Recent content by pharoah0110

I'm not sure if this is the right forum to ask this, but here goes anyways. I've tried searching various archives and NASA documents, but haven't been able to find anything pointing to how the administration went about deciding who would fly as pilot, right-seater, and CSM pilot on the Apollo...

Hmmmm...somehow I forsee the making of a "Bayonetta" movie within the next two years. ...it's inevitable...

Just a simple question about my Cyborg USB Gold joystick. Every time I reboot the system, the stick is no longer seen on the list of controllers. As a consequence, I have to unplug it (with the system on), plug it back in, wait until it's recognized, and then go to the "Game Controllers"...

I'm not sure if anyone has asked this before, but a curious thought occured to me as I was transiting the Jovian moons. Could it be possible, (and if so are there any known examples) for a planet which has a moon to have another moon orbiting the first one stabily? I can only guess that the...

IIRC, he was in a hurry, and the tower itself was horizontal on the floor, with the monitor facing the other way. It was too long ago to remember the exact circumstances, but I agree it was a stupid mistake...LOL. On the subject of hot-swappable devices, it the technology more expensive? They...

I've been working with PC's for well over twenty years now, and this same question still boggles my mind after all this time. Many years ago, a friend of mine was installing a ISA card on his P1 (like I said a Looong time ago...), and in the rush of things he forgot to power-off the system...

I've been searching all over Google Video and YouTube for gunsight-camera or FLIR video of air-to-air and air-to-ground missions during Desert Storm, Desert Shield, and Iraqi Freedom. Thus far, I have had little success. Does anyone know of a decent repository of these kind of videos (any...

I watched an intriguing documentary tonight about the theory of gravity, and an interesting thought occurred to me. We've all seen the visualization of the gravity well formed by a planet; a grid which dips below it, forming a curve. I got to wondering, what about a planet with an extensive ring...

Lode Runner (for the Apple][+) Mechwarrior 2 and 3 (even though MW3 was accused of being a "Mech Simulator" and not a game) SimEarth Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri

I used to be an avid CNN watcher...before it became the "Election Channel". Hopefully after the November elections CNN will actually report the news again.

What about the Suit Swigert was wearing during the launch?

I was watching Apollo 13 (for the ten-thousandth time) last night, and a curiosity hit me. In the movie, and more than likely on the actual flight, after the ship had rounded the Moon and was headed back to Terra Firma, most of the systems were shut down in order to save power, including the...