I've seen all their evidence, it all shows the remains of American Airlines 757. This "theory" has been thoroughly debunked by multiple sources. Quite simply, it's a load of conjecture put forth by people with zero knowlege of aircraft construction or high speed impact damage. It's a site for Art-Bell conspiracy nutcases, who's own paranoia force them to see malice where there is only incompetence.
First, your physics911.ca reference is a crank site with approximately the same reliability as the average neonazi holocost-denial page.
Sencond, as a private pilot, I've used a standard cellphone in-flight several times with no problem getting a signal, at altitudes up to 9500 feet. Before some slashdot know-it-all chimes in with "ZOMG, u didn't krash?", I am referring to use in VFR conditions, in an craft built in the '60s using 1940's technology, with avionics from the early '90s using 1970 technology. Time moves slowly in the aviation world.
Third, the FCC ban on in-flight cellphone use has NOTHING to do with aviation safety. It was put in place because early-generation cell switching equipment could not handle the phone being within range of too many cells at once. The safety aspect of cell-phone use in aircraft is not within the jurisdiction of the FCC, but the FAA.
For my current house in Washington (state) it uses the EXACT same image as Google Earth. My cars are parked in the same spot, and I appear to be wearing the same shirt while I mow the lawn. However, for my old house in New York, the MS image is older, lower res, and black & white, while the Google Earth image is just as up-to-date and detailed as the pic for my WA home.
..in the late '90s, with a chain of stores called http://www.techam.com/">"Tech America" I believe they had 5 of them in a few major cities. I know that there was one in Atlanta, and recall that they also had stores in Phoenix, Denver, and Dallas. They were kind of like a Frys Electronics minus the movie & video section... computer components, electronic parts, a decent semi-professional DJ equipment selection, etc. They even had a wide range of assemble-it-yourself kits from companies like Velleman. I suppose it wasn't profitable, as they closed the stores after just a few years. Just before they shut their doors they http://www.techam.com/">renamed the stores from "Tech America" to "Radioshack.Com"
Vacuum assist brakes have NOTHING to do with your electrical system. In 95% of cars, they get vacuum from the engine manifold. What this means is that as long as the engine is turning, regardless of whether it is firing or not, you have vacuum. The other 5% (mostly on turbocharged cars) get vacuum off of a vacuum pump which is mechanically run off of the engine. Again, nothing to do with the electrical system.
Now, have you actally ever DRIVEN a car with a broken vacuum assist? I have, and while you do need to apply more pressure, the car never approaches being out-of-control.
Who modded this "Informative +5" ? Certainly not anyone who has actually looked under a car or two. 3 out of the 4 vehicles I own have the gas tank mounted directly beneath the rear passengers butt. BMW 325i, VW Golf, and Audi 90 are all under the rear seat. My GMC Suburban's is mounted underneath and behind the rear (3'rd row) seat.
There physically isn't room to mount the gas tank under the trunk in the vast majority of cars. Go look under your car and see for yourself.
Pretty much all of them are WorldPac distributors. They license the catalog software from WorldPac, set the pricing, and handle billing and customer service. WorldPac then handles order fulfillment and shipping. The website owner never has to handle inventory, and the distributor never has to handle customers.
WorldPac, BTW, is a reputable company, been in business for decades as a parts distributor for independant service shops. As far as ordering websites, they vary, but I've had good service from Taylor Automotive in the past. Unlike some other front-ends, you can actually get a person on the phone if you need help.
You have not been on that monorail. It has not been built. The current monorail in Seattle is a worlds-fair relic that goes a few blocks, and is ridden almost exclusively by tourists. The monorail which has been cancelled was to connect the north end of the city to the south, to be used by commuters and residents.
Dams have pretty much singlehandedly destroyed the West Coast salmon population. Know how many sockeye salmon made it past the myriad of dams on the Columbia river basin and were able to spawn in their native Idaho range? One hundred and ten. This, in a river Lewis and Clark described as teeming with life. As salmon are the bottom of the food chain for much of the west coast marine life, don't even think of pushing hydropower as an environmentally friendly solution.
Solar panels? You are aware, I hope, that they are produced from silicon wafers using pretty much the same process as microchip fab? This industry is well known for it's use of immense announts of water resources, as well as a long history of generating toxic by-products. (Contaminated solvents, heavy metals, multiple carcinogens, etc)
Wind turbines; do you think they grow straight out of the ground ready to run? With their high content of advanced engineering metals and composite materials, they are no environmental freebies either. Manufacturing metals and composites are both energy and resource intensive processes.
In short, you can't just determine the environmental impact of a technology just from an operational perspective. You've got to consider the total lifecycle cost, cradle to grave.
Read the very next paragraph. The 300 and 310 rudder system is a direct mechanical linkage from the cockpit to the tail. The servos are hydraulic actuators which boost the mechanical system. They no more make the system fly-by-wire than having power steering on a car makes it drive-by-wire. If you cut all hydraulic pressure, the pilot can still control the rudder, but he's going to have to stand on the pedals to do so. Position feedback is provided for autopilot and FDR input, not flight control law.
Figure 6 on page 19 very clearly shows that it is a completely mechanical system.
Oh my god! It's a Safety Nightmare! It's also the exactly how every manual transmission car on the road works, and we don't see endless parades of them rolling down the hill, do we?
If you're truly colorblind, you won't pass your medical you're not allowed to have a pilot's license. If you're only partially colorblind, you will have to pass a real-world test to determine if you can recognize red and green lightgun signals.
You appear not to know how airplane doors work. They open to the inside, so that the higher pressure inside the cabin forces the door closed against the doorframe. The pressure differential is more like 7 PSI. The aircraft is not flying in a vacuum with a sea level cabin altitude.
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I've seen all their evidence, it all shows the remains of American Airlines 757. This "theory" has been thoroughly debunked by multiple sources. Quite simply, it's a load of conjecture put forth by people with zero knowlege of aircraft construction or high speed impact damage. It's a site for Art-Bell conspiracy nutcases, who's own paranoia force them to see malice where there is only incompetence.
RTFS, n00b. Zero credibility. They claim that the 9/11 attacks were an event staged by the US goverment, and that no aircraft were hijacked on 9/11.
First, your physics911.ca reference is a crank site with approximately the same reliability as the average neonazi holocost-denial page. Sencond, as a private pilot, I've used a standard cellphone in-flight several times with no problem getting a signal, at altitudes up to 9500 feet. Before some slashdot know-it-all chimes in with "ZOMG, u didn't krash?", I am referring to use in VFR conditions, in an craft built in the '60s using 1940's technology, with avionics from the early '90s using 1970 technology. Time moves slowly in the aviation world. Third, the FCC ban on in-flight cellphone use has NOTHING to do with aviation safety. It was put in place because early-generation cell switching equipment could not handle the phone being within range of too many cells at once. The safety aspect of cell-phone use in aircraft is not within the jurisdiction of the FCC, but the FAA.
For my current house in Washington (state) it uses the EXACT same image as Google Earth. My cars are parked in the same spot, and I appear to be wearing the same shirt while I mow the lawn. However, for my old house in New York, the MS image is older, lower res, and black & white, while the Google Earth image is just as up-to-date and detailed as the pic for my WA home.
..in the late '90s, with a chain of stores called http://www.techam.com/">"Tech America" I believe they had 5 of them in a few major cities. I know that there was one in Atlanta, and recall that they also had stores in Phoenix, Denver, and Dallas. They were kind of like a Frys Electronics minus the movie & video section... computer components, electronic parts, a decent semi-professional DJ equipment selection, etc. They even had a wide range of assemble-it-yourself kits from companies like Velleman. I suppose it wasn't profitable, as they closed the stores after just a few years. Just before they shut their doors they http://www.techam.com/">renamed the stores from "Tech America" to "Radioshack.Com"
I say O Rly? No Wai!
Sky King will be so happy!
Vacuum assist brakes have NOTHING to do with your electrical system. In 95% of cars, they get vacuum from the engine manifold. What this means is that as long as the engine is turning, regardless of whether it is firing or not, you have vacuum. The other 5% (mostly on turbocharged cars) get vacuum off of a vacuum pump which is mechanically run off of the engine. Again, nothing to do with the electrical system.
Now, have you actally ever DRIVEN a car with a broken vacuum assist? I have, and while you do need to apply more pressure, the car never approaches being out-of-control.
Am I the only one who checked for this URL in www.archive.org?
Who modded this "Informative +5" ? Certainly not anyone who has actually looked under a car or two. 3 out of the 4 vehicles I own have the gas tank mounted directly beneath the rear passengers butt. BMW 325i, VW Golf, and Audi 90 are all under the rear seat. My GMC Suburban's is mounted underneath and behind the rear (3'rd row) seat. There physically isn't room to mount the gas tank under the trunk in the vast majority of cars. Go look under your car and see for yourself.
Pretty much all of them are WorldPac distributors. They license the catalog software from WorldPac, set the pricing, and handle billing and customer service. WorldPac then handles order fulfillment and shipping. The website owner never has to handle inventory, and the distributor never has to handle customers. WorldPac, BTW, is a reputable company, been in business for decades as a parts distributor for independant service shops. As far as ordering websites, they vary, but I've had good service from Taylor Automotive in the past. Unlike some other front-ends, you can actually get a person on the phone if you need help.
You have not been on that monorail. It has not been built. The current monorail in Seattle is a worlds-fair relic that goes a few blocks, and is ridden almost exclusively by tourists. The monorail which has been cancelled was to connect the north end of the city to the south, to be used by commuters and residents.
I learned at timecube.com
Here you go, sir. http://www.oldmouse.com/mouse/hawley/
Solar panels? You are aware, I hope, that they are produced from silicon wafers using pretty much the same process as microchip fab? This industry is well known for it's use of immense announts of water resources, as well as a long history of generating toxic by-products. (Contaminated solvents, heavy metals, multiple carcinogens, etc)
Wind turbines; do you think they grow straight out of the ground ready to run? With their high content of advanced engineering metals and composite materials, they are no environmental freebies either. Manufacturing metals and composites are both energy and resource intensive processes.
In short, you can't just determine the environmental impact of a technology just from an operational perspective. You've got to consider the total lifecycle cost, cradle to grave.
Kind of spendy, but there's always the Happy Hacker keboard. http://store.yahoo.com/pfuca-store/haphackeyser.ht ml
The poster is from Norway. Apology accepted.
Read the very next paragraph. The 300 and 310 rudder system is a direct mechanical linkage from the cockpit to the tail. The servos are hydraulic actuators which boost the mechanical system. They no more make the system fly-by-wire than having power steering on a car makes it drive-by-wire. If you cut all hydraulic pressure, the pilot can still control the rudder, but he's going to have to stand on the pedals to do so. Position feedback is provided for autopilot and FDR input, not flight control law. Figure 6 on page 19 very clearly shows that it is a completely mechanical system.
NO. NO. NO. The Airbus A300/A310 is NOT fly-by-wire, no matter how many time ignorant amateurs repeat this myth.
Ditch the real-time defrag. That's what sucking up all your extra ram.
Oh my god! It's a Safety Nightmare! It's also the exactly how every manual transmission car on the road works, and we don't see endless parades of them rolling down the hill, do we?
Those teens don't need to abstain from sex. They need to abstain from Krispy Kreme Donuts.
If you're truly colorblind, you won't pass your medical you're not allowed to have a pilot's license. If you're only partially colorblind, you will have to pass a real-world test to determine if you can recognize red and green lightgun signals.
You appear not to know how airplane doors work. They open to the inside, so that the higher pressure inside the cabin forces the door closed against the doorframe. The pressure differential is more like 7 PSI. The aircraft is not flying in a vacuum with a sea level cabin altitude.
Isn't this more like "Your Rights Offline" than "Your Rights Online?"