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Comment Re:Don't blame me. (Score 1) 124

They are all pretty much scumbags. Not even most environmentalists vote for the greens anymore as they are little more than an extension of the labor party, focused on short term thinking and power plays.

Greens an extension of Labor ? Now there's a chuckle.

Sounds like you get most of your political information from your local Rupertarian.

I'm sure a few hardcore greenies have abandoned the Greens as they slowly morph into a generalist centre-left social-democracy party, but their share of the primary vote has remained pretty constant for a decade or more.

Comment Re:Easy fix (Score 1) 385

Actually, not a bad idea (sort of). Add a door just aft of the front restroom and galley. Close and lock it and the cockpit door unlocks and remains unlocked. Flight crew have access to restroom and front galley. Crew returns to the flight deck and the outer door unlocks so passengers and cabin crew can access facilities.

Some work will have to be done to ensure no-one can hide in this area during the locking procedure.

Comment Militarization of Space (Score 2, Interesting) 71

If it can't be seized and placed under control of the military during times of war*, its not going into space. Gotta make sure we know the key people and which pieces we'll need to grab should we need to mount weapons on it and send it up.

*That means pretty much any time. As we are always conducting a War Against Something.

Comment Re:Same Thing Almost Happened to Me (Score 1) 536

It cost them almost nothing.

By including various regulators in your correspondence, you might not get a remedy for your particular problem. But given enough complaints, the regulator might realize that there's a problem with a particular utility and act. Or some public interest group can obtain such correspondence through a FOIA and use it to support legal or legislative action.

Corporations know that most people can be disuaded by the argument that your individual complaint will get you nowhere. And on a case by case basis they are probably correct. But if they percieve it as one piece of evidence that builds up to some sort of class action, they might be more motivated to fix problems early.

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