Re:In response to others...Grasshoppers!
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Flying on Mars
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Due to the Thin Atmosphere, and the Low Gravity...
Maybe what is needed is a Giant Light-weight Mechanical Grasshopper with Even More
Giant Wingspan!
Of course, the take-off accelleration would be a bitch!
--More seriously, what about aircraft similar to the Gossomer Series?
Gossomer Condor, Gossomer Albartross, etc? Light weight and really big wingspan.
Then there's the one that was the only aircraft to fly non-stop around the world.
And the recently designed solar-powered circling Radio Platform design.
--I recall that there was an engine design that carried self-'oxygenizing' fuel! That
was featured in an article in Popular Science 18 or so years ago.
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Re:In response to others...Politics!
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Flying on Mars
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I read an account written by a fellow who was in JPL when
the Lander Pics were received.
The NASA officials were estatic at the hue of the pictures
which had been incorrectly rendered in colour from the
original Monotone FITS standard.
They were happy at the pink sky effect.
When this individual Colour-corrected for the thin atmosphere
and the US Flag on the Lander -- the sky came out Dark Blue at
25 to 45 of viewing angle.
He was howled down, and banned from the building. THIS was
an ALIEN World, and it was going to stay that way!
I can't remember WHO that individual was; but he is respected
in Science and the field of Digital Rendering.
But to look like a professional, your writing
should be above Grade School level.
Your -- your're
Their -- they're
Too -- to -- two
All these are basic errors, when folk who program,
or set-up systems HAVE to use Correct Syntax on
Command Lines and in Programs.
I make many errors, but I often refer to a large
Dictionary I keep by my feet!
THIS is not the same as simple Mis-keying such as
teh, Okye, and similar.
In the same vein, using "i" when referring to
your own person is not very good english; even if
you are a humble person!
Of course, the field of IT is not renouned for
having humility!
He's possibly enchanted by the Possum!
A young one's recently moved into my attic
and comes out at night, and commutes by
the mains linkage to the nearest power-pole!
Sometimes whole families can be seen, after
dark, commuting along the mains lines.
Dogs, seeing them, go really ape!
Oz - Its just a Zoo, with few bars, but a
hell of a lot of Pubs!
.
Icons at the left of my screen, and a CD-Rom Icon.
Probally a bit excessive as I only have four Hard Drives, but I do know in what partition things are!
I can even be whimsical as two partitions on a misbehaving drive are named "Spirit" and "Ghost"!
I know which six are OS partitions by their names!
If I chain up another drive, or pop in a Zip, the individial Icons are instantly identified.
Likewise, a PC (foreign to my system) disk or device shows up identified as such.
.
What's so hard to figureout - Lightswitches are on the walls and Drive Icons are on the monitor!
happened to a follow-on bomber: the Convair Hustler?
The ORIGINAL "Failsafe" story featured the Hustler and
since the earlier design B52 is still going....
its got me thinking... what happened to the Hustler?
You should have told them about the Box Jelly-Fish,
while you were at it!:)
I remember an American tourist at a Fauna Reserve,
saying how cute the Kangaroos were, bemoning that
they were being hunted and culled - NOT knowing that
they have strong legs and sharp claws that can easilly
disenbowel a tall man while they clutch with the
forepaws!
Numbers of Americans have seen an old newsreel that
shows a Boxing Kangaroo!- THAT pose IS the one used
in the disenboweling attack!!
My sympathies... to see a Polar Bear (well 4, really)
I'd only have to drive 70km to Sea World On The Gold Coast
where they are a theme park attraction!
Maybe, you should fit Moose-Bars... similar to
Australian motor vehicle Bull-Bars:)
(I like Canadians.... they're like Americans, only
more polite)
Slashdot Mirror
FarScope!
Due to the Thin Atmosphere, and the Low Gravity...
Maybe what is needed is a Giant Light-weight Mechanical Grasshopper with Even More
Giant Wingspan!
Of course, the take-off accelleration would be a bitch!
--More seriously, what about aircraft similar to the Gossomer Series?
Gossomer Condor, Gossomer Albartross, etc? Light weight and really big wingspan.
Then there's the one that was the only aircraft to fly non-stop around the world.
And the recently designed solar-powered circling Radio Platform design.
--I recall that there was an engine design that carried self-'oxygenizing' fuel! That
was featured in an article in Popular Science 18 or so years ago.
.
I read an account written by a fellow who was in JPL when
the Lander Pics were received.
The NASA officials were estatic at the hue of the pictures
which had been incorrectly rendered in colour from the
original Monotone FITS standard.
They were happy at the pink sky effect.
When this individual Colour-corrected for the thin atmosphere
and the US Flag on the Lander -- the sky came out Dark Blue at
25 to 45 of viewing angle.
He was howled down, and banned from the building. THIS was
an ALIEN World, and it was going to stay that way!
I can't remember WHO that individual was; but he is respected
in Science and the field of Digital Rendering.
.
On the subject of (sic)Descirmination...
You don't think that your standard of Spelling MIGHT be to blame?
I mean, we see in movies on American children how valued is the
competition called a 'Spelling Bee'.
I read your whole post and it even seemed that you Misspelled
every religion you named!
I mean, I may despise the 'so-called-religion' of Scientology,
but at least I can spell the name!
.
True.
But to look like a professional, your writing
should be above Grade School level.
Your -- your're
Their -- they're
Too -- to -- two
All these are basic errors, when folk who program,
or set-up systems HAVE to use Correct Syntax on
Command Lines and in Programs.
I make many errors, but I often refer to a large
Dictionary I keep by my feet!
THIS is not the same as simple Mis-keying such as
teh, Okye, and similar.
In the same vein, using "i" when referring to
your own person is not very good english; even if
you are a humble person!
Of course, the field of IT is not renouned for
having humility!
.
IF you draw a RED and BLUE Tiger...
Really well, mind you....
Will it leap out at you?
.
But then....
:)
RED AND BLUE Courier!
NOW, that's a Stereotype!
Have you tried Random Dot Stereographs?
PersonalPaint on the Amiga can produce R.D.S's.,
even an Animated R.D.S.
To the onlooker an RDS just looks like a pattern,
until you tell the onlooker to look into the
screen.
I'd venture that Software Piracy is akin to...
Sneaking into the Cinema without paying!
or...
Squeezing under the door in a Pay Toilet!
or...
Passing Counterfit Currency!
People with an unauthorized, and unpaid, Cable-TV connection probally feel quite morally justified about it!?!
Paying the Owner of Software for its usage, is paying for a service.
This is akin to Hire where you are paying for 'the use of'!
.
Compare - Squatting!
.... what has HE lost?
Or..... - Hiring without paying the Hire Fee!
Stealing Electricity!
Obtaining a Goods or Service without payment.
How would YOU like it if YOUR EMPLOYER defaulted
on paying YOUR WAGES?
....A company re-fills your Scuba Tanks, and YOU
don't want to pay because AIR IS FREE, isn't it?
....Skip from a Taxi without paying! After all,
The Driver
....Sneak into a Sports Arena. What do THEY lose?
YOU can justify ANY skipping-payment if you are
the one keeping your wallet in your pocket!!!!!!
.
Sorry! You've got it wrong! The exchange rate
presently is close to- $AU1.00 = $US0.50!
Gripes me because the classic machine I would
like to own (an A3500 from Merlancia) is priced
at $US995.00 which would cost me about $AU2000.00
.
He's possibly enchanted by the Possum!
A young one's recently moved into my attic
and comes out at night, and commutes by
the mains linkage to the nearest power-pole!
Sometimes whole families can be seen, after
dark, commuting along the mains lines.
Dogs, seeing them, go really ape!
Oz - Its just a Zoo, with few bars, but a
hell of a lot of Pubs!
.
No! Correction !Don't go to
Not here.
Do NOT go there!!
I just had to tell you correctly where
not to go!
.
No! Don't go to
..... no! Just
Wicked Weasel.
Do NOT go there!!
We do NOT want you flocking to our beaches
and crowding our bikinigirls.
Just don't come to Australia, its horrible here!
The beer is TOO cold! The
forget coming here!!
.
Icons at the left of my screen, and a CD-Rom Icon.
Probally a bit excessive as I only have four Hard Drives, but I do know in what partition things are!
I can even be whimsical as two partitions on a misbehaving drive are named "Spirit" and "Ghost"!
I know which six are OS partitions by their names!
If I chain up another drive, or pop in a Zip, the individial Icons are instantly identified.
Likewise, a PC (foreign to my system) disk or device shows up identified as such.
.
What's so hard to figureout - Lightswitches are on the walls and Drive Icons are on the monitor!
If you THINK that's ugly, you should try a Graphical :)
PC game from that era!!!!
.
True ... but then no X-15 ever took-off or landed on
Tarmak!
In fact, it was entirely possible for a late model
X-15 to be piloted into space!
It was only the control of the Ballistic Flight
supporters that made the US' first man-in-space
ride an Atlas missle!
To think - what could have been derived from the
X-15 by today MOST LIKELY would be far-in-advance
of Today's Space Shuttle Orbiter!!!!!
.
because if ONE of the tremendously powerful engines
had a 'flame-out' the unballanced thrust could rip
the aircraft apart!
The solution was to have the other engine swiftly
shut-down, before re-lighting both togather!
.
because in Australia RS is slang for "Rat Shit",
which is a highly critical term!
I was in the QLD BMW MC Club when the R-100RS was
released and the insignature caused much humor!
.
But in the Firefox (book & movie), Firefox Down (book)
the USSR had the fastest interceptor!
What the YF-12A had been intended to be!!??
.
to drop manned combat aircraft about 30 year ago,
and rely solely on missles and UMAs!
At the time they had some brilliant designs and
they've never regained it!
-Bloody beaucrats-
.
happened to a follow-on bomber: the Convair Hustler?
... what happened to the Hustler?
The ORIGINAL "Failsafe" story featured the Hustler and
since the earlier design B52 is still going....
its got me thinking
.
You should have told them about the Box Jelly-Fish, :)
while you were at it!
I remember an American tourist at a Fauna Reserve,
saying how cute the Kangaroos were, bemoning that
they were being hunted and culled - NOT knowing that
they have strong legs and sharp claws that can easilly
disenbowel a tall man while they clutch with the
forepaws!
Numbers of Americans have seen an old newsreel that
shows a Boxing Kangaroo!- THAT pose IS the one used
in the disenboweling attack!!
.
My sympathies ... to see a Polar Bear (well 4, really)
... similar to
:)
.... they're like Americans, only
I'd only have to drive 70km to Sea World On The Gold Coast
where they are a theme park attraction!
Maybe, you should fit Moose-Bars
Australian motor vehicle Bull-Bars
(I like Canadians
more polite)
.
Actually, if one goes driving in country Australia',
:)
:)
you often can't miss seeing the wildlife!!
It tends to pile-up on the front of your car!
'I well remember having a bunny zip over the road
btwn the front and back wheel of my R75/6 some 18
years ago near Coonabarraban!
Many country drivers have what are called- "Bull Bars";
in realality- Anti-Bull-Bars!