Actually modern passenger planes have the ability to land themselves.
I was on a Southwest flight into LA back in 2002 and the pilot got on the PA and informed us that as part of regulations, etc., they where going to let the auto approach system handle the landing. They would have hands off the controls but be ready to step in if needed.
Not the smoothest landing I've ever experienced but actually far from the worst.
Take off is even easier to do. A full automatic flight could be done today, its likely just a matter of adding some code to the flight control systems to get it to pass off from between the different routines.
You would still need a pilot on board to do all the talking to ground control. But even that could be handled by computer.
One thing I would like to say though. I used to teach embedded programming, like the avionics and flight control systems. I had some great students, and some that made me fear for my life when I found out who they worked for. I want a human pilot on the controls, with a back up human on stand by.
File a John Doe 1-500 suit to get the info on as many of the Doe's as they can from the ISPs, then extort^Wsettle with the people they can track down. Sue the ones who don't settle.
Over 2000 years ago said (in the translation on Wikiquote);
"It is said that if you know your enemies and know yourself, you will not be imperiled in a hundred battles; if you do not know your enemies but do know yourself, you will win one and lose one; if you do not know your enemies nor yourself, you will be imperiled in every single battle."
If you have not read it, "The Art of War" by Sun Tzu. His words are as applicable today as they were when they were written and are valid in all levels of conflict.
Another great thing about Sun Tzu, he also said "To subdue the enemy without fighting is the acme of skill.". Pity more of today's National leaders don't take that more to heart.
Due to the Earths orbit not being a perfect circle the Earth/Sun distance is not constant, it changes during the year. The article linked in the summary mentions the Neutrino flux from the sun, may be responsible. Or it may be something new. Further tests are needed to isolate the effect, if its real. That is what science is all about.
As to you not being able to come up with any alternate explanations, I think Shakespeare had it right in Hamlet "There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, Than are dreamt of in your philosophy."
Earths distance from the sun isn't constant. On Winter Solstice (Northern Hemi) the Earth is closer to the Sun than the Summer Solstice (Northern Hemi). Being closer Solar effects like the Neutrino flux would be more intense.
Found another article from 2008 that postulates that the Earth/Sun distance may also have an effect on isotope decay rates.
There was also some "fringe" claims back in the early 1990's about how high voltage electrical fields affect alpha decay in isotopes. A quick search turned up a patent.
If these claims are substantiated its going to hit more fields than we expect. IIRCC current theory's relating to atomic decay, both classic and quantum, state that the decay rate of unstable atoms is totally random and does not change under any normal conditions. This finding would seem to dispute that, even raising the possibility of accelerating the decay of radioactive atoms into stable one. Might be a way of dealing with the nuclear waste issues if its true and we can figure out how to induce it in the lab. Who knows, once we understand it we might be able to make the effect go the other way and create useful isotopes without needing a reactor.
No mater the case this is interesting. I'm looking forward to seeing more research on this.
Don't forget that coax can also be analog, as is the case with some DVD players. Using a digital optical, or coax, connection would make for better sound in environments where the analog coax cable could pick up interference from RFI sources near the hardware.
With SPDIF over coax vs SPDIF over Optical, your right, no difference.
Analog over coax vs SPDIF over anything, potentially a big difference.
In the US you could put something along the lines of;
"Under Authority granted by the PATRIOT Act this device is not to tampered with or moved under any circumstances. Nor can its existence be discussed with anyone not authorized under the aforementioned act. Failure to follow this directive will result in prosecution for violation of Federal Statues and endangering National Security."
Throw in some references to the sections of the PATRIOT act that covers National Security Letters, covert surveillance and whatever else you can to get the point across that if they even so much as look at the hardware funny they could end up in big trouble.
Someone would put a filing cabinet in front of it it would be "forgotten" by everyone around.
Hell, it might be fun to do that with just a big plain AC/DC wall wart.
Her son died in a war to "Protect Freedom". And yet she belittles his death by complaining about a game that allows the players the freedom to be whoever they want in the conflict.
Lady, your son signed up because he believed it was the right thing to do, he died for his beliefs. The least you can do is respect what died for.
I don't agree with this war but I respect those who at least have the balls to put their lives on the line for their beliefs. Its far more than most of us will ever do.
You missed it too. I don't care what everyone else thinks about my post, in fact I expect it to get modded "Troll". Think for a moment about to whom any victory matters, it is always the self. If you think that a victory only counts if you get a parade then I think you need to spend more time meditating on it.
As to the book citations. If thesuperman wanted to back up his claim that LurkerXXX was wrong then he should have done more than say "read these you retard".
As it was I found a couple of articles that actually seemed to back up LurkerXXX about negative camber, I linked them in a follow up comment on the original posting so if your interested have a look. Another factor is that thesuperman seems to make the assumption that LurkerXXX was talking about static camber. Which was never explicitly mentioned by LurkerXXX when he states that race cars have negative camber. They use dynamic suspension with variable camber sometime plus, sometimes, like in turns, negative. At least that was my understanding of the articles I looked at. I don't really care about racing, I think there are much more entertaining things to do than watch a bunch of cars drive around in a circle for hours, but to each their own.
Slashdot Mirror
"There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, Than are dreamt of in your philosophy." WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE / Hamlet Act 1. Scene V
Actually modern passenger planes have the ability to land themselves.
I was on a Southwest flight into LA back in 2002 and the pilot got on the PA and informed us that as part of regulations, etc., they where going to let the auto approach system handle the landing. They would have hands off the controls but be ready to step in if needed.
Not the smoothest landing I've ever experienced but actually far from the worst.
Take off is even easier to do. A full automatic flight could be done today, its likely just a matter of adding some code to the flight control systems to get it to pass off from between the different routines.
You would still need a pilot on board to do all the talking to ground control. But even that could be handled by computer.
One thing I would like to say though. I used to teach embedded programming, like the avionics and flight control systems. I had some great students, and some that made me fear for my life when I found out who they worked for. I want a human pilot on the controls, with a back up human on stand by.
4th box ...
and lots of them.
~
The rulers of Dubai wants to know what the CEO of Haliburton is doing.
Or they just want to be sure that its harder for the rest of the world find out about its dark side.
Just as well I was already planing to never visit the place.
I seem to remember some other guy holding a rally at the Lincoln Memorial before Beck, went over really big too IIRC.
Something about him having a dream or something like that.
SOP for the media industry lawyers.
File a John Doe 1-500 suit to get the info on as many of the Doe's as they can from the ISPs, then extort^Wsettle with the people they can track down. Sue the ones who don't settle.
The original Doe's 1-500 suit gets dropped.
Andromeda has arrived.
There is nothing I can learn from a sociopath like Billy gates.
Even the most Evil person on Earth teaches something we can all learn.
What NOT to do.
I respect Gates as a business man but I wouldn't pause to mourn his passing as a person.
Over 2000 years ago said (in the translation on Wikiquote);
"It is said that if you know your enemies and know yourself, you will not be imperiled in a hundred battles;
if you do not know your enemies but do know yourself, you will win one and lose one;
if you do not know your enemies nor yourself, you will be imperiled in every single battle."
If you have not read it, "The Art of War" by Sun Tzu. His words are as applicable today as they were when they were written and are valid in all levels of conflict.
Another great thing about Sun Tzu, he also said "To subdue the enemy without fighting is the acme of skill.". Pity more of today's National leaders don't take that more to heart.
You should read "The Emperor Wears No Clothes" by Jack Herer. Available to read online here or get a hardcopy.
Biased, yeah, more than a bit.
Interesting, full of real information and worth reading, definitely.
Totally changed my view point on Cannabis Sativa.
Thanks for clarifying. Its been awhile since I studied physics.
Due to the Earths orbit not being a perfect circle the Earth/Sun distance is not constant, it changes during the year. The article linked in the summary mentions the Neutrino flux from the sun, may be responsible. Or it may be something new. Further tests are needed to isolate the effect, if its real. That is what science is all about.
As to you not being able to come up with any alternate explanations, I think Shakespeare had it right in Hamlet "There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, Than are dreamt of in your philosophy."
Earths distance from the sun isn't constant. On Winter Solstice (Northern Hemi) the Earth is closer to the Sun than the Summer Solstice (Northern Hemi). Being closer Solar effects like the Neutrino flux would be more intense.
Found another article from 2008 that postulates that the Earth/Sun distance may also have an effect on isotope decay rates.
There was also some "fringe" claims back in the early 1990's about how high voltage electrical fields affect alpha decay in isotopes. A quick search turned up a patent.
If these claims are substantiated its going to hit more fields than we expect. IIRCC current theory's relating to atomic decay, both classic and quantum, state that the decay rate of unstable atoms is totally random and does not change under any normal conditions. This finding would seem to dispute that, even raising the possibility of accelerating the decay of radioactive atoms into stable one. Might be a way of dealing with the nuclear waste issues if its true and we can figure out how to induce it in the lab. Who knows, once we understand it we might be able to make the effect go the other way and create useful isotopes without needing a reactor.
No mater the case this is interesting. I'm looking forward to seeing more research on this.
If MS tries to go for the "We're all friends here" hug watch out for the dagger up their sleeve.
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Me too.
I don't know whether to be disturbed or not.
Unfortunately the "Liberator" is unavailable.
Thanks for the flash backs. I'm off to netflix to see if its available.
Don't forget that coax can also be analog, as is the case with some DVD players. Using a digital optical, or coax, connection would make for better sound in environments where the analog coax cable could pick up interference from RFI sources near the hardware.
With SPDIF over coax vs SPDIF over Optical, your right, no difference.
Analog over coax vs SPDIF over anything, potentially a big difference.
Synchronicity
Indeed, the Truth is out there. We just need to find it.
The Register had this last year.
X-Files.
I think the ep was called "FireWalker"
Combine with motion (details at the bottom of the page) and an Internet connection.
Endless possibilities.
In the US you could put something along the lines of;
"Under Authority granted by the PATRIOT Act this device is not to tampered with or moved under any circumstances. Nor can its existence be discussed with anyone not authorized under the aforementioned act. Failure to follow this directive will result in prosecution for violation of Federal Statues and endangering National Security."
Throw in some references to the sections of the PATRIOT act that covers National Security Letters, covert surveillance and whatever else you can to get the point across that if they even so much as look at the hardware funny they could end up in big trouble.
Someone would put a filing cabinet in front of it it would be "forgotten" by everyone around.
Hell, it might be fun to do that with just a big plain AC/DC wall wart.
Her son died in a war to "Protect Freedom". And yet she belittles his death by complaining about a game that allows the players the freedom to be whoever they want in the conflict.
Lady, your son signed up because he believed it was the right thing to do, he died for his beliefs. The least you can do is respect what died for.
I don't agree with this war but I respect those who at least have the balls to put their lives on the line for their beliefs. Its far more than most of us will ever do.
You missed it too. I don't care what everyone else thinks about my post, in fact I expect it to get modded "Troll". Think for a moment about to whom any victory matters, it is always the self. If you think that a victory only counts if you get a parade then I think you need to spend more time meditating on it.
As to the book citations. If thesuperman wanted to back up his claim that LurkerXXX was wrong then he should have done more than say "read these you retard".
As it was I found a couple of articles that actually seemed to back up LurkerXXX about negative camber, I linked them in a follow up comment on the original posting so if your interested have a look. Another factor is that thesuperman seems to make the assumption that LurkerXXX was talking about static camber. Which was never explicitly mentioned by LurkerXXX when he states that race cars have negative camber. They use dynamic suspension with variable camber sometime plus, sometimes, like in turns, negative. At least that was my understanding of the articles I looked at. I don't really care about racing, I think there are much more entertaining things to do than watch a bunch of cars drive around in a circle for hours, but to each their own.