True, both that I was not thinking about the preventive effect, and that it is quite real, I was thinking about having observed clandestine smoking elsewhere even with smoke detectors in the restrooms... point well taken.

(Written on 2021年 03月 31日)(Permalink)

I think he was paid by the word...

(Written on 2021年 03月 30日)(Permalink)

Nope, that just tells you when you have the problem. It does nothing to mitigate the problem nor issues caused by the problem.

(Written on 2021年 03月 30日)(Permalink)

Yeah, I always wondered why so much amazing engine technology never got strapped to a B-52H. Modern reliability has long since obviated the need for Eight engines! Really. Rudder authority and range? Wow, if you have ever seen a Buff shooting touch&gos in a gusty Barksdale cross-wind during tornado season, you might not even as the question...

(Written on 2021年 01月 31日)(Permalink)

The politics were luck, the engineering was skill.

(Written on 2021年 01月 31日)(Permalink)

Right truck for the right trucking company, at the right time. Really good Luck.

(Written on 2021年 01月 30日)(Permalink)

Fair enough, I'm not going to argue epidemiology on an Aviation forum, suffice it to say, there are enough significant differences between Covid-1 Group viruses (progenitor Spanish Flu), and the Covid-2 Group viruses (progenitor Cv19) to make me question assuming high parallelism. But then you had the good sense to cover your ass with, "On the order of 2 years.", so with your net thrown from 10 weeks all the way out to 20 Years, you are absolutely correct. But... This thread is about pre-emptive screening to reduce the transmission coefficient of a known and active viral threat whose mortality rates, while perhaps not an existential threat to the human race, are high enough to demand a response from any society advanced enough to meaningfully do so. I fail to see why the cost-benefit ratio of that option is not a slam-dunk, with the added benefit of providing free alerts for those most inconvenienced (screen failure) that they may need medical attention.

(Written on 2021年 01月 30日)(Permalink)

Nope, I agree that now forward, there will be some form of Cv19 will roaming this planet as long as humans continue to. The issue to me is net results. The statistic that would be telling, if meaningful data could actually be gathered, would be "attributable mortality per capita in a time period". Maybe after living with it for a couple of years we will figure out how to reliably collect the raw data for that.

(Written on 2021年 01月 29日)(Permalink)

Two cases are minuscule. Even after several more days of >single< digit new cases their cases per HUNDRED thousand has six zeros after the decimal point before the first significant digit. Like it or not, they are doing something actually effective. :) Yes, Dan I googled "New Zealand Population" and "New Zealand Covid Cases" and punched it into a calculator, BEFORE posting this time... :( As always feel free to check my veracity. :)

(Written on 2021年 01月 28日)(Permalink)

Believe it or not, the thought is-was meant to be complimentary. The core of our agreement on anything rests on one thing: Facts matter, honesty matters.

(Written on 2021年 01月 28日)(Permalink)