If the Chinese can make it work for THEIR people (who all look alike, after all, right?).. imagine how easy it'll be for us Western barbarians with our round eyes and facial hair and all.
It would be a wonderful opportunity to send one up, to see if it actually generates thrust without fuel (in a relatively gravity free environment where it would be most useful).
Although that's a lot of trouble to test the Cannae Drive: just suspend it from a rope, throw the current to it, and see if it deflects from the vertical. (A simple antigravity drive test suggested half a century ago by some well-known science fiction writer.)
I heard damn-all about this event, and I'm a BIG warbirds fan! Ditto with my favorite online AGW Warbirds forum:-( Hell, I even missed the streaming live!
But if I could, I would. And then the insulting emails would begin. I have no plans to visit Quebec, so screw them very much.
Plus, I don't think this stupid idea will fly. Canadian citizens are not that ignorant. They may not have a First Amendment of their own, but they get the idea.
Turned out I had a knack for coding, but didn't find that out until my first encounters with terminals and PCs around '82 or so, at the age of 39. So I started hacking (back when that term wasn't quite so derogatory as it is these days), turned out or participated in some pretty significant code. (Does "Info-ZIP Workgroup" mean anything to anyone anymore?) So I would've been disqualified even before I started, if it were up to those damned recruiters.
Good thing, back then, that a degree in Computer Science didn't mean quite so much. If you had good ideas, if you could code, if you could produce.. hey, give the guy a chance! (I loved that!)
I'd love to be 21 and give it a shot these days (although it wouldn't be nearly as much fun: no such thing as a one-man programming shop these days). But I'd want the same shot if I were 39.. or 79!
I'm not sure if downloading and viewing it was a good thing or a bad thing.
Well, not quite as bad as I imagined. At least it has a buxom teenager girl and a tank (steam-powered apparently) and guns (well, one gun but with a steadi-mount).. and porridge.
I'm reading the 10 kWh pack may be more like $4500 rather than $3500. I like that 10 year warranty though.. and you get whole-house surge protection of course, I'm sure.
"I never want to live in a USA where wacky shit like this Postman ain't funny anymore. We're supposed to know the difference between a good-hearted eccentric and the truly malicious. Give him a dirty look and a "don't do that again" thing. And maybe actually do something about campaign finance reform."
Campaign finance reform? Makes you wonder who the wacko is, eh?
Of COURSE not, fool! This is a school board, after all. Who would question the wisdom of a school board? I mean, look at what a great job they're doing at educating our kids, right? Of course, I live in Nawth Ca'lina; I might be spoiled.
Just think of it. For ANYTHING to work flawlessly (I guess: it returned, didn't it?) for 675 days. Let me repeat that: Six Hundred And Seventy Five Days! Hell, my damned TV won't run that long without a reboot! Amazing, absolutely amazing.
Heh, I don't know why, but the nose wheel chocks just look so "normal" you know? Like it was a C-152 or something.
Love that little bird: no drama, no fuss, no schoolteachers in space suits. Just a little spaceship that you load up on top of a Centaur, blast it into orbit, and then check on it every year or so while it does whatever it does.
And then land, check the tire pressure, clean the windows.. no wait, it doesn't HAVE any windows! Top off the coolant.. and do it again!
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Dear FBI:
1 - Buy.
2 - Identify
3 - Arrest
4 - Prosecute
I mean, one can never have enough weapons grade plutonium, don't you know? And there's always a market for it!
http://www.cnsnews.com/news/ar...
Reassigned, not fired. Also not shot.
If the Chinese can make it work for THEIR people (who all look alike, after all, right?) .. imagine how easy it'll be for us Western barbarians with our round eyes and facial hair and all.
Sorry, change Bangladesh to Bangalore .. or just "cities in India". I don't imagine things are too pleasant in Bangladesh either.
"Only mad dogs and Englishmen go out in the noonday son."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M...
I thought everyone knew that? Kipling certainly did. (I think, but am not sure, that Coward stole it from him.)
https://uk.answers.yahoo.com/q...
So the solutions might include (1) Plant more trees, and (2) Bring Broadway to Bangladesh.
It would be a wonderful opportunity to send one up, to see if it actually generates thrust without fuel (in a relatively gravity free environment where it would be most useful).
http://www.gizmag.com/cannae-r...
Although that's a lot of trouble to test the Cannae Drive: just suspend it from a rope, throw the current to it, and see if it deflects from the vertical. (A simple antigravity drive test suggested half a century ago by some well-known science fiction writer.)
http://wow.mmosite.com/fanart/...
I heard damn-all about this event, and I'm a BIG warbirds fan! Ditto with my favorite online AGW Warbirds forum :-( Hell, I even missed the streaming live!
Sigh ...
Regrettably, my French is not good, so I couldn't glean an appropriate email address from the town's web site:
http://www.ville.granby.qc.ca/
But if I could, I would. And then the insulting emails would begin. I have no plans to visit Quebec, so screw them very much.
Plus, I don't think this stupid idea will fly. Canadian citizens are not that ignorant. They may not have a First Amendment of their own, but they get the idea.
And of course you can rely on the accused police to provide full and unbiased evidence.
Riiii-ight.
But the REAL heroes, let us not forget, are Pizza Hut! They had (1) the wisdom to read the message, and (2) the courage to call the cops!
Turned out I had a knack for coding, but didn't find that out until my first encounters with terminals and PCs around '82 or so, at the age of 39. So I started hacking (back when that term wasn't quite so derogatory as it is these days), turned out or participated in some pretty significant code. (Does "Info-ZIP Workgroup" mean anything to anyone anymore?) So I would've been disqualified even before I started, if it were up to those damned recruiters.
Good thing, back then, that a degree in Computer Science didn't mean quite so much. If you had good ideas, if you could code, if you could produce .. hey, give the guy a chance! (I loved that!)
I'd love to be 21 and give it a shot these days (although it wouldn't be nearly as much fun: no such thing as a one-man programming shop these days). But I'd want the same shot if I were 39 .. or 79!
There's a downloadable sample at the link.
I'm not sure if downloading and viewing it was a good thing or a bad thing.
Well, not quite as bad as I imagined. At least it has a buxom teenager girl and a tank (steam-powered apparently) and guns (well, one gun but with a steadi-mount) .. and porridge.
And it was free, there's always that.
I'm reading the 10 kWh pack may be more like $4500 rather than $3500. I like that 10 year warranty though .. and you get whole-house surge protection of course, I'm sure.
In terms of energy required to produce it, that is. Those very high temperatures and pressures worry me; they won't come cheap.
We'll know where it came from :-)
Okay, now you're just talking crazy.
"I never want to live in a USA where wacky shit like this Postman ain't funny anymore. We're supposed to know the difference between a good-hearted eccentric and the truly malicious. Give him a dirty look and a "don't do that again" thing. And maybe actually do something about campaign finance reform."
Campaign finance reform? Makes you wonder who the wacko is, eh?
Agreed on that! That dumb broad couldn't find the "high road" if she were thrown off an overpass. Which, come to think of it, might not be a bad idea.
Of COURSE not, fool! This is a school board, after all. Who would question the wisdom of a school board? I mean, look at what a great job they're doing at educating our kids, right? Of course, I live in Nawth Ca'lina; I might be spoiled.
All three or notorious for corruption .. in everything! Why should we be surprised that AT&T call centers are vulnerable to corrupt employees?
As a later Slashdot article confirmed:
http://yro.slashdot.org/story/... 'Revenge Porn' Operator Gets 18 Years In Prison
[cheers]
Well, not very much.
But now they'll be coming for me.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F......
Just think of it. For ANYTHING to work flawlessly (I guess: it returned, didn't it?) for 675 days. Let me repeat that: Six Hundred And Seventy Five Days! Hell, my damned TV won't run that long without a reboot! Amazing, absolutely amazing.
http://www.phantomreport.com/w...
Heh, I don't know why, but the nose wheel chocks just look so "normal" you know? Like it was a C-152 or something.
Love that little bird: no drama, no fuss, no schoolteachers in space suits. Just a little spaceship that you load up on top of a Centaur, blast it into orbit, and then check on it every year or so while it does whatever it does.
And then land, check the tire pressure, clean the windows .. no wait, it doesn't HAVE any windows! Top off the coolant .. and do it again!
Something dropped out of someone's pocket.
This would never happen if they forbade pockets, you know.