I'm must be technically challeneged when it comes to understanding aerospace terms. But can somone please explain to me why this thing doesn't need an anti-torque mechanism (tail rotor). The advanced terms Boeing uses on the website make no sense to me.
By using a unique reaction-drive rotor system, the CRW concept eliminates the need for a heavier and more complex mechanical drive train and transmission, as well as the need for an anti-torque system.
Does this actually mean something, or is it just a bunch of big words to confuse the general public?
If/When this aircraft gets to the final stages of development, when it is actually ready for the "military/commercial" market; I can't imagine it's pricetag being real affordable to the commercial market. I can't really think of many applications where this aircraft would be so much more viable as an option as opposed to what a helicopter can be for commercial uses. Why would any company buy one of these unmanned vehicles that makes it so much more practical than a manned helicopter?
On the other hand, I can see quite extensive military uses for this aircraft, and I could see it as being a very important part of the military.
If the average John Q. Public didn't have, or didn't think of getting broadband, I think this is going to be a major boost for them. I can imagine this effecting the majority of "average users" seeing the price drop on broadband, and wanting to get that faster internet connection, this may very well be an excellent incentive for them to upgrade to broadband.
I'm also personally excited about this, because of my tight budget, I just may be able to afford the beautiful broadband connection once again (I know cable broadband is available in my area, at least). I hope most, if not all broadband providers hop on this train, and they all lower their prices to something more affordable.
You know, I'm not exactly sure, I'm doing some web searches to see if I can find something about this. This site has some interesting information. It is legal for an ex-employer to say "He/She is not eligible for re-hire with our company," which basically gets the point across regarding the reference. I am sure it is a federal law.
There are a couple interesting cases you can reference, and look at the outcome of (be aware, some make references to UK law too, so not all are applicable in the US, these are provided for reference only). Actually, most of the following cases are UK cases, I'm sure there are US cases, I just can't seem to find many:
Spring v Guardian Assurance plc and others, 1994, IRLR 460 HL
Kidd v Axa Equity & Law Life Assurance Society plc and another, 2000, IRLR 301 HCQBD
Cox v Sun Alliance Life Ltd, 2001, IRLR 448 CA
Jones v 3M Healthcare and others March 2002 IDS Brief 704
We have had incredible successes using nuclear engines in Navy submarines, wouldn't using a nuclear engine in a space shuttle be the next step? I'm a big fan of nuclear energy!
Hell, back in high school debate, I used to argue for nuclear power as an alternative energy source all the time!
IF Bush makes this statement during his speech, I will be completely in shock. As much as I dislike Bush, I think the United States definetely needs to reestablish a space presense, and on the moon, that would be great. The ISS is turning up to be more hype than anything else, anything more established.
By creating a real, strong, presence on the moon, we would research and develop much more technology, at a more distinguishable rate, and the rewards would be plentiful enough based on the technology that develops from increased space expenditure. Even if the moon is completely dead, and there are no resources, and no valuable information for us to gather on it, I think we would still come out ahead in this situation.
Good to hear that the employer is so law-friendly when it comes to file-sharing, but not to privacy issues. A company can basically only say "Yes, he worked here." or something along the lines "Yes, he was employed from XX/XX/XXXX to XX/XX/XXXX." They are limited to what they can say, they can't give a reference to another employer saying the grounds of your dismissal (sp?).
But none the less, yes, that is probably considered a violation of company policy, and however your company decides to handle it, is up to them and their policy. It may very well likely be a terminatable offense.
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Dark Helmet: So the combination is one, two, three, four, five? That's the stupidest combination I've ever heard in my life! The kind of thing an idiot would have on his luggage!
Ok, so we establish that this server or at least their website was once offline? Why was it offline, I guess its time to start searching/sifting Slashdot. I still can't seem to find why it was ever offline.
Second, what is going on with that link, on a great presentation on how to make a spam/virus relay. That was probably the most awful slide presentation I've ever subjected myself to.
All in all, I still think it is right for me to support LUGs, no matter how lame/stupid their/. posts are. None the less it looks like it is a somewhat informative website. I wish there were some local LUGs up here, I haven't seemed to find any.
I disagree, while I am a poor college student/apartment renter, I do own several computers, that I like to keep on, while this isn't what your typical renter does, I think it could be quite common for the computer nerd. My boxes aren't high end or anything, but they help me with my web page development, and server uses. While I don't necessarily NEED to have all the boxes running at once, I generally do.
At my old house (I rented the basement) I constantly had 4 computers on, and one monitor. I was stringing a 80' (didn't need an 80' but had it none the less) extension cord from my TV and XBox in the main area all the way to one of the bedrooms, I also had network cable running from the XBox to my bedroom, where the computers/router were situated.
/. now announces releases of non-major kernels? Seems odd to me to announce the release of the 2.4.23 kernel, now maybe if it were the 2.6.0 kernel, that would be something to talk about. ..
I can imagine, you all know the "hoax" about waking up in a bath tub full of ice, and having an incision (sp?) in your side. Now people will just wake up with a cut arm, and all their info/money/whatever is gone.
I can just imagine the number of sci-fi/horror flicks with this premise. But seriously, who would want to be implatned with a unique identification tag?
This is a really neat phenomenon. I never heard about this occurring until I was having one of those serious discussions with my dad (physics teacher) about evolution, believe it or not, then it was later covered in my Intro to Physics class (101) in college.
There are many scientists out there that believe major steps in the evolution scale has happened when we are under this period of "reverse magnetic field". Basically saying that everything, and everybody is basically a mutant; mutated by radiation, and that is the cause for major steps in the evolution scale.
I think it is a really neat theory, and I would definetely like to research it a touch more, and see what I can find out!
Look, its another anal retentive Anonymous Coward, never thought I would see that here on/.
What is your 80's samurai/ninja reference anyways, I'm really confused, and yes, I did grow up in the 80s, I hope it isn't a reference to Kung-Fu (please, please, correct me if I put in a hyphen when there isn't supposed to be one).
Please feel free to correct any spelling and gramatical errors while you're at it, I'm sure someone out there will appreciate (Well. . . You're someone out there aren't you?).
Well. . . you know. . . I'm slightly scared of the Cardboard Tube Ninja, isn't that pretty violent?
Penny Arcade is made by a couple of great guys, and they are doing a good thing here, everyone should applaud them for their work with the hospital; and for having such a great comic!
I know what you should do if you have 120 laser pointer, turn them all on, and look directly into them. . .
On the brighter (funny, right?) side, you should put them together, and try to harness their power, as one giant "super-laser" and take over the world with it!
If we haven't posted it once, we've posted it a million times; the USPTO is in complete and utter chaos with these tech patents. I don't the USPTO is equipped, or ever has been equipped to handle these technological patents (at least in regards to say computers and/or the internet technologies).
They need to set up a separate repository of information to store for computers, computer programs, and internet technologies that are looking for patents. They need to hire a staff that can handle the various searching for prior technology (prior art) for this very advanced stage of patent registrations. They probably also need to setup a complete different sort of organization of information to do/handle this.
Until the USPTO gets straightened up, I see a never-ending line of lawsuits for copyright and patent infringement with regards to computer technologies and internet technologies!
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I'm must be technically challeneged when it comes to understanding aerospace terms. But can somone please explain to me why this thing doesn't need an anti-torque mechanism (tail rotor). The advanced terms Boeing uses on the website make no sense to me.
By using a unique reaction-drive rotor system, the CRW concept eliminates the need for a heavier and more complex mechanical drive train and transmission, as well as the need for an anti-torque system.
Does this actually mean something, or is it just a bunch of big words to confuse the general public?
If/When this aircraft gets to the final stages of development, when it is actually ready for the "military/commercial" market; I can't imagine it's pricetag being real affordable to the commercial market. I can't really think of many applications where this aircraft would be so much more viable as an option as opposed to what a helicopter can be for commercial uses. Why would any company buy one of these unmanned vehicles that makes it so much more practical than a manned helicopter?
On the other hand, I can see quite extensive military uses for this aircraft, and I could see it as being a very important part of the military.
If the average John Q. Public didn't have, or didn't think of getting broadband, I think this is going to be a major boost for them. I can imagine this effecting the majority of "average users" seeing the price drop on broadband, and wanting to get that faster internet connection, this may very well be an excellent incentive for them to upgrade to broadband.
I'm also personally excited about this, because of my tight budget, I just may be able to afford the beautiful broadband connection once again (I know cable broadband is available in my area, at least). I hope most, if not all broadband providers hop on this train, and they all lower their prices to something more affordable.
Is anybody else having a difficult time trying to read this? The type is far too small, and I can't see anything!
I had to do it. . .
You know, I'm not exactly sure, I'm doing some web searches to see if I can find something about this. This site has some interesting information. It is legal for an ex-employer to say "He/She is not eligible for re-hire with our company," which basically gets the point across regarding the reference. I am sure it is a federal law.
There are a couple interesting cases you can reference, and look at the outcome of (be aware, some make references to UK law too, so not all are applicable in the US, these are provided for reference only). Actually, most of the following cases are UK cases, I'm sure there are US cases, I just can't seem to find many:
About: Nuclear Powered Engines.
We have had incredible successes using nuclear engines in Navy submarines, wouldn't using a nuclear engine in a space shuttle be the next step? I'm a big fan of nuclear energy!
Hell, back in high school debate, I used to argue for nuclear power as an alternative energy source all the time!
IF Bush makes this statement during his speech, I will be completely in shock. As much as I dislike Bush, I think the United States definetely needs to reestablish a space presense, and on the moon, that would be great. The ISS is turning up to be more hype than anything else, anything more established.
By creating a real, strong, presence on the moon, we would research and develop much more technology, at a more distinguishable rate, and the rewards would be plentiful enough based on the technology that develops from increased space expenditure. Even if the moon is completely dead, and there are no resources, and no valuable information for us to gather on it, I think we would still come out ahead in this situation.
Good to hear that the employer is so law-friendly when it comes to file-sharing, but not to privacy issues. A company can basically only say "Yes, he worked here." or something along the lines "Yes, he was employed from XX/XX/XXXX to XX/XX/XXXX." They are limited to what they can say, they can't give a reference to another employer saying the grounds of your dismissal (sp?).
But none the less, yes, that is probably considered a violation of company policy, and however your company decides to handle it, is up to them and their policy. It may very well likely be a terminatable offense.
Dark Helmet: So the combination is one, two, three, four, five? That's the stupidest combination I've ever heard in my life! The kind of thing an idiot would have on his luggage!
Don't they already have a movie for The Hobbit?
Ohh wait! My bad, I guess it isn't quite The Hobbit. But damn close!
Ok, so we establish that this server or at least their website was once offline? Why was it offline, I guess its time to start searching/sifting Slashdot. I still can't seem to find why it was ever offline.
Second, what is going on with that link, on a great presentation on how to make a spam/virus relay. That was probably the most awful slide presentation I've ever subjected myself to.
All in all, I still think it is right for me to support LUGs, no matter how lame/stupid their /. posts are. None the less it looks like it is a somewhat informative website. I wish there were some local LUGs up here, I haven't seemed to find any.
I disagree, while I am a poor college student/apartment renter, I do own several computers, that I like to keep on, while this isn't what your typical renter does, I think it could be quite common for the computer nerd. My boxes aren't high end or anything, but they help me with my web page development, and server uses. While I don't necessarily NEED to have all the boxes running at once, I generally do.
At my old house (I rented the basement) I constantly had 4 computers on, and one monitor. I was stringing a 80' (didn't need an 80' but had it none the less) extension cord from my TV and XBox in the main area all the way to one of the bedrooms, I also had network cable running from the XBox to my bedroom, where the computers/router were situated.
/. now announces releases of non-major kernels? Seems odd to me to announce the release of the 2.4.23 kernel, now maybe if it were the 2.6.0 kernel, that would be something to talk about. . .
I can imagine, you all know the "hoax" about waking up in a bath tub full of ice, and having an incision (sp?) in your side. Now people will just wake up with a cut arm, and all their info/money/whatever is gone.
I can just imagine the number of sci-fi/horror flicks with this premise. But seriously, who would want to be implatned with a unique identification tag?
Think of the scientist that has two horribly mutated children, one of them has 3 arms, the other has 6 fingers; it doesn't get much worse than that.
This is a really neat phenomenon. I never heard about this occurring until I was having one of those serious discussions with my dad (physics teacher) about evolution, believe it or not, then it was later covered in my Intro to Physics class (101) in college.
There are many scientists out there that believe major steps in the evolution scale has happened when we are under this period of "reverse magnetic field". Basically saying that everything, and everybody is basically a mutant; mutated by radiation, and that is the cause for major steps in the evolution scale.
I think it is a really neat theory, and I would definetely like to research it a touch more, and see what I can find out!
Look, its another anal retentive Anonymous Coward, never thought I would see that here on /.
What is your 80's samurai/ninja reference anyways, I'm really confused, and yes, I did grow up in the 80s, I hope it isn't a reference to Kung-Fu (please, please, correct me if I put in a hyphen when there isn't supposed to be one).
Please feel free to correct any spelling and gramatical errors while you're at it, I'm sure someone out there will appreciate (Well. . . You're someone out there aren't you?).
Next time a school, or anything is rampaged by a cardboard tube toating ninja, we'll know who to blame!!!
Penny Arcade is a fantastic comic!!!
Well. . . you know. . . I'm slightly scared of the Cardboard Tube Ninja, isn't that pretty violent?
Penny Arcade is made by a couple of great guys, and they are doing a good thing here, everyone should applaud them for their work with the hospital; and for having such a great comic!
Thanks Guys!!
Which gets me thinking about some of my fave games for the NES:
I'm having troubles finding out how the lawsuit ended against the makers of Max Payne (remember the ex-wrestler, who went by the name "Max Payne").
How did that lawsuit end?
< sarcasm > Those damn grandmas (especially Grandma Jones) that have unsecured home APs, I think they are the ones that should get prosecuted!!
I would disown my grandparents for having an unsecured home AP!!! < /sarcasm >
Now here comes the stories about nerds and how much of their crappy "techno" music they can "rip".
The excitement is never going to end!!!
I know what you should do if you have 120 laser pointer, turn them all on, and look directly into them. . .
On the brighter (funny, right?) side, you should put them together, and try to harness their power, as one giant "super-laser" and take over the world with it!
If we haven't posted it once, we've posted it a million times; the USPTO is in complete and utter chaos with these tech patents. I don't the USPTO is equipped, or ever has been equipped to handle these technological patents (at least in regards to say computers and/or the internet technologies).
They need to set up a separate repository of information to store for computers, computer programs, and internet technologies that are looking for patents. They need to hire a staff that can handle the various searching for prior technology (prior art) for this very advanced stage of patent registrations. They probably also need to setup a complete different sort of organization of information to do/handle this.
Until the USPTO gets straightened up, I see a never-ending line of lawsuits for copyright and patent infringement with regards to computer technologies and internet technologies!