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When I was at school, they took our class to RAE Farnborough when they were doing stress testing on the airframe - massive hydraulic jacks bending the wings to see when they would break while heating and cooling them rapidly! One heck of a sight at that age, even if I didn't really know what was going on (I was about ten at the time IIRC)
Sadly, I never flew in her - but once a week the whole office would stop working as she flew over the building (it was too noisy to think, let alone speak).
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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She was a beautiful bird! I once was on the plane following her to take off, you knew exactly the moment she throttled back.
veni bibi saltavi
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The only time I got close to the her, was in the 70's when she was doing her take off trials under hot conditions at high altitudes. This was at Jan Smuts Airport near Johannesburg. It was impressive watching her take off under the stress of high temperatures and high altitude. The Jan Smuts reference point was exactly 5555 ft. above sea level. Nowadays the airport has a different name.
My other memorable flight-related event, was here in Florida. On a few occasions one of the space shuttles would fly almost directly over our house on its approach to the landing runway. It was still supersonic and that created a loud double "boom" that shook the windows and caused dust to fall from the ceiling. The whole family would run to the TV so we could watch the landing in real time.
Get me coffee and no one gets hurt!
modified 17-Apr-16 12:25pm.
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Why can we humble civilians go super sonic anymore?
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Damn! Look what you've gone done. Now my mouth is watering! 
Get me coffee and no one gets hurt!
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Are you sure it is really the Food you are thinking about? 
modified 19-Jan-21 21:04pm.
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you'll be right - glad it's all ok
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I'm glad to hear that everything appears to be OK.
If you have an important point to make, don't try to be subtle or clever. Use a pile driver. Hit the point once. Then come back and hit it again. Then hit it a third time - a tremendous whack.
--Winston Churchill
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Gratz, enjoy the food 
Bastard Programmer from Hell 
If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
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Nagy Vilmos wrote: No pollips
Excellent news.
I had 6 in my last procedure - not cancerous thank goodness.
Eat and drink away, be merry.
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And here I was, thinking that proctologists were always a pain in the ass... 
BTW: Congratulations!
Anything that is unrelated to elephants is irrelephant
Anonymous
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The problem with quotes on the internet is that you can never tell if they're genuine
Winston Churchill, 1944
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I'd just like a chance to prove that money can't make me happy.
Me, all the time
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Talk about timing. I've just done the 24 hour emptying thing, booked in an hour hence for the camera up the fundament. REALLY looking forward to a feed afterwards.
Cheers,
Peter
Software rusts. Simon Stephenson, ca 1994. So does this signature. me, 2012
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Nagy Vilmos wrote: No pollips thankfully but a few abrasions for which they took biopsies.
Did you have the work done by a surgeon or the more 'chic'* Euro-Method, by a French Chef?
Or perhaps, chique[^] per definition 1.
| "The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits." - Albert Einstein | | "As far as we know, our computer has never had an undetected error." - Weisert | | "If you are searching for perfection in others, then you seek disappointment. If you are seek perfection in yourself, then you will find failure." - Balboos HaGadol Mar 2010 |
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I installed daemon tools and it gave chrome and mozilla a lot of malicious software.I removed them but since I needed some things to do with internet I used microsoft edge which was safe for that time and fast.Sometimes I m thinking it s better to use something that not many people use to do your job.
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As long as you realise that it's probably because of a bug that makes the settings routines not work.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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It probably has more to do with MS removing its old addon APIs last summer and not having gotten around to implementing the new one yet. 
Once they get around to adding web extension support you'll be able to enjoy the same flavor of crapware that your Chrome was infested with. 
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, waging all things in the balance of reason?
Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful?
--Zachris Topelius
Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies.
-- Sarah Hoyt
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Quote: Sometimes I m thinking it s better to use something that not many people use to do your job.
Yeah. Most people don't use their brains to do their jobs, or any activity for that matter. 
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Well that sucks. 
Seems Brian is losing his hearing and can't sing for the band any longer.
I fear the band will retire here soon, after a performance or two with knuckle head as the new singer. 
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Slacker007 wrote: Seems Brian is losing his hearing
There's irony for you.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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I also think this is not a good solution. One of the hallmarks of ACDC was always that also the vocals was always special, something squeeze between singing and "croak". "Croak" is not meant to be derogatory, it fits unique.
Axel sings too "high sophistcated" for ACDC. Again nothing against Brian, I prefer him for ACDC.
modified 19-Jan-21 21:04pm.
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They are losing a singer who can't hear anymore and replacing him with a singer who can't sing anymore.
This space for rent
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Quite true.
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FFS, first of april is more than two weeks ago. 
I had problems already with Brian Johnson replacing Bon Scott.
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I think the question is more do they cancel or not. To not cancel they had to find a rock vocalist for the tour! If I had of paid for tickets to have them cancelled, I d of been refunded the ticket minus all the middle men fees and seen no show!! In this case I see ACDC performing with a great rock vocalist plus the back up bands! I'd still feel I got value for money in this scenario!
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