I have ears and understand in what language (mine...) a general aviation / Wilga pilot next to me (well, via earpiece obviously) talks; one of better ones in the country and on a quite legendary aeroclub. Also in what language the responses are.
My place had helluva of a hysteria a year ago, something about our president (and everybody on board) getting killed in an airliner crash; during which a Russian requirement for "fluent in Russian" crew member surfaced; a language which is also used in recording.
But don't let that pesky reality stop you... oh w8, you were saying something about cultural imperialism / viewing everything from your atypical perspective (because that's what it is, in broadest sense)
Can it be "Score:2, Flamebait" at least? There's no reason why such devices should be only in their present price bracket... eventually. Hopefully OLPC will stir things a bit also this time, and the mass market versions of their product won't be so quickly derailed as the last time.
Curious how/. seems to be almost united in hysteria (ironically...) about the idea.
First, how do you know the system would fail in the way you describe? What gives you so strong belief in the human judgement capabilities? [*] Seriously, look at the list of cognitive biases if you have any doubt how poor grip on ourselves we have, on what's "obvious" (especially in time-limited situations, when our brains do a lot of guessing, a lot of "usually good enough" decisions) Then consider that those designing the system in question have PLENTY of voice samples to train it, to detect any subtle, non-obvious to humans (but reliable, they claim sub 5% error rate) hints - emergency calls are recorded! (with post-event evaluation likely, if gathering such data)
* Nvm how this system is meant to enhance those capabilities during stressful conditions (also for the operator), not replace them. To "distribute" that enhancement to every call center - big gains can be had not only when "AI" is better than best humans doing a particular job, also when it's better from average ones!
Sure, we might have another moral panic in some time, when some singular errors of such system will be reported - but I'm pretty certain the Dutch would make sure the gains outweigh them, before adopting such system. That's the best you can do, in the real world of limited resources.
Apart from the status of "national emergency number" in quite a few places, 112 works anywhere in the world when using a GSM-family handset (= vast majority of mobile phones; or simply "...of phones" for some time now)
Hence not only you basically admit "is ALWAYS in English" to be not true - also, "must demonstrate proficiency" != "must be used"! (and again, some countries really prefer that the pilot handling communications be fluent in theirlanguage)
I hope not many other pilots misinterpret basics of regulations so easily...
general aviation is critical for producing charter and airline pilots
Less than you imply. It wasn't really so hot in the first place in many parts of the world. Its relative ("Big Mac Index"-style) costs were and are often significantly higher than the ones you're concerned about. "Adding a new five-figure-per-aircraft mandate" is certainly possible, many places operate on pretty much such basis.
Air traffic control is ALWAYS in English. Yeah yeah yeah cultural imperialism cry me a river.
That is not true, certainly not for general aviation (and AFAIK not strictly for airlines; at least Russians often demand somebody fluent in Russian, in the cockpit)
For your sake, I hope you simply exclude Liam Neeson from consideration in any discussion which touches on criticisms of acting; treat him as "outside of context"...
Heck, I'd like to do it probably daily. Sadly, wishful thinking fails yet again... and again;/
But seriously, IMHO that's often a case of limited (but "broad", man!...) imagination. And/or making our world much smaller than it is (but comfortable for minds used to circumstances on Earth)
Choosing two points which are quite close generally - so communication is fairly rapid - but requirement for some very high energy maneuver precludes them from being easily reachable (say, very different inclinations / intermittently approaching planetary systems in double star system / opposite directions of revolving) would be more, well, respectful to the intellects of the audience.
Yes; also good reasons to invade Pakistan (one of very few of our "allies" to quickly recognize Taliban gov; others being Kuwait and Saudis, IIRC) and label ISI as a terrorist organisation, for a start... Pakistani ISI which fought alongside Taliban against the Northern Alliance, greatly contributing to them being unable to hold Afghanistan.
But don't forget how, immediately after the attack, rumors began that Iraq could have played a role...
It's just "9/11" (nvm its slight continuity problems) in mass PR, where it's irrelevant how getting in the way of investigations probably made those events much easier, how the ultimatum was a farce. Why the largest support was going towards the only mujahidin faction eager to fight not only against the Soviets. Why opium production skyrocketed. How the compromised ISI was again, also, quick to point out their enemies.
Such subtleties just confuse people... (and the farce of October surprise in 2004 was hilarious, with OBL tape clearly designed to make reelection easier:)...well, still not on the level of Reagan team hampering Iranian hostage release efforts)
How many people now realize that bomber gap and missile gap were a fiction comparable to mine shaft gap? How many even heard about Team B?
Even "per capita in a given metro area" would make TFA more revealing...:/ (that said, even a map which tracks the educational steps of "most accomplished / cited" group shouldn't be too hard; it's all basically public info)
2) But have something basic and dependable, with good reception and ridiculously long standby times (even then, don't waste battery life on talking; SMS can cover most communication needs / won't overwhelm the network; and anyway, lots of such phones can run Opera Mini to get info, j2me IM or FB app to contact friends, etc.). Even better, low-end Nokia phones typically cover 1) LED flashlight.
Staged is worth trying also in "daily" transportation - keeping almost always a folding bike in the trunk of a car is easy (also in something like Skoda Fabia kombi, a supermini; which BTW can also easily traverse most unpaved & forest roads, at least of the kind near my place (well, Sudeten aren't exactly Sierra Nevada...;> ); it's also helluva more fuel efficient than any 4x4 I toyed with, especially given its SDI-engined flavor - considering how searching for fuel always brings trouble in zombie apocalypse movies... )
And it's often very handy (nvm healthy or "green") - sort of a personal spoke-hub model of transportation.
PS. And compact food supplies. It's good to have a month supply of chocolate at all times. I love chocolate.
Thankfully (hopefully?...) not a lot of people treat Jackass TV series as a guide to life. Much less to international relations. Usually.
(granted, "brothers in stupidity" is not anywhere near the worst description of friendship I've seen, but... Also, close to one of your examples: a friend is able to abstain completely from drinking to drive your ass home safely; the other two... I'm not sure if you know how random and insignificant in larger picture being chosen as a best man is (nvm how it primarily improves the social status... of the best man) - and are you really sure "go ahead, check with your neck whether I won't break mine" helps your point?)
Two last cities aren't exactly a counterexample... (victorious ruins of Stalingrad are just barely - achieved at a huge cost for vast areas / populations of Soviet Union, largely thanks to overextended German supply lines)
So the Soviets weren't so bad after all? (plus it's not an American operation, it's a UN-sanctioned NATO one; but hey, if that's what keeps away crimes against humanity...)
But I didn't even see a rebel quoted in the newspapers saying he *wants* democracy. I can't find any issues.
From video recordings, it seems to be about Allah... ("... Akbar") maybe they're not so adept at PR after all. And about killing few dozen random bystanders (with better mortality rates than those due to fighting wounds)
...I think peoples personal freedoms to put any substance(any at all) into their own body should not be infringed. I reach that conclusion being aware of the facts knowing there are consequences, others should too...
Curious, considering how just above you said, paraphrasing, "those are not just personal freedoms" (nvm "awareness of consequences"... a major point, in a way, of substances in question is to lose that awareness; and generally, "if you're satisfied with the kinds of (quite universally) severe limitations existing in a given society, you call it freedom")
What's pissing off Americans is that the French were right. They knew (they've learned that lesson, the hard way...) how such style of regime change is reckless and would bring only instability and massive harm.
What good are "friends" if they don't point out when and why you're wrong? (and what that tells about your "friendship" if you belittle them in return?)
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Oh come on, using "Siddhartha Gautama" is just mean to those people... ;)
I have ears and understand in what language (mine...) a general aviation / Wilga pilot next to me (well, via earpiece obviously) talks; one of better ones in the country and on a quite legendary aeroclub. Also in what language the responses are.
My place had helluva of a hysteria a year ago, something about our president (and everybody on board) getting killed in an airliner crash; during which a Russian requirement for "fluent in Russian" crew member surfaced; a language which is also used in recording.
But don't let that pesky reality stop you... oh w8, you were saying something about cultural imperialism / viewing everything from your atypical perspective (because that's what it is, in broadest sense)
Can it be "Score:2, Flamebait" at least? There's no reason why such devices should be only in their present price bracket... eventually. Hopefully OLPC will stir things a bit also this time, and the mass market versions of their product won't be so quickly derailed as the last time.
Curious how /. seems to be almost united in hysteria (ironically...) about the idea.
First, how do you know the system would fail in the way you describe? What gives you so strong belief in the human judgement capabilities? [*] Seriously, look at the list of cognitive biases if you have any doubt how poor grip on ourselves we have, on what's "obvious" (especially in time-limited situations, when our brains do a lot of guessing, a lot of "usually good enough" decisions) Then consider that those designing the system in question have PLENTY of voice samples to train it, to detect any subtle, non-obvious to humans (but reliable, they claim sub 5% error rate) hints - emergency calls are recorded! (with post-event evaluation likely, if gathering such data)
* Nvm how this system is meant to enhance those capabilities during stressful conditions (also for the operator), not replace them. To "distribute" that enhancement to every call center - big gains can be had not only when "AI" is better than best humans doing a particular job, also when it's better from average ones!
Sure, we might have another moral panic in some time, when some singular errors of such system will be reported - but I'm pretty certain the Dutch would make sure the gains outweigh them, before adopting such system. That's the best you can do, in the real world of limited resources.
people who could calmly tell the operator that they have cut their leg off with a chainsaw
Most likely because they are drifting away from blood loss (if they even managed to keep consciousness that long)
Apart from the status of "national emergency number" in quite a few places, 112 works anywhere in the world when using a GSM-family handset (= vast majority of mobile phones; or simply "...of phones" for some time now)
Hence not only you basically admit "is ALWAYS in English" to be not true - also, "must demonstrate proficiency" != "must be used"! (and again, some countries really prefer that the pilot handling communications be fluent in theirlanguage)
I hope not many other pilots misinterpret basics of regulations so easily...
general aviation is critical for producing charter and airline pilots
Less than you imply. It wasn't really so hot in the first place in many parts of the world. Its relative ("Big Mac Index"-style) costs were and are often significantly higher than the ones you're concerned about. "Adding a new five-figure-per-aircraft mandate" is certainly possible, many places operate on pretty much such basis.
Air traffic control is ALWAYS in English. Yeah yeah yeah cultural imperialism cry me a river.
That is not true, certainly not for general aviation (and AFAIK not strictly for airlines; at least Russians often demand somebody fluent in Russian, in the cockpit)
For your sake, I hope you simply exclude Liam Neeson from consideration in any discussion which touches on criticisms of acting; treat him as "outside of context"...
Heck, I'd like to do it probably daily. Sadly, wishful thinking fails yet again... and again ;/
But seriously, IMHO that's often a case of limited (but "broad", man!...) imagination. And/or making our world much smaller than it is (but comfortable for minds used to circumstances on Earth)
Choosing two points which are quite close generally - so communication is fairly rapid - but requirement for some very high energy maneuver precludes them from being easily reachable (say, very different inclinations / intermittently approaching planetary systems in double star system / opposite directions of revolving) would be more, well, respectful to the intellects of the audience.
Yes; also good reasons to invade Pakistan (one of very few of our "allies" to quickly recognize Taliban gov; others being Kuwait and Saudis, IIRC) and label ISI as a terrorist organisation, for a start... Pakistani ISI which fought alongside Taliban against the Northern Alliance, greatly contributing to them being unable to hold Afghanistan.
:) ...well, still not on the level of Reagan team hampering Iranian hostage release efforts)
But don't forget how, immediately after the attack, rumors began that Iraq could have played a role...
It's just "9/11" (nvm its slight continuity problems) in mass PR, where it's irrelevant how getting in the way of investigations probably made those events much easier, how the ultimatum was a farce. Why the largest support was going towards the only mujahidin faction eager to fight not only against the Soviets. Why opium production skyrocketed. How the compromised ISI was again, also, quick to point out their enemies.
Such subtleties just confuse people... (and the farce of October surprise in 2004 was hilarious, with OBL tape clearly designed to make reelection easier
How many people now realize that bomber gap and missile gap were a fiction comparable to mine shaft gap? How many even heard about Team B?
Yes, clearly. As well as all other studies possibly upsetting some ancient answers to some questions.
Right, cold population statistics are so inconvenient...
Even "per capita in a given metro area" would make TFA more revealing... :/ (that said, even a map which tracks the educational steps of "most accomplished / cited" group shouldn't be too hard; it's all basically public info)
2) But have something basic and dependable, with good reception and ridiculously long standby times (even then, don't waste battery life on talking; SMS can cover most communication needs / won't overwhelm the network; and anyway, lots of such phones can run Opera Mini to get info, j2me IM or FB app to contact friends, etc.). Even better, low-end Nokia phones typically cover 1) LED flashlight.
Staged is worth trying also in "daily" transportation - keeping almost always a folding bike in the trunk of a car is easy (also in something like Skoda Fabia kombi, a supermini; which BTW can also easily traverse most unpaved & forest roads, at least of the kind near my place (well, Sudeten aren't exactly Sierra Nevada... ;> ); it's also helluva more fuel efficient than any 4x4 I toyed with, especially given its SDI-engined flavor - considering how searching for fuel always brings trouble in zombie apocalypse movies... )
And it's often very handy (nvm healthy or "green") - sort of a personal spoke-hub model of transportation.
PS. And compact food supplies. It's good to have a month supply of chocolate at all times. I love chocolate.
Well duh, obviously that kinda applies more to disagreements... ;p
Thankfully (hopefully?...) not a lot of people treat Jackass TV series as a guide to life. Much less to international relations. Usually.
(granted, "brothers in stupidity" is not anywhere near the worst description of friendship I've seen, but... Also, close to one of your examples: a friend is able to abstain completely from drinking to drive your ass home safely; the other two... I'm not sure if you know how random and insignificant in larger picture being chosen as a best man is (nvm how it primarily improves the social status... of the best man) - and are you really sure "go ahead, check with your neck whether I won't break mine" helps your point?)
Two last cities aren't exactly a counterexample... (victorious ruins of Stalingrad are just barely - achieved at a huge cost for vast areas / populations of Soviet Union, largely thanks to overextended German supply lines)
So the Soviets weren't so bad after all? (plus it's not an American operation, it's a UN-sanctioned NATO one; but hey, if that's what keeps away crimes against humanity...)
But I didn't even see a rebel quoted in the newspapers saying he *wants* democracy. I can't find any issues.
From video recordings, it seems to be about Allah... ("... Akbar") maybe they're not so adept at PR after all. And about killing few dozen random bystanders (with better mortality rates than those due to fighting wounds)
...I think peoples personal freedoms to put any substance(any at all) into their own body should not be infringed. I reach that conclusion being aware of the facts knowing there are consequences, others should too...
Curious, considering how just above you said, paraphrasing, "those are not just personal freedoms" (nvm "awareness of consequences"... a major point, in a way, of substances in question is to lose that awareness; and generally, "if you're satisfied with the kinds of (quite universally) severe limitations existing in a given society, you call it freedom")
OTOH, regarding allies, where's Nelson Mandela? (probably the only figure on ~this side of the fence that Qaddafi respects, can listen to)
What's pissing off Americans is that the French were right. They knew (they've learned that lesson, the hard way...) how such style of regime change is reckless and would bring only instability and massive harm.
What good are "friends" if they don't point out when and why you're wrong? (and what that tells about your "friendship" if you belittle them in return?)
Why do people remember only Somalia?...