AliceTheOwl Posted March 15, 2005 Report Share Posted March 15, 2005 Re: A Thread for Random Musings I thought I was losing my touch. Turns out I was just out of practice. I needed to warm up first. ^ v ^ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocMan Posted March 15, 2005 Report Share Posted March 15, 2005 Re: A Thread for Random Musings A Hundred fifty some pages ago... on Page 188... In a wasteland known as Sept 7th - 9th... Hyperman is getting interviewed amongst hurricane wreckage... Skaramine confesses his Alan Rickman obsession. Death Tribble notices that several threads were closed while he was out. ... and he's griping that people are changing their avatars again. Klytus endures another day of going in to work to watch the computers be down. Old Man realizes that Super Squirrel's avatar is an owl! Doc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Skaramine Posted March 16, 2005 Report Share Posted March 16, 2005 Re: A Thread for Random Musings From Defense Tech: TOUGHEST. DRONE. EVER. Maybe there's been a less intimidating guard drone developed by the U.S. military. But I haven't seen it, yet. The ROBART III is the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center's prototype for a mechanical rent-a-cop replacement -- designed to detect intruders, and pop 'em with a "pneumatically powered six-barrel Gatling-style weapon that fires simulated tranquilizer darts or rubber bullets." In development since 1992, ROBART III uses "head-mounted sensors, includ[ing] two Polaroid sonar transducers, a Banner near-infrared proximity sensor, an AM Sensors microwave motion detector, and a video surveillance camera" to spot infiltrators. But what happens when the bot finds its foes -- well, I'm guessing ROBART's creators haven't thought that far ahead. Faced with a contraption that looks like a cross between Johnny Five, 2XL, and ROM Spaceknight, only the most timid of trespassers would be scared off by the machine, you'd figure. Maybe that'll change, when ROBART's new helpers come on line. In a new research thrust, drone-builders at the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center are looking to put together "a group of slave robots [that] would follow ROBART III into a building and be deployed at strategic locations to serve as communication relays, rearguard lookouts, expendable point men... preventing an intruder from playing 'hide-and-seek' with ROBART III." I feel safer already. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lemming Posted March 16, 2005 Report Share Posted March 16, 2005 Re: A Thread for Random Musings My wife got an email that sounded encouraging in a vague way about being interviewed for the job she wants. Wish her luck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted March 16, 2005 Report Share Posted March 16, 2005 Re: A Thread for Random Musings To those searching for jobs, who need these words and especially to Lemming, Lemming's wife and RebeccaRed50. The lyrics are written by Simon Kirke/Paul Kossoff (of Free) and the song appeared on the album Kossoff Kirke Tetsu Rabbit. The song is called Hold On. Hold on To what you think is true That's about the best thing A man can do Hold on To what you believe is right It's going to comfort you Even in your darkest night I know times get hard But I know they've got to get better I feel There's something in the air Good times gonna come soon I just know they're there Hold on To what you think is true That's about the best thing A man can do And hold on tight To what you believe is right And in your darkness It will be your guiding light When friends have turned to strangers Every day seemes grey with failure But if you can't believe in yourself Then no one else can re-arrange it I know times get cold You feel the sickness in your soul But a know That things are gonna be alright Good times gonna come soon I can see them in sight I see them coming Good times..... Thrakazog and lemming 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AliceTheOwl Posted March 16, 2005 Report Share Posted March 16, 2005 Re: A Thread for Random Musings How, in the name of all that is holy, did a discussion about manga in school libraries get into the creationism vs. evolution debate? Stupid anime fans . . . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AliceTheOwl Posted March 16, 2005 Report Share Posted March 16, 2005 Re: A Thread for Random Musings Who in the hell sent me jewelry? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newbie Posted March 16, 2005 Report Share Posted March 16, 2005 Re: A Thread for Random Musings I can't get to the boards for 5 days due to work and general family sickness over the weekend, and I am 430 posts behind. *sigh* Now, the posts I missed 5 days ago I would like to reply to, but the replies would be so dated that people would look at them and think, 'Yeah, that may have been funny and poignant...about 5 days ago.' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thrakazog Posted March 16, 2005 Report Share Posted March 16, 2005 Re: A Thread for Random Musings I found my thrill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thrakazog Posted March 16, 2005 Report Share Posted March 16, 2005 Re: A Thread for Random Musings On Blueberry Hill. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thrakazog Posted March 16, 2005 Report Share Posted March 16, 2005 Re: A Thread for Random Musings On Blueberry Hill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thrakazog Posted March 16, 2005 Report Share Posted March 16, 2005 Re: A Thread for Random Musings When I found you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mentor Posted March 16, 2005 Report Share Posted March 16, 2005 Re: A Thread for Random Musings The moon stood still Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thrakazog Posted March 16, 2005 Report Share Posted March 16, 2005 Re: A Thread for Random Musings On Blueberry Hill (sing it! ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thrakazog Posted March 16, 2005 Report Share Posted March 16, 2005 Re: A Thread for Random Musings And lingered until Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thrakazog Posted March 16, 2005 Report Share Posted March 16, 2005 Re: A Thread for Random Musings My dreams came true. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AliceTheOwl Posted March 16, 2005 Report Share Posted March 16, 2005 Re: A Thread for Random Musings Now cut that out! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mentor Posted March 16, 2005 Report Share Posted March 16, 2005 Re: A Thread for Random Musings My dad had a night job singing R and B in Juarez nightclubs when I was a tyke. His Fats Domino voice is exactly on. Even Fats agreed. "Blueberry Hill" and "Kansas City" were the first songs I learned instead of "Twinkle, Twinkle.." or "Ring Around the Rosey.." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rebeccared50 Posted March 16, 2005 Report Share Posted March 16, 2005 Re: A Thread for Random Musings Happy happy joy joy happy hoppy joy joy happy hoppy happy hoppy joy joy joy joy happy happy joy joy happy happy joy joy happy happy joy joy joy!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Posted March 16, 2005 Report Share Posted March 16, 2005 Re: A Thread for Random Musings I think RebbeccaRed is happy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rebeccared50 Posted March 16, 2005 Report Share Posted March 16, 2005 Re: A Thread for Random Musings gee, what gave you that idea? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted March 16, 2005 Report Share Posted March 16, 2005 Re: A Thread for Random Musings Begineers luck Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Savinien Posted March 16, 2005 Report Share Posted March 16, 2005 Re: A Thread for Random Musings I'm sleepy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zornwil Posted March 16, 2005 Report Share Posted March 16, 2005 Re: A Thread for Random Musings I wonder if all discipline for the Random Musings thread has broken down? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lemming Posted March 16, 2005 Report Share Posted March 16, 2005 Re: A Thread for Random Musings So I'm working on setting up an apache server for a friend and doing a few things I'm not intimately familiar with. I happen to notice that I have an Apache book by O'Reiley and think "Hey, that might help" Hmm, probably not, it's the 1997 edition. I think I need to cull some of my old computer books. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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