Things that make you go "Hmmmm…"

[kladner]

Originally Posted by chalsall

A good friend of mine sent me this. Quite touching.

American Spitfire Pilot in WWII .

That is truly amazing. My father was a ground crew chief for a recon squadron in North Africa, Italy, and France.

[ET_]

Originally Posted by chalsall

A good friend of mine sent me this. Quite touching.

American Spitfire Pilot in WWII .

The "Spitfire" shown at 5:19 looks like an Hawker Hurricane: there is no droplike cockpit, a three-blade propeller (Spitfires had 4) and the wing profile less rounded.

Luigi

[chappy]

Originally Posted by chalsall

Indeed! The Force is strong with this one.

I do think she's being used a bit as a propaganda instrument -- she appears being well advised as to the "hot words", for example.

However, there is no way anyone can take away from her her sincerity, her brilliance nor her bravery!!!

http://news.sky.com/story/1153544/ma...-drone-strikes

[rogue]

Yeti is really a bear?

or it that Yeti the Bear?

[firejuggler]

This movie... I'm loving it... it is not funny, it does not make me go "hmmm" but "WoW"....
just shy of 10 minutes long, to be watched in HD, with some sound if possible.
http://vimeo.com/72943796

[only_human]

traceroute 216.81.59.173

14 Episode.IV (206.214.251.1) 93.066 ms 93.398 ms 93.099 ms
15 A.NEW.HOPE (206.214.251.6) 93.202 ms 93.260 ms 94.430 ms
16 It.is.a.period.of.civil.war (206.214.251.9) 92.862 ms 93.076 ms 93.039 ms
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24 to.the.Empires.ultimate.weapon (206.214.251.41) 93.717 ms 94.077 ms 93.308 ms
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27 with.enough.power.to (206.214.251.54) 94.038 ms 93.383 ms 94.380 ms
28 destroy.an.entire.planet (206.214.251.57) 94.859 ms 94.688 ms 94.402 ms
29 Pursued.by.the.Empires (206.214.251.62) 94.594 ms 94.400 ms 94.577 ms
30 sinister.agents (206.214.251.65) 94.754 ms 94.485 ms 94.501 ms

[axn]

Originally Posted by only_human

traceroute 216.81.59.173

You should increase the maximum allowed hops (default is 30) and rerun -- for the whole story.

[kracker]

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Trace complete.

[chalsall]

If I may go a bit tangential...

I consider Mark Knopfler an amazing guitarist; his songs have influenced me greatly.

I didn't, however, realize just how much of a technical person he is (within his domain) until I happened to come across this today.

[kracker]

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000OOWZUK/

[kladner]

Originally Posted by kracker

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000OOWZUK/

One of my brothers, who had trouble waking up for weird shifts, built a highly obnoxious alarm. I don't remember now what he used for a noise-maker. It was something like a big electric fire alarm bell, or an electric klaxon. I think he also put the controls completely out of reach across the room so that he had to get up and walk to turn it off. This was in the 70s. I don't even remember what he used for a timing device, but he was quite inventive about such things.