True enough. When I was younger I was sure that so many people are nuts. Today I know that I am the crazy one. It is still difficult to accept, though.
And workers most certainly weren't the "owners" of anything.
Actually they were. Hence the voucher privatisation program in 1992.
CPSU nomenclature lived like kings
Sort of. Most of the rulers of the former Soviet republics have a far more luxury living nowadays. The Soviet nomenklatura used to be pretty humble in comparison. Same in the GDR by the way, I still remember the outrage about the "luxury mansions" of the SED officials in Wandlitz, but in retrospect the houses were more or less at the West German upper middle class level.
Yes... the people of the UK don't like being told what to do by the state. It's a long history of it. I understand why this confuses you, being a Remoaner who clearly can't read or process abstract concepts.
You seem to have a problem with reading comprehension. I do want the UK out of the EU. Matter of fact, I'd prefer you'd never joined in the first place. Moreover, I am not even British and I've only ever visited the UK for half a day, strictly for business reasons. It's not a country I'd like to visit in my spare time - the weather is notoriously bad and the people are unfriendly.
Parliament voted for the withdrawal agreement - WITHOUT THE BACKSTOP. Write it down, idiot. Stop watching the media.
Yes, except no because this never stood to vote since there such thing as the withdrawal agreement without the backstop. They also voted against any other possibility, even against no deal.
Yes, I assume you actually read the part about "in the last 40 years"... oh right. Remoaners don't bother to look at context.
In the last 40 years the British media has been very hostile to the EU, so I still call bullshit, and, in addition, call you stupid.
LOL. This sums it up really. This is the response to the idea that people should live close to those the represent. Remoaning in a nutshell.
So you think Manchester and Liverpool should be ruled by Ireland and Cornwall by France? That's... unexpectededly self-conscious of you but you kind of make my point for me.
Good to know you support riots though. We'll see what happens in the forthcoming elections.
Oh yes, absolutely. This is why we have invented the word "Schadenfreude" and consider this the best kind of joy. Please continue to sabotage your country. I really love watching this neverendum circus.
UK democracy and the institutions representing it have existed longer than most EU countries have AT ALL, COMBINED - Remoaners might one day stop and think about why that is.
Because for the most part of its history it has been a demockracy at best.
The UK has a culture and tradition of refusing to be told what to do by the state.
Since the UK is a state, it would mean that it has a tradition of refusing to be told what to do by itself. Fair enough, the current shitshow where the parliament refuses every possible option shows exactly that. But that's not quite something to be proud of.
In the last 40 years we've seen a foreign power take UK money, then give some of it back, demand that it sits under an EU flag... not a UK one.
Yep. So the citizens of the UK would see that while their own government prefers not to invest in the poorest regions of the country - and they are often poorer than Romania - the EU does. Which makes these regions voting for Brexit and them consequently become even poorer really funny - at least for those who don't live in the UK.
It has wormed its way and bought off a large part of the political and media class in the UK.
Since, as you have mentioned previously, the political and media class in the UK is very different from the EU (and very anti-EU), I call bullshit.
Ordinary people who still believe the UK should be run by UK citizens vs those who represent the EU first and foremost and have been betraying their own nation, history and culture.
Given the questionable quality of the English political class the UK really ought to be run by foreigners - they simply make better decisions. That was true during the times of the Normans, that was true when England was ruled by the Dutch and the Germans and it is just as true today.
I fucking hate Remoaners for that disgusting argument alone, if nothing else.
You won. Deal with it.
Oh, by the way. I'm still waiting for the riots you guys have promised if the UK wouldn''t leave on the 29th of March. As far as I know this is called "all mouth and no trousers" in your country.
Actually autoland system used to be mandatory for low visibility landings. Nowadays low visibility landings are also allowed if the airplane is equipped with a HUD.
That's not because of some magical Diesel properties, but because of the far higher pressures the Diesel engines have to be built much sturdier (and are, hence, heavier). TFA is talking about a multi fuel engine, that would be a Diesel cycle engine anyway, or maybe a HCCI.
And wherefore would I do that? Amazon Echo is less hassle and since I don't talk at home except issuing voice commands to Alexa, Amazon gets nothing from me.
Every time I am in a hotel I really miss the option to say "Alexa, switch the lights off", or "Alexa, what time is it?" instead of doing everything myself.
Pilots that cannot feel what the other pilot is doing with the stick.
So? The pilot clearly ignored the procedure where once one pilot says "I have control" and gets it acknowledged he should keep his paws off the controls. And besides, the airplane told them both loud and clear "dual control". They ignored it as well.
With all the simultaneous warnings and inconsistent indications, they had no idea what information to trust anymore. Sure, with perfect hindsight it's easy to see what they did wrong, but it wasn't as clear cut as some seem to believe.
If it wasn't as clear cut, why was the captain able to instantly recognise the situatuon at hand as soon as he reentered the cockpit?
They were actually trying to demonstrate the stall protection, by flying extremely slowly right at the edge of the stall (which no pilot would ever attempt in a regular plane).
Yes, and they were doing it at the third of the planned altitude. Why? Because the pilot flying didn't recognise he was flying too low even though the numbers were right at the bloody PFD. I guess he was getting a blowjob from the pilot monitoring, that would maybe excuse both pilots from looking at the altitude indicator.
The big problem was that the engines did not spool up as quickly as the pilots had expected.
Well, duh. All jet engines take their time to spool up from flight idle to full power. This has been known by any jet pilot since the Heinkel He 178 had its first take off in 1939. First to ensure smooth airflow in the compressor so it won't stall (that's like backfire, only worse and can destroy the engine) and second, modern aircraft have high bypass turbofans and they simply have more inertia. So, 12 seconds to spool up and even at full power the aircraft would keep sinking for a few seconds because inertia is a bitch.
All the conspiracy theories are just the pilot trying to distract form his mistakes.
The Paris Air Show lawnmower, AF 296 (And in that one, investigators allegedly altered blackbox data to frame the pilot because heavens no, we can't have FBW impuned in the international spotlight after crashing 1 of 3 at the world's biggest airshow. Vive la France!)
Ah, I see, you are a conspiracy nut. The envelope protection saved almost all lifes back then when the pilot actively tried to kill everyone by stalling the aircraft. Without the protection the plane would have fallen from the sky like a bloody brick, not slowly gliding on the top of the trees.
Bateman's research has also revealed that loss of control accidents are 10 times more likely to occur in non-fly-by-wire aircraft than their digitally flight-envelope-protected counterparts.
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Can you explain to me why the 1/2 Frank coin has the same size and outward appearance as the 10 Rappen coin?
The cashiers in Zuerich always gave me dirty looks when I confused them .
Who the hell buys a retail Windows license when the OEM ones are far cheaper?
It is a good idea, but I prefer watching air crash investigation on my tablet. Usually scares the shit out if the neighbours.
True enough. When I was younger I was sure that so many people are nuts. Today I know that I am the crazy one. It is still difficult to accept, though.
Hannover hasn't been a state for over 70 years.
You mean Lower Saxonia.
Not that much better
https://www.spiegel.de/auto/ak...
Actually they were. Hence the voucher privatisation program in 1992.
Sort of. Most of the rulers of the former Soviet republics have a far more luxury living nowadays. The Soviet nomenklatura used to be pretty humble in comparison.
Same in the GDR by the way, I still remember the outrage about the "luxury mansions" of the SED officials in Wandlitz, but in retrospect the houses were more or less at the West German upper middle class level.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wik...
What gave it away, sherlock?
Dude, you are the brexiter here, but I should fuck off? You are doing it wrong. People like you are the reason why the UK is unable to leave.
You seem to have a problem with reading comprehension. I do want the UK out of the EU. Matter of fact, I'd prefer you'd never joined in the first place. Moreover, I am not even British and I've only ever visited the UK for half a day, strictly for business reasons. It's not a country I'd like to visit in my spare time - the weather is notoriously bad and the people are unfriendly.
Yes, except no because this never stood to vote since there such thing as the withdrawal agreement without the backstop. They also voted against any other possibility, even against no deal.
In the last 40 years the British media has been very hostile to the EU, so I still call bullshit, and, in addition, call you stupid.
So you think Manchester and Liverpool should be ruled by Ireland and Cornwall by France? That's... unexpectededly self-conscious of you but you kind of make my point for me.
Oh yes, absolutely. This is why we have invented the word "Schadenfreude" and consider this the best kind of joy. Please continue to sabotage your country. I really love watching this neverendum circus.
On the other hand compare aircraft piston motors and jet engines. The latter are far more reliable even though their rotational speed is much higher.
Because for the most part of its history it has been a demockracy at best.
Since the UK is a state, it would mean that it has a tradition of refusing to be told what to do by itself. Fair enough, the current shitshow where the parliament refuses every possible option shows exactly that. But that's not quite something to be proud of.
Yep. So the citizens of the UK would see that while their own government prefers not to invest in the poorest regions of the country - and they are often poorer than Romania - the EU does. Which makes these regions voting for Brexit and them consequently become even poorer really funny - at least for those who don't live in the UK.
Since, as you have mentioned previously, the political and media class in the UK is very different from the EU (and very anti-EU), I call bullshit.
Given the questionable quality of the English political class the UK really ought to be run by foreigners - they simply make better decisions. That was true during the times of the Normans, that was true when England was ruled by the Dutch and the Germans and it is just as true today.
You won. Deal with it.
Oh, by the way. I'm still waiting for the riots you guys have promised if the UK wouldn''t leave on the 29th of March. As far as I know this is called "all mouth and no trousers" in your country.
Actually autoland system used to be mandatory for low visibility landings. Nowadays low visibility landings are also allowed if the airplane is equipped with a HUD.
Tesla owners aren't average representatives of the population. Tesla cars are highly unlikely owned by teens or by very old people.
That's not because of some magical Diesel properties, but because of the far higher pressures the Diesel engines have to be built much sturdier (and are, hence, heavier).
TFA is talking about a multi fuel engine, that would be a Diesel cycle engine anyway, or maybe a HCCI.
The only valid reason for the UK to leave the EU is to stop blocking sensible directives, like this one:
https://www.independent.co.uk/...
The UK is a crappy EU member and de Gaulle was right to veto the British membership back in the day.
And yet, the main reason he spent the past 7 years in a luxury prison is that he could not be bothered to use a rubber.
And wherefore would I do that? Amazon Echo is less hassle and since I don't talk at home except issuing voice commands to Alexa, Amazon gets nothing from me.
Because it is comfortable.
Every time I am in a hotel I really miss the option to say "Alexa, switch the lights off", or "Alexa, what time is it?" instead of doing everything myself.
727 and 737 used turbofans, not turbojets.
Even Mach 2 aircraft use turbofans nowadays.
So? The pilot clearly ignored the procedure where once one pilot says "I have control" and gets it acknowledged he should keep his paws off the controls. And besides, the airplane told them both loud and clear "dual control". They ignored it as well.
If it wasn't as clear cut, why was the captain able to instantly recognise the situatuon at hand as soon as he reentered the cockpit?
Yes, and they were doing it at the third of the planned altitude. Why? Because the pilot flying didn't recognise he was flying too low even though the numbers were right at the bloody PFD. I guess he was getting a blowjob from the pilot monitoring, that would maybe excuse both pilots from looking at the altitude indicator.
Well, duh. All jet engines take their time to spool up from flight idle to full power. This has been known by any jet pilot since the Heinkel He 178 had its first take off in 1939. First to ensure smooth airflow in the compressor so it won't stall (that's like backfire, only worse and can destroy the engine) and second, modern aircraft have high bypass turbofans and they simply have more inertia. So, 12 seconds to spool up and even at full power the aircraft would keep sinking for a few seconds because inertia is a bitch.
All the conspiracy theories are just the pilot trying to distract form his mistakes.
Weren't paying attention, eh?
https://upload.wikimedia.org/w...
Pilot error, and a hair raising one at that
Ah, I see, you are a conspiracy nut. The envelope protection saved almost all lifes back then when the pilot actively tried to kill everyone by stalling the aircraft. Without the protection the plane would have fallen from the sky like a bloody brick, not slowly gliding on the top of the trees.
https://www.flightglobal.com/n...
So much for that.
You are talking about the transponder. That's not quite the same thing.