Re: Fly by wire ?
"I am sure the Horsedrawn airplanes were much more reliable."
Airplanes drawn by professional artists are much more reliable...
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I once thought a Viking Funeral would be a classy way to go. Then I considered a Circus Funeral - the body is shot out of a cannon into the grave (they get 3 tries). Now I figure a Hefty funeral is the thing - stick my body in a Hefty Cinch-Sak and set me by the curb*.
*preferably after I'm dead...
"Honestly, no one will agree with me that this kind of a race would be more exciting with larger, more agile, faster, noisier (not to mention dangerous and more difficult to fly) machines??"
Oh, I agree with you but I'm quite mad. And don't forget to throw in a few hand grenades to give the spectators more bang for their buck...
From the article you reference:
1. there are all of forty-two pregnant women in Brazil with the Zika virus.
2. 70% of them have normal fetuses. That's a whole twelve fetuses with abnormalities.
Here's a more balanced viewpoint:
http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2016/02/16/zika-virus.aspx
From the article above:
1. Brazil has a population that is 70% of that of the United States.
2. Brazil has reported just over 400 cases of microcephaly so far, 17 of which tested positive for the Zika virus (a whole 4.25% of all microcephaly cases so far).
3. The United States has approximately 25,000 cases of microcephaly per year without the Zika virus.
4. There are plenty of weird chemicals that have been linked to birth defects sprayed in the areas of Brazil where the microcephaly cases are reported.
So, what are the odds that a virus we've known about for almost 70 years is suddenly causing shrunken heads. Looks like we'd be smarter to look at other factors instead of shitting our pants about this.