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Oh my word. And I thought Boris Johnson was an insane megalomaniac.
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Oh my word. And I thought Boris Johnson was an insane megalomaniac.
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Can I call myself "straight-edge" even though I am not part of the punk rock subculture?
You can call yourself whatever you want, it just depends on your company if they believe you.
Worked for...no religion jokes in Brighton Lounge, Sir.
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Shortly before the 9th drop of pitch, professor John Mainstone has left this world. What a cursed experiment, since nobody managed to observe the previous drops in the last 83 years... now that he had three webcams ready for preventing that another camera failure disturbs the observation, he has died.
[ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pitch_drop_experiment"]Pitch drop experiment - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia[/ame]
[ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pitch_drop_experiment"]Pitch drop experiment - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia[/ame]
Last part of the vid makes more sense when you've seen this (sorry for poor quality, really can't find any better version):
It should be noted that the Soviets also beat the Americans in that category.:lol:
The only time I take a holiday this year is when they'll launch a Delta IV, Ariane 5, Zenit-2 and Minotaur 5 in less than two weeks.:facepalm:
And possibly an Epsilon, Falcon 9 1.1 and some Chinese thingy.
3 maiden launches in the next weeks is awesome though.
And possibly an Epsilon, Falcon 9 1.1 and some Chinese thingy.
3 maiden launches in the next weeks is awesome though.
Actually 8/12 are still alive, only Commander Armstrong, Commander Conrad, Commander Shepard and LM pilot Irwin are dead.
Almost is usable when 4/12 are still alive.
Although even I know how to land on the Moon, the only problem is that there's no CTRL+S in real life and I lack some money.
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The problem is: The engineers with the practical experience for such projects are also dying out. You can learn the theory, read the old reports... but this helps you little, if you also need to solve new problems with new technology. The right mindset is gone. And you can't just create it by decree.
After all:
"Spaceflight will never tolerate carelessness, incapacity, and neglect. Somewhere, somehow, we screwed up. It could have been in design, build, or test. Whatever it was, we should have caught it. We were too gung ho about the schedule and we locked out all of the problems we saw each day in our work. Every element of the program was in trouble and so were we. The simulators were not working, Mission Control was behind in virtually every area, and the flight and test procedures changed daily. Nothing we did had any shelf life. Not one of us stood up and said, 'Dammit, stop!' I don't know what Thompson's committee will find as the cause, but I know what I find. We are the cause! We were not ready! We did not do our job. We were rolling the dice, hoping that things would come together by launch day, when in our hearts we knew it would take a miracle. We were pushing the schedule and betting that the Cape would slip before we did. From this day forward, Flight Control will be known by two words: 'Tough' and 'Competent.' Tough means we are forever accountable for what we do or what we fail to do. We will never again compromise our responsibilities. Every time we walk into Mission Control we will know what we stand for. Competent means we will never take anything for granted. We will never be found short in our knowledge and in our skills. Mission Control will be perfect. When you leave this meeting today you will go to your office and the first thing you will do there is to write 'Tough and Competent' on your blackboards. It will never be erased. Each day when you enter the room these words will remind you of the price paid by Grissom, White, and Chaffee. These words are the price of admission to the ranks of Mission Control."
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New information service of the German railway company DB:
A "train radar". Like you already know for aircraft and ships, now for German trains:
http://www.bahn.de/zugradar
IC 119 to Innsbruck (next stop Andernach, its only a few km away) has 51 minutes delay now...
BruceJohnJennerLawso
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Finally got a chance to upload some pictures. Bucketloads more coming
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[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dtUMnn0-4zw"]Ace vs. Dalek - YouTube[/ame]
Also, I'm going to get a PS2. Can you guess which game will come with it?
Also, I'm going to get a PS2. Can you guess which game will come with it?
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Final Fantasy X?
10 years ago i bought PS2 just to play that.
Never played another game on it since then.
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No, it isn't. The hint is in the title of the video I just posted.
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Ace combat: something?
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04, to be exact.
sorindafabico
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"Just" another day in brazilian winter
Picture: Daniela Xu
Picture: Daniela Xu
MaverickSawyer
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I'll just leave this here...
Best seat in the house.
Best seat in the house.
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