I read the linked articles and I see that Freedom House, an NGO, says that Singapore has the same rating for political and civil freedom as Nigeria. The Economist compares the democracy in Singapore with that of Liberia. So that does beg the question... what genius sat down and said "this would be a great place to put a new campus for Yale!"
I also think we need to bring back public whipping and a few other things. the punishment for these police needs to fit the crime, in this case PUNISHMENT is in order... seven lashes with a seven-corded whip would fix them right up. Right out on the court steps where everybody can see it.
Reducing civil rights abuses by violating additional civil rights seems really foolish to me — and in the case of your suggestion, would mean and a complete abandonment of our rights under the Eight Amendment.
The difficulty with charging and convicting cops who behave like animals is a separate issue which needs to be seriously addressed, albeit in a manner that complies with the US Constitution.
They always were. Left-wing = more central control, people telling you how to live your life for the good of the collective, etc. Right-wing = more individual liberty, balanced by more individual responsibility, and only as much government as is absolutely necessary.
I am not a Democrat or Republican. Draw your own conclusions from that graph. If anyone has any other sources of aggregated data to present (contrary to or consistent with my source), I'd be interested to see it.
What is interesting is that while I have lost numerous swiss army knives and pocket screwdrivers (I always have a multi-tool with me and I often forget to leave it home or check it in when flying), I have had the added insult of being given metal cutlery (fork & knife) in the flight! The TSA yelled at me "THIS IS A KNIFE!" for a tiny 1-inch blade and then they give me a 4+ inch knife to eat my lunch...
That's because the airlines' security policies are somewhat sane, and the TSA's policies aren't. Wouldn't it be more insulting if the airline also treated you like a mentally-handicapped toddler, and provided you with a flexible rubber spork instead of functional steel grown-up utensils?
I think your ire should be directed at the idiotic rule makers, not those thoughtful enough to ignore them.
RyanAir is suitable only for those who don't value their lives or their peace of mind.
Though I stopped flying*, I like what I've heard about RyanAir for purely satirical value... It seems to me that RyanAir is to other airlines as The Onion is to mainstream media.
Lighters are permitted, just not torch-style, which makes lighting my cigars a little more tricky.
Tricky? My dear fellow, either type of lighter is perfectly adequate for setting a hundred dollar bill alight, from which all proper gentlemen light their cigars.
Berkshire Hathaway stock certificates also work well, though I've heard that the uncouth 99.99%er rabble find the practice "obscene." Jeeves is quite adept at tossing them off the clubhouse grounds in short order, so I couldn't say for certain.
Can you explain how ingestion of an R/C aircraft can cause the failure of two engines
It's worth noting here that geese, like most birds, have rather delicate bones. An R/C aircraft might have steel and other really hard materials that could do more damage. That drops the number of engines to one. If the remaining one fails due to the addition stress placed on it, then you have two engine failures as desired.
An uncorrelated, stress-induced failure of the remaining engine seems pretty unlikely — quoting Wikipedia:
"When flying far from diversionary airports, (so called ETOPS/LROPS flights), the aircraft must be able to reach an alternate on the remaining engine within a specified time in case of one engine failure. Power is not an issue. One of the engines is more than powerful enough to keep the aircraft aloft. Mostly, it is about maintenance and design requirements ensuring that a failure of one engine cannot make the other one fail, also. The engines and related systems need to be independent and (in essence) independently maintained. ETOPS/LROPS is often incorrectly thought to apply only to long overwater flights. In fact it applies to any flight more than specified distances from an available diversion airport. Overwater flights near diversion airports need not be ETOPS/LROPS compliant."
Regardless of whether this is an RC model or not, if this got sucked into an engine we'd have a repeat of the Hudson river landing (best case scenario).
Can you explain how ingestion of an R/C aircraft can cause the failure of two engines, and subsequently result in a "best case scenario" equivalent to striking a flock of Canada Geese?
It's an extraordinary claim to claim that is an extraordinary claim. Now provide extraordinary evidence.
Give me a break. You presume to know the motivations of "the vast majority of cops." Can you manage to provide even one citation that supports your claim that "the vast majority of cops get into the line of work because they want to help people," or are you perhaps presenting your "gut instinct" as though it were fact?
Don't Talk To Cops is a video detailing exactly how someone who is PURELY INNOCENT can have their words twisted to prove their "guilt". If you have not watched this, watch it. Make your kids watch it too.
Quick. Name three people you know (not just people you've heard of) who fall into the above category because "fast connections" are not physically available to them.
Asteroids usually rotate. So the rocket (or more likely an ion thruster) would need to cycle on and off if it was on the surface of the asteroid. But it would still be far simpler and cheaper to just detonate a small fission bomb. Then instead of tons, it would just need to be a few dozen kg.
Instead of getting an entire channel, what if you just subscribed to individual programs, delivered to your set-top box each week, waiting for you to watch them at your convenience?
The two BitTorrent clients I've used (Vuze and uTorrent) both support this, provided "set-top box" means computer, or something like one of the combination media-player/NAS units Western Digital offers.
While briefly on the topic of high-altitude nuclear detonations, check out this photo of the ground illumination from the 3.8MT Hardtack Teak shot, 77km (48mi) above. For comparison, Starfish Prime was 1.4MT at an altitude of 400km (250mi).
Before throwing electronics away make sure to check the appropriate regulations in your area. Many of these things are actually classified as hazardous waste under various jurisdictions and must be handled differently than normal trash.
Here's how they're handled differently: Non-hazardous waste it placed in a nearby, sealed, sanitary landfill. The hazardous e-waste is piled out in the open in undeveloped countries where it freely contaminates their local water supplies.
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I read the linked articles and I see that Freedom House, an NGO, says that Singapore has the same rating for political and civil freedom as Nigeria. The Economist compares the democracy in Singapore with that of Liberia. So that does beg the question... what genius sat down and said "this would be a great place to put a new campus for Yale!"
Consider Yale's proposal* for training US military to interrogate immigrants. As Singaporeans are already subject to degrading human rights conditions, there should be little resistance from the populace should Yale decide to improve trainees' experience with interrogating natural-born Asians.
* Additional source: http://www.democracynow.org/2013/2/21/an_interrogation_center_at_yale_proposed
Thanks for the interesting post, but I believe the average you indicated underestimates your final results by about a factor of three:
[A] single human egg cells weighs between 0.00177-0.0042 mg. Average of 0.001mg.
I also think we need to bring back public whipping and a few other things. the punishment for these police needs to fit the crime, in this case PUNISHMENT is in order... seven lashes with a seven-corded whip would fix them right up. Right out on the court steps where everybody can see it.
Reducing civil rights abuses by violating additional civil rights seems really foolish to me — and in the case of your suggestion, would mean and a complete abandonment of our rights under the Eight Amendment.
The difficulty with charging and convicting cops who behave like animals is a separate issue which needs to be seriously addressed, albeit in a manner that complies with the US Constitution.
So the puritans were left-wing now?
They always were. Left-wing = more central control, people telling you how to live your life for the good of the collective, etc. Right-wing = more individual liberty, balanced by more individual responsibility, and only as much government as is absolutely necessary.
On this graph of 2008 US Senators' positions, authoritarian policies seem to be favored by Republicans in comparison to Democrats.
I am not a Democrat or Republican. Draw your own conclusions from that graph. If anyone has any other sources of aggregated data to present (contrary to or consistent with my source), I'd be interested to see it.
Is it weird that I read that comment with a super rich pompous accent?
I must say, that is quite uncanny... You got my accent spot on, old chap. ;o)
Ice cream, Mandrake... Children's ice cream!
What is interesting is that while I have lost numerous swiss army knives and pocket screwdrivers (I always have a multi-tool with me and I often forget to leave it home or check it in when flying), I have had the added insult of being given metal cutlery (fork & knife) in the flight! The TSA yelled at me "THIS IS A KNIFE!" for a tiny 1-inch blade and then they give me a 4+ inch knife to eat my lunch...
That's because the airlines' security policies are somewhat sane, and the TSA's policies aren't. Wouldn't it be more insulting if the airline also treated you like a mentally-handicapped toddler, and provided you with a flexible rubber spork instead of functional steel grown-up utensils?
I think your ire should be directed at the idiotic rule makers, not those thoughtful enough to ignore them.
RyanAir is suitable only for those who don't value their lives or their peace of mind.
Though I stopped flying*, I like what I've heard about RyanAir for purely satirical value... It seems to me that RyanAir is to other airlines as The Onion is to mainstream media.
* TSA boycott, 2006 - ????
Lighters are not
Incorrect.
Lighters are permitted, just not torch-style, which makes lighting my cigars a little more tricky.
Tricky? My dear fellow, either type of lighter is perfectly adequate for setting a hundred dollar bill alight, from which all proper gentlemen light their cigars.
Berkshire Hathaway stock certificates also work well, though I've heard that the uncouth 99.99%er rabble find the practice "obscene." Jeeves is quite adept at tossing them off the clubhouse grounds in short order, so I couldn't say for certain.
I doubt you'd be this cavalier if YOU were on a plane that had even a single engine failure. I bet you'd be crying like a little girl, big guy.
How is asking a technical question about an assumed cascade failure mode "cavalier?" With all due respect, I think you're on the wrong site.
Really dude? The loss of ONE engine is an extremely serious *emergency* situation -- the plane is required to land ASAP -- ie. Do not pass "Go".
There are multi-year, massive and expensive (multi-million $$) investigations that result from a single engine failure on a 747.
Can you show me where I said anything to imply that single engine failures were non-emergencies that didn't require investigation?
Can you explain how ingestion of an R/C aircraft can cause the failure of two engines
It's worth noting here that geese, like most birds, have rather delicate bones. An R/C aircraft might have steel and other really hard materials that could do more damage. That drops the number of engines to one. If the remaining one fails due to the addition stress placed on it, then you have two engine failures as desired.
An uncorrelated, stress-induced failure of the remaining engine seems pretty unlikely — quoting Wikipedia:
"When flying far from diversionary airports, (so called ETOPS/LROPS flights), the aircraft must be able to reach an alternate on the remaining engine within a specified time in case of one engine failure. Power is not an issue. One of the engines is more than powerful enough to keep the aircraft aloft. Mostly, it is about maintenance and design requirements ensuring that a failure of one engine cannot make the other one fail, also. The engines and related systems need to be independent and (in essence) independently maintained. ETOPS/LROPS is often incorrectly thought to apply only to long overwater flights. In fact it applies to any flight more than specified distances from an available diversion airport. Overwater flights near diversion airports need not be ETOPS/LROPS compliant."
Regardless of whether this is an RC model or not, if this got sucked into an engine we'd have a repeat of the Hudson river landing (best case scenario).
Can you explain how ingestion of an R/C aircraft can cause the failure of two engines, and subsequently result in a "best case scenario" equivalent to striking a flock of Canada Geese?
It's an extraordinary claim to claim that is an extraordinary claim. Now provide extraordinary evidence.
Give me a break. You presume to know the motivations of "the vast majority of cops." Can you manage to provide even one citation that supports your claim that "the vast majority of cops get into the line of work because they want to help people," or are you perhaps presenting your "gut instinct" as though it were fact?
Don't Talk To Cops is a video detailing exactly how someone who is PURELY INNOCENT can have their words twisted to prove their "guilt". If you have not watched this, watch it. Make your kids watch it too.
Another good video, produced by Flex Your Rights and ACLU, is entitled BUSTED: The Citizen's Guide to Surviving Police Encounters. It discusses home visits, traffic stops, and Terry stops.
The Flex Your Rights YouTube channel currently hosts 83 videos covering various situations, with recommendations for handling them.
The vast majority of cops get into the line of work because they want to help people.
Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.
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Quick. Name three people you know (not just people you've heard of) who fall into the above category because "fast connections" are not physically available to them.
What is the purpose of this exercise?
They just need Chuck Norris. He'll close every cold case with his fists.
Only one fist. He needs his other hand to hold a flashlight for the next ~999.75 years.
Asteroids usually rotate. So the rocket (or more likely an ion thruster) would need to cycle on and off if it was on the surface of the asteroid. But it would still be far simpler and cheaper to just detonate a small fission bomb. Then instead of tons, it would just need to be a few dozen kg.
To what effect?
...it was a great idea to start building homes on swamp land?
They have to build them someplace. Where would you suggest?
Alaska.
Instead of getting an entire channel, what if you just subscribed to individual programs, delivered to your set-top box each week, waiting for you to watch them at your convenience?
The two BitTorrent clients I've used (Vuze and uTorrent) both support this, provided "set-top box" means computer, or something like one of the combination media-player/NAS units Western Digital offers.
What can we draw from this with regards to that tea kettle that is in orbit up there?
You mean Russell's? Hasn't been spotted; agnostics are awaiting further news.
While briefly on the topic of high-altitude nuclear detonations, check out this photo of the ground illumination from the 3.8MT Hardtack Teak shot, 77km (48mi) above. For comparison, Starfish Prime was 1.4MT at an altitude of 400km (250mi).
Before throwing electronics away make sure to check the appropriate regulations in your area. Many of these things are actually classified as hazardous waste under various jurisdictions and must be handled differently than normal trash.
Here's how they're handled differently: Non-hazardous waste it placed in a nearby, sealed, sanitary landfill. The hazardous e-waste is piled out in the open in undeveloped countries where it freely contaminates their local water supplies.