So Unix has a 'philosophy' then? And I thought it was just a fucking operating system. This is just as wanky as companies talking about their 'mission statement'.
If it's Evil Bob shouldn't it be saying stuff like "Through the darkness of future past, The magician longs to see. One chance out between two worlds, Fire, walk with me."
I pick up the Sun. Another fine Robert Maxwell publication
Ahem. I think you mean Rupert Murdoch (as in "I'm Rupert Murdoch, Billionaire Tyrant" - although kudos for speaking that line himself in The Simpsons). Maxwell used to own rival tabloid the Daily Mirror, until he fell off his yacht and was buried on Mount Sinai.
We like you. We really do. And we realise it's not your fault you have a government that is more insane than a whole barrow-load of Margaret Thatchers.
Please. Do yourselves a favour. Get rid of them. Vote for the opposition in such great numbers they can't possibly have Bush reappointed without causing a second American Revolution.
the question is, though - how much longer would it have taken you to have learnt to fly a plane if you had never tinkered with x-plane at all?
Probably not as long. It's fairly well known that home flight sims give people bad habits they need to get rid of once they get behind the yoke or stick of a real plane. I know this from personal experience, and just don't play with sims any more.
Yet another article allowing geeks to whine about how the airlines won't let them play with their techno-toys... When will you geeks realise that YOU DO NOT FUCK WITH SAFETY. Interference from mobile phones can prevent a pilot hearing important information for air traffic control. Now if you think playing with your toys is more important than the safety of the aircraft, you are a complete and utter fuckwit!
The Delta Clipper was bullshit. It would have had to carry enough fuel into orbit to be able to land again. The weight of the extra fuel would have been deadweight on the way up and either meant it had to be bigger - so would require even more fuel to come back down, and so on - or carry less people or cargo to compensate. It was a complete white elephant and deserved to fail. Oh yes, and the design was totally flawed - it was the high centre of gravity that ultimately doomed the prototype. Nothing but a wank fantasy for geeks...
Seriously, all you geeks out there need to try having a few flying lessons.
What he said. Really. Turn the computer off, go to your nearest small airfield, and get yourself a trial lesson booked. Then book more lessons and go for a private pilot licence. Learn to navigate by map, compass, stopwatch and what you can see out of the canopy. Get a life beyond bloody computers.
Human exploration of space can happen naturally in a few centuries, when the technology has caught up with human desires
So by your reasoning, the Wright Brothers shouldn't have messed about with that pathetic wood and canvas thing that could only carry one guy a short distance, they should have waited until they could build a 747 and take hundreds of people for hundreds of miles.
It's a very flimsy looking aeroplane. A 247 foot wingspan (a longer wingspan than the 747) that bends into a shallow U when aloft, with an all up weight of 1323 pounds (about the same as a light aircraft with no fuel or people in it) it looks like it wouldn't take too much to exceed its structural limits - some heavy wind shear or possibly a control surface stuck out of true.
Oh yeah, and how about a new moderation category? "-999 Oh my god not those tired old chestnuts AGAIN" for all the fuckwits who have nothing better to do than drag out the tired old jokes every time someone mentions NASA here, as well as all the other pathetic unfunny crap that you losers repeat over and over and over again!
What about Ben Elton's musical based on the songs of Queen? Or his musical (coming soon) based on the songs of Rod Stewart. Or his musical about football?
It looks nicer than pavement. It's nicer to sit on, or lie in, than pavement. It's just a much nicer surface than tarmac or concrete are. How stupid can you get?
Again, this is not an uncommon thing in the flight sim world. Some go as far as purchasing flight suits and helmets to wear while flying in their virtual worlds.
Now that's just fucking sad. Then again, some people buy shirts with gold bars on the epaulettes, WWII replica flying jackets and the like just to fly their Cessnas. That's fucking sad too.
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I'm not a Windows user, my computer doesnt crash randomly.
Well well, I AM a Windows user, and my computer doesn't crash randomly either, trollboy.
I, for one, am getting fucking sick and tired of that mindless misuse of a Kent Brockman quote...
Mods: Let's have a new rating of "-10: Tired old joke" if you please!!!
So Unix has a 'philosophy' then? And I thought it was just a fucking operating system.
This is just as wanky as companies talking about their 'mission statement'.
Tragically, if Slashdot is still around in 10 years, and SCO is not, people will STILL be doing fucking lame jokes about SCO.
Funny, my arse...
in UK it's illegal (IANAL) to ride a bike on pavement ("British sidewalk"), they're for roads
That doesn't stop people from riding on the pavement though...!
If it's Evil Bob shouldn't it be saying stuff like
"Through the darkness of future past,
The magician longs to see.
One chance out between two worlds,
Fire, walk with me."
I pick up the Sun. Another fine Robert Maxwell publication
Ahem. I think you mean Rupert Murdoch (as in "I'm Rupert Murdoch, Billionaire Tyrant" - although kudos for speaking that line himself in The Simpsons). Maxwell used to own rival tabloid the Daily Mirror, until he fell off his yacht and was buried on Mount Sinai.
Another one was that "people look fatter on television than they really are".
No, they were just watching a regular 4:3 format TV programme with their television set on "Wide"...
We like you. We really do. And we realise it's not your fault you have a government that is more insane than a whole barrow-load of Margaret Thatchers.
Please. Do yourselves a favour. Get rid of them. Vote for the opposition in such great numbers they can't possibly have Bush reappointed without causing a second American Revolution.
The world is watching and waiting...
the question is, though - how much longer would it have taken you to have learnt to fly a plane if you had never tinkered with x-plane at all?
Probably not as long. It's fairly well known that home flight sims give people bad habits they need to get rid of once they get behind the yoke or stick of a real plane. I know this from personal experience, and just don't play with sims any more.
Yet another article allowing geeks to whine about how the airlines won't let them play with their techno-toys...
When will you geeks realise that YOU DO NOT FUCK WITH SAFETY. Interference from mobile phones can prevent a pilot hearing important information for air traffic control. Now if you think playing with your toys is more important than the safety of the aircraft, you are a complete and utter fuckwit!
Oh great, something else for Michael Schumacher to win...
If Mozilla surpasses IE in the next couple years...
If monkeys fly out of my arse...
The Delta Clipper was bullshit. It would have had to carry enough fuel into orbit to be able to land again. The weight of the extra fuel would have been deadweight on the way up and either meant it had to be bigger - so would require even more fuel to come back down, and so on - or carry less people or cargo to compensate. It was a complete white elephant and deserved to fail.
Oh yes, and the design was totally flawed - it was the high centre of gravity that ultimately doomed the prototype.
Nothing but a wank fantasy for geeks...
Little did I know that Chris Crawford also used the philosophy that if a nuclear war started, the game was essentially over.
And quite right too. I think you missed the whole point of what Balance of Power was about. If there's a nuclear war, EVERYONE LOSES.
Seriously, all you geeks out there need to try having a few flying lessons.
What he said. Really. Turn the computer off, go to your nearest small airfield, and get yourself a trial lesson booked. Then book more lessons and go for a private pilot licence. Learn to navigate by map, compass, stopwatch and what you can see out of the canopy. Get a life beyond bloody computers.
Flying rules, and I cannot recommend it enough!
Flying rules.
Human exploration of space can happen naturally in a few centuries, when the technology has caught up with human desires
So by your reasoning, the Wright Brothers shouldn't have messed about with that pathetic wood and canvas thing that could only carry one guy a short distance, they should have waited until they could build a 747 and take hundreds of people for hundreds of miles.
It's a very flimsy looking aeroplane. A 247 foot wingspan (a longer wingspan than the 747) that bends into a shallow U when aloft, with an all up weight of 1323 pounds (about the same as a light aircraft with no fuel or people in it) it looks like it wouldn't take too much to exceed its structural limits - some heavy wind shear or possibly a control surface stuck out of true.
Website here if you want to learn more.
Oh yeah, and how about a new moderation category?
"-999 Oh my god not those tired old chestnuts AGAIN" for all the fuckwits who have nothing better to do than drag out the tired old jokes every time someone mentions NASA here, as well as all the other pathetic unfunny crap that you losers repeat over and over and over again!
We weren't all pasty-faced, nesh asthmatics either.
/. - The southerners won't get that one, let alone the Yanks!
I'd just like to congratulate you for the first use of the word 'nesh' I've seen on
What about Ben Elton's musical based on the songs of Queen? Or his musical (coming soon) based on the songs of Rod Stewart. Or his musical about football?
Ben Elton - Unfunny arsehole.
Grass...what's the point, anyways?
It looks nicer than pavement. It's nicer to sit on, or lie in, than pavement. It's just a much nicer surface than tarmac or concrete are.
How stupid can you get?
Tuzanor wrote: Ummmm, Dennis Ritchie is not dead
Ummmm, looks like drgroove's joke went over your head...
(Nice one, drgroove!!!)
Again, this is not an uncommon thing in the flight sim world. Some go as far as purchasing flight suits and helmets to wear while flying in their virtual worlds.
Now that's just fucking sad. Then again, some people buy shirts with gold bars on the epaulettes, WWII replica flying jackets and the like just to fly their Cessnas. That's fucking sad too.
The Amiga is dead. Let it lie. Sure, it was a great machine in its day, but that was a long time ago. You can't cling pointlessly to the past...
The 12-16 year old computer literate kids will be all over this
The 12-16 year old computer literate kids will be going "What the FUCK is an Amiga?"