Yes! On all counts. Professional licensed people in aviation follow procedures and rules that, increasingly, are standing the test of time. Those who are reckless and deviate from the rules are held accountable for their mistakes when it harms someone.
If you were a licensed bicycle operator, I would feel comfortable seeing you jailed for a few weeks to punish you for willingly operating your vehicle in an unsafe manner.
If you are licensed to fly an airplane and run out of fuel, or negligently fly into unsafe weather you could also expect to see a little jail time, or lose your license/job. In my country you are not allowed to overfly gatherings of people, or anywhere over a populated area where you can't glide clear to a safe landing.
I really do think the UAV operator's punishment, if he is trained and licensed, is not that out of line. Personally, I would judge two weeks just from the information in the summary.
If on the other hand, he wasn't really trained or authorized to be flying that thing - it is either criminal negligence or negligence on the part of the licensing authority.
Black Cabs charge by distance so the driver will take you the shortest way. If they think you can save time by another route, they will generally ask the customer first as it will cost more.
Yes, in a sense. There is a vision test, where the examiner asks you to read a sign some distance away, before starting the car. But that is it as far as I can remember.
I think that people only tend to pop up and comment when they disagree.
Until I read your comment, I was just sitting back pleasantly surprised to see Obama's office take note of the trend. It didn't occur to me to post "Yes, agree!"
Well, that's what I was wondering, too. Their name for the country is Ísland and they could certainly just say that the new English name is Island now. I wonder how Slashdot is going to render that accented character...
Yes, I agree I never thought it would come to this. But think about it in technology context for a moment. Google News, then Facebook, have been automatically curating news for a long time now. And Slashdot - the technical elite - is selecting, editing (mangling no more I guess) and then publishing them by hand. The irony kills me. Why are we doing it by hand?
THat's not true. There are a lot of EU citizens who have made their home in the UK and contributed to the society and to the country, and were excluded from voting. However, Irish, Maltese and Cypriot EU citizens resident here WERE allowed to vote on the referendum. There is actually a case proceeding in the Scottish parliament on this very topic of disenfranchisement.
There was a toy marketed in 1974 for poor kids who couldn't afford the computerized game. "T.V. Tennis" had a fully mechanical 2-dimensional playing field and would keep score, ringing a bell with each paddle hit.
That is truly fascinating (the brothel managers not wanting 16 year olds) What country are you from? Or can you share a reference (here or via email) where I can read further on this. Thanks. I find it is nearly impossible to Google for straight information about prostitution. Too much ideology wherever you look.
I'm not sure if you are trying to say that my response is off-topic, but really the stupid hydrogen economy needs to be compared against common sense tried and true technologies before we get so excited about it. No, H2O2 is NOT an excellent way to store energy in a lot of circumstances - for instance, in an airplane. The fact that it's easier or safer than H2 doesn't make it easy or safe.
No, of course not. So do we agree we are talking about "TE" and not "STEM"?
It has been said eloquently by another commenter already: all the developers at Microsoft, Google and Apple managed to build their careers without a national focus on development education. I for one, graduated in Mathematics, getting bad grades, and therefore making my degree relatively unmarketable. I then worked as a chef for almost ten years before 18 years in technology. I am now very employable and stay busy. I grew up in a poor yet educated family; and all of my IT skills are self taught.
What I am getting at i there are tons of resources out there for somebody who wants to learn to code. Anybody who doesn't, either doesn't have a computer with a compiler/interpreter they can play with... or doesn't have the interest. I think if we teach kids to read, communicate and think critically, they can follow their interests toward lucrative or at least respectable careers.
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We have been traveling the world with our baby and having fun. Sorry about the screaming in the back of the plane.
Yes! On all counts. Professional licensed people in aviation follow procedures and rules that, increasingly, are standing the test of time. Those who are reckless and deviate from the rules are held accountable for their mistakes when it harms someone.
If he was flying that thing he should have had liability insurance. I flew and I had $2M liability cover. Thankfully, I never hurt anybody.
I also did not overfly crowds of people, because that is illegal and I followed the rules!
http://capslockcheck.com/
If you were a licensed bicycle operator, I would feel comfortable seeing you jailed for a few weeks to punish you for willingly operating your vehicle in an unsafe manner.
If you are licensed to fly an airplane and run out of fuel, or negligently fly into unsafe weather you could also expect to see a little jail time, or lose your license/job. In my country you are not allowed to overfly gatherings of people, or anywhere over a populated area where you can't glide clear to a safe landing.
I really do think the UAV operator's punishment, if he is trained and licensed, is not that out of line. Personally, I would judge two weeks just from the information in the summary.
If on the other hand, he wasn't really trained or authorized to be flying that thing - it is either criminal negligence or negligence on the part of the licensing authority.
Black Cabs charge by distance so the driver will take you the shortest way. If they think you can save time by another route, they will generally ask the customer first as it will cost more.
Emergency services are conducted in English...
What does that even mean? A howling siren, a tracheotomy - these don't require language.
Yes, in a sense. There is a vision test, where the examiner asks you to read a sign some distance away, before starting the car. But that is it as far as I can remember.
Have you not heard? Lawyers are next, right after the taxi drivers, truck drivers and bus drivers. https://www.youtube.com/watch?...
I think that people only tend to pop up and comment when they disagree.
Until I read your comment, I was just sitting back pleasantly surprised to see Obama's office take note of the trend. It didn't occur to me to post "Yes, agree!"
Well, that's what I was wondering, too. Their name for the country is Ísland and they could certainly just say that the new English name is Island now.
I wonder how Slashdot is going to render that accented character...
Yes, I agree I never thought it would come to this. But think about it in technology context for a moment. Google News, then Facebook, have been automatically curating news for a long time now. And Slashdot - the technical elite - is selecting, editing (mangling no more I guess) and then publishing them by hand. The irony kills me. Why are we doing it by hand?
THat's not true. There are a lot of EU citizens who have made their home in the UK and contributed to the society and to the country, and were excluded from voting. However, Irish, Maltese and Cypriot EU citizens resident here WERE allowed to vote on the referendum.
There is actually a case proceeding in the Scottish parliament on this very topic of disenfranchisement.
In the UK the notice period is typically written in the employee's contract. It is one of the things you negotiate when you are offered a job.
link, stripped by slashdot. Grr. http://www.museumofplay.org/online-collections/1/6/112.5948
There was a toy marketed in 1974 for poor kids who couldn't afford the computerized game. "T.V. Tennis" had a fully mechanical 2-dimensional playing field and would keep score, ringing a bell with each paddle hit.
That is crazy. Antibiotics are used in farming to make bigger, beefier animals. Not "keep them alive"...
That is truly fascinating (the brothel managers not wanting 16 year olds)
What country are you from? Or can you share a reference (here or via email) where I can read further on this. Thanks.
I find it is nearly impossible to Google for straight information about prostitution. Too much ideology wherever you look.
I'm think he's using Tomcat...
I'm not sure if you are trying to say that my response is off-topic, but really the stupid hydrogen economy needs to be compared against common sense tried and true technologies before we get so excited about it.
No, H2O2 is NOT an excellent way to store energy in a lot of circumstances - for instance, in an airplane. The fact that it's easier or safer than H2 doesn't make it easy or safe.
like we needed a reference to understand that tungsten at de-orbited energy would hurt?? And what exactly is funny about that?
How does H2O2 compare to lead acid batteries?
$40/barrel doesn't mean anything to me. How many barrels of oil need to be burnt to recover one barrel?
That's what the petro-apocalypse is, by the way. Everybody seems to miss that point.
No, of course not. So do we agree we are talking about "TE" and not "STEM"?
It has been said eloquently by another commenter already: all the developers at Microsoft, Google and Apple managed to build their careers without a national focus on development education.
I for one, graduated in Mathematics, getting bad grades, and therefore making my degree relatively unmarketable. I then worked as a chef for almost ten years before 18 years in technology. I am now very employable and stay busy. I grew up in a poor yet educated family; and all of my IT skills are self taught.
What I am getting at i there are tons of resources out there for somebody who wants to learn to code. Anybody who doesn't, either doesn't have a computer with a compiler/interpreter they can play with... or doesn't have the interest. I think if we teach kids to read, communicate and think critically, they can follow their interests toward lucrative or at least respectable careers.
Audits are done by hand and always will be.