, so let me get this straight.
What he really said was "Even though Microsoft is aware our software products may be bloated and massive memory hogs, the fact that developers have a really neat toy to utilize these systems is what will make our device the leading one."
I get that right?
Because it's a legal document and legal documents need be formatted in a certain manner.
I can tell you for a fact that all your I-94s that you turn in when you leave get processed (stamped with your departure information byt the company that handled your departure) and tossed in a box in their office. Then, when this box is full it gets delivered to the INS officials on-site.
It is the responsibility of the company (cruise ship, airline, whatever) to turn these over in a timely matter but they're dealing with a mostly inept governmental agency, so you can imagine what "timely" degrades to. This is how it has worked in several airports I have worked in.
You manage not to get your balls busted with this approach if you aren't a frequent traveller... Otherwise when they swipe your passport through their barcode reader the computer returns a "Overdue for departure, still in country" message. I vaguely remember a statue of limitations on this..... 90 days sounds familiar
Conversely, the way to verify your information has been processed (rather time consuming, if you ask me) is to show up in your home country at the US embassy and say "Hey, I'm XXX XXXXX and I've obviously left your country and I think my I-94 wasn't properly processed."
I have a K7 T-bird board (Micro-star, I believe) that died a toasty death....the components *pop* separated from the board and the whole room filled with the smell of ozone. I am hesitant to buy a new "cheaper" board for a while, so i'm down a computer. Sucks.
OTOH, it's nice to finally know why this happened.
heh. I like this part:
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Did Hubble require a Shuttle for delivery?
Maybe not so much for the delivery, but it sure as hell did for the up2date rpm so it could see straight.
Best ad: Terry Tate - Office Linebacker (Reebok ad. Ads are on their website)
Did you happen to catch the reference to Office Space in there?
I told you about cover sheets on your TPS reports, bitch!
hehe
As for wings coming off airplanes, it usually happens as the result of a pullout from speed, maybe with a lot of load. Like the forest service C-130 that crashed [cbsnews.com]. (watch the video). But typically it occurs in an IFR loss of control where you get into a dive or spiral and pull out too hard. Like the bonanza you mentioned. They have a failure mode called divergent spiral that can rip the wings off on a nice clear day.
Welllllll.... I'll agree with you that if you exceed Vne you're going to snap the wing spar clean off the airframe, but really... that's why it's Vne, you know?
With this skycar, I'd be more concerned about this fire-and-forget guidance system designed to fly you around automatically. Seems that would rely heavily on the yet-to-be-finished Highway In The Sky (HITS) system NASA and the FAA have been kicking around.... I don't think I'd prefer that to shooting my own approaches with VORs.
Will the US move forward or continue to make a fool of itself?
My $5 goes towards the latter.
Sadly enough, I have learned to never underestimate the ability of a lobby to legally bribe their way to the outcome they want. Politicians will continue to do what the money dictates they do.
This is not a mundane detail, Michael!
heh.
What the hell are you smoking, anyways?
;)
A conventional airplane needs just as much room to land power off as power on. even the smallest normal planes need 1000 feet or more to land (yes, yes some STOL planes get in under that). If you don't have a runway you will hit the ground with a forward speed of 100 mph or so and be in for a really scary ride, usually killing you in the process.
Uh, bullshit. Each and every plane has a different best-glide speed. A Cub or 152 that rotates at 45/50k or whatever sure isn't going to need to be doing an approach at your speeds. And a lot of GA still flies those, so don't give me the excuse nobody uses those anymore. Now, I'll give you that trying the flying brick approach with a "doctor-killer" Bonanza or a Saratoga means things need to happen at a quicker speed but it's still no less safe.
Helicopters have other failure modes that are pretty hairy (loss of main rotor, tail rotor or transmission failure) where you will drop like a rock. But the wings come off airplanes too.
Respectfully, if you ARE a retired Army aviatior and you fly without knowing anything about the maintenance history of an aircraft you deserve what you get. I would never fly a machine that I was not allowed to see the logbooks for. Knowing your mechanic and trusting him accounts for quite a bit too, as I'm sure you know. And honestly, how often do wings just fall off an airplane?
Finally a /. topic I have some decent knowledge about.
A homebuilt/amateur-built aircraft - otherwise known as experimental - is one that the builder builds 51% of the aircraft.
They must be inspected by an FAA Inspector or a Designated Inspector (essentially the same, similar to a contract position) in order to get an airworthiness certificate. You cannot expect to get away with slapping a gyrocopter blade on your lawnmower and flying around Podunk, Iowa (Not legally, anyways).
Per the Experimental Aircraft Association
The builder(s) must provide logs of when, where and how construction took place, along with supporting documents and photographs. If the aircraft passes this inspection, a pilot must fly between 25-40 hours of test flights in specific non-populated areas to make sure all components are operating properly. Only after that test time is flown may passengers be flown in the aircraft.
Anyway, in reference to the question about where you could operate this contraption at.... In accordance with federal aviation reg (FAR) 91.319, you and your skycar would be limited to joyrides (no charging!) over non-dense population areas (no flying through downtown Manhattan) operations in visual conditions during the day only.
Densely populated areas are shown on aviation sectional charts as yellow (that's the shape the lights of the city look like at night from altitude) so as long as you avoid those you should be ok. You might want to check with your local FAA Flight Standards District Office (FSDO - pronounced "Fizz-do") to get the information straight from the horse's mouth, legal-wise.
As far as the regs go, FAR91.119 states
Except when necessary for takeoff or landing, no person may operate an aircraft below the following altitudes:
(a) Anywhere. An altitude allowing, if a power unit fails, an emergency landing without undue hazard to persons or property on the surface.
(b) Over congested areas. Over any congested area of a city, town, or settlement, or over any open air assembly of persons, an altitude of 1,000 feet above the highest obstacle within a horizontal radius of 2,000 feet of the aircraft.
(c) Over other than congested areas. An altitude of 500 feet above the surface, except over open water or sparsely populated areas. In those cases, the aircraft may not be operated closer than 500 feet to any person, vessel, vehicle, or structure.
(d) Helicopters. Helicopters may be operated at less than the minimums prescribed in paragraph (b) or (c) of this section if the operation is conducted without hazard to persons or property on the surface. In addition, each person operating a helicopter shall comply with any routes or altitudes specifically prescribed for helicopters by the Administrator.
I have a single speed Mitsumi drive with the proprietary "IDE" interface. That little bastard set me back a couple hundred too, if I recall correctly.
;)
I will set it to the highest bidder. Still works great. Includes DOS driver disk with TSR software for CD Audio. Reserve is $150.
hehe.
The Bob & Tom Show is hardly local.... unless you live in Indy.
Yeah Toast!
Any significant change at the configuration might disbalance this unstable equilibrium.
...which leads to an inversely proportional reaction in the chamber injectors causing a core breach?
;)
If McDonalds said you can't read your poetry in the bathroom to random strangers, you can't.
;)
Found THAT out the hard way, did you?
heh.
Who attributed it to ol' Benny?
Last I checked, Patrick Henry said the "Liberty or Death" line.
"Opening Ourselves" to a terrorist attack? You know, 2 short years ago, we considered that "Pursuit of Life, Liberty and Happiness".. Now, we have to worry that if we don't let them monitor us with cameras at traffic lights, body cavity searches at the airport, and logs of all our web surfing, we might let a terrorist get us.
Minor correction... your comment should have said "Now, we have to worry that if we don't let them monitor us with cameras at traffic lights, body cavity searches at the airport, and logs of all our web surfing, we might be accused of being a terrorist. "
They brought back Battlestar Galactica?
;)
Some of us actually use our trucks for what they were designed for, hauling stuff around. I move a lot of mulch and gravel and whatnot when working on my yard. Now, granted, i've never needed to have my shocks tested via a crane drop - that's just silly advertising, i think.
I totally agree with your point about taking your shiny new SUV offroad.... that "luxury ride" suspension and steering aren't going to be worth a damn after treating it the way you would a Jeep.
I happen to have one of these, hooked up to my PS2. I guard that thing like a jealous dog watches a bone. It survived my abusing it in my earlier years and I'll be damned if some fsck ruins it now. It is a stellar picture... always has been.
The only thing that's a little off is the volume rheostat is a little fritzy, you have to play with it a little to make it produce sound. And does anyone still have the front flap that covered the controls?
try asking a hotel that sometimes when you're getting a double bed room for 8 people.
Follow the money trail.
I'm sure a half-hour of national TV time isn't cheap. There's got to be some sort of loophole they're wiggling through.
I'm sure there's probably a kickback or two in the mix somewhere as well.
What does God need with anti-matter?