The B-58 Hustler was dropping Nuclear weapons, with a substantially larger blast radius than the 10 meter CEP of a JDAM. They could afford to be off of the target a bit.
The YF-12was a high altitude and high speed interceptor. It fired Air Intercept Missiles (AIM-7's)which are already aircraft in their own right. It did not drop free fall munitions at high speed.
This current little trick is probably a proof of concept for a change to the F-22, which carries free fall bombs such as the JADM in a recessed bomb bay. The B-1b can only do about Mach 1.25 at altitude where the air is thinner. The B-1b was designed as low level penetrator to sneak under Soviet radars. With the end of the cold war, the B-1b started taking over as a high altitude bomber with GPS guided weapons, and not risk itself to ground fire to drop.
The F-22 can cruise at Mach 2 without using afterburners, and I believe it can only carry two Mk-82 JADM weapons. The ability to fly in at Mach 2 while being practically invisible to radar, AND not having to slow down to deploy weapons would be a huge advantage.
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Many people would think that feeding corn to a cow in a feedlot is a despicable thing to do to an animal, just to get it grow to a size suitable for slaughter.
Please, if you find the idea abhorrent don't buy it and deprive the producer of your money. But I would suggest that if you eat a hamburger for lunch and wear leather shoes or a belt, you might want to do a hypocrisy check and see what your score is. Koreans consider Kagogi to be a delicacy. You would probably consider it to be a pet. I would guess that if you linked to an article on pig farming and how they treated those animals before they turned into bacon you might not have gotten so much attention to your post.
For the record, I have tried Foi Gras and in my opinion, there is no way in hell I would pay to put that stuff in my mouth again. I might pay a few bucks in order to keep it OUT of my mouth, but I would say that of caviar, sea urchin, and (through a weird combination of falling off of a horse in a corral full of cows), cow shit.
The problem with that is now the lions share of the money you fork over for the printed media will go to the retailers and the record labels. Remember, we want the record labels to go away. Buying it online would prove to them that they should either change their business model or go away.
I would be willing to be you that "WritePrint" would be for identifying people in the U.S, you know, those people that criticize and complain about their rights, and the Constitution and such.
Modern aircraft are so complex that pilots are required to use a checklist in order preform flight operations. They are in fact looking up throttle and trim settings when landing.
The amount of information required to set all switch positions, radio frequencies, fuel weight, etc, is so large that vital information is written down because NOT doing any one of those things could cause the aircraft to crash.
Trim settings and throttle settings will be different for every landing, depending on altitude, air density, temperature, barometric pressure....
This would be a great thing for elderly disabled people, but until they figure out how to ensure that this thing does not kill cats, small dogs, and grandchildren, it is still VERY much in the "Beta" stage.
Once they figure out how to avoid flat cats, and shrink it down to a manageable size, it could be a really good thing.
I can still remember every step involved with installing a M-61A1 20MM Gatling gun into a Block 52 F-16. Every single step. I can recite from memory all the steps needed in functional checking a LAU-128 for an AIM-9\M missile, switch positions in the cockpit as well as the settings on the tester. However, I can not recall simple names for objects and tools I use on a day to day basis.
It has been twelve years since I got out of the USAF, but it seems a large portion of my memory is being used up by things I will never use again.
One thing I noticed in the article was one of the researchers noting that brain activity decreased as tasks got more repetitive. Muscle memory is something that practice makes permanent, not perfect. If you practice a movement long enough, and you do it wrong, you will always do it that way. Be it shooting a rifle, hitting a golf ball, using Chopsticks, or typing.
Take touch typing for example, I am a decent typist (80 WPM), but I learned how to type without formal training, so I tend to use the "wrong" fingers for hitting certain keys. I suppose I could retrain myself but it would take alot of time and effort.
Memory is pretty complicated, I hope that they can do more research and shed more light on the process.
Speaking for myself, I am absolutely unable to safely use a cell phone and drive.
It does not matter if I am using a hands free device, or the speaker phone. I am unable to talk on th e phone and drive. I simply can't do it. I either focus 100% of my attention on my driving, or 70% on my driving while talking on the phone.
However, I have found the perfect way to deal with this problem. I don't talk on the phone and drive. I assign ring tones to numbers so I can tell if the phone call is important. If the call is important enough for me to take I pull off the road and take the call. If it is on a city street, or a freeway, I don't care.
The reason I started doing this is because I ran a red light while talking on the phone. No collision, no pedestrians killed, no dog ran over. But the simple fact that I could have done any of those things because I was talking to someone about where to go for dinner scared the crap out of me.
I really don't need to be that connected to the world when I am driving.
I wish other people could figure that out without the need for a new law.
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I give it two years before we invade Canada.
I gotta tell you, good cigars and good Scotch is a pretty expensive habit to acquire.
The Good:
I saw 5 rocks burn up on entry.
I smoked two really good cigars.
I had a really nice French Roast.
I had a really good Cabernet Franc.
The Bad:
I got hit up for money by bums.
I was cold.
My coffee got cold.
The Ugly.
I got hassled by a cop.
I got to learn what "light pollution" really means.
I really miss living in the New Mexico desert. As a child, I got to see the Milky Way spread across the sky on moonless nights. It was breathtaking.
I loaded 84,000 pounds of high explosives on F-111's during Desert Storm. Does that make me a killer? Yes.
Does playing Mech Warrior make me want to kill people? NO.
Get some perspective.
Anyone else remember when it was called "Fraud"?
I would like to point out the fact that these weapons are intended for law enforcement.
No one is saying that John Q. Public has to buy these things. Maybe the authorities should remember things like this.
There is always a balance.
Hydrazine is used in F-16 Emergency Power Units. EPU's provide electrical power, as well as hydraulic power if the engine fails.
I promise you, there is more hydrazine flying around in your air space contained in USAF aircraft than there ever was in a satellite.
The B-58 Hustler was dropping Nuclear weapons, with a substantially larger blast radius than the 10 meter CEP of a JDAM. They could afford to be off of the target a bit.
The YF-12was a high altitude and high speed interceptor. It fired Air Intercept Missiles (AIM-7's)which are already aircraft in their own right. It did not drop free fall munitions at high speed.
This current little trick is probably a proof of concept for a change to the F-22, which carries free fall bombs such as the JADM in a recessed bomb bay. The B-1b can only do about Mach 1.25 at altitude where the air is thinner. The B-1b was designed as low level penetrator to sneak under Soviet radars. With the end of the cold war, the B-1b started taking over as a high altitude bomber with GPS guided weapons, and not risk itself to ground fire to drop.
The F-22 can cruise at Mach 2 without using afterburners, and I believe it can only carry two Mk-82 JADM weapons. The ability to fly in at Mach 2 while being practically invisible to radar, AND not having to slow down to deploy weapons would be a huge advantage.
That will probably be illegal by 2012.
Many people would think that feeding corn to a cow in a feedlot is a despicable thing to do to an animal, just to get it grow to a size suitable for slaughter.
Please, if you find the idea abhorrent don't buy it and deprive the producer of your money. But I would suggest that if you eat a hamburger for lunch and wear leather shoes or a belt, you might want to do a hypocrisy check and see what your score is. Koreans consider Kagogi to be a delicacy. You would probably consider it to be a pet. I would guess that if you linked to an article on pig farming and how they treated those animals before they turned into bacon you might not have gotten so much attention to your post.
For the record, I have tried Foi Gras and in my opinion, there is no way in hell I would pay to put that stuff in my mouth again. I might pay a few bucks in order to keep it OUT of my mouth, but I would say that of caviar, sea urchin, and (through a weird combination of falling off of a horse in a corral full of cows), cow shit.
The problem with that is now the lions share of the money you fork over for the printed media will go to the retailers and the record labels. Remember, we want the record labels to go away. Buying it online would prove to them that they should either change their business model or go away.
What priority are the X-Files?
I would be willing to be you that "WritePrint" would be for identifying people in the U.S, you know, those people that criticize and complain about their rights, and the Constitution and such.
Modern aircraft are so complex that pilots are required to use a checklist in order preform flight operations. They are in fact looking up throttle and trim settings when landing.
The amount of information required to set all switch positions, radio frequencies, fuel weight, etc, is so large that vital information is written down because NOT doing any one of those things could cause the aircraft to crash.
Trim settings and throttle settings will be different for every landing, depending on altitude, air density, temperature, barometric pressure....
That has got to be the most annoying term I have ever heard.
It means nothing more than "Computer Vulnerability", and yet most of the population thinks it is akin to Armageddon.
Normally simulations are for showing you what you did WRONG, so you won't make those mistakes when it is a life or death situation.
That said, this is an invaluable training aid if used correctly.
This would be a great thing for elderly disabled people, but until they figure out how to ensure that this thing does not kill cats, small dogs, and grandchildren, it is still VERY much in the "Beta" stage.
Once they figure out how to avoid flat cats, and shrink it down to a manageable size, it could be a really good thing.
I can still remember every step involved with installing a M-61A1 20MM Gatling gun into a Block 52 F-16. Every single step. I can recite from memory all the steps needed in functional checking a LAU-128 for an AIM-9\M missile, switch positions in the cockpit as well as the settings on the tester. However, I can not recall simple names for objects and tools I use on a day to day basis.
It has been twelve years since I got out of the USAF, but it seems a large portion of my memory is being used up by things I will never use again.
One thing I noticed in the article was one of the researchers noting that brain activity decreased as tasks got more repetitive. Muscle memory is something that practice makes permanent, not perfect. If you practice a movement long enough, and you do it wrong, you will always do it that way. Be it shooting a rifle, hitting a golf ball, using Chopsticks, or typing.
Take touch typing for example, I am a decent typist (80 WPM), but I learned how to type without formal training, so I tend to use the "wrong" fingers for hitting certain keys. I suppose I could retrain myself but it would take alot of time and effort.
Memory is pretty complicated, I hope that they can do more research and shed more light on the process.
I think that the south end of a north going donkey, would be better.
Rifles are considered "Small arms".
Pistols are considered "Side arms".
Artillery pieces are usually called "Guns". This includes Naval rifles, up to 16 inches in diameter.
Mortars and Heavy Machine guns are called "Crew served weapons".
Hope that helps.....
Dude, you managed to "Godwin" a story about the Autobots.
What were you thinking?
I rtfa, and the pdf, and then I had to go have a drink.
Does anyone know how much money it costs to buy a Senator?
My Gods............
Speaking for myself, I am absolutely unable to safely use a cell phone and drive.
It does not matter if I am using a hands free device, or the speaker phone. I am unable to talk on th e phone and drive. I simply can't do it. I either focus 100% of my attention on my driving, or 70% on my driving while talking on the phone.
However, I have found the perfect way to deal with this problem. I don't talk on the phone and drive. I assign ring tones to numbers so I can tell if the phone call is important. If the call is important enough for me to take I pull off the road and take the call. If it is on a city street, or a freeway, I don't care.
The reason I started doing this is because I ran a red light while talking on the phone. No collision, no pedestrians killed, no dog ran over. But the simple fact that I could have done any of those things because I was talking to someone about where to go for dinner scared the crap out of me.
I really don't need to be that connected to the world when I am driving.
I wish other people could figure that out without the need for a new law.
I might have to turn in my geek card, but does Mr. Spock have a first name?