August 15, 2012
— Maetenloch
Watch a Plane Crash From Inside the Cockpit
Don't worry - everyone survived and is recovering but this is still rough to watch.
Apparently a group was flying in Idaho and had their Gopro cameras running as they took off...and then crashed.
After flying up into the mountains for a morning hike in the Frank Church River of No Return Wilderness we were planning on flying to a small mountain town for dinner. Due to warming temperatures there was an increase in density altitude and we had a hard time getting adequate lift. After taking off we hit an air pocket that made us rapidly loose altitude, pushing us down into the trees.
Now I'm no pilot but I have skimmed a ground school course, stayed at a Holiday Inn right next to the airport that one time, and done a fair amount of Flight Simulator, so...when they were barely gaining altitude at the end of the runway, I would have been thinking about an abort.
And when they started approaching the tree line and weren't at least double the height of the trees, I would have maybe done a circle of the field until they had some altitude and speed.
But hey I'm just a caveman who can mostly pass for homo sapien - what the hell do I know about magical flying devices?
Oh and if you're wondering, the weird propeller effect is due to the rolling shutter on the digital camera.
The Entire Set of Milton Friedman's Free To Choose
Is now on YouTube. I happened to catch part of this series as a kid and it ended up having a major influence on my thinking. Everything Friedman pointed out - seemingly counter-intuitive at first - turned out to be obvious in retrospect.
Jonah G. on sooper-genius Joe Biden:
Yet another argument was that Biden would offer sage counsel on foreign affairs. This was an interesting theory given Biden's record. He opposed Reagan's defense buildup, hailed Mikhail Gorbachev's "pragmatic" leadership almost until the moment the Soviet Union disappeared, opposed the first Gulf War, supported the second - an interesting fact given the central role opposition to the war played in Obama's election - bragged about being the real author of the PATRIOT Act, and has always and everywhere claimed credit for successes whether he had anything to do with them or not (one notable exception: He opposed the operation to get bin Laden). "For all Biden's twaddle about doctrines and concepts," Andrew C. McCarthy wrote in National Review in 2008, "there is a simple technique for divining this foreign-policy solon's bobs and weaves: Consult the polls and the calendar."
Even the Roman army would be impressed by this:
The IDF is planning to purchase new mobile forts that can be erected independently by small military units and protect them during operations inside enemy territory.Called Y-Fort, the new system was developed by Y-Fence, an Israeli company that is also involved in constructing the security barrier along Israel's border with Egypt.
The fort is built like a Lego set and consists of small mesh cubes that can be folded flat for easy transport and then open to hold around one ton of dirt.
The 1X1 meter cubes are then connected to one another to form a 40-meter fortress that can hold around 50 soldiers.
The fort can be built within four hours.
How To Track the Rich and Famous
If you know the callsign of their private plane, you can track them at openbarr.net - even if their flight plans are kept private by the FAA.
Last night a long dormant neuron sputtered to life briefly and reminded of this movie that I happened to catch one late night in 1980 or so a wee wee lad. At the time I thought it was really funny and based on the trailer it probably is still decent. I believe this might have been Steve Gutenberg's first real movie role.
Meet Your New Japanese Gundam Sexbot Overlords
Okay this is an odd turn that I didn't quite see coming but in retrospect it was inevitable.
Teh Tweet!
Yahoo group. That is all.
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Posted by: Y-not at August 15, 2012 06:40 PM (5H6zj)
Posted by: alex of byzantium at August 15, 2012 06:40 PM (1/13k)
Posted by: steevy at August 15, 2012 06:40 PM (6o4Fb)
Posted by: Arbalest at August 15, 2012 06:41 PM (eTHRu)
Posted by: Trimegistus at August 15, 2012 06:41 PM (8qCCl)
Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at August 15, 2012 06:42 PM (Q/1Jp)
Posted by: steevy at August 15, 2012 06:43 PM (6o4Fb)
Posted by: Lucius Flavius Silva at August 15, 2012 06:43 PM (sZTYJ)
Posted by: Y-not at August 15, 2012 06:44 PM (5H6zj)
Posted by: Y-not at August 15, 2012 06:44 PM (5H6zj)
I thought the magazines center said "FULL COLON PINUPS!", then realized that was last night.
That vid still gives me the heebie-jeeeebies.
Posted by: JimboHoffa at August 15, 2012 06:45 PM (dAfqy)
Posted by: Adam at August 15, 2012 06:45 PM (/YJYi)
Posted by: the undying ones at August 15, 2012 06:45 PM (1/13k)
Posted by: Hal Burton at August 15, 2012 06:46 PM (kzFo5)
Posted by: Paul Ryan at August 15, 2012 06:47 PM (/YJYi)
Posted by: garrett at August 15, 2012 06:47 PM (kBdWI)
Posted by: the undying ones at August 15, 2012 06:48 PM (1/13k)
Posted by: someone at August 15, 2012 06:48 PM (bqjJT)
Posted by: Not an Artist at August 15, 2012 06:48 PM (uRumV)
Posted by: sven10077 at August 15, 2012 06:49 PM (LRFds)
Posted by: joe colon biden at August 15, 2012 06:49 PM (1/13k)
Posted by: ザ 政治的 帽子 at August 15, 2012 06:50 PM (sZTYJ)
Posted by: Y-not at August 15, 2012 06:50 PM (5H6zj)
mom used to talk about how happy they seemed....
and Lee Majors and Farrah....ah the good old days.
Posted by: sven10077 at August 15, 2012 06:50 PM (LRFds)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at August 15, 2012 06:50 PM (V2inB)
Posted by: Grey Fox at August 15, 2012 06:50 PM (yd9d7)
Posted by: Y-not at August 15, 2012 06:52 PM (5H6zj)
Posted by: eman at August 15, 2012 06:52 PM (u3Rkr)
People keep going on about the Japanese and their fembot technology, but still there is no real marketable progress. The delay is unacceptable. Hell, by the time their miracle tech finally produces a robot similar enough to a woman, I'll prolly be old and impotent. Indeed, I may not even live to witness our final triumph over the women (by replacing them). Obviously, we need to start devoting government funding to this vital work.
Posted by: Reactionary at August 15, 2012 06:52 PM (jfeoD)
Posted by: ascorbic acid at August 15, 2012 06:53 PM (1/13k)
The best option is to try to pick the best path in front of you and aim for spaces between the trees.
Posted by: Dave at August 15, 2012 06:53 PM (DAe1T)
Posted by: Truck Monkey at August 15, 2012 06:54 PM (jucos)
Posted by: Not an Artist at August 15, 2012 06:54 PM (uRumV)
Posted by: ザ 政治的 帽子 at August 15, 2012 06:54 PM (sZTYJ)
Posted by: emf at August 15, 2012 06:54 PM (wf+DP)
Just downloaded "Free to Choose" to my Kindle this AM. I think they are selling a DVD set.
Maybe stream it on NetFlix.
Posted by: fluffy at August 15, 2012 06:54 PM (3SvjA)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at August 15, 2012 06:54 PM (V2inB)
Posted by: eman at August 15, 2012 06:55 PM (u3Rkr)
Posted by: The Political Hat at August 15, 2012 06:55 PM (sZTYJ)
Posted by: StPatrick_TN at August 15, 2012 06:56 PM (lJJMb)
As a leading commentator on CNN, it is my job to stay abreast of developments around the world.
People keep going on about the Japanese and their fembot technology, but still there is no real marketable progress. The delay is unacceptable. Hell, by the time their miracle tech finally produces a robot similar enough to a woman, I'll prolly be old and impotent. Indeed, I maynot even live to witness our final triumph over thewomen (by replacing them). Obviously, we need to start devoting government fundingto this vital work.
Posted by: Fareed Zakaria, CNN Star! at August 15, 2012 06:56 PM (sJTmU)
Posted by: Y-not at August 15, 2012 06:56 PM (5H6zj)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at August 15, 2012 10:54 PM (V2inB)
The Samarai Shrillary 3000?
Posted by: JimboHoffa at August 15, 2012 06:57 PM (dAfqy)
'where I had left Kate with a very curious Sister' leads to the wrong wrong thoughts. That has been struck out.
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at August 15, 2012 06:58 PM (V2inB)
Posted by: someone at August 15, 2012 06:58 PM (bqjJT)
Posted by: Hu Jintao at August 15, 2012 06:59 PM (sZTYJ)
Posted by: eman at August 15, 2012 06:59 PM (u3Rkr)
The Samurai Shrillary 3000 with the Ginzu chop! But wait there is more. If you order within the next 24 hours, we will throw in for free Bill Clinton panty remover. Just pay shipping and handling.
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at August 15, 2012 06:59 PM (V2inB)
Posted by: Y-not at August 15, 2012 07:00 PM (5H6zj)
They don't float, I'll tell you that much
Posted by: JFK Jr. at August 15, 2012 07:00 PM (Y7XKa)
The real question is: How far are they in genetically engineering a marketable catgirl?
Posted by: ƒU ÂÂŽ¡“I –XÂŽq at August 15, 2012 10:54 PM (sZTYJ)
I googled that "catgirl" and, well, wow. I'm surprised I'd never heard of it before, given the obviously high level of popularity.
Alas - the Japanese are not known for their primacy in genetic engineering. We must rely on our own scientists to produce that marvel.
Posted by: Reactionary at August 15, 2012 07:00 PM (jfeoD)
Posted by: steevy at August 15, 2012 07:01 PM (6o4Fb)
Posted by: JustLikeDavidHasselhoff at August 15, 2012 07:01 PM (QyMDY)
it's warm, humid, and breezeless outside.
Humid in Utah?
The dewpoint is a crisp 69F at my house. 71F here at the orifice.
Posted by: fluffy at August 15, 2012 07:02 PM (3SvjA)
Posted by: someone at August 15, 2012 07:02 PM (bqjJT)
That Y-fort looks pretty much like the Hesco barriers that the US has been using the Iraq / Afghan wars for the past 7 years. <<<<<
Nonsense. Hescos are wire mesh cubes with canvas liners.
These are wire mesh cubes with canvas liners stacked on top of each other.
Posted by: Empire of Jeff at August 15, 2012 07:02 PM (JDIKC)
Posted by: Lemmiwinks at August 15, 2012 10:58 PM (61yvg)
I gotta agree but will give ashout out to Farrahs nips as I helped print every Playboy she was in and remember them well. It was a "stop the presses" moment.
Posted by: JimboHoffa at August 15, 2012 07:02 PM (dAfqy)
Posted by: Starsky and Hutch at August 15, 2012 07:02 PM (QK3qp)
Posted by: GnuBreed at August 15, 2012 07:02 PM (ccXZP)
That fort idea sounds great. Dirt makes a wonderful barrier to shrapnel and bullets. It self heals.
Posted by: GnuBreed at August 15, 2012 11:02 PM (ccXZP)
Not only that - a scaled-down version would make a great way to keep kids busy outside building forts! Admittedly, the impact on the lawn could be a bit negative...
Posted by: Reactionary at August 15, 2012 07:04 PM (jfeoD)
Airports in the desert like Phoenix shut down takeoffs at a certain temperature because the planes can't get the lift they need
Posted by: kbdabear at August 15, 2012 07:04 PM (Y7XKa)
Posted by: thunderb at August 15, 2012 07:04 PM (Dnbau)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at August 15, 2012 07:05 PM (V2inB)
Posted by: Truman North, iPhone ninny at August 15, 2012 07:05 PM (clOq9)
Posted by: The Dude at August 15, 2012 07:06 PM (tw6Ar)
With this one, it just does not fit to leave that kind of innuendo out there so obvious and gratuitous.
I must be very innocent. I don't get the innuendo at all - the "Sister" is a nun or a nurse, right?
Posted by: Grey Fox at August 15, 2012 07:06 PM (yd9d7)
Posted by: someone at August 15, 2012 10:58 PM (bqjJT)
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It wasn't Almost Anything Goes, was it?
Posted by: sistrum at August 15, 2012 07:07 PM (AyryN)
Posted by: Museisluse at August 15, 2012 07:08 PM (pQ1p8)
It wasn't Almost Anything Goes, was it?
Posted by: sistrum at August 15, 2012 11:07 PM (AyryN)
Maybe I'll have to check
Posted by: someone at August 15, 2012 07:08 PM (bqjJT)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at August 15, 2012 07:09 PM (V2inB)
Posted by: Adam Smith's Invisible Pimp Hand at August 15, 2012 07:09 PM (NzBQO)
"And when they started approaching the tree line and weren't at least double the height of the trees, I would have maybe done a circle of the field until they had some altitude and speed.
But hey I'm just a caveman who can generally pass for homo sapien - what the hell do I know about magical flying devices?"
Here's the thing about flying airplanes, everyone on board is depending on you to save their ass, once they're strapped in they have no say in the matter. This guy in the video should be sitting in jail for the same amount of time as any drunk driver that killed someone. He's was lucky he didn't kill anyone.
I'd love to think Maetenloch knows his limitations but unfortunately most pilots don't, even though they swear they do.
Posted by: lowandslow at August 15, 2012 07:09 PM (GZitp)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at August 15, 2012 07:10 PM (V2inB)
Silversun Pickups Tell Mitt Romney To Stop Using 'Panic Switch,' Say They Dislike The GOP Candidate
Huffblo link;
http://tinyurl.com/8cnswzg
Posted by: kbdabear at August 15, 2012 07:10 PM (Y7XKa)
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No way...
Weiner
Weiner
WEINER.
Grab on to the Weiner, Zero.
Posted by: John Galt's Bile Duct at August 15, 2012 07:10 PM (+/VIS)
Posted by: The Dude at August 15, 2012 11:08 PM (tw6Ar)
Hell, I probably couldn't pick one up there.
Posted by: JimboHoffa at August 15, 2012 07:11 PM (dAfqy)
Posted by: IdowhatIwant at August 15, 2012 07:11 PM (a4CUi)
Posted by: MikeTheMoose Lite! 98% Anger Free! at August 15, 2012 07:11 PM (GE1+K)
Posted by: steevy at August 15, 2012 07:11 PM (6o4Fb)
Posted by: thunderb at August 15, 2012 07:12 PM (Dnbau)
He might be able to afford to start a smaller robot bar with those winnings.
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at August 15, 2012 07:12 PM (V2inB)
86 Carryover from the Biden replacement thread. Elizabeth Warren, the dnc sweetheart.
... Alan Grayson, maybe? He has the Mouth of Biden, the Attitude of Weiner, ...
Posted by: Arbalest at August 15, 2012 07:13 PM (eTHRu)
When will the GOP realize that it's country music and Kid Rock that is it, there are no other options.
Maybe, Maybe, 3-Doors down.
Posted by: General Woundwort at August 15, 2012 07:13 PM (DWgdc)
Silversun Pickups
I'm impressed that somebody from the Romney camp knows about 3rd string bands. Never heard of them either.
Posted by: USS Diversity at August 15, 2012 07:13 PM (2d71t)
Posted by: eman at August 15, 2012 07:14 PM (u3Rkr)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at August 15, 2012 07:14 PM (V2inB)
Posted by: AltonJackson at August 15, 2012 07:14 PM (JMmQ9)
Posted by: huerfano at August 15, 2012 07:15 PM (bAGA/)
Another group I never heard of being lefty assholes;
Silversun Pickups Tell Mitt Romney To Stop Using 'Panic Switch,' Say They
Dislike The GOP Candidate
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Oh, I'm sorry, I was under the impression that they could play anything they want so long as they pay the royalty to the fund. IOW - fuck off, heres your 5 bucks.
Posted by: Hal Burton at August 15, 2012 07:15 PM (kzFo5)
He might be able to afford to start a smaller robot bar with those winnings.
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at August 15, 2012 11:12 PM (V2inB)
I didn't but if I did, first thing I would do would fill a 10 foot deep pool with beer and submerge myself in it. Swimming in beer sounds like fun
Posted by: The Dude at August 15, 2012 07:15 PM (tw6Ar)
Posted by: harleycowboy at August 15, 2012 07:15 PM (wSTfB)
Preorders being accepted now.
Posted by: GnuBreed at August 15, 2012 07:17 PM (ccXZP)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at August 15, 2012 07:17 PM (V2inB)
Posted by: MikeTheMoose Lite! 98% Anger Free! at August 15, 2012 07:19 PM (GE1+K)
No, still not getting it, he shouldn't have even started the engine. He already crashed the airplane when he put a person in the back seat of a Stinson at that altitude.
Posted by: lowandslow at August 15, 2012 07:20 PM (GZitp)
(Sorry I'm not good at trolling but I'm still wondering if there are any Southerners, particularly from Florida, that could swap out for Biden.)
Posted by: apprentic troll at August 15, 2012 07:21 PM (FEzSe)
When I was flying, the V-tail Beech Bonanza was know as the "doctor killer." It was notoriously difficult to handle in rough air.
Posted by: Cicero at August 15, 2012 07:22 PM (zMouK)
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/where-gas-prices-are-highest
It says that the only 4 countries have lower prices; they are all members of OPEC.
Posted by: GnuBreed at August 15, 2012 07:22 PM (ccXZP)
(Sorry I'm not good at trolling but I'm still wondering if there are any Southerners, particularly from Florida, that could swap out for Biden.)
Posted by: apprentic troll at August 15, 2012 11:21 PM
I'm available!
Posted by: Alan Grayson at August 15, 2012 07:23 PM (bAGA/)
getalifetv.blogspot.com
Most of the episodes can be watched there, however I am missing a few episodes, and hoping to find some people that can fill the blanks in this important series. It is good time sitcom watching.
Posted by: jwbs at August 15, 2012 07:23 PM (liFiG)
Posted by: AltonJackson at August 15, 2012 07:23 PM (JMmQ9)
Its clear the plane was at or near its service ceiling just sitting on the ground. The pilot was an idiot. Under those conditions you're flying on the edge of a knife and have to get everything right
Posted by: @PurpAv at August 15, 2012 07:23 PM (/RS2M)
Posted by: Cicero at August 15, 2012 07:23 PM (zMouK)
Posted by: Underground Vulgarian at August 15, 2012 07:24 PM (OIuTH)
Posted by: Cicero at August 15, 2012 07:25 PM (zMouK)
Also Obama has maybe 3 ads in the rotation, while Team Romney has at least 10 different ones.
I don't know about the "waiting until after the convention", because they are saturating the airwaves in central Florida right now.
Posted by: Dave in Fla at August 15, 2012 07:25 PM (dX4hn)
Posted by: The Dude at August 15, 2012 07:25 PM (tw6Ar)
Posted by: IdowhatIwant at August 15, 2012 07:26 PM (a4CUi)
That's why they make you learn to read a density altitude chart before you get your private ticket.
Posted by: Cicero at August 15, 2012 07:26 PM (zMouK)
Posted by: GIJared at August 15, 2012 07:26 PM (ntlZO)
Posted by: Underground Vulgarian at August 15, 2012 07:26 PM (OIuTH)
They may be mile for mile safer than driving, as MiketheMoose declares, but I still wouldn't get into one of those things just for a damn meal.
Posted by: sistrum at August 15, 2012 07:26 PM (AyryN)
Yes. I don't understand it either. Explain it to me, Anna. Slowly. Very slowly.
Posted by: andycanuck at August 15, 2012 07:27 PM (vDl/w)
Posted by: MikeTheMoose Lite! 98% Anger Free! at August 15, 2012 07:28 PM (GE1+K)
Posted by: robtr at August 15, 2012 07:28 PM (MtwBb)
Commercial flying is safer than driving. Private aviation is much more dangerous than driving, statistically. I remember that some life insurers won't even insure private pilots, or they exclude deaths resulting from air accidents.
Posted by: Cicero at August 15, 2012 07:29 PM (zMouK)
Posted by: Dwatkans at August 15, 2012 07:29 PM (UyYYt)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at August 15, 2012 07:29 PM (V2inB)
Howdy, all!
I kinda like this Joey B quote: ""My mother believed and my father believed that if I wanted to be president of the United States, I could be, I could be Vice President! ... "
Posted by: Theresa is 4 Romney/Ryan at August 15, 2012 07:29 PM (oLgLE)
Can't be. That's too much to hope for.
Posted by: jwbs at August 15, 2012 11:28 PM (liFiG)
yeah, Shout Factory is finally releasing it after what, 6 years of teasing.
Posted by: The Dude at August 15, 2012 07:30 PM (tw6Ar)
Posted by: Captain Gamil al Batouti Obama at August 15, 2012 07:30 PM (QjSgY)
Posted by: steevy at August 15, 2012 07:30 PM (6o4Fb)
Posted by: robtr at August 15, 2012 07:31 PM (MtwBb)
Posted by: sinmi on a phone at August 15, 2012 07:32 PM (DYoR0)
Posted by: eman at August 15, 2012 07:32 PM (u3Rkr)
Posted by: MikeTheMoose Lite! 98% Anger Free! at August 15, 2012 07:32 PM (GE1+K)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at August 15, 2012 07:32 PM (V2inB)
Posted by: The Dude at August 15, 2012 07:33 PM (tw6Ar)
Posted by: IdowhatIwant at August 15, 2012 07:33 PM (a4CUi)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at August 15, 2012 11:32 PM (V2inB)
amber, not really a fan of dark beers
Posted by: The Dude at August 15, 2012 07:33 PM (tw6Ar)
Posted by: General Woundwort at August 15, 2012 07:34 PM (DWgdc)
Posted by: AltonJackson at August 15, 2012 07:34 PM (JMmQ9)
Posted by: The Dude at August 15, 2012 07:35 PM (tw6Ar)
Posted by: andycanuck at August 15, 2012 07:35 PM (vDl/w)
Posted by: Prothonotary Warbler at August 15, 2012 07:35 PM (3yCFy)
He could have waited until it was cooler, or taken his passengers out one at a time. He chose poorly. The long take off run was a MAJOR clue. He ignored it.
Gravity, not just a 'good idea', it's The Law.
Dumbass...
Posted by: ChrisP at August 15, 2012 07:35 PM (4PRCj)
It isn't difficult to handle. They got the name doctor killer in the late fifties because of the extraordinary amount of fatalities associated with them but it had nothing to do with the difficulty of flying the airplane. When the Bonanza came out the highest performing single engine airplanes were Cessna 190's, 195's, 180's, Howards, the Staggerwing Beech, etc., high powered but high drag airplanes. The Bonanza on the other hand was the first low drag airplane on the market, most pilots were unaware how fast they could pick up speed. This resulted in pilots getting situations, mostly IFR, where they lost control of speed and pulled the nose back to fast, thus over-stressing it and folding the tail in. There was nothing wrong with the airplane, it was just to much airplane for most pilots at the time.
Posted by: lowandslow at August 15, 2012 07:36 PM (GZitp)
Posted by: Dwatkans at August 15, 2012 11:29 PM (UyYYt)
I would take Zack Cheesecake Factory menu designer over slow Joe for VP any day.
Posted by: Adam Smith's Invisible Pimp Hand at August 15, 2012 07:37 PM (NzBQO)
That was posted this last spring. They hope to release by the fall, but all the updates are old. Keep your fingers crossed. Meanwhile, I've collected most of the episodes at the site listed in my first comment from youtube clips. Enjoy them at your pleasure. I organized them for my entertainment, but I should share it.
Posted by: jwbs at August 15, 2012 07:37 PM (liFiG)
Posted by: someone at August 15, 2012 07:37 PM (bqjJT)
Naa, at sea level he'd have been fine. The difference in air density at sea level versus say even 5k MSL is palpable. Above 10k they want pilots on Oxygen for any extended period the air is so thin.
Flying a parachute, I can feel the difference in density between sea level and 2k MSL.
Posted by: @PurpAv at August 15, 2012 07:37 PM (/RS2M)
Posted by: jwbs at August 15, 2012 11:37 PM (liFiG)
in their forums(when they still had them) a month or so ago, they kept saying that it would make the September release
Posted by: The Dude at August 15, 2012 07:38 PM (tw6Ar)
Posted by: jimi ray at August 15, 2012 07:38 PM (79EF9)
Posted by: Underground Vulgarian at August 15, 2012 07:38 PM (OIuTH)
Posted by: NC Ref at August 15, 2012 07:39 PM (/izg2)
Posted by: Prothonotary Warbler at August 15, 2012 07:39 PM (3yCFy)
Most purported 4-seat non-retractables can't safely accommodate four adults under temperature and full fuel conditions.
Posted by: Cicero at August 15, 2012 07:39 PM (zMouK)
Posted by: MikeTheMoose Lite! 98% Anger Free! at August 15, 2012 07:40 PM (GE1+K)
The aircraft demanded skill as a pilot.
The difference between a Doctor and a pilot?
Most pilots don't think they are Doctors...
Posted by: ChrisP at August 15, 2012 07:40 PM (4PRCj)
What works at sea level or 2,000' don't work so well at 10k.
Posted by: @PurpAv at August 15, 2012 07:40 PM (/RS2M)
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at August 15, 2012 07:40 PM (Rhie+)
Posted by: Underground Vulgarian at August 15, 2012 07:40 PM (OIuTH)
Yeah, you don't know what the fuck you're talking about. I don't need a chart to calculate weather an airplane can takeoff or clear the trees, if you do you, you shouldn't be carrying any passengers.
Posted by: lowandslow at August 15, 2012 07:40 PM (GZitp)
Posted by: Prothonotary Warbler at August 15, 2012 11:39 PM (3yCFy)
yeah, that was about the time where Letterman did a 180 and became boring
Posted by: The Dude at August 15, 2012 07:41 PM (tw6Ar)
Posted by: Prothonotary Warbler at August 15, 2012 07:41 PM (3yCFy)
Posted by: eman at August 15, 2012 07:41 PM (u3Rkr)
"I was a pilot briefly in college and I've witnessed two crashes from the outside due to a job at an airport."
Posted by: JustLikeDavidHasselhoff at August 15, 2012 11:01 PM (QyMDY)
I'm guessing two planes collided because the guy in the tower was getting a 'job at the airport?
And I'm stickin' with the sock, because he had the hours to make that educated guess.
Posted by: Captain Gamil al Batouti Obama at August 15, 2012 07:41 PM (QjSgY)
Posted by: DaveA at August 15, 2012 07:42 PM (DVJEd)
Posted by: IdowhatIwant at August 15, 2012 07:42 PM (a4CUi)
prolly the same reason zara can't sell its clothing in the usa: americans are too fucking fat.
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Hiya jimi- thought I should tell you I just bought a new AR that I'm going to name in your honor.
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Posted by: John Galt's Bile Duct at August 15, 2012 07:42 PM (+/VIS)
Posted by: Underground Vulgarian at August 15, 2012 07:42 PM (OIuTH)
Posted by: MikeTheMoose Lite! 98% Anger Free! at August 15, 2012 07:43 PM (GE1+K)
Posted by: lowandslow at August 15, 2012 11:36 PM (GZitp)
I have a freind that had one of those. Heh, he is also a doctor, still alive the last time I checked. Not sure if he still has the plane.
Posted by: robtr at August 15, 2012 07:43 PM (MtwBb)
I flew the conventional tail a few times but never the v-tail. But I did hear from people who were very familiar with the v-tail that the yaw characteristics were unpredictable and hard to control in chop.
Posted by: Cicero at August 15, 2012 07:44 PM (zMouK)
http://www.check-six.com/Crash_Sites/Sabrejet_crash_site.htm
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at August 15, 2012 07:44 PM (V2inB)
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at August 15, 2012 07:44 PM (Rhie+)
Posted by: jimi ray at August 15, 2012 07:44 PM (79EF9)
Posted by: MikeTheMoose Lite! 98% Anger Free! at August 15, 2012 07:45 PM (GE1+K)
Posted by: Berserker at August 15, 2012 07:45 PM (FMbng)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at August 15, 2012 07:46 PM (V2inB)
No it didn't, that was the problem at the time. A Bonanza is easy to fly it's also easy to let it get away from you if you haven't flown airplanes that slick. It doesn't require any special skills, it requires competences.
Posted by: lowandslow at August 15, 2012 07:46 PM (GZitp)
Posted by: DaveA at August 15, 2012 11:42 PM (DVJEd)
counter suing an ex-employee for a million bucks. Person left without notice and destroyed a bunch of PR stuff three weeks before Elemental came out. People dragging up him and politics and shit. Dude got prosecuted harder than Frank Miller did when The Spirit came out in that regard.
Posted by: The Dude at August 15, 2012 07:47 PM (tw6Ar)
When you're right on the ragged edge of the performance envelope, a "close enough" SWAG doesn't work anymore.
Posted by: @PurpAv at August 15, 2012 07:47 PM (/RS2M)
Posted by: Prothonotary Warbler at August 15, 2012 07:52 PM (3yCFy)
No, the V-tail may exaggerate the yaw/pitch oscillation but it's nothing dangerous, it just takes a little getting used to. It's the fact the airplane can go from 150 knots to 200 knots in a heart beat if you aren't paying attention that gets people killed.
Posted by: lowandslow at August 15, 2012 07:52 PM (GZitp)
Executive Order from AZ Gov. block IDs and benefits for illegal immigrants
http://tinyurl.com/8w78blz
Posted by: Lizzy at August 15, 2012 07:53 PM (Gs9j9)
163 ... it's a little-known fact ...
Aircraft have a number of parameters. Among them are Empty Weight, Fuel Capacity, and Maximum Take-Off Weight.
The first 2 are known to a good degree of precision. And since the Fuel Capacoty is known, and the fuel is either hi-octane gasoline or jet fuel, depending on the engine(s), the maximum fuel weight can be calculated.
The Maximum Take-Off Weight, well, it's clearly a number that Should Be Believed, Always. Altitude, ambient temperature and other things affect it, for example, at high altitude, where the air is thinner, and engines make less power, ...
In very many aircraft, carrying maximum fuel gives maximum range, but it also forces the plane to carry much less payload, to avoid going over the Maximum Take-Off weight. OTOH, Maximum Payload (however it is calculated;:will it fit, will it puncture the skin or deform the structure, etc.) reduces the fuel allowed.
The guys in the video seem to have miscalculated, as previously posted ... too much payload for the engine hp available at that particular time.
Posted by: Arbalest at August 15, 2012 07:53 PM (eTHRu)
Posted by: Prothonotary Warbler at August 15, 2012 07:55 PM (3yCFy)
Posted by: RWC at August 15, 2012 07:55 PM (gwWRQ)
Posted by: @PurpAv at August 15, 2012 11:53 PM (/RS2M)
can't wait for his full blown write up on Win8 which he teased earlier today
Posted by: The Dude at August 15, 2012 07:55 PM (tw6Ar)
Posted by: Gordon undead Ramsay at August 15, 2012 07:56 PM (9HhTH)
It's a pain in the ass on any processor above a 486.
Posted by: chemjeff at August 15, 2012 07:56 PM (d/5qf)
Posted by: Prothonotary Warbler at August 15, 2012 07:56 PM (3yCFy)
If i don't get to punching the 'comments' part it shuts down.
Posted by: RWC at August 15, 2012 11:55 PM (gwWRQ)
hmm have you cleared your cache lately?
Posted by: The Dude at August 15, 2012 07:56 PM (tw6Ar)
Posted by: GnuBreed at August 15, 2012 07:57 PM (ccXZP)
Posted by: MikeTheMoose Lite! 98% Anger Free! at August 15, 2012 07:58 PM (GE1+K)
Posted by: @PurpAv at August 15, 2012 07:59 PM (/RS2M)
Posted by: andycanuck at August 15, 2012 07:59 PM (vDl/w)
Posted by: Prothonotary Warbler at August 15, 2012 07:59 PM (3yCFy)
Posted by: AltonJackson at August 15, 2012 07:59 PM (JMmQ9)
Posted by: MountainTurtle at August 15, 2012 07:59 PM (qUcDT)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at August 15, 2012 07:59 PM (V2inB)
Posted by: andycanuck at August 15, 2012 08:00 PM (vDl/w)
This thread seems to come and go.
I don't know whether to blame my pronoloader, Prixy or call Art Bell.
Posted by: JimboHoffa at August 15, 2012 08:00 PM (dAfqy)
Posted by: Prothonotary Warbler at August 15, 2012 08:01 PM (3yCFy)
Posted by: Craig Poe at August 15, 2012 08:01 PM (BVkEs)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at August 15, 2012 08:01 PM (V2inB)
Remember the Alamo!
Posted by: An American, Throwing the Mexicans Out of the Plane at August 15, 2012 08:02 PM (zMouK)
Posted by: Prothonotary Warbler at August 15, 2012 11:41 PM (3yCFy)
You can watch a copy of that episode here:
http://getalifetv.blogspot.com/2012/03/s2e12-1977.html
I think someone else mentioned the submarine episode (one of my favorites). You can watch that here:
http://getalifetv.blogspot.com/2012/03/s1e20-neptune-2000.html
Posted by: jwbs at August 15, 2012 08:03 PM (liFiG)
Only things missing from it were Tylor trying to be a slacker. And Ruri Hoshino taking a quick glance around and saying 'Baka'
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at August 15, 2012 08:04 PM (V2inB)
Posted by: Kalneva at August 15, 2012 08:04 PM (cQmXn)
Posted by: Prothonotary Warbler at August 15, 2012 08:04 PM (3yCFy)
Posted by: Truman North at August 15, 2012 08:04 PM (I2LwF)
Here's my swag - metro is great for constrained screens, but blows chunks when you got the real estate for somethin else. Out of browser Silverlight controls being available for any app is a win, other than cosmetic shit, its all Windows 7 with better page level granularity and finer grained system organization under the covers to facilitate subsetting for mobile devices
Never seen 8, so I'm just guessing based on what I'd expect MS to do.
Posted by: @PurpAv at August 15, 2012 08:05 PM (/RS2M)
My understanding is that it's a recommendation. I haven't seen any changes to the 30 minute rule that sets in at 12,500' MSL.
On a different note, it wasn't just the fact that the Bonanza was a faster aircraft back in the day that caused all the accidents. More than a few of them separated the tail and only after a period of retesting did Beech and the FAA realize that the tail structure needed to be beefed up (namely a bracing cuff at the leading edge of the stabilizer next to the fuselage).
- ABA, Skylane driver extraordinaire
Posted by: Additional Blond Agent at August 15, 2012 08:06 PM (opLk0)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at August 15, 2012 08:06 PM (V2inB)
I think she's gorgeous in a Suicide Girls sort of way. I love black hair, blue eyes, alabaster skin, and some tattoos.
Of course, I love a lot of women.
Posted by: Truman North at August 15, 2012 08:07 PM (I2LwF)
Posted by: robtr at August 15, 2012 08:07 PM (MtwBb)
Losing the tail can ruin the whole flight.
Posted by: Cicero at August 15, 2012 08:08 PM (zMouK)
Posted by: Prothonotary Warbler at August 15, 2012 08:08 PM (3yCFy)
Posted by: MikeTheMoose Lite! 98% Anger Free! at August 15, 2012 08:09 PM (GE1+K)
Posted by: zeera at August 15, 2012 08:09 PM (XtxRN)
Posted by: Mile High Club Nazi at August 15, 2012 08:10 PM (3yCFy)
It only had a gross weight of 2400 lbs and an empty weight of 1300 lbs
so your looking at max 180lbs per passenger and 300lbs of fuel, your looking at 2321lbs before any cargo so you've got 78lbs of wiggle room, not good.
CRASH!!!
Posted by: General Woundwort at August 15, 2012 08:12 PM (DWgdc)
Posted by: AltonJackson at August 15, 2012 08:12 PM (JMmQ9)
Posted by: Journolist at August 15, 2012 08:12 PM (iBaHp)
Sturdy airplane, kinda marginal rudder surface area.
Posted by: @PurpAv at August 15, 2012 08:13 PM (/RS2M)
I remember stumbling across some of the safety directives for P-51 Mustangs. The B/Cs were suffering complete tail plane failure with resultant loss of pilot and plane. It was finally tracked down to the fuselage fuel tank. When that tank, which was first fitted with the Merlin Mustangs to give them more range, had more than half a load of fuel, the CG was shifted too far back and if the pilot tried any abrupt maneuver the plane would porpoise and sometimes rip the tail off. So the rule became to use the fuselage tank first, then the drop tanks, and then fight and return on the wing tanks.
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at August 15, 2012 08:13 PM (V2inB)
Posted by: Prothonotary Warbler at August 15, 2012 08:13 PM (3yCFy)
Posted by: Militant Bibliophile at August 15, 2012 08:14 PM (51I4Q)
How do you like the closet size boxes? Don't all inhale at once.
Posted by: Cicero at August 15, 2012 08:15 PM (zMouK)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at August 15, 2012 08:15 PM (V2inB)
78lbs of wiggle room
Those pax could have wiggled on the commode to bring that weight up a touch, in the interest of safety of course.
Posted by: JimboHoffa at August 15, 2012 08:16 PM (dAfqy)
And while there's a fourth test specimen ready, there's currently no funding to actually fly it.
Posted by: Waterhouse at August 15, 2012 08:16 PM (neBD9)
Posted by: andycanuck at August 15, 2012 08:17 PM (vDl/w)
Posted by: The Dude at August 15, 2012 08:18 PM (tw6Ar)
Posted by: RWC at August 15, 2012 08:18 PM (gwWRQ)
I have the consumer preview release of Windows 8 as a VM on my mac.
I really don't know what all the bitching is about.
It boots and shuts down faster than any version of windows I have ever run.
It is different in a lot of ways but, c'mon how long have we been using computers?
So what they put things in different places and created a fancy wizbang interface, people can learn, they will adapt
You can switch to a more traditional windows view by hitting the windows key on the keyboard.
"Metro" Applications can be run on the metro screen.
It is pretty interesting.
When the full version comes out, I will definetly run it as a VM alongside Windows 7 on my mac.
Posted by: General Woundwort at August 15, 2012 08:20 PM (DWgdc)
Posted by: Zakn at August 16, 2012 12:19 AM (zfs2X)
free item if you beat the misson, need 6 tickets to finish the Tour of Duty mission quest. $1 ticket
Posted by: The Dude at August 15, 2012 08:23 PM (tw6Ar)
Posted by: AltonJackson at August 15, 2012 08:24 PM (JMmQ9)
No the tail didn't need to be beefed up, they made an effort to pretend they beefed it up because after thirty years people were still exceeding the speed envelope and setting up flutter and folding the tail in.
The A.D. addresses keeping the ruddervater in balance and 5/32 control cables to prevent flutter. The stabilizer reinforcement is nothing but a decoration to show they did something, that ain't holding nothing together.
Posted by: lowandslow at August 15, 2012 08:24 PM (GZitp)
Posted by: Zakn at August 15, 2012 08:25 PM (7F9i5)
I will not, absolutely not be using it.
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at August 15, 2012 08:25 PM (r4wIV)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QFvNhsWMU0c
There's a lady in a bikini, and well... seems worthy of Moron Horde commentary.
Posted by: ConservativeMonster at August 15, 2012 08:26 PM (6EuP/)
prolly the same reason zara can't sell its clothing in the usa: americans are too fucking fat.
Posted by: jimi ray at August 15, 2012 11:38 PM (79EF9)
Either that or Zara makes clothing that only crack whores or sodomites would wear. Which group do you fall in? Both?
Posted by: MrCaniac at August 15, 2012 08:27 PM (1grxW)
Posted by: Zakn at August 16, 2012 12:25 AM (7F9i5)
at least you only use the ticket if you beat the mission and not $1 a try so you're guaranteed at least one item (2 if you buy the other ticket for $2 that gives an item to everyone)
Posted by: The Dude at August 15, 2012 08:27 PM (tw6Ar)
Yes, but that is the whole point to what they are doing.
They are going in the same direction as mac in bridging all of their devices.
So that's why you get the metro interface, it's evolution.
I've used every single windows os, their best OS was Win2k and then XP service pack 2.
I wouldn't even use windows if it weren't for AutoCad, MS Project and Visio.
If you use windows your going to have to switch to it sooner or later, or you could just buy a mac and install and run it native when you need to or as VM in coherence and get the best of both worlds.
Posted by: General Woundwort at August 15, 2012 08:32 PM (DWgdc)
Ever been to Europe? So many of the men there are just... concave. They are slight, stooped, skinny little fuckers that look like they'll blow away in a hurricane. Last time I was there I was about 185 lb. Army vet and I looked like a cage fighter compared to most of them. It's hilariously pathetic.
My Ukrainian step-brother fits this mold as well. He wears freaking girls' jeans.
Posted by: dawnfire at August 15, 2012 08:33 PM (bIeax)
The corporate customers will demand a more conventional approach be available. There's still enough of them that MS will be compelled to heed their wishes and/or keep the current license "downgrade" policy in place. Apple largely doesn't give a crap about the corporate market, so they can get away with marketing to the unwashed masses who need a lot of hand holding.
The Metro/Silverlight controls model is a good one for a lot of low/medium complexity custom inhouse apps. It relieves the developers of a lot of tedious UI organizational work that can burn time by the cubic fuckton.
Posted by: @PurpAv at August 15, 2012 08:35 PM (/RS2M)
Posted by: GIJared at August 15, 2012 08:37 PM (VzgFl)
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Accidentally caught a snippet of O'Really on the way to dinner tonight. The incredulous tone he had while grilling a small business advocate person on how bad things could possibly be for SB owners under the JEF made him sound like he was doing a MSNBC audition reel. He's pretty much unlistenable anymore. I can't stand the commercials on talk radio anymore anyways.
Posted by: Joe at August 15, 2012 08:38 PM (+/VIS)
This OS is unserious, foolish, and lazy. It deserves to die harder than Vista and Windows ME.
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at August 15, 2012 08:39 PM (r4wIV)
Posted by: Drew in MO at August 15, 2012 08:39 PM (nEo/i)
Posted by: @PurpAv at August 15, 2012 08:40 PM (/RS2M)
*********
Howie Carr in Boston replied to that one by saying, "Better to put a dog on top of your car, than on the roof of your mouth."
Posted by: Jim Sonweed at August 15, 2012 08:41 PM (41zfH)
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at August 15, 2012 08:42 PM (r4wIV)
They will have that.
I am running Win8 right now, you hit the windows key, boom your in what looks like the familiar windows desktop sans the start bar.
You have My Computer and all the rest you have become familiar with.
What will be essential is for MS to make a corporate version that will default to the familiar.
The also have to take out some of the cutesy crap like having to lift the wallpaper that hides the login screen.
But I can see corporate customers liking the metro screen and being able to tailor it to their particular needs.
I think it's a compelling and bold move by MS.
Posted by: General Woundwort at August 15, 2012 08:43 PM (DWgdc)
Perhaps you need a class on "whether?"
Posted by: GIJared at August 16, 2012 12:37 AM (VzgFl) "
Professionalism? The minute a pilot has to refer to a chart to tell him what to do, don't ever get on board with him. You don't need a chart to know if your airplane can take off. What did you do, go to a couple ground school classes and now you're the fucking expert?
Posted by: lowandslow at August 15, 2012 08:43 PM (GZitp)
Euroweenies also tend to have aversions to hygiene, not great for the appetite if one is within 20 feet of you.
Posted by: kbdabear at August 15, 2012 08:43 PM (Y7XKa)
Posted by: Drew in MO at August 15, 2012 08:44 PM (nEo/i)
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at August 15, 2012 08:45 PM (r4wIV)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at August 15, 2012 08:46 PM (V2inB)
He used to do some great sponsor spots- imagine Shatner reading an exterminator ad.
Posted by: Hagbard Celine at August 15, 2012 08:48 PM (+/VIS)
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Hey, I know wealthy people do things like that.
I saw it on Richy Rich...and if you can't trust TV, what can you trust?
Posted by: Some Enlightened Liberal at August 15, 2012 08:48 PM (AUeaU)
Posted by: Yep, talkin' to you at August 15, 2012 08:48 PM (qaVK+)
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at August 15, 2012 08:49 PM (r4wIV)
Does that include the "Sister" deletion word count?
Posted by: andycanuck at August 15, 2012 08:49 PM (vDl/w)
Excellent. Congrats!
All this writer talk over the past while has inspired me to add a magnificent 400 words of somewhat-pointless filler to the sclerotic thing I've been working on.
Posted by: Waterhouse at August 15, 2012 08:50 PM (chflh)
Posted by: kbdabear at August 15, 2012 08:51 PM (Y7XKa)
There is a fundamental difference - at least at this point in the state of the art of input devices - what a person expects from a 'pad' or phone and what they expect from a desktop.
For us keyboard-pounders pads and phones are great browsing devices but actual creation of text, code, 2D/3D models, etc. - forget it.
Oh and 'Chicken Chronicles' - I will remember that movie forever, if for no other reason than it's (TMI alert!) what I watched with my first girlfriend the night I discovered that she swallowed.
Posted by: JEM at August 15, 2012 08:51 PM (o+SC1)
Posted by: Zakn at August 15, 2012 08:52 PM (7F9i5)
***
I remember in 2005 or so when there was an analysis of the relative wealth of the EU and the US, and average EU-nik came in at about equal to the average Mississippian (47th in the US).
Europe is poor, at least compared to the US, which is indeed the reason they are "less materialistic". Basically in Europe the liberal elites don't let the plebes have the lifestyle average Americans enjoy.
Posted by: 18-1 at August 15, 2012 08:52 PM (AUeaU)
I view it as a transitional thing, not an endgame. A UI is just fluff and easily replaced (ex Android is just a new UI on top of a stripped Linux kernel). The heavy lifting would be under the covers in making the kernel/services less interdependent and more modular than the traditional NT code base.
Posted by: @PurpAv at August 15, 2012 08:54 PM (/RS2M)
Posted by: eman at August 15, 2012 08:55 PM (u3Rkr)
Posted by: Drew in MO at August 15, 2012 08:55 PM (nEo/i)
Its a serious mistake by Microsoft. They don't make much other than an OS, and they cannot crap on their main product.
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at August 15, 2012 08:55 PM (r4wIV)
*******
You could have listened to his programs from twelve to fifteen 15 years ago late at night on Boston station WXKS.
Until a few days ago, when it was revealed that Rush, Hannity, and Levin were ditching the station, leaving it to (I kid you not) have a 24/7 political comedy format.
We're talking crash-and-burn-with-the-heat-of-a-thousand-suns here...
Still, it was fun listening to Art's guests make dire predictions about alien invasions, UFO's etc, way back then --- knowing that NONE of them ever came to pass.
Posted by: Jim Sonweed at August 15, 2012 08:56 PM (41zfH)
Posted by: The Dude at August 15, 2012 08:56 PM (tw6Ar)
Posted by: Waterhouse at August 15, 2012 08:56 PM (chflh)
Posted by: B.H.O. at August 15, 2012 08:57 PM (Bi/WQ)
Posted by: Zakn at August 15, 2012 08:57 PM (7F9i5)
Today wrote 2,366 words.
Awkward sentence plus a few other problem areas that leaped out at me have been prettied up.
So far happy with it. What's even more fun is when the characters notice plot holes and fill them in for me. I am merely the scribe.
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at August 15, 2012 08:58 PM (V2inB)
Posted by: Zakn at August 15, 2012 08:58 PM (7F9i5)
Yes, but Microsoft is just following Apples lead.
They are trying to unify the experience across their appliances the same as Apples is doing.
IOS features and functionality are creeping into Mac OS every release.
I fully expect future releases of IOS and Mac OS to be virtually indistinguishable.
Microsoft is late to the game and is in a tough spot because of it's position as the primary corporate and home desktop OS.
It's tough to be innovative when you have people who complain when you move a stinking button over here and bury a function one level down from where it was the last version.
I think MS is being bold and hopefully it pays off.
Posted by: General Woundwort at August 15, 2012 08:59 PM (DWgdc)
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Ironically, I think it is ergonomics and user interface that is driving it more then processing power.
If I am going to go serious work I want two monitors (I could probably use 4 really), a keyboard, mouse, and maybe a headset.
And if I've got all that stuff, it doesn't matter if the actual computer is in a desktop or laptop or phone. So you might as well stick everything into the most convenient and efficient unit...which is a desktop.
Posted by: 18-1 at August 15, 2012 09:00 PM (AUeaU)
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at August 15, 2012 09:00 PM (r4wIV)
The trade press/pundits need to sell copy to stay in business. Those sort of prognostications sell copy...
Posted by: @PurpAv at August 15, 2012 09:00 PM (/RS2M)
Wait until some user with 1.2GB on their desktop tries to sync things.
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at August 15, 2012 09:00 PM (V2inB)
Posted by: RWC at August 15, 2012 09:01 PM (gwWRQ)
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Interesting to consider how much the change of millennium effected the public consciousness isn't it?
Posted by: 18-1 at August 15, 2012 09:01 PM (AUeaU)
Posted by: Drew in MO at August 15, 2012 09:02 PM (nEo/i)
I leave for work around 12:30 PM and listen in the car. Talk about a shock to the system.
Posted by: fluffy at August 15, 2012 09:03 PM (z9HTb)
If they are, they're idiots. Mac puts out snazzy looking machines that try to be cool. PC puts out work machines that don't bother with cool because the people who buy them want them to WORK not pick up chicks.
Following the lead of another company (especially a rival, even if its only 10% of the market share or so) is not innovation, no matter how you paint it.
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at August 15, 2012 09:04 PM (r4wIV)
Posted by: Hagbard Celine at August 15, 2012 09:05 PM (+/VIS)
"O'Reilly was a populist who leaned someone rightward for a moderate, whose show consisted of picking a position then not studying it and talking over people when they pointed out he's wrong."
Well I agree with the "populist" part. If you want to know what O'Reilly's going to say about something, just take a poll, and that'll tell you most of the time. That's undoubtedly why he's #1.
Beyond that, he's got a bit of a dictator and "royal we" thing going on. Shades of his days as a teacher, I suppose.
But what I noticed about O'Reilly - vs Hannity, especially - is that when he has guests on, he really let's them have their say, and really does simply insist that they stick to the point. A lot of times he'll have no decent argument in opposition, and just say "I disagree anyway", but the opposing view does get a legitimate airing.
Hannity, in contrast, will invite someone on to talk about something, then cut them off about it, insisting that they submit to being cross-examined about ad hominums that are tangential to the issue.
Posted by: Optimizer at August 15, 2012 09:05 PM (As94z)
Posted by: The Dude at August 15, 2012 09:05 PM (tw6Ar)
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at August 15, 2012 09:05 PM (r4wIV)
I remember in 2005 or so when there was an analysis of the relative wealth of the EU and the US, and average EU-nik came in at about equal to the average Mississippian (47th in the US).
Europe is poor, at least compared to the US, which is indeed the reason they are "less materialistic". Basically in Europe the liberal elites don't let the plebes have the lifestyle average Americans enjoy.
Posted by: 18-1 at August 16, 2012 12:52 AM (AUeaU)
Also, the "elites" are the only ones that travel to the US, while the middle class in the US can travel to Europe. They hate that. They also jones for anything American. They bitch about our foods, but put a bag of Lays potato chips in their hands and they scarf it down like Lindsey Lohan on a line of coke.
Didn't mean to offend you Dude, but skinny jeans on a guy make me shudder for the future of western civilization.
Posted by: MrCaniac at August 15, 2012 09:06 PM (1grxW)
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at August 16, 2012 01:04 AM (r4wIV)
pretty sure my pc could score a chick, maybe not a hot chick but a chick none the less
Posted by: The Dude at August 15, 2012 09:06 PM (tw6Ar)
Whatever changes they installed...I...don't...care...
Posted by: 18-1 at August 15, 2012 09:07 PM (AUeaU)
Posted by: Drew in MO at August 15, 2012 09:07 PM (nEo/i)
Gratuitous version incompatibilities really piss me off. Seriously, what does say...a browser do that couldn't be done with the core Win32 API that appeared in NT 3.1? Not a fucking thing, that's what.
I can understand moving to a newer toolset for TTM reasons, that was the whole reason behind the first stone knives/bear skins MFC releases, and introduction of various common controls and such...to leverage more existing code.
People are introducing gratuitous version incompatibilities for retard reasons now though. Maybe its because they don't want the testing impact of supporting a few OS versions?
Posted by: @PurpAv at August 15, 2012 09:09 PM (/RS2M)
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at August 15, 2012 09:09 PM (r4wIV)
"Professionalism? The minute a pilot has to refer to a chart to tell him what to do, don't ever get on board with him. You don't need a chart to know if your airplane can take off. What did you do, go to a couple ground school classes and now you're the fucking expert?"
Unlike yourself, I've never claimed to be an expert. Nor do I need charts to tell me what to do, though I almost always reference them.
But if you must know...yeah I've done ground school. I've also had two combat tours flying in some of the most inhospitable terrain and adverse weather on the planet(Afghanistan). I've done countless slingloads, passenger moves, and air assaults for thousands of America's finest passengers, as much as 45 of them at a time.
And I still reference charts. But I guess I don't know shit.
Posted by: GIJared at August 15, 2012 09:10 PM (VzgFl)
Yeah I'm with you there. And it really insists on rebooting too. Like security updates. Wanna reboot now? How bout now? How about now? How about now? HOow about (crashing sound of boot going through monitor)
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at August 15, 2012 09:11 PM (r4wIV)
Posted by: The Political Hat at August 15, 2012 09:11 PM (sZTYJ)
Hi ont, Anna Puma. Good job, getting the writing done. I wish i had a talent.
Guys, I have a question, why does getting biden off the dem ticket help us, I really don,t get it?
Posted by: lou's a girl at August 15, 2012 09:12 PM (EPbpF)
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at August 15, 2012 09:14 PM (r4wIV)
I know! Don't they realize that if we wanted a Mac, we would, um, buy a Mac? The reason why we're using PCs instead is because we *didn't* buy a Mac.
Posted by: chemjeff at August 15, 2012 09:14 PM (d/5qf)
Gabe Newell is full of crap. He has one and exactly one objection to Windows 8: It has a built-in app store that will compete with Steam on x86 systems and be the exclusive venue for software on Windows RT systems running on ARM processors.
He is a concern troll.
Posted by: epobirs at August 15, 2012 09:15 PM (kcfmt)
Posted by: Drew in MO at August 15, 2012 09:15 PM (nEo/i)
Please forgive the formatting on the last one, lowandslow...copy paste issue. But final point: I won't get into a cockpit with a pilot who thinks he never needs to reference charts. That type of individual wouldn't get in a cockpit in my unit either. He'd be criticized and alienated...guaranteed.
Posted by: GIJared at August 15, 2012 09:15 PM (VzgFl)
Its a serious mistake by Microsoft. They don't make much other than an OS, and they cannot crap on their main product.
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at August 16, 2012 12:55 AM (r4wIV)
That is all leading up to Microsoft's Surface tablet coming out this fall.
Posted by: MrCaniac at August 15, 2012 09:15 PM (1grxW)
Posted by: The Political Hat at August 15, 2012 09:16 PM (sZTYJ)
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Security updates are the one area I can see concern about. I use acrobat once a week maybe?
But at home most people restart daily, and in the office the IT guys can force whatever updates they want to whenever they want to anyway.
So I agree the 10m warnings...which are hard to disable...are asinine.
Posted by: 18-1 at August 15, 2012 09:16 PM (AUeaU)
Posted by: Robert tryin' somethin' different at August 15, 2012 09:18 PM (4ixH5)
I think Biden off the Democratic Party ticket is a push, my guess is Palin is trying to end run any attempt to do so by making it seem like they're doing her bidding if they dump him now.
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at August 15, 2012 09:18 PM (r4wIV)
The "women" you meet with your PC online are either: a). Dirty Old Men; b). FBI; c). Insane Chicks; or d). Nice people you meet on the ONT.
***
I have to see there is a noticeable difference in the number of women you'll meet with an online vs offline dating service.
Of course I'm guessing the issue isn't so much crazy women online, but that if you are an average to better looking woman you get inundated by every guy on the site.
Posted by: 18-1 at August 15, 2012 09:18 PM (AUeaU)
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This is not the dumbass you are looking for.
Posted by: Obi Won Kepalin at August 15, 2012 09:19 PM (AUeaU)
Posted by: Hagbard Celine at August 15, 2012 09:19 PM (+/VIS)
Perhaps you're unaware but the footprint for Windows has been getting smaller. They've made a big effort in reducing the amount of unique info needed by each device driver. This was driven by an expectation that SSDs will become common as the boot and primary operating volume. It's especially critical for the mobile market and ultralite tablet and notebook market where optical drives have already been relegated to external device you only attach as needed.
Posted by: epobirs at August 15, 2012 09:19 PM (kcfmt)
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at August 15, 2012 09:20 PM (r4wIV)
"356 On the topic of O'Reilly I stopped listening when he started the body language segments with the cute body language expert girl. It just seems like pseudo-science crap used to attack people who O'Reilly didn't like that week."
Yeah, I was pretty skeptical of the body language girl (who IS kind of cute, sort of), but she doesn't overdo it and it seems like some of it has merit. Most notably, she doesn't seem to suck up to O'Reilly especially, when she analyzes him. She doesn't criticize him, but she doesn't really criticize anybody else, either. For the most part she's telling you what you can already sense, anyway. So it's not so bad if you don't expect too much, or take it too seriously.
I don't catch it all that much. I'll usually see Cavuto on FBN instead, unless an actual show of interest is on.
Posted by: Optimizer at August 15, 2012 09:20 PM (As94z)
That's so the ring 0 system loader and memory management can be kept (relatively) simple. It is possible to replace kernel and driver code on the fly, the big iron S/370 architectures do it all the time without full system reboots, but you need a system that's architected from the ground up with that as a capability. Rebooting a mainframe with thousands of users/task running is a costly/painful experience. Rebooting some COTS PC not so much.
Posted by: @PurpAv at August 15, 2012 09:20 PM (/RS2M)
Then...EXPENDABLES 2!!!!!!!
Posted by: Robert at August 15, 2012 09:21 PM (4ixH5)
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at August 16, 2012 12:55 AM (r4wIV)
There's more profit in their office suite, and the OS sales are more about hidden hooks for Office than actually about an OS -- which is why the OS flips and flops so much between revs.
Posted by: cthulhu at August 15, 2012 09:21 PM (kaalw)
I'm talking about drive space, not RAM. It takes up several Gig to install WIndows 7 now, that's just ridiculous.
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at August 15, 2012 09:23 PM (r4wIV)
Posted by: The Political Hat at August 15, 2012 09:24 PM (sZTYJ)
I suppose, but I've bought exactly 2 copies of the office products in 15 years, so I must not be their target consumer. Most of the time you get it mostly bundled with the new computer you get anyway.
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at August 15, 2012 09:26 PM (r4wIV)
It's a chink in the armor. A small cut that will cause them to bleed a few votes. Biden was a terrible choice and it shows Barry's lack of judgement. Biden leaving for "health reasons" brings that issue to the forefront.
Posted by: fluffy at August 15, 2012 09:26 PM (z9HTb)
That reminded me- OReilly made a crack about being "forced" to watch Cavuto like it was some chore or something. Downing someone in your own broadcasting family seems pretty douchy. Maybe it's just because Cavuto is all about business and number and math and shit or something...
Posted by: Hagbard Celine at August 15, 2012 09:26 PM (+/VIS)
It isn't. You just aren't aware of the times when it runs. The high-end third party defraggers did this for quite a long time but Microsoft has long been constrained from improvements that could be perceived as putting third party utility makers out of business. (Remember when we used to pay for a defragger, not just a better one?)
This is why they got rid of the elaborate display we associated with defragging before Vista. Properly implemented, defragging is something that happens without the user needing to know. Even the drive where all of my torrenting activity, something almost tailor made to induce fragmentation if you don't pre-allocate disc space, doesn't need manual defragging under Win7. It used to be a monthly ritual on the predecessor XP system.
Posted by: epobirs at August 15, 2012 09:26 PM (kcfmt)
Posted by: Bill Gates at August 15, 2012 09:27 PM (sZTYJ)
That's because drives are larger and W7 is scattering shit all over the drive because it can. Its not "fragmented" per se, but its physical locality to other files isn't that hot.
Machines with more memory mean the page file isn't growing incrementally as fast as it did in years past too.
Posted by: @PurpAv at August 15, 2012 09:27 PM (/RS2M)
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at August 16, 2012 01:18 AM (r4wIV)
Well, my take is he will do it, and hillary getting on the ticket does not bode well for romney/ryan. Just my opinion.
And if you dont think she will do it, think again, she is nipping at the bud! I think this is a fuck-up, and I dont know why palin/guilliani yea not gonna look it up. are doing so.
Posted by: lou's a girl at August 15, 2012 09:28 PM (EPbpF)
Posted by: fluffy at August 16, 2012 01:26 AM (z9HTb)
*Squak*
RAAAAACISM!
Posted by: Bird Brained Leftist at August 15, 2012 09:29 PM (4ixH5)
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at August 15, 2012 09:30 PM (r4wIV)
Posted by: The Political Hat at August 15, 2012 09:30 PM (sZTYJ)
Posted by: @PurpAv at August 15, 2012 09:32 PM (/RS2M)
My Core 2 Duo machine that was first built for Vista testing, and went through every Windows version since, gave me all kinds of trouble when I switched to 64-bit. It turned out Intel had a major bug in the BIOS and updating that fixed everything. Since then I haven't had a BSOD that wasn't a hardware failure.
On Windows 7, drag a folder to the task bar and pin it to Explorer. (Not IE.) This adds it to the jump list and gives you easy right-click access.
Posted by: epobirs at August 15, 2012 09:32 PM (kcfmt)
" 372 "...I think Biden off the Democratic Party ticket is a push, my guess is Palin is trying to end run any attempt to do so by making it seem like they're doing her bidding if they dump him now."
I'm not sure what you mean by "a push", but it seems like Obama could do a lot better with a different running mate, and the Democratic Party in general would benefit from an obvious successor (they wouldn't really consider Joe, right??).
I presume it's Obama's call, and this may be where his unbridled narcissism becomes our advantage. First of all, he might not want a "real" candidate, because they would make him look like the empty suit he really is, in comparison. Secondly, he might feel that it would be an admission of having made a mistake.
If Palin is suggesting a change in the hopes that they won't - just to show they're not going to follow anything she would suggest - that might sound really silly, but it's actually brilliant. Because Obama and his goons REALLY ARE that small and petty.
But another reason they may keep Biden is because they may be beholden to his network of contacts. I'm totally speculating, but ol' Joe has been around a very, very, very long time, whereas Obama is still the new kid in town.
Posted by: Optimizer at August 15, 2012 09:33 PM (As94z)
Which makes no sense. Apple has been working really hard but cannot get past a certain amount of the desktop market, but Microsoft keeps acting like they have to be like Mac to compete. Huh??
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at August 15, 2012 09:33 PM (r4wIV)
It also helped that they changed what lived in Ring 0. The original setup made for great performance on the cheap but was trouble waiting to happen.
Posted by: epobirs at August 15, 2012 09:34 PM (kcfmt)
393
I remember back when programmers could do so much more with less. Anyone remember a game called Quarantine where you drove a taxi around in a near post-apocalyptic city?
Posted by: Drew in MO at August 15, 2012 09:34 PM (nEo/i)
Posted by: Optimizer at August 16, 2012 01:33 AM (As94z)
Thats true, he knows where the skeletons are buried, so to speak.
Posted by: lou's a girl at August 15, 2012 09:34 PM (EPbpF)
There's a little known corollary to Moore's Law:
"software always gets slower faster than hardware gets faster"
Posted by: @PurpAv at August 15, 2012 09:37 PM (/RS2M)
Posted by: Every 16 Year Old from 1976 at August 15, 2012 09:37 PM (eQnzo)
If Obama dumps Biden, it means the choice sucked and is hurting them. Losing your VP candidate (especially this late) means you are doing badly and admitting you're panicked. It looks like poor leadership and worry, not confidence and strength. And while Biden leaving means you don't have uncle nutjar out making an ass of himself all the time, that's not a real big gain. Biden is as loopy as he's ever been but it didn't hurt Obama at all last time around.
I think people seriously overestimate the value of a vice presidential candidate, and the damage it can do, but maybe I'm off base.
I just don't see it helping more than it hurts, or hurting more than it helps.
And I just don't get this fear of Hillary. She looks awful, sounds like a screeching harpy, has done a terrible job as Secretary of State, and she's frankly disliked by a large number of people in the country, particularly women over the age of 30.
Plus, I'm pretty sure the Clinton camp despises Obama. I am confident that Bill Clinton actually likes Romney, as they aren't all that terribly far apart on most policy issues anyway.
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at August 15, 2012 09:39 PM (r4wIV)
From Breitbart, the world's largest breasts, as certified by Guiness
http://tinyurl.com/cvcem68
Posted by: fluffy at August 15, 2012 09:39 PM (z9HTb)
Posted by: ザ 政治的 帽子 ~で げそ at August 15, 2012 09:39 PM (sZTYJ)
Posted by: @PurpAv at August 15, 2012 09:40 PM (/RS2M)
Posted by: Robert at August 15, 2012 09:40 PM (4ixH5)
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at August 15, 2012 09:42 PM (r4wIV)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at August 15, 2012 09:42 PM (V2inB)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1DKvOx33ncg
Posted by: ザ 政治的 帽子 ~で げそ at August 16, 2012 01:39 AM (sZTYJ)
Heh!
Now what the hell do I gotta do to get this stoopid browser to display Wapanese characters instead of the gobbledygook I'm getting?
Posted by: Robert at August 15, 2012 09:42 PM (4ixH5)
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at August 15, 2012 09:45 PM (r4wIV)
That and the ribbons are silly.
Posted by: The Political Hat at August 16, 2012 01:30 AM (sZTYJ)
I hate the fucking ribbons.
Posted by: chemjeff at August 15, 2012 09:45 PM (d/5qf)
Posted by: The Political Hat at August 15, 2012 09:47 PM (sZTYJ)
Posted by: ザ 政治的 帽子 at August 15, 2012 09:48 PM (sZTYJ)
Joe must be even more effective than we imagined if they're so scared of him. They also know that Biden will make mincemeat of their punk-ass VP candidate during the debate.
by beltane on Wed Aug 15, 2012 at 02:36:25 PM PDT
Posted by: Mayday at August 15, 2012 09:48 PM (F3s39)
Posted by: ザ 政治的 帽子 at August 16, 2012 01:48 AM (sZTYJ)
Firefox 14.pieceashite
Posted by: Robert at August 15, 2012 09:49 PM (4ixH5)
Something from the Gush for you.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xc90UhV6hJA
Posted by: Robert at August 16, 2012 01:26 AM (4ixH5)
I'll have to keep an eye, or two, or three....out for it in local supermarkets!
Posted by: cthulhu at August 15, 2012 09:51 PM (kaalw)
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at August 15, 2012 09:51 PM (r4wIV)
Add Japanese and select where you want it to go in the triage priority list.
Posted by: @PurpAv at August 15, 2012 09:52 PM (/RS2M)
Is there any software package that's actually gotten *better*?
Posted by: chemjeff at August 15, 2012 09:53 PM (d/5qf)
I was also talking about drive space. What do you think the majority of a Windows install is besides drivers?
The driver set shipped with Windows has grown substantially with each generation. But disc capacity per dollar has grown far, far faster. It wasn't until Windows 2000 that putting all of the drivers and other files on the hard drive became standard, because the convenience finally outweighed the concern for space issues. (Remember when copying over all of the CABs was part of the install ritual?) And that is when 40 GB drives were considered big. The percentage of a typical hard drive a Windows install consumed shrank a great deal while including more.
As I mentioned, expectation of SSDs taking over has made this a long term priority. There are a number of other good reasons for standardizing large portions of common device drivers. This has been in the works for a long time. I attended a WinHEC session back in 2007 devoted to the subject.
Yeah, I can remember fun games on my Atari 800 that fit on a 16 KB cartridge. Now a single texture in an Android game is much larger than that. The world has moved on. I spent several years of the 80s in the game business and it was always a big hassle trying to figure out new tricks to reduce a game's size without ruining it.
We went through a huge hassle trying to get 'Defender of the Crown' to fit on two floppies for the Atari ST version. The problem was that while the version was somewhat smaller on the art size than the Amiga version, the ST only supporting 16 colors from a palette of 512 where the Amiga offered 32 from a range of 4096, the Amiga has double-side discs as standard holding 880 KB each. The Atari ST had both single-sided and double-sided drives (using essentially the MS-DOS format) storing 360 and 720 KB respectively. You couldn't ignore all of those single-sided drives sold in the more price sensitive markets like the UK. But having another floppy in the package meant a significant dent in margins.
We (really meaning Randy Platt, who sold Orson Scott Card his first computer before turning pro game programmer) ultimately implemented a homegrown version of ZIP, which was still under very pricy licensing terms, and decompressed a lot of stuff in RAM, where the ST had the advantage over the Amiga in most cases. (The base Amiga 1000 shipped with 256 KB RAM but Atari produced so few STs with less than 512 KB we felt safe in ignoring them.) It added a significant delay tot he start of gameplay but the product was a success.
Posted by: epobirs at August 15, 2012 09:56 PM (kcfmt)
And are the games better? I mean they look prettier but are they BETTER games? Because they have gotten insanely huger but the game play is either the same or actually worse. I had more fun playing worms on my PC in 1997 than I do playing Diablo III now.
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at August 15, 2012 09:58 PM (r4wIV)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at August 15, 2012 09:58 PM (V2inB)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at August 15, 2012 09:59 PM (V2inB)
Aw I'm just in a lousy mood shaking my cane. GIMP has gotten better.
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at August 15, 2012 10:00 PM (r4wIV)
Posted by: chemjeff at August 15, 2012 10:01 PM (d/5qf)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1DKvOx33ncg
Posted by: ザ 政治的 帽子 ~で げそ at August 16, 2012 01:39 AM (sZTYJ)
Heh!
Now what the hell do I gotta do to get this stoopid browser to display Wapanese characters instead of the gobbledygook I'm getting?
Posted by: Robert at August 16, 2012 01:42 AM (4ixH5)
Robert keeps trying to get me interested in squid girl, but it just doesn't click for me. Gushka, OTOH, brings the right kind of insanity.
Posted by: cthulhu at August 15, 2012 10:02 PM (kaalw)
Posted by: chemjeff at August 15, 2012 10:03 PM (d/5qf)
Posted by: chemjeff at August 15, 2012 10:04 PM (d/5qf)
There are some very specific areas they could branch into that would make me happy but they seem to be actively avoiding it for some reason. This is one of the reasons I have Atlantis, even though Word 2010 is hugely preferable for the bulk of the work. I only use Atlantis at the later stages but could live in it if I had to. It's one of the more obscure WP apps out but has been around forever.
It has one huge glaring deficit in its lack of tables. The company has been promising tables for over a decade. Yuo can actually look on their forums and finds messages where they promise it was 'coming soon.'
I suspect the whole operation is just one guy with maybe some part-time help. The book functionality is the big selling point for me and I wish he would expand more in that direction. Right now, it still lacks some vital functions that I perform in Sigil. I've suggested that the e-book area is his one real shot at a growth market but it's a complete unknown what is really happening with that operation.
Posted by: epobirs at August 15, 2012 10:04 PM (kcfmt)
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at August 15, 2012 10:04 PM (r4wIV)
@406
All very well put, and well reasoned.
One could reasonably change a VP, simply because of changing political needs, and that sort of thing used to be done (but not in my lifetime), but it is kind of late in the game, and the independent voters would be asking themselves, "Why? What's wrong?" and "Who is this person?" I DID throw out the idea that this could be helpful as a distraction from the economy for a while, but it does seem like it would be a net negative.
Unless it was a big name! But what name would be big enough? Really only Hillary, but - as you say - "She looks awful" (nobody seemed to care about the "screechy" stuff, or the "being the first 1st lady with her own scandal" stuff, doesn't qualify you to run much of anything. They DO despise the Obamas, but I still haven't figured out why the hell she's Sec State anyway.
"I think people seriously overestimate the value of a vice presidential candidate, and the damage it can do, but maybe I'm off base."
That's usually true, but a unique individual can make a difference. Palin bumped up McCain's ticket right up until the economic meltdown. Ryan might make the difference in WI, in a purple state where Republicans have been energized in recent years to stand up and say "Enough!" to the abuses of creeping socialism. 10 EVs one way instead of the other could make all the difference. Ryan can also make a significant difference in raising awareness regarding the daunting financial disaster that is in progress, because he's such an expert in it. In a close race, it doesn't take much to win or lose.
Oh, and they say he's excellent at gathering campaign donations, too. That can make the kind of difference that you'll never really be able to know.
Posted by: Optimizer at August 15, 2012 10:04 PM (As94z)
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at August 16, 2012 01:39 AM (r4wIV)
OK, gonna try this again.
WTF, obama dumping biden will not be a good thing for Romney/Ryan
hillary wants to be vp, she wants to be president, and palin just gave her the opening. She will get the mom votes. And anyone who thinks otherwise is a fucking fool, clintons love power and power corrupts absolutely.
republicans running into propellors again,. I give up, over it!!
Posted by: lou's a girl at August 15, 2012 10:05 PM (EPbpF)
Posted by: ザ 政治的 帽子 at August 15, 2012 10:06 PM (sZTYJ)
Posted by: chemjeff at August 15, 2012 10:06 PM (d/5qf)
http://tinyurl.com/9ykk7qm
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at August 15, 2012 10:08 PM (V2inB)
Posted by: The Political Hat at August 15, 2012 10:09 PM (sZTYJ)
Sophisticated swappers/paging systems do this kind of thing. A lot of pages scheduled for page out are in fact quite sparse and can be regenerated from a small compressed local cache more rapidly than doing a media I/O. A clever system uses idle time to perform this kind of trickery. If you get around to doing it, its a win, if not you just take the usual path and do the physical I/O
Posted by: @PurpAv at August 15, 2012 10:09 PM (/RS2M)
Posted by: The Political Hat at August 15, 2012 10:11 PM (sZTYJ)
GIMP is a unix tool. With Unix all things are possible, but few are easy. With Windows most things are easy, but some things are impossible.
Posted by: @PurpAv at August 15, 2012 10:12 PM (/RS2M)
Being VP just isn't a realistic step to becoming president. So Hillary becoming a VP candidate doesn't mean she gets to be president. It means she gets to be a do-nothing funeral visitor to a man she probably can't stand. Its a no-power job with no real public appeal.
Dumping Biden just says "we suck, oh god we're not winning, do something quick!" particularly this close to the convention. That's not a winning proposal.
I share your fear of another Obama presidency but I don't think that would be a big help. Who knows, I'm often wrong. The world used to make a lot more sense to me in the past.
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at August 15, 2012 10:12 PM (r4wIV)
Posted by: Richard at August 15, 2012 10:12 PM (hUDh/)
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at August 15, 2012 10:15 PM (r4wIV)
Posted by: chemjeff at August 16, 2012 02:03 AM (d/5qf)
Feelin' a little flabby, truth be known.
The BH is away in NC, so I'm doing house projects with a handyman I've worked with before we moved here in 97 -- yesterday, replaced a window (rough), but changed over to deferred garden maintenance today.....and filled 7 big greenwaste bins (the 3 I normally have where 1 is "pretend" from a neighbor, her "real" one, one from my "over-the-back-fence" neighbor, and two from across the street -- I'm truly blessed in living where I do).
Anyway, so it's been a voluminous allergen-infested mess all day, and I'm sun-baked and tired. On the other hand, the yard looks only a bit like a weed-infested overrun jungle, instead of its usual.
Posted by: cthulhu at August 15, 2012 10:15 PM (kaalw)
Posted by: Robert at August 15, 2012 10:15 PM (4ixH5)
Posted by: fast richard at August 15, 2012 10:15 PM (5nAZC)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at August 15, 2012 10:15 PM (V2inB)
Even 20 years ago a large part of the electorate wasn't overtly suicidal the way it is today...
Posted by: @PurpAv at August 15, 2012 10:16 PM (/RS2M)
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at August 16, 2012 02:12 AM (r4wIV)
OK I dont know you, and I am just a dumb girl who scraped through high school, but I was raised by parents who taught me to think, and if biden gets dumped for hillary, we will lose.
Dumping Biden just says "we suck, oh god we're not winning, do something quick!" particularly this close to the convention. That's not a winning proposal.
More people know who won american idol and dancing with the stars and honey boo boo, then know who the president is.
Posted by: lou's a girl at August 15, 2012 10:18 PM (EPbpF)
"419 I went lurking around to see if the koskids were talking about replacing Slow Joe. Look out guys, they are on to us:
Joe must be even more effective than we imagined if they're so scared of him. They also know that Biden will make mincemeat of their punk-ass VP candidate during the debate."
Oh, man, that's awesome! I may not be able to sleep tonight, because I won't be able to stop laughing!!
Posted by: Optimizer at August 15, 2012 10:18 PM (As94z)
Posted by: The Political Hat at August 15, 2012 10:19 PM (sZTYJ)
ugh my condolences
you've just described my upcoming Friday
Posted by: chemjeff at August 15, 2012 10:20 PM (d/5qf)
I can't predict the future, and my history in predicting elections crashed and burned the last two (after decades of easily calling each one), so you can take what I say for what its worth which is less than 2 cents, but I don't see them dumping Biden, and if they did, I don't see Hillary taking the job.
Of course I thought she'd cut her own throat rather than be in Obama's cabinet, too.
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at August 15, 2012 10:21 PM (r4wIV)
Posted by: The Political Hat at August 16, 2012 02:19 AM (sZTYJ)
yeah I have to go shopping at the IT department pretty soon
Posted by: chemjeff at August 15, 2012 10:22 PM (d/5qf)
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at August 16, 2012 02:12 AM (r4wIV)
If you want to get technical, Adams and Jefferson were in opposite parties and ran against each other twice so really just four. Or three if you just count elections after the passage ot the 12th Amendment.
Posted by: Robert at August 15, 2012 10:22 PM (4ixH5)
We used to know a guy that did 3D image programming for Microsoft and we were able to get stuff through him at ridiculously low prices, like Windows XP for 25 bucks.
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at August 15, 2012 10:24 PM (r4wIV)
I'm not so sure hysterical laughter and derision is the same thing as fear.
Posted by: @PurpAv at August 15, 2012 10:26 PM (/RS2M)
Overweight on take off...
jus sayin.
Posted by: Richard at August 16, 2012 02:20 AM (hUDh/)
Posted by: Rosie O'Donnel at August 15, 2012 10:26 PM (4ixH5)
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at August 16, 2012 02:21 AM (r4wIV)
I agree, I would hope she would say no, hell no. I just wish palin would have shut her mouth, and that is hard for me to say, cause I am a Palin fan.
OK will go to bed, we will see what happens within the next 48 hours, I am sure it will be Biden has an illness of some sort.
Posted by: lou's a girl at August 15, 2012 10:26 PM (EPbpF)
Posted by: Joe Biden at August 16, 2012 02:25 AM (IoNBC)
You could be replaced with a cardboard cutout and no one would tell the difference.
Posted by: Robert at August 15, 2012 10:27 PM (4ixH5)
Posted by: lou's a girl at August 16, 2012 02:26 AM (EPbpF)
Joe Biden swam in the pool, got aids.
Posted by: Robert at August 15, 2012 10:28 PM (4ixH5)
http://tinyurl.com/97xhe8z
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at August 15, 2012 10:28 PM (V2inB)
Posted by: Joe Biden at August 15, 2012 10:28 PM (IoNBC)
**************
If nominated, I will not run,
If elected, I will not serve.
Posted by: Impunity at August 15, 2012 10:29 PM (41zfH)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at August 15, 2012 10:29 PM (V2inB)
Posted by: Robert at August 16, 2012 02:28 AM (4ixH5)
Ya, you too. Night Robert
Posted by: lou's a girl at August 15, 2012 10:29 PM (EPbpF)
Posted by: chemjeff at August 16, 2012 02:20 AM (d/5qf)
Dude, if you could have mi amigo Roberto helping you, it'd be half of Friday. He's half my size -- but when I'm sweatin' and dyin', he's upshifting. All my neighbors love him -- partially because he trims their side of the hedges along with ours. There's a reason we've kept in touch for almost two decades.
Posted by: cthulhu at August 15, 2012 10:29 PM (kaalw)
Honestly, yes. They have gotten hugely better. Only a minority of developers make the best use of the immense resource now at their command but that was always the case. Sturgeon's Law.
We used to play a conceptual game with a storied history: How would you implement game X on platform Y and what would it look like? You may have seen the recent Atari VCS-ish version of Super Mario Bros.
It's little different from making movies. A movie director today has amazing capabilities available to him compared to earlier generations or even that same person working tens years earlier. (The lead software guy for ILM on Terminator 2 remarked that once the production was complete he could do the same thing for a fraction of the cost and a fifth of the time. The former due to the software development costs and the latter due to how much better the available hardware had gotten since the production began.)
Peter Jackson was a good choice for LOTR not just because he was very good at working with the technology but because he had the right vision. Given a decent budget he would have mad good versions twenty years earlier. They would be a bit different and some of the effects might not age well.
Some creators blow their wad on stupid flashiness but others instead use the ease of doing things that used to be terribly hard to focus on the non-technical stuff that is just as hard. Some of the stuff people used to sweat blood to squeeze out of old machines is trivial today. But which games are remembered? The ones that were solely notable for their technical achievement or those that were good games supported by good coding?
Posted by: epobirs at August 15, 2012 10:30 PM (kcfmt)
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at August 15, 2012 10:30 PM (r4wIV)
Posted by: Ye Not So Olde Meme at August 15, 2012 10:31 PM (sZTYJ)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at August 16, 2012 02:29 AM (V2inB)
And away from kids with big black magic markers what like scribbling mustaches across everything.
Posted by: Robert at August 15, 2012 10:31 PM (4ixH5)
"Being VP just isn't a realistic step to becoming president. So Hillary becoming a VP candidate doesn't mean she gets to be president. It means she gets to be a do-nothing funeral visitor to a man she probably can't stand. Its a no-power job with no real public appeal."
Fair enough, but let's look at it again. In the last 32 years, we had Reagan succeeded by his VP, Bush41. After he was defeated, Clinton had Gore as his VP, and who was at the top of the Dem ticket? The VP. Who was he defeated by? Somebody closely associated with a past president. Cheney was great, but if they had a viable successor instead, things might have gone better last time.
Being the VP can be a nothing job, most of the time, but it gives you name recogniion, and "national stature". Ironically, Cheney elevated the stature of the office, because Bush43 put him to work. Historically, the job was a joke, and nobody even could tell you who the VP was, but these days it puts you first on teh short list.
"... Who knows, I'm often wrong. The world used to make a lot more sense to me in the past."
Oh, you are SO not kidding!!
Posted by: Optimizer at August 15, 2012 10:33 PM (As94z)
Tom Selleck,
He liked to fly in a "HUGHS 500?" An "E" model if I'm not mistaken, "Little Birds" during the Nam era...
Posted by: Richard at August 15, 2012 10:33 PM (hUDh/)
The whole Biden meme is challenging the SCoaMF to S, C, F, and be M.
Posted by: cthulhu at August 15, 2012 10:38 PM (kaalw)
None of that was really an option on a 512K Atari ST running the original single-taking TOS. It was a simple RAM disk arrangement. Doing a big bunch of decompression to that at the beginning was the best alternative to having a game that took time out for decompressing files constantly.
I really like 64-bit and never want to go back for desktop purposes.
Posted by: epobirs at August 15, 2012 10:39 PM (kcfmt)
Being the VP always put you on the short list though. It just didn't turn into anything except a very small handful of times, and most of them before 1850. It seems like it really ought to set you up for the presidency, but it doesn't really. If it wasn't for dead presidents we'd almost NEVER have a VP take the office. Five out of 44 is pretty bad odds.
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at August 15, 2012 10:40 PM (r4wIV)
Posted by: Robert at August 16, 2012 02:31 AM (4ixH5)
True that.
Paul Bart - Cardboard Cop
"Hey kid! Stop that! Get away from there!"
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at August 15, 2012 10:40 PM (V2inB)
"I agree, I would hope she would say no, hell no. I just wish palin would have shut her mouth, and that is hard for me to say, cause I am a Palin fan."
If you're still up, "lou's a girl", I really wouldn't be concerned about them taking Palin up on any good ideas. If anything, I really think they really would tend to reject an idea JUST BECAUSE she had suggested it.
As to Hillary running, there's all kinds of talk about her & Bill longing for the Oval Office, but I just don't see her "walking the walk" for that right now. Maybe she just wants to see that asshole fail, and get ready for next time around.
They might benefit greatly from having her on the ticket, but they could have last time, too, and they didn't. Unlike the Clintons, they seem to do things for personal, rather than pragmatic reasons, and perhaps that will (finally) be their undoing.
Posted by: Optimizer at August 15, 2012 10:42 PM (As94z)
Posted by: cthulhu at August 15, 2012 10:44 PM (kaalw)
Someone brought this up a few threads back this morning but have you seen Hillary lately? She barely combs her hair. They suggested she's just given up, she seems to be three sheets to the wind most of the time and looks godawful. Maybe she's just decided none of it matters, certainly the Obama administration barely pays any attention to cabinet level people (prefering czars and advisor types).
I wonder if she's just realized she's not as great and smart as she always believed, that the Secretary of State job is beyond her, and that the people she speaks to despise her.
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at August 15, 2012 10:47 PM (r4wIV)
Posted by: cthulhu at August 15, 2012 10:49 PM (kaalw)
Hope its a Moron.
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at August 15, 2012 10:50 PM (V2inB)
Posted by: Joe Biden at August 15, 2012 10:51 PM (IoNBC)
I'm gonna say this, then leave.
I was so close to becoming a "Rotor Head" in my 20's. Time and space and a lack of funds or an age limit per the Army made that just...a want, not to be obtained. Still, I got 46 hours on my knee board and CDRM knows what that means. I did fly the turbines..and you would have been impressed! I had transition mods DOWN!!!
Posted by: Richard at August 15, 2012 10:51 PM (hUDh/)
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at August 15, 2012 10:52 PM (r4wIV)
Posted by: Lisl at August 15, 2012 10:54 PM (PDKu6)
Posted by: cthulhu at August 15, 2012 10:55 PM (kaalw)
Posted by: Joe Biden at August 15, 2012 10:56 PM (IoNBC)
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at August 15, 2012 10:57 PM (r4wIV)
But after the shock of Juneau's runway, everything is long.
Posted by: Lisl at August 16, 2012 02:54 AM (PDKu6)
I was thinking, "Dude -- you did the grass part, you did the dirt part, you went into more grass, and you're off into the swamp before you get fully off the ground. That's a bad sign -- everyone who has ever tried this before did better."
Posted by: cthulhu at August 15, 2012 10:57 PM (kaalw)
Posted by: Joe Biden at August 15, 2012 10:59 PM (IoNBC)
They might benefit greatly from having her on the ticket, but they could have last time, too, and they didn't. Unlike the Clintons, they seem to do things for personal, rather than pragmatic reasons, and perhaps that will (finally) be their undoing.
Posted by: Optimizer at August 16, 2012 02:42 AM (As94z)
Are you fucking serious?
Posted by: lou's a girl at August 15, 2012 11:05 PM (EPbpF)
Posted by: The Political Hat at August 15, 2012 11:07 PM (sZTYJ)
Posted by: bigmike at August 15, 2012 11:12 PM (I4ADY)
Maybe Valerie Jarrett can get him to do it but I honestly doubt they'd even think of it. The more the GOP says "what a bozo" the more the probably like him.
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at August 15, 2012 11:12 PM (r4wIV)
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If anyone has time, rooting around at dailykos can be a riot. Some of them are truly delusional. If I ever have time, I'll register there because I want to see if I mock them to the extreme, will it be recognized as mocking, or will they just think I'm one of the gang. For example, if I were to enthusiastically agree that Biden is teh awesome and that ugly imbecile Paul Ryan is probably quaking in his boots worrying about the debate, I really think I'd fit right in.
One koskiddie thought the only reason the MSM was making a stink about Obama going so negative (cancer ad) was because, get this, Obama has the election in the bag by such a large margin that the MSM needs the race to be closer or their ratings will suck. So, the MSM is trying to manufacture something bad about Obama to give Romney a fighting chance, to help their ratings. The poster was dead serious, unless of course that was one of us doing what I'm contemplating.
But not tonight, bedtime calls.
Posted by: Mayday at August 15, 2012 11:14 PM (F3s39)
Posted by: tcn at August 15, 2012 11:15 PM (SJnOF)
Posted by: Robert at August 16, 2012 03:08 AM (4ixH5)
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my jowls. I am doing an impression of Richard Nixon commenting that 'Joe Biden is dumber than dogshit.' Same cadence as 'I am not a crook' snf far, far, far more true.
Posted by: jc at August 15, 2012 11:16 PM (ufJKx)
Posted by: tcn at August 16, 2012 03:15 AM (SJnOF)
At least Joe Biden is honest.
Posted by: lou's a girl at August 15, 2012 11:17 PM (EPbpF)
Posted by: Comrade Arthur at August 15, 2012 11:18 PM (d9tUw)
Posted by: jc at August 15, 2012 11:18 PM (ufJKx)
Posted by: lou's a girl at August 16, 2012 03:17 AM (EPbpF)
Okay, now I need a new monitor.
I suppose if Joe believes it is true, his is being "honest." The trouble is he can't tell the lies from the truth.
Posted by: tcn at August 15, 2012 11:19 PM (SJnOF)
Posted by: jc at August 15, 2012 11:20 PM (ufJKx)
Posted by: jc at August 16, 2012 03:18 AM (ufJKx)
I don't know. Are there moose and bears in your neck of the woods?
Posted by: tcn at August 15, 2012 11:20 PM (SJnOF)
So, tcn are you hanging out in my neck-o-da-woods?
Posted by: jc at August 16, 2012 03:18 AM (ufJKx)
I don't know. Are there moose and bears in your neck of the woods?
Posted by: tcn at August 16, 2012 03:20 AM (SJnOF)
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moose all the time. bears every couple years or so. but both moose and bears near the cabin pretty much all the time.
Posted by: jc at August 15, 2012 11:23 PM (ufJKx)
Posted by: tcn at August 15, 2012 11:25 PM (SJnOF)
Posted by: jc at August 16, 2012 03:20 AM (ufJKx)
It was an impressive typo.
Posted by: Robert at August 15, 2012 11:26 PM (4ixH5)
Posted by: tcn at August 15, 2012 11:26 PM (SJnOF)
Posted by: tcn at August 15, 2012 11:28 PM (SJnOF)
Oh, did I mention a rabbit has decided to make his residence in my backyard?
Periodically pops out front to chew on grass. Cute little bugger, too.
Posted by: Robert at August 15, 2012 11:30 PM (4ixH5)
Posted by: tcn at August 16, 2012 03:25 AM (SJnOF)
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Congrats, Proud Papa. When they finish the connection at the New Seward it will be quite a nice addition. Campbell trail will be directly tied to just about everything then.
Posted by: jc at August 15, 2012 11:30 PM (ufJKx)
Posted by: tcn at August 15, 2012 11:30 PM (SJnOF)
Posted by: Robert at August 16, 2012 03:30 AM (4ixH5)
I have a beagle who could cure that nicely for you. No charge.
Posted by: tcn at August 15, 2012 11:31 PM (SJnOF)
Posted by: tcn at August 15, 2012 11:33 PM (SJnOF)
Posted by: tcn at August 16, 2012 03:30 AM (SJnOF)
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Do you have an ONT license? You need a license. And on some nights, you have to add a king stamp.
Posted by: jc at August 15, 2012 11:34 PM (ufJKx)
I just finished one lab manual. 22,000 words and 76 pages of chemistry goodness.
Posted by: chemjeff at August 15, 2012 11:34 PM (d/5qf)
Posted by: tcn at August 15, 2012 11:37 PM (SJnOF)
Posted by: epobirs at August 15, 2012 11:38 PM (kcfmt)
Posted by: tcn at August 16, 2012 03:33 AM (SJnOF)
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my apologies. I should not have assumed. Sorry to hear about your Dad. Hope recovery goes well. Hope you like it here. Have you done a winter here before?
Posted by: jc at August 15, 2012 11:38 PM (ufJKx)
Posted by: tcn at August 16, 2012 03:31 AM (SJnOF)
LOL
No, no, that's alright.
The cat wants to save it for later.
Posted by: Robert at August 15, 2012 11:38 PM (4ixH5)
Posted by: tcn at August 15, 2012 11:39 PM (SJnOF)
Posted by: chemjeff at August 15, 2012 11:39 PM (d/5qf)
Posted by: jc at August 16, 2012 03:38 AM (ufJKx)
'bout 25 of 'em. The husband? Not so much.
Posted by: tcn at August 15, 2012 11:40 PM (SJnOF)
Posted by: tcn at August 16, 2012 03:33 AM (SJnOF)
That the one about search and seizure, right?
Posted by: Joe to the Biden at August 15, 2012 11:40 PM (4ixH5)
Posted by: Robert at August 15, 2012 11:40 PM (4ixH5)
Posted by: chemjeff at August 16, 2012 03:39 AM (d/5qf)
Well, there will be less drinking involved, but what drinking there is will be of a higher caliber. But factoring in the dead brain cell accumulation over the past half century... We shall see.
Posted by: tcn at August 15, 2012 11:41 PM (SJnOF)
Posted by: tcn at August 16, 2012 03:33 AM (SJnOF)
That the one about search and seizure, right?
Posted by: Joe to the Biden at August 16, 2012 03:40 AM (4ixH5)
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Shhhh!!! Joe, don't tell anyone else about your seizures, everybody is worried enough already.
Posted by: jc at August 15, 2012 11:42 PM (ufJKx)
Now, if I could just get my mom to back off and quit pestering him, he would probably be well on the mend. Probably never be a mountain runner again, but he could probably do a few 5ks and such.
Posted by: tcn at August 15, 2012 11:45 PM (SJnOF)
Posted by: chemjeff at August 16, 2012 03:42 AM (d/5qf)
I was, but then Dad had his issues, so probably not until the spring. Got any good crib notes?
Posted by: tcn at August 15, 2012 11:46 PM (SJnOF)
Posted by: theCork at August 15, 2012 11:46 PM (0hpYU)
just make sure you have the time available to devote to serious study of the material.
and I'd be happy to be your tutor. just pay me in beer.
Posted by: chemjeff at August 15, 2012 11:49 PM (d/5qf)
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Posted by: theCork at August 16, 2012 03:55 AM (0hpYU)
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sadly, I find that we have had productivity losses with upgrades. a lot of software makers just scramble their menus and sell us programs we already own -- but now are slower cuz we can't find the damn commands.
other programs have become so complex in the quest for extended capability that they are practical unexplainable to novices.
it is very frustrating. we are still getting bright kids out of school, but getting them up to speed is a major struggle.
Posted by: jc at August 16, 2012 12:05 AM (ufJKx)
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Posted by: Zakn at August 16, 2012 04:07 AM (7F9i5)
because it's so fucking hard. rapid giant soldiers with medics where they pull ubers every 10 seconds. In three hours, me and these randoms got through only 4 stages and then 2 dropped and the new people restarted the thing
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Posted by: F4 Drivers Everywhere at August 16, 2012 01:47 AM (p4U6S)
That's because most so called productivity apps are human or external bandwidth bound. Its been this way since around the appearance of the 486DX2-66 and first generation Pentium chips.
If you're not a gamer, or running nuclear weapons simulations, CPU horsepower is not really a factor.
Posted by: @PurpAv at August 16, 2012 01:53 AM (/RS2M)
Posted by: @PurpAv at August 16, 2012 05:53 AM (/RS2M)
and as a gamer, a CPU still isn't used as effective as it could. Only things that really use it is something like Space Engine which isn't a game (and uses more ram than anything) and ArmA 2 and that more because the ArmA engines frankly suck (more noticeable when you're in a massive multiplayer game as the CPU chugs on all the math)
Posted by: The Dude at August 16, 2012 02:00 AM (tw6Ar)
She probably believes, perhaps correctly, the learning curve on something newer simply isn't worth the effort. If what you have does everything you want/need to do, there's no compelling reason to move.
Some of the older stuff is blistering fast on the newer hardware too.
Posted by: @PurpAv at August 16, 2012 02:00 AM (/RS2M)
Posted by: teej at August 16, 2012 02:04 AM (4+PCd)
I think TTM issues probably keep the game writers from really bothering to tweak up the code. Their customers will buy newer/faster hardware if they say they need it.
As a stable core code base develops over a few years, it can pay to start performance tweaking it, but if you're still in chaos mode, performance work other than at the architectural level is usually unwise.
There's exception of course, like when something is an unacceptably slow POS and launch date is looming. Then you gotta do some nasty low level turd polishing because its too late for higher level optimizations.
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http://tinyurl.com/cekwsgf
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Posted by: rickl at August 16, 2012 04:19 AM (sdi6R)
101 is to check the weather conditions as they apply to the local environment and basic precepts of flight like, umm, I don't know- lift?
You are absolutely correct. Even if you do takeoff, after assessing the weather, have a plan to say- "gee, I might not get adequate lift in this weather environment. If at the end of the runway conditions are suspect- the camping trip is off." Especially with a aircraft whose power can not compensate for those adverse conditions.
Better to be disappointed and live another day. Lucky they had angels on their shoulders to miss those trees until the speed decreased.
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Posted by: Vashta Nerada at August 16, 2012 07:33 AM (GfHSl)
The point of flaps being to generate additional lift, especially during takeoff and landing where airspeed is too low to generate enough lift.
Anyone with 1:1-scale piloty experience see the same thing from that shot? or is the wide-angle lens distorting the view too much?
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