It's not that the company minds you having a competing company's webpage open in the background, if they did, they'd have to sue all of us. The problem is that this software is basically profiting from LL Bean's advertising. For instance, if you owned a store and a customer came to ask you for information about your product, and some asshole runs up, in your own store, and says "hey, my store is located right over there and we sell the same shit!". It's just not an ethical way to conduct business in my opinion./etc/init.d/soapbox stop
opening your wireless network up just so others can use it? I have one in my apartment at school and it stays open so that the people downstairs and across the hall can use it. I keep personal firewalls running on the computers on the network. I appreciate it when others allow me to use their networks, so why not give back a little?
A 747 can actually slow to around 120knots, about 140 mph. The standard approach speed for one of these behemoths is around 140-190 knots, depending on the weight. I don't think the proper question is "can the plane go slow enough?" but "can the plane maneuver at low-altitude among mountains?"
Here's some more reading from a slightly more advanced aviation source: http://www.avweb.com/eletter/archives/avflash/238- full.html#187301
That third plane is also an F-5 Tiger. Look at the fairing between the tail fin and the fuselage as well as the cockpit design, both are exactly the same. You'll notice that the sonic boom is only changed below the plane, the top is not changed at all sinec nobody really cares about the boom above the plane.
Kevlar doesn't crack as far as I know. At school we've built car components with it without problems as well as aircraft components (Rutan Defiant). And if it did crack so easily, why would it be used in radial tires to hold them together? That is what DuPont originally developed it for. It is a very tough and strong material able to withstand enormous forces, when sewn or molded correctly that is.
is definitely great, I even get reception at the airport (part of campus, sort of); But it's definitely used to not pay attention. For instance, I'm supposed to be paying attention to a presentation right now.
I've worked as a small time network admin (read: not that good) for a family practice (with a friend of mine) and a Boys Club. Both of them now use the local municipality for internet access. When service dies, we call them and and immediately get a techie that (usually) knows what's going on. The price on it is about $130ish a month, I think, but that's for 10MBit up and down. So much better than Comcast (we have that at home) in my opinion. Fortunately, they're rolling out fiber to the home soon, so no more Comcast! www.tmlp.com is their site. No complaints!
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It's not that the company minds you having a competing company's webpage open in the background, if they did, they'd have to sue all of us. The problem is that this software is basically profiting from LL Bean's advertising. For instance, if you owned a store and a customer came to ask you for information about your product, and some asshole runs up, in your own store, and says "hey, my store is located right over there and we sell the same shit!". It's just not an ethical way to conduct business in my opinion. /etc/init.d/soapbox stop
opening your wireless network up just so others can use it? I have one in my apartment at school and it stays open so that the people downstairs and across the hall can use it. I keep personal firewalls running on the computers on the network. I appreciate it when others allow me to use their networks, so why not give back a little?
A 747 can actually slow to around 120knots, about 140 mph. The standard approach speed for one of these behemoths is around 140-190 knots, depending on the weight. I don't think the proper question is "can the plane go slow enough?" but "can the plane maneuver at low-altitude among mountains?"
- full.html#187301
Here's some more reading from a slightly more advanced aviation source: http://www.avweb.com/eletter/archives/avflash/238
That third plane is also an F-5 Tiger. Look at the fairing between the tail fin and the fuselage as well as the cockpit design, both are exactly the same. You'll notice that the sonic boom is only changed below the plane, the top is not changed at all sinec nobody really cares about the boom above the plane.
Kevlar doesn't crack as far as I know. At school we've built car components with it without problems as well as aircraft components (Rutan Defiant). And if it did crack so easily, why would it be used in radial tires to hold them together? That is what DuPont originally developed it for. It is a very tough and strong material able to withstand enormous forces, when sewn or molded correctly that is.
is definitely great, I even get reception at the airport (part of campus, sort of); But it's definitely used to not pay attention. For instance, I'm supposed to be paying attention to a presentation right now.
I've worked as a small time network admin (read: not that good) for a family practice (with a friend of mine) and a Boys Club. Both of them now use the local municipality for internet access. When service dies, we call them and and immediately get a techie that (usually) knows what's going on. The price on it is about $130ish a month, I think, but that's for 10MBit up and down. So much better than Comcast (we have that at home) in my opinion. Fortunately, they're rolling out fiber to the home soon, so no more Comcast! www.tmlp.com is their site. No complaints!