Something Random

[ddrueding]

2k :eekers:


Doing search engine optimization sucks.

 

[mubs]

Interesting idea on social change: A Lever Long Enough to Move the World

 

[jtr1962]

More random thoughts-I just noticed that we had a total of 77777 posts on this site as of 7:04AM EST today. Lucky 7's anybody? And Tannin had the honors of making the lucky 77777th post.

 

[Mercutio]

Nifty pictures of a Stealth Fighter.

 

[Mercutio]

Also, random facts about Chuck Norris.

 

[Groltz]

Thanks for that link to the F-117 pictures, Merc.

I really liked those.

We've never had any of those aircraft visit our airfield that I know of.

 

[LunarMist]

I remember classes at the Chuck Norris karate studio. It must have been around 1969 or 1970. The legs were more limber back then.

 

[i]

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Florida weirdness spawns three books (CNN)

The article is packed with summaries of weird and occasionally hilarious stories from Florida that have been written up in a new book, presumably in more detail. Here is one of the summaries:

"Another man didn't think through a scheme to end his marriage. He showed his wife a Utah man's wallet and said it was a hitchhiker he picked up and murdered. After a massive search for the body, police learned that the billfold's owner was fine and the suspect confessed he made up the story to get his wife to leave him."

 

[Santilli]

Thanks Merc:

The wings are very thin. I like the SR-71 a lot more, but, that wierd plane, made able to fly by computer adjustments, in the millions per second, is pretty amazing...

gs

 

[timwhit]

Thanks Merc:

The wings are very thin. I like the SR-71 a lot more, but, that wierd plane, made able to fly by computer adjustments, in the millions per second, is pretty amazing...

gs

I just saw an SR-71 at the Kansas Cosmosphere and Space Center over Thanksgiving. It is a damn impressive airplane. I spent about 30 minutes just staring at it.

 

[Santilli]

Thanks Merc:

The wings are very thin. I like the SR-71 a lot more, but, that wierd plane, made able to fly by computer adjustments, in the millions per second, is pretty amazing...

gs

I just saw an SR-71 at the Kansas Cosmosphere and Space Center over Thanksgiving. It is a damn impressive airplane. I spent about 30 minutes just staring at it.

They are simply amazing, and, still one of, if not the fastest, plane in existence. Not easy to hide, they can go so high, and so fast, they may out run missiles targeted on them from the ground, or, for that matter the air.

Closest I could get to riding in one would be the Russians letting you fly backseat in a Mig 27...

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[Buck]

Yes, those blackbirds are amazing; still the highest and fastest air-breathing production aircraft ever built.

 

[i]

That the general public knows about, of course.

 

[Santilli]

After 25 years, a couple of the guys went public. There stories are simply amazing.

I've got one of the books in the car. "Blackbird" IIRC.

Fantastic pictures, and fantastic stuff.

gs

 

[mubs]

I was in NY in July, and visited the Intrepid, the WW-II aircraft carrier that's now a museum. Parked on the upper deck is a Blackbird. It may be an old aircraft, but it still takes your breath away when you look at it - so sleek, with subtle hints of what it can do. I took some pics; it was difficult getting all of it in one frame even at wide angle; the thing is h-u-g-e.

 

[Santilli]

Yes, you really get the feeling of how big they are when you compare the BB and the refueling tanker.

http://www.nasm.si.edu/research/aero/aircraft/lockheed_sr71.htm

Skunkworks is a fantastic book


http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0316743003/ref=pd_sxp_elt_l1/002-6277222-5496028?n=283155

http://www.amazon.com/gp/reader/0760311420/ref=sib_dp_pt/002-6277222-5496028#reader-link

I think this is the book I've got in the car. Fantastic!.

Nasa has the best pictures:

http://www.dfrc.nasa.gov/Gallery/Photo/SR-71/


Sound doesn't seem to work, but they have a bunch of Quicktime movies of the SR-71. REALLY gives me the feeling I'm watching an X-Men movie.

Here's the best shot to get a size perspective. It's a bit over 100 feet long...

Hope you enjoy the pictures.

GS[/url]

 

[Santilli]

By the way, this link
http://www.dfrc.nasa.gov/Gallery/Movie/SR-71/HTML/EM-0025-05.html

is a movie of the plane fueling. I can't get over the size of the engines on the SR-71, dwarfing the engines on the fueling plane, and, the size of the
SR-71.

The takeoff sequence really gives you an idea of how thin the wings, and fuel tanks are, and, how big the engines are.

http://www.dfrc.nasa.gov/Gallery/Movie/SR-71/HTML/EM-0025-03.html

S

 

[mubs]

Thanks for the links, Greg. The thing looks so ungainly in some angles, and so sleek in others. At ground level, all you see is the sleek. Uber-sleek. And underneath, where the wings join it, the fuselage is w-i-d-e.

 

[Santilli]

Your welcome, M.

I like this pick as well.

http://www.dfrc.nasa.gov/Gallery/Photo/Fleet/Large/EC97-44165-149.jpg

Gives you a perspective on the plane against other planes, and, the 4 wheel vehicle they use to move planes around...

BIG

G

 

[Santilli]

One of two built, and also superfast, the XB-70. Huge, and three times the speed of sound(over 2,150 mph)

http://www.dfrc.nasa.gov/Gallery/Photo/XB-70/Large/EC68-2101.jpg

gs

 

[Santilli]

Your welcome, M.

I like this pick as well.
http://www.dfrc.nasa.gov/Gallery/Photo/Fleet/Large/EC97-44165-149.jpg

Gives you a perspective on the plane against other planes, and, the 4 wheel vehicle they use to move planes around...

BIG

G

 

[CougTek]

Greg, when you have pictures THAT big, POST LINKS!

People on dial-up will be pissed.

MODS!

 

[Groltz]

The bandwidth eating thread from hell

 

[Santilli]

CT I just posted changes to the thinks that will solve the bandwidth problem,
in the mods forum.

I'd edit them myself, if I could.

GS

 

[Santilli]

CT I just posted changes to the links that will solve the bandwidth problem,
in the mods forum.

I'd edit them myself, if I could.

GS

 

[Santilli]

On March 6, 1990, the service career of one Lockheed SR-71A Blackbird ended with a record-setting flight. This special airplane bore Air Force serial number 64-17972. Lt. Col. Ed Yeilding and his RSO, Lieutenant Colonel Joseph Vida, flew this aircraft from Los Angeles to Washington D.C. in 1 hour, 4 minutes, and 20 seconds, averaging a speed of 3,418 kph (2,124 mph). At the conclusion of the flight, '972 landed at Dulles International Airport and taxied into the custody of the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum. At that time, Lt. Col. Vida had logged 1,392.7 hours of flight time in Blackbirds, more than that of any other crewman.

If this plane can do sustained mach 3.2, for an hour, or more, wonder how fast it can go on a bump, to say, 110,000 feet?

The really amazing part of the fuel it uses is the fuel is stable, even with cigars and lit matches, against lighting, but, it carries nearly it's own oxygen source, with another oxygen molecule put into the kerosene, to keep it stable, and, at super high altitutdes, to provide oxygen for combustion.

HOW DID THESE GUYS EVER THINK THAT UP, IN THE SIXTIES :?: :?: :?: :?: :?:

GS

 

[mubs]

Gives you a perspective on the plane against other planes, and, the 4 wheel vehicle they use to move planes around...

Nope, I don't get no perspective with pics that big. I am on broadband, but my display runs at 1024x768, and I have to scroll both horizontally and vertically and see only a part of any one plane at a time.

 

[Santilli]

Sorry guys.

Please correct my links, in order, on the "Something Random Thread
in the following order:

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http://www.dfrc.nasa.gov/Gallery/Photo/SR-71/Small/EC94-42883-4.jpg

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http://www.dfrc.nasa.gov/Gallery/Photo/SR-71/Small/EC95-43203-1.jpg

Image

http://www.dfrc.nasa.gov/Gallery/Photo/Fleet/Small/EC97-44165-149.jpg

Image

http://www.dfrc.nasa.gov/Gallery/Photo/XB-70/Small/EC68-2101.jpg

Image

http://www.dfrc.nasa.gov/Gallery/Photo/Fleet/Small/EC97-44165-149.jpg


Sorry about that.

This should work...

gs

 

[time]

I am viewing this thread just fine on a display running at 800x600.

But then, I use Opera and just click on 'Fit to window width' - it does the rest.

Alternatively, I could hit the minus key a few times and reduce the entire view to say, 50%. Or I could do that with a single keystroke: Ctrl + Minus.

Or I could click on the scaling dropdown combo and select 50% etc ...

 

[CougTek]

But you still have to download those huge pictures, so while the images fit, the data amount you have to download remains huge.

 

[time]

The entire thread is about 12MB. Using a different browser to avoid local caching, it took me about 12 seconds to load the page.

Hey, my speeds aren't normally this good - I need to brag when they are! :wink:

 

[Handruin]

I edited the enormo pics into URL's.

 

[LunarMist]

The entire thread is about 12MB. Using a different browser to avoid local caching, it took me about 12 seconds to load the page.

Hey, my speeds aren't normally this good - I need to brag when they are! :wink:

That would take me about 50 minutes. Fortunately I browse with the jpegs off.

 

[time]

So you can't see your own avatar?

 

[LunarMist]

I only have two or three stars in my avatator, which is nothing much to look at. IIRC Merc has five or six.

 

[time]

At the risk of beating a drum here, try Opera with the Cached images option enabled. The browser displays already cached graphics (such as buttons, avatars, etc) but won't load additional graphics unless you tell it to, so bandwidth usage is the same as text only.

It's a bit like having your cake and eating it too.

 

[Mercutio]

Real sick. Had a sinus infection all last week. Went to doctor. Now I have the flu and a sinus infection. Never leaving house again.
How fever do I have to be to go to hospital?

 

[CougTek]

Never leaving house again.

You know that air inhouse can be like five times more polluted than the air outside? It won't help you solve your breathing problems.

Drink hot liquids and avoid milk products. Raw onions and oranges are good for you.

 

[Groltz]

Office germ counts:
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/211020_putergerm07.html

 

[Bozo]

When someone mentions 'office germs', I usually think of the two legged kind. :lol:


Bozo :mrgrn: