Ironic is when one's words say one thing and one's actions another that contradict it.
No, that is hypocritical. Situational Irony is where the outcome is has a humorous incongruity or discrepancy from what one would expect, or from what would normally be implied by the situation. The fact that the company which produces and sells MySQL wasn't using SQL correctly is indeed ironic.
It's funny because what is happening in Japan is exactly why Nuclear Power is SAFE!
This can only mean one thing... Glenn Beck is posting on Slashdot.
An earthquake 7 times more powerful than the biggest it was built for hit, and all that happened to the reactors that didn't shut down cleanly was a small amount of radioactive noble gases, which decay within minutes. Even if the cores DO melt, they're safely contained in... wait for it... containment chambers!
It was an earthquake smaller than three others that also occurred on the Pacific rim prior to the plant be designed (Chile, Prince William Sound, Kamchatka.) Multiple reactors then have failures of cooling systems, possibly caused by a tsunami that was in no way a geological anomaly. They have a major emergency on their hands for what should have been an uneventful automatic shutdown, and you call this safe? This is what's supposed to inspire confidence in nuclear power?
People don't realize the amount of engineering that goes into nuclear to make it safe.
In this (actually, these) cases, we do. Not damn near enough. Obviously.
I'm not completely opposed to nuclear power, and I don't expect one to be designed to take a direct hit from a meteorite. But using this design failure as an example of why nukes are safe is a sure way to guarantee that another one will never be built.
Airbus engineers once again prove the old adage about European heaven and hell.
In European heaven, the British are the police, the French are the cooks, the Germans are the engineers, the Italians are the lovers and the Swiss run the government.
In European hell, the British are the cooks, the French are the engineers, the Germans are the police, the Italians run the government, and the Swiss are the lovers.
The long tube supporting the wing (on the ground) is called a strut, not a truss.
What surprises people is that the strut actually holds the wing down in flight. Saves you the weight of designing for massive bending moments at the fuselage at the expense of more drag in flight.
That was the trade off the Gossamer Condor made to become the first human powered aircraft to pass whatever milestone it did - rather than take the weight associated with an internally braced structure, they went for the much lighter weight they could achieve with external wire bracing. At their slow speed, the drag associated with the bracing was less than the drag that would have been created as a product of lifting a heavier aircraft.
it's not a huge pressure differential. Less than a few feet of water in reality.
Between 8 and 9 psi, typically. Almost 20 feet of water. It's not such a big deal when the structure is circular since the stress is all tension. Much tougher when you try to build large, flat surfaces.
It's my understanding that drag increases as the square of velocity. This leads to fuel consumption per unit of distance increasing linearly.
Yes, but the power required goes up as F * V, so the power required (and hence fuel flow) goes up as the cube of velocity, not the square.
While the cube law may seem like a bitch, it works nicely the other way - the power from a wind turbine goes up as the cube of the wind velocity. That's why utilities spend so much time and money studying where to site them.
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http://www.theonion.com/articles/area-man-participates-in-21stcentury-cashless-econ,8969/
Tennessee Air National Guard totalled a C141, but at least it was on the ground when the wing ruptured.
http://www.airliners.net/photo/209303/
Relax, PHP Taliban. It's a joke.
Sort of.
...My 2001 VW Jetta TDI gets about 45mph highway...
So you're the guy I was stuck behind today.
Ironic is when one's words say one thing and one's actions another that contradict it.
No, that is hypocritical. Situational Irony is where the outcome is has a humorous incongruity or discrepancy from what one would expect, or from what would normally be implied by the situation. The fact that the company which produces and sells MySQL wasn't using SQL correctly is indeed ironic.
Excuse me, is this the right room for an argument?
It's funny because what is happening in Japan is exactly why Nuclear Power is SAFE!
This can only mean one thing... Glenn Beck is posting on Slashdot.
An earthquake 7 times more powerful than the biggest it was built for hit, and all that happened to the reactors that didn't shut down cleanly was a small amount of radioactive noble gases, which decay within minutes. Even if the cores DO melt, they're safely contained in ... wait for it... containment chambers!
It was an earthquake smaller than three others that also occurred on the Pacific rim prior to the plant be designed (Chile, Prince William Sound, Kamchatka.) Multiple reactors then have failures of cooling systems, possibly caused by a tsunami that was in no way a geological anomaly. They have a major emergency on their hands for what should have been an uneventful automatic shutdown, and you call this safe? This is what's supposed to inspire confidence in nuclear power?
People don't realize the amount of engineering that goes into nuclear to make it safe.
In this (actually, these) cases, we do. Not damn near enough. Obviously.
I'm not completely opposed to nuclear power, and I don't expect one to be designed to take a direct hit from a meteorite. But using this design failure as an example of why nukes are safe is a sure way to guarantee that another one will never be built.
Squeeze has significantly higher minimal install requirements than Lenny, to the point it wouldn't fit on my Dockstar or my Dt360.
I'm running squeeze on a dockstar right now by booting from a USB stick. Some smart people made it easy for the rest of us.
If we're lucky, they'll use their own paint. The lead content will make their airplanes overweight and thus, uncompetitive.
A study a couple of years ago noted a tie between a strong startle response and conservatism.
Still waiting to see a 'Fearful by nature, conservative by choice' tee shirt.
Funny, this quote was just at the bottom of some pages yesterday:
Power corrupts. Absolute power is kind of neat. -- John Lehman, Secretary of the Navy, 1981-1987
I guess you could call it a 'pre-dupe'.
All they have to do is remove the top 5 kilometers of mountain top and then that hot water will be at the surface for easy pickins.
Now we can rephrase the GM and bank bailouts.
They weren't bailouts, they were healthcare for companies. And their healthcare records are private, so shut up, pay up and quit asking questions.
Considering the USAF's recent record, it's a relief to know someone is watching our nukes.
Airbus engineers once again prove the old adage about European heaven and hell.
In European heaven, the British are the police, the French are the cooks, the Germans are the engineers, the Italians are the lovers and the Swiss run the government.
In European hell, the British are the cooks, the French are the engineers, the Germans are the police, the Italians run the government, and the Swiss are the lovers.
So... 110 hours of using Google Instant should get me 500 years into the future. Then maybe, just maybe, I'll know if the Cubs win a World Series.
Yeah, yeah, an idea or a clue. Too much editing.
If he knew squat about running an airline, he'd get rid of the captain and keep the copilot.
Copilots only make 60% of what a captain makes.
On the other hand, copilots are harder to herd. Maybe he does have an clue.
This is really part of the Pentagon's smaller budget. We're now getting the Iranians to build and launch new target drones for the US Navy.
Not to be pedantic, but... OK, I'll be pedantic.
The long tube supporting the wing (on the ground) is called a strut, not a truss.
What surprises people is that the strut actually holds the wing down in flight. Saves you the weight of designing for massive bending moments at the fuselage at the expense of more drag in flight.
That was the trade off the Gossamer Condor made to become the first human powered aircraft to pass whatever milestone it did - rather than take the weight associated with an internally braced structure, they went for the much lighter weight they could achieve with external wire bracing. At their slow speed, the drag associated with the bracing was less than the drag that would have been created as a product of lifting a heavier aircraft.
it's not a huge pressure differential. Less than a few feet of water in reality.
Between 8 and 9 psi, typically. Almost 20 feet of water. It's not such a big deal when the structure is circular since the stress is all tension. Much tougher when you try to build large, flat surfaces.
I think the price is a little high. You can buy a senate office for a lot less than that.
It's my understanding that drag increases as the square of velocity. This leads to fuel consumption per unit of distance increasing linearly.
Yes, but the power required goes up as F * V, so the power required (and hence fuel flow) goes up as the cube of velocity, not the square.
While the cube law may seem like a bitch, it works nicely the other way - the power from a wind turbine goes up as the cube of the wind velocity. That's why utilities spend so much time and money studying where to site them.
the design mitigates some of the drawbacks of the BLI technique by traveling about 10 percent slower than a 737.
I wonder if they accounted for the added weight of beefing up the trailing edge of the wing to withstand bird strikes.
The next logical step is to install these at MacDonalds.
Here's an interesting animation of the dispersal from Denmarks's weather service: island_vulcano6000.gif