Lets suppose for a second the following:
1. Alien life exists.
2. Evolutionary factors made religion useful in the alien culture.
3. They looked outside their planet for alien life to answer life the universe and everything questions.
4. Hey there is "earth". Scout ship pronounces it "mostly harmless".
5. Religious types in alien culture are obligated to spread the word of god.
6. Missionary aliens arrive, destroy all churches/temples/holy men/infidels/etc and mention of religion other than their one true word.
6.1. Establish the 600 Club.
6.2. You guessed it.
7. Everyone on earth knows the divine word.
[no relation to any South Parks episodes. Honest.]
>I guess boxing gloves cause brain damage, too? Or maybe it's boxing that causes brain damage, and the gloves reduce the risk...
Apparently quite the contrary. "This padding helps the hitter and hurts the hittee. Since the bones in a man's head are stronger than the bones in a man's fists, a bare-knuckle fighter risks damaging himself more than his opponent if he hits as hard as he can when he aims punches at the head. "
1. buy rare earth magnet.
2. play with magnet.
3. place magnet in pocket.
4. sit down and put macbook on lap.
5. call apple support.
6. tell technician "err it no work"
7. write good review of apple support.
As the linked article tells us the oblique wing is aerodynamically a great design. Unfortunatly for the theorists aerodynamics are only one part of an aircraft design process. Many wonderfully aerodynamic designs have been thown out because of the strength and flutter departments. Forward swept wings have the tendency to flutter and diverge at much slower speeds than the equivalent rearward swept wing due to the fact that the centre of pressure is well forward of the elastic twisting centre of the wing. At a some speed aerodynamic forces overcome the elastic strength of the wing. This being said, the project will go over budget.
It may be boring but hey no hates the Canadians, well except the French-Canadians, everyone hates them. Even the French.
Still, if we WMD someone, I'm moving. Anywhere. Deepest darkest Africa sounds great.
I work as an instructor pilot and professor at a major
US university. I am not a US citizen.
Among the many laws that have been brough in since the
patriot act a significant portion affect pilots and
pilot training.
The latest law issued by the TSA (tranportation
security admin.) affects flight training. The law was
issued in the first week of Oct with compiance
mandatory on the 20th of the same month.
http://www.tsa.gov/public/display?theme=44&content =09000519800d8df4/
This law mandates that all people seeking flight
training must first prove their citizenship. Certified
copies of passports must be kept on record for five
years by the school doing th training. This must be
done for every flight course.
This is only a small portion of the many hoops that US
citizens have to jump though to even see an airplane.
God help you if you are a non US citizen.
Oh and the biggest security threat I have seen so far?
NBC reporters trying to steal a helicopter.
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Lets suppose for a second the following:
1. Alien life exists.
2. Evolutionary factors made religion useful in the alien culture.
3. They looked outside their planet for alien life to answer life the universe and everything questions.
4. Hey there is "earth". Scout ship pronounces it "mostly harmless".
5. Religious types in alien culture are obligated to spread the word of god.
6. Missionary aliens arrive, destroy all churches/temples/holy men/infidels/etc and mention of religion other than their one true word.
6.1. Establish the 600 Club.
6.2. You guessed it.
7. Everyone on earth knows the divine word.
[no relation to any South Parks episodes. Honest.]
>I guess boxing gloves cause brain damage, too? Or maybe it's boxing that causes brain damage, and the gloves reduce the risk...
Apparently quite the contrary. "This padding helps the hitter and hurts the hittee. Since the bones in a man's head are stronger than the bones in a man's fists, a bare-knuckle fighter risks damaging himself more than his opponent if he hits as hard as he can when he aims punches at the head. "
http://www.murphybrothers.org/Spartaca/Bareknuckle.htm
1. buy rare earth magnet. 2. play with magnet. 3. place magnet in pocket. 4. sit down and put macbook on lap. 5. call apple support. 6. tell technician "err it no work" 7. write good review of apple support.
As the linked article tells us the oblique wing is aerodynamically a great design. Unfortunatly for the theorists aerodynamics are only one part of an aircraft design process. Many wonderfully aerodynamic designs have been thown out because of the strength and flutter departments. Forward swept wings have the tendency to flutter and diverge at much slower speeds than the equivalent rearward swept wing due to the fact that the centre of pressure is well forward of the elastic twisting centre of the wing. At a some speed aerodynamic forces overcome the elastic strength of the wing. This being said, the project will go over budget.
It may be boring but hey no hates the Canadians, well except the French-Canadians, everyone hates them. Even the French. Still, if we WMD someone, I'm moving. Anywhere. Deepest darkest Africa sounds great.
I work as an instructor pilot and professor at a major US university. I am not a US citizen. Among the many laws that have been brough in since the patriot act a significant portion affect pilots and pilot training. The latest law issued by the TSA (tranportation security admin.) affects flight training. The law was issued in the first week of Oct with compiance mandatory on the 20th of the same month. http://www.tsa.gov/public/display?theme=44&content =09000519800d8df4/
This law mandates that all people seeking flight
training must first prove their citizenship. Certified
copies of passports must be kept on record for five
years by the school doing th training. This must be
done for every flight course.
This is only a small portion of the many hoops that US
citizens have to jump though to even see an airplane.
God help you if you are a non US citizen.
Oh and the biggest security threat I have seen so far?
NBC reporters trying to steal a helicopter.