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Politics / Re: Wut's with all the Obama talk?
« Last post by Perd Hapley on March 28, 2024, 02:11:33 PM »
And again, the administration and Obama aren't doing anything to keep people from thinking he's the man behind the curtain. Off the record meeting between the MSM and Obama aboard Air Force 1:

https://twitchy.com/dougp/2024/03/28/karine-jean-pierre-did-not-want-the-press-recording-obamas-media-pep-rally-aboard-af1-n2394505

Yup. That's good for the party.
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Politics / Re: Wut's with all the Obama talk?
« Last post by Ben on March 28, 2024, 01:13:02 PM »
And again, the administration and Obama aren't doing anything to keep people from thinking he's the man behind the curtain. Off the record meeting between the MSM and Obama aboard Air Force 1:

https://twitchy.com/dougp/2024/03/28/karine-jean-pierre-did-not-want-the-press-recording-obamas-media-pep-rally-aboard-af1-n2394505
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Politics / Re: So, FTX & Alameda
« Last post by WLJ on March 28, 2024, 12:48:45 PM »
Still facing a bunch of charges that could put him in prison for a long, long time.

25 years

Sam Bankman-Fried sentencing: Sam Bankman Fried is jailed for 25 YEARS for $8bn crypto fraud, as FTX scammer ignores grim-faced parents in court and judge slams him for perjury
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13248579/SBF-Sam-Bankman-Fried-court-FTX-setencing-prison-hearing-case.html
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Politics / Re: Israel Under Attack
« Last post by WLJ on March 28, 2024, 12:44:24 PM »
Staying classy

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    The Berkeley City Council wanted to mark Holocaust Remembrance Day & fund educational programs for it

    Anti-Israel protesters showed up & interrupted many times, calling councilmen “zio-pigs” & “money suckers”

    They also intimidated a Holocaust survivor pic.twitter.com/yYXxMjyaMI
    — Visegrád 24 (@visegrad24) March 28, 2024
https://twitchy.com/samj/2024/03/28/berkley-city-council-antisemites-galore-n2394499
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The Roundtable / Re: Bridge collapse in Baltimore
« Last post by Cliffh on March 28, 2024, 12:35:46 PM »

Makes sense.  When I read "sensor data" I *assumed* all sensors - including audio.
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The Roundtable / Re: End of an era at Costco...
« Last post by K Frame on March 28, 2024, 12:33:34 PM »
I'd love to be a member of Costco again, but being single it just doesn't make as much sense. I'm able to get neighbors to grab me a few things now and again, primarily liquid dish soap. Kirkland brand liquid dish soap is absolutely fantastic.

Another reason I'm not a member is I simply can't handle the crowds. It's absolutely uncontrolled madness, from the parking lots to the checkout lines.

Last time I was to a Costco was during the height of COVID when I went with a friend. That wasn't bad because the plague was keeping people away.

Normally, though, the crowds at DC metro area Costcos are just insane.
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The Roundtable / Re: Bridge collapse in Baltimore
« Last post by K Frame on March 28, 2024, 12:29:58 PM »
Your explanations reek of strawman false flag misdirection.

It was Islamojihadis.

:rofl:


Interesting that the unit will still record audio after a power failure. I'd have figured it would all be processed through the integrated bridge system.
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The Roundtable / Re: Bridge collapse in Baltimore
« Last post by dogmush on March 28, 2024, 12:09:25 PM »

According to the report, the VDR stopped recording when the power went out.  But, you state that the VDR has a battery backup.  Why would it stop recording?

VDR stopped recording sensor data.  NTSB states that it continued recording audio data.  The mics are built into (or plugged directly into) the VDR.  The sensor data (helm angle, rudder angle, throttle command, throttle actual, heading, rate of turn, etc) are pulled from the Integrated Bridge System.  Without looking at the particular installation on the Dali, I can tell you that the one's I've seen pull that info through an interconnection box (think router for the IBS)  That interconnection box is probably powered by 120VAC (maybe 220) from the emergency switch board.

So the VDR itself has battery backup.  The Electronic Charts and Radar displays, GPS, one of the VHF's, probably some other stuff that are all critical have battery backup, but some of the "2nd tier critical" stuff will be on the E. Switchboard and come back on when the E. Gen fires up.  Remember that's supposed to be less than 45 secs, and there's only so many batteries you can shove under the console on a bridge.

The NTSB says that the VDR lost sensor date when the alarms went off (Audio alarms on all the battery powered stuff.) then picked up sensor data again a minute later when the power came back on.  That sounds like power cycling to the interconnection box.

Look at this VDR system:  https://markogroup.com/en/ship-supply/voyage-data-recorder-rutter-vdr-nw6000/

The mics are PoE directly to the Core unit, which has an Uninterruptable power supply, but a bunch of the sensors are going through the NW64XX Data Acquisition Unit, which is going to pull power from the E. Switch board.  Some of the other sensors (RADARs and ECDIS mostly) may have to have digital-NMEA conversion boxes to pull the signal from the PC and make it readable to ship electronics depending on what exactly is installed.  Those boxes may also be on E. Switchboard power.
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The Roundtable / Re: Bridge collapse in Baltimore
« Last post by Cliffh on March 28, 2024, 11:46:10 AM »


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At 0124:59 numerous audible alarms were recorded on the ship's bridge audio.  About the same time VDR {Voyage Data Recorder] sensor data ceased recording [this was the first power outage, VDR audio has a battery backup-dogmush]
.....

at around 0126:02 the VDR resumed recording sensor data and during this time there were steering commands and rudder orders recorded on the audio


According to the report, the VDR stopped recording when the power went out.  But, you state that the VDR has a battery backup.  Why would it stop recording?
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The Roundtable / Re: End of an era at Costco...
« Last post by Nick1911 on March 28, 2024, 11:21:00 AM »
My understanding is that the food court runs at a loss.  It's a member service provided for the convenience of members.

Based on that, I can understand why they wish to limit access to people who have paid membership dues.
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