I love how since the same people have been screaming about both global warming and ozone depletion that they have merged into one problem in people's minds.
Global Ozone Warming? Warming Ozone Depletion? Yeah, something like that.
Technically smog contains ozone. The trouble is its at the wrong altitude. What we REALLY need are very, very, very tall smokestacks. Problem solved!/sarcasm
Except when its in a pre-stressed arch shape. At the college I graduated from the mechanical engineering students had a competition to build concrete canoes. Great stuff, if engineered properly.
That was actually in Grand Forks, ND. Fargo-Moorhead is further south, and since the Red River flows north, at a higher elevation. The flooding in Fargo wasn't as bad, mostly limited to new, rich homes on the outskirts of town past the dikes (which I helped to sandbag).
OVER ten percent agreed. Wow! Ten! Thats, like, more than nine! Whew.
Oh wait. That means that somewhere in the neighborhood of ninety percent didn't? Well, if ten is bigger than nine then it must be bigger than ninety too.
And the 5.56mm round wasn't put into service because it "maims" better than a 7.62mm NATO round, its because for the equivalent weight a soldier can carry more 5.56mm ammo.
Hi. The condition he was referring to is called an "unstart". This is was an issue with the SR-71's J58 engines, which were turbojets that started functioning like ramjets at high speed.
This ONLY occured when the Blackbird was at Mach 3+. Supersonic is not inherently dangerous, but three times the speed of sound kinda is.
No, airliners are not equipped to land fully autonomously. Autopilots can fly an approach "hands off", but the crew still needs to do things such as arm and deploy thrust reversers and spoilers and apply wheel brakes.
An autopilot could get a plane to the runway, but after that its still gonna be a fiery ugly mess.
I do think an "auto descent" would make sense even without terrain following radar. If there is no control input from the crew within 10 seconds, I can't see a reason for the AP to not initiate a descent to below FL100. If it doesn't, the plane will fly on its merry way with everyone onboard dead from hypoxia until it runs out of fuel and crashes. How is that different from the slight chance of hitting mountains and crashing? Of course if the crew is consious the system would have to allow them to resume control of the aircraft (obviously).
Drug companies have their tentacles in US politics? The hell you say! Why, I thought Merck and GSK are in it to CURE people. Its almost as if these companies would bribe elected officials to make more profit.
How exactly is that flamebait? He is trying to block public access to publically funded information so his precious campaign contributors can make a profit at the expense of taxpayers.
Reminds me of those damn osteoarthritis commercials on TV:
Ask your doctor today.
And if he won't give you our drugs, find one who will! Remember, we CARE. We don't spend more money on ads than R&D. No sir. We spend the SAME amount on ads as on R&D. And then we charge $100 per pill so we can afford to advertise (errr, I mean research, yeah research) new drugs. Now choke that crap down you little revenue streams! Daddy needs a higher stock price!
Ahem. Ok, rant over. Seriously, prescription drugs should not be advertised on TV. But, since our corporate overlords control "our" government, what is good for the company is good for the country.
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Jesus Tapdancing Christ! Ozone has NOTHING to do with CO2/global warming. How stupid are you people?!
I love how since the same people have been screaming about both global warming and ozone depletion that they have merged into one problem in people's minds.
Global Ozone Warming? Warming Ozone Depletion? Yeah, something like that.
Technically smog contains ozone. The trouble is its at the wrong altitude. What we REALLY need are very, very, very tall smokestacks. Problem solved! /sarcasm
What exactly do SUVs have to do with the ozone layer? Methinks you have your environmental demons crossed.
SUVs make greenhouse gasses (as does any form of carbon combustion). CFCs make holes in the ozone.
Except when its in a pre-stressed arch shape. At the college I graduated from the mechanical engineering students had a competition to build concrete canoes. Great stuff, if engineered properly.
That was actually in Grand Forks, ND. Fargo-Moorhead is further south, and since the Red River flows north, at a higher elevation. The flooding in Fargo wasn't as bad, mostly limited to new, rich homes on the outskirts of town past the dikes (which I helped to sandbag).
Oh, yeah. Somolia was JUST like invading Iraq. Yep. And look how well Vietnam turned out. Who is the jackass again?
And they'll fund that massive project with special assessments on the properties in NO right?
My vote for rebuilding is a 500kt nuke followed by a lot of fill. Oh, and some gas masks or something for Florida (you know, cause of the fallout)
Don't be ignorant. Shingles? The Superdome's roof is reinforced concrete, it would take a nuclear blast to "rip it off".
What came off, and what the media was having an orgasm over was the rubberized waterproof membrane.
OVER ten percent agreed. Wow! Ten! Thats, like, more than nine! Whew.
Oh wait. That means that somewhere in the neighborhood of ninety percent didn't? Well, if ten is bigger than nine then it must be bigger than ninety too.
Because it's about gaming, and because it's funny.
Wow, then I'm glad I live in Podunk where I don't get gouged like suckers, err "élite élevée", in NYC.
RAID doesn't do a thing for "gaming performance" short of maaaybe loading. If you're swapping to disk you've already lost the battle.
You're thinking the Russian 5.45mm x 39mm round I think.
I think you are thinking of the M-4. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M4_Carbine
And the 5.56mm round wasn't put into service because it "maims" better than a 7.62mm NATO round, its because for the equivalent weight a soldier can carry more 5.56mm ammo.
All I know is if that wing starts making Transformers "ka-chunk" sounds, its time to bail out.
Hi. The condition he was referring to is called an "unstart". This is was an issue with the SR-71's J58 engines, which were turbojets that started functioning like ramjets at high speed.
This ONLY occured when the Blackbird was at Mach 3+. Supersonic is not inherently dangerous, but three times the speed of sound kinda is.
Of course the wing box needed for the swing wings would preclude you from seeing it from the inside...
No, airliners are not equipped to land fully autonomously. Autopilots can fly an approach "hands off", but the crew still needs to do things such as arm and deploy thrust reversers and spoilers and apply wheel brakes.
An autopilot could get a plane to the runway, but after that its still gonna be a fiery ugly mess.
I do think an "auto descent" would make sense even without terrain following radar. If there is no control input from the crew within 10 seconds, I can't see a reason for the AP to not initiate a descent to below FL100. If it doesn't, the plane will fly on its merry way with everyone onboard dead from hypoxia until it runs out of fuel and crashes. How is that different from the slight chance of hitting mountains and crashing? Of course if the crew is consious the system would have to allow them to resume control of the aircraft (obviously).
Ugh. RIFTS. Megadamage. shudder
Drug companies have their tentacles in US politics? The hell you say! Why, I thought Merck and GSK are in it to CURE people. Its almost as if these companies would bribe elected officials to make more profit.
My fragile little mind is warping. Help meeeeee!
How exactly is that flamebait? He is trying to block public access to publically funded information so his precious campaign contributors can make a profit at the expense of taxpayers.
Remember kids: Rick Santorum is a c*ck gobbler!
I've got some bad news for you. Every human being is at risk of developing cancer.
Also, watch out! You're being bombarded with photons right now! Your monitor is spewing out COUNTLESS MILLIONS of them as you read this!
Luckily you're generally safe as long as their wavelength is longer than 380nm. Otherwise you'd be at a GREATER risk of cancer.
Reminds me of those damn osteoarthritis commercials on TV:
Ask your doctor today.
And if he won't give you our drugs, find one who will! Remember, we CARE. We don't spend more money on ads than R&D. No sir. We spend the SAME amount on ads as on R&D. And then we charge $100 per pill so we can afford to advertise (errr, I mean research, yeah research) new drugs. Now choke that crap down you little revenue streams! Daddy needs a higher stock price!
Ahem. Ok, rant over. Seriously, prescription drugs should not be advertised on TV. But, since our corporate overlords control "our" government, what is good for the company is good for the country.