What I'm wondering is what would have happened had this iPad crash occurred during the flight post-takeoff. Why do they not carry the paper manuals as a backup in case this sort of thing happens?
Most airlines keep a paper copy of the flight kit in the cockpit. The idea of tablets is so pilots no longer have to carry around 35lb flight bags. I find it hard to believe that American didn't have a backup hardcopy onboard.
So couple this with the autoscoping technoglogy, and I wonder what future sniper courses will look like, and will they continue to teach basics.
Probably not much. It's one reason why they still teach hand-to-hand combat: technology can break. A sniper still would need to learn how to stalk, recon an objective/target, and hit something at a very long range (which includes computing the shot). Anyone in a specialized task such as a military sniper should know the science and technique that goes into applying their craft. Technology can enhance but shouldn't supplant the basics. An analogy would be a mathematician who can use a calculator but doesn't know how to multiply/divide by hand.
They put fluoride in tap water, not bottled water.
Where do you think bottled water comes from? Notice how almost none of them say "spring water" anymore when pretty much all of them used to? That's because they come from public water sources, just like your tap.
anyone else?
Everyone else
Anecdotal example: I drive a pickup truck, and I have owned it for 11 years. It is on its way out soon, and I can't wait to get a small car as I am tired of having something that costs so much to fill up, has bad traction on snow/ice, and is hard to navigate in tight parking lots. But then maybe after xx years in a compact, I'll buy another truck...
MY first car was a 1980 Bronco (that I got in the early 2000s). I loved that thing. Went from that to an Infiniti I30, from that to a 2006 Tundra, and now I'm back to a 2014 Focus. I'm hoping my next one (in about 7-10 years) will be a Jeep. It really is kind of cyclical.
I don't understand why so many people want to drive pickups either. In a pickup you can only haul stuff you care about in decent weather. I get it if you're a farmer or ranch hand and need to haul messy stuff year round, but why would anyone else want to drive a truck? And why is it that the bigger the pickup, the greater the odds that they will back into parking spaces?
I used to drive a pickup with a foldable/removeable bed cover. It allowed me to carry more than I could in a SUV and allowed me to transport stuff in bad weather. It was very handy while I was in college (about 400 miles from where I lived) and whenI was moving around in grad school. My friends in grad school also solicited my help for moves several times as well.
Lucas claims this is not a revenge plot.
Lucas's representatives said this is not revenge for the blocked film studio, reports The Daily Mail.
Did the representatives wave their hands as they made that statement?
Considering Interpol never gets involved in small crime, let alone one where one law agency hasn't even issued a warrant, merely requesting he presents himself to answer some sex without condom charges, shouldn't we also be asking why this case is so special and why don't they do this for ever other incident that crosses borders?
Interpol doesn't choose what crimes to get involved in. If a state makes a request to Interpol for a red notice then Interpol sends it out. It's not like the movie Hitman with a squad of armed agents roaming all over a country looking for 1 person; they simply facilitate requests and notices between agencies of different states.
Replace "science" with "football" in your assertion of what people should do, and explain why your rendering of what's important is objectively better, beyond being better for massaging your own ego.
Sure. I played football from elementary school all the way through college. My wife knows nothing about the sport but I want her to watch it with me. I don't start talking about different offensive formations like pistol, shotgun, spread, or when to use a 4-3 instead of a 3-4 defense. I start with basics, give her a rough idea of who everyone is and what they do so she can follow along while I can pay more attention to the "tactics" of the game. I fail to see how this is a bad thing (or "massaging my ego"-nice ad hominen by the way), and is precisely how you go about bringing in people that are completely unfamiliar with a topic. If you tailor a tv show about science to the people with a Master's degree or higher level of understanding then you miss out on a lot of people.
HOLY MACRO!