Though the real question is, if you have an event severe enough to cripple the onboard electronic systems, would having pilots on board make any difference? In other words, the pilots might not add enough to the system to overcome the fact that they are just another link in the chain that can fail.
Though if there is a major onboard electronics failure (i.e. primary and backup systems both fail), is the pilot going to be able to do much more than just add one more voice to the screams as the plane plummets to the ground?
Who are these guys going to sue over a tool that is given away for free? They could block people from hosting downloads of Open Office, but didn't Sun (who owns them this week anyway??) essentially abandon the whole thing to open source?
And here I liked to invite Sim people in and seal the front door. Or trap them in a room with no exit by doing a quick remodel. I was amazed at how many people I could get trapped on my property at the same time. Thankfully there are no Sim police.
...trying to understand the other one and talk about stuff, without getting mad...
That is great advice. Also, learning what it is that you can do to show her you love her is important. Note that what you THINK shows her, may not actually be the magic thing(s) she expects. The great part is, at least in my experience, 90% of the women out there won't tell you what these things are; they expect you to somehow just now what they are, because dammit if you really LOVED her you would just know. Asking might work, but usually be the time you ask you are already screwed.
Next up: random subtle hints she drops about things she likes (great for gift giving at various times of the year) that men have absolutely no clue about.
Industry and trade associations estimate that counterfeiting and piracy now cost the U.S. economy as much as $250 billion a year and a total of 750,000 American jobs.
I mean, aside from being pulled out of thin air that is?
I wonder if there are limits on the sizes of the passengers? I mean seriously winning this prize with little people would be way easier than the same number of 6' tall obese people. Though telling NASA "the key is to only transport little people" might not make them too happy.
...where the consequences of failure are so high...
So is spending $3,000 to cool a room full of servers a reasonable expenditure? Especially when that room full of servers is failing due to heat, taking down company email, web, and file shares, and possibly damaging 30-40 thousand dollars worth of equipment? I've had bosses quibble over things even more idiotic than this, believe me. And then the higher ups wonder why things are broken, and why haven't you finished all your other projects? while pleas for $3,000 to fix the problem fall on deaf ears. Hey, we already spent $40,000 on computer stuff before you got here, why do you need $3,000 more???
It's like telling the secretary she gets $50 to furnish her new office space, and she shows up and there is just a big empty spot on the floor. And yet somehow this is widely seen as ok.
That's right; sysadmins are part of a team of people required to keep the business running smoothly. But how many other folks in the company need to get up at 3am to do their jobs? Many sales guys have an emergency sales meeting at 3am? How about the secretary, does he get paged and need to come in with no notice so he can file some documents at 3am? Not many other professions would put up with the lack of resources and total ignorance of planning that a sysadmin puts up with all the time. Yet since the sysadmin isn't doing anything that can have a simple metric applied to it (number of sales closed, number of documents filed), people just assume they aren't doing anything useful.
I did not intend on implying that cattle lay eggs...
Actually though, this would be awesome! We need animals that give milk, lay eggs, and produce a variety of meat parts (bacon, steak, etc) that grow and fall off for easy harvesting. Why is the chicken/cow/pig hybrid not a reality in this day and age? My proposed name for this perfect beast is the wonderful Chowig btw.
I'm guessing that if we can dig up and recognize million year old fossils, certainly we would leave some evidence of our civilization behind even after millions of years have passed.
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...people are still better at handling the unexpected.
Though to be fair, human drivers are the cause of about 99% of the unexpected when it comes to car accidents.
Though the real question is, if you have an event severe enough to cripple the onboard electronic systems, would having pilots on board make any difference? In other words, the pilots might not add enough to the system to overcome the fact that they are just another link in the chain that can fail.
Though if there is a major onboard electronics failure (i.e. primary and backup systems both fail), is the pilot going to be able to do much more than just add one more voice to the screams as the plane plummets to the ground?
Even better, how about a car analogy for the rest of us?
Who are these guys going to sue over a tool that is given away for free? They could block people from hosting downloads of Open Office, but didn't Sun (who owns them this week anyway??) essentially abandon the whole thing to open source?
Though I will worry when the most purchased robot app is "machinegun control".
I mean gone in a dinosaurial kind of way
We'll evolve into birds?
I'll gladly hold the money for anyone willing to take bets.
Same thing for the spiders: the sure footed ones pass their genes on, while those less sure footed explode on the ground.
And here I liked to invite Sim people in and seal the front door. Or trap them in a room with no exit by doing a quick remodel. I was amazed at how many people I could get trapped on my property at the same time. Thankfully there are no Sim police.
The way we are going, we will be at the bottom once we kill everything else below us.
...trying to understand the other one and talk about stuff, without getting mad...
That is great advice. Also, learning what it is that you can do to show her you love her is important. Note that what you THINK shows her, may not actually be the magic thing(s) she expects. The great part is, at least in my experience, 90% of the women out there won't tell you what these things are; they expect you to somehow just now what they are, because dammit if you really LOVED her you would just know. Asking might work, but usually be the time you ask you are already screwed.
Next up: random subtle hints she drops about things she likes (great for gift giving at various times of the year) that men have absolutely no clue about.
Industry and trade associations estimate that counterfeiting and piracy now cost the U.S. economy as much as $250 billion a year and a total of 750,000 American jobs.
I mean, aside from being pulled out of thin air that is?
What if I turn them into fuel right before landing? Though landing with more fuel than you took off with might weird the judges out a bit.
If you only have one passenger and are going 200 miles on one gallon, probably nothing.
Wait I just realized, if you are allowed to use passengers as fuel using obese people might be better after all.
I wonder if there are limits on the sizes of the passengers? I mean seriously winning this prize with little people would be way easier than the same number of 6' tall obese people. Though telling NASA "the key is to only transport little people" might not make them too happy.
...where the consequences of failure are so high...
So is spending $3,000 to cool a room full of servers a reasonable expenditure? Especially when that room full of servers is failing due to heat, taking down company email, web, and file shares, and possibly damaging 30-40 thousand dollars worth of equipment? I've had bosses quibble over things even more idiotic than this, believe me. And then the higher ups wonder why things are broken, and why haven't you finished all your other projects? while pleas for $3,000 to fix the problem fall on deaf ears. Hey, we already spent $40,000 on computer stuff before you got here, why do you need $3,000 more???
It's like telling the secretary she gets $50 to furnish her new office space, and she shows up and there is just a big empty spot on the floor. And yet somehow this is widely seen as ok.
That's right; sysadmins are part of a team of people required to keep the business running smoothly. But how many other folks in the company need to get up at 3am to do their jobs? Many sales guys have an emergency sales meeting at 3am? How about the secretary, does he get paged and need to come in with no notice so he can file some documents at 3am? Not many other professions would put up with the lack of resources and total ignorance of planning that a sysadmin puts up with all the time. Yet since the sysadmin isn't doing anything that can have a simple metric applied to it (number of sales closed, number of documents filed), people just assume they aren't doing anything useful.
I did not intend on implying that cattle lay eggs...
Actually though, this would be awesome! We need animals that give milk, lay eggs, and produce a variety of meat parts (bacon, steak, etc) that grow and fall off for easy harvesting. Why is the chicken/cow/pig hybrid not a reality in this day and age? My proposed name for this perfect beast is the wonderful Chowig btw.
I always instill confidence in the user population by loudly declaring, "it's a miracle any of this stuff ever works" as often as possible.
Just imagine trying to negotiate sex with an alien:
- Can I temporarily plug this orifice without killing you? Are there sharp objects inside there?
I'd say more, but I think I'll stop here.
I'm guessing that if we can dig up and recognize million year old fossils, certainly we would leave some evidence of our civilization behind even after millions of years have passed.
Yet.
You've got a right to bare arms...
Wow, I've got to remember to bring only long sleeved shirts when I travel outside the US from now on. Thanks for saving me!