I’m not sure what you mean by full capabilities. The original development program for F-35 is set to complete with the release of block 3F and Navy IOC. The program has defined the 3F (Navy IOC) configuration as “full capability” for the SDD phase. The plan seems to be switch production for all services over to block…

Note that the Marines are to be the first service to go live with the F-35 later this year. The are accepting aircraft that have less in the way of mission systems capability than the other services in order to speed up the transition.

So, iOS 9 is getting more Android features. Nice.

When I say I didn’t see anyone supporting a family, it is because everyone I saw was either 17 during nights and weekends or 70 during the weekdays. I really didn’t see anyone inbetween who wasn’t some sort of manager. I admit it is possible that some of these folks were trying to support a family, but it doesn’t seem…

20 years ago wasn’t exactly the dark ages. It isn’t like the officers were recording their notes into a Dictaphone and sending them to the typing pool where men and women (well, women) would transcribe them using manual typewriters and covering up mistakes with correction fluid.

The confusion seems to be that other countries require these great benefits, but the US does not require them and therefore nobody in the US gets these benefits, which just isn’t true. These benefits are just part of the total compensation package. My point was to show that you can get benefits in the US as good or…

The point isn’t just the time in court, although there are lots of costs there from the Judge and lawyers to ancillary personnel, the overhead associated with the court room, etc... But it is really the paperwork that has to be generated to get there along with the officer’s time to write up the reports and the…

There seems to be some confusion on this point, maybe not you, but some. I am not defending, just stating.

This isn’t going to help the manager’s attitude, only the worker’s.

But it doesn’t cost $1000 to “prosecute” somebody who’s driving with a suspended license.

The two separate holes on the top of the aircraft are (Front to back): 1 The vertical lift fan, with the single door that opens to the front; 2 the auxiliary engine inlet with two doors opening to the sides. The aux inlet is opened on the top to prevent debris kicked up by the fan from being sucked into the front…

It may be marketing, but every Harrier pilot that has done a vertical landing in an F-35 has commented about how much easier it is in the F-35.

I would guess that the US bike makers know they can’t compete in that market and instead sit on their ridiculously high margins for their cruisers, baggers, and touring bikes. Not to mention that Harley makes huge bank on accessories and branding.

Maybe it is because to stop a wheelie you slow down. To stop a stoppie you have to stop slowing down. You can panic stop from a wheelie, but not from a stoppie. (I’m making this up).

I don’t hit a lot of traffic where I live so I don’t really have a horse in this race, though I do think it would be nice to filter sometimes. In a practical sense I doubt that this law will make any difference. That said, the conclusions being drawn are not necessarily supported by the data. I need to do more…

If the “permanent record” were a real thing I’d be spending my entire adult life flipping burgers, emptying garbage, or selling used cars. (not that there’s anything wrong with that.) Instead I continued my education and am doing quite well professionally and financially (if I do say so myself).

It isn’t really legal. It just hasn’t been specifically outlawed by name. There are several laws in California that could be used to enforce a no-splitting policy...

When they say it isn’t illegal, they mean it isn’t spelled out as ‘lane splitting.’ There are laws on the books that could be used to prevent splitting (and are in other states). Such as... Signal to change lanes, no unsafe lane changes, vehicle entitled to the exclusive use of the entire width of the lane it…

Interesting point. In most states a vehicle is entitled to exclusive use of the entire width of the lane. It isn’t legal to split where I live, but often I will shift my position WITHIN my lane a little left or right to avoid debris or a pothole. I try to keep awareness but I don’t look back the same way I do when I’m…

Don’t tell me someone spends $10K on a bike without liquid cooling in the 21st century