Oolite Bulletins

only if i can play Oolite while im at the fridge getting the milk for my cookies.......

Cody wrote:

Google wrote:

"For example, a few years from now, we and other companies could be serving ads and other content on refrigerators, car dashboards, thermostats, glasses, and watches, to name just a few possibilities."

Article at El Reg. <sighs - shakes head sadly>

Every time I read more about how marketers are finding new ways to shovel their advertising into every facet of our lives I feel like screaming out something like "I am not a marketing statistic, I am a free man!"

The future's getting more like "Max Headroom" every day

Cody wrote:

A yoctonewton is one septillionth of a newton and there are approximately 3 x 10^23 yoctonewtons in one ounce of force.

Luke used many yoctonewtons to destroy the Death Star.

An El Reg Commentard wrote:

Why not busses? If you sail a carrier packed with aircraft to a foreign land you're really boxing yourself in as far as tactical options go. There's really only so much you can do with military attack aircraft and no matter what Admiral Blueblood says, none of those things are going to be novel, or even creative.

But sail an aircraft carrier full of big London busses to a foreign land and nobody will know what to do. Are the busses a gift? Have the British woefully misjudged the available surface road infrastructure in Kerplackistan? Have the British discovered anti-gravity technology and no longer need their aircraft to be aerodynamically efficient? Are the busses full of migrants? Are the busses Transformers?

See, nearly limitless options, none which justify attacking the bus carrier preemptively. Only a fool would launch an attack on such an enormous what-the-fuck. You can't shoot at things unless you know what's going on and nobody is going to know what the hell is happening when HMS Mass Transit anchors offshore. For a few days, even longer if you refuse to communicate, the British Navy will once again control the Seas.

Article at El Reg, of course.

An El Reg Commentard wrote:

You can't shoot at things unless you know what's going on

I dunno about that.. I could name several countries, including some big well-known ones, that really should have more sense, for whom that minor detail has never been a consideration..

"What the hell is that?"
"Who knows? Better shoot it, just in case."

Cody wrote:

The stand out moment for me, was talking to a bloke called Giles during the ED demo.. and then finding out afterwards (in the Oolite / retro lave portion) that he was the guy who wrote Oolite v1. He didn't even bother to mention it while we were talking about ED. Very modest!

Nice to hear

Cody wrote:

The stand out moment for me, was talking to a bloke called Giles during the ED demo.. and then finding out afterwards (in the Oolite / retro lave portion) that he was the guy who wrote Oolite v1. He didn't even bother to mention it while we were talking about ED. Very modest!

This quote becomes funny when combined with your signature Cody!

Including the shrunken testicles and roid rage?

Cody wrote:

Frank wrote:

Elite Dangerous is like Oolite on steroids.

+ infinity

"We shall never forget them nor the last time we saw them, as they prepared for their mission and waved good-bye and slipped the surly bonds of Earth to touch the face of God."
Ronald Regan on the loss of Challenger 7

FAA View of High Flight

High Flight, with FAA Supplement

Oh, I have slipped the surly bonds of earth(1),
And danced(2) the skies on laughter silvered wings;
Sunward I've climbed(3) and joined the tumbling mirth(4)
Of sun-split clouds(5) and done a hundred things(6)
You have not dreamed of — Wheeled and soared and swung(7)
High in the sunlit silence(8). Hov'ring there(9)
I've chased the shouting wind(10) along and flung(11)
My eager craft through footless halls of air.
Up, up the long delirious(12), burning blue
I've topped the wind-swept heights(13) with easy grace,
Where never lark, or even eagle(14) flew;
And, while with silent, lifting mind I've trod
The high untrespassed sanctity of space(15),
Put out my hand(16), and touched the face of God.

NOTE:

1. Pilots must insure that all surly bonds have been slipped entirely before aircraft taxi or flight is attempted.
2. During periods of severe sky dancing, crew and passengers must keep seatbelts fastened. Crew should wear shoulderbelts as provided.
3. Sunward climbs must not exceed the maximum permitted aircraft ceiling.
4. Passenger aircraft are prohibited from joining the tumbling mirth.
5. Pilots flying through sun-split clouds under VFR conditions must comply with all applicable minimum clearances.
6. Do not perform these hundred things in front of Federal Aviation Administration inspectors.
7. Wheeling, soaring, and swinging will not be attempted except in aircraft rated for such activities and within utility class weight limits.
8. Be advised that sunlit silence will occur only when a major engine malfunction has occurred.
9. "Hov'ring there" will constitute a highly reliable signal that a flight emergency is imminent.
10. Forecasts of shouting winds are available from the local FSS. Encounters with unexpected shouting winds should be reported by pilots.
11. Pilots flinging eager craft through footless halls of air are reminded that they alone are responsible for maintaining separation from other eager craft.
12. Should any crewmember or passenger experience delirium while in the burning blue, submit an irregularity report upon flight termination.
13. Windswept heights will be topped by a minimum of 1,000 feet to maintain VFR minimum separations.
14. Aircraft engine ingestion of, or impact with, larks or eagles should be reported to the FAA and the appropriate aircraft maintenance facility.
15. Aircraft operating in the high untresspassed sanctity of space must remain in IFR flight regardless of meteorological conditions and visibility.
16. Pilots and passengers are reminded that opening doors or windows in order to touch the face of God may result in loss of cabin pressure.