Four Minneapolis officers fired after death of black man

[IndyDave1776]

Kerosene for the win.

SR 71 Blackbird, 1 H 4 M 20 S

 

[nonobaddog]

Kerosene for the win.

SR 71 Blackbird, 1 H 4 M 20 S

We were talking about around the world.

At full boogie the Blackbird would take about 17 hours to do it. Of course it could not really do that because it would run out of fuel. If you add in lots of refueling times it would take longer.
(based on flying at about 37,000 feet)

 

[2A_Tom]

Google did not give me the result I asked for, and I did not do due diligence.

Valkyrie II. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/science...gs-hypersonic-plane-circle-globe-3-hours.html

 

[actaeon277]

Just think how long things would take if no one ever tried.

But we have tried.
And succeeded in much less time.

 

[foszoe]

and of those things we have tried did we get the shortest duration on the first try or did we keep trying new things?

Maybe Sail power was enough! Why try steam we already did it!
Maybe Steam was enough! Why try diesel!
Diesel is enough! No need to try Nuclear.

Put in Navy terms for you

I think you are attempting humor because its like everything else including the conversation above. It's usually about being better stronger faster heavier etc. Until someone said lets make an electric car, we didn't have one. Now they are rivaling gas cars in all categories. My 6 cylinder hybrid gets the HP of a 6cyl+ with the gas mileage of a 4 cylinder.

Solar panels are too expensive...hey wait, lets try perovskite instead of silicon ... or lets combine them. That too will revolutionize things.

We didn't stop with props, we went to jets. Why not try solar? They fly above the clouds a lot of the time. power some systems from solar.

But we have tried.
And succeeded in much less time.

 

[BugI02]

Needs to be SSTO, anyplace in the world just 90 minutes away

 

[BigRed]

I always wonder how long it will take for a thread to get back on track.

 

[BugI02]

As long as it wants to. Meandering is usually a sign that it has pretty much all been said about the OP

 

[jsx1043]

Kerosene for the win.

SR 71 Blackbird, 1 H 4 M 20 S

SR 71 guys always gotta be top dog:

https://youtu.be/Lg73GKm7GgI



(I know it’s not around the world and it’s not on track, but it’s my humble submission.)

 

[nonobaddog]

SR 71 guys always gotta be top dog:

https://youtu.be/Lg73GKm7GgI



(I know it’s not around the world and it’s not on track, but it’s my humble submission.)

Thanks, that was awesome.

 

[BigRed]

We were talking about around the world.

At full boogie the Blackbird would take about 17 hours to do it. Of course it could not really do that because it would run out of fuel. If you add in lots of refueling times it would take longer.
(based on flying at about 37,000 feet)

17 is about right... with refueling.

Here is the math.


https://www.quora.com/How-long-woul...o-fly-around-the-world-exactly-on-the-equator

 

[nonobaddog]

Google did not give me the result I asked for, and I did not do due diligence.

Valkyrie II. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/science...gs-hypersonic-plane-circle-globe-3-hours.html

It says "five times the speed of sound" and "two and a half times the speed of a speeding bullet".
They must be using a pretty ho-hum bullet. Five times the speed of sound is about two and a half times the speed of a mild 300 Blackout.

 

[foszoe]

Maybe differing altitudes came into play?

It says "five times the speed of sound" and "two and a half times the speed of a speeding bullet".
They must be using a pretty ho-hum bullet. Five times the speed of sound is about two and a half times the speed of a mild 300 Blackout.

 

[nonobaddog]

Maybe differing altitudes came into play?

Well the speed of sound gets slower at higher altitude but the speed of the bullet doesn't so it only gets worse for their comparison.

 

[ghitch75]

a friend of mine was in Bloomington talking to a guy in Terre Haute on the phone when they where flying one from out east to the west coast...

both of them heard the sonic boom at the same time.....i can't remember the year

 

[SwikLS]

Minneapolis to spend $6.4M to recruit more police officers

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Minneapolis is planning to spend $6.4 million to hire dozens of police officers, at a time when some City Council members and activist groups have been advocating to replace the police department following George Floyd’s death.

apnews.com

 

[jamil]

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Minneapolis to spend $6.4M to recruit more police officers

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Minneapolis is planning to spend $6.4 million to hire dozens of police officers, at a time when some City Council members and activist groups have been advocating to replace the police department following George Floyd’s death.

apnews.com

Except now they can replace the former police officers with officers who will enforce bat **** crazy stuff.

 

[KLB]

Except now they can replace the former police officers with officers who will enforce bat **** crazy stuff.

They are probably going to have a hard time getting officers of any kind

 

[drillsgt]

They are probably going to have a hard time getting officers of any kind

It's a government job with typically a low bar for entry so I wouldn't be so sure.

 

[KMaC]

The trial will start soon and it looks like it will bring another contentious summer.
A USA Today poll finds that the difference in positions on racial injustice has widened between blacks and whites since last summer. Upon review of the events and the results of the riots (OK, OK, I meant mostly peaceful protests) it looks like whites have backed off of the "cops bad" opinion.
The survey says...
Last June, 60% in a USA TODAY/Ipsos Poll described Floyd's death as murder; that percentage has now dropped by double digits to 36%.
Nearly two-thirds of Black Americans, 64%, view Floyd's death as murder; fewer than one-third of white people, 28%, feel that way.
Link to story
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news...ter-declines-usa-today-ipsos-poll/6903470002/
Things that blacks and whites both changed opinions on in the same direction were BLM and police. This tells me that the public, black or white, feel that the riots went too far and they don't feel safe anymore.
Survey says...
Among Black respondents, trust in Black Lives Matter has fallen by 12 points and trust in local police has risen by 14 points. Among white respondents, trust in Black Lives Matter has fallen by 8 points and trust in local police has risen by 12 points.
And race relations in general...
the number who say they have improved, 40% versus 13%. Among Black respondents, the gap is even wider; 54% say race relations have worsened; just 10% believe they have improved.
And I was hoping to have a normal summer this year.