Many aircraft of this class are equipped with an ELT (Emergency Locator Transmitter). These are difficult, if not impossible to disable in flight, as they are mounted remotely from the cockpit and are self powered. They can fail under certain circumstances. They may not activate if the aircraft impacts the ground. Or if it sinks immediately, carrying the ELT down with it.
I am wondering about the current status of ELTs following the fire in a parked 787 caused by a wiring fault in one. Was there an order put out to remove suspect units pending inspection? Has the inspection been completed or are airlines flying around without these?
If we remove the dealer who is going to stock parts, deliver them, and install them?
The Tesla service center. Owned and operated by the manufacturer but not necessarily co-located with the sales showroom.
There are federal regulations mandating service and spare parts availability. I see no problem with Tesla (or any other manufacturer or dealer) devising alternate support infrastructures for their products. So long as they meet the needs of the customer.
Tesla might actually provide better service than the average dealer. I bought a Toyota years ago from a dealer some distance from my residence and much farther away than the nearest one. If you want to se some long faces and snotty attitudes, watch the close by dealership service department when I bring in a car I didn't buy from them. Count on them leaving it parked for a few extra days "waiting for parts" just as a little "fuck you for not buying it here".
Men have learned to compete for something. Women compete against each other. In the few venues (like sports) where head to head competition occurs, it does so under very structured rules. And winners are judged by the superiority of their skills, not tripping their adversary. That's considered poor sportsmanship.
Its a cultural thing, taught from a very early age. Think about the stereotype of a man who talks trash behind other people's back. When men do trash talk, its is to each other's face as a precursor to some competitive act. Like the (usually staged) face off before a boxing match. Even then, the object is to remain cool and prove one's superiority in the ring rather than tossing insults back and forth.
Actually, they may have more to lose from this policy than others. Specifically, the socially conservative ones.
With the elimination of policies like "don't ask, don't tell", people with alternative lifestyles no longer represent blackmail risks if they are not ashamed of coming out of the closet. Members of more conservative social groups who participate in such alternative lifestyle activities (and there are quite a few of them) will still be at risk from being ostracized by their community.
Security services have come to understand this. They have found that people with things to hide and pressures other than a threat to their employment to keep them hidden are ongoing risks. The tendency will be to identify such people and block them from sensitive areas of the government.
I'd consider an MVNO, but they can't beat my plan ($25 every 3 months). So I could get a smart phone and use data over WiFi when available. But I'm not sure if AT&T will pull their mandatory data plan B.S. even for wholesale customers. I just don't need data that much and I'm not likely to be shot for my flip-phone.
Yes. It gives people some interesting insight into the culture of such an organization. The general public gets an idea of how insulated from mainstream society and ethics these employees have to be kept in order to remain functional in their jobs.
The alternative would be hoping that your employees obfuscate details of their job functions when writing to Dear Abbey. "How do I tell the guy in the next cubicle not to laugh out loud every time he reads Angela Merkel's e-mails?" Beyond that, handling basic ethical and moral issues need to be handled differently. How would you explain to a parent and NSA employee that their teenage kid needs some personal space and trust as they grow up when you are logging all of their text messages, e-mail and phone conversations?
Honestly, how many high schoolers can actually understand a typical journal article?
Depends on which state they are from.
Texas, nope.
Kansas, nope.
.
.
.
When teaching science to the rest, we have to be clear about the fact that the high school level stuff is simplified, although still useful. And a few decades out of date. If they want the up to date view, go to grad school, specialize in a field and catch up with the current thinking. Until then, its not that we are lying to you. This is just all we expect you to absorb between cigarette breaks in the high school parking lot.
Nope. The earth is revolving around its axis. That's the correct theory at this time, if it makes a difference whether you get the science right or not. If you are just running through the forest, clubbing animals as a hunter-gatherer, I suppose it doesn't. But when mankind started farming and needed to predict seasons and harvests (5000 years ago or more) getting the science right did matter. Early man went through a number of different models and predictive methods (Stonehenge, Mayan calendars, etc.) to get answers. Until we finally settled on the sun-centric model of the solar system. And forgave Galileo for proposing such a radical theory (in 1992, I believe).
You realize you are making the EXACT same arguments a white supremacist makes about black people?
Not at all. Black people didn't self select a life of slavery generations ago.
Going into management in many companies involves submitting to the organizational culture, or group think. Try to buck that in order to improve your department or the company as a whole and you risk your career at the hands of your fellow managers who start to feel threatened.In many outfits, management is like a fraternity. You don't keep up the frat house traditions and you'll find yourself out on your ass.
Were we back in the plantation days, I'd look at my slaves sand say, "I could get more productivity out of them if I educated them, didn't fuck with their families and private lives by trading them around, improved their working conditions, and give them a financial stake in the operation of the farm." And the other plantation owners would have ganged up and lynched me. Actually, no. Because what I proposed was illegal in most of the slave states. I'd have just gone to prison for teaching them how to read.
In this sense, management is a lot like the slave owners were. The organizational culture (slavery in this case) is more important than actually doing a better job. That's not a club I'd like to join.
The FAA is right about this, even if they are lagging behind.
I agree, almost.
Its the "No commercial use" clause for RC craft that I wonder about. The rest of the regulations make perfect sense.
The graduation of RC 'toys' to fully capable and safe UAVs is going to take money. And lots of it. Not being able to fly for commercial use keeps the development money out. Unless you are a Boeing or a Lockheed with military contracts, it is a chicken/egg situation. You have to invest in incrementally enhancing the capabilities of such craft while you are not permitted to get a return on your investment from those that operate under the existing RC rules.
Other countries that don't have this 'no commercial use' restriction are rapidly moving ahead of US developers. Once our FAA opens up a certification class for UAVs, the market will already be owned by foreign manufacturers.
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Many aircraft of this class are equipped with an ELT (Emergency Locator Transmitter). These are difficult, if not impossible to disable in flight, as they are mounted remotely from the cockpit and are self powered. They can fail under certain circumstances. They may not activate if the aircraft impacts the ground. Or if it sinks immediately, carrying the ELT down with it.
I am wondering about the current status of ELTs following the fire in a parked 787 caused by a wiring fault in one. Was there an order put out to remove suspect units pending inspection? Has the inspection been completed or are airlines flying around without these?
If we remove the dealer who is going to stock parts, deliver them, and install them?
The Tesla service center. Owned and operated by the manufacturer but not necessarily co-located with the sales showroom.
There are federal regulations mandating service and spare parts availability. I see no problem with Tesla (or any other manufacturer or dealer) devising alternate support infrastructures for their products. So long as they meet the needs of the customer.
Tesla might actually provide better service than the average dealer. I bought a Toyota years ago from a dealer some distance from my residence and much farther away than the nearest one. If you want to se some long faces and snotty attitudes, watch the close by dealership service department when I bring in a car I didn't buy from them. Count on them leaving it parked for a few extra days "waiting for parts" just as a little "fuck you for not buying it here".
Because so many states are disallowed.
First time through, I read that as "parolees".
Fine by me.
Men have learned to compete for something. Women compete against each other. In the few venues (like sports) where head to head competition occurs, it does so under very structured rules. And winners are judged by the superiority of their skills, not tripping their adversary. That's considered poor sportsmanship.
Its a cultural thing, taught from a very early age. Think about the stereotype of a man who talks trash behind other people's back. When men do trash talk, its is to each other's face as a precursor to some competitive act. Like the (usually staged) face off before a boxing match. Even then, the object is to remain cool and prove one's superiority in the ring rather than tossing insults back and forth.
Yes, but each requires filling out entirely different forms. In triplicate.
Oh, sorry. I thought these were Indian satellites we were talking about.
Smarter than the TSA.
They do seem to profile mice unfairly though.
News Flash: She wasn't hired for her typing skills.
It Seemed Prudent.
Its just a bunch of tubes.
Actually, they may have more to lose from this policy than others. Specifically, the socially conservative ones.
With the elimination of policies like "don't ask, don't tell", people with alternative lifestyles no longer represent blackmail risks if they are not ashamed of coming out of the closet. Members of more conservative social groups who participate in such alternative lifestyle activities (and there are quite a few of them) will still be at risk from being ostracized by their community.
Security services have come to understand this. They have found that people with things to hide and pressures other than a threat to their employment to keep them hidden are ongoing risks. The tendency will be to identify such people and block them from sensitive areas of the government.
I'd consider an MVNO, but they can't beat my plan ($25 every 3 months). So I could get a smart phone and use data over WiFi when available. But I'm not sure if AT&T will pull their mandatory data plan B.S. even for wholesale customers. I just don't need data that much and I'm not likely to be shot for my flip-phone.
And with my city's regulations on the disposal of electronic waste, humans are easier to get rid of when they wear out as well.
Just give them a gold watch (RoHS compliant, of course) and kick them out the door.
Is there any reason this should have been leaked?
Yes. It gives people some interesting insight into the culture of such an organization. The general public gets an idea of how insulated from mainstream society and ethics these employees have to be kept in order to remain functional in their jobs.
The alternative would be hoping that your employees obfuscate details of their job functions when writing to Dear Abbey. "How do I tell the guy in the next cubicle not to laugh out loud every time he reads Angela Merkel's e-mails?" Beyond that, handling basic ethical and moral issues need to be handled differently. How would you explain to a parent and NSA employee that their teenage kid needs some personal space and trust as they grow up when you are logging all of their text messages, e-mail and phone conversations?
Something to do with electricity.
We'll call it the "Short Bus".
Honestly, how many high schoolers can actually understand a typical journal article?
Depends on which state they are from.
Texas, nope.
Kansas, nope.
.
.
.
When teaching science to the rest, we have to be clear about the fact that the high school level stuff is simplified, although still useful. And a few decades out of date. If they want the up to date view, go to grad school, specialize in a field and catch up with the current thinking. Until then, its not that we are lying to you. This is just all we expect you to absorb between cigarette breaks in the high school parking lot.
Nope. The earth is revolving around its axis. That's the correct theory at this time, if it makes a difference whether you get the science right or not. If you are just running through the forest, clubbing animals as a hunter-gatherer, I suppose it doesn't. But when mankind started farming and needed to predict seasons and harvests (5000 years ago or more) getting the science right did matter. Early man went through a number of different models and predictive methods (Stonehenge, Mayan calendars, etc.) to get answers. Until we finally settled on the sun-centric model of the solar system. And forgave Galileo for proposing such a radical theory (in 1992, I believe).
You'll be lucky just to get it to move out of your basement by 2049.
You realize you are making the EXACT same arguments a white supremacist makes about black people?
Not at all. Black people didn't self select a life of slavery generations ago.
Going into management in many companies involves submitting to the organizational culture, or group think. Try to buck that in order to improve your department or the company as a whole and you risk your career at the hands of your fellow managers who start to feel threatened.In many outfits, management is like a fraternity. You don't keep up the frat house traditions and you'll find yourself out on your ass.
Were we back in the plantation days, I'd look at my slaves sand say, "I could get more productivity out of them if I educated them, didn't fuck with their families and private lives by trading them around, improved their working conditions, and give them a financial stake in the operation of the farm." And the other plantation owners would have ganged up and lynched me. Actually, no. Because what I proposed was illegal in most of the slave states. I'd have just gone to prison for teaching them how to read.
In this sense, management is a lot like the slave owners were. The organizational culture (slavery in this case) is more important than actually doing a better job. That's not a club I'd like to join.
Such research.
Much grants.
So controversy.
Plz no frost pist.
Vry concern.
The FAA is right about this, even if they are lagging behind.
I agree, almost.
Its the "No commercial use" clause for RC craft that I wonder about. The rest of the regulations make perfect sense.
The graduation of RC 'toys' to fully capable and safe UAVs is going to take money. And lots of it. Not being able to fly for commercial use keeps the development money out. Unless you are a Boeing or a Lockheed with military contracts, it is a chicken/egg situation. You have to invest in incrementally enhancing the capabilities of such craft while you are not permitted to get a return on your investment from those that operate under the existing RC rules.
Other countries that don't have this 'no commercial use' restriction are rapidly moving ahead of US developers. Once our FAA opens up a certification class for UAVs, the market will already be owned by foreign manufacturers.
How could someone work on the code without it first being exported to them?
By working on a copy that originated and has been maintained outside the jurisdiction of the USA.