wireless LAN on an airplane

2006-03-19 Thread emc-p...@ieee.org
Hi All, Recently, I was on a Korean Air flight that had wireless Internet service on board. My computer was able to see at least 8 access points on the plane! So I picked one and tried it out (US$9.95 for an hour, not too bad considering I was at 37,000 feet over the middle of the Pacific Ocea

Re: Off Subject - Load Rating of Wood Blocks

2006-03-19 Thread emc-p...@ieee.org
From your comments, I picture you as being involved in repairs and installations etc. on large machines (e.g big presses). I've also done a fair amount of this in my time. For this sort of application, wood has a vitally important benefit over metal - it squashes. The deformation means that t

Re: Off Subject - Load Rating of Wood Blocks

2006-03-19 Thread emc-p...@ieee.org
I seem to recall HUD having a specification for load bearing 2x4s and 2x6s. I have never seen a specification for hardwoods except I know ironwood and mahogany are used for ships shaft bearings. What did the Egyptians use on their pyramids. Seems like they used wooden rollers for 20 ton slabs o

Re: Off Subject - Load Rating of Wood Blocks

2006-03-19 Thread emc-p...@ieee.org
In message <441d2774.3567.2e4...@scottl.world.std.com>, dated Sun, 19 Mar 2006, Scott Lacey writes >management has ordered all wood to be thrown away and replaced with >load-rated substitutes made of welded steel. This is the sort of thing that implies that management should be thrown away an

Off Subject - Load Rating of Wood Blocks

2006-03-19 Thread emc-p...@ieee.org
To the group: I hope someone can provide insight on this. In a situation where the machinery maintenance people routinely use wood blocks to support parts of machinery while it is being worked on management has ordered all wood to be thrown away and replaced with load-rated substitutes made of we