Making things that fly, compared to similar things that don't, means they're more fragile because they have to be lighter and more complicated because they need to be more efficient? I can't believe nobody spotted that.
Man, it's a pity there isn't a Nobel prize for engineering.
Business analysts etc. who know nothing about finance. While we all like to think that if we can do X we can switch to Y as quick as changing our shirts domain knowledge is an actual thing.
But leaving that aside, rhino horn is chemically indistinguishable from nail clippings. And yet certain people believe it cures everything from cancer through impotence to being cleft asunder with a halberd.
It was mentioned in Gleick's book "Chaos" - one of the first mainstream books about the subject. I read it when I was an undergrad and I'm, ummmm, not young (though my apparent age varies depending on what size calendar you use).
And I just updated my Buffalo network drive with the latest firmware and now it's flaking out. Point: upgrades aren't so good all the time.
I remember back on win XP getting updates that, among other things, would break networking. Awesome, because you couldn't download the next update that fixed or undid the shit update.
Thankfully there was a way to roll back to a prior state - "restore points" I think they were called.
It'd be a bit more than an inconvenience for something your life depended on.
It's not the feet hitting the floor on the way down that's the issue, it's your head hitting the roof on the way up. In the aisle there's a bit more headroom, but in your seat you don't have 12" clearance from the overhead lockers.
I believe a few years back a woman died from a broken neck when the plane hit some mucky air and dropped twenty feet and she obeyed Newton's first law and carried on moving horizontally... at least for a fraction of a second.
This is why they now tell you to strap in at all times.
Did you hear how calm her voice was when she told ATC about the damage? My wife would be shrieking and panicking more than that if we'd run out of a particular kind of ham for the kids' lunches.
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Making things that fly, compared to similar things that don't, means they're more fragile because they have to be lighter and more complicated because they need to be more efficient? I can't believe nobody spotted that.
Man, it's a pity there isn't a Nobel prize for engineering.
I had to deal with an offshore team once and "bud bud bud" was the only thing they could say.
If only there was a site with roughly equal numbers of both. I for one would definitely go there!
That's a good one! Do you mind if I use it in my act?
Yours,
Nathan Birnbaum
Define "stop doing it". Do you mean:
Each person should individually and voluntarily stop, because it's the sensible thing to do.
People should be restricted as to where and when they can do it, i.e. 18 years or older, not in restaurants or schools.
It should be totally banned, even in private homes.
Or something else?
If you think that's a question science can answer you don't understand what science is.
So instead of being the life and soul of the party, he's the half-life and the asshole?
In Soviet Russia, Eurasia is at war with US!
Business analysts etc. who know nothing about finance. While we all like to think that if we can do X we can switch to Y as quick as changing our shirts domain knowledge is an actual thing.
I think you pulled that number out of your ass.
But leaving that aside, rhino horn is chemically indistinguishable from nail clippings. And yet certain people believe it cures everything from cancer through impotence to being cleft asunder with a halberd.
What are you, a cat video reviewer or a gridr mystery shopper?
Unless there are humans with chloroplasts, that's utter rubbish.
Yes, there's an efficiency factor. No, it can't go higher than 1.
It was mentioned in Gleick's book "Chaos" - one of the first mainstream books about the subject. I read it when I was an undergrad and I'm, ummmm, not young (though my apparent age varies depending on what size calendar you use).
In that order? it's just that I'd have trouble telling them apart.
Stopped reading at "ooloorie"; knew "leftists" was coming.
You're a hoot at parties, aren't you?
Theoretically speaking, of course.
I remember back on win XP getting updates that, among other things, would break networking. Awesome, because you couldn't download the next update that fixed or undid the shit update.
Thankfully there was a way to roll back to a prior state - "restore points" I think they were called.
It'd be a bit more than an inconvenience for something your life depended on.
Ones which contain ingredients you couldn't recognise by taste, smell, or appearance.
Alternatively, ones which contain things a globally representative sample of grandmothers wouldn't have had in their kitchens.
Hence all those fat bastards you see in films & photos of Belsen.
Why do you assume that the current speed will be maintained?
really? Know them all personally, do you?
It's not the feet hitting the floor on the way down that's the issue, it's your head hitting the roof on the way up. In the aisle there's a bit more headroom, but in your seat you don't have 12" clearance from the overhead lockers.
I believe a few years back a woman died from a broken neck when the plane hit some mucky air and dropped twenty feet and she obeyed Newton's first law and carried on moving horizontally ... at least for a fraction of a second.
This is why they now tell you to strap in at all times.
Did you hear how calm her voice was when she told ATC about the damage? My wife would be shrieking and panicking more than that if we'd run out of a particular kind of ham for the kids' lunches.
In theory, theory and practice are the same.
In practice, they aren't.
Yeah, they obviously work which is why nothing happened and we're not talking about it.
Usually by reading a book or posting on slashd0.,-;@
no carrier.