Posts by J__M__M

Re: More than surprising

It's so incredible it's impossible. When an airplane crashes everyone gets sued. Everyone. So owning an airplane is all about covering your ass. The chances of Brin or Google being liable here is zero.

Re: Way too little

The entirety of the USA? Hell no.

In order of most batshit crazy to least:

Florida

Texas

Rest of the bible belt

Flyover states

Everybody else

Re: They wouldn't have done this 60 years ago

When the mob ran Las Vegas, getaways were made in things like cars or airplanes.

And here's the subhead that goes with it:

And You Would, Too!

Re: Icing on the cake...

Why would we assume they weren't running defender? Because if they were it would be in the article? Ha ha, good one.

Re: DO NOT go on the Internet with XP

No and no and I agree.

Re: Flippin' heck!

>I though there was some general agreement amongst data thieves and ransomware users that medical facilities were off limits.

Where in the hell have you been?

Re: Yet again - more proof that China needs to be obliterated in a nuclear armageddon

Pentagon: It's just a balloon, don't worry about it.

You: WARMONGERING! LIKE IRAQ!

Re: Well that *IS* his aim,

Wow, one payment!

Re: Preaching to the chior

"What if I took all of your computers and tossed them into the dumpster out back, and replaced them with mechanical typewriters? How productive would your office be?"

Well they were still using Wordperfect, so...

Re: Technically-minded typical geek

"For too many of these damn 'geeks', a change to the Windows Start menu is reasons for war, how dare you change because you CAN!! I'll have to relearn a BRAND NEW LOOK!"

You can't seriously be advocating change for the sake of change. Check out our new model SUV, it has the brake on the right and the accelerator on the left! Because CHANGE! Don't complain like a geek, just be cool and get used to it like me.

Killing the start button was really, really expensive for business and the return on investment was a big fat zero.

how long would it take to spend a billion bucks....

Give me a week.

Re: Some extra info

80 grand extra is hardly a barrier when msrp is 150 million.

Re: "Seems the pilots did a good job,"

" but no mention was made of the new systems"

Not that it matters to you guys, but it was in the System Differences Manual on page 748.

Re: Court documents indicate that the credit union had "some" of the data backed up

I can't understand why you think they weren't using it. Our deleter had admin.

Re: Really?

You would hear the CRACCCKKK regardless of propellant type, er unless the round was subsonic anyway.

Re: Pramagtically

Those dogs did you a favor. Most would just take a dump on the carpet then sit back and watch the (shit) show.

Re: RIP

If only he had won you meant to say.

A mint condition Supra for $100,000.00?

Re: All security is good security

Re: Windows Defender, can you help me find the off button?

Re: 36 days left

Who's he going to pick a fight with? Dictators and despots are his friends.

Re: Fundamentals

"Anyone have information on the fact that there were upgrade options for MCAS (which had to be paid for) which would have mittigated this issue ?"

I do. There is no upgrade option for MCAS. The option the "safety should be free" crowd is usually chirping about is the "aoa indicator". There are two things they always fail to mention. First, the actual price: an "option" that costs 85 grand on a 100 million dollar airplane is not a barrier, period. It's also not making anyone at Boeing rich, so calm down I make my kid wear a helmet in the bathtub types. And second, an aoa indicator is not a primary parameter like air speed, attitude, altitude, vertical speed, etc. In an emergency, more is not better. Some groups of pilots prefer them (like military), and some don't. Some parts of the world like them, some don't.

I don't know about you, but I would prefer the airline I'm flying on have the choice that fits their pilots and their situation best, rather than have something they don't need or want stuffed down their throat by a manufacturer or a politician.