> the regional price that the IA got was $3 per dose, the commission stepped in trying to get it down to $2. Meanwhile in France, I can do a RT-PCR test paid by the state (around 50$ AFAIK) every other day with no…
I know people at the European Medecines Agency that were angry at Ursula von der Leyen in December because she was always making public announcements (about the beginning and speed of the vaccination campaign) with no…
> OneWeb was able to aquire a user antenna which is apparently a breakthrough in cost reduction at $15 Greg Wyler, the founder of Oneweb, has a history of making bold claims that are not really supported by facts.
> Boeing actually had a nice thing going for them with the 787. Recently, maybe. But the 787 program had its fair share of major issues with the significant delays during development and then the battery fires that led…
I have had this talk many times and it usually went something like: "You don't realize how serious it is. We discover issue#13270 during the validation of the FCDC. If it occurs after the primary flight computer had a…
Same here. I know / worked with several engineers involved in the development of the Flight Controls of recent Airbus airliners and that often swore that they were going to avoid taking the model they were currently…
> Interesting how Boeing and Airbus don't manufacture in China Airbus has been building aircrafts at a Final Assembly Line in Tianjin since 2009. And many Airbus/Boeing suppliers have formed joint-ventures with Chinese…
> It allows connection to and access from external sources (the public Internet) and airline operator networks to the previously isolated Aircraft Control Domain and Airline Information Services Domain. I believe this…
For more context, I was 99% sure they there was an issue with the component and that a hardware rework would have to be made sooner or later. The systems architect had some seniority over me but I could have pushed the…
You can read about the fact that there are NO data diodes on the FAA website > The proposed architecture of the 787 allows connection to and access from external sources (the public Internet) and airline operator…
Or one of Boeing's many subcontractors.
> These systems are entirely separate, including the electricity that controls the systems. This is not what Boeing said to the FAA 12 years ago when they asked to certify their network architecture > The proposed…
I guess they are a regulatory requirement because all of the modern aircraft have to request special conditions form FAA and EASA to justify why they do not comply with these requirements. For example for the Airbus…
That is false. Apart from the hard-coded and restrictive network configuration, AFDX is basically UDP/IP. There are many uses of bidirectional application protocols (like TFTP).
A couple of years ago, I was working on the verification team for a (non-critical) avionics system for a large commercial aircraft. I noticed one of the components seemed to have more failures than expected. I reported…
Telling pilots that when they fly a Boeing, they are always in control and have the last say has been part of Boeing's narrative against Airbus for as long as I can remember. This might have contributed to their…
The 35 hour work week is mostly implemented by getting additional vacation (on top of the base 25 days off) and (at least for engineers) some contractually agreed overtime (that is already included in the yearly salary…
In France, the norm is to start work three/four hours before noon and finish six/seven hours after noon (and of course do stuff after work but not before). If we stay on winter time, I can say goodbye to sunlight for…
> How exactly do you play ponzi schemes conservatively? You find a bunch of greater fools to play with. But then you are back into scamming territory.
> the regional price that the IA got was $3 per dose, the commission stepped in trying to get it down to $2. Meanwhile in France, I can do a RT-PCR test paid by the state (around 50$ AFAIK) every other day with no…
I know people at the European Medecines Agency that were angry at Ursula von der Leyen in December because she was always making public announcements (about the beginning and speed of the vaccination campaign) with no…
> OneWeb was able to aquire a user antenna which is apparently a breakthrough in cost reduction at $15 Greg Wyler, the founder of Oneweb, has a history of making bold claims that are not really supported by facts.
> Boeing actually had a nice thing going for them with the 787. Recently, maybe. But the 787 program had its fair share of major issues with the significant delays during development and then the battery fires that led…
I have had this talk many times and it usually went something like: "You don't realize how serious it is. We discover issue#13270 during the validation of the FCDC. If it occurs after the primary flight computer had a…
Same here. I know / worked with several engineers involved in the development of the Flight Controls of recent Airbus airliners and that often swore that they were going to avoid taking the model they were currently…
> Interesting how Boeing and Airbus don't manufacture in China Airbus has been building aircrafts at a Final Assembly Line in Tianjin since 2009. And many Airbus/Boeing suppliers have formed joint-ventures with Chinese…
> It allows connection to and access from external sources (the public Internet) and airline operator networks to the previously isolated Aircraft Control Domain and Airline Information Services Domain. I believe this…
For more context, I was 99% sure they there was an issue with the component and that a hardware rework would have to be made sooner or later. The systems architect had some seniority over me but I could have pushed the…
You can read about the fact that there are NO data diodes on the FAA website > The proposed architecture of the 787 allows connection to and access from external sources (the public Internet) and airline operator…
Or one of Boeing's many subcontractors.
> These systems are entirely separate, including the electricity that controls the systems. This is not what Boeing said to the FAA 12 years ago when they asked to certify their network architecture > The proposed…
I guess they are a regulatory requirement because all of the modern aircraft have to request special conditions form FAA and EASA to justify why they do not comply with these requirements. For example for the Airbus…
That is false. Apart from the hard-coded and restrictive network configuration, AFDX is basically UDP/IP. There are many uses of bidirectional application protocols (like TFTP).
A couple of years ago, I was working on the verification team for a (non-critical) avionics system for a large commercial aircraft. I noticed one of the components seemed to have more failures than expected. I reported…
Telling pilots that when they fly a Boeing, they are always in control and have the last say has been part of Boeing's narrative against Airbus for as long as I can remember. This might have contributed to their…
The 35 hour work week is mostly implemented by getting additional vacation (on top of the base 25 days off) and (at least for engineers) some contractually agreed overtime (that is already included in the yearly salary…
In France, the norm is to start work three/four hours before noon and finish six/seven hours after noon (and of course do stuff after work but not before). If we stay on winter time, I can say goodbye to sunlight for…
> How exactly do you play ponzi schemes conservatively? You find a bunch of greater fools to play with. But then you are back into scamming territory.