fan (noun) 1. any device for producing a current of air by the movement of a broad surface or a number of such surfaces. 2. an implement of feathers, leaves, paper, cloth, etc., often in the shape of a long triangle or of a semicircle, for waving lightly in the hand to create a cooling current of air about a person: We SAT on the veranda, cooling ourselves with palm-leaf fans.
Clearly #2 is not applicable, but your feather falls under that.
Airfoils are not fans. They do not move air, they move through the air, creating a pressure differential that pulls them in a (usually perpendicular) direction.
The "air currents" are byproducts of this action.
The fan blades you are thinking of do not do this (to an extent that matters) - those instead 'scoop' the air and push it.
You're assuming the sound would remain directional, which may not be the case. Indeed, I would expect the sound to be projected perpendicular to the surface.... and it will probably not be as general as you expect. It will be a long way (if at all) until it would look like anything other than what it was.
1. Magazine, not clip. Unless this is 1930, and you happen to be Russian. 2. A hover is hard. A slow predictable glide is not. That glide can be trained for, and probably even electronically calculated. 3. 1 and 2 aside, you're right - sniping from an aircraft is silly. You'd do a better job just hopping on a UH-60's minigun and hosing the whole building down.
rant on: (I agree with you assemblerex, this is not voiced at you)
Yea, because people with different morals than the population at large are such a risk to National Security that the Department of Homeland Security should be involved.... what the FUCK people!?
OK, I get that you think Child Porn is wrong. I personally agree, but even so, what the fuck does that have to do with National Security? The same can be asked about media piracy! You might as well just say it: you're all equating MP3 downloads to terrorism or treason. Once more. What the FUCK!?
The criminals and terrorists are not the 0.01% I am referring to. I mean the crypto people who would read and understand the code.
Eg, there would be no reason for me to even bother trying. I couldn't spot a flaw in that type of code if it punched me in the face. That said, a PhD in mathematics and cryptography would actually stand a chance.
... which is why you should always use the shift key to wake a display, and never enter. Unless it's a serial link, in which case you have to hit enter and pray the guy before you isn't a sadist.
It's not. If the impact is low enough, it will stay attached - but above a certain point it's actually better for it to detach and expend the energy that way, instead of expending it by squashing against whatever the recorder smacked.
How does someone downloading it without paying further exploiting the subject? If anything, it -costs- the distributors money. Only when goods, services, or cash are exchanged for it is there any of that "trickle-back" that you speak of.
I say subject, because what I say is just as true for legal pornography... except I doubt the child porn fronts really make much from affiliates and other advertising revenue... nor do they have the large physical media market to help recoup either.
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fan (noun)
1. any device for producing a current of air by the movement of a broad surface or a number of such surfaces.
2. an implement of feathers, leaves, paper, cloth, etc., often in the shape of a long triangle or of a semicircle, for waving lightly in the hand to create a cooling current of air about a person: We SAT on the veranda, cooling ourselves with palm-leaf fans.
Clearly #2 is not applicable, but your feather falls under that.
Airfoils are not fans. They do not move air, they move through the air, creating a pressure differential that pulls them in a (usually perpendicular) direction.
The "air currents" are byproducts of this action.
The fan blades you are thinking of do not do this (to an extent that matters) - those instead 'scoop' the air and push it.
Sounds like you need to tell your wife to STFU and let you have your hobbies. Unless hers are fair game for your shooting-down as well, that is.
(of course, find a nicer way to say it)
You're assuming the sound would remain directional, which may not be the case. Indeed, I would expect the sound to be projected perpendicular to the surface. ... and it will probably not be as general as you expect. It will be a long way (if at all) until it would look like anything other than what it was.
So? "Based on, or similar to" does not invalidate "different"
1. Magazine, not clip. Unless this is 1930, and you happen to be Russian.
2. A hover is hard. A slow predictable glide is not. That glide can be trained for, and probably even electronically calculated.
3. 1 and 2 aside, you're right - sniping from an aircraft is silly. You'd do a better job just hopping on a UH-60's minigun and hosing the whole building down.
It's not a fan. They are airfoils, they operate the same way an airplane's wings do.
rant on: (I agree with you assemblerex, this is not voiced at you)
Yea, because people with different morals than the population at large are such a risk to National Security that the Department of Homeland Security should be involved. ... what the FUCK people!?
OK, I get that you think Child Porn is wrong. I personally agree, but even so, what the fuck does that have to do with National Security? The same can be asked about media piracy! You might as well just say it: you're all equating MP3 downloads to terrorism or treason. Once more. What the FUCK!?
Yea, I'm not sure on what child pornography or even (the horror!) media/software pirates have to do with National Security either...
Well, don't forget that the world is running out of helium as it is. Even if fusion fizzles, having a source of the stuff in hand is better than not.
Do you realize how many hi-tech things need helium at some point in their creation or use?
You do like being able to get an MRI, for example?
Which, you should note, is intended to stop people from cramming 20 people into a 2 bedroom apartment - not to punish "normal" people/families.
Debit or cashiers check. Both are considered cash I guess.
I do! It has about $5 in it. (case in point I guess?)
Anything over $100 is hardly "low-ticket"
The criminals and terrorists are not the 0.01% I am referring to. I mean the crypto people who would read and understand the code.
Eg, there would be no reason for me to even bother trying. I couldn't spot a flaw in that type of code if it punched me in the face. That said, a PhD in mathematics and cryptography would actually stand a chance.
That had everything to do with your brain being able to perceive the scanning (as a flicker) and absolutely nothing to do with latency.
You -did- try the calibration in the options menu, right? The one that lets you tune the latency compensation?
Yea? and the 0.01% who do that, are probably a hell of a lot smarter than the 99.99% who don't - and those are the ones who matter.
Actually, that's closer to $0.30 to $0.40, depending on the caliber. Not like it matters... :P
Not a bad idea. I think cleaning up the vi example is a good compromise - you wanted a prompt after all, not necessarily someone's leavings.
... which is why you should always use the shift key to wake a display, and never enter. Unless it's a serial link, in which case you have to hit enter and pray the guy before you isn't a sadist.
It's not. If the impact is low enough, it will stay attached - but above a certain point it's actually better for it to detach and expend the energy that way, instead of expending it by squashing against whatever the recorder smacked.
Don't forget that there is no "no cost" - someone, somewhere, is paying for that bandwidth.
How does someone downloading it without paying further exploiting the subject? If anything, it -costs- the distributors money. Only when goods, services, or cash are exchanged for it is there any of that "trickle-back" that you speak of.
I say subject, because what I say is just as true for legal pornography... except I doubt the child porn fronts really make much from affiliates and other advertising revenue... nor do they have the large physical media market to help recoup either.
Probably not. Open the PDF yourself and look (it's buried in there, and actual graphic of the label) - it's worded well.
I don't touch Google anything, except for email. I much rather use -real- solutions, with my nice flatbed etc :)
It is odd that your phone does that better than Google...