Falky foo wrote:
Troll or not, he brings up a good point.

Fact is, he's posting to a group of people who are making all the noise.
It's like telling a Harley owner that motorcycles are just too damn loud.
In fact, each city has noise ordinances and if you and your neighbors get
together you can convince city councils to do just about anything. But you
need to take the time and effort to do it. I have very sensitive hearing
and you can bet if some yahoos kept doing figure 8 above my house it would
drive me insane-- I'd do everything in my power to stop it.


"I don't like the noise other people are making" is never a good point.
It's just the typical whining and bitching that you expect from the
****y brats that a large portion of my fellow Americans have turned into.

Albeit, we better mind their whining, or Congress will be passing
special legislation to have us subpeoned to one of their hearings. It
would be good if we could do something to show that we're trying to be
good neighbors.

Try this idea. Sun'N'Fun cancled the "Sun 100" race this year.
Something about liability issues. But a 'get-there-first' isn't the
only type of competition possible. Fact is, there are a whole lot more
than can be much more interesting and involving of the participants.

1) Noise Competition: Put a sound meter in the middle of the runway.
Each entrant does a touch-n-go or three. Winner is the airplane makeing
the least noise. Stipulate things like "must climb to 300ft before end
of runway".

2) How about a fuel efficiency 'race'. Top of the tank, measure exactly
how much it requires to top off after running a course.

I was disappointed years ago when NASCAR decided to slow cars down with
restrictor plates. There was just so much more they could have done to
push technology forward. Like limit the amount of gas allowed for the
race. Not only would it have saved lives from gas being thrown all
around the pits, but race teams would try everything to make the cars
more aerodynamic and fuel efficient not just more powerful.

The could have limit the number of tire changes allowed. Even restrict
the cooling intake area, as more white smoke would be more entertaining
than a pack of cars all running around at exactly the same speed. All
things where teams would try different approaches to get an edge, push
technology, tax the driver's skill, and keep things intersting.

Is there any way we can do what NASCAR wouldn't? Create races that test
technology and not just the driver's ability to 'stick the curves'.

--
This is by far the hardest lesson about freedom. It goes against
instinct, and morality, to just sit back and watch people make
mistakes. We want to help them, which means control them and their
decisions, but in doing so we actually hurt them (and ourselves)."