This wasn't an amateur flying a drone over the piste.
This wasn't an amateur flying a drone over the piste.
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Point still stands.Originally Posted by Flixy
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Do you also think no civilian should fly a plane? I mean those are even more dangerous!Point still stands.
I think the main problem is that they are relatively new so there aren't real safety standards yet.
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That's my problem. There are no standards. And where standards do exist, they're ignored.Do you also think no civilian should fly a plane? I mean those are even more dangerous!
I think the main problem is that they are relatively new so there aren't real safety standards yet.
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It was the news station right? Thats not exactly a consumer level drone.
Machinery is going to fail, just ask the resident evil stunt double. Her career ended when a camera arm failed. All comes down to location.
"In a field where an overlooked bug could cost millions, you want people who will speak their minds, even if they’re sometimes obnoxious about it."
Yeah, and yes, machinery will fail, which is why ideally you operate it in a manner that even a failure keeps you safe. As in this case, where they weren't supposed to fly actually over the piste.
Film sets are BTW one of the places with the most work safety violations in general.
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Was that an actual rule when this happened? We don't have a whole lot of unique english sources for this. The drone could have been trailing him for all we know from the youtube video. He was never at any point where the drone fell, but maybe thats because he is a world champion.
"In a field where an overlooked bug could cost millions, you want people who will speak their minds, even if they’re sometimes obnoxious about it."
The drone pilot was told by his employers in no uncertain terms to keep his drone away from the track. He obviously chose to ignore his orders.
And in some countries it was an actual rule for all tracks - that's probably bound to change to all countries now.
Sometimes people are just stupid - my brother just told me of an advertisement shooting he was at where they rented a huge hall to drive around in with an AMG (you know, the tuned Mercedes cars). The shots were done by a pickup truck with a servo arm upon which 8 really expensive cameras rested.
The director wanted a final take where the two cars were driving towards each other with a fly-over at the last moment. My brother was watching the feed on the monitors and thought to himself: "Well, he should begin lifting the arm now. Now? Uhm, cutting it mighty close there..."
... and next thing he knew was a whole bunch of camera and servo arm parts flying around the hall. The AMG was opened up like a fish can, but the driver survived (if only by a literal inch!).
When the stars threw down their spears
And watered heaven with their tears:
Did he smile his work to see?
Did he who made the lamb make thee?
You try flying a drone near TPA or MacDill. See how long they ignore you
"In a field where an overlooked bug could cost millions, you want people who will speak their minds, even if they’re sometimes obnoxious about it."
http://www.timesofisrael.com/bus-dri...arab-from-bus/
a trying to get my traveling out of the way before Europe catches this bug
"One day, we shall die. All the other days, we shall live."
"One day, we shall die. All the other days, we shall live."
When the stars threw down their spears
And watered heaven with their tears:
Did he smile his work to see?
Did he who made the lamb make thee?
The Big Short
Book's way better, but it was enjoyable. Carrell is awesome. Bale not as awesome but still all right. Direction and editing were both kinda annoying.
"One day, we shall die. All the other days, we shall live."
"One day, we shall die. All the other days, we shall live."
The number of link dumps in this thread.
Congratulations America
So, just went through an ordeal you might call a bit kafkaesk.
What happened? Well, a minor thing, really. Something that happens to my pupil often enough, first time for me, though.
My mobile fell out of my pocket while standing up and hit the ground with the backplate. This shock due to about 40 cm of falling sufficed to break the actual display inside the glass. The (Gorilla) glass itself was just fine. That was new to me as well, I mean, I had seen the other way around often enough - but intact glass and cracked display?
Of course it also killed the whole display, none of this "Well, 25% of the display look funky and don't respond to touch but the rest works" for me either.
So I set out to repair the mobile - because a) it's new and expensive enough not to warrant an outright replacement and b) it should save some money.
Since a cracked display definitely falls under "not covered by warranty" I then looked for one of the multitude of shops who purport that they can repair mobiles in 30 minutes (if they have the parts, of course).
Turns out that a Lumia 950 XL doesn't have parts on the market thus no shops in the vicinity would be able to repair it.
Next stop: Microsoft itself. And that's where the psychedelic drugs set in - or at least: Someone must have smoked some really bad stuff to create this kind of user experience.
First of all: Did you ever try to find an actual support subsite at Microsoft for this stuff? Doubling back to the beginning by accident is a frequent occurence - simply clicking on "warranty and repair" is not actually guaranteed to take you to a point where you get the info you want.
But that's nothing new - this rabbit warren of Microsoft which purports to be a website is such a tangled mess that only sheer stubbornness will save the day.
Then I found it: An actual site where I could create a repair order. Entered the IMEI only to be greeted with a "broken link" icon instead of an actual depiction of my phone but everything else worked.
Then came the return adress - which is where I hit a snag in the form of:
"Something went wrong. Please try again later."
Well, let's just say: No, trying again later did not help much.
Thus I set out to find a phone number. I did find one. Only that it was either one for the US or for Indonesia because it began with a "62". Telephone numbers in Germany begin with a zero(0) when not calling locally.
Next stop: The Microsoft store. The guy I spoke with actually provided me with a phone number for the Lumia support line which actually worked!
Up to a point, that is, namely: "Please enter the IMEI of your phone after the beep. Or press # if you need help."
After entering the IMEI or pressing #: "This phone is not egligible for free support. Please call 0900... which costs 1.90€ per minute..." which is where I hung up.
Okay, Microsoft store again - I was a bit annoyed but the poor guy did promise me to forward to an actual technician. Which he did, only the wrong one. Stumped again.
So I tried the Lumia support line again (yes, I know, only mad people expect different results from trying the same stuff again). And this time I stayed on the line after the robot voice gave me the "non-egligible spiel".
Lo, and behold! A different robot voice asked if I wanted to be connected to said 0900 line - or if I wanted to press one(1) to try to enter the IMEI again. And this time it worked! I found myself in line for a support call.
And after 30 minutes I spoke to an actual person.
Which steered me onto the website I had tried at the beginning of this ordeal.
When I pointed out that this did not work she told me: "Well, some Microsoft accounts do have problems with this. Simply create a new account, register your mobile with that one and try again." So, with her still on the line (sorry other guys on hold, but I didn't dare let her off the hook that easily) I tried this route and what do you know?
It worked. Next steps (choose the kind of problem and delivery method) worked as well, so I told her that I'd be able to complete the rest, thanked her and hung up.
Which is, of course, where Murphy reared his head. Because the last step demanded a means of payment - and as this was a new account, none such was registered. So I clicked on the link "add a means of payment", entered the needed details, clicked on submit and... nothing. The window closed but I still got the message about "no means of payment".
So I clicked on the link again, entered the details again - only to get an error message that the site couldn't add this method. Maybe it had already been added, it suggested? Ya think?!?
Okay, close everything and begin again. No dice. No listed means of payment but it had already been added according to step two.
Stomped off to my profile, browsed to billing details and, yes, my credit card was indeed listed. So I tried to remove it and after only three tries of logging out, using a different browsers and sacrificing a goat it removed the credit card.
Then I entered the credit card again, only this time on the billing details page!
Back to the service request page and there it appeared! My credit card! Twice even, with a radio button letting me chose between them.
I'll give you a hint: The first entry did not work ("Something went wrong!"). The second did.
And it only took me another search to find out where to get the UPS sticker I was to affix to my package...
And of course it's now too late in the evening to get the package underway.
When the stars threw down their spears
And watered heaven with their tears:
Did he smile his work to see?
Did he who made the lamb make thee?
Oh well that's the way these things go nowadays. I told before that I have plans to buy a flat. Actually I am slowly plowing through the process of actually doing that. A couple of weeks I signed a contract for the purchase, and during the signing we had a conversation about the date on which the ownership could be transferred to my name. The realtor representing the seller suggested a date, which was based on a standard period for this kind of deal. But it was also suggested by him that the date could be revised if necessary. Now, as it happens, we have our side of the whole thing ready. That means that as of today I have the entire amount for the purchase in my checking account. But now the other side is making it very difficult to close early, despite the fact that the appartment I am buying is empty and has been empty for at least 4 months.
And no, they can't pull out of the sale really. Not unless they want to give me 10% of the agreed price, which is not very likely.
Congratulations America
I turned on the TV and went to CNN to get the latest "news". Instead.....I found a game show in progress, with a CNN "news anchor" playing host.
The latest issue of TIME magazine confirmed my latent fears. The future of driving is balled up between self-driven cars, computer technology, and insurance companies. In the next five years or so, it might become too expensive for me to drive an "older" car that doesn't have all the tech advantages believed to reduce risks, because the insurance industry says so, because the tech industry says so......
If you helps you feel any better, google's self driving car finally hit something, and it was the programming's fault for once. It made an assumption that bus drivers aren't giant assholes.
"In a field where an overlooked bug could cost millions, you want people who will speak their minds, even if they’re sometimes obnoxious about it."
http://www.salon.com/2016/03/01/tuck..._have_written/
What the Tuck...
"One day, we shall die. All the other days, we shall live."
I got out of Steam trading just in time. Their new restrictions require a mobile verification for every listing. All the way down to selling 3 cent trading cards, regardless of your account history. Users are throwing a fit.
"In a field where an overlooked bug could cost millions, you want people who will speak their minds, even if they’re sometimes obnoxious about it."
What exactly are STC:s used for anyway?? Just for show and bragging rights, or can you do useful things with them??
"One day, we shall die. All the other days, we shall live."
crafting them into badges during events give you event cards/rewards/entries depending on what Valve is running at the time. Crafting a set into a badge during the rest of the year gives you a background for your profile and an emoticon to use on the steam community forums, as well as a random coupon for a random amount off for a random game. Crafting badges increases your steam level which gives you more options for your profile and more friend slots (and some previous events required a minimum profile level). A high profile level also increases your chances of getting booster pack drops, which have 3 cards in them.
I mainly just flip the cards. I haven't put any money into steam since the winter 14 sale. I'll buy cards at low prices and use a program like Steam Inventory Helper to sell them for a higher price. Regular cards will net a penny or 2, but foil cards and emoticons can have a difference of a quarter or more.
"In a field where an overlooked bug could cost millions, you want people who will speak their minds, even if they’re sometimes obnoxious about it."
Friend in Australia posted this on FB.
That's nice of them, but that's not #14
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Also, world's most important football nation? Really?
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Definitely not anymore
Edit: back then Ajax got three europa cups in a row and the national team was world cup runner up, both with a new style that was hugely influential for football worldwide, it's not that much of a stretch. How times have changed though, not even qualified for the European cup now.
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http://www.theguardian.com/politics/...our-referendum Do all the straight people in Scotland vote for the SNP?The leader of Scotland’s Labour party, Kezia Dugdale, has become the fifth key political figure and fourth party leader in Scottish politics to come out as gay. Giving an interview to a magazine, Dugdale said she had a female partner.
Ruth Davidson, the leader of the Scottish Conservative party; Patrick Harvie, the leader of the Scottish Green party; and David Coburn, the leader of Ukip Scotland, have also come out as gay or bisexual, along with Scotland’s only Conservative MP, David Mundell, the secretary of state for Scotland.
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https://www.yahoo.com/news/prank-cal...181037826.html This is why fast food workers deserve to get paid $15 an hour...
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