Speaking of a place where females service males. Why not name the servers Sleepy, Grumpy, Dopey, Doc, etc. and call the room Snow White. It's the place where the one female is servicing all the males dwarves.
Okay, maps are great for folks on IFR flights, or folks navigating by map. If you're navigating by landmarks "fly 270 out of the airport for 2 hours at 120knots, turn to 310 as you fly over the grovervill water tower, and expect your destination airport to come into sight in another hour." Not everyone is flying with a dual Garmin Navcoms in their cockpits. Some folks have nothing more than a compass, IAS indicator, and altimiter.
The problem with a tether, is that to be useable it must be lightweight (so the blimp can still rise to altitude with the tether attached.) It must also be strong, winds aloft can go over 80knots! The danger lies in the fact that a thing strong cable may not be vissible to an aircraft untill it's too late. Many helicopters (0-150knot aircraft) are lost to power lines every year. If you can't see a power line coming at 180mph, how will you see a tether when you're humming along at 450+mph?
"So, uh, what happens when they migrate south for the winter?"
You think this is a problem for the birds, imagine what the winds a 70,000 feet will do to these blimps. If they float freely (13 miles of tether line will be HEAVY and DANGEROUS[for other aircraft]) they could very easily wander out of their coverage zone.
"These high-tech blimps could carry up to 4,000 pounds of telecommunications gear and float it up to 13 miles into the stratosphere."
Well, 13 miles, at roughly 5000ft per mile is some 65,000+ feet. Probably closer to 70,000 due to my sloppy rounding error. Most flights occur well under 60,000 feet. That's a 10,000 foot margin of error. No worries unless you work for the Air Force or NASA.
This is #1 from a top ten list of ways to make money with your computer:
#1) Get a nice solid all steel serve case. Hide in a dark alley. As people move through the dark alley hit them with the case. While they are outcold take their money and other items of value. Wash, Rinse, repeat.
Somewhere near #5 was: Find a not-too-ugly exhibitionist [female] and a web cam. Start collecting the checks and mailing out the once-worn panties at $20 a pop.
You can always print out hard-copy and punch the hard copy into the company's time clock so it gets a date/time stamp marked upon it's physical self. When our CAD (Computer Aided Dispatching) terminals go down, we fall back on note cards and a time-clock to document all our communications (BTW, the database built by our CAD system is admissable in court, and is often used in court to settle questions regarding the times at which events happend. Quite useful when a passenger said he bailed out of the car before the driver opened fire on our officers, when the passenger was, in reality, reloading the weapon for the driver to use.)
The way it works at my place of work - we screw up, we work to make the customer happy (so we can get more of their money in the future.) If the custmer screws up, still do our best to make them happy, for the same reasons. If it's ourscrew up there's no additional charge to fix things. If the customer screws up, for example they gave us the wrong physical dimensions for an order, we'll make it right, and charge for the diffrence between the first order(wrong order) and the second order(correct order.) Granted we get autographs and authorizations all over the place from the customer to confirm what is ordered is what they had in mind. Even if they sign off on 1"x1", and it turns out they needed 1'x1', we'll work with them to make it right. They should have said they'd honor your ticket at the showing time you expect, or, if they're greedy like us, accept the balance on the ticket and give you one valid for the time you want.
2 Years ago everyone (elves and management) had a nice banquet. Last year the elves got a $10 allowance to spend on the meal of choice at a local eatery (Red Lobster) while management were given a nicer banquet (ritz carlton) with an open bar. This year the elves got cards (we did get those the last 2 years as well) while management had a summer cruise for their "early xmas party" and a fully paid for meal/open bar at the local macarooni grill. Things get better for management, not so good for the elves.
So, a 40x cd-r is far faster than average? What the hell are they using as a baseline? I can write at 40x myself. To me that is avreage. I went to the store, I saw 50something, 40, and 32 available. That makes 40x about average (average really would be something between 40x and 42x...seeing that the 50somethings were probably 52x)
Funny math. Next thing you'll see is that your PC is a few thousand times faster than the average computer! (ENIAC as basline? Maybe a 8mhz 286?)
You failed? You don't want to know how poorly I did with my contacts out. I figure the makers of the test regard those with poor/no eyesight as being of less than human intelegence.
Imagine the mess we'd be in if Microsoft could do this? Half of my gripes with M$ software stem from bugs and security holes. Now that they've become a monopoly by killing the competion, as opposed to outselling them via a offering a better product, they could take the time to squash bugs and plug holes. If all my practical reasons for disliking M$ go away, I'm left with nothing but dislike for their business practices...which are subjective decisions. That would certainly be a major blow to the anti-M$ crowd.
I call bullshit. Five rounds into a 4" circle at a full football field's length - no way. I shoot pistols (shotguns too, a few rifles in my day also) and even my Glock 20 (10mm) with a laser is doing good to put 5 rounds into a 4" circle at 100 FEET. As as for a 2 inch group at 100 yards from a pistol - you are good, but not THAT good.
Actualy, I'm not that good. I'm certain my Thompson Contender is capable of 1 inch groups (5 shots into a 1 inch circle) at 100 yards. I am not up to the same level as that firearm. The Thompson Contender is a match grade single-shot pistol. It's damned near a rifle minus alot of wood and a few inches of barrel length. Do a quick google search on the words "Thompson Contender Varmit Hunting" and you'll be able to read about how this firearm is well loved for dispatching groundhogs and other burrowing critters at up to 200 yards range.
I would not expect a firearm lick a Glock to be capable of 4MOA performance. Every shot makes the barrel move in relation to the slide, and the slide is where the sights are located. I'd be happy for a 4 inch circle at 25 yards with a Glock. Hell, if the Glock didn't have optical sights of any sort I'd be happy to hit a paper plate 5 for 5 at 25 yards.
BTW: The not quite as accurate handgun is a.44Magnum Caliber Ruger Blackhawk. It's used for hunting wild boar. It's alot lighter than the rifle most folks would use, and dosen't get caught up in the brush, and allows me to use a walking stick in each hand. At 25 yards that revolver makes a single large hole - all 6 shots fired will create overlapping holes in a paper target.
Now, in field conditions I would make no such claim to that kind of performance with the handguns (I can do it all day long with a solid fence post, a bean bag, and a sturdy chair.) The rifles on the other hand, if I can find a place to lay down, I'll destroy 2 inch targets all day long.
Now, to complete the analogy (damned submit button has a hair trigger.)
I mean, my trashcan dosen't have to demand to be taken out every day, and I wouldn't fight it if it decided to take itself out (god, wouldn't that be nice.) [Canada]
My son on the other hand... he makes all sorts of demands, and might consider armed rebellion, if it meant he could go outside on any particular sunny afternoon (when I'm far too busy cleaning up his in-home messes to supervise him in his outside activities.) Now, if he really does take up some sort of rebellion (unlocks and opens the door) and gets himself outside, he's outside on on his own for better or for worse. [USA]
"Right, look at Canada and Australia. We're still bastard colonies of Great Britain, aren't we ? Not everybody has to go through a bloody battle to become independent."
No to hurt your feelings, but perhaps GB decided they would rather keep what would later become the USA, and get rid of their less worthwhile holdings.
I mean, my trashcan dosen't have to demand to be taken out every day, and I wouldn't fight it if it decided to take itself out (god, wouldn't that be nice.) My son on the other hand... he makes all sorts of demands, and might consider armed rebellion, if it meant he could go outside on any particular sunny afternoon (when I'm far too busy cleaning up his in-home messes to supervise him in his outside activities.)
For what it's worth, if I have a steady rest (as little as a solid bit of ground to lay on, or as fancy as a pair of crossed sticks) I can put 5 shots into a 2 inch circle at 100 yards with all but 1 of my rifles. (The exception is a replica BAR, it looks authentic, and is authentic in it's poor performance, minus the full-auto part of course.)
Hell, I even have 2 handguns that I can put 5 (or 6) rounds into a 4 inch circle at 100 yards..and one of those is actualy good for the same 2 inch circle as my rifles.
I think I've got bullet control well in hand.
Guess what! None of my firearms has ever caused bodily harm to any other person. I think MrDog is right! Bullet control is 100% mandatory for the safe ownership and operation of a firearm.
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Speaking of a place where females service males. Why not name the servers Sleepy, Grumpy, Dopey, Doc, etc. and call the room Snow White. It's the place where the one female is servicing all the males dwarves.
Okay, maps are great for folks on IFR flights, or folks navigating by map. If you're navigating by landmarks "fly 270 out of the airport for 2 hours at 120knots, turn to 310 as you fly over the grovervill water tower, and expect your destination airport to come into sight in another hour." Not everyone is flying with a dual Garmin Navcoms in their cockpits. Some folks have nothing more than a compass, IAS indicator, and altimiter.
The problem with a tether, is that to be useable it must be lightweight (so the blimp can still rise to altitude with the tether attached.) It must also be strong, winds aloft can go over 80knots! The danger lies in the fact that a thing strong cable may not be vissible to an aircraft untill it's too late. Many helicopters (0-150knot aircraft) are lost to power lines every year. If you can't see a power line coming at 180mph, how will you see a tether when you're humming along at 450+mph?
"So, uh, what happens when they migrate south for the winter?"
You think this is a problem for the birds, imagine what the winds a 70,000 feet will do to these blimps. If they float freely (13 miles of tether line will be HEAVY and DANGEROUS[for other aircraft]) they could very easily wander out of their coverage zone.
"These high-tech blimps could carry up to 4,000 pounds of telecommunications gear and float it up to 13 miles into the stratosphere."
Well, 13 miles, at roughly 5000ft per mile is some 65,000+ feet. Probably closer to 70,000 due to my sloppy rounding error. Most flights occur well under 60,000 feet. That's a 10,000 foot margin of error. No worries unless you work for the Air Force or NASA.
This is #1 from a top ten list of ways to make money with your computer:
#1) Get a nice solid all steel serve case. Hide in a dark alley. As people move through the dark alley hit them with the case. While they are outcold take their money and other items of value. Wash, Rinse, repeat.
Somewhere near #5 was:
Find a not-too-ugly exhibitionist [female] and a web cam. Start collecting the checks and mailing out the once-worn panties at $20 a pop.
You can always print out hard-copy and punch the hard copy into the company's time clock so it gets a date/time stamp marked upon it's physical self. When our CAD (Computer Aided Dispatching) terminals go down, we fall back on note cards and a time-clock to document all our communications (BTW, the database built by our CAD system is admissable in court, and is often used in court to settle questions regarding the times at which events happend. Quite useful when a passenger said he bailed out of the car before the driver opened fire on our officers, when the passenger was, in reality, reloading the weapon for the driver to use.)
The way it works at my place of work - we screw up, we work to make the customer happy (so we can get more of their money in the future.) If the custmer screws up, still do our best to make them happy, for the same reasons. If it's ourscrew up there's no additional charge to fix things. If the customer screws up, for example they gave us the wrong physical dimensions for an order, we'll make it right, and charge for the diffrence between the first order(wrong order) and the second order(correct order.) Granted we get autographs and authorizations all over the place from the customer to confirm what is ordered is what they had in mind. Even if they sign off on 1"x1", and it turns out they needed 1'x1', we'll work with them to make it right. They should have said they'd honor your ticket at the showing time you expect, or, if they're greedy like us, accept the balance on the ticket and give you one valid for the time you want.
Please mod the post that I've responded to up. It needs to be 5, Informative.
2 Years ago everyone (elves and management) had a nice banquet. Last year the elves got a $10 allowance to spend on the meal of choice at a local eatery (Red Lobster) while management were given a nicer banquet (ritz carlton) with an open bar. This year the elves got cards (we did get those the last 2 years as well) while management had a summer cruise for their "early xmas party" and a fully paid for meal/open bar at the local macarooni grill. Things get better for management, not so good for the elves.
So, a 40x cd-r is far faster than average? What the hell are they using as a baseline? I can write at 40x myself. To me that is avreage. I went to the store, I saw 50something, 40, and 32 available. That makes 40x about average (average really would be something between 40x and 42x...seeing that the 50somethings were probably 52x)
Funny math. Next thing you'll see is that your PC is a few thousand times faster than the average computer! (ENIAC as basline? Maybe a 8mhz 286?)
I agree with you. Speed would not be improved one bit! Sounds Fishy to me!
Well, I can see this as a nice opportunity for profit. Let the smuggling begin!
Yeah, and the violent TV shows, Movies, and Song Lyrics have nothing to do with it. Games only. What were these people thinking?
You failed? You don't want to know how poorly I did with my contacts out. I figure the makers of the test regard those with poor/no eyesight as being of less than human intelegence.
Oh, and I forgot. First post.
Imagine the mess we'd be in if Microsoft could do this? Half of my gripes with M$ software stem from bugs and security holes. Now that they've become a monopoly by killing the competion, as opposed to outselling them via a offering a better product, they could take the time to squash bugs and plug holes. If all my practical reasons for disliking M$ go away, I'm left with nothing but dislike for their business practices...which are subjective decisions. That would certainly be a major blow to the anti-M$ crowd.
Software release delayed over a security concern. Great! Now if the BIG makers of software (and OSs) would take this up.
I call bullshit. Five rounds into a 4" circle at a full football field's length - no way. I shoot pistols (shotguns too, a few rifles in my day also) and even my Glock 20 (10mm) with a laser is doing good to put 5 rounds into a 4" circle at 100 FEET. As as for a 2 inch group at 100 yards from a pistol - you are good, but not THAT good.
.44Magnum Caliber Ruger Blackhawk. It's used for hunting wild boar. It's alot lighter than the rifle most folks would use, and dosen't get caught up in the brush, and allows me to use a walking stick in each hand. At 25 yards that revolver makes a single large hole - all 6 shots fired will create overlapping holes in a paper target.
Actualy, I'm not that good. I'm certain my Thompson Contender is capable of 1 inch groups (5 shots into a 1 inch circle) at 100 yards. I am not up to the same level as that firearm. The Thompson Contender is a match grade single-shot pistol. It's damned near a rifle minus alot of wood and a few inches of barrel length. Do a quick google search on the words "Thompson Contender Varmit Hunting" and you'll be able to read about how this firearm is well loved for dispatching groundhogs and other burrowing critters at up to 200 yards range.
I would not expect a firearm lick a Glock to be capable of 4MOA performance. Every shot makes the barrel move in relation to the slide, and the slide is where the sights are located. I'd be happy for a 4 inch circle at 25 yards with a Glock. Hell, if the Glock didn't have optical sights of any sort I'd be happy to hit a paper plate 5 for 5 at 25 yards.
BTW: The not quite as accurate handgun is a
Now, in field conditions I would make no such claim to that kind of performance with the handguns (I can do it all day long with a solid fence post, a bean bag, and a sturdy chair.) The rifles on the other hand, if I can find a place to lay down, I'll destroy 2 inch targets all day long.
Christ. 300 MILES. Damned submit and preview buttons are too close for my taste.
I couldn't find any 100 mile deep ocean, but I guess our atmosphere is about 300 feet deep.
"Other bacteria survived frozen in the pressures of an ocean 100 miles deep. "
Where on earth is there a 100 mile deep ocean? Is our atmosphere even 100 miles deep?
Now, to complete the analogy (damned submit button has a hair trigger.)
I mean, my trashcan dosen't have to demand to be taken out every day, and I wouldn't fight it if it decided to take itself out (god, wouldn't that be nice.) [Canada]
My son on the other hand... he makes all sorts of demands, and might consider armed rebellion, if it meant he could go outside on any particular sunny afternoon (when I'm far too busy cleaning up his in-home messes to supervise him in his outside activities.) Now, if he really does take up some sort of rebellion (unlocks and opens the door) and gets himself outside, he's outside on on his own for better or for worse. [USA]
"Right, look at Canada and Australia. We're still bastard colonies of Great Britain, aren't we ? Not everybody has to go through a bloody battle to become independent."
No to hurt your feelings, but perhaps GB decided they would rather keep what would later become the USA, and get rid of their less worthwhile holdings.
I mean, my trashcan dosen't have to demand to be taken out every day, and I wouldn't fight it if it decided to take itself out (god, wouldn't that be nice.)
My son on the other hand... he makes all sorts of demands, and might consider armed rebellion, if it meant he could go outside on any particular sunny afternoon (when I'm far too busy cleaning up his in-home messes to supervise him in his outside activities.)
"We need bullet control"
For what it's worth, if I have a steady rest (as little as a solid bit of ground to lay on, or as fancy as a pair of crossed sticks) I can put 5 shots into a 2 inch circle at 100 yards with all but 1 of my rifles. (The exception is a replica BAR, it looks authentic, and is authentic in it's poor performance, minus the full-auto part of course.)
Hell, I even have 2 handguns that I can put 5 (or 6) rounds into a 4 inch circle at 100 yards..and one of those is actualy good for the same 2 inch circle as my rifles.
I think I've got bullet control well in hand.
Guess what! None of my firearms has ever caused bodily harm to any other person. I think MrDog is right! Bullet control is 100% mandatory for the safe ownership and operation of a firearm.
I think that was the wrong link. Try again grasshopper.