Yes, 121.5mhz AM is International Air Distress (GUARD channel). It's also used by distress beacons etc. Not just aircraft monitor. Hell, I monitor in my car when I'm driving in the middle of nowhere. You never know - your hearing that personal locator beacon just might save someone's life.
If you can figure out how to work it, it's also useful to know how to set the transponder to squawk 7700 (emergency) or 7600 (radio failure). That last one might not help you land it, but at least ATC knows something is wrong and that they won't be able to communicate.
The way notepad++ does it works superbly well. You get visually low-contrast dots or arrows indicating what kind of white-space it is. It's there, and it's visible - but it's not distracting. (you have to turn this on btw)
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The landing light can certainly help you judge your height at the critical moment.
Yes, 121.5mhz AM is International Air Distress (GUARD channel). It's also used by distress beacons etc. Not just aircraft monitor. Hell, I monitor in my car when I'm driving in the middle of nowhere. You never know - your hearing that personal locator beacon just might save someone's life.
If you can figure out how to work it, it's also useful to know how to set the transponder to squawk 7700 (emergency) or 7600 (radio failure). That last one might not help you land it, but at least ATC knows something is wrong and that they won't be able to communicate.
Don't forget he had no lights (and this was some tiny plane, so no ILS, glidescope etc).
Damn fine job considering.
The way notepad++ does it works superbly well. You get visually low-contrast dots or arrows indicating what kind of white-space it is. It's there, and it's visible - but it's not distracting. (you have to turn this on btw)
That's what set +x is for.
Grey's Law: "Any sufficiently advanced incompetence is indistinguishable from malice."
That kind of shit should be stripped out by "editors." No slang, please.
It's in orbit, you don't need the signal to return to earth, Extreme bending is enough.
"Dah dit dit dit dah" is nothing at all either, or we're not talking International Morse.
dah dit dah dah, dah dit dah dah, dah dah dit dit
FTFY. Also what the hell is "YYZ?"
There are quite a few people that think he's using the US as an excuse to avoid extradition.
Care to reword that?
So, fuck the 20% that isn't, then?
Yep. It was the inspiration for what you see in that game.
I don't think it takes humor to voluntarily watch train wrecks.
Wrong. Active duty is being paid.
This is actually somewhat amusing.
You mean like the Nucleon?
Their stingers are 1/4" long. They don't need venom.
The difference is that Slashdot is a website, not an application.
The court case is already done and over with.
I think it has more to do with the fact that most US users don't have any such symbology on their keyboards.
Because I already brush for 6 seconds only, and I'd rather the 6 seconds I can be bothered for actually clean my teeth properly?
So sad for the users (and developers who write for it).
Only if your OS is gimped. There is such a thing as Mandatory Access Control. You should look it up, we even have working implementations.
You're not alone. That made zero sense.