Hope?
the aviation regulator hopes new dronies will read and obey the law of the skies.
Well we all know about how hoping in one hand, doing something nasty in the other and seeing which will fill up faster will turn out.
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Well... job done then. One carrier ready to go. Pity there's not much to fly off it yet, but that's the way it goes lately. I'm guessing that by the time the aircraft are ready for the carrier, it'll be time to build a new carrier.
I do have to wonder what your government was thinking about when planning this. Not like any aircraft in recent history has been delivered on time and fully operational. There should have been cats and cables for aircraft in the inventory or at least operational.
I've had enough, seriously. Anything *anything* is better that the current batch of shit-for-brains.
Be careful of what you wish for... very careful indeed. Lately, all government officials (not just in the UK) are shit-for-brains. If history runs it's course, the next batch will be equally bad or worse.
Maybe it's me.. but hang that overpriced decoration on the front door? No way. I'll just go buy the weed and keep it secure until it's all been turned into glorious smoke. The neighbors can go get their own instead of stealing off my front door. Yeah... I'm a bit a Grinch when it comes to the really good stuff and only share with really good friends.
Has there ever been a President who was not a millionaire in 2017 dollars?
How far back do you want to go? Grant wasn't a millionaire by any stretch no matter how you measure wealth. In recent times, Truman comes to mind as being one of the poorer presidents. Lincoln, I'm not sure about but he was close also. But those would be exceptions to the norm.
And if Tarantino gets to make a ST film then we might as well stick a fork in Star Trek because it's done.
Since Roddenberry died, the creativity and standards are gone. Corporate execs now run things and that just means one thing... they want profit no matter what. So they'll grab anything they can that has "Star Trek" in the title. So yes, ST was done some time ago but didn't know it.
That's normal for many companies. The sales droids makes delivery promises that manufacturing can't meet. Maybe the date could be met with some overtime for the shop floor but overtime has already probably been cut for manglement bonuses on cost reduction and increasing shareholder value.
Nah... the company fires the IT guy or whoever set them up, does a quick PR campaign, and bonuses all around for the C-Suite. But when the word gets out about a company's bucket(s) getting hacked, they might lose some customers and that will hurt the bottom line.
Bird are a different problem than drones from what's been published. While a dead chicken may or may not destroy an engine, a frozen bird will. As I recall there was a major cockup at one test where the birds were still frozen. Given such goodies in drones a batteries, this might be something for the testers to think about. Or maybe actually test on an old engine....
Here in Oregon is actually simpler. They mail you a ballot. You fill it out and return it via mail. A double envelope is used, the outside for mailing and verifies via your signature that it was a "legal" vote. The inside envelope keeps your vote hidden until it's opened and run through the counting machine (or at least that's the way it's supposed to work). I'm sure it's not fool proof but the paper ballots are scanned and then stored, things can be verified.
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And since when does the "CEO" of anything ever go to jail in America?
When they're foreign and a member of a country who's the enemy of the month?
Disclaimer: The way things are going though, we may need to change it to the "friendly country of the month" as we're pissing off just about everyone.
:If that is the case we are all in danger of having any cash we have being taken from us at any time.
In certain states here in the US... yes, be afraid, be very afraid. The local cops are taking cash from people they pull over on a regular basis using the "unknown origin" claim or "possible illegal activity". And it's damn hard to get the money back. A quick Google or two on "cops seizing money", "police seizing money" and the like should keep you busy for several hours.
Here's a crazy idea that would solve that problem, but which will never catch on: A piece of equipment designed to connect to a TV using a HDMI cable could come with a HDMI cable included in the box.
Err... maybe. But to cut costs, the box will have a 3 foot (1M approx.) cable. When you get it home, you'll find you need one that's longer. Back to the store....
Why does everyone want to have a "spaceport" nearby? Does any of the retards seriously believe there will be tons of taxes (KER-CHING!!!) and mega-jobs (DOLE QUEUE REDUCTION) from rare launches of supercomplex fragile gear?
Maybe some lobbyist is crossing a few palms with silvers which actually likely. Think about the two Disney parks... nothing around for miles before he built them. Or Cape Canaveral and the other sites. Nothing there, no value to the land around it. Put in a space launch site and PROFIT.
We've had spying on citizens here in the US for a long time.... Hoover ring a bell? But the rise of tech and the ability to grab conversations, emails, etc. has exploded so the gathering has followed suit. I do think it's time to put restraints on the agencies in the form of accountability and possibly fines or budget reductions. The problem is, it's way out of control and beyond what any rational person would expect.
That, dear Reg readers, starts with us. We’re the folks who made this world. We’re the folks who keep it ticking over. Surveillance capitalism, that’s on us. It’s our legacy.
Is that really what we want to leave behind? Or can we make an effort to do better in 2018? ®
So what do you suggest?
As techies.. one of our choices (if we think we have one) is our employer. But the real power is being a consumer and having friends that are like minded. No FB, no Amazon (if we can help it), no Google for starters. Yeah.. some of us already feel it's a lost battle and that they're ok with the way things are.
But what about those not inside tech? The average consumer... most don't seem to care. I'm not sure if they don't understand what's being sucked up from them and then spoon fed back or if they feel that they, as consumers, have the better end of the deal.
We, for the most part, work in tech. We're not the followers, or the ones who set corporate policy. We might, depending on the company we work for, be the tools used for this much like soldiers in a war. So is it our legacy? Or is it the masters of finance?
So, in Blighty, what's the difference between an "RC model aircraft" and a "drone" as far as this goes? Is there a legal definition? I could build a model of a Fokker and add cameras, etc. and have basically the same capability as a drone. So one (the drone) gets regulated with assorted licenses and restrictions. Are there the same licenses required for model aircraft over there in Blighty?
Sidenote: Quarter Scale is a huge model. I wouldn't want one buzzing my house but they are incredible to see fly.