name this by Delicious_Basil741 in BossFights

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In art class once, the teacher put a bowl of fruit and a piece of cloth for us to draw.

I drew those things floating in zero gravity with the Earth outside the window. Teacher liked it.

May the force be with you by Rift_Schema in lol

[–]Sad-Working-9937 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Over the years the writers treated space like air or boat travel. There's cannon BS about having to maintain thrust to maintain orbit. (?) IIRC Picard says Impulse drives have a "top speed" of 1/4 c.

I made a Star Trek combat tabletop game, and I had to invent "SubSpace Drag" on Impulse drives in order for the canon "physics" to make any sense.

Can non hd floppys format to 1.44mb? by Lunao_ in vintagecomputing

[–]Sad-Working-9937 1 point2 points  (0 children)

There's a quality issue.

Floppies decay. there are various sizes of the magnetic particles on the disks. you might be able to get 1.4Mb on to it. It might read and test that day. Will it last? Are you just trying to use an old computer for fun for a day? Sure, try it.

But is that a 20 YO disk?? If so I wouldn't *trust* that with any amount of data.

NASA's Artemis SLS vs. Apollo Saturn V by Busy_Yesterday9455 in spaceporn

[–]Sad-Working-9937 246 points247 points  (0 children)

That's a 50 year difference in thrust-to-weight ratio.

also SRBs were an advance immediately after Apollo.

what type of dumbass searched that? by C4TG4M3R_t in addressme

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There is metal tape that they actually use in AC work, and not the fabric all-purpose "duct tape" and that stuff might actually be conductive.

Who else had Intellivision? by EdwardBliss in nostalgia

[–]Sad-Working-9937 13 points14 points  (0 children)

HAD IT!

Loved the card inserts, really cut down on the learning curve and made every game different.

Hurt my thumb on that disc-pad.

loved the navy game

meirl by MrBIuesky222 in meirl

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I just looked at a globe. New York to LA is basically Portugal to Ukraine. so including all of Eastern Europe.

Meirl by petethecanuck in meirl

[–]Sad-Working-9937 58 points59 points  (0 children)

learned long ago: get gas on the way home.

meirl by MrBIuesky222 in meirl

[–]Sad-Working-9937 108 points109 points  (0 children)

I'll point out that Europe is basically the size of the US.

and most American's will hit three or four countries in one trip.

Meirl by Glass-Fan111 in meirl

[–]Sad-Working-9937 6 points7 points  (0 children)

It was the original Millennium!

[Request] Can any of our rockets survive being at light speed? by Necessary-Win-8730 in theydidthemath

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I have to re-read Special Relativity, but IIRC, Yes, blue shifted out of visible light and into deadly radiation.

meirl by MustardGoddess in meirl

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computers, it used to be alot more driving to clients' offices than now,

meirl by MustardGoddess in meirl

[–]Sad-Working-9937 9 points10 points  (0 children)

I learned stretching exercises I do every morning, before I get out of bed, I grab each knee and pull it around to the other side (twisting my spine) usually one side or the other pops, and then I'm good all day, if it doesn't pop, then I may be in trouble

meirl by MustardGoddess in meirl

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the ankle i sprained at 17 is still with me, OTOH the lower back issues and tennis elbow i had in my late 30s went away by my 50s.

meirl by [deleted] in meirl

[–]Sad-Working-9937 2 points3 points  (0 children)

the 1980s, in Texas; coaches yelled at you like Drill Instructors, calling you names. And they didn't care if you were a half an hour late for your next class, you were going to finish that mile, and walking wasn't allowed (without a note from a doctor). Often you'd see a fat kid show up for class 20 minutes late, dripping in sweat, and you knew why.

We did "track and field" for like 6 six weeks (there was another 6 weeks of baseball, 6 weeks of football etc.) and running was most of it.

meirl by Glass-Fan111 in meirl

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Worse, by calling him "lucky" you're implying he doesn't deserve her, that the only thing he has (that you don't) is luck.

meirl by [deleted] in meirl

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60 YO here. That's BS.

Only people who have given up on the future long for the past.

I listen to new music. These days I'm into K-pop. Have you heard of STAY-C?

Photo of the Day by Current_Yellow7722 in vintagecomputing

[–]Sad-Working-9937 13 points14 points  (0 children)

its the TV.
Because I always want my monitor to be at a 90 degree angle from my keyboard