We're working under a grant from Northrop Grumman for a study of microcrack nucleation and propagation, so all our specimens have rivet holes to give us a limited place for cracks to form. Bonded aluminum falls outside the scope of the study.
I'm doing research in fatigue fracture in aircraft aluminum right now. I wonder if the carbon fiber wings - and I don't know too much about how they're put together - would be better suited to resist fatigue than aluminum merely through lack of rivets. Rivet holes are great stress concentrators.
Now if an on-duty police officer assaults someone in such an (illegal) manner, does that person have the legal right to self-defence? If it weren't a cop beating your friend, he could have fought back to defend himself. Does the same hold true if it's a cop assaulting you in such a way? I know they'd likely incapacitate/kill you if you tried, but is it legal?
Yeah, I wasn't sure about that one. Considering the 747 ABL project though, an anti-spy-plane laser seems entirely feasible. Granted, these planes are built to withstand high temperatures, but then again since they'll already be hot it won't be as hard to make them a bit hotter, enough to damage them.
What about laser weapons, though? They weren't nearly as advanced back when the 71 was flying, but (iirc) they can destroy satellites with them now. Wouldn't targeting a high-flying plane like the 72 be similar to hitting a satellite? I can't imagine the maneuverability would be very good at those speeds.
To be fair, Clinton signed them; he didn't vote for or write them. It would have been nice had he vetoed them, but I don't know how much good it would have done. You have to remember that the congress Clinton had to work with is the same one that we've had 'til 2006, and largely still do.
They took BILLIONS of OUR DOLLARS with the promise that they would upgrade the infrastructure, and then DID NOT DO IT! They swindled the tax-payers out of an insane amount of money!
God, I hate you free-market trolls; I don't know why I bother replying.
Throw off the chains of their licensing agreements and buy retail copies instead, probably. I have to imagine not being bound by a MS license agreement would be a good thing for them.
Malice or no, they're criminals if (like it's a question of "if") they used the RNC accounts for government business. Besides, knowing this administration, you'd have to be a complete idiot to believe that they weren't up to no good using those instead of the official addresses.
It's to please the Cuban ex-pats in Florida who dislike the current Cuban government. Given how much a few thousand votes in Florida can matter, no politician wants to risk pissing these folks off. Funny how such a small group can be so influential because they live in the right state. *shakes fist at electoral college*
I'd argue that cell networks are part of the shared infrastructure. There's only so much spectrum to go around. Thus companies, while being able to recoup investment, shouldn't be able to completely block competitors. It's not very feasible for every company that wants to offer cellular service to plaster the nation with their own set of towers.
We've already established that gun control doesn't do a whole lot to keep guns out of the hands of criminals; if you don't accept that point I've got nothing further to say. Given that, it only makes sense to allow people who are not criminals to have guns, too. They're not known as the "great equalizer" for nothing. Someone's a lot less likely to try to rob/kill/hurt you if they think they're going to get shot in the attempt.
You talk about your right to stay alive. Well when some asshole tries something with his illegal gun, your right to stay alive isn't going to stop the bullet. A gun, on the other hand, might stop him from shooting in the first place. Your rights mean nothing if you can't enforce them.
Wouldn't damming the Med, causing its levels to fall, cause possibly disastrous ocean-level increases for the rest of the world? I think Bangladesh might get kind of pissed off by that...
Soviet Communism? Seriously I'm sick of the humanists regime of Stallin which, incidentally, spoke of religion in similar tones to your post killing Millions upon millions of humans and getting ignored.
Not a very good example, that. I'd hardly call Stalin a humanist. Anyhow, your example merely reinforces GP's point: the belief that a wide, heavy-handed enactment of communism would improve the welfare of the population of Russia is also a belief unfounded in scientific proof, empirical data or even anecdotal evidence. The fact that it doesn't have anything to do with a supernatural almighty being doesn't make it any less an unfounded belief.
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We're working under a grant from Northrop Grumman for a study of microcrack nucleation and propagation, so all our specimens have rivet holes to give us a limited place for cracks to form. Bonded aluminum falls outside the scope of the study.
I'm doing research in fatigue fracture in aircraft aluminum right now. I wonder if the carbon fiber wings - and I don't know too much about how they're put together - would be better suited to resist fatigue than aluminum merely through lack of rivets. Rivet holes are great stress concentrators.
On the contrary, I'd expect it to be one of the best jobs ever; you don't have to do anything.
Bah, would that I had had the money to invest in Nintendo a year ago, when I very much wanted to.
Now if an on-duty police officer assaults someone in such an (illegal) manner, does that person have the legal right to self-defence? If it weren't a cop beating your friend, he could have fought back to defend himself. Does the same hold true if it's a cop assaulting you in such a way? I know they'd likely incapacitate/kill you if you tried, but is it legal?
They only took it down because they forgot to replace all instances of "Ubuntu" with "Vista SP1". It'll be back fairly shortly, I'm sure.
Yeah, I wasn't sure about that one. Considering the 747 ABL project though, an anti-spy-plane laser seems entirely feasible. Granted, these planes are built to withstand high temperatures, but then again since they'll already be hot it won't be as hard to make them a bit hotter, enough to damage them.
What about laser weapons, though? They weren't nearly as advanced back when the 71 was flying, but (iirc) they can destroy satellites with them now. Wouldn't targeting a high-flying plane like the 72 be similar to hitting a satellite? I can't imagine the maneuverability would be very good at those speeds.
To be fair, Clinton signed them; he didn't vote for or write them. It would have been nice had he vetoed them, but I don't know how much good it would have done. You have to remember that the congress Clinton had to work with is the same one that we've had 'til 2006, and largely still do.
How is that the telecoms' fault?!
They took BILLIONS of OUR DOLLARS with the promise that they would upgrade the infrastructure, and then DID NOT DO IT! They swindled the tax-payers out of an insane amount of money!
God, I hate you free-market trolls; I don't know why I bother replying.
Jesus Fucking Christ...
Throw off the chains of their licensing agreements and buy retail copies instead, probably. I have to imagine not being bound by a MS license agreement would be a good thing for them.
Speaking of looking like a douche, it's "viruses". I'll say it again, "viruses". Not virii.
Malice or no, they're criminals if (like it's a question of "if") they used the RNC accounts for government business. Besides, knowing this administration, you'd have to be a complete idiot to believe that they weren't up to no good using those instead of the official addresses.
It's to please the Cuban ex-pats in Florida who dislike the current Cuban government. Given how much a few thousand votes in Florida can matter, no politician wants to risk pissing these folks off. Funny how such a small group can be so influential because they live in the right state. *shakes fist at electoral college*
Lets hope they decide not to settle inside the quarantine zone. That place crawls.
Vhere are your papers?
I'd argue that cell networks are part of the shared infrastructure. There's only so much spectrum to go around. Thus companies, while being able to recoup investment, shouldn't be able to completely block competitors. It's not very feasible for every company that wants to offer cellular service to plaster the nation with their own set of towers.
Because it's against the interests of our society and so we say you can't, and if you don't want to play nice you can find a new society.
Add nitric acid, and you get nitroglycerin (according to Fight Club, anyhow).
We've already established that gun control doesn't do a whole lot to keep guns out of the hands of criminals; if you don't accept that point I've got nothing further to say. Given that, it only makes sense to allow people who are not criminals to have guns, too. They're not known as the "great equalizer" for nothing. Someone's a lot less likely to try to rob/kill/hurt you if they think they're going to get shot in the attempt.
You talk about your right to stay alive. Well when some asshole tries something with his illegal gun, your right to stay alive isn't going to stop the bullet. A gun, on the other hand, might stop him from shooting in the first place. Your rights mean nothing if you can't enforce them.
Wow, that is fucked up. Who the hell wrote that in there?!
Yeah, if they hadn't lost it already this is the golden nail in their CC status's coffin.
Oh man, bring on the FUD. These examiners are going to get buried in bullshit by the competitors of whoever applies for the patent.
Wouldn't damming the Med, causing its levels to fall, cause possibly disastrous ocean-level increases for the rest of the world? I think Bangladesh might get kind of pissed off by that...
Not a very good example, that. I'd hardly call Stalin a humanist. Anyhow, your example merely reinforces GP's point: the belief that a wide, heavy-handed enactment of communism would improve the welfare of the population of Russia is also a belief unfounded in scientific proof, empirical data or even anecdotal evidence. The fact that it doesn't have anything to do with a supernatural almighty being doesn't make it any less an unfounded belief.