Posts by Mark 85 12884 publicly visible posts • joined 22 Nov 2012
Health and Safety officials would have a heart attack at the mere idea these days; I'm not even sure how he got away with it back then!
We have to remember that back then Darwin's Law was still permitted. So, model rockets, bicycles without helments, kids going off the local woods without adults, and other stuff that today would be cause for police action. Have to think of the children, right?
When I met this machine, most of the card bracket had been sawed out, and the cards held in with wood screws and hot melt glue!
I ran into a few like this,. The one that was really borked had the metal shavings and filing debris from the chassis mod left inside and everything inside was coated with metal bits. From the damage and soot, I daresay the flames and sparks must have been spectacular.
So, we're afraid to blame the educational system for failing to educate people enough to make things like this not a problem?Too long to copy the rest.
You are correct in this. Critical thinking went away starting in early 70's with the teacher's union deciding we needed more sheeple, less independence, etc. We are now reaping what has been sown. And since Darwin or really hardly any science is being taught, his law is running amok in the population.
As an American, I fear for the Republic and the Constitution. Both are under attack by both parties.
Seems that no one is following the money both where it's coming from and where it's going to. So far, no one has said who is buying and no one has said who get's the cash from the sale. I have a feeling that the board of ICANN will make some serious pocket change from this deal.
I'm getting on average, 3 phone calls a day that are probably fraudulent and the number of spam mails telling me how to get the government money, shopping deals, etc. has really jumped.
It would all stop if a) People didn't answer their phones for unknown callers and b) examine the sending addy of all email unless you know who it's from. I guess the dumbing down of folks is well in progress since critical thinking or even logic isn't taught anymore.
Or rotating stations... no need for sci-fi.
I was hoping someone would remember those. For "reasons" the space boffins seemed to have abandoned that idea. Though I wouldn't be surprised if in a few years/decades some boffins says "let's try this big spinning station".
Apollo 13 is a great metaphor to throw at short-sighted managers who want cut-and-dried solutions to basic problems and employ script-droids as admins.
Like those who insisted the Shuttle launch "on-time or else"? Sad situation when managers can override engineers. Luckily for Apollo, it was the engineers in charge.
See https://www.forbes.com/sites/kionasmith/2019/02/06/astronaut-alan-shepards-out-of-this-world-round-of-golf-on-the-moon/
At some point in the distant future, someone will be building station where the ball landed. This will probably cause a lot of discussion as to the origins of the ball.
On the other hand, I predict a jump in births around the November to December time frame. Just as obvious as the increase in recreational chemical use, I know...
Similar events occur 9 months after major snowstorms shut things down for a few days. So this really isn't surprising.
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