I've heard the same regarding crows here in Australia, and presumably in other parts of the world, too. Extremely interesting post - as others have said, thank you.
You might be interested in this: MIT's Assist Sketch Understanding System. I'm fairly sure it was on/. a while back. Yes, it's a Youtube link, no, it's not a Rick Roll.
While I agree with the sentiments of your post, this:
What happens when someone with AIDS passes it along to their unborn child (a rare occasion now due to modern medicine)?
is unfortunately far too common in many parts of Africa. In western society, as you say, it's rare - but totally rife in other parts. I've read statistics that the HIV infection rate in some areas is over 20%.
Education, health care, etc may be the long-term answer... No one apparently is sure of a short-term preventative measure, though.
Drifting is where some of the more interesting things I read on/. come from.:) Interesting teachers... I had a teacher in primary (s/primary/elementary if it makes more sense) school that read us Sherlock Holmes on friday afternoons. Different, but interesting.
Thanks again, Rory (and Mr Moran, wherever he is now.):)
At this point, I'd like to point out that while guns may have been designed for that purpose, they do also serve other uses - warning people off, target shooting, protection of property and family, etc. That said, the guns themselves don't do anything without a human behind them, and from what I've read they were only in a gun rack in the rancher's truck. That's a completely different scenario than the rancher having them out and waving them in people's faces.
You're allowed to be afraid of firearms, just like you're allowed to be afraid of snakes. However, there's little rationality behind being afraid of either - caution is warranted in both cases, but there is no need to be afraid in the general case. If a gun is being waved in your face, or a cobra seems to be upset at you stomping on it's tail, a more serious reaction than caution may be warranted. However, blind irrational fear gets people killed, while caution allows a considered response to a non-immediate threat - such as guns in a gun-rack.
In case you were wondering, yes I'm a gun-owner, no I'm not american.
That's geocaching - and the person who sets up the bowl does it first, and then posts the GPS co-ordinates. They're not random, so (presumably) they are for an area that is freely accessible to the public.
Just like for trucks - make heavy cars/SUVs/whatever have slower speed limits on all roads, and fine heavily for going over it. Why would you do that? A modern SUV stops and turns as well or better than any old detroit iron does, especially if it's something similar to a Honda CR-V - and those don't have lower speed limits. Driver training is the answer - just like for trucks, make SUV/4wd owners with a tare weight over (say) 4000lbs take driver training courses, including practical examinations. If the driver is aware of the limitations of the vehicle, they are less likely to do something stupid.
As a side benefit, the extra cost and time involved in getting a license to drive a large vehicle like that would deter the soccer moms, who would get something smaller.
Although the turbines these days are much larger and spin much more slowly, the turbines are in fact more dangerous to birds. This is because the speed of the turbines is measured at the tip of the blades. The blades are so huge now that they move slowly at the tip, but get to within a few feet of the centre and they blades move much faster than the older turbines.
What now? It's been a few years since I took physics at more than an interest level, but that makes no sense whatsoever. If you're talking radial velocity, all parts of the blades take the same time to complete one revolution (obviously), hence the same radial velocity. That same phenomenon says that since all parts must take the same time for a revolution, the further you are from the axis of revolution the faster the linear velocity must be - so the tips cut through the air faster than the inner section of the blades.
Care to explain where the hell you got that piece of "information" from? Logic would say that the tips of the blades should be more dangerous than the inner sections due to the higher linear velocity, however maybe they're also easier to avoid. Whether birds can detect the blades or not isn't my field of expertise.
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You must be pretty happy with the way the aussie rowers have gone, mate. Congratulations, if it's appropriate. :)
Don't be a fool. You think they can get a downhill advantage going both ways? Come back when you know something about physics.
My grandfather must have been more talented than I thought, then...
What, from not cleaning the probe properly? Can't be THAT advanced...
Yeah, but the sunburn you'd get on mercury would be awesome.
What's that policy called again? No Complete Moron Left Behind?
What, because that's a rare occurrence?
I've heard the same regarding crows here in Australia, and presumably in other parts of the world, too. Extremely interesting post - as others have said, thank you.
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is unfortunately far too common in many parts of Africa. In western society, as you say, it's rare - but totally rife in other parts. I've read statistics that the HIV infection rate in some areas is over 20%.
Education, health care, etc may be the long-term answer... No one apparently is sure of a short-term preventative measure, though.
Why imagine? That would be /.
To get rid of a few?
Thanks again, Rory (and Mr Moran, wherever he is now.) :)
-Lindsay.
Thanks, mate. That's something that's going on the all-time favourites list.
At least you don't have lots of mini-ITX boards running around your place, moving your router every 15 seconds. :)
You're allowed to be afraid of firearms, just like you're allowed to be afraid of snakes. However, there's little rationality behind being afraid of either - caution is warranted in both cases, but there is no need to be afraid in the general case. If a gun is being waved in your face, or a cobra seems to be upset at you stomping on it's tail, a more serious reaction than caution may be warranted. However, blind irrational fear gets people killed, while caution allows a considered response to a non-immediate threat - such as guns in a gun-rack.
In case you were wondering, yes I'm a gun-owner, no I'm not american.
That's geocaching - and the person who sets up the bowl does it first, and then posts the GPS co-ordinates. They're not random, so (presumably) they are for an area that is freely accessible to the public.
As a side benefit, the extra cost and time involved in getting a license to drive a large vehicle like that would deter the soccer moms, who would get something smaller.
The sun must be shining there.
What, to discourage from browsing /. at work?
Why not? As soon as I saw it, I knew some quick /.er would pick up on it.
You're gutsy posting that last sentence as non-AC, mate. Good luck.
What now? It's been a few years since I took physics at more than an interest level, but that makes no sense whatsoever. If you're talking radial velocity, all parts of the blades take the same time to complete one revolution (obviously), hence the same radial velocity. That same phenomenon says that since all parts must take the same time for a revolution, the further you are from the axis of revolution the faster the linear velocity must be - so the tips cut through the air faster than the inner section of the blades.
Care to explain where the hell you got that piece of "information" from? Logic would say that the tips of the blades should be more dangerous than the inner sections due to the higher linear velocity, however maybe they're also easier to avoid. Whether birds can detect the blades or not isn't my field of expertise.
Temporary printing of emails or other documents for reading offline, or time-limited distribution in a meeting springs to mind.
Nah, he's browsing at +6 flamebait.
I'm sure someone will correct me if I'm wrong, but XP SP2 does this, doesn't it? That's not to say it isn't handy, though.