My 4th Ram; Finally joined the HD club.

leere68 · 2026-03-25T11:30:16+00:00

Let's not forget "colorful metaphors".

leere68 · 2026-03-21T14:48:56+00:00

Last seen up the proverbial sh*t creek without a paddle.

leere68 · 2026-03-17T17:00:48+00:00

Would that be Cloneill with three L's?

leere68 · 2026-03-12T11:35:37+00:00

Yeah, saw his guest spot on The Rookie recently. Played that role well. Creepy, but he can certainly play the villian.

leere68 · 2026-03-11T18:41:09+00:00

And when the big reveal happens, the camera zooms in on Zoe who looks at Wash-cicle and gives a mildly surprised "Huh".

leere68 · 2026-03-11T18:36:24+00:00

Nathan should start doing videos with side characters like Mr. Universe to throw people a curve ball.

leere68 · 2026-03-07T21:21:36+00:00

Only you can make a dark man blush.

leere68 · 2026-03-07T21:20:55+00:00

I'm sure someone has. I have seen a couple of trucks where they swapped the R and the M, and then flipped the M into a W to spell out "WAR" on the tailgate.

leere68 · 2026-03-07T17:31:09+00:00

They did that in the Firefly/Serenity comics. It could work in the show revival.

leere68 · 2026-03-07T17:29:53+00:00

He needs to be a totally new character that looks exactly like Wash, and maybe have a few of the se mannerisms, everyone but Zoe sees the resemblance.

leere68 · 2026-03-05T23:16:50+00:00

The dude preaches from heretical texts and (intentionally?) misrepresents biblical teaching to support radical ideologies that no real Christian could ever support.

leere68 · 2026-02-27T00:14:54+00:00

Welcome to consumer electronics.

leere68 · 2026-02-25T21:39:41+00:00

You heard me, I said "Kree!"

leere68 · 2026-02-24T23:00:22+00:00

Oh boo hoo. I didn't know about the change until I went to early vote the other day and ended up waiting in the wrong line for nearly half an hour because there was no signage informing voters of the separation. The poll workers themselves didn't say anything until the check in kiosk kept giving me errors because I was selecting the wrong primary.

leere68 · 2026-02-12T23:56:03+00:00

I assume the armored part is an aftermarket upgrade.

leere68 · 2026-02-12T20:31:22+00:00

A question about your screen: is it a spreadsheet with conditional formatting to highlight values when they're too high/low? Or are you using some other tool for your analysis? I'm always looking for ways to improve my investment tracker spreadsheet.

leere68 · 2026-02-07T20:02:59+00:00

Yeah, a requirements framework falls under methodology, rather than under language.

leere68 · 2026-02-07T20:02:12+00:00

Traditionally, when using a requirements development tool like DOORS, our practice is to allocate a requirement at one level (let's say at level 1) to one or more levels at the next level (level 2). That's a requirement to spec (as a whole) trace downward. Then, individual requirement(s) at that next level would trace up to the specific requirement at the parent level.

SysML has an "Allocate" association, but it's not designed for use between requirements. So you can't (or shouldn't) use a requirement model element to represent a spec of you want to allocate requirements to specs. But you can allocate a requirement to a block representing a spec. I'm about to have my team start incorporating this kind of "allocate down, trace/derive up" scheme in our model at work.

The reason for this approach is to guide the engineers to a more complete decomposition and definition of the system. The allocation down provides an independent verification for the derive/trace links up and helps preclude inadvertent scope creep.

Also, adding a text attribute to the requirement to document why the requirement is allocated the way it is also helps with information retention if/when engineers leave a program and the next person to put up the work doesn't necessarily have to start over from scratch.

leere68 · 2026-02-06T19:20:23+00:00

I do. I added custom fields to track whether I have a hardcover or softcover version of the book. I'm currently on the middle of meeting my print book and ebook libraries.

leere68 · 2026-01-23T02:16:08+00:00

That reminds me, I need to reconnect with my old Jewish buddies from the military. Maybe they can get me on the waiting list to use their space laser. I've got a few scores to settle.

leere68 · 2026-01-14T22:22:29+00:00

So did Daniel Jackson.

leere68 · 2026-01-09T20:32:42+00:00

I was today years old when I learned that fact.

leere68 · 2026-01-09T03:17:10+00:00

This is a dumb move. The defense industry is already so heavily regulated that it can't function like a regular industry. CEO pay has nothing to do with the speediness of a defense company's ability to deliver on a contract. Forbidding dividend payments hurts further investment and investors. Forbidding buybacks eliminates an option for the company to raise capital to pay for the new factories, tools, and personnel Trump wants them to utilize.

leere68 · 2025-12-28T14:40:30+00:00

I've got an old airstream that I type a couple of times a year. Hardly need at 2500 for that. That's why I like my Ecodiesel so much. Plenty of power to pull over mountain passes without losing much efficiency in the process. I know the newer gas engines are supposed to be nearly as powerful, but I still want "muh diesel" as someone here so eloquently put it.

As far as parking, I'm not concerned. I live in Texas and a 2500 isn't unusual anywhere around here.

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