Little boy Johnny is running scared about the upcoming election and is making a two-bit effort to 'fix' his last ten years of office.
This is the funny bit. He has been holding out against Costello for years on the basis that he is the most popular leader in federal politics but now that Rudd is doing well he is attempting to patch things up. If he gave a shit about his party he would cut and run right now. Give Costello a small chance of winning the next election. Better than the chance he will have if Howard resigns on the day the election is called, or the day after he loses it.
Hell, the inflatable auto-pilot from Airplane had more skill than most of the morons on the roads these days.
Got on well with the ladies, as well.
I ride a bike to work and the worst idiocy I see these days is people who are apparently meeting up with somebody who they can't find. They drive through side streets with a phone slapped to their ear taking instructions like ok look for a phone booth on the left now turn...no... right right
It is going to be an issue eventually. Does hydrogen burn hotter then petroleum? The reason I ask is that Nitrogen goes through the cylinder as well and you do get a lot of oxidised nitrogen out of the exhaust.
Come to think of it, I wonder what the net result would be if cars were run off pure (compressed or cryogenic) oxygen. Some energy is wasted heating N2 up to no effect.
We had our own retro computing society at vic roads for the
SCATS traffic system.
One day the flood detector at one of our remote sites tripped. Water got in through the secondary storm water system (telstra pipes containing 200 pair telephone cables) and settled on the slab under the false floor. I pulled up a tile to see 240VAC cables clipped to the concrete under 5cm of fresh rain water.
Its probably not very conductive in that state so I flipped the flood detector off and booted the 11/84's up again. Took care not to touch the water, though.
We only had the single platter removable disks. Nothing like the big washing machine ones.
I read somewhere that the old DEC VT100 (or was it the VT220?) had instructions in the manual that said something like "put them in the dishwasher to clean up".
If you have a partly broken terminal that would be a good way to get it replaced entirely under your maintenance contract. Otherwise I don't think DEC would recommend that. I have installed a lot of 100's 220's and 330's in my days and I can't remember anything like that.
Environments which had DEC gear tended not to have dishwashers anyway.
Every printed circuit board we make gets washed in a sink with tap water then dried with compressed air. In over 20 years, it's never been a problem.
I was told a story about a woman who kept a nice vase of flowers on top of her CRT TV. One day she spilt the water from the vase down the back of the TV, where the ventilation holes are.
Then she switched the TV on to see if it still worked.
I'm not sure why you think that a lifting body capable of controlled supersonic flight is not as "fancy" as a lifting body capable of controlled subsonic flight.
The latter can soft land with wheels or skids. The former relies on parachutes.
They don't have a set timetable for true de-orbit jumps
Thats what I thought the post was about. The de-orbit jump really is hard, mainly because of the low density of the pressure suit and occupant. You would have to carry ballast to keep the deceleration survivable.
A heat-shield, a space-suit, a nitrogen-gas thruster, and a parachute.
To get an accurate landing point my impression is that you need more than 100 m/s of delta V to start re-entry. I can't see a cold gas thruster doing the job. If you want something lightweight, through, how about a parachute? I am thinking of a huge lightweight sheet of Mylar or a similar material, similar to a solar sail. Atmospheric drag at ISS altitude is significant and might be enough to keep the parachute inflated.
they're planning to have the first actual jump-from-orbit test by 2009.
Do you seriously believe that a human being is going to aerobrake from orbit to landing with just a pressure suit in two years time? Doesn't sound likely to me.
If such a system was available nobody would choose to use Soyuz.
And at this level of precision the location of the measurement may be very important. I don't think you could take this sphere to a different latitude and get an accurate calibration.
the US is stuck with retarded imperial measurements. No wonder we lag behind the rest of the world in education, jobs...
Its not hard to change. We did it in the early '70's here in Australia. That would have been the ideal time, right after the Apollo program ended with everybody upbeat about the future. It just takes a will to change.
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This is the funny bit. He has been holding out against Costello for years on the basis that he is the most popular leader in federal politics but now that Rudd is doing well he is attempting to patch things up. If he gave a shit about his party he would cut and run right now. Give Costello a small chance of winning the next election. Better than the chance he will have if Howard resigns on the day the election is called, or the day after he loses it.
No, they needed it to split the beer atoms. Back tassie they just do it with a chisel.
Got on well with the ladies, as well.
I ride a bike to work and the worst idiocy I see these days is people who are apparently meeting up with somebody who they can't find. They drive through side streets with a phone slapped to their ear taking instructions like ok look for a phone booth on the left now turn ...no... right right
You get the idea. Its a mess.
It is going to be an issue eventually. Does hydrogen burn hotter then petroleum? The reason I ask is that Nitrogen goes through the cylinder as well and you do get a lot of oxidised nitrogen out of the exhaust.
Come to think of it, I wonder what the net result would be if cars were run off pure (compressed or cryogenic) oxygen. Some energy is wasted heating N2 up to no effect.
Thats a feature. I bought a two seat commercial van for similar reasons.
Why? What does it mean?
Switching the TV on when it was wet did all the damage. She could have let it dry out and used it again with no risk.
We had our own retro computing society at vic roads for the SCATS traffic system.
One day the flood detector at one of our remote sites tripped. Water got in through the secondary storm water system (telstra pipes containing 200 pair telephone cables) and settled on the slab under the false floor. I pulled up a tile to see 240VAC cables clipped to the concrete under 5cm of fresh rain water.
Its probably not very conductive in that state so I flipped the flood detector off and booted the 11/84's up again. Took care not to touch the water, though.
We only had the single platter removable disks. Nothing like the big washing machine ones.
If you have a partly broken terminal that would be a good way to get it replaced entirely under your maintenance contract. Otherwise I don't think DEC would recommend that. I have installed a lot of 100's 220's and 330's in my days and I can't remember anything like that.
Environments which had DEC gear tended not to have dishwashers anyway.
I was told a story about a woman who kept a nice vase of flowers on top of her CRT TV. One day she spilt the water from the vase down the back of the TV, where the ventilation holes are.
Then she switched the TV on to see if it still worked.
But with a high wing loading (and stall speed). Maybe it was a giant hummingbird.
Well, it is less complex. Probably less mass. Better overall for a lightweight animal.
Perhaps by being barely alive in the first place. Less energy needed to stay alive.
Thats enough mysteries solved for today.
Mmmm.... lemon chicken
Clear evidence of intelligent design.
The latter can soft land with wheels or skids. The former relies on parachutes.
Thats what I thought the post was about. The de-orbit jump really is hard, mainly because of the low density of the pressure suit and occupant. You would have to carry ballast to keep the deceleration survivable.
Yes, almost as if they Hubbled it up.
Sorry about that, Edwin.
To get an accurate landing point my impression is that you need more than 100 m/s of delta V to start re-entry. I can't see a cold gas thruster doing the job. If you want something lightweight, through, how about a parachute? I am thinking of a huge lightweight sheet of Mylar or a similar material, similar to a solar sail. Atmospheric drag at ISS altitude is significant and might be enough to keep the parachute inflated.
Do you seriously believe that a human being is going to aerobrake from orbit to landing with just a pressure suit in two years time? Doesn't sound likely to me.
If such a system was available nobody would choose to use Soyuz.
So is every golf ball. A lifting body capable of subsonic flight is a different matter.
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Auction website eBay has pulled its US advertising from search engine giant and adversary Google.And at this level of precision the location of the measurement may be very important. I don't think you could take this sphere to a different latitude and get an accurate calibration.
Its not hard to change. We did it in the early '70's here in Australia. That would have been the ideal time, right after the Apollo program ended with everybody upbeat about the future. It just takes a will to change.
Even Ubuntu? I think you are wrong, but we will see, won't we.
Why?