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Comment Mayday! Mayday! (Score 1) 117

I've been binge-watching Mayday (a.k.a. Air Crash Investigations), and I have not seen a single episode where bug splatter on the wings brought down a plane. There was one episode where a spider built a nest in the pitot tube, but nothing with the wings. They would be far better off developing anti-ice coating. Ice brings down planes on a regular basis.

Comment Re:Never knew the concert conductor did that! (Score 1) 62

Maybe, but I suspect maybe not. The electromagnetic spectrum (which includes light frequencies) has particular characteristics that do not change much with increases in frequencies, closed system or not.

Granted, but optical signals are not generated by a coil of wire and interleaved metal plates. You can't just tweak a capacitor to adjust the frequency of a laser.

Comment Re:This problem needs a technical solution (Score 1) 268

No private citizen NEEDS a gun either; or a car, or a computer, or porno magazines. That doesn't mean we can't have them.

The reality of the situation is that the persons taking video of the fire with their fancy flying cameras were probably unaware that they were interfering with the fire-fighting effort.

Comment Re:What is being missed... is the $2 million part. (Score 1) 456

It's not just a question of context. It stems from a misunderstanding of the use of "beg" to mean "assume" instead of "ask for."

True. The mistake of using begging to mean assuming has been kicking around since the 16th century when "petitio principi" was mis-translated. Like you say, too late to do anything about it now.

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