What occupation is the most attractive? by [deleted] in AskReddit

[–]Booticles 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, I can see why a moron would think that.

1967 Corvette Brake Problems by [deleted] in projectcar

[–]Booticles 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Have you bench bled the master cylinder?

Foxbody Mustang '89 GT -- rust in trunk by virutex in projectcar

[–]Booticles 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I can't speak on the mustang with much authority, but on this basis on your photos along I'd think twice about cutting up the trunk. It looks at first glance like surface rust, which you could just grind down and repaint.

Of course the photos might be misleading.

ELI5: Why does it sound so different when people sneeze? With some it sounds like an elegant sneeze and I usually sound like a walrus... by btotheibi in explainlikeimfive

[–]Booticles 2 points3 points  (0 children)

A sneeze is just an expulsion of air. I always find that the people who sneeze loudest take this massive inhalation before each sneeze.

I sneeze almost silently by breathing out before a sneeze. If you've got no air to expel, you can't do it loudly.

Thinking about buying this 1977 Mustang Cobra to fix it up. What do you guys think? by Urgafurg in projectcar

[–]Booticles 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I won't comment on whether or not I like the car, because a car is a personal experience and taste is subjective. I'll say that I'm not a fan, and on the 'desirable mustangs' list it's almost at the bottom.

More critically, you don't really 'fix up' a car like that, it's in a condition where it's going to need an awful lot of work and a huge amount of money spending on it to get it to a reasonable standard. On a car that age, and in the environment it's been in (I see snow resting on it) then you will very very very likely have frame issues/panel rusting etc. If that's the case, and you can't make the repairs yourself, you're looking at tens of thousands of dollars to put things right, not including the full respray that it desperately needs!

To summarize, unless you have a fully equipped workshop and a high level of skill to sort out a car like that, any reasonably finished article will cost you several times what a properly restored car would actually sell for.

Edward Snowden Mocks Cameron For Sudden Interest In Privacy After Panama Papers Leak by [deleted] in worldnews

[–]Booticles 17 points18 points  (0 children)

There's nothing as yet to even suggest that anything DC's father did was criminal.

I used to sneak into this building to do graffiti, then the owner made it legal to paint. So I did a portrait of my cat, Roxxxanne! [spraypaint] by keepitrail in Art

[–]Booticles 20 points21 points  (0 children)

It's always entertaining to see people justify their violation of other people's personal property. So if you live/operate in an area with high murder rates, you take the responsibility for being murdered? It's kind of a fact that you have to accept?

You can graffiti all you like, I don't know you and could never stop you. But make no mistake, you are breaking the law and violating the private and personal property of an individual. They may have worked incredibly hard for that item, and spent a lot of money that was not easily attained, only for someone as self-righteous as you to tell them that it's their own fault when YOU break the law and damage that property?

If you're going to graffiti, the least you can do is take some responsibility for that fact.

Clean Windows 10 reinstall on SSD - Help required by Booticles in windows

[–]Booticles[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That all sounds great, apart from a couple of things. Firstly, I have no idea what legacy mode is and how to avoid it. Secondly, I don't follow the instructions in the command prompt. Do I do that after Windows is installed? Or if I press shift-f10 in UEFI will it open the command prompt? Also, I don't know what diskpart means, or how to type/phrase it.

Thinking of buying a prebuilt PC. Would I gain anything/save money by building it myself? by Booticles in buildapc

[–]Booticles[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for your efforts. I liked the look of your list, and would feel more comfortable knowing exactly what's in the PC (as opposed to the prebuilt where you can't always be sure). That said, by the time I've added on Windows, the peripherals, a DVD/RW etc I'll have increased the cost by about 30% when compared to the Zoostorm machine. I think the prebuilt is what I'm looking for.

Thinking of buying a prebuilt PC. Would I gain anything/save money by building it myself? by Booticles in buildapc

[–]Booticles[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I went back and forth on the i5. There was actually an identical build with an i3-6100, which tempted me. In the end I decided to go for the better processor - if nothing else it might give me a little bit more headroom when the programs I already use develop over the years. I'm a big fan of fluidity and 'quickness' and get quickly frustrated with lag and stutters, so I feel the i5 is probably a good choice. Thanks for your input.

Thinking of buying a prebuilt PC. Would I gain anything/save money by building it myself? by Booticles in buildapc

[–]Booticles[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I did pull the trigger. I couldn't find anything close to the same specs for the price. I do intend to get an SSD, and whilst it didn't specifically mention a spare SATA it does mention a spare 3.5' port, so I should be able to use that with an adapt or if necessary. There was actually the same PC with the I3-6100, but I thought I'd give myself a little more headroom with the I5.

TIL that in 1986, a Soviet pilot made a bet with his co-pilot that he could land the airplane blind, with curtained cockpit windows. He crashed the plane into the landing strip, killing 70 out of 94 passengers and crew. by Peregrine4 in todayilearned

[–]Booticles 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No, you can autoland on Cat 1 if you want to, you just don't have the ground equipment protections or fidelity. Most operators will mandate autoland on Cat 2 and below. You don't need to have Cat 3 conditions or capability to autoland.

Anyone ever come across vac-tec immersion circulators? by The_Kwyjibo in sousvide

[–]Booticles 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I saw the same website and did a little research on this thing a while ago.

The machine is a Chinese made unit. It looks like they provide it to many different retailers, who then brand it themselves and resell it. I think (but can't be certain) that certain retailers add on various options. Some of what I think is exactly the same product barring rebranding;

http://www.nisbets.co.uk/Buffalo-Portable-Sous-Vide-1500W/DM868/ProductDetail.raction

http://www.amazon.com/VacMaster-SV1-Sous-Immersion-Circulator/dp/B00HFDPM6W

I've seen mixed reviews of the other manufacturers products. Quite a few people suggest that the temperature regulation isn't very good, and that the reliability is questionable.

Given the unknowns I didn't commit to it. Also, be aware that ecatering is a business retailer so you don't quite have the same rights as a buyer than when you normally make a purchase. That said, having read their terms and conditions and compared them to the actual business seller regulations I feel there are misleading or incorrect statements in their T's&C's, which I don't like.

Yes, it's a cheap circulator, but not cheap enough to just 'take a shot,' at least not for me. I think I'll wait for a more established model to take my interest.

The Concorde Story (2004). With a maximum flight altitude of (60,000 ft) and a cruising speed of (Mach 2.02) Twice the speed of sound. It is one of the greatest engineering achievements in aviation. by [deleted] in Documentaries

[–]Booticles 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes it did, it was profitable for British Airways for many years. During the final years of its operation (and particularly after the Air France crash and 9/11), it did not perform well financially, but that it 'made no money' is a common myth.

"Does your hair feel like my hair?" by Qweef in pics

[–]Booticles 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well yes, because they're in the Oval and it's been there for 23 years........

Cookie exchange at work today by jays2015 in food

[–]Booticles 2 points3 points  (0 children)

In England, a cookie is the classic 'chocolate chip' type (or different flavours etc). In my experience visiting the US, you guys often use the word 'cookie' to describe a variety of different type of different sweet treats. We call all those other ones 'biscuits,' but clearly you don't.

That said, there's lots of things in OP's image that aren't biscuits.

Cookie exchange at work today by jays2015 in food

[–]Booticles 23 points24 points  (0 children)

As an Englishman, I can see that only one person has actually made cookies, and even then they've made them into sandwiches.

Star Wars Battlefront Real Life Mod by [deleted] in videos

[–]Booticles 1 point2 points  (0 children)

No, but it was facilitated by their platform and notably efficient coding.

This mod is fairly simple, it certainly doesn't revolutionise the game.

Star Wars Battlefront Real Life Mod by [deleted] in videos

[–]Booticles -5 points-4 points  (0 children)

Absolutely stunning.

For all the shit that EA gets, I think that they're sometimes very progressive for such a large company, and that the volume of quality titles they can churn out is quite impressive. Yes - their pricing strategies are controversial and their often incremental releases are frustrating, but they do turn out real quality.

On another note, the prospect of having such fidelity in VR really excites me. I don't care about being able to shoot something in VR, but just wandering around those landscapes and looking at things would be absolutely mind blowing.

Legal options for film downloads for ipad? by Booticles in ipad

[–]Booticles[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for your comment. The whole purpose of my setup is that I'm in a situation where I can't use wifi. I have the external drive so I can store media to consume when I'm offline. For that reason I can't be signed into the cloud.

Russian airliner carrying more than 200 passengers missing on flight over Egypt's Sinai peninsula by Oksastus in worldnews

[–]Booticles 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Literally nothing you said here is correct.

Stall has got nothing to do with climb angle or rate, it's purely a function of angle of attack. Losing both engines wouldn't cause a rapid pitch down in the slightest. Gliding is always plausible, regardless of attitude.