At least read the Wikipedia entry before accusing us of talking shit.
Airbus initially rejected Boeing's claim that the Boeing 787 Dreamliner would be a serious threat to the Airbus A330, stating that the 787 was just a reaction to the A330 and that no response was needed. When airlines urged Airbus to provide a competitor, Airbus initially proposed the "A330-200Lite", a derivative of the A330 featuring improved aerodynamics and engines similar to those on the 787.[10] The company planned to announce this version at the 2004 Farnborough Airshow, but did not proceed.[10]
The initial A350 concept, based on the A330 On 16 September 2004, Airbus president and chief executive officer Noël Forgeard confirmed the consideration of a new project during a private meeting with prospective customers.[10] Forgeard did not give a project name, and he did not state whether it would be an entirely new design or a modification of an existing product. Airline dissatisfaction with this proposal motivated Airbus to commit €4 billion to a new airliner design.[10]
The original version of the A350 superficially resembled the A330 due to its common fuselage cross-section and assembly. A new wing, engines, and a horizontal stabiliser–to be coupled with new composite materials and production methods applied to the fuselage–would make the A350 an almost all-new aircraft.[10] On 10 December 2004, the boards of EADS and BAE Systems, then the shareholders of Airbus, gave Airbus an "authorisation to offer" (ATO) and formally named it the A350.[10][11][12]
The only reason that they can't do those things is they have no need to. They share documents with each other (and their teachers) all the time, via Google Docs and Google Drive. Not only could I not do that at age 9, no one in the entire world could. If I can now do something that wasn't invented yet when I was that age, then I have high hopes that my kids will be able to do the same.
Sometimes you only know something is going to be completely useless once you get to the very end.
I'm putting new guts in a T2000sxe laptop that they were throwing away at work. It has devoured hours of work, including some custom circuit boards and programming a microcontroller to translate the old keyboard to USB. The end result will be a shitty, huge laptop with a hilariously small screen... I don't care, it's fun.
How is Google violating that standard? There is nothing in there that says you can't run post-delivery forwarding rules, or that users are limited to one email address each.
Some do, some don't. If they are standards-compliant, they accept the plus. Before I started using catchall addresses on my own domain, I used the plus trick to sign up with a unique email on every site. Occasionally I would run into a problem with a site not accepting a plus. I'd report the validation problem to somewhat clueless tech support sometimes, other times I wouldn't bother.
The story is that companies are so lax on security that they let you do things like update card details without actually logging in. You could achieve the same effect by forwarding emails to your victim - this just takes that step out for you.
Temperature is perhaps one scale where the selection of metric vs imperial is fairly arbitrary. In one scale, 0 and 100 represent - roughly - the freezing and boiling point of pure water. That is indeed something most people can relate to, even if they rarely encounter pure water. In the other, 0 and 100 roughly represent the freezing point of salt water and the human body temperature. Obviously only people from the coast will relate to the freezing point of salt water - but still, it's a fairly relatable scale and most people live on the coasts. Day-to-day use is exactly the same: you more or less memorize what temperatures represent "hot", "comfortable", and "cold". Even engineers need to deal in K or R rather than C or F - so there's not much benefit in the sciences to choosing one or the other either, though all things being equal I prefer to work in C because the conversion step is simple addition.
I work in tech in the US. I'm American by birth. I work with a lot of foreign colleagues. Most have either already gotten their citizenship or are on that path. Some grumble that they would like to eventually go home, but they are "stuck" once they have kids who grow up as Americans and their wives get a taste of working professionally in a country where they aren't expected to keep the home. A handful have gone back... mostly for job opportunities, but sometimes it's for compulsory military service or an elderly parent who has fallen ill, etc.
They would be in roughly the same situation if they had gone to Europe - it's one thing to move when you are young and unattached. Money, wives and kids have a way of anchoring you in a place.
I don't doubt that H1B visas are abused, but it is very hard to find American applicants for tech positions... and no wonder! In engineering school, more than half of the class was foreign. If Americans want to fill tech positions with Americans, then we need to be more enthusiastic about science and technology. Blaming the foreigners is predictable human scapegoating. Without the foreigners I work with, this particular American company would be much less competitive and we'd lose out to our Chinese and Japanese competition.
You call me a "libtard" and you are the one trying to use the government to restrict people's movements while micromanaging the economy. Re-examine your so-called "ideology" and reasons you think you hate liberals.
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It must be an absolute nightmare to have such a long, expensive development cycle and supply chain, along with heart-stopping capital costs.
At least read the Wikipedia entry before accusing us of talking shit.
They didn't really "bet" so much as react to the 787 success.
Carpool in a car, yes - but not necessarily to carpool in a car to the nearest carpool hub - over an hour away, where you then board a carpool bus.
The only reason that they can't do those things is they have no need to. They share documents with each other (and their teachers) all the time, via Google Docs and Google Drive. Not only could I not do that at age 9, no one in the entire world could. If I can now do something that wasn't invented yet when I was that age, then I have high hopes that my kids will be able to do the same.
Well, that and it lets you install an ad blocker.
Sometimes you only know something is going to be completely useless once you get to the very end.
I'm putting new guts in a T2000sxe laptop that they were throwing away at work. It has devoured hours of work, including some custom circuit boards and programming a microcontroller to translate the old keyboard to USB. The end result will be a shitty, huge laptop with a hilariously small screen... I don't care, it's fun.
I tried but the lameness filter keeps catching my ASCII screenshots.
How is Google violating that standard? There is nothing in there that says you can't run post-delivery forwarding rules, or that users are limited to one email address each.
It absolutely works in gmail. sample+slashdot@gmail.com delivers to sample@gmail.com.
Some do, some don't. If they are standards-compliant, they accept the plus. Before I started using catchall addresses on my own domain, I used the plus trick to sign up with a unique email on every site. Occasionally I would run into a problem with a site not accepting a plus. I'd report the validation problem to somewhat clueless tech support sometimes, other times I wouldn't bother.
I've had some entertaining exchanges with tech help when they don't seem to comprehend that I'm reporting a bug in their website.
The story is that companies are so lax on security that they let you do things like update card details without actually logging in. You could achieve the same effect by forwarding emails to your victim - this just takes that step out for you.
You won't like my domains' behavior, then - I use catchall addresses.
Wait until they figure out the plus trick!
If you need lube then you haven't been properly irrigating your bowels.
Many times!
Aluminum is nothing compared to Wifi waves and GMOs! Fortunately Himalayan salt candles and kombucha can mitigate the effects when used rectally.
"Soccer" isn't an American word, it came from England.
Temperature is perhaps one scale where the selection of metric vs imperial is fairly arbitrary. In one scale, 0 and 100 represent - roughly - the freezing and boiling point of pure water. That is indeed something most people can relate to, even if they rarely encounter pure water. In the other, 0 and 100 roughly represent the freezing point of salt water and the human body temperature. Obviously only people from the coast will relate to the freezing point of salt water - but still, it's a fairly relatable scale and most people live on the coasts. Day-to-day use is exactly the same: you more or less memorize what temperatures represent "hot", "comfortable", and "cold". Even engineers need to deal in K or R rather than C or F - so there's not much benefit in the sciences to choosing one or the other either, though all things being equal I prefer to work in C because the conversion step is simple addition.
You spelled it wrong. It's OUTRAGED.
Well, I mean, I was mocking the whole OUTRAGE thing.
Too late... OUTRAGE
I work in tech in the US. I'm American by birth. I work with a lot of foreign colleagues. Most have either already gotten their citizenship or are on that path. Some grumble that they would like to eventually go home, but they are "stuck" once they have kids who grow up as Americans and their wives get a taste of working professionally in a country where they aren't expected to keep the home. A handful have gone back... mostly for job opportunities, but sometimes it's for compulsory military service or an elderly parent who has fallen ill, etc.
They would be in roughly the same situation if they had gone to Europe - it's one thing to move when you are young and unattached. Money, wives and kids have a way of anchoring you in a place.
I don't doubt that H1B visas are abused, but it is very hard to find American applicants for tech positions... and no wonder! In engineering school, more than half of the class was foreign. If Americans want to fill tech positions with Americans, then we need to be more enthusiastic about science and technology. Blaming the foreigners is predictable human scapegoating. Without the foreigners I work with, this particular American company would be much less competitive and we'd lose out to our Chinese and Japanese competition.
You call me a "libtard" and you are the one trying to use the government to restrict people's movements while micromanaging the economy. Re-examine your so-called "ideology" and reasons you think you hate liberals.