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[Andy44]

Rod Serling, haven't heard that name for ages.
I remember the Twilght Zone, import to here, was allowed to watch it. Parents thought it too scary, so did I.

Don't remember this one, but might have watched it.

Shatner v The Gremlin -- Two Minute Twilight Zone Project -- Nightmare at 20,000 feet - YouTube

The Twilight Zone still runs in reruns in the US. Sci Fi channel still does a marathon every year I think. Serling's other TV show, Night Gallery was the horror version to Twilight Zone's sci fi.

You should look up "The Obsolete Man", I think it's my favorite TZ episode.

Sadly, Serling died fairly young in the 70s and never got the chance to make a really good feature film. His writing was superb.

BTW, after searching on Urwumpe's post I found the full text of that story I mentioned:

http://web.archive.org/web/20070213...n/classics/classics_archive/disch/disch1.html

 

[jedidia]

Apparently my boss got asked by a customer if a solar panel requires sunlight. Seriously! :dry:

 

[Evil_Onyx]

Well they do not need sunlight, but it makes things a lot more efficient.

 

[Urwumpe]

Apparently my boss got asked by a customer if a solar panel requires sunlight. Seriously! :dry:

"No, any ISO compliant light is suitable...you did order multilight panels instead of the EU norm daylight panels, right?"

 

[jedidia]

"No, any ISO compliant light is suitable...you did order multilight panels instead of the EU norm daylight panels, right?"

It would very much defy the purpose of not having to have another form of power supply around :lol:

 

[Urwumpe]

It would very much defy the purpose of not having to have another form of power supply around :lol:

You lack the right spirit. A good snake-oil seller would start selling Moon light solar panels for three times the price. :lol:

 

[Linguofreak]

Our solar panels incorporate our patented time-translation asymmetry technology, which, as a consequence of Noether's theorem, allows them to violate conservation of energy.

 

[Andy44]

Tell them to use the panel to power a light fixture, which in turn will illuminate the panel. Simple.

 

[Artlav]

Apparently my boss got asked by a customer if a solar panel requires sunlight.

Well, it does not necessarily require it...

When the gloomy Moscow spring refuses to cooperate with your brand spanking new solar powered project, you can always use the Sun Replacer:

Comes precalibrated to produce mid-latitude daylight at a distance of 89cm.

It really gives you the sense of scale of just how bright the sun is - this thing can only produce sunlight over maybe a square meter of a surface, so you would need dozens of them to light up a room the way the sun would have if there was no roof.

And yet, just one of them already look absurdly bright.

 

[MaverickSawyer]

I love it when our resident mad scientist shows off his latest toys. :rofl:

 

[Notebook]

Bring the Sun into your life.

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[Fabri91]

 

[jedidia]

Today a speedtrap in Zurich photographed a low-flying duck, because it was doing 50 km/h in a 30 zone :lol:

 

[Urwumpe]

Some fun stuff from my former university:

https://idea-instructions.com/

Computer algorithms in the form of a IKEA manual.

 

[Andy44]

Some fun stuff from my former university:

https://idea-instructions.com/

Computer algorithms in the form of a IKEA manual.

Do they come with a little screwdriver?

 

[Notebook]

The planet Uranus has clouds made up of hydrogen sulphide, the gas that gives rotten eggs their unpleasant smell.

Must be a joke in there somewhere...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-43871497

 

[Urwumpe]

Did somebody already try this?

https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/vc...ry-manager-for-linux-macos-and-windows-vcpkg/

https://github.com/Microsoft/vcpkg

Could be interesting for some projects here

 

[jedidia]

So... that would be something like Maven, except for C++, do I get that right? That could be handy indeed...

 

[Andy44]

So my truck's brakes decided that rolling down the freeway at 70 mph was a good time to suddenly lose brake pressure. There's nothing like the thrill of putting your foot on the pedal and it sinks to the floor while you're in more than a ton of rolling steel and suddenly feel like you're just along for the ride! Fortunately, even with an automatic transmission downshifting is still a thing and I was able to nurse it off the road to a stop so I could get it towed to a shop without any damage. Brakes are like air: they're no big deal until you don't have them.

 

[Notebook]

Interesting, usual Hydraulic with servo assist?

N.