It looks like a pretty ordinary hard-over failure of the control system, mitigated by what the other engines could to and aerodynamic stability. Then it broke up. Whatever happened after that is almost random.
I'm surprised the speakers made the list, as $8,000 isn't out of the price range of a real audiophile. I just wonder what their actual acoustic characteristics are. Glass? That can't be the ideal medium for sound.
I agree, that's not even out of range of normal for full-range speakers. Mine cost $3800 from eBay, listed for $5500, and they are the middle of the range they come from. The glass is certainly not a particularly good material (too springy) but it all depends on the application.
Perhaps. But depending on the capacity of the steam reservoir - which is presumably huge on a nuclear aircraft carrier - the pressure drop is almost certainly negligible. What the motor permits (just looking at the performance aspects) is the acceleration curve to be tailored to the airplane.
How is being socially conservative at all libertarian? Social conservatives want to legislate away our freedoms. That is authoritarian, not libertarian.
Where do you get this idea? It's nonsense. Social conservatives want *the government out of everyone's lives*, aside from the few areas where it is supposed to operate. i have seen far more liberals advocate authoritarian ideas and they are daily trying to legislate away my freedom. Obamacare, Cap and Trade, forced enviromentalism, down to the Federal government controlling what kids bring to school in their lunches, for Christ's sake.
The overwhelming majority of human progress has come from people who were or are highly religious. Newton, for example. He (arguably) invented calculus and the law of gravity, and is essentially responsible for modern analytical science. Your primary accomplishment appears to be a snotty little comment belittling other's deeply-held beliefs.
Most current cameras as you describe would dissolve into tiny little bits before it clears the launch tower. The acoustic feedback alone will probably kill it.
Well, sort of. But supplying a sufficient downlink and the associated extra weight and power just for a mechanism check that is generally trivial to verify with limit switches or break wires might have put the entire thing in jeopardy of never launching in the first place. Note that the deployment test proper was a full day after separation. Separating it wasn't part of the test.
If the limit switch/breakwire showed it ejected, the overwhemling likelihood is that it did that - and then failed to come alive 24 hours later when it was supposed to. Could have deployed properly and just had a telemetry failure, that's at least as likely as anything else, and for a nano-sat on a very short mission it's pretty unlikely to have any more than a single-string system for anything, so no redundancy.
That happens all the time, and people watch for it. If someone want to actively steal data it's a pretty stupid method since you can get a flash drive that is much easier to hide than a cell phone. The parent post I was responding to was suggesting it was hard to prevent it because cell phones would to the same job and at least to me implied that cell phone would be allowed.
How is it hard to ban cell phones? No secure area that I am aware of has allowed cell phones, blackberries, or even two-way pagers, for years. Same with personally-owned devices of any kind, even to the point of pre-recorded CDs.
For goodness sake, iron-eating bacteria are hardly new. They evolve and survive at low levels throughout the world, consuming small amounts of iron that occurs naturally. At a shipwreck with the right conditions, the abundant food supply causes a population explosion. When the iron is gone, mass starvation, and they will go back to very low levels again. No surprises and nothing particularly new. The topic of iron-consuming bacteria at the Titanic and its eventual collapse has been mentioned in Discovery channel's endless stream of recut and rereleased Titanic show for more than a decade, so it's even well-documented in populist media.
I agree that Assenge is not subject to US criminal law. He is, however, providing material aid to our enemies and is thus an enemy of the United States and is therefore subject to military action.
The original supplier of the information was in the US Army and clearly committed treason, which in wartime is a capital offense. Arguably it's not wartime since it is undeclared, but he is certainly subject to military justice.
The publishers of the classified portions of the information are clearly committing felonies. I haven't read any of it but it's my understanding that the vast majority of the information is not classified but something else that may or may not constitute a crime to release. It's hardly a new phenomenon for the NYT and I doubt anything will be done about it.
You can argue that this is all somehow noble (the First Amendment permits you to make this, or any other patently asinine argument you might want) but you can't plausibly argue that it is legal.
And, since that is in fact what he did, it would be a very good legal step. I can't see how anyone can defend the guy. It may well be a misuse of the DMCA but I guarantee there is some infringment of trademark or something in that area. He is clearly and admittedly trying to profit from someone else's work and legacy. I fail to see why that is laudable.
I got that part. It was the "only the white man..." part that seemed a little, well, stupid. Of course racist, too, but it was against caucasians so it's OK.
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Either that, or regular psychoactive drug users are just so zonked out that they think they are well-adjusted whether they are or not.
It looks like a pretty ordinary hard-over failure of the control system, mitigated by what the other engines could to and aerodynamic stability. Then it broke up. Whatever happened after that is almost random.
Agreed, I think this was very well understood a long time ago.
I agree, that's not even out of range of normal for full-range speakers. Mine cost $3800 from eBay, listed for $5500, and they are the middle of the range they come from. The glass is certainly not a particularly good material (too springy) but it all depends on the application.
Brett
Perhaps. But depending on the capacity of the steam reservoir - which is presumably huge on a nuclear aircraft carrier - the pressure drop is almost certainly negligible. What the motor permits (just looking at the performance aspects) is the acceleration curve to be tailored to the airplane.
Where do you get this idea? It's nonsense. Social conservatives want *the government out of everyone's lives*, aside from the few areas where it is supposed to operate. i have seen far more liberals advocate authoritarian ideas and they are daily trying to legislate away my freedom. Obamacare, Cap and Trade, forced enviromentalism, down to the Federal government controlling what kids bring to school in their lunches, for Christ's sake.
Brett
I'm surprised they didn't put it in Compton.
The overwhelming majority of human progress has come from people who were or are highly religious. Newton, for example. He (arguably) invented calculus and the law of gravity, and is essentially responsible for modern analytical science. Your primary accomplishment appears to be a snotty little comment belittling other's deeply-held beliefs.
It was never true.
It also saves a *whole lot* of Iranian civilian lives.
Uh, it meant something else, for a LOOONG time before computers were around.
Most current cameras as you describe would dissolve into tiny little bits before it clears the launch tower. The acoustic feedback alone will probably kill it.
Well, sort of. But supplying a sufficient downlink and the associated extra weight and power just for a mechanism check that is generally trivial to verify with limit switches or break wires might have put the entire thing in jeopardy of never launching in the first place. Note that the deployment test proper was a full day after separation. Separating it wasn't part of the test.
If the limit switch/breakwire showed it ejected, the overwhemling likelihood is that it did that - and then failed to come alive 24 hours later when it was supposed to. Could have deployed properly and just had a telemetry failure, that's at least as likely as anything else, and for a nano-sat on a very short mission it's pretty unlikely to have any more than a single-string system for anything, so no redundancy.
Brett
That happens all the time, and people watch for it. If someone want to actively steal data it's a pretty stupid method since you can get a flash drive that is much easier to hide than a cell phone. The parent post I was responding to was suggesting it was hard to prevent it because cell phones would to the same job and at least to me implied that cell phone would be allowed.
How is it hard to ban cell phones? No secure area that I am aware of has allowed cell phones, blackberries, or even two-way pagers, for years. Same with personally-owned devices of any kind, even to the point of pre-recorded CDs.
The two-person "trusted download" has also been in place for years.
That the Persian Gulf was once smaller and dry where it is now wet is not in dispute, as far as I know.
For goodness sake, iron-eating bacteria are hardly new. They evolve and survive at low levels throughout the world, consuming small amounts of iron that occurs naturally. At a shipwreck with the right conditions, the abundant food supply causes a population explosion. When the iron is gone, mass starvation, and they will go back to very low levels again. No surprises and nothing particularly new. The topic of iron-consuming bacteria at the Titanic and its eventual collapse has been mentioned in Discovery channel's endless stream of recut and rereleased Titanic show for more than a decade, so it's even well-documented in populist media.
Uh, Muslim extremists, chief among others.
I agree that Assenge is not subject to US criminal law. He is, however, providing material aid to our enemies and is thus an enemy of the United States and is therefore subject to military action.
The original supplier of the information was in the US Army and clearly committed treason, which in wartime is a capital offense. Arguably it's not wartime since it is undeclared, but he is certainly subject to military justice.
The publishers of the classified portions of the information are clearly committing felonies. I haven't read any of it but it's my understanding that the vast majority of the information is not classified but something else that may or may not constitute a crime to release. It's hardly a new phenomenon for the NYT and I doubt anything will be done about it.
You can argue that this is all somehow noble (the First Amendment permits you to make this, or any other patently asinine argument you might want) but you can't plausibly argue that it is legal.
Brett
Sorry, but divulging classified information is certainly a felony, it's black-letter law (National Security Act).
Why is this tagged funny? That was a pretty common method before computers and still isn't a terrible method for experimental data.
And, since that is in fact what he did, it would be a very good legal step. I can't see how anyone can defend the guy. It may well be a misuse of the DMCA but I guarantee there is some infringment of trademark or something in that area. He is clearly and admittedly trying to profit from someone else's work and legacy. I fail to see why that is laudable.
I got that part. It was the "only the white man..." part that seemed a little, well, stupid. Of course racist, too, but it was against caucasians so it's OK.
So from your sarcastic comment, you believe that it's a good idea for, say, the Somali warlords to have nuclear weapons? Fascinating.