Category: Insaneness

Ever read the Bible? Man is inherently evil.  Does that mean a person can’t do good things? No.  This is evidence of that.

http://us.cnn.com/2013/04/17/opinion/cain-boston-marathon/index.html?hpt=hp_t4

North Jersey Hoarder Found Partially Mummified Among Trash, Animal Feces

And not refiatered

http://www.breitbart.com/system/wire/DA5M3EH82

Everyone thinks the US is like the, movies…. Either the wild west or Rambo.

http://m.weeklystandard.com/blogs/kerry-foreign-students-scared-guns-america_716377.html

First, when I learnt to drive, I didn’t have a choice…my parents didn’t own a non-standard transmission car.

Second, everyone should know how to drive one.  What if you are out with a friend, they get sick, you have to drive, but their car is a standard?

Third, I’ve often wondered if my car was safer because it was a standard.

http://wap.myfoxny.com/w/main/story/89389319/

The art of manliness is a great site.  This is a really interesting article on how the BSA and several merit badges have changed since the founding

http://www.artofmanliness.com/2013/04/15/the-boy-scouts-of-america-then-and-now-a-comparison-of-the-1911-and-modern-handbooks-and-merit-badges/

But man-made global warming is a proven hoax.  Whoever did this survey has an ulterior motive….make the people who don’t believe in mmgw are crazy as the people who believe in the V lizard people.

12 million Americans believe lizard people run the USA

Sure the earth may indeed be warming.  But why? No one knows enough firm data back far enough to prove anything.  Heck, I only think the world is 6000 years old and there isn’t enough data….now what happens if you believe in millions or trillions?  This could be a normal cycle.

This strip is hilarious.  And so true.  I’ve talked to people on skype before and yo can barely understand them or vice versa.  The worst part is when one party can understand well but can’t communicate with the other.  Although, I’ve never gotten this far (people usually recognize what is going on and end the call) I can see it happening.

Source:  Dilbert strip for Sunday 20 Jan 2013

[Update 2013-01-20 08:07:46] They have just announced that 20% of flights today are canceled because of forecast snow later today.  I’d call your airline if you are scheduled to fly out of LHR.  Here’s a screenshot from the LHR Website:

Yesterday, we got about 2in / 6cm of snow here at our house.  It snowed fairly steady all day with no big bursts, etc….  Two years ago we got about 6 inches in 2 hours and the airport closed for a week.  I wondered how the airport coped.  I woke up this morning to this:  Weather: Snow And Ice Causes Heathrow Misery

Watching the news, they talked about how the number of planes landing/taking off was reduced because they were limited to one runway.  This after spending a zillion pounds on new snow removal equipment.  What they described was this:  close one runway, clear it while using the other for flightops, then close that one, clear it while using the other.  Now, I’m not a pilot.  I don’t claim to be one.  I don’t play one on TV.  However, I’m sure the process used in all but the heaviest snow fall goes something like this:

Lengthen time between takeoffs/landings
Preposition the equipment at the end of the runway
Plane lands/takes off
They have a 5 minute window to go from one end of the runway to the other.  1 pass and clear what you can.
Go back to position yourself at the start and repeat
Do this until the snow stops

Now, as the snow gets heavier, this won’t work so you’ll have to pause operations.  Does anyone want to comment?  Anyone with experience with airport snow/ice removal?

By the way, here’s a video of snow removal at IAD a few years ago of them coping with a heavy snow:

Here’s a link to the fvl of the video I downloaded for archive purposes

[Update 2013-01-20 18:45:43]  Here’s links to other posts about the UKSnowpocalypse2013:

UKSnowpocalypse2013 has just begun
UKSnowpocalypse2013 — Pictures
UKSnowpocalypse2013 — More Pictures

Probably not since the meat is not available for human consumption in the US.  Turns out that isn’t true.  This Forbes article implies it was made legal in 2011.  Regardless, I doubt you have eaten it.  I’ve never knowingly tried it.  It is legal to eat in the UK too.  And you may have unknowingly eaten it.  Tesco–a supermarket chain here–has found some of their premade hamburger patties may have contained apx 29% horse meat.  Wow.  To be fair, it also affects Iceland and other shops because it was an issue with a supplier.

We’ll see how this shakes out.

Image from Moyan_Brenn_be_back_on_Jan_20th via flickr