This kind of defeats the purposes of speeding to begin with. Most of us don't do it for the fun of it, we do it because we're anxious to be where we are going.
Did you miss the part where he knows contractors who's had their contract/position for decades?
I think you also might be missing the fact that he is speaking of it being effectively indefinite. Just because the term is a year doesn't mean the renewal (or intent to renew) isn't indefinite.
Yes, but you're forgetting that it takes time for our eyes to "see" it. If the light is weak enough and the relative motion is fast enough, you wouldn't even see it... and even if you did, it would be SUBSTANTIALLY dimmer than it actually is.
3. I have heard that drowning is one of the more pleasant ways to day.
It's not. It triggers the lower brain to cause a panic. Basically you'll be scared shitless during your last moments of consciousness.
2. Radiation poisoning while attempting to build your own nuclear fission reactor.
Cherenkov radiation. Also, you wouldn't see this unless you were also underwater. The flashing you've heard of was because of interactions in the eye's aqueous humor and/or interactions in your visual cortex.
1.... When your bottled oxygen ran out I am guessing you would asphyxiate in the near vacuum nearly 4 times higher than Mount Everest.
Yea, no thanks. Asphyxiation by that cause is just as unpleasant as CO2. That's what makes suffocation suck so much... the CO2 builds up because you can't get rid of it. That's why your Nitrogen idea works - you just lose consciousness because you still exchange out the waste gasses.
It's odd. You seem to know of a lot of interesting things, yet lack or have completely wrong the details.
It's trivial to get eyewear that shields against the common laser-pointer wavelengths. If you don't have detection equipment available, then just make sure the guy on the stick is wearing it. Else, give it to both and let the detector track them down.
Except that coding information into the laser is actually practical and is done.
All of our laser guided munitions use the exact same thing - a 4-digit code is encoded into the laser, and the weapon is matched to it prior to release.
Sure, if you've got nerves and muscles made out of steel.
Next time you've got a laser, point it at something fairly distant (be safe mind you) and watch the jerks and drift. Now, in your mind, expand that to the distance you'd be from an aircraft.
OK then. Except the combined light from the instruments would be of more effect than the laser light. Indeed the whole illumination would come down to an extra indicator.
Now, the refractions etc on the windshield might really be irritating. I'll give you that.
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This kind of defeats the purposes of speeding to begin with. Most of us don't do it for the fun of it, we do it because we're anxious to be where we are going.
I know, but it's the gub--mint we're talking about here, so there you go.
Epic win, right here.
Clearly you've been down here!
Yep, because the food industry sells MREs primarily to the public.
Did you miss the part where he knows contractors who's had their contract/position for decades?
I think you also might be missing the fact that he is speaking of it being effectively indefinite. Just because the term is a year doesn't mean the renewal (or intent to renew) isn't indefinite.
Is it really hard to understand that 1e-18 is a 1 with the decimal moved "left" 18 times? In other words, 0.[17 zeros]1? Not terribly hard to grasp.
Yea, no fun indeed: Caffeine Intoxication
Because "Yea! Fuck progress!" - is that what I'm hearing?
You didn't catch the "on the way" part did you? Learn2Read
Device, Uterine, Intra.
Decals or other decorations can mitigate this, without falling back on turning the door into a mirror...
Yes, but you're forgetting that it takes time for our eyes to "see" it. If the light is weak enough and the relative motion is fast enough, you wouldn't even see it... and even if you did, it would be SUBSTANTIALLY dimmer than it actually is.
Jesus Christ, how many of you are going to correct me? Do you even stop to look at replies before spouting off?
Also, there IS no official expansion. There are several that are "accepted". This is one of them. Eat shit.
3. I have heard that drowning is one of the more pleasant ways to day.
It's not. It triggers the lower brain to cause a panic. Basically you'll be scared shitless during your last moments of consciousness.
2. Radiation poisoning while attempting to build your own nuclear fission reactor.
Cherenkov radiation. Also, you wouldn't see this unless you were also underwater. The flashing you've heard of was because of interactions in the eye's aqueous humor and/or interactions in your visual cortex.
1.... When your bottled oxygen ran out I am guessing you would asphyxiate in the near vacuum nearly 4 times higher than Mount Everest.
Yea, no thanks. Asphyxiation by that cause is just as unpleasant as CO2. That's what makes suffocation suck so much... the CO2 builds up because you can't get rid of it. That's why your Nitrogen idea works - you just lose consciousness because you still exchange out the waste gasses.
It's odd. You seem to know of a lot of interesting things, yet lack or have completely wrong the details.
I'm still alive. Thanks, I went and did all that for nothing!
I think that ingesting at least an LD50 of caffeine would be a VERY unpleasant experience. You might want to rethink that.
It's trivial to get eyewear that shields against the common laser-pointer wavelengths. If you don't have detection equipment available, then just make sure the guy on the stick is wearing it. Else, give it to both and let the detector track them down.
Hey now, it might handle it for a moment.
Then it either breaks or bursts into flame spewing (toxic) smoke everywhere.
Except that coding information into the laser is actually practical and is done.
All of our laser guided munitions use the exact same thing - a 4-digit code is encoded into the laser, and the weapon is matched to it prior to release.
Sure, if you've got nerves and muscles made out of steel.
Next time you've got a laser, point it at something fairly distant (be safe mind you) and watch the jerks and drift. Now, in your mind, expand that to the distance you'd be from an aircraft.
Have fun!
I was going to say the same thing. WTF was he not wearing protective gear when he KNEW he was in the area people were working with lasers?
in a way that endangers or is likely to endanger the safe use of the vehicle
Key words, here. It all comes down to how likely to actually cause a problem. Which is hard to pin down and can easily be argued in either direction.
OK then. Except the combined light from the instruments would be of more effect than the laser light. Indeed the whole illumination would come down to an extra indicator.
Now, the refractions etc on the windshield might really be irritating. I'll give you that.
Hence the name: Pathologically Eclectic Rubbish Lister.
Note for the ignorant... that REALLY IS what it stands for!
Get a real text editor. They tend to have some way of visualizing whitespace.
Mine, for instance, CLEARLY distinguishes tabs from spaces. Interestingly enough using a monospaced font is helpful as well.
I use Google, but this is learned behavior from back when they were the only search engine that wasn't horrible.
I think this is my progression:
Yahoo -> Lycos -> HotBot -> Google -> (?)
I agree, they are all stupid names. But I did warn you that my reasoning was shallow and stupid!