LG and Samsung are South Korean companies. I suspect they build most of their stuff in South Korea; so, technically its built by Korean labor instead of Chinese labor. How's that?
That's my experience. If it was open book, expect the worst. It was assured you wouldn't have time to look up how to solve the problems. The problems were structured such that you really had to know the material inside and out. It also meant you had no excuse if the solution required one of the more arcane differential equation or integrals solutions from the tables in the back of the book.
Rather than using the methane in cars would be to run it directly into an electrical generation plant. More efficient. Local landfills are collecting the methane, one is uses it to power generators and the other uses the methane to heat city schools.
I tend to agree with you -- they'll likely use the parts for spares. The 707 is an old airframe. The US AirForce has hundreds of them -- they apparently bought a couple hundred used commercial 707s just for the spare parts. But, unless they need another JSTARS, they won't convert another one.
the sealed tank overpressurized and started inflating like a balloon, inside the airframe. There's all sorts of structural damage where it literally ripped apart the structure from the inside.
You've hit the nail on the head with #1 - #3. They totalled a 707 airframe, which is not a $244 million dollar plane. Most of that $244 million cost is what makes a 707 a JSTARS -- the payload. And the payload will probably be salvaged and re-used either to build another JSTARS or as spares to support the existing JSTARS platforms. This is being way over-hyped. Big oops for the contractor -- I wouldn't renew the contract; but, I'm not government.
You lost an airframe. A significant fraction of that $244 million is payload and equipment that will be recovered and used as "spare parts" to maintain other JSTARS aircraft. The airframe is all that was lost. The airframe is a commercial 707 derivative. It's not an $244 million aircraft, it's a tricked out $5 million dollar aircraft. The issue, now, is replacing the system -- which means assembling another JSTARS. Given typical government contracting practices that will cost another $325 million (inflation adjusted from initial cost of $244 million in 1998).
I keep one of the pale blue dot images as a background. The one currently up is Earthrise seen from Mars via the Opportunity rover. It's a reminder of how insignificant I am...
Crew members on the ISS have a special waiver -- they're allowed to receive a dose higher than what is considered a normal maximum dose for trained personnel.
I've been with the company and (its successors in interest -- yes it's been bought three times) long enough that I supposedly get 5 weeks of vacation per year. However, there is a clear expectation that I will check email while on vacation (or holiday). I also have been called in for insignificant issues while I was on vacation -- told I had to come back in. If I go out of town, I'm expected to take a laptop with me so I can remote in to handle issues that come up. Vacation... I wish.
By making this decision you have chosen the dark side. A side effect is that your hair will immediately start to stand on end, resulting in pointy clusters. Good luck.
That explosion and resulting overpressure did damage the suppression pool at the base of one of the reactors. Reactor 2 if memory serves. This created a containment breach, if there wasn't one already due to melting of the fuel or breakage of coolant lines.
It's not possible the cracks were opened up by the, what was it, 9.0 magnitude earthquake, the 45 foot wall of water that came ashore shortly after that, and all of the 7+ magnitude aftershocks?
There's the really hard part. It is natural that people just want to do something in response to a bad situation; and, even with the best of intentions, they sometimes make things worse.
Weird isn't it. I grew up around guns. Was given my first BB gun at 9yrs old. Handled and fired rifles and revolvers by my early teens. Of course I was also cutting grass, splitting wood, and driving a tractor by that age. Almost unthinkable today, in most places. Hold on, I have to go tell my kids to be careful with that foam ball...
No they don't; but, there was an unfortunate accident involving a child shooting another child in the head, with the result of the second child dying. It happened and the reaction of the city council was to lump airguns firing metal projectiles under the same grouping as traditional firearms. It was easier than creating a separate classification with its own enforcement rules, I guess.
the big investment banks are dealing with numbers that cause spreadsheets to overflow
so last century. Excel 2007 and 2010 have no such limitations. which is a good thing because I sometimes generate datasets too big for the older versions to handle.
I recall accidentally starting a fire in the kitchen with an old chemistry set. Pinched fingers. Injury due to hard objects striking the body. These were the norm. BB guns were considered toys (they are currently classified as firearms in the city I'm living in) I learned to operate lawn mowers, drive tractors, and handle chain saws by my early teen years. You learned to respect things. Kids today are taught to be scared of machines that are safer than "toys" we played with as kids.
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LG and Samsung are South Korean companies. I suspect they build most of their stuff in South Korea; so, technically its built by Korean labor instead of Chinese labor. How's that?
That's my experience. If it was open book, expect the worst. It was assured you wouldn't have time to look up how to solve the problems. The problems were structured such that you really had to know the material inside and out. It also meant you had no excuse if the solution required one of the more arcane differential equation or integrals solutions from the tables in the back of the book.
Rather than using the methane in cars would be to run it directly into an electrical generation plant. More efficient. Local landfills are collecting the methane, one is uses it to power generators and the other uses the methane to heat city schools.
This. Drink enough that you can't think and don't care anymore. I prefer Jack Daniels to Scotch.
I thought single shot and bolt action were allowed for recreational hunters... Or are you implying you can't get a sufficiently lethal caliber?
working 70 hour work weeks... How will they distinguish tired from normal
I tend to agree with you -- they'll likely use the parts for spares. The 707 is an old airframe. The US AirForce has hundreds of them -- they apparently bought a couple hundred used commercial 707s just for the spare parts. But, unless they need another JSTARS, they won't convert another one.
the sealed tank overpressurized and started inflating like a balloon, inside the airframe. There's all sorts of structural damage where it literally ripped apart the structure from the inside.
You've hit the nail on the head with #1 - #3. They totalled a 707 airframe, which is not a $244 million dollar plane. Most of that $244 million cost is what makes a 707 a JSTARS -- the payload. And the payload will probably be salvaged and re-used either to build another JSTARS or as spares to support the existing JSTARS platforms. This is being way over-hyped. Big oops for the contractor -- I wouldn't renew the contract; but, I'm not government.
You lost an airframe. A significant fraction of that $244 million is payload and equipment that will be recovered and used as "spare parts" to maintain other JSTARS aircraft. The airframe is all that was lost. The airframe is a commercial 707 derivative. It's not an $244 million aircraft, it's a tricked out $5 million dollar aircraft. The issue, now, is replacing the system -- which means assembling another JSTARS. Given typical government contracting practices that will cost another $325 million (inflation adjusted from initial cost of $244 million in 1998).
the image of that in my head made me laugh. Thanks.
I keep one of the pale blue dot images as a background. The one currently up is Earthrise seen from Mars via the Opportunity rover. It's a reminder of how insignificant I am...
ever seen SOHO images during a proton storm? Now picture your eye replacing the CCD. Oh, and lets not forget your brain is right behind the eye...
Crew members on the ISS have a special waiver -- they're allowed to receive a dose higher than what is considered a normal maximum dose for trained personnel.
I've been with the company and (its successors in interest -- yes it's been bought three times) long enough that I supposedly get 5 weeks of vacation per year. However, there is a clear expectation that I will check email while on vacation (or holiday). I also have been called in for insignificant issues while I was on vacation -- told I had to come back in. If I go out of town, I'm expected to take a laptop with me so I can remote in to handle issues that come up. Vacation... I wish.
By making this decision you have chosen the dark side. A side effect is that your hair will immediately start to stand on end, resulting in pointy clusters. Good luck.
That explosion and resulting overpressure did damage the suppression pool at the base of one of the reactors. Reactor 2 if memory serves. This created a containment breach, if there wasn't one already due to melting of the fuel or breakage of coolant lines.
It's not possible the cracks were opened up by the, what was it, 9.0 magnitude earthquake, the 45 foot wall of water that came ashore shortly after that, and all of the 7+ magnitude aftershocks?
There's the really hard part. It is natural that people just want to do something in response to a bad situation; and, even with the best of intentions, they sometimes make things worse.
Weird isn't it. I grew up around guns. Was given my first BB gun at 9yrs old. Handled and fired rifles and revolvers by my early teens. Of course I was also cutting grass, splitting wood, and driving a tractor by that age. Almost unthinkable today, in most places. Hold on, I have to go tell my kids to be careful with that foam ball...
No they don't; but, there was an unfortunate accident involving a child shooting another child in the head, with the result of the second child dying. It happened and the reaction of the city council was to lump airguns firing metal projectiles under the same grouping as traditional firearms. It was easier than creating a separate classification with its own enforcement rules, I guess.
the big investment banks are dealing with numbers that cause spreadsheets to overflow
so last century. Excel 2007 and 2010 have no such limitations. which is a good thing because I sometimes generate datasets too big for the older versions to handle.
I write controls and test software. I think in multiples or fractions of 3600 seconds (one hour for the mathematically challenged).
I recall accidentally starting a fire in the kitchen with an old chemistry set. Pinched fingers. Injury due to hard objects striking the body. These were the norm. BB guns were considered toys (they are currently classified as firearms in the city I'm living in) I learned to operate lawn mowers, drive tractors, and handle chain saws by my early teen years. You learned to respect things. Kids today are taught to be scared of machines that are safer than "toys" we played with as kids.
Egads! How can you compare reading 16th century works to light?