There are several considerations. The new idea is that you are in a constant descent rather than a stairstep approach where you hold at maybe 20K feet for a while, then drop to and hold 15k for a while and so on. Of course, the terrain is a big factor here, it has to cooperate because you don't want to hit it. A debate has been going on for a while about whether it is bad to "shock cool" the engine. The idea is that you might damage the engine by cooling it too fast by just cutting it off to descend. Some people say this is a myth, some say it is real. It probably depends on the airplane and the conditions at the time. For any approach it is important to be stabilized. Certainly on Final Approach we always taught that you want a constant speed with a constant descent rate on the glidepath. In the real world you can try to do this, but to some extent you are at the mercy of the guy in front of you. If he is slowing down and speeding up you have to compensate. Wind is another factor that will cause you to make adjustments and those adjustments will cause everyone behind you to compensate. I guess it could help with large airline planes. If they can get everyone sequenced together and stabilized it could work, it might take a while to figure out exactly how to do it.

@Renauda said in R-E-S-P-E-C-T: @Doctor-Phibes A clean desk is a sign of a sick mind. My dad had a sign that said on his desk. Well, we think he did. You couldn't actually find it underneath the vast quantities of crap.

@Doctor-Phibes said in Meanwhile, in England...: In all honesty, and speaking as a lapsed Anglican with a certain amount of sympathy for their way of doing things, it's probably long past time to stop having an 'established church of the country'. Our local Episcopalian priest might come as a small shock. Black guy, raised in a deepwater Baptist church in Mississippi, he gets the culture down here real well and would be labeled a conservative in his denomination. I like him a lot.

I think it is.

@George-K said in Jan 6 committee: It could have been stopped: Funny how we're just hearing about the steps that FBI and other agencies DIDN'T take to prevent the riot on Jan 6th. Also funny how we didn't hear about THIS conclusion from the Jan 6th committee. It's almost as though there might have been information that they didn't want to make public. From that RWEC, NBC: The House Jan. 6 committee concluded that the FBI and other federal security agencies could have prevented a violent mob from overrunning the Capitol had they acted on the large volume of intelligence collected beforehand, the chief investigator told NBC News in an exclusive interview — a judgment the committee left out of its televised hearings and final report. Former federal prosecutor Tim Heaphy, the committee’s chief investigative counsel, said that while he endorses the panel’s main finding that then-President Donald Trump sparked the riot by urging protesters to go to the Capitol, his probe documented how federal law enforcement failures contributed to the debacle. Trump “was the proximate cause. But for his words, and deeds, it wouldn’t have happened,” said Heaphy, who led many of the key witness interviews conducted by the committee. “That said, what happened at the Capitol was also affected by law enforcement failures to operationalize the ample intelligence that was present before Jan. 6, about the threats of violence.” He added, “Law enforcement had a very direct role in contributing to the security failures that led to the violence.” Committee investigators found that the Capitol was inadequately defended on Jan. 6 not because of an intelligence failure, Heaphy said, but because of a failure to act on intelligence showing that extremists intended to come to Washington and use violence to stop Congress from certifying Joe Biden’s election victory. “There was a lot of advance intelligence about law enforcement, about carrying weapons, about the vulnerability of the Capitol,” he said. “The intel in advance was pretty specific, and it was enough, in our view, for law enforcement to have done a better job.” While many lawmakers and outside experts have reached that conclusion, it hasn’t been previously reported that the most comprehensive investigation into the Capitol riot did so, too. It’s also notable that the lawmakers on the committee chose to downplay — and in some cases contradict — that finding. From the beginning, I've noted the absence of analysis about the lack of security. It's not that this absence is so worrisome in itself. It's just that it is proof of the transparent bias in the reaction. The TDS left couldn't have made more obvious, the joy they took in January 6, and the disingenuous posturing of their faux-solemn reactions.

@George-K said in Under the Radar: @Jolly said in Under the Radar: Wrong Dredd. That's Urban in the title roll and the better (and more violent) of the two films. Ah, I scrolled through this guys take on that one. My bad. But, being better than "Judge Dread" is not a difficult thing. If it's on one of your streaming services, que it up. It's violent and the plot line is very different from the Stallone effort. It ain't the best, but it's decent. IMDB gives it a 7.1

@Renauda said in How do you teach a toddler Geetar?: @Aqua-Letifer If you play fingerstyle then pass it along to her. I wouldn’t even introduce the plectrum at this stage. Better that she develop her picking hand - that’s the palette where all the colour is.

I am very sure ChatGPT could have diagnosed my appendicitis in the emergency room that one time I went there complaining of excruciating abdominal pain and they shrugged and told me they had no idea what it was. After I suggested it might be my appendix.

Sean Hannity is attractive.... [image: 1675348804495-218ad6ac-8453-48d9-9d1f-49cb2e5f240b-image.png]

Jon it was an airport, not a manger.

A phased approach is best. Just a sudden an immediate end would be chaos. But this adds another nail to the HEROES/Student Loan Argument currently before the Supreme Court.

Not always. Most of the dogs that we board are great with Finley, but there are a few we have to watch. Not that they would be violent with him, but in play they would bowl him over. Dakota (our 15-16 year old Border Collie) is indignantly patient (reminds me of that husky meme where the one is laying and rolling his eyes) with the lad.

@Doctor-Phibes said in Gonorrhea: @Horace said in Gonorrhea: herd immunity ftw I've met your sort before... [image: 1675305497516-df57172f-8beb-4578-a2b1-9df49dd64f9d-image.png] Yes. At the club meeting. Every 2nd Tuesday.

@89th said in Is there more to the Tyre Nichols story?: The Shield Awesome show. Absolutely awesome. And probably a bit more accurate than we would like to admit.

@Mik said in Another medical oddity: Practicing to be a drug mule maybe? Yeah, that's a possibility. But this FB was way high up in the small bowel. Just past the stomach. It would have had a long, long way to go before being "retrieved." And, a banana? FFS.

@LuFins-Dad said in Hay Cats! Your "Let's go fishing!" post of the day.: @brenda said in Hay Cats! Your "Let's go fishing!" post of the day.: We don't even know how it ended. Okay, we can write the script for ourselves, right? Hey, Aqua! We don’t need @Aqua-Letifer , we need @ChatGPT ! INT. PIER - DAY A man, JASON, is fishing at the end of the pier. He is focused on his fishing line and doesn’t notice the large Tarpon swimming near the surface of the water. JASON (excited) I think I’ve got something big on the line! Suddenly, the Tarpon bites down hard on Jason’s arm. He cries out in pain as the Tarpon pulls him over the side of the pier and into the water. JASON (struggling) Aaah! It’s got me! Despite the pain, Jason holds on tight to the fishing rod and starts pulling the Tarpon towards the pier. The Tarpon fights back, pulling Jason through the water and thrashing wildly. JASON (determined) I’m not letting go! With a powerful pull, Jason manages to bring the Tarpon up to the side of the pier. He grabs the fish with his free hand and struggles to get back onto the pier. JASON (panting) I’ve got it! I’ve got it! The Tarpon continues to thrash and fight, but Jason holds on tight, determined to bring the massive fish onto the pier. With a final surge of strength, Jason lifts the Tarpon up and over the side of the pier, where it flops and thrashes on the wooden planks. JASON (breathless) I did it! A crowd of onlookers gathers around, amazed by Jason’s feat. He smiles in triumph as he holds up the massive Tarpon, his arm still bleeding from the bite. JASON (smiling) Looks like I’ve got a new trophy to add to my collection. FADE TO BLACK.

I just can't get past the slightly weird, kind of crunchy outer layer. I enjoy marshmallows, but not Peeps.

@LuFins-Dad said in Hey LD - saxophone query....: @Doctor-Phibes said in Hey LD - saxophone query....: Have you ever tried plastic reeds? Cane has always been the bane of my life, and now I'm picking up the instrument again, I'm looking at alternatives. I'm waiting for a delivery from legere.com - one reed costs roughly the same as an entire box, but should last about a year, and more importantly is much more consistent. I'm still horribly rusty after not playing for years, but this might help with one of the irritations. I’ve not. I think plastic reeds were originally for playing outdoors like Marching Bands. They were supposed to give you more volume. Over recent years decades, I understand they are much better, but I’ve been a creature of habit and not tried one. Please let me know how it goes. I haven’t played since COVID and am getting ready to get started again. I got the Legere, and I've played it for three days. I can definitely see the appeal. It doesn't play quite as well or feel the same as a really good cane reed, but it plays an awful lot better than a bad one, and it's the same every time, doesn't need wetting, it just plays. The first day I thought I'd wasted $40, but it's grown on me, and today I enjoyed playing on it. My chops are still in pretty bad shape after an extended lay-off, so hopefully it will get better as I do. The strength is a bit harder than cane - I play a number 3 Java Red normally, and got a 2.5 Legere American cut - this is on tenor.