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Dalek Dave wrote: it started to stabilise before it hit the ground
Ground effects?
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The same ground effect that destabilizes a helicopter when hovering near the ground? The rotor has to work hard to create even a weak air cushion.
The language is JavaScript. that of Mordor, which I will not utter here
I hold an A-7 computer expert classification, Commodore. I'm well acquainted with Dr. Daystrom's theories and discoveries. The basic design of all our ship's computers are JavaScript.
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Trust me, I'm an aerodynamicist. 
Helicopters can lose hover ability at any altitude. It isn't just ground effect, it's a toroidal recirculation that builds up around the rotor disk. The tip vortices of the blades combine into a mother of a Polo mint, and the chopper drops.
Escape? Forward dive into clean air.
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Trust me. I don't need all that to crash a helicopter 
The language is JavaScript. that of Mordor, which I will not utter here
I hold an A-7 computer expert classification, Commodore. I'm well acquainted with Dr. Daystrom's theories and discoveries. The basic design of all our ship's computers are JavaScript.
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That was cool, but I was curious about the camera. Their site[^] has a even cooler video.
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Based on what I saw, I think the 'stabilization' you saw is actually the camera's rotational speed matching its fps (frames per second, not feet per second  creating a sort of stroboscope effect.
Notice how the stabilization looks like someone adjusting the vertical hold and the continued distortion on the left and right sides.
Dave
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Dalek Dave wrote: as it started to stabilise before it hit the ground
Nope.. its spin started to match the rolling shutter. That's why the picture looks like a TV that's lost vertical sync with the blue sky looking like a river instead of a hemisphere and continually rolling through the image.
We can program with only 1's, but if all you've got are zeros, you've got nothing.
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I really don't care about the camera...but what about possible damage
to things, like pigs, on the ground?
73
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Once again, bacon conquers all.
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A man had 50 yard line tickets for the Super Bowl. As he sat down, he noticed that the seat next to him was empty.
He asked the elderly gentleman on the other side of the empty seat whether anyone was sitting there. "No," the man replied, "The seat is empty."
"That's incredible!" said the first man. "Who in their right mind would have a seat like this for the Super Bowl, the biggest sporting event in the world and not use it?"
The elderly man replied, "Well, actually, the seat belongs to me. I was supposed to come with my wife, but she passed away. This will be the first Super Bowl we haven't been together since we got married in 1967."
"Oh, I'm sorry to hear that. That's terrible. But couldn't you find someone else -- a friend or relative, or even a neighbor to take the seat?" The old man shook his head. "No, they're all at the funeral."
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the biggest sporting event in the world
Seriously?
I must take issue with you.
It may be the biggest in the US, but certainly not the world.
However, it is also a good gag.
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Obscurum per obscurius.
Ad astra per alas porci.
Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum videtur .
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Dalek Dave wrote: I must take issue with you
No, you must take issue with the first man. 
/ravi
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Dalek Dave wrote: It may be the biggest in the US
It's rubbish; it needs to be a best-of-seven series.
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PIEBALDconsult wrote: It's rubbish; it needs to be a best-of-seven series.
In football, that would take seven weeks to complete!
The difficult we do right away...
...the impossible takes slightly longer.
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No, seven days.  If hockey players can do it, football players can do it.
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Remember that Ravi's life has revolved around Bombay (childhood), Boston (youth), and Toronto (middle-age). Give him a break! 
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Ravi Bhavnani wrote: Super Bowl, the biggest sporting event in the world
Not by a long chalk; outside of the US few people have even heard of it. I was invited to a Super Bowl party (in Colorado) some years ago, when the Broncos were playing the Cheeseheads (can't remember the team's real name); probably the most boring afternoon I have ever spent in fromt of a TV screen.
Veni, vidi, abiit domum
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American football is incredibly boring. I was born in the US, I've lived here all my life, I grew up with family and friends who were addicted to watching... and I still don't get what all the excitement is all about. 
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Richard MacCutchan wrote: Not by a long chalk;
Agreed. But blame the first guy, not me.
Richard MacCutchan wrote: Cheeseheads
Green Bay Packers. A team from the state of Wisconsin, which is known for its cheese production.
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Richard MacCutchan wrote: outside of the US few people have even heard of it
Unfortunately, if you watched Channel 4[^] any time in the couple of months leading up to the last one, you'd probably have had it rammed down your throat. They seemed to be under the impression that UK viewers would want to watch it, to the extent that they would stay up overnight to watch it live, and then phone in sick on the Monday morning.
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer
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Chanel #4? Those rotters? They sneak in a recent series of the Simpsons without telling, then repeat the old ones every two weeks. Back in '83 when they started, they showed 'The Prisoner' in the 6 slot.
As recently as '96 they were showing 'The Avengers' with Diana Rigg and Honor Blackman from back in the day.
Now they show things like 'Coach Trip' or that dining party programme where everybody has had a personality bypass.
Traumatic.
Since we went digital we've got '13 channels of sh!t on the TV to choose from.'
All in all, they're just another brick in the wall. 
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Any sporting event you do not have a passion for is boring. Take soccer.
I like baseball but even I think it is boring at times.
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The reason I found it boring is because of the amount of time when absolutely nothing was happening. Even in the slowest of other sports (many of which I don't follow) the action keeps going.
Veni, vidi, abiit domum
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