Alternatively, once a bag is checked, Spirit still has to pay baggage handlers and maintain equipment to get it into and out of the aircraft hold. Is an extra 10 minutes time to completely boarding an aircraft more than the cost of paying the additional baggage handlers?
Then don't take a direct flight, drive a car, charter a plane, or take AMTRAK. You still have other options for getting to Newark. There's four other choices for you for traveling between Boston and Newark.
About 10 years ago, in my country(outside the US), they found the greatest levels came from the insides of milk containers(the cardboard ones). For consumer perception reasons, the inside should be snow white, not brown. The whitening process was a bleach based one and the chemical contained dioxin. Apparently, a chlorine based oxidation whitening method is safe. But of course, more costly.
Bleach (NaClO) is a Chlorine based chemical. Could you expand on exactly how Bleach was the problem or the difference between the two?
Maybe the solution is to simply make the US year 310 days long so we can live as many years as they do in other countries. That seems more reasonable than trying to lower environmental dioxin levels, after all. God forbid we should have to examine the consequences of our desire for cheap consumer goods.
US life expectancy is 78.2 years. You're saying other countries life expectancy is 92 years? I think you're off by a bit. Japan, with the highest life expectancy in the world, is at 82.6 years. The UK is at 79.4 years. It's also interesting you vilify "cheap consumer goods". I didn't realize Herbicide was or was used to make consumer goods. Perhaps you should take a second look at the sources of dioxin?
Until we come up with a universal earth-scanning technology that can reveal all subterranean openings (that are passable to humans), this title can't be granted with any certainty.
I can see uses for a tool like this. However, it's more of a niche tool and the lockdown is a bit of a problem. At a few places I've worked at, we've had forms and checklists that need to be run through and the form factor of the iPad would be useful for that. However, with the lockdown on it, the iPad just isn't suitable unless all the forms could be filled out in Safari over ssh on the 3G connection. Still, being able to pull the forms off local storage and then transfer them to the central server periodically would be more useful, especially when a network connection can not be guaranteed.
The program was canceled. Nor more money is going to go into that program. Also, the Military is a lot more logical than you might think. Congress, on the other hand, is another beast entirely. I'll point you to Congress telling the DoD to buy more C-17s as an example while the DoD is trying to stop buying any more. If anything, it's Congressional Spending that defies logic, not Military spending.
1) Fast Hawk would not be a way around this system. Even traveling at Mach 4, it's still slower than a Scud missile (Mach 5) that the patriot battery was designed to stop. Also, a laser really wouldn't care how fast the target is moving. An ICBM accelerates pretty quickly and this laser is still able to kill it. It's going to be difficult to make a missile travel faster than the laser can take it down.
2) I'm not sure how you can call it a cold war system. It wasn't even started until 1997, years after the draw down. The technology is still being worked on as well, with the X-51. Maybe when the technology is more mature they will look at transitioning it to an actual weapon, but for now there is no reason.
and the conventional cruise missile was still cheap and dependable.
For a given definition of 'cheap'. There is a reason the Navy is working on a rail-gun to replace the cruise missile.
Theoretically, yes. However, the US already has a method for taking out Cruise Missile type weapons. The Patriot Missile Battery was modified for this right before the Gulf War. The Israelis evaluated a similar/smaller scale laser system for taking out the rockets used by Hamas. However, the logistics of supplying the chemicals and the toxicity of the chemicals were so bad they gave it up. The next improvement to the laser itself is getting an electric, as opposed to chemical, laser of sufficient power working. Due to not having to refuel the laser chemicals, it would be much more useful with the reduced logistics footprint and higher number of shots before refueling.
But how does that stand up to a man in the middle attack? Terminal starts session with MitM and MitM starts session with Card. MitM is simultaneously encrypting/decrypting the data to send it between the terminal and card and seeing everything all the time. Unless you have a pre-shared key, which is defeat-able in the case, what you describe is still subject to a MitM attack.
NAVSEA actually requires that they not vent at all, or not vent outside of the container. Normally batteries have safety circuitry to prevent the overcharging/discharging that would lead to thermal runaway or venting. That document covers batteries for Navy & Marine Corp Aircraft, Ships and Subs. Note that the FAA recommends halon to put out the secondary fires (i.e. carpeting), not the primary fire (battery). A lithium battery on runaway isn't fire in the normal sense as I understand it. It isn't consuming oxygen as performing another chemical reaction. I just don't see how they expect to stop the reaction.
One of the byproducts of a lithium-ion fire, from what I have been told, is Hydrogen Fluoride, which produces this stuff when inhaled. Nasty stuff. This is one reason allowing power outlets on aircraft for charging consumer electronic devices has a few people I work with nervous about flying. So far as I've figured it, the only thing I could do is grab the battery, toss it into the lavatory on an aircraft, shut the door and get the pilots to go low and slow enough to vent the atmosphere of the cabin. Somehow I doubt they could do it fast enough given the lethality of HF.
The fact that you think global warming is a real is a good case study in how money can buy science, and can especially buy people's perceptions of science.
Utilize a Halon, Halon replacement or water extinguisher to extinguish the fire and prevent its spread to additional flammable materials.
Ok, this makes some sense. But as to the battery itself:
After extinguishing the fire, douse the device with water or other non-alcoholic liquids to cool the device and prevent additional battery cells from reaching thermal runaway.
... Ok, so the battery is on fire and they want you to douse it with water. A LITHIUM battery... Cripes, I'm thinking these guys don't know what they are talking about. By the way, here's the doc I deal with at work
*Water may be used to extinguish packaging fires if batteries have not ruptured; water is not an effective extinguishing agent for a battery fire.
* For small fires involving the battery [extinguishing] media such as Lith-X or copper powder may be used, but should be applied with a long handled tool. Do not use CO2 or Halon directly on a battery fire as the exposed surface of the contained lithium may react with these materials.
Interesting. Lithium non-rechargeable sound like the ones I see in the grocery stores that are made as alkaline substitutes. The batteries I work with are Lithium-Ion rechargeable. I'd like to know how they expect to put out the rechargeable ones. So far as I know, they can't be put out. I would really like to know what they think could be used to extinguish them.
Not sure about alkaline and NiMHs, but the cabin crew is not going to be able to put out a lithium battery that's on fire. They self oxidize. And what would you think they could do? Pour water over it?
And how many cases have we seen of batteries actually starting to burn by themselves?
*raises hand* Mind you, I work in a building that tests lithium batteries for safety. It was quite a surprise to the others guys in the building when it started to smoke before we had even unwrapped it. Then again, we don't work with consumer batteries.
Has the parking brake in a car ever been an E-brake? Either way, I like this suggestion much better. Interestingly, the pedals in some hybrids still function as an e-brake in the event of complete loss of the electrical system. Ford Explorer Hybrids are (were?) one example of this a few years ago. The brake pedal connected directly to the hydraulic system in addition to the computer so you could stop the car with no engine or electricity. I no longer know if they still do this. Would that work for you as well?
That would mean no power assisted steering, no power assisted brakes, no anti-lock brakes, no shifting (some cars require the battery to shift i.e. 94 Toyota Corolla... Hm...) and no automatic transmission either. I'm also not sure turning off the engine while going 60mph down the interstate while in gear would be a good idea. How about we just settle for putting the transmission in Neutral? It would be much safer rather than loosing all assisted control of the vehicle.
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Cut subsidies for all forms of transportation. Then, tax in proportion to carbon emissions. Trains win in every densely populated region, hands down.
And for those of us not in densely populated regions?
The counterargument from these religious fundie assholes...
You misspelled "Democrats".
Thanks. That's why I asked the question. Interesting business case they put forth as well.
I never said they would leave the indigenous population there. All the want is the breathing room after all.
That they do. Subs to counter the US and a billion man army to conquer Russia.
Fixed that for you.
If that is the case, then the US numbers would need to be similarly adjusted. So the discrepancy in the numbers is still there.
Alternatively, once a bag is checked, Spirit still has to pay baggage handlers and maintain equipment to get it into and out of the aircraft hold. Is an extra 10 minutes time to completely boarding an aircraft more than the cost of paying the additional baggage handlers?
Then don't take a direct flight, drive a car, charter a plane, or take AMTRAK. You still have other options for getting to Newark. There's four other choices for you for traveling between Boston and Newark.
Don't forget any sales & VAT taxes that may apply. That would make it thrice taxed.
About 10 years ago, in my country(outside the US), they found the greatest levels came from the insides of milk containers(the cardboard ones). For consumer perception reasons, the inside should be snow white, not brown. The whitening process was a bleach based one and the chemical contained dioxin. Apparently, a chlorine based oxidation whitening method is safe. But of course, more costly.
Bleach (NaClO) is a Chlorine based chemical. Could you expand on exactly how Bleach was the problem or the difference between the two?
Maybe the solution is to simply make the US year 310 days long so we can live as many years as they do in other countries. That seems more reasonable than trying to lower environmental dioxin levels, after all. God forbid we should have to examine the consequences of our desire for cheap consumer goods.
US life expectancy is 78.2 years. You're saying other countries life expectancy is 92 years? I think you're off by a bit. Japan, with the highest life expectancy in the world, is at 82.6 years. The UK is at 79.4 years. It's also interesting you vilify "cheap consumer goods". I didn't realize Herbicide was or was used to make consumer goods. Perhaps you should take a second look at the sources of dioxin?
Until we come up with a universal earth-scanning technology that can reveal all subterranean openings (that are passable to humans), this title can't be granted with any certainty.
Wouldn't Reflection Seismology be a method to do this?
I can see uses for a tool like this. However, it's more of a niche tool and the lockdown is a bit of a problem. At a few places I've worked at, we've had forms and checklists that need to be run through and the form factor of the iPad would be useful for that. However, with the lockdown on it, the iPad just isn't suitable unless all the forms could be filled out in Safari over ssh on the 3G connection. Still, being able to pull the forms off local storage and then transfer them to the central server periodically would be more useful, especially when a network connection can not be guaranteed.
The program was canceled. Nor more money is going to go into that program. Also, the Military is a lot more logical than you might think. Congress, on the other hand, is another beast entirely. I'll point you to Congress telling the DoD to buy more C-17s as an example while the DoD is trying to stop buying any more. If anything, it's Congressional Spending that defies logic, not Military spending.
Two things.
1) Fast Hawk would not be a way around this system. Even traveling at Mach 4, it's still slower than a Scud missile (Mach 5) that the patriot battery was designed to stop. Also, a laser really wouldn't care how fast the target is moving. An ICBM accelerates pretty quickly and this laser is still able to kill it. It's going to be difficult to make a missile travel faster than the laser can take it down.
2) I'm not sure how you can call it a cold war system. It wasn't even started until 1997, years after the draw down. The technology is still being worked on as well, with the X-51. Maybe when the technology is more mature they will look at transitioning it to an actual weapon, but for now there is no reason.
and the conventional cruise missile was still cheap and dependable.
For a given definition of 'cheap'. There is a reason the Navy is working on a rail-gun to replace the cruise missile.
Theoretically, yes. However, the US already has a method for taking out Cruise Missile type weapons. The Patriot Missile Battery was modified for this right before the Gulf War. The Israelis evaluated a similar/smaller scale laser system for taking out the rockets used by Hamas. However, the logistics of supplying the chemicals and the toxicity of the chemicals were so bad they gave it up. The next improvement to the laser itself is getting an electric, as opposed to chemical, laser of sufficient power working. Due to not having to refuel the laser chemicals, it would be much more useful with the reduced logistics footprint and higher number of shots before refueling.
But how does that stand up to a man in the middle attack? Terminal starts session with MitM and MitM starts session with Card. MitM is simultaneously encrypting/decrypting the data to send it between the terminal and card and seeing everything all the time. Unless you have a pre-shared key, which is defeat-able in the case, what you describe is still subject to a MitM attack.
NAVSEA actually requires that they not vent at all, or not vent outside of the container. Normally batteries have safety circuitry to prevent the overcharging/discharging that would lead to thermal runaway or venting. That document covers batteries for Navy & Marine Corp Aircraft, Ships and Subs. Note that the FAA recommends halon to put out the secondary fires (i.e. carpeting), not the primary fire (battery). A lithium battery on runaway isn't fire in the normal sense as I understand it. It isn't consuming oxygen as performing another chemical reaction. I just don't see how they expect to stop the reaction.
One of the byproducts of a lithium-ion fire, from what I have been told, is Hydrogen Fluoride, which produces this stuff when inhaled. Nasty stuff. This is one reason allowing power outlets on aircraft for charging consumer electronic devices has a few people I work with nervous about flying. So far as I've figured it, the only thing I could do is grab the battery, toss it into the lavatory on an aircraft, shut the door and get the pilots to go low and slow enough to vent the atmosphere of the cabin. Somehow I doubt they could do it fast enough given the lethality of HF.
The fact that you think global warming is a real is a good case study in how money can buy science, and can especially buy people's perceptions of science.
See? Two can play that game.
Utilize a Halon, Halon replacement or water extinguisher to extinguish the fire and prevent its spread to additional flammable materials.
Ok, this makes some sense. But as to the battery itself:
After extinguishing the fire, douse the device with water or other non-alcoholic liquids to cool the device and prevent additional battery cells from reaching thermal runaway.
... Ok, so the battery is on fire and they want you to douse it with water. A LITHIUM battery... Cripes, I'm thinking these guys don't know what they are talking about. By the way, here's the doc I deal with at work
Hm.. This page has some interesting things on it.
*Water may be used to extinguish packaging fires if batteries have not ruptured; water is not an effective extinguishing agent for a battery fire.
* For small fires involving the battery [extinguishing] media such as Lith-X or copper powder may be used, but should be applied with a long handled tool. Do not use CO2 or Halon directly on a battery fire as the exposed surface of the contained lithium may react with these materials.
Interesting. Lithium non-rechargeable sound like the ones I see in the grocery stores that are made as alkaline substitutes. The batteries I work with are Lithium-Ion rechargeable. I'd like to know how they expect to put out the rechargeable ones. So far as I know, they can't be put out. I would really like to know what they think could be used to extinguish them.
Not sure about alkaline and NiMHs, but the cabin crew is not going to be able to put out a lithium battery that's on fire. They self oxidize. And what would you think they could do? Pour water over it?
And how many cases have we seen of batteries actually starting to burn by themselves?
*raises hand* Mind you, I work in a building that tests lithium batteries for safety. It was quite a surprise to the others guys in the building when it started to smoke before we had even unwrapped it. Then again, we don't work with consumer batteries.
Has the parking brake in a car ever been an E-brake? Either way, I like this suggestion much better. Interestingly, the pedals in some hybrids still function as an e-brake in the event of complete loss of the electrical system. Ford Explorer Hybrids are (were?) one example of this a few years ago. The brake pedal connected directly to the hydraulic system in addition to the computer so you could stop the car with no engine or electricity. I no longer know if they still do this. Would that work for you as well?
That would mean no power assisted steering, no power assisted brakes, no anti-lock brakes, no shifting (some cars require the battery to shift i.e. 94 Toyota Corolla... Hm...) and no automatic transmission either. I'm also not sure turning off the engine while going 60mph down the interstate while in gear would be a good idea. How about we just settle for putting the transmission in Neutral? It would be much safer rather than loosing all assisted control of the vehicle.