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As the title asks: did you ever dream about Orbiter or the Orbiter forum? It happened to me a few days ago, and it was quite crazy. I don't know if it's worth mentioning here in the forum at all, but why not. I'm not really responsible for what my subconsciousness does when I sleep. So I'm...

How ironic. I was watching training practices for engine failures on Youtube (single piston engine aircraft) as well as crash landings, while I got this news: http://www.rte.ie/news/2013/0321/377729-germany-police-crash/ Too bad. And I still don't like helicopters.

http://www.noiseaddicts.com/2009/03/can-you-hear-this-hearing-test/ Indeed I am not able to hear anything above a 15 kHz tone. Even if I use headphones and set the volume to the highest possible setting, I can barely hear the tones above 15 kHz.

Some of you might know Ron Gilbert. For those who don't know: Ron Gilbert designed The Secret of Monkey Island, Zak McKracken and Maniac Mansion. Now he designed a new adventure game. The idea for this game is 25 years old. But it looks rather nice...

Yesterday I had a phone call to a friend. He went to the hospital for nine days last month, including a stay at the intensive care unit for two days. The reason was that he woke up in the morning and felt rather strange. His arms were numb and he thought that there is Sellotape around his...

I'm going to replace my 5 years old harware within the next 3 weeks. I'll abandon Intel and return to AMD due to the better price-performance ratio of AMD CPUs. 2 variants are possible (financially). Each one is supposed to be a gaming system, basically for games like Guild Wars 2 and Microsoft...

Tonight I was sitting in front of my computer, when I got interrupted by a strange noise next to one of my open windows (I live in an attic flat, and it's hot currently). I switched on the lights to have a look. My first thought was: butterflies. There are plenty of them in the hallway...

Is anyone enjoying the meteor shower tonight? :) Just two days ago I dreamed of meteor showers. I was watching them from the garden of my fathers house. There were some impressive impacts in the neighbourhood. It wasn't really a bad dream, but it felt rather strange when I woke up. I did not...

I think this is worth mentioning. Azriel "Al" Blackman is an aircraft mechanic, and he has been with American Airlines for 70 years. So do you think he is going to retire now? Far from it! At the age of 86 he is not thinking about it :salute...

... You don't know it? :lol: You can get from ebay or Amazon for about 14 USD :thumbup: PS: just look for CDN PT1A Kitchen Timer.

It is 2 weeks from now until the Tour de France starts for the 99th time. I thought I might start a thread for it. The 2012 Tour de France: http://www.letour.fr/2012/TDF/COURSE/docs/parcours.pdf Official Homepage: http://www.letour.fr/2012/TDF/COURSE/us/le_parcours.html General information...

I'm just curious how long Orbinauts can hold their breath. How about a small contest? My current record is 1 minute and 45 seconds, while sitting on the desk chair. Lying in the bathtub gives the same results. But it's not always 1 minute and 45 seconds. Mostly it's 1 min and about 30 seconds...

So I am reconsidering whether the private sector can do it better than governmental agencies. They might do it better in terms of costs, but obviously not in terms of time.

I don't know if it was posted here before. There is a site which offers tons of old high-res images. It's breathtaking. New Jersey, 1905: New York, 1900: Coney Island, 1905: http://www.shorpy.com/

Today I got my first gastroscopy. I sadly wasn't able to watch it on the monitor but it was an interesting experience nevertheless. I took it without any narcosis. The faces of the doctors and assistants was like "oh no, the poor guy doesn't know what he is facing" :lol: They really were...

So what was the hottest food you have ever tried? Mine was some Chinese food but I don't remember what it was exactly. I personally like really hot food from time to time. But I have never tried something like the "Bhut Jolokia" chili pepper. I consider whether if I should get one of these...

I have a question for Space Shuttle experts here :) Would it be possible to bring the Shuttle to the Moon and back by using the payload bay for fuel and life support?