I think that was the whole point, that they weren't "thinking things through", rather, they were intuitively "knowing" (i.e. assuming) things that weren't correct.
You have my permission to add as many lawyers to a one-way moonshot as you please, however, given the numbers involved, you might want to consider sending the lawyers to "explore" the Mariana Trench instead.
It's funny that this story comes out now, as I was just considering changing my sig to "Have a pleasant, comfortable flight - or fly American Airlines." I'm really considering starting a blog about how BAD american Airlines has become.
I just flew on American Friday night from Honolulu to Chicago; 45 minutes out of Hawaii, the captain turned the "Fasten Seats Belts" light back on - at the first excuse for a mild bump - and then left it on uninterrupted for the next 7.5+ HOURS - in smooth. clear air - all the way until we landed - 36 hours later, and my feet and ankles are STILL swollen. I had noticed on the way out that American seemed to have developed this policy of keeping everybody fastened in at all times, but the ride home confirmed that in spades. American CLEARLY has developed a policy to keep you seated at all times, your personal comfort and blood clots be damned. I also noticed that they've changed the "...and we suggest you keep your seat belt fastened while seated..." part of the stdrap.h to "...we REQUIRE you to keep your seat belt fastened while seated...". Fuck you, you're just cattle (who has already paid your money) at the other end of a toggle switch. And we have "federal regulations require you to obey us" on our side.
It's clear to me that they've changed the policy both as a convenience to the flight attendants and as a sop to their cowardly lawyers in case some passenger bumps their knee during a flight and decides to sue.
On they way out, it cost $25 per checked bag, and one, which was over 50lbs (52.7 to be exact), cost an ADDITIONAL $50 over that.
Of course, there's no free food anymore, but they'll SELL you a chicken sandwich for $10, or a can of Pringles for $4.50. What I found interesting was that they don't take cash anymore - just credit/debit cards - I guess that "...all debts, public and private..." printed on the money doesn't mean anything if you're an airline.
All in all, flying American recently is the worst (modulo TSA related fun, which is a different rant) in-air experience I've had in the last 35 years, and that includes the flight from Nairobi to London on Air India - which was about as bad as you would expect.
And 8.5 Teslas is approximately 2 to 3 times the magnetic field strength of a typical MRI machine, so this technology isn't quite ready for cell phones yet.
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LOL. +1 Insightful.
It also means "clothes", as in getting one's kit off.
Why do you think my computer is facebook.com?
I was hoping for caramel.
When Three Mile Island happened (1979), 4Mhz Z80s were state-of-the-art. Industrial control systems have come a long, long, long way since then.
How do they know what the oxygen concentration is if they haven't drilled into it yet?
I've heard that variation too, I just didn't feel like typing that much to explain a joke.
kids these days. The joke is older than you are.
How many Teamsters does it take to change a light bulb?
Two. You got a problem with that?
And the carbon comes from the atmosphere, which is what the structure is made of.
I think that was the whole point, that they weren't "thinking things through", rather, they were intuitively "knowing" (i.e. assuming) things that weren't correct.
I think so Brain, but where are we going to find rubber sheets and that much Wesson oil at this hour?
Here's a really cool animated gif from Wikipedia, showing the magnetic declination changing over time.
You have my permission to add as many lawyers to a one-way moonshot as you please, however, given the numbers involved, you might want to consider sending the lawyers to "explore" the Mariana Trench instead.
I like his idea for building a Godzilla shaped building in Tokyo even better.
Indeed. We need to make sure No Banker Left Behind succeeds before we waste money on such frippery.
You could pretend you're talking to William Shatner.
I'll take Patent Trolls for 100, Alex.
Brave New World predates that by a few decades.
Yawn. In Starship Troopers they outran an EMP on foot. (fleeing the cave)
That's because NASA considers Capricorn One to be a documentary, not sci-fi.
As god is my witness, I thought trains could fly.
It's funny that this story comes out now, as I was just considering changing my sig to "Have a pleasant, comfortable flight - or fly American Airlines." I'm really considering starting a blog about how BAD american Airlines has become.
I just flew on American Friday night from Honolulu to Chicago; 45 minutes out of Hawaii, the captain turned the "Fasten Seats Belts" light back on - at the first excuse for a mild bump - and then left it on uninterrupted for the next 7.5+ HOURS - in smooth. clear air - all the way until we landed - 36 hours later, and my feet and ankles are STILL swollen. I had noticed on the way out that American seemed to have developed this policy of keeping everybody fastened in at all times, but the ride home confirmed that in spades. American CLEARLY has developed a policy to keep you seated at all times, your personal comfort and blood clots be damned. I also noticed that they've changed the "...and we suggest you keep your seat belt fastened while seated..." part of the stdrap.h to "...we REQUIRE you to keep your seat belt fastened while seated...". Fuck you, you're just cattle (who has already paid your money) at the other end of a toggle switch. And we have "federal regulations require you to obey us" on our side.
It's clear to me that they've changed the policy both as a convenience to the flight attendants and as a sop to their cowardly lawyers in case some passenger bumps their knee during a flight and decides to sue.
On they way out, it cost $25 per checked bag, and one, which was over 50lbs (52.7 to be exact), cost an ADDITIONAL $50 over that.
Of course, there's no free food anymore, but they'll SELL you a chicken sandwich for $10, or a can of Pringles for $4.50. What I found interesting was that they don't take cash anymore - just credit/debit cards - I guess that "...all debts, public and private..." printed on the money doesn't mean anything if you're an airline.
All in all, flying American recently is the worst (modulo TSA related fun, which is a different rant) in-air experience I've had in the last 35 years, and that includes the flight from Nairobi to London on Air India - which was about as bad as you would expect.
They were simply using the quasars as fixed points of reference, the way a sextant uses the horizon.
So a word cloud of human history probably has WAR in in the center at 900 point font.
And 8.5 Teslas is approximately 2 to 3 times the magnetic field strength of a typical MRI machine, so this technology isn't quite ready for cell phones yet.