I don't disagree. As I noted before you questioned my veracity, there really isn't much of a use case for it any more. I'm fine in First class. Hell I'll fly coach if needs must. Paying the price that it would be today, is financial irresponsibility, unless the need is to be there in a short time, and the stars align - that is, there is a Concorde flight taking off that you can get to the airport in time for it. There are probably many jumbos heading that could get you there sooner because they are taking off many times a day.

Do you think that Slashdot is made up solely of programmers and developers? It is not.

There are people here who are scientists, physicists, Engineers, I believe some NucE's as well, and may or may not be highly placed. My present position involves electromagnetic issues - RF from 100 MHz to 6 GHz mainly. but can be anywhere from DC to Daylight as we say.

As I noted, I'm not a VP in name, only that is the closest type position I can associate with what I do.

The advisement I give and counsel I give is on mitigating RF interference, very broadly stated. And since the process looks like black magic to normal people, what I say generally goes. That pattern weaving and mirroring I noted in my previous reply is why I can speak to the CEO's on their level, the Engineers on their level, and interact with all levels on the food chain.

And that is about as much as I can tell you.

Explain for the folks at home exactly why I would do such a thing. Your debate technique has a non zero chance of not being very good.

It is extremely clear that you do not want to deal with anything I wrote. Discombobulated or not.

Elucidate on your specific claims, where I said you said something you did not say, or is it perhaps that you are demanding to control the conversation by claiming the other person is discombobulated, lying about what you said or does not make sense.

Here's your challenge, If you care to reply. As teacher says, make your claims, and show your work.

Show exactly where I made up things that you supposedly said that you did not say.

Hunter Thompson said it best. "Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming "Wow! What a Ride!”

Make certain you stay as safe as possible, Any risk is unacceptableand insane . 8^)

Do you have proof of the stock prices going down when he rode a jumbo? Seems you could make a good case if you have that proof.

It is weird, was there a time when America had no power outages?

In the early 1990's when I bought my hose, I bought generators because power outages happened. Windstorms snowstorms, tornados and hurricanes to not bend to who is president.

Another item.If you aren't in a development where the costs are already in the purchase, and you have some distance from teh power lines, you pay the costs of running the power lines to your house. Solar becomes a no brainer at that point.

And never forget that electrical prices are set to soar as regular customers bear the brunt of paying for Data Centers. You may even be told to limit your electricity use.

Related item. One of the objections to the cancelled American SST was that it could interrupt delicate work such as brain surgery, or harm people with nervous problems. My experience with Sonic booms suggests it might have caused some as well.

I've never heard a Concorde, I have heard a 707 taking off, which was really loud, so I can only imagine what the SST would be like, your experience tells me it would be terrible.

Well, as I answered your question, I am a bit of a thrill seeker and you aren't the only person who has called me crazy. Yes, that bridge crossing was dangerous, requires steady hands, balance, and total concentration.

I advise top level executive types. I suppose that if forced to put it in the Standard Hierarchy, I'd be a VP. I'm a pattern weaver polymath.

I'm not certain what your "creeping around" comment means exactly. I've been on Slashdot for many years, and have fun here. Mostly looking for good conversations, and the occasional curb stomping of dolts.

Perhaps for you. There was nothing to prevent the Boeing company from continuing to develop and eventually introducing the American version of the SST. And ending the program was not because they couldn't build a functional SST - this was not lack of technology nor ability.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/....

There were some other considerations. Timelines and schedules showed that transatlantic routes were going to be gobbled up by the Concorde and its projected fleet of 150 planes (only 14 were ever built.) So the US SST was going to be mostly for Domestic use. Some states even banned the Concorde from overflights or landing. While the effect on a fleet of water vapor and Nitrogen oxide emitting planes on the Ozone layer were a huge consideration, and economics being a huge issue, most people could understand the problem of sonic booms.

In the end, cancellation of the US SST project was the smart move. Any failure was from nationalism and politics attempting to trump economics and physics.

Your last sentence is perhaps illustrative, the words "No one in their right mind". You are exactly correct, even though you used that sentence to invalidate mine. There are some people in this world who hold insane ideas.

As a person raised by strict Catholic Parents with Strict Southern Baptist grandparents, yes, you are 100 percent correct. I have a deep understanding of people not in their right mind. Perhaps you are not aware, but Christian fundamentalism is a belief in biblical infallibility and biblical inerrancy. I have much personal experience with that. My family - in my estimation - was not in their right minds.

I was never abused in that manner, but since you show great empathy, and great kindness and concern....

A cousin of mine could answer your kind question by pointing towards his mouth, anus, and penis on your doll. He was one of those children who was introduced to the world of pedophile priests in the 1970's. His Priest Buddy had a lot of fun with him. And when it was found out, the priest was moved to another diocese, where guess what happened again. My cousin on the other hand, was shunned by the church that seemingly promoted pedophilia. Really screwed the kid up.

But don't worry, when my cousin was around 20 years old, he committed suicide. So he isn't screwed up any more. In great irony, Catholic doctrine holds that he went to hell, while the kiddie diddler priest just made a good act of contrition, and is at this point sitting with god in heaven.

It was cancelled, not failed. Rising costs, environmental concerns, noise, and the lack of a clear market did it in, not your implied idea that the US could not build one that worked. to wit:

They were correct on the rising costs

They were correct on teh environmental concerns.

they were correct on the noise

They were correct on the lack of a clear market.

That isn't failure, the idea that the USA wan't capable of building an SST is ludicrous, but in the end, they made the right decision.

How many Concordes are flying today, versus how many 747's are? One thing the 747 (using as a contemporary aircraft) is that it had/has a very clear and profitable market. America certainly thought there was a business case for supersonic passenger travel, the 747 was designed with its cockpit up there because they expected to convert them to cargo aircraft once all the passenger market had moved to supersonic aircraft.

Yup, there are differences between subsonic and Mach 2 aircraft that makes them inherently more expensive, and while there have been increases in efficiency in Jet propulsion, it's always going to be more expensive to go supersonic. Just like in autos, the faster you go, the more air you have to push out of the way.

Yup, that was a part of the problem with the Concorde as well. I think that at least for me, unless time was critical, I'm completely fine wit a slower, and apparently more comfortable ride on a Jumbo.