Rear facing seats make more sense in a crash situation (most crashes that are survivable happen in a nose-is-forward configuration). The entire seat supports the body in the rapid deceleration of a crash instead of just the seat belt. IIRC, some military transports are rigged that way. So you trade off a bit more discomfort on the very common scenario of the plane taking off with the possibility of better surviving a very rare crash situation.
Except that the vast majority of plane accidents happen at takeoff and landing where you would need not only explosive bolts but a cluster of SuperDraco engines mounted around the fuselage to boost you out of harm's way. Now, I grant you, that would be one cool video, but I don't think you are going to convince the Boeing designers that the tradeoffs are worth it.
Let's take a quick walk out into the real world. That road for instance - not 'designed' to last hundreds of years - maybe ten. OK, you're going to be the next road guru and, for the fun of it, design and build the road of forever.
With what for resources? Who's going to pay for the R&D, the machines and the raw materials? Hmm. You run up against those annoying things called budgets. The city government isn't going to let you take the entire budget for ten years for your perfect road. Or perfect water treatment plant. Or perfect waste disposal system.
Reality is most annoying. It prevents us from doing the things we really would like to do. But it's real.
That journalists are the ones arguing about 'not having to work to live'?
I never see economists or machinists or retail workers espouse this philosophy. I mean really, just because a tiny fraction of the planet doesn't have to work (the 1-2 per centers including the wealthy retirees she touts), it does not follow that the people who make life possible for those economic elite are going to suddenly find what amounts to a pot of gold somewhere.
The Post Replicator fantasy economy is just that - a fantasy. Better to wish for a warp drive. At least it's useful.
Not THAT kind of turbine (although you could rig it that way - very Rube Goldberg). It uses hot exhaust gas (non radioactive so it isn't at all like Orion like TFA intimates) to directly push the aircraft (or rocket or what have you) in an equal and opposite direction.
The problem I'm having with this is that the peer reviewers should have picked this one up. I think any statistician who looked at that and noted that the results are going to drastically change with test number should have called them out. I kinda thought that one of the things that Science (the magazine) was going do is run papers by a living, breathing statistician.
What this sort of study can't tell you is if those mice actually do something useful with their additional wakefulness. Look for escape routes? Solve puzzles for treats?
Or just go round and round on the wheel.
Think about it for a moment. Careful what you ask for....
They've already defined 'gun' as the receiver.. So go ahead and print your barrel (that should be interesting...), the stock (easy) and all the little accessory gizmos.
Or just buy a complete and functional AK-47 from Abul (discounts for quantity 1000). If he likes you, he might sell you an anti tank weapon as well.
Apple's got you covered. According to their Plan For World Domination you are supposed to replace your Apple hardware every time a they come up with a new product or model.
Security through consumerism. Then you have to buy new connectors and cases and a new desk or outfit to go with your new shiny. Thus, it helps with the local and global economy and even generates more traffic on the Internet (all of those rantings on various support boards and all of those lovely adverts). Given Apple's push towards recyclable packaging products, it helps those companies as well.
As you pointed out, OS X has a single digit market share in most places. So who in the hell are you talking to all of the time? Besides, if you are exposed to this weirdo OS all the time and you have an IQ higher than my Labrador Retriever, you should have been able to figure most of this stuff out.
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Rear facing seats make more sense in a crash situation (most crashes that are survivable happen in a nose-is-forward configuration). The entire seat supports the body in the rapid deceleration of a crash instead of just the seat belt. IIRC, some military transports are rigged that way. So you trade off a bit more discomfort on the very common scenario of the plane taking off with the possibility of better surviving a very rare crash situation.
Decisions, decisions.
They jump out quickly because the Army is pointing a bunch of 70 mm truck mounted guns at them. That always gets you to speed things up.
Welcome to Israel. Duck!
Except that the vast majority of plane accidents happen at takeoff and landing where you would need not only explosive bolts but a cluster of SuperDraco engines mounted around the fuselage to boost you out of harm's way. Now, I grant you, that would be one cool video, but I don't think you are going to convince the Boeing designers that the tradeoffs are worth it.
And engineering is always about the tradeoffs.
OTOH, a cabin full of Nitrous Oxide - now that's an idea.....
Fly one of the non US carriers like Emirates. First class is really first class.
Just use somebody else's Platinum Visa Card.
Let's take a quick walk out into the real world. That road for instance - not 'designed' to last hundreds of years - maybe ten. OK, you're going to be the next road guru and, for the fun of it, design and build the road of forever.
With what for resources? Who's going to pay for the R&D, the machines and the raw materials? Hmm. You run up against those annoying things called budgets. The city government isn't going to let you take the entire budget for ten years for your perfect road. Or perfect water treatment plant. Or perfect waste disposal system.
Reality is most annoying. It prevents us from doing the things we really would like to do. But it's real.
That journalists are the ones arguing about 'not having to work to live'?
I never see economists or machinists or retail workers espouse this philosophy. I mean really, just because a tiny fraction of the planet doesn't have to work (the 1-2 per centers including the wealthy retirees she touts), it does not follow that the people who make life possible for those economic elite are going to suddenly find what amounts to a pot of gold somewhere.
The Post Replicator fantasy economy is just that - a fantasy. Better to wish for a warp drive. At least it's useful.
I thought commie threads were on Sundays. This is Saturday.
Oh, right. Star Trek Saturday - we're on schedule.
This is in fact exactly the reaction used in the production of Pu239 for nuclear weapons.
Cool. Portable nuclear proliferation. Now that's progress.
Not THAT kind of turbine (although you could rig it that way - very Rube Goldberg). It uses hot exhaust gas (non radioactive so it isn't at all like Orion like TFA intimates) to directly push the aircraft (or rocket or what have you) in an equal and opposite direction.
Oops, test number and measure of statistical significance.
Drat Slashdot. Where is the damned edit button.
The problem I'm having with this is that the peer reviewers should have picked this one up. I think any statistician who looked at that and noted that the results are going to drastically change with test number should have called them out. I kinda thought that one of the things that Science (the magazine) was going do is run papers by a living, breathing statistician.
There's an app for that!
What this sort of study can't tell you is if those mice actually do something useful with their additional wakefulness. Look for escape routes? Solve puzzles for treats?
Or just go round and round on the wheel.
Think about it for a moment. Careful what you ask for....
OK, then explain the Sturm Und Drang that accompanies every thread here about changes in any software.
I'm pretty sure no one designed those bugs in to the code.
The parents of the current Firefox designers?
Yes! Finally! Star Wars cosplay will be illegal. No more Ewoks!
They've already defined 'gun' as the receiver.. So go ahead and print your barrel (that should be interesting...), the stock (easy) and all the little accessory gizmos.
Or just buy a complete and functional AK-47 from Abul (discounts for quantity 1000). If he likes you, he might sell you an anti tank weapon as well.
Of course not, they're from Athens.
If Richard Nixon was suspected of having an affair with Ellen Pao, then Reddit staff would never admit that either.
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There, that's better.
Their cooking ...
Apple's got you covered. According to their Plan For World Domination you are supposed to replace your Apple hardware every time a they come up with a new product or model.
Security through consumerism. Then you have to buy new connectors and cases and a new desk or outfit to go with your new shiny. Thus, it helps with the local and global economy and even generates more traffic on the Internet (all of those rantings on various support boards and all of those lovely adverts). Given Apple's push towards recyclable packaging products, it helps those companies as well.
What's not to like?
As you pointed out, OS X has a single digit market share in most places. So who in the hell are you talking to all of the time? Besides, if you are exposed to this weirdo OS all the time and you have an IQ higher than my Labrador Retriever, you should have been able to figure most of this stuff out.
It's for the 'rest of us' after all.
Snowflake.
And there were probably asshole CEO level people that could have created "Apple" as well. Nobody is irreplaceable.
Maybe Bill Gates would have been famous.
Oh. Wait.