Comment Re:In the SIMULATOR? (Score 1) 270
GPS does not measure airspeed, pitot tube does. Airspeed is needed for flight and that's what the pilot is mostly concerned with.
Comment Re:If it was Obama's signature legislation..... (Score 1) 227
This is the nature of insurance. Everyone puts in some money into the pot, so that things some people need will be paid for.
Comment Re:If it was Obama's signature legislation..... (Score 2) 227
Sigh.. do you understand how insurance works? If you have insurance via your job it also covers all kinds of stuff that you will never use...
Comment Re:Liberal strategy (Score 1) 1144
The historical record shows that not a single Republican voted for this particular piece of legislative madness.
So what! At the time Republicans were a minority in Congress, so ACA was passed fair and square. Like there were no bills passed with only Republican votes in the past...
Comment Re:"Financial Sense" (Score 1) 668
You should watch this to understand what the debt limit is.
Comment Polygraphs don't work... (Score 4, Interesting) 374
This has been known for ages. here is one reference:
Comment Re:Zimmerman? (Score 1) 421
More the reason not to follow him, especially after handing off to police.
Comment Just ignore Gladwell (Score 1) 213
Joel Spolsky had this article on Gladwell the expresses very well what has been annoying me about Gladwell and his books.
Comment Re:Except that theory probably isn't relevant (Score 1) 423
The manufacturer provides the training. Mostly in simulators.
Comment Gladwell's comments no longer apply (Score 2) 423
Here is a more knowledgeable article about this crash written by an airline pilot. Korean airlines may have had some of those problems years back, but no longer.
Comment Re:Oh, gag me. (Score 0) 564
Really. So many people out there are pretty much totally ignorant on basic facts of physics,....
People who cannot write a coherent paragraph, or are not familiar with Hamlet or King Lear, or do not know history are equally bad, even if the know how to write code in C++.
The assumption in your post is that all you need to present is evidence to convince others of your point of view shows a very shallow understanding of human condition.
Perhaps some study of humanities would improve your understanding.
Comment Interest (Score 1) 446
Think of all the interest payments the government lost...
Comment You own your car... (Score 1) 317
OK. You own your car. The car has a computer with software that controls the anti-lock brakes. You hack this software to be more efficient and use the brakes better. You install in your car and post your hack on the net.
Now some Joe Shmoe takes your code and puts it in his car. Then he drives around and has accident and kills someone, because the brakes failed.
Are you now liable for the accident?
Comment Re:I wonder... (Score 1) 465
A big advantage of e-readers for older readers is that you can make the font larger. E-readers open up huge number of books for older folks who do not see as well, that was not available before.
Submission + - High Tech Companies Becoming Fools for the City
theodp writes: Drawn by amenities and talent, the WSJ reports that tech firms are saying goodbye to office parks and opting for cities. Pinterest, Zynga, Yelp, Square, Twitter, and Salesforce.com are some of the more notable tech companies who are taking up residence in San Francisco. New York City's Silicon Alley is now home to more than 500 new start-up companies like Kickstarter and Tumblr, not to mention the gigantic Google satellite in the old Port Authority Building. London, Seattle, and even downtown Las Vegas are also seeing infusions of techies. So, why are tech companies eschewing Silicon Valley and going all Fool for the City? 'Silicon Valley proper is soul-crushing suburban sprawl,' Paul Graham presciently explained in 2006. 'It has fabulous weather, which makes it significantly better than the soul-crushing sprawl of most other American cities. But a competitor that managed to avoid sprawl would have real leverage.'
