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[Izack]

P.S. When did typhoons and hurricanes become so, um, cute? :huh:

Well, I guess you could say the same thing if "Hurricane Bunny" ever hit the US.

 

[n122vu]

...l and good luck finding a good career without high school graduation.

There are challenges/exceptions to this belief.
http://magazine.foxnews.com/celebrity/20-celebrities-who-never-finished-high-school

The last one on the list now has a career in the budding private aerospace industry.....

 

[MattBaker]

Sure, there are some people who make it. But a big majority of people dropping out are not going to become movie stars or people flying into space. It probably always depends on the reason why they dropped out, someone who dropped out because he decided parties are better than school won't become millionaires in 99% of all cases.

 

[PhantomCruiser]

Mmm what a beauty.

Not such a beauty, but still... interesting. NASA's "new" WB-57F

 

[Pipcard]

 

[Izack]

Mmm what a beauty.

Not such a beauty, but still... interesting. NASA's "new" WB-57F

I had the pleasure of seeing a Sabre in flight last month. It is such a beautiful aircraft.

It was alongside this lovely machine:

The first time I got to hear a flying Merlin in person.

 

[BruceJohnJennerLawso]

You know that moment that you have when you finally realize the solution to a complex-yet-simple problem that's plaguing you? I just had one.

And once it happens you look back & go "Man, what an idiot I was up until 15 seconds ago"

:facepalm:

 

[Artlav]

And once it happens you look back & go "Man, what an idiot I was up until 15 seconds ago"

And once it happens you look back & go "Now i can finally go to bed! Yay!".

 

[BruceJohnJennerLawso]

And once it happens you look back & go "Now i can finally go to bed! Yay!".

But it was 3 in the afternoon, and I was getting lunch. Unfortunately that means that nothing can conceivably drag my mind away from fixing it...

I wonder if threatening the compiler makes it more cooperative...

 

[Artlav]

I wonder if threatening the compiler makes it more cooperative...

You would have to wait a few decades before they get intelligent enough.

Right now, nothing beats the immovable patience of a machine doing exactly what you told it to do (but not what you thought you told it to do).

 

[BruceJohnJennerLawso]

You would have to wait a few decades before they get intelligent enough.

Right now, nothing beats the immovable patience of a machine doing exactly what you told it to do (but not what you thought you told it to do).

What if I could use neurofeedback on a compiler? :hmm:

 

[Artlav]

What if I could use neurofeedback on a compiler? :hmm:

Well, my PhD was a system that takes a verbal description as an input, and produces a 3D model or image as an output.
Something along these lines for making a program should be more likely than direct neural interface, at least in the short term.

Just think - what if the compiler turned what you think into working programs...?
Exercise your imagination.

 

[BruceJohnJennerLawso]

Well, my PhD was a system that takes a verbal description as an input, and produces a 3D model or image as an output.
Something along these lines for making a program should be more likely than direct neural interface, at least in the short term.

Just think - what if the compiler turned what you think into working programs...?
Exercise your imagination.

Exactly, and I might even be able to try it for real :hmm:

My apologies to humanity in advance if this post eventually leads to grey goo.

 

[Artlav]

I was thinking more along the lines of that scene from Inception where the dream world starts exploding around that girl who suddenly became aware of it.

 

[BruceJohnJennerLawso]

I was thinking more along the lines of that scene from Inception where the dream world starts exploding around that girl who suddenly became aware of it.

Never seen it unfortunately.

But in the much nearer future, my grand scheme has finally worked

(Evil cackling)

I now can quickly create programs with complex menu structures. Unfortunately the ODR is giving me major headaches with creating more varied offshoot structures, so Ive got a lot of "pick & shovel" work coding to do yet.

Edit: And, a few minutes later, I now have a mostly functional audio player.

 

[PhantomCruiser]

I agree about that Spitfire. Probably the prettiest aircraft of it era.

For the "jet age" though, these take the cake. Two classic beauties that I really wish I could spend more time with. I'd never considered the size differential though.

"Modern" warbirds look tough, that's for sure, but these ladies look elegant.

Edit :facepalm:
Hurricane. Not Spitfire (although both bird are very nice to look at).

 

[MattBaker]

Is the right one available with a nose or is it the "MiG-36 Michael Jackson"?

 

[Izack]

I agree about that Spitfire. Probably the prettiest aircraft of it era.

Hurricane, actually.

I'd never considered the size differential though.

Whoa, you're right. Hadn't seen them in that perspective before. :blink:

That something to that sharp, swept-wing profile and their place in aviation history that makes them attractive in a way modern craft just don't match.

 

[mojoey]

Is the right one available with a nose or is it the "MiG-36 Michael Jackson"?

I believe that's a MiG-15...

 

[Urwumpe]

The German jazz piano player Paul Kuhn died today. Really one of the few musicians whose protest songs really had effect on the world: Today you can get a beer in Hawaii.