The Random Image Thread (keeping it PG-13 at the worst)
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ukimalefu
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A 1979 interview with Gary Kurtz where he talks about both the prequel trilogy and the sequel trilogy he and George Lucas have planned.
(yes, it looks like there was more, but that's all the source had)
ukimalefu wrote:
ad from 1956
where are all the wall mounted fridges now?
not only does that not look convenient, it looks downright dangerous
"TOS ain’t havin no horserace round here. “Policies” is the coin of the realm." -- iDaemon
"TOS ain’t havin no horserace round here. “Policies” is the coin of the realm." -- iDaemon
TOS wrote:
If anybody is curious, that was the sound of my arteries hardening.
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DukeofNuke
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dv wrote:TOS wrote:
If anybody is curious, that was the sound of my arteries hardening.
They're gonna do that as you get older anyway. Might as well enjoy a hearty breakfast!
intellectual/hipster/nihilist
"Everyone is entitled to their own opinions, but not their own facts."
-Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan
"Everyone is entitled to their own opinions, but not their own facts."
-Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan
DukeofNuke wrote:dv wrote:TOS wrote:
If anybody is curious, that was the sound of my arteries hardening.
They're gonna do that as you get older anyway. Might as well enjoy a hearty breakfast!
what's that old saying? if one sin will get you to hell you may as well sin like crazy and go down there a boss
"TOS ain’t havin no horserace round here. “Policies” is the coin of the realm." -- iDaemon
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DukeofNuke
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macnuke wrote: that's what stents are for yes?
Got mine! Got yours?
intellectual/hipster/nihilist
"Everyone is entitled to their own opinions, but not their own facts."
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"Everyone is entitled to their own opinions, but not their own facts."
-Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan
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NO WORDS
Aw, he's no fun, he fell right over.
Science is Truth for Life. In FORTRAN tongue the Answer.
...so I'm supposed to find the Shadow King from inside a daiquiri?
Science is Truth for Life. In FORTRAN tongue the Answer.
...so I'm supposed to find the Shadow King from inside a daiquiri?
ukimalefu wrote:
lately i've taken to watching youtube videos of guys trying to get ancient computers working, particularly old apollo flight computers
the whole thing baffles me, but it's still cool
"TOS ain’t havin no horserace round here. “Policies” is the coin of the realm." -- iDaemon
"Hidden Photo Optical Illusion":
To see the image, do one of two things:
1) if you can put such images on a phone or tablet, do something with that screen such as shake the screen back and forth, or just move the screen left and right or close then far, any screen movement, or
2) on a standard computer monitor do the equivalent with your head by shaking it or moving it relative to screen side to side or close then far.
If you were like me and saw the image immediately (because I am using my iPhone), then look around the center while trying to keep the screen still relative to your head.
To see the image, do one of two things:
1) if you can put such images on a phone or tablet, do something with that screen such as shake the screen back and forth, or just move the screen left and right or close then far, any screen movement, or
2) on a standard computer monitor do the equivalent with your head by shaking it or moving it relative to screen side to side or close then far.
If you were like me and saw the image immediately (because I am using my iPhone), then look around the center while trying to keep the screen still relative to your head.
TOS wrote: i don't think they used unix, at least not the computer in the lander
it was something involving nouns and something? assembly language? i dunno
There was Fortran which was first developed in 1957, but as described in the book "Hidden Figures" even NASA didn't get its first Fortran computer until around the start of the Mercury program. The first test rockets before that relied upon human "computers"--called that because they were people doing computations on paper or chalkboard--who were mostly women, a significant and key number of them being black.
Even after those Fortran computers were doing the calculations for the Mercury program, John Glenn demanded: "Get me that girl"--she being the blessed Katherine Johnson--"and have her check these numbers."--pointing to a stack of computer printouts for his mission--"If she says that they're good, that is good enough for me." Perhaps not an exact quote, but close enough to get the gist.
DEyncourt wrote: Even after those Fortran computers were doing the calculations for the Mercury program, John Glenn demanded: "Get me that girl"--she being the blessed Katherine Johnson--"and have her check these numbers."--pointing to a stack of computer printouts for his mission--"If she says that they're good, that is good enough for me." Perhaps not an exact quote, but close enough to get the gist.
This was dramatized in “Hidden Figures“. Good movie.
DEyncourt wrote: "Hidden Photo Optical Illusion":
To see the image, do one of two things:
1) if you can put such images on a phone or tablet, do something with that screen such as shake the screen back and forth, or just move the screen left and right or close then far, any screen movement, or
2) on a standard computer monitor do the equivalent with your head by shaking it or moving it relative to screen side to side or close then far.
If you were like me and saw the image immediately (because I am using my iPhone), then look around the center while trying to keep the screen still relative to your head.
*squints hard, not following any of the directions*
Oh, a cat.
juice wrote:DEyncourt wrote: Even after those Fortran computers were doing the calculations for the Mercury program, John Glenn demanded: "Get me that girl"--she being the blessed Katherine Johnson--"and have her check these numbers."--pointing to a stack of computer printouts for his mission--"If she says that they're good, that is good enough for me." Perhaps not an exact quote, but close enough to get the gist.
This was dramatized in “Hidden Figures“. Good movie.
I agree, but the movie version suffers from the usual time- and character-compression that ALL scripts based on books must go through.
To get a fuller--though of course incomplete--look at the blatant racism and misogyny those women faced in the Virginia countryside surrounding Langley Research Center (and a lot inside LRC), read the book.
