Not much livestock is produced in California for it's size and population. The primary livestock producing states have no shortage of rainfall lately. And livestock can be raised on terrain requiring little or no modification from its natural state (grading level, plowing, irrigation, etc.). Not like veggies.
But these are prime candidates for reorganization and cost cutting moves. And then there goes your job. Particularly in industries with mature (lower growth) markets. The only way to increase profits is to cut costs. And frequently the only way to cut costs is to cut direct expenses (payroll) and send the work overseas.
Prior to the take-off roll, any anomalies should result in flashing lights, alarms and possibly a refusal to even start the engines. Once the airplane becomes airborne, the system logic should switch to warn the pilots but keep the engines running under most conditions.
This comes down to a failure in the engineering/manufacturing/QA processes. We design airplanes with an assumption of critical system seperation and redundancy. Single systems failures are accounted for in the design. But systemic failures, particularly of the manufacturing and QA process are rarely accounted for. Some enginers sat down and figured that, for a loss of one engine's configuration file, it can shut down because the airplane can be flown on three. But they never looked for a process failure that would affect multiple engines.
Back when I was at Boeing, engineering poking their nose into, or even implying that, manufacturing might screw up at this level would result in a major inter-organizational poo-flinging battle. And possibly a shortened career as well. The two processes (and organizations) were designed such that once engineering was done, we would have no visibility or responsibility for downstream manufacturing processes. Because these might very well be completed in China.
Some other local news outlets stated that the driver admitted to smoking pot. The police are awaiting some test results to see if there may have been something else in addition.
Property taxes, utility taxes,sales taxes on supplies. Yes, I'm sure they do.
Oh, you meant taxes on their profits? If you run a business and can't figure out how to make your income tax zero out, you need to fire your accountant.
... the engines even start. Or throttle up to take-off power?
Come on, folks. Turn the power on to the engine controllers at the flight line and the status display should have been flashing warnings. Nobody should have even started this thing.
... how paranoid the FBI was over the possible release of information regarding Stingray capabilities was. But the British made no point of saying, "Only metadata." These things can listen to your calls and SMS messages.
On a related note, the British press is also pointing out how easily this equipment can make it onto the gray market and into the hands of criminal organizations. At least the Brits are being honest.
Frankly, some of what we need to do is intrusive, it is uncomfortable, and the important thing is we set that out openly and recognise there are difficult choices to be made.
But at least they get to debate those choices, rather than have law enforcement lie to the public and claim that they don't do these things. Trust us.
Sounds like an engineering problem, not directly regulatory. Engineering specs components to meet some system requirements. In this cas, shutting off some flow with a maximum of X liters passed through. Downstream systems are designed to allow for the X amount. If a regulator steps in to micro-manage valve specifications at this level of detail, they had better take responsibility for the overall system design and possible subsequent failures.
Now, if the regulators came in and asked to see the enginering calculations that determined the system to be safe with amount X passed through and those were in error, the spec gets changed. And engineering heads will roll if the blame cannot be assigned to some other party. So, point the finger at the regulators. They are insulated from reprisals by engineering/construction management.
The problem with tis project is that; at the top, the owner, engineering and construction firm and inspectors all report to the same 'management'. The French government.
This is just payback for the mad cow disease incident. After the beef had been declared safe again, the first shipment of British beef was sent to France.
The FBI isn't doing anything outside of current regulatory structures. If its legal for the police to fly around with FLIR systems on helicopters and park cars with Stingray cell equipment outside the local gang hangout, what is the FBI doing that is different?
It's up to Congress to keep them accountable for performance. If they think air surveillance is an efficient way of doing business, they should be able to justify that expenditure.
Robotics isn't a terribly difficult challenge for electrical engineering. Most of the sensor and motor control stuff is pretty much plug and play at this level.
The winner of the DARPA challenge gets sent inside of a hot, damaged reactor. No thanks. Send the meat bags instead. My maniputator motor was a bit sore this morning.
.... the G7 has stepped up to do something about emissions. Now people can leave me alone about my stinky old truck, since that is a vanishingly small amount compared to the entire G7.
I was under the impression that lots of stuff that needed inspecting lay behind some sort of access panel. Or in some location not easy to get to. I don't think a drone will be much help for this sort of thing.
On the other hand, prior to flight, it is necessary to do a 'walk around' of the aircraft looking for problems like fluid leaks, access covers inadvertently left open, locking pins left in place and other similar items. Customarily, this is done by the flight crew. But a drone might be able to get a better look than a person on the ground. This could catch goofs, like the duct tape over the static ports that resulted in the Aeroperu Flight 603 crash.
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Not much livestock is produced in California for it's size and population. The primary livestock producing states have no shortage of rainfall lately. And livestock can be raised on terrain requiring little or no modification from its natural state (grading level, plowing, irrigation, etc.). Not like veggies.
Work in a recession resistant industry
But these are prime candidates for reorganization and cost cutting moves. And then there goes your job. Particularly in industries with mature (lower growth) markets. The only way to increase profits is to cut costs. And frequently the only way to cut costs is to cut direct expenses (payroll) and send the work overseas.
Air/ground logic can handle this.
Prior to the take-off roll, any anomalies should result in flashing lights, alarms and possibly a refusal to even start the engines. Once the airplane becomes airborne, the system logic should switch to warn the pilots but keep the engines running under most conditions.
This comes down to a failure in the engineering/manufacturing/QA processes. We design airplanes with an assumption of critical system seperation and redundancy. Single systems failures are accounted for in the design. But systemic failures, particularly of the manufacturing and QA process are rarely accounted for. Some enginers sat down and figured that, for a loss of one engine's configuration file, it can shut down because the airplane can be flown on three. But they never looked for a process failure that would affect multiple engines.
Back when I was at Boeing, engineering poking their nose into, or even implying that, manufacturing might screw up at this level would result in a major inter-organizational poo-flinging battle. And possibly a shortened career as well. The two processes (and organizations) were designed such that once engineering was done, we would have no visibility or responsibility for downstream manufacturing processes. Because these might very well be completed in China.
The linked article says "high on drugs"
Some other local news outlets stated that the driver admitted to smoking pot. The police are awaiting some test results to see if there may have been something else in addition.
When was the last time you heard about someone stoned killing someone with a car?
Two days ago
Do you think they pay taxes?
Property taxes, utility taxes,sales taxes on supplies. Yes, I'm sure they do.
Oh, you meant taxes on their profits? If you run a business and can't figure out how to make your income tax zero out, you need to fire your accountant.
... any of the code. But I'm quite good with the whitespace.
Come on, folks. Turn the power on to the engine controllers at the flight line and the status display should have been flashing warnings. Nobody should have even started this thing.
I don't know what you imagine this valve does,
Different discussion. Read the parent post.
EDF didn't design, and isn't building this power plant.
Areva is the engineering/construction firm. Areva is, like EDF and the regulators, owned by the French government.
On a related note, the British press is also pointing out how easily this equipment can make it onto the gray market and into the hands of criminal organizations. At least the Brits are being honest.
Frankly, some of what we need to do is intrusive, it is uncomfortable, and the important thing is we set that out openly and recognise there are difficult choices to be made.
But at least they get to debate those choices, rather than have law enforcement lie to the public and claim that they don't do these things. Trust us.
Sounds like an engineering problem, not directly regulatory. Engineering specs components to meet some system requirements. In this cas, shutting off some flow with a maximum of X liters passed through. Downstream systems are designed to allow for the X amount. If a regulator steps in to micro-manage valve specifications at this level of detail, they had better take responsibility for the overall system design and possible subsequent failures.
Now, if the regulators came in and asked to see the enginering calculations that determined the system to be safe with amount X passed through and those were in error, the spec gets changed. And engineering heads will roll if the blame cannot be assigned to some other party. So, point the finger at the regulators. They are insulated from reprisals by engineering/construction management.
The problem with tis project is that; at the top, the owner, engineering and construction firm and inspectors all report to the same 'management'. The French government.
This is just payback for the mad cow disease incident. After the beef had been declared safe again, the first shipment of British beef was sent to France.
Lots of fans.
Oh, and blue LEDs.
I can't think why a farmer may need this data,
If you spread it on the fields, it helps the crops grow.
The FBI isn't doing anything outside of current regulatory structures. If its legal for the police to fly around with FLIR systems on helicopters and park cars with Stingray cell equipment outside the local gang hangout, what is the FBI doing that is different?
It's up to Congress to keep them accountable for performance. If they think air surveillance is an efficient way of doing business, they should be able to justify that expenditure.
Robotics isn't a terribly difficult challenge for electrical engineering. Most of the sensor and motor control stuff is pretty much plug and play at this level.
The winner of the DARPA challenge gets sent inside of a hot, damaged reactor. No thanks. Send the meat bags instead. My maniputator motor was a bit sore this morning.
We have a memory leak.
I was under the impression that lots of stuff that needed inspecting lay behind some sort of access panel. Or in some location not easy to get to. I don't think a drone will be much help for this sort of thing.
On the other hand, prior to flight, it is necessary to do a 'walk around' of the aircraft looking for problems like fluid leaks, access covers inadvertently left open, locking pins left in place and other similar items. Customarily, this is done by the flight crew. But a drone might be able to get a better look than a person on the ground. This could catch goofs, like the duct tape over the static ports that resulted in the Aeroperu Flight 603 crash.
fail
Suddenly, this isn't so funny any more.
If anyone should receive money ..... but the Italian whom ancestry crafted the jewels.
The Chinese called. They want their iPhones back.