thenextweb.com— Christoph Niemann draws his thoughts about about plane travel. Included is a special guest appearance from good old George Carlin at the end of the post to complete the feeling ;-)
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The double window panes still make it significantly quieter in the plane, and I'm guessing that even despite the hole, it still helps keep the cabin warm. It gets really freaking cold up in the air.
Is it only me that feels like he/she's a kid magnet? I swear there's a kid on any of my direct 4 neighbor seats, waiting until I close my eyes to cry/kick my seat.
Since the air pressure is higher in the plane the outside it, I'm pretty sure that the toothpick would shoot outward, breaking the outer pane and causing the aircraft to break up while in flight.
I'm going to call myself out this time. After thinking some more, if the hole was plugged on the ground the cabin pressure would be lower than between the two panes (which would still be at ground pressure). So skewering someone it is.
I'm going to call myself out this time. After thinking some more, if the hole was plugged on the ground the cabin pressure would be lower than between the two panes (which would still be at ground pressure). So skewering someone it is.
While I am no engineer I once looked at it as a major in a hand out and I can say with good knowledge that the hole is there to equalize the air pressure between the two panes.
There are 2 window panes, both able to hold the pressure differential between the plane and the outside.
The hole is in the inner Window, meaning that the whole load is put on the other window. If the outer one breakes, the inner one would still hold.
Why a hole at all?
In case of an outer window lead /breaking, this whole would whistle quite a lot, making it noticeable at once. Without a hole, it would be much harder to check.
Why in the inner window?
If it were the other way around, in case of a failure the inner window would break first. This means the breaking window pane would impact on the remaining window, vastly increasing the chance of it getting knocked out, too. With the hole in the inner one, the outer one can fly away with no effect but the inner window experiencing normal load
Speaking on behalf of Syntaxgs, I can safely say that THe hoel,,,,, it aer too EQauleeyes thhe Preshure,,,,, or The preusun Woold get pluled trhouhg the Hoell,,,,,=-D,
I am a vegetarian so I always request the vegetarian meal. I get the best food at weddings and on planes, even the meat eaters think so. I can't tell you how many times people have seen my food and said ohhhhhhh I should have gotten the vegetarian meal!Comment is buried, click here to see the rest.
Blogs like this are such crap. Some dude takes content from two different creative people and puts them on a page with a couple sentences of description, then has the balls to include an "about the author" section at the end. What a bunch of self promoting bulls**t. Comment is buried, click here to see the rest.
Shareabl.es is just like 9GAG or Tumblr. Yeah we take content from other sites, we share it and then direct people to the source. I've found the content on Izismile which is a similar site, tracked down the artist and included his twitter account since I didn't have anything else to use.
That author piece is standard in the design TNW uses.
update, just found this tidbit:
The hole is there to make sure all pressurising loads are on the outer pane, as the inner pane is there in case of outer pane failure and does not take any load until then.
why do people just copy and paste original content to their own blogs? okay so what the guy links to the original? the original author deserves the traffic.
Wow, I'm sure glad this blogger decided to include an unrelated George Carlin piece at the end, it really made the fact that he completely stole this from the original author so much better! Blogspam ftw!
It is one thins to site your source and even include a paragraph or two, quoted, from someone else. It is another thing entirely to just grab someone's artwork, put all of it on your page, and then just toss them a link. You're ripping them off and taking away the click (i.e. ad revenue) from the content creator.
this is why i put down like 3 long island iced teas in the airport bar and try to get on the plane before they really hit me and i fall down dead drunk. when i can i smoke as much weed as possible right beforehand, or eat a bunch of edibles. thats the only way to fly in comfort.
That's because we're trained. Window seat sucks because you have to annoy 2 people when going for a walk, only first-time flyers are suckers that want to see clouds. The aisle seat, there you have to watch out inflight-service-cars, that will ALWAYS hit your knees.
On my many Frankfurt-Bradley (Hartford, CT) flights, I did mostly these things:
Slept.
Read.
Played video games on my Gameboy Advance
Slept some more.
Read some more.
Watched a (horrible) in flight movie.
Landed in Newark (wow, worst airport in the US, bar none)
Got to Terminal for my connecting flight to Hartford.
Sat on another plane for about an hour.
Arrived at destination.
On my flights from Europa to the States or Canada. I have either slept, watched movies, read a book, played GameBoy, played with LEGOs and actually talked to the persons next to me. If im not busy and he/she isn't either its the best time killer while flying, i havent met a douchebag yet.
The best time i had was when i forced my two younger brothers to sleep on the floor, so i could have all three seats to sleep in. The good thing to come out of that, was that we in the next years to come flew Business Class instead of Monkey class.
waynejontAug 9, 2010
Post-nap taste in mouth is gross.
phpslayerAug 9, 2010
Dugg for Carlin
7king7kingAug 9, 2010
reading book is the best with ebook reader.
Closed AccountAug 9, 2010
or watching a movie using your laptop.
or listening a great music.
or just order a whisky and listen music.
zorton213Aug 10, 2010
There's something about physically holding the actual book that really prefer to holding an e-reader...
kibblesnbittsAug 9, 2010
Dugg for the hole in the window. Can someone explain to me its practicality.
sgc1020Aug 9, 2010
Shut up, don't question the hole.
elliotysAug 10, 2010
thats what she said.
sgc1020Aug 10, 2010
I love this, i said something dumb but somewhat humorous i get 240 diggs and Noein says something scientific and he gets 187.
Thank you guys for digging my comment, i am very proud of it and very happy it did so well.
noeinAug 9, 2010
Equalize the air pressure between window panes?
fucayamaAug 9, 2010
Thought this too but then what is the inner pane for in the first place.
Other than bumping my head at least once on every flight when trying to look out the window.
demdudeAug 9, 2010
The double window panes still make it significantly quieter in the plane, and I'm guessing that even despite the hole, it still helps keep the cabin warm. It gets really freaking cold up in the air.
lantzaAug 10, 2010
The outer pane of glass will be very cold to the touch.
demdudeAug 10, 2010
Good point, I hadn't even thought about that.
Closed AccountAug 10, 2010
obstruct it... you'll see.
rebo2Aug 9, 2010
To allow the air pressure in the double pain window to equalize.
wolfingAug 9, 2010
Is it only me that feels like he/she's a kid magnet? I swear there's a kid on any of my direct 4 neighbor seats, waiting until I close my eyes to cry/kick my seat.
mrquackerAug 9, 2010
Thats because you keep your happy face. The second you enter an airport, and until you are done traveling, you wear your mean/angry/assh**e face.
People leave you alone, employees are scared into helping you, and all is well.
(You can smile at the cutie at the Starbucks though, thats ok.)
crewbie4lifeAug 10, 2010
Wrong thread dude. Your story had nothing to do with the little hold thingy in the windows on planes.
Closed AccountAug 9, 2010
To equalize the air pressure on both sides.
kibblesnbittsAug 9, 2010
Thanks Noein and rebo2
wontonforevuhAug 10, 2010
So that the pressure between the window panes are equal.
shadicAug 10, 2010
It's to keep the pressure between the two panes even, or something. I think.
snafubarAug 10, 2010
Thanks wontonforevuh and Shadic.
Closed AccountAug 9, 2010
I heard a rumour once that the hole was there to equalize the pressure between the panes.
gdj11Aug 9, 2010
The hole equalizes the air pressure. I just learned that from the comment above so I figured I'd let you know.
Closed AccountAug 10, 2010
You're welcome.
c4m320nAug 9, 2010
I've talked to some guys from Skunk Works and rumor has it the hole equalizes air pressure between window panes
mrquackerAug 9, 2010
If I jam a toothpick in the hole on the ground, will it shoot out and skewer someone once we reach altitude and the pressure is lower? Or vice-verse?
avengerpAug 10, 2010
Since the air pressure is higher in the plane the outside it, I'm pretty sure that the toothpick would shoot outward, breaking the outer pane and causing the aircraft to break up while in flight.
avengerpAug 10, 2010
I'm going to call myself out this time. After thinking some more, if the hole was plugged on the ground the cabin pressure would be lower than between the two panes (which would still be at ground pressure). So skewering someone it is.
But why am I still thinking about this....
avengerpAug 10, 2010
I'm going to call myself out this time. After thinking some more, if the hole was plugged on the ground the cabin pressure would be lower than between the two panes (which would still be at ground pressure). So skewering someone it is.
But why am I still thinking about this....
barcelonakizAug 10, 2010
http://wttrp.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/the_more_you_know2.jpg
letterqAug 10, 2010
If you press your finger tightly over the hole while landing, your entire hand will get sucked between the window panes.
zerocubedAug 10, 2010
@LetterQ
*rolls eyes* No it won't. I tried that already.
csalitureAug 10, 2010
http://lmgtfy.com/?q=what+is+the+little+hole+in+airplane+windows+for
spect3rAug 10, 2010
I'm going out on a wing here, but I think I once heard the little hole is to equalize the pressure between the two panes.
skibadoweebopAug 10, 2010
It 's to pressurize the equal
guitmusic11Aug 10, 2010
I think maybe that hole equalizes the pressure or something.
area206Aug 10, 2010
You guys are all totally and completely way off. It's to equalize the pressure between the windowpanes. Jesus- I can't believe no one said that!
rsm33Aug 10, 2010
Equalize the pressure, hole does.
reallynotnickAug 10, 2010
While I am no engineer I once looked at it as a major in a hand out and I can say with good knowledge that the hole is there to equalize the air pressure between the two panes.
imsabbelAug 10, 2010
There are 2 window panes, both able to hold the pressure differential between the plane and the outside.
The hole is in the inner Window, meaning that the whole load is put on the other window. If the outer one breakes, the inner one would still hold.
Why a hole at all?
In case of an outer window lead /breaking, this whole would whistle quite a lot, making it noticeable at once. Without a hole, it would be much harder to check.
Why in the inner window?
If it were the other way around, in case of a failure the inner window would break first. This means the breaking window pane would impact on the remaining window, vastly increasing the chance of it getting knocked out, too. With the hole in the inner one, the outer one can fly away with no effect but the inner window experiencing normal load
harsh3rAug 10, 2010
the holey pressures of the equalizer.
azadudeAug 10, 2010
Speaking on behalf of Syntaxgs, I can safely say that THe hoel,,,,, it aer too EQauleeyes thhe Preshure,,,,, or The preusun Woold get pluled trhouhg the Hoell,,,,,=-D,
banjiminAug 10, 2010
Didn't pull it off - comment is still vaguely comprehensible.
kajaragoAug 10, 2010
You also forgot the "=-P"
azadudeAug 10, 2010
@Kajarago
I actually added a "=-P" at first, then deleted it. Silly me.
Closed AccountAug 10, 2010
Have you noticed those small metal things in at the bottom of the windows too? Almost in between the glass or in the glass.
aloudmouthAug 10, 2010
Theres all this pressure between the panes that needs to equalize. So, hole.
docholiday22Aug 10, 2010
I just logged in to mention that the hole is there to equalise the pressure as nobody else had mentioned this already.
mxm111Aug 10, 2010
Nope, it is to entertain passengers and digg.
mrcoldcowAug 9, 2010
Always order the kosher meal. It's far closer to resembling real food.
kinggorillaAug 10, 2010
Kosher, vegetarian or kids meal are surprisingly edible
bosskeyAug 10, 2010
I don't want to eat kids.
atarioAug 10, 2010
"Give me the kosher meal, plus a slice of cheese"
strangehumorAug 10, 2010
I am a vegetarian so I always request the vegetarian meal. I get the best food at weddings and on planes, even the meat eaters think so. I can't tell you how many times people have seen my food and said ohhhhhhh I should have gotten the vegetarian meal!Comment is buried, click here to see the rest.
wildAug 10, 2010
And every other time, they're glad as hell they have the steak...
polartxAug 10, 2010
STFU wimpy vegan
vintersemestreAug 9, 2010
Nice renderings.
rebo2Aug 9, 2010
This is dead on.
powderedtoastyAug 9, 2010
Blogs like this are such crap. Some dude takes content from two different creative people and puts them on a page with a couple sentences of description, then has the balls to include an "about the author" section at the end. What a bunch of self promoting bulls**t. Comment is buried, click here to see the rest.
Closed AccountAug 10, 2010
He could not include the author information at all.
leonpalsAug 11, 2010
Shareabl.es is just like 9GAG or Tumblr. Yeah we take content from other sites, we share it and then direct people to the source. I've found the content on Izismile which is a similar site, tracked down the artist and included his twitter account since I didn't have anything else to use.
That author piece is standard in the design TNW uses.
pablocblancoAug 9, 2010
Suddenly I don't regret my full-blown alcoholism nearly as much as usual.
jdanzolaAug 10, 2010
I tried to use my full-blown alcoholism once. Turns out a hangover + jet-lag is nastier than it sounds.
rebo2Aug 9, 2010
update, just found this tidbit:
The hole is there to make sure all pressurising loads are on the outer pane, as the inner pane is there in case of outer pane failure and does not take any load until then.
mrquackerAug 9, 2010
Source?
rebo2Aug 10, 2010
http://www.pprune.org/engineers-technicians/228195-passenger-aircraft-windows.html
dephextwinAug 10, 2010
You said "hole" and then you said "load".
cntmn8td2006Aug 9, 2010
I sense copyright violation. Original post is here.
http://niemann.blogs.nytimes.com/
guitarhero0961Aug 10, 2010
MY COPYRIGHT SENSE IS TINGLING!
displacednomadAug 10, 2010
I sense blogspam.
geekvsdorkAug 10, 2010
Little known fact: The drawings are by the same guy. Christopher Niemann.
Another FYI: Did you know that the little hole in the window is to equalize the pressure between the window panes?
grason1129Aug 10, 2010
I saw this, and liked it, on the original NY Times publication. Don't steal people you really can't sketch your own s**t and put it on the internet?!
okonisfreeAug 10, 2010
why do people just copy and paste original content to their own blogs? okay so what the guy links to the original? the original author deserves the traffic.
scuba7183Aug 9, 2010
Surprisingly entertaining
insanebrainAug 9, 2010
Repost ?
/redditor
rufio006Aug 9, 2010
It's a custard, Richard. A custard.
swillysAug 10, 2010
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/travelnews/4344890/Virgin-the-worlds-best-passenger-complaint-letter.html
bikes2workAug 9, 2010
Didn't they last serve peanuts on a plane in like 1975?
mizaroneAug 10, 2010
I think airlines still serve peanuts from 1975.
mugichaAug 10, 2010
Yeah they still serve peanuts.
dephextwinAug 10, 2010
I have been given peanuts on almost every flight I've been on over the past 20 years.
guyofstuffAug 9, 2010
The pretzel was smiling at me.
h2ojunkie42Aug 9, 2010
http://www.pprune.org/engineers-technicians/228195-passenger-aircraft-windows.html
lukas1051Aug 9, 2010
Wow, I'm sure glad this blogger decided to include an unrelated George Carlin piece at the end, it really made the fact that he completely stole this from the original author so much better! Blogspam ftw!
akseitzAug 10, 2010
This account has been closed by the user
wildAug 10, 2010
It is one thins to site your source and even include a paragraph or two, quoted, from someone else. It is another thing entirely to just grab someone's artwork, put all of it on your page, and then just toss them a link. You're ripping them off and taking away the click (i.e. ad revenue) from the content creator.
akseitzAug 10, 2010
This account has been closed by the user
kvasaariAug 10, 2010
Who cares. At least he credited the author.
floyderAug 10, 2010
The correct answer is, "take 25mg of valium."
simplyfungusAug 10, 2010
Pot brownies... mmm...
darkphenoxAug 10, 2010
Being burnt out on a plane? no thanks.
firebat9erAug 10, 2010
morning splif + hydrocodone + ipod = f**king wonderful flight
tona107Aug 10, 2010
8 gravol + plane ride = bliss (and certain death in the wake of any emergency).
skibadoweebopAug 10, 2010
Survey says?!
russ3Aug 10, 2010
this is why i put down like 3 long island iced teas in the airport bar and try to get on the plane before they really hit me and i fall down dead drunk. when i can i smoke as much weed as possible right beforehand, or eat a bunch of edibles. thats the only way to fly in comfort.
Closed AccountAug 10, 2010
Am I the only one who thought the arm on the left in the first picture was really a boob?
aristotle0dudeAug 10, 2010
Blog spam buried
cslawrenAug 10, 2010
Dugg for nuclear powered hand-dryers in the bathrooms. Those Dyson hand-dryers will kill you.
doshindudeAug 10, 2010
George Carlin FTW.
Stolen blog content boooooooo.
xboxfocusAug 10, 2010
Well first, you'd take Manhattan.
Then WE TAKE BERLIN!
Closed AccountAug 10, 2010
The first sketch looks kind of like side-boob. Run along now and take a look.
letterqAug 10, 2010
Sorry, don't see it.
tokominiAug 10, 2010
"People add more words when they want something to sound important. 'Boarding process.' It isn't. It's just a bunch of people getting on an airplane."
Carlin. Maybe the best ever.
bermudianguyAug 10, 2010
No maybe he is.
soilAug 10, 2010
Hack someone's dreams by making them dream withing a dream.
tjwill09Aug 10, 2010
Dugg for 2:15 AM position
yoko388Aug 10, 2010
I wish there really was a button to delete my neighbor. My legs are long so the extra room would be great.
chrizzly89Aug 10, 2010
I read somewhere in these comments that the hole equalizes the pressure but Im not sure.
flyingcavemanAug 10, 2010
I would spend the entire time figuring out the best way to steal two beers and make a get away down the emergency exit slide.
Closed AccountAug 10, 2010
I remember Halifax Intl Airport. I got stuck there on a flight from Rome to Norfolk VA. For six hours. They wouldn't let us leave the room.
jabbrwockeyAug 10, 2010
I've also contemplated that strange little hole in the window.
I lead such an exciting life.
SoCalLongieAug 10, 2010
I lol'd quite a bit while reading this comic. I'd like to see more from the artist/writer.
Power Diggers take notice
rutledge14Aug 10, 2010
RIP George Carlin!
retrodigg123Aug 10, 2010
Dugg for the nuclear hand dryers at Heathrow, so so true.
chuckduckAug 10, 2010
Dugg for Berlin. I spent 2 weeks there this summer. Coolest city I've been to.
dephextwinAug 10, 2010
Even cooler than that city is your story, bro.
chuckduckAug 10, 2010
Thanks, brew.
rtcggAug 10, 2010
dugg for armrest supremacy fight, it is always a subtle and painful battle
the middle seat guy usually wins though
Closed AccountAug 10, 2010
That's because we're trained. Window seat sucks because you have to annoy 2 people when going for a walk, only first-time flyers are suckers that want to see clouds. The aisle seat, there you have to watch out inflight-service-cars, that will ALWAYS hit your knees.
numbAug 10, 2010
I always give the armrest to the poor bastard that gets stuck with the middle seat.
spookyturtleAug 10, 2010
I assisted this guy at a conference, he was so nice. If anyone needs design inspiration, here's it in heaps: http://christophniemann.com/
lrocheAug 10, 2010
During my 8 hour Hamburg-New York flight I'm pretty sure I contemplated that window thing
slizzoAug 10, 2010
On my many Frankfurt-Bradley (Hartford, CT) flights, I did mostly these things:
Slept.
Read.
Played video games on my Gameboy Advance
Slept some more.
Read some more.
Watched a (horrible) in flight movie.
Landed in Newark (wow, worst airport in the US, bar none)
Got to Terminal for my connecting flight to Hartford.
Sat on another plane for about an hour.
Arrived at destination.
cdnbaconAug 10, 2010
Dugg for Halifax!
zues206Aug 10, 2010
I'm surprised that Halifax was even mentioned. Too bad it's possibly the worst picture of Nova Scotia I've ever seen...
guyveriiAug 10, 2010
I haven't flown coach since 1985. After reading this, I see it is still as bad as it was then.
jstrahnAug 10, 2010
That pretzel is smiling at me.
nbcdfwAug 10, 2010
throw in a little bit of this with a crazy flight attendant incident a la steven slater and suddenly flying is so much more enjoyable!
copypastryAug 10, 2010
Long flight?
get f**kin DRUNK.
corellAug 11, 2010
On my flights from Europa to the States or Canada. I have either slept, watched movies, read a book, played GameBoy, played with LEGOs and actually talked to the persons next to me. If im not busy and he/she isn't either its the best time killer while flying, i havent met a douchebag yet.
The best time i had was when i forced my two younger brothers to sleep on the floor, so i could have all three seats to sleep in. The good thing to come out of that, was that we in the next years to come flew Business Class instead of Monkey class.
misterfawkesAug 11, 2010
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=17PEUZvoxho
hsudirhamJan 31, 2011
I dont understand what people talking about, cause I never flight from Ny to Bln