Any "Latest & Greatest" about Delta?
11-07-2012, 06:13 PM
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Fellas, can we save the drama, today? Just because one person won and your guys didn't, doesn't mean the world is going to come to an end. Our planes will still fly. Humans will still walk the earth on two legs.
If we really want to kick butt, we should find a way for Delta to hire Nate Silver.
If we really want to kick butt, we should find a way for Delta to hire Nate Silver.
11-07-2012, 06:14 PM
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I go for the EC seat if its available, some jets have the winged headrest, and you do get more recline in addition to the extra legroom...
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11-07-2012, 06:20 PM
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Ironically had a UAL 744 guy on the jumpseat tonight. Very long and interesting conversation about their "mess." He said they're anger towards the CAL MEC, their own MEC and the company has many of them willing to go the UsAir route. We'll see.
11-07-2012, 06:30 PM
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You know with all of the warnings about the pending fiscal cliff, I will say this, I'm glad our management team seems hell bent on ensuring we're profitable even in a recession. A CBO warning of an early 2013 deep recession? I don't know, but they'd be in better position than everyone else, imho.
11-07-2012, 06:35 PM
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11-07-2012, 06:39 PM
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Ok I think it is time to enforce the TOS! No more politics because I was about to say something that would have made way too much sense and made people actually think about reality and how small their minds are about a lot of things politics and how ..... oh well.... let us just get back to being doom and gloom.......
11-07-2012, 06:42 PM
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Not a political post, but a HISTORY lesson instead:
“Do not blame Caesar, blame the people of Rome who have so enthusiastically acclaimed and adored him and rejoiced in their loss of freedom and danced in his path and given him triumphal processions. Blame the people who hail him when he speaks in the Forum of the “new wonderful good society” which shall now be Rome’s, interpreted to mean "more money, more ease, more security, and more living fatly at the expense of the industrious".”
― Marcus Tullius Cicero
“Do not blame Caesar, blame the people of Rome who have so enthusiastically acclaimed and adored him and rejoiced in their loss of freedom and danced in his path and given him triumphal processions. Blame the people who hail him when he speaks in the Forum of the “new wonderful good society” which shall now be Rome’s, interpreted to mean "more money, more ease, more security, and more living fatly at the expense of the industrious".”
― Marcus Tullius Cicero
11-07-2012, 06:45 PM
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Not a political post, but a HISTORY lesson instead:
“Do not blame Caesar, blame the people of Rome who have so enthusiastically acclaimed and adored him and rejoiced in their loss of freedom and danced in his path and given him triumphal processions. Blame the people who hail him when he speaks in the Forum of the “new wonderful good society” which shall now be Rome’s, interpreted to mean "more money, more ease, more security, and more living fatly at the expense of the industrious".”
― Marcus Tullius Cicero
“Do not blame Caesar, blame the people of Rome who have so enthusiastically acclaimed and adored him and rejoiced in their loss of freedom and danced in his path and given him triumphal processions. Blame the people who hail him when he speaks in the Forum of the “new wonderful good society” which shall now be Rome’s, interpreted to mean "more money, more ease, more security, and more living fatly at the expense of the industrious".”
― Marcus Tullius Cicero
11-07-2012, 06:49 PM
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I'm curious what the CO2 emissions by the metric ton are on our airplanes? Like say an MD-88?
Because if we're charged $20 per ton and that rate rises 6% per year, what would that cost us?
Obama May Levy Carbon Tax to Cut U.S. Deficit, HSBC Says - The Washington Post, November 7, 2012
Because if we're charged $20 per ton and that rate rises 6% per year, what would that cost us?
Obama May Levy Carbon Tax to Cut U.S. Deficit, HSBC Says - The Washington Post, November 7, 2012
11-07-2012, 07:11 PM
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Um... the NYT's Nate Silver's model is based on polls. If the polls are accurate, he's accurate. If they're not, he's not. Garbage in, garbage out.
Turns out, the polls were. He got 50 out of 50, but you know who got 49 out of 50 without having to do anything more than an @average formula? The real clear politics average of the electoral college with no toss ups.
RealClearPolitics - 2012 Election Maps - Electoral Map No Toss Ups
Same in 2008, Silver 49 out of 50, RCP average 48 out of 50 missing on the two closest toss up states.
So before you award him with ESP, hand it to the inventor of the rather pedestrian formula: @average. Which has a tendency, on average, to be more accurate and far more clear than Nate Silver's hidden probability formula.
Now the guy who picks right without ever doing a calculation, that'd be ESP.
Turns out, the polls were. He got 50 out of 50, but you know who got 49 out of 50 without having to do anything more than an @average formula? The real clear politics average of the electoral college with no toss ups.
RealClearPolitics - 2012 Election Maps - Electoral Map No Toss Ups
Same in 2008, Silver 49 out of 50, RCP average 48 out of 50 missing on the two closest toss up states.
So before you award him with ESP, hand it to the inventor of the rather pedestrian formula: @average. Which has a tendency, on average, to be more accurate and far more clear than Nate Silver's hidden probability formula.
Now the guy who picks right without ever doing a calculation, that'd be ESP.
Methodology - NYTimes.com
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