Posts by Lars 4259 publicly visible posts • joined 21 May 2007
The story of the RD-180 is actually quite interesting and the Russians were ahead of the Americans
then and it's still a viable engine after all these years.
Try a search for RD-180 on YouTube there is quite a lot about it.
The Engines That Came In From The Cold - And how The NK-33/RD-180 Came To The USA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TMbl_ofF3AM
Atlas V - an American rocket with a Russian engine
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jkJXxicuIp8
@Nifty
Quoting the Wikipedi:
" Research into fusion reactors began in the 1940s, but to date, no design has produced more fusion power output than the power input.[1] Most fusion designs produce a stream of energetic neutrons that over time degrade the materials used within the reaction chamber".
So yes, but why would you not test the result you get out, poor or not, in the hope you get it working.
"Built in 1905 by the North Wales Power and Traction Co. Ltd. it was the largest hydroelectric power station in Britain at the time and is commonly regarded as the oldest grid-connected hydroelectric station in the world."
Perhaps, it should rather read "and is believed to be one of the oldest Grid-connected hydro-electric stations in the world."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cwm_Dyli
@Doctor Syntax
Linus is Finnish after all and some management by perkele is as times needed.
"Management by perkele is originally a Swedish expression for a Finnish leadership approach that, according to its proponents, takes required actions in a quick and swift way, instead of a prolonged pondering of all possible alternative approaches and points of view before actually getting anything done. This is specifically contrasted to the Swedish consensus decision-making, where the manager makes sure that everyone involved has been heard before decisions are taken. The name is derived from the well-known Finnish swear word perkele, and it is a reference to the repeated times this word is yelled by the top managers. ".
@ Joe W
Yes that is true and we did not get rid of smallpox either by herd immunity although there was a lot of time.
It's also possible that we will have to take the vaccine more than once.
On smallpox.
"The origin of smallpox is unknown, however, the earliest evidence of the disease dates to the 3rd century BCE in Egyptian mummies"."
"Smallpox was an infectious disease caused by one of two virus variants, Variola major and Variola minor. The agent of variola virus (VARV) belongs to the genus Orthopoxvirus. The last naturally occurring case was diagnosed in October 1977, and the World Health Organization certified the global eradication of the disease in 1980."
And on the smallpox vaccine.
"From 1958 to 1977, the World Health Organization conducted a global vaccination campaign that eradicated smallpox, making it the only human disease to be eradicated. Although routine smallpox vaccination is no longer performed on the general public, the vaccine is still being produced to guard against bioterrorism and biological warfare."
Sorry but there is no way I will take your rant as honest although I do know there are people that can get lost in an elevator.
As somebody pointed out at least find out first if the hardware is alive or not, one way would be to use a USB stick with a Linux that runs like that, but that assumes you are good enough to alter the BIOS to boot from USB first (or remove the HD first).
I think you are a Troll and not very good at it.
"EU citizens can not oust the president of European commission."
That is a dumb comment, the president is elected for a limited time of five years.
"The president and their Commission may be removed from office by a vote of censure from Parliament. Parliament has never done this to date, however the imminence of such a vote in 1999, due to allegations of financial mismanagement, led to the Santer Commission resigning on its own accord, before the Parliamentary vote".
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Commission
Oh well.
The Commission is where all the sk. unelected bureaucrat sit while those not unelected are, called politicians, because they are elected.
The Commission has no power except for the power they are given by the "elected", in the Council of the European Union and the EU Parliament.
There is a rather a kind and easy video by Radoslaw Sikorski in the University of Greenwich on topics like that.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pI54yarKz_o&t=561s
PS. If everybody constantly agreed that would be a "Quelle surprise", indeed.
"a perfectly good communist country,".
Interesting, what country is that, and why did you arrive and why did you leave.
The "perfectly good" in front of something not good is interesting.
But perhaps it's not that catastrophic after all as it's only "the rest of the world is turning into the same Orvellian communist mess".
You might not get it but rubbish claims do not work outside of the USA and not so well in the USA either today.
On ESO.
"The United Kingdom’s decision to leave the EU has no direct consequences for the UK’s membership of ESO. The UK has been a Member State of ESO since 2002 and will remain so should it leave the EU, without any immediate impact.
ESO is an intergovernmental astronomical research organisation that is independent of the European Union. A country’s membership of ESO is independent of its membership of the EU. ESO was established by international treaty between its Member States, which now number 15, not all of which are members of the EU.
The broader implications of the UK’s exit from the EU cannot be anticipated at present and the impact of this process on the European research landscape may take many years to become clear. In the meantime, ESO will be actively working with international stakeholders at all levels to promote excellent science in its Member States, in Europe, including the UK, and beyond.".
Britain is of course free to piss off should it feel ESO is too European, taking into account, of course, that all obligations have bee fulfilled first.
https://www.eso.org/public/announcements/ann16039/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extremely_Large_Telescope
I hate to write this but.
In the USA education has deteriorated moving towards "education for profit" and the result is scam like the Trump university.
This is a severe problem, all we are is actually about what we as kids are able to get into our heads, it's often called education and if there is nothing there then it's not as it could and should be.
Some vids on the problem here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NK0Y9j_CGgM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t7lO0TlwUZw
The Real Story Behind Skyrocketing Student Debt
And then there is Britain, the oldest proudly remaining two class society in the western world.
Ask any Brit about education and he will proudly tell you about how the British are absolutely world leading in education because of two world leading universities. In some funny lunatic fantasy a Briti seem to assume that, if there is or was, an educated Brit in the past then I am one too because I am a Brit.
For some damned reason I think this logic is more inbuilt in the English than anywhere else in my known world.
On the problem of British reality, demagogues and the relation of education to democracy this is not bad at all in that respect.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t7lO0TlwUZw
And then there are the Chinese.
And I have this feeling they understand the value of education very well, which is fine. Good for you as a Brit would say but a problem for us if we are simply too stupid to grasp our own stupidity.
Something here too on that:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4P7RkWpS1Wc
"what do i really need windows for".
Good question, solved it more than 20 years ago, I don't need windows.
But from Microsoft's point, using Linux means that Linux cannot kill Microsoft.
A bit of the the "if you cannot beat them, join them".
And Yes, I might be a bit optimistic in relation to the "Embrace, extend, and extinguish".
One thing is for sure, Microsoft cannot any longer just whistle and look the other way regarding Linux.
@Dave314159ggggdffsdds
Curious too about the "eu ban spare tires", is it perhaps something Boris invented for our amusement.
What I have once found very useful once is to have a 12v compressor and a repair kit with me. It will fix more or less every problem caused by a nail or something similar, on the spot and without taking the wheel out.
I was also once saved with one of those bottles with some sort of glue foam and air pressure.
PS. for those interested in witty stories by Boris try.
Fintan O'Toole, "The Politics of Pain"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hA08SXJ8mAY
I don't think Microsoft is a threat to Linux anymore, it it ever was given where we are today. MS still owns the OEM much like before but is not big or important enough for threatening Linux.
Things change, but I remember an article here in Europe then long ago that warned people of using Linux because swithing from Windows to Linux would put one million people out of work in Europe. Go figure was the scare perhaps that a Windows user would be unable to learn Linux.
Then there was the "communist" scare, sadly that might still work in the USA. I hope I am wrong there.
The simple fact is that Linux is a better kernel than the one Windows has, so if you cannot beat them join them.
@AC
"under the colonial hegemony of European powers still have out-dated laws".
That may be so but doesn't fit this "old Swedish" law thing as those living in the easter part of the country (Finland) took part in writing those laws.
One could add that Sweden was in war with Norway and Denmark about 40 times with each but never with Finland.
For those who for good reasons don't undestand the "taalari" in a fine of one.
It's the Swedish daler in Finnish.
"The riksdaler (Swedish pronunciation: [rɪksˈdɑ̌ːlɛr]) was the name of a Swedish coin first minted in 1604. Between 1777 and 1873, it was the currency of Sweden. The daler, like the dollar,[1] was named after the German Thaler. The similarly named Reichsthaler, rijksdaalder, and rigsdaler were used in Germany and Austria-Hungary, the Netherlands, and Denmark-Norway, respectively. Riksdaler is still used as a colloquial term for Sweden's modern-day currency."
As far as I know it was used by Finns for the dollar in the USA too.
There doesn't seem to be much energy for "clean ups" in laws in any country and thus a lot of old stuff for our amusement remain.
Yes, and I would claim that when people use the word "Scandinavia" it's about culture and type of society and not about anything else.
Finland was a part of Sweden for more than 600 years and both Swedish and Finnish law is based on old Swedish law and Swedish is the second official language in Finland.
But I still prefer to use the word "Nordic" as that keeps everybody (also Swedes) happy.
We have a lot together like "Freedom to roam" .
"the right to roam has survived in perhaps its purest form in Estonia, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden. Here the right has been won through practice over hundreds of years and it is not known when it changed from mere 'common practice' to become a commonly recognised right. ".
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_to_roam#Nordic_countries
And we have the Nordic Council.
"The Nordic Council is the official body for formal inter-parliamentary Nordic cooperation among the Nordic countries. Formed in 1952, it has 87 representatives from Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden as well as from the autonomous areas of the Faroe Islands, Greenland, and the Åland Islands. "
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nordic_Council
Not to mention the Nordic Model.
"The Nordic model comprises the economic and social policies as well as typical cultural practices common to the Nordic countries (Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden). This includes a comprehensive welfare state and multi-level collective bargaining based on the economic foundations of free market capitalism, with a high percentage of the workforce unionized and a large percentage of the population employed by the public sector (roughly 30% of the work force)."
How did I end up here from "Quality control, Soviet style".
@WallMeerkat
The same happened elsewhere too, but the reason was that there was a market for then and the fact they where built in Russian made that import cheaper.
Also the Russians got very good at keeping them running doing it themselves.
I bet they are still around although the Russians are rather "mashina" mad today.
At some point here in Europa old Toyota cars were bought and sent to Africa.
@Peter2
That is how it has been decided in Denmark, Sweden and Norway too and that is not where the British problem lies.
Sadly I think a woman working for the BBC on telly revealed the whole problem with - "the British parliamentary system is the envy of the whole world".
@dak
Perhaps if the software for all TUI airlines including TUI Airways was produced in Germany and perhaps also tested on the German TUI airlines like TUI fly Deutschland first, even well.
But then later used in Britain, this misfortunate misunderstanding with the "miss" was revealed.
Not a good system design and indeed one would hope there was more reliable methods to get the weight of passengers.
From the PDF you find this.
SERIOUS INCIDENT
Aircraft Type and Registration: Boeing 737-8K5, G-TAWG
No & Type of Engines: 2 CFM56-7B27E turbofan engines
Year of Manufacture: 2012 (Serial no: 37266)
Date & Time (UTC): 21 July 2020 at 0500 hrs
Location: Birmingham Airport
Type of Flight: Commercial Air Transport (Passenger)
Persons on Board: Crew - 6 Passengers - 187
Injuries: Crew - None
Passengers - None
Nature of Damage: None
Commander’s Licence: Airline Transport Pilot’s Licence
.......
PS. TUI only has Boeing aircraft right now.
"Well given that Tui aren't UK owned".
TUI Group, (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TUI_Group)
own five airlines:
- TUI Airways
- TUI fly Belgium
- TUI fly Deutschland
- TUI fly Netherlands
- TUI fly Nordic
All those companies have a different history.
TUI Airways has its headquarters in Wigmore House, Luton
It's quite possible that this programming was for TUI Airways only but this article doesn't tell anything about that except that the linked PDF has this to say.
" The operator was the UK associated regional arm of a large European company, with a number of operating bases at major and regional airports within the UK."
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