I don't know that much about aerodynamics, but I suspect at 30,000FT that might result in an uncontrolled decent.
That happens every day, but there's nothing "uncontrolled" about it. A standard descent from cruise in an airliner involves pulling the throttles to idle and letting the aircraft come down. Ideally (for greatest efficiency), the engines would stay at idle until you're lining up on final and the gear/flaps come out. Then you have to spool them back up to hold the proper airspeed and glidepath. Up till recently, however, the ATC system and the limitations of aircraft autopilots couldn't handle this, and there would be periods where you level off for a bit, then "step" down again, and so on. But FedEx, UPS, and others are now working on implementing this in the real world. Look up Continuous Descent Arrival.
As a pilot, I do not trust automated systems as far as I can throw them. Granted, I only fly small airplanes that don't have fancy autopilots and flight management systems... but I've also worked avionics development and test for airplanes that do (my day job is engineering). Autopilots do not replace thinking. They take some of the load off the pilots' hands so they can concentrate on other, more complicated things, such as planning a new course around thunderstorms or handling ATC and other traffic. There is no AI component to autopilots, they simply follow a programmed course.
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Are lost bags really that common? I don't know anyone that's had one lost before... sent on an earlier/later flight, sure, but those had good reasons, and they got the bag soon enough. But lost?
The only problem to solve is that high seas piracy still exists and the US government doesn't want the nebulous "bad guys" to steal a nuclear wessel and reuse its atomic fuel for something nasty. We need to bring back armed merchant vessels... a couple armored.50-cal mounts and a 3-inch gun or two maybe. And give the crew rifles.
Also, a nuclear ship can sustain high speeds much longer than conventionally-powered ships. Makes you harder to capture.
I think it might be an interesting development to bring back the "Q-ship"... troll for pirates, then blow their asses out of the water by surprise.
HOPE should be withheld until after the first semester or two of college, with "back pay" if the student does maintain the B. That would weed out a lot of the kids who couldn't really hack it.
I was offered a job at one of the military's weapons test and development ranges. The job itself was awesome, but the company I interned for was offering 50% more, with better benefits. I wasn't a fan of the location either; didn't like the surroundings and it was far away from everyone we knew.
I also got an offer from NASA; but I didn't want to live in Alabama, and their offer was only half of what I was offered at my internship company. Plus, structural dynamics sucks, and it was only a two-year contractor position.
My point? Government needs to offer better pay if they want people to come work for them. Not trying to say I'm a super engineer or anything, but a 33-50% pay differential is quite significant.
There's nothing wrong with asking for confirmation of major commands like shut down, delete, fdisk, etc., or having them require two separate steps to complete. This is especially true in a GUI, where it's much easier to accidentally choose the wrong command--as opposed to a command prompt, for instance.
Now if only they'd put those little retaining screws on power cords like they do on the monitor cable... I've accidentally kicked the power cord out at work a couple times. The smart thing would be to rearrange things so it wasn't possible, but the demons in our contracted IT department would come down upon me.
Back when I lived in Atlanta, they just legalized possession of a firearm in a glove compartment without a special permit/license. Actually, even before the bill, if you were eligible* for a Firearms License (essentially Georgia's equivlalent of a carry permit), you could have a loaded handgun in your car if it was "in an open manner and fully exposed to view or in the glove compartment, console, or similar compartment of the vehicle". Someone who had a GFL was not subject to that restriction. The new law (which goes into effect July 1) allows any of said eligible people to carry the gun anywhere in the car.
A lot of people made a big deal out of how much of a threat it would be to police officers and such, but in reality, anyone who was a threat and who would be willing to shoot an officer during a traffic stop would not be obeying the law to begin with.
*To be eligible for a GFL, you must: -be able to own a firearm (ie, not a felon, no domestic violence convictions, no dishonorable military discharge or involuntary mental hospitalization) -have no drug convictions -not be conviced of any crime with a sentence > 1 year -at least 5 years past the end of any sentence for a "forcible misdemeanor" -at least 21 years old -a legal permanent resident of Georgia
A violent crime rate has a lot more to do with the attitudes of a population and its culture rather than the presence or absence of weapons. A very homogeneous society that is nonviolent by nature (say, Japan) is going to have a lower crime rate than one with prevalent gangs and a glorified street culture.
I think a much better solution would be to fix the problem at its root, and figure out why people commit the crimes in the first place.
you don't behave in sudden or threatening ways near somebody carrying a potentially dangerous tool like a chainsaw or a drill. I'd argue one should act like that regardless of whether said person is carrying potentially lethal instruments. It's called manners and politeness.
So you'd rather go to, say, China, where people don't have guns, yet the government uses lethal force in response to unarmed protesters?
Whatever "gun culture" is, it isn't promoting the shooting of police officers or government officials during peaceful protests or strikes. The overwhelming majority of people in this country with guns have them for legitimate reasons. Some have them for defending their house and family in case of a break-in, deterrence against looters after natural disasters (see the aftermath of Katrina), or for defending themselves against rapists, muggers, or other attackers on the street. Others own guns for hunting, or for keeping predators or pests off of their farms. Still others have them for shooting sports like trap/skeet shooting, bench rest, cowboy action shoots, etc. Just like some people play golf, some shoot.
The "gun culture" railed against so often in the media would be better characterized as "thug culture" or "gang culture".
Fine. I don't like it, but f we're not going to push further into space now, and instead wait for better technology first, I want to see a genuine, concerted effort into getting that technology. Sitting around saying "we should wait for better technology first", and then not actually doing anything to get said technology (instead expecting it to just appear one day) gets you nowhere.
there is absolutely no other valid purpose besides that, for the short term
as for the long term, i won't pretend to know there might not be a more long term purpose, if you don't pretend to know of a specious long term purpose To me, that sounds a lot like shoving your fingers in your ears and running around saying,:"naaah naaah naaah, I can't hear you! I'm only thinking about now, and don't bother me with the long term!"
I wish we'd pull our collective head out of our collective shiny metal ass and start thinking more long term. All this short-term-only thinking has gotten us is: -politicians who don't think beyond the end of their terms -corporations that screw stuff up and don't invest in things that would be beneficial in the long run because they won't help this quarter's profits -people that sit and whine about programs that can have a very real benefit to all of humanity in the long run simply because they want something now -the instant gratification culture that brought on this credit crisis
It depends... if that person is going to be handling a company credit card or something, or otherwise have some autonomy with company funds, I can see a credit check being reasonable.
Unless it's possible to physically touch the paper record (maybe it scrolls by a little window)? Then you could mark it out with a sharpie or something.
Put that piece of glassware (say, a pie dish) on your stove burner, and turn the burner on high. That plate will shatter soon enough; I've seen it happen.
I think he's referring to the capture of various German scientists and engineers after WWII (most prominently, von Braun and the rest of his rocket guys).
I would think most companies have an agreement you sign when you start work that says you understand that they monitor all data entering or leaving. The ones at my company remind you of that every time you sign on.
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I don't know that much about aerodynamics, but I suspect at 30,000FT that might result in an uncontrolled decent.
That happens every day, but there's nothing "uncontrolled" about it. A standard descent from cruise in an airliner involves pulling the throttles to idle and letting the aircraft come down. Ideally (for greatest efficiency), the engines would stay at idle until you're lining up on final and the gear/flaps come out. Then you have to spool them back up to hold the proper airspeed and glidepath. Up till recently, however, the ATC system and the limitations of aircraft autopilots couldn't handle this, and there would be periods where you level off for a bit, then "step" down again, and so on. But FedEx, UPS, and others are now working on implementing this in the real world. Look up Continuous Descent Arrival.
As a pilot, I do not trust automated systems as far as I can throw them. Granted, I only fly small airplanes that don't have fancy autopilots and flight management systems... but I've also worked avionics development and test for airplanes that do (my day job is engineering). Autopilots do not replace thinking. They take some of the load off the pilots' hands so they can concentrate on other, more complicated things, such as planning a new course around thunderstorms or handling ATC and other traffic. There is no AI component to autopilots, they simply follow a programmed course.
Vietnam
Iraq
the French resistance
it's called guerrilla warfare, or an insurgency.
Are lost bags really that common? I don't know anyone that's had one lost before... sent on an earlier/later flight, sure, but those had good reasons, and they got the bag soon enough. But lost?
I think that poster was facetiously referring to using bombs to reduce the population, rather than trying to say that nuclear plants will kill us all.
Ie, "Launch ze missiles!" "But I am le tired..." "then take a nap... and then launch ze missiles!"
Also, a nuclear ship can sustain high speeds much longer than conventionally-powered ships. Makes you harder to capture.
I think it might be an interesting development to bring back the "Q-ship"... troll for pirates, then blow their asses out of the water by surprise.
Yeah, if I'd actually done this (or any other multitude of crimes), my parents would have left my ass in jail to rot, too.
I know a guy whose parents kept bailing him out. It only made him bolder and willing to do more crap each time.
HOPE should be withheld until after the first semester or two of college, with "back pay" if the student does maintain the B. That would weed out a lot of the kids who couldn't really hack it.
I was offered a job at one of the military's weapons test and development ranges. The job itself was awesome, but the company I interned for was offering 50% more, with better benefits. I wasn't a fan of the location either; didn't like the surroundings and it was far away from everyone we knew.
I also got an offer from NASA; but I didn't want to live in Alabama, and their offer was only half of what I was offered at my internship company. Plus, structural dynamics sucks, and it was only a two-year contractor position.
My point? Government needs to offer better pay if they want people to come work for them. Not trying to say I'm a super engineer or anything, but a 33-50% pay differential is quite significant.
There's nothing wrong with asking for confirmation of major commands like shut down, delete, fdisk, etc., or having them require two separate steps to complete. This is especially true in a GUI, where it's much easier to accidentally choose the wrong command--as opposed to a command prompt, for instance.
Now if only they'd put those little retaining screws on power cords like they do on the monitor cable... I've accidentally kicked the power cord out at work a couple times. The smart thing would be to rearrange things so it wasn't possible, but the demons in our contracted IT department would come down upon me.
A lot of people made a big deal out of how much of a threat it would be to police officers and such, but in reality, anyone who was a threat and who would be willing to shoot an officer during a traffic stop would not be obeying the law to begin with.
*To be eligible for a GFL, you must:
-be able to own a firearm (ie, not a felon, no domestic violence convictions, no dishonorable military discharge or involuntary mental hospitalization)
-have no drug convictions
-not be conviced of any crime with a sentence > 1 year
-at least 5 years past the end of any sentence for a "forcible misdemeanor"
-at least 21 years old
-a legal permanent resident of Georgia
there are some other small conditions as well.
A violent crime rate has a lot more to do with the attitudes of a population and its culture rather than the presence or absence of weapons. A very homogeneous society that is nonviolent by nature (say, Japan) is going to have a lower crime rate than one with prevalent gangs and a glorified street culture.
I think a much better solution would be to fix the problem at its root, and figure out why people commit the crimes in the first place.
So you'd rather go to, say, China, where people don't have guns, yet the government uses lethal force in response to unarmed protesters?
Whatever "gun culture" is, it isn't promoting the shooting of police officers or government officials during peaceful protests or strikes. The overwhelming majority of people in this country with guns have them for legitimate reasons. Some have them for defending their house and family in case of a break-in, deterrence against looters after natural disasters (see the aftermath of Katrina), or for defending themselves against rapists, muggers, or other attackers on the street. Others own guns for hunting, or for keeping predators or pests off of their farms. Still others have them for shooting sports like trap/skeet shooting, bench rest, cowboy action shoots, etc. Just like some people play golf, some shoot.
The "gun culture" railed against so often in the media would be better characterized as "thug culture" or "gang culture".
I'd like a gun rack, but I'd never actually get one... too afraid of the gun(s) being stolen.
Fine. I don't like it, but f we're not going to push further into space now, and instead wait for better technology first, I want to see a genuine, concerted effort into getting that technology. Sitting around saying "we should wait for better technology first", and then not actually doing anything to get said technology (instead expecting it to just appear one day) gets you nowhere.
as for the long term, i won't pretend to know there might not be a more long term purpose, if you don't pretend to know of a specious long term purpose To me, that sounds a lot like shoving your fingers in your ears and running around saying,
I wish we'd pull our collective head out of our collective shiny metal ass and start thinking more long term. All this short-term-only thinking has gotten us is:
-politicians who don't think beyond the end of their terms
-corporations that screw stuff up and don't invest in things that would be beneficial in the long run because they won't help this quarter's profits
-people that sit and whine about programs that can have a very real benefit to all of humanity in the long run simply because they want something now
-the instant gratification culture that brought on this credit crisis
and so on.
It depends... if that person is going to be handling a company credit card or something, or otherwise have some autonomy with company funds, I can see a credit check being reasonable.
Unless it's possible to physically touch the paper record (maybe it scrolls by a little window)? Then you could mark it out with a sharpie or something.
...until said gasses swirl around and carry the debris back up to the vehicle. Or the debris bounces off things and back towards it.
It's a lot more complicated than just suck vs. blow.
Put that piece of glassware (say, a pie dish) on your stove burner, and turn the burner on high. That plate will shatter soon enough; I've seen it happen.
I think he's referring to the capture of various German scientists and engineers after WWII (most prominently, von Braun and the rest of his rocket guys).
It seems the Star Trek engineers never heard of the "fail safe" principle before.
I would think most companies have an agreement you sign when you start work that says you understand that they monitor all data entering or leaving. The ones at my company remind you of that every time you sign on.