Why didn't someone step in and stop this?I heard a reporter asks an aviation expert, "Why weren't there any transmissions from the plane before it went down?"
He answered that pilots have a saying: "First aviate, then navigate, then communicate."
He explained that in an emergency the first task is to keep the plane in the air, and only then to get it going in the proper direction. Once those two are done you can take the time to communicate with air traffic controllers. He suggested that the flight crew could have been so busy trying to keep the plane in the air that they didn't have time to communicate.
There's a sermon illustration in there someplace. Or at the very least, one of those principles that should guide life.
I've been following the "Cash for Clunkers" program on Edmunds.com to see if and when the program will begin. Sounds like it may be important to get in line early; right now the program is limited in scope. It also looks like I'll only get $3500 for Stealth Reliabity because of its weight class. It comes under the category of "work truck."
The regularly-updated article doesn't give any ETA for the bill but it sounds like it will pass. Will the van hold out until it does?
This morning I worked at the house with all the kids. Did a few more tasks, including repair a bad sprinkler line - an outside job I wanted to get done before it got too hot. As a result I didn't get a ride in this morning. So I'll do extra miles tomorrow morning.
This afternoon I went to CDROM2GO and signed on the dotted line to get the duplication done. Next Tuesday I'll pick up 100 copies of the Teacher's CD and 100 copies of the Student CD (their minimum order size is 100). We'll soon see if self-publishing was the right move. Could be I'll end up with two large boxes of worthless plastic. But only by taking the risk can I experience the rewards. And doing it myself allows for quality control that I would have surrendured otherwise.
On the way home I stopped in to the Apple Store at the mall and spent about 30 minutes talking to one of the employees. I told him I'd been using PC's since the early 80's - back in the day of 5 1/4" floppies and nothing more than DOS commands. (That was before this kid was born. Heavy sigh.)
I learned some things I didn't know, confirmed a few I suspected, and looked at the options.
It's clear that this laptop is nearing the end of its life. The microphone stopped working properly a year ago, the disk drive has developed schizophrenia and the battery has gone the way of all flesh. I can replace it with another PC for much less than converting to a MAC. There will be some learning curve as I change from Windows XP to Vista but all my files and programs will be pretty much the same. The downsides? I've been told to get no less than 3GB of RAM because Vista is so hungry. And it's slow. And it doesn't work right. Which is why Microsoft is coming out with Windows 7 late this year. But I can't realistically expect this machine to last that long. So getting a machine with Vista would be a little like buying a Chevy.
If I go to a MAC everything I currently have would transfer over but I'd have a much longer learning curve. Like learning a new language, but needing to communicate effectively immediately. And I have trouble swallowing the price.
The MACs do look cool. And the MACbook has some nice features.
This rates at least a 5 on the corny scale but it's also a bit clever
Lost Generation
I'm whooped. Supper and bed.
Tomorrow includes more interesting developments. I hope to be able to report tomorrow night.
He answered that pilots have a saying: "First aviate, then navigate, then communicate."
He explained that in an emergency the first task is to keep the plane in the air, and only then to get it going in the proper direction. Once those two are done you can take the time to communicate with air traffic controllers. He suggested that the flight crew could have been so busy trying to keep the plane in the air that they didn't have time to communicate.
There's a sermon illustration in there someplace. Or at the very least, one of those principles that should guide life.
I've been following the "Cash for Clunkers" program on Edmunds.com to see if and when the program will begin. Sounds like it may be important to get in line early; right now the program is limited in scope. It also looks like I'll only get $3500 for Stealth Reliabity because of its weight class. It comes under the category of "work truck."
The regularly-updated article doesn't give any ETA for the bill but it sounds like it will pass. Will the van hold out until it does?
This morning I worked at the house with all the kids. Did a few more tasks, including repair a bad sprinkler line - an outside job I wanted to get done before it got too hot. As a result I didn't get a ride in this morning. So I'll do extra miles tomorrow morning.
This afternoon I went to CDROM2GO and signed on the dotted line to get the duplication done. Next Tuesday I'll pick up 100 copies of the Teacher's CD and 100 copies of the Student CD (their minimum order size is 100). We'll soon see if self-publishing was the right move. Could be I'll end up with two large boxes of worthless plastic. But only by taking the risk can I experience the rewards. And doing it myself allows for quality control that I would have surrendured otherwise.
On the way home I stopped in to the Apple Store at the mall and spent about 30 minutes talking to one of the employees. I told him I'd been using PC's since the early 80's - back in the day of 5 1/4" floppies and nothing more than DOS commands. (That was before this kid was born. Heavy sigh.)
I learned some things I didn't know, confirmed a few I suspected, and looked at the options.
It's clear that this laptop is nearing the end of its life. The microphone stopped working properly a year ago, the disk drive has developed schizophrenia and the battery has gone the way of all flesh. I can replace it with another PC for much less than converting to a MAC. There will be some learning curve as I change from Windows XP to Vista but all my files and programs will be pretty much the same. The downsides? I've been told to get no less than 3GB of RAM because Vista is so hungry. And it's slow. And it doesn't work right. Which is why Microsoft is coming out with Windows 7 late this year. But I can't realistically expect this machine to last that long. So getting a machine with Vista would be a little like buying a Chevy.
If I go to a MAC everything I currently have would transfer over but I'd have a much longer learning curve. Like learning a new language, but needing to communicate effectively immediately. And I have trouble swallowing the price.
The MACs do look cool. And the MACbook has some nice features.
This rates at least a 5 on the corny scale but it's also a bit clever
Lost Generation
I'm whooped. Supper and bed.
Tomorrow includes more interesting developments. I hope to be able to report tomorrow night.
2 comments:
MAC fanatics (repetitively redundant) will tell you (have told you) to switch now and see the light. Their zealousness is suspect. Like married people always telling their friends to get married... Borrow a PC for the Denver show or put the program on your hard drive to show. Then buy a PC when Windows 7 comes out in October. MACs are cool in some ways, but if they were that great, they'd have a major share of the market and more softwarre programs would be developed with MACs in mind. CYB
The good thing about Macs is that they're easy to figure out. The learning curve probably wouldn't be as steep as you imagine.
Sue
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