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Comment Fort Bragg (Score 1) 43

Libs invaded and are making a big stink about changing the name of Fort Bragg, CA. What amazes me is that there are [at least] two places, on opposite sides of the country, named for the exact same obscure US Army officer (and later, Confederate general and slave owner). I hope they rename it Fort Woke, CA.

Comment Re:Maneuvering Characteristics Augmentation System (Score 1) 74

I'd wondered why there were 2 stab switches but only 1 thing done.

Didn't see it in the wikipedia, but IIRC there was a delay of 8 (maybe 3) seconds after a pilot used the trim thumbswitch on the yoke before MCAS would resume trying to kill everyone. So there was a path out of MCAS deathwish: keep tapping the trim switch on the yoke in intervals less than the delay, or use the thumbswitch to power the trim into desired position then turn the stab switches off. Neither procedure was documented, as that would have been admitting to the existence of MCAS, triggering more retraining.

Comment Re:Short Seasons (Score 1) 72

Wasn't <i>Gunsmoke</i> running 2 new episodes a week for some period?

Somewhat amusing that back in the day UK actors lived in dread that their 6-12 episode/year series would get imported to the US and it's 26 episode treadmill. How can a real actor play the same character more than a dozen times a year? But now with streaming these short British length runs are the norm.

Comment Re:Noise Rate (Score 1) 199

Same thing with Lahina. Those who recognized a tsunami siren would have fled away from the water...into fire. Those who didn't would have been "wtf is that"?

For the failed effort to make a flood warning system a decade ago it was explicitly decided omit sirens. It's politicians and internet-certified experts who declare that sirens are what's needed.

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