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I was waiting for one of you to spot that.
Well done that man.
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Simon O'Riordan from UK wrote: Flight controls have come a long way since then; they are 'By Wire', so electric, but they won't be connected to any other system except the batteries and their own, dedicated, presumably hard-embedded computing.
Mmmmm - possibly not... The yoke & throttles are just the user interface, really - the flight control system has overall control of an airliner's attitude, altitude and speed, so needs to be able to command the control surfaces, the engines...all of the aircraft systems, really. Airliners these days have (slightly modified) ethernet connecting all these mission-critical systems, in order that they can communicate. That network is separated from the cabin network systems, although I'm not sure if the separation is via an air-gap or by using appropriately filtering switches - you'd hope an air-gap...
Oh - and they don't tend to use batteries either - power comes from the engines or (if they're not running) an APU[^].
Java, Basic, who cares - it's all a bunch of tree-hugging hippy cr*p
CodeProject MVP for 2010 - who'd'a thunk it!
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"Oh - and they don't tend to use batteries either - power comes from the engines or (if they're not running) an APU[^]."
-Er yes. The engines probably feed the battery. Remember when 787's were grounded? Although direct power(through a regulator) would be more in keeping with redundancy of systems, and is thus far more desirable. I believe the first FBW plane was the Avro Vulcan of the 1950's. They even had to develop new lubricants for the control surfaces as they were flying around 60,000 feet.
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The batteries are only used while other power sources (engines, APU) are off-line. In normal operation, they don't provide power, just (as you say) consume it to be recharged.
Although that would all change if this beastie[^] were to be made...
Java, Basic, who cares - it's all a bunch of tree-hugging hippy cr*p
CodeProject MVP for 2010 - who'd'a thunk it!
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Interesting; essentially a turbo shaft powering propulsors. No apparent need for a bypass-type  engine unless the propulsors are supplementary.
Redundancy again.
Loss of the power bus would enable the fan to keep the craft aloft until a diversion could be found.
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This sounds a lot like what this guy demonstrated a year ago[^]. So the news here probably isn't that its possible, but that someone else has done it.
We can program with only 1's, but if all you've got are zeros, you've got nothing.
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Started installing the system and software on my new system. Right now on 100 of 147 Windows 7 updates so in limbo for a while.
Installing Wine on the SSD, had to do it twice guess the first time got corrupted or ?? But 2nd time installed just like it oughter.
Got a Windows experience index of 6.9 but it's because I have an old video card else it would have been 7.7
The dang thing runs like a scalded dog...I love it!
Have you ever just looked at someone and knew the wheel was turning but the hamster was dead?
Trying to understand the behavior of some people is like trying to smell the color 9.
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Congrats on your new build, Mike! 
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Thanks Dave, I believe it'll be a good machine once I get everything back on it.
Have you ever just looked at someone and knew the wheel was turning but the hamster was dead?
Trying to understand the behavior of some people is like trying to smell the color 9.
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Nothing like that quantum leap in speed when you skip a few processor generations!
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Mike Hankey wrote: Got a Windows experience index of 6.9 but it's because I have an old video card else it would have been 7.7
The disk score is holding mine back at 7.8; everything else gets 8.5! 
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer
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Smokin...
I'm hoping in a couple of months to upgrade my video card but can't afford right now.
Have you ever just looked at someone and knew the wheel was turning but the hamster was dead?
Trying to understand the behavior of some people is like trying to smell the color 9.
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How about Global Thermonuclear Warfare.
What we got here is a failure to communicate
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The only way to win is not to play...
...how about a nice game of chess?
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If you must know, It Is definitely a Game!
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Now that is comedy, hilarious will check it out
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Never watched it. But I recently watched the seasons of "The IT Crowd" that are on NetFlix. 
You'll never get very far if all you do is follow instructions.
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I am glad that they ended "The IT Crowd" while it was good.
Every day, thousands of innocent plants are killed by vegetarians.
Help end the violence EAT BACON
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Although I used to love this show, this is totally insane! I really hate greed, and this almost makes me want NOT to watch the show, ever!! :unwell:
Also if I remember it right, they had to do the pilot episode again due to the so called "characters' emotions" were not proper during the first shoot. Aslo Kaley couldn't even get Penny's role out of her first audition.
Granted they have improved a lot since then, but it's still insane given that there are a lot many other fields like firefighers, cops, soldiers, teachers who do not get that much pile of money but they still do their jobs which are undoubtedly much more needed to the country..
Whether I think I can, or think I can't, I am always bloody right!
modified 4-Aug-14 21:37pm.
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Agent__007 wrote: other fields like firefighers, cops, soldiers, teachers who do not get that much pile of money
I understand where you are coming from, but this point of view is rather naïve. I've learned that in modern society, you get paid based upon how easily you are replaced, not based upon how valuable your service is. Firefighters and cops perform necessary services, but individually they are easy to replace. The actors on that show are NOT easy to replace because theirs is a rare skill.
The difficult we do right away...
...the impossible takes slightly longer.
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Richard Andrew x64 wrote: because theirs is a rare skill.
they are now famous and changing the characters in a show costs a lot of money (think useless merch) and can drastically reduce an audience.
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