I always figured the fastest way to the exit would be over the top of the seats. Anybody who goes for the isle is a fool.
Then again: I mainly fly RyanAir and when I do I always pay the extra $10 for reserved seats in the exit row. I don't have to worry about where the door is because I'll be the one opening it.
Actually it's sort of both. If the plane crashes and everyone doesn't die instantly then your chances of survival are really high if you just make sure to get out of there as soon as possible, often times post-crash fires claim more lives than the initial crash does.the airplane
Yep, I saw that documentary too.
Your chances of survival are mostly dependent on how close you are to the emergency exit and how many people you can beat to the door. Remember that the cabin may be full of smoke and you won't be able to see/hear a damn thing, you'll be doing it by feel so count the rows when you sit down and know which way to go.
Also important is to position your legs well so they don't get broken when the seat collapses (they're designed to collapse to absorb impact). Broken legs are a common injury and impede your egress considerably.
Some parts of "Deaf Culture" do not foster literacy. They've wound up isolated, culturally and economically, by this lack. Much like the Amish, who refuse to participate in a great deal of modern technology, they wind up profoundly hampered in education and employability by their steadfast isolation.
On the bright side: They never heard Justin Bieber.
I have a 1984 Tandy 1000 that does exactly what I need it to do - give me bragging rights in Internet threads about how my niche usage case is relevant to all users, everywhere.
Fail.
The problem is that XP users are almost in the majority, not a niche.
This is like you went to get some new tires and they told you, "Sorry, we don't make those tires any more. The car manufacturer decided they want everybody to buy a new car instead of keeping on using the old ones".
("...and the new cars are nicer! You'll be so happy you bought one!!")
Not to mention that, for many people, Windows XP is the only desktop operating system they've ever known.
Yep.
The night watchman downstairs asked me yesterday what this message was that appeared on his computer (he'd copied Microsofts "XP is over" popup message onto a piece of paper to show me).
He's an old guy, probably about to retire, hasn't got any money for a new computer. What exactly is it that makes him an "XP diehard"? Maybe he's just an "ordinary person".
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The exit rows don't have fold-down tables (for that very reason).
I always figured the fastest way to the exit would be over the top of the seats. Anybody who goes for the isle is a fool.
Then again: I mainly fly RyanAir and when I do I always pay the extra $10 for reserved seats in the exit row. I don't have to worry about where the door is because I'll be the one opening it.
Actually it's sort of both. If the plane crashes and everyone doesn't die instantly then your chances of survival are really high if you just make sure to get out of there as soon as possible, often times post-crash fires claim more lives than the initial crash does.the airplane
Yep, I saw that documentary too.
Your chances of survival are mostly dependent on how close you are to the emergency exit and how many people you can beat to the door. Remember that the cabin may be full of smoke and you won't be able to see/hear a damn thing, you'll be doing it by feel so count the rows when you sit down and know which way to go.
Also important is to position your legs well so they don't get broken when the seat collapses (they're designed to collapse to absorb impact). Broken legs are a common injury and impede your egress considerably.
I think a live demonstration of putting on a life vest is worth more than any drawing on a piece of paper.
Maybe some people just use expressions in a foreign language.
eg. Can you think of any Latin words used by lawyers? Latin's been dead for thousands of years!
Yeah.... 'cos nobody uses expressions in a foreign language.
Even inside the corporate bubble it's actually less than what a teenager could get for sharing a few music files with his friends.
Some parts of "Deaf Culture" do not foster literacy. They've wound up isolated, culturally and economically, by this lack. Much like the Amish, who refuse to participate in a great deal of modern technology, they wind up profoundly hampered in education and employability by their steadfast isolation.
On the bright side: They never heard Justin Bieber.
Just deduct the repair bill from their pay. They'll soon start working.
You mean like in all those cars that currently have reversing cameras, etc.?
I know that the placebo effect exists and is effective, so believing something can heal me will indeed heal me.
...unless you have a real disease, in which case the "cure" won't last very long.
Too bad no government has enough courage to officially release a 300 pages document that informs people there is no proof of the existence of [a] god.
Won't work. People simply don't understand the concept of "burden of proof".
eg. The first thing a Christian will say to you in any argument is "Prove he doesn't exist!".
(And the second is "It says so in the Bible!" You expect people like that to grasp logic and reason?)
I spent my youth on homeopathy w/o any major issues, and now that i'm sick, neither homeopathy nor commercial medicine are much help.
The conflict is in the group that you missed out - when homeopathy doesn't help but "commercial" medicine does.
Ask Steve Jobs if you don't believe it.
Oh, wait, you can't... (because??)
You got the joke, well done you!
the primary limitation on a nuclear submarine's endurance is the food supply for the crew.
Under what circumstances would that actually be a problem?
I don't even know what "4th grade" is.
How old is a "4th grader"?
At least it's part of a CO2 cycle, not some new CO2 we dug out of the ground.
Not a bad comparison.... if your car was one that was originally built, oh... say almost a hundred years ago or so.
You = fail.
XP still has 27% market share:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2...
"Most of the changes in the update are designed to appease non-touch users"
Do they exist? Really????
How out of touch can a company be?
Why would anyone in a corporate environment need live tiles, "charms" and "toasts".
Or that matter an "app store".
...it's a mystery to Microsoft.
Apparently.
Well at least they're only violating the SPIRIT of the law, not the actual letter.
They're not all-out criminals who just do whatever the hell they like (like the leaders of some other countries...)
Guess what? Liquid cooling SUCKS as you're still limited by how fast you can transfer the heat to the air ultimately.
...unless your only goal is to overcome the limitations of working in a space the size of a graphics card.
In which case it ROCKS!
I have a 1984 Tandy 1000 that does exactly what I need it to do - give me bragging rights in Internet threads about how my niche usage case is relevant to all users, everywhere.
Fail.
The problem is that XP users are almost in the majority, not a niche.
To make a car analogy:
This is like you went to get some new tires and they told you, "Sorry, we don't make those tires any more. The car manufacturer decided they want everybody to buy a new car instead of keeping on using the old ones".
("...and the new cars are nicer! You'll be so happy you bought one!!")
Not to mention that, for many people, Windows XP is the only desktop operating system they've ever known.
Yep.
The night watchman downstairs asked me yesterday what this message was that appeared on his computer (he'd copied Microsofts "XP is over" popup message onto a piece of paper to show me).
He's an old guy, probably about to retire, hasn't got any money for a new computer. What exactly is it that makes him an "XP diehard"? Maybe he's just an "ordinary person".