Comment Re:CGP Grey (Score 0) 395
The "Zulu standard" is UTC.
Comment Re:Points on your license? (Score 1, Insightful) 151
I'd kill for that.
Try riding it every day and then come back and tell us what you'd kill for.
Comment Re:Could explain the _torque_ (Score 1) 153
Downtain Abbeys?
Comment Re:Organized trolling campaign by GreatBunzinni (Score 4, Informative) 265
Where did you find that definition? I've never know "shill" to mean anything like that. The definition I have is "an accomplice of a hawker, gambler, or swindler who acts as an enthusiastic customer to entice or encourage others." They work with con men to give them an air of legitimacy.
Comment Re:This again? (Score 5, Insightful) 589
Because for women, it comes up every day.
Comment Re:If they were manned aircraft would it be an iss (Score 1) 405
These aircraft probably aren't operating under part 91.
Comment Re:She needs to tell us about the people ,,, (Score 0) 378
Way to prove the article's point.
IT Managers Are Aloof Says Psychologist and Your Co-Workers 378
dcblogs writes "IT managers see themselves as 'reigning supreme,' in an organization, and are seen by non-IT workers as difficult to get along with, says organizational psychologist Billie Blair. If IT managers changed their ways, they could have a major impact in an organization. 'So much of their life is hidden under a bushel because they don't discuss things, they don't divulge what they know, and the innovation that comes from that process doesn't happen, therefore, in the organization,' says Blair."
Comment RUN! (Score 0) 229
RUN WHILE YOU STILL CAN.
Comment Re:Bummer. (Score 1) 910
A scholar, yes, but a gentleman? Hardly. (And I count myself among his admirers.)
Comment Re:its because of the time scales (Score 0) 324
The monstrous earthquake/tsunami combo the Fukushima reactor was hit by was "obvious in hindsight?"
In a country known for its earthquakes and whose language is the fucking origin of the word "tsunami," yes, something like this was obviously going to happen eventually.
In a country known for its earthquakes and whose language is the fucking origin of the word "tsunami," yes, something like this was obviously going to happen eventually.
Comment Re:Back where it belongs (Score 0) 395
That's ridiculous. Edgar Mitchell is the one who removed it from the moon without NASA's permission. Why should NASA be responsible for that?
Tell you what. Here's a car analogy. I'm going to steal your car and drive it to Mexico. If you want it back, you have to come get it and return it to your garage. Otherwise I get to keep it fair and square and you promise never to tell the police.
Tell you what. Here's a car analogy. I'm going to steal your car and drive it to Mexico. If you want it back, you have to come get it and return it to your garage. Otherwise I get to keep it fair and square and you promise never to tell the police.
Comment Re:Lego (Score 0) 659
There is no plural of Lego: http://stason.org/TULARC/games/mindstorms-lego/7-Plural-of-LEGO.html
Comment Re:Most poor people already have internet (Score 1) 277
You've never actually met a poor person, have you?
Comment Re:Good thread with an Airbus pilot and some exper (Score 2, Interesting) 449
I find it highly unlikely that clogged pitot tubes would take out all the static and gyroscopic instrumentation too. That would be a phenomenally stupid design, and would rank the Airbus lower than a Cessna 150 in terms of instrument reliability.
The information in the report is preliminary, and there has to be more to this story. Even the lowliest weekend warrior pilot earning the most basic instrument certification has to demonstrate an ability to fly in IMC with multiple instrument failures.
What I want to know is why the PF pulled the stick back to the stop with the stall warning blaring in his ear. There's no way an airline pilot would make such a stupid mistake—unless there's way more to this story than what we're reading in the preliminary report.
The information in the report is preliminary, and there has to be more to this story. Even the lowliest weekend warrior pilot earning the most basic instrument certification has to demonstrate an ability to fly in IMC with multiple instrument failures.
What I want to know is why the PF pulled the stick back to the stop with the stall warning blaring in his ear. There's no way an airline pilot would make such a stupid mistake—unless there's way more to this story than what we're reading in the preliminary report.
