Cafe Einstein : LPTP #9...onward and upward
22 Sep 2014 22:29:25 UTC
Topic 197730
Now time for another run of this popular past-time.
Simple rules:
= Post in this thread, anything with legible words (ie one word posts don't count)
= Stay within the message board rules
= Empty posts are invalid towards winning
= You must wait for someone else to post before you can post again, any and all multiple posts are invalid towards winning
= Have FUN
Rules Subject to change at moderators discretion without notice.
The winner will be the last person that posted, when I have time to check the thread, after one of these events:
= A specific date and/or time occurs
= A specific number of posts have been made
= I get tired of ya'll nagging me who is the winner :)
= An event I have chosen occurs (doesn't occur)
Sorry there are no physical prizes, only the satisfaction you played and won.
Cafe Einstein : LPTP #9...onward and upward
First post, I win.
Phil
I thought I was wrong once, but I was mistaken.
Come now Phil, that is soooo
Come now Phil, that is soooo unlikely to be the criterion. Legal perhaps. It is far more likely to be the second post. I win, so there ! :-)
Cheers, Mike.
I have made this letter longer than usual because I lack the time to make it shorter ...
... and my other CPU is a Ryzen 5950X :-) Blaise Pascal
RE: Come now Phil, that is
(Sticks tongue out, aims towards Australia)
I thought I was wrong once, but I was mistaken.
CONGRATS Mikey!!! :-)
CONGRATS Mikey!!! :-)
TimeLord04
Have TARDIS, will travel...
Come along K-9!
Join SETI Refugees
This is why I like JCB 4X's,
This is why I like JCB 4X's, but I don't think you'd keep your job if the boss came along. Either that or it's one of the perks of ownership ! :-)
The local railway trust guys use an older JCB to assist with track maintenance and replacement. Lots of stuff a skilled operator can do.
When certifying for a Piper Archer I made two newbie mistakes - both classics apparently but fortunately also harmless. Firstly I forgot to trim for the fact that I was alone in the plane ( the instructor isn't there on my right hand ) and secondly the seatbelt for that position dangled out of the plane after I closed the door. I readily corrected the first problem, but wondered why there was a whackety racket on the starboard fuselage along the downwind leg. It was the buckle banging on the fuselage but I hadn't worked that out then. I panicked slightly ( thinking birdstrike ) but fortunately did nothing special except check the engine, instruments etc, and wiggled the controls to verify correct effects. Satisfied that I had a perfectly serviceable device, I didn't need to declare an emergency or anything ie. the plane was noisy but otherwise normal. On the base and final the noise went away. I discovered the cause on landing. My instructor who was on the flight line watching my brief circuit was grinning ear to ear, my errors were manifest to all alas. He said he briefly thought of giving me a radio call to give advice, but kindly withheld to see how I'd respond. Maybe he thought I would park the Piper on a cloud while I was up there, get out and close the door properly with the strap on the inside.
Cheers, Mike.
I have made this letter longer than usual because I lack the time to make it shorter ...
... and my other CPU is a Ryzen 5950X :-) Blaise Pascal
RE: Train stuff from
RE: Train stuff from previous thread ....
A friend of mine had "Microsoft Train Simulator" on his PC. I gave it a try.
First thing I did is cranked the engine up to 100% Full Throttle and let her roar down the track. After accelerating for 10 or 20 or 30 miles on a straight track I let her ram into the station (which came to a T )
The screen went blank and, a text message said "YOU HAVE DERAILED."
How Disappointing is that !!!
That was over 10 years ago so, maybe by now they have improved the 3D Explosions Graphics )))
Bill
RE: RE: Train stuff from
I think Trainz has superior 'out of range' effects, but not having done that deliberately I will test and report on my version.
Cheers, Mike.
I have made this letter longer than usual because I lack the time to make it shorter ...
... and my other CPU is a Ryzen 5950X :-) Blaise Pascal
RE: This is why I like JCB
Sometimes it's how we react to adversity that is telling, not THAT we react. It sounds like your instructor knew it wasn't a big problem and was looking to see how you handled the situation, which I'll bet you check for prior to all future flights. I'll also bet if you watched he was smiling as you did your 'wiggling of the controls' ensuring nothing was drastically wrong. Now IF you had declared an emergency I'll bet he would have called you to cancel it telling you what it was that you got all excited about. Your calmness probably gave him more confidence in giving you a passing grade, the last thing anyone wants is some pilot declaring emergencies unnecessarily!
That you for all the congratulations on winning the last game, this one will end on on an event that I have chosen. BUT don't bother trying to guess, it is personal and I'm not giving any hints. Besides you guys are WAAAAY too good at deciphering vague hints!!
Funny story about
Funny story about simulation/game software.
Many years ago, late 90s, my son ask me to buy him the NASCAR racing game. I thought it was pretty cool so I got it for him. The game even had a "paint shop", you could change the colors of the cars and such.
At the time, my son hated, and I mean Hated, Jeff Gordon, one of NASCARs best drivers. My son took every car on the track into the paint shop and painted them all white, except for Jeff Gordons car which he left its normal color. He then proceeded to drive backwards around the track at full speed, pick Gordons now highly visible car out of the pack, and crash him, giggling the whole time.
Gotta love kids.
Phil
I thought I was wrong once, but I was mistaken.
RE: Congrats David !
Interesting story about a local short line that has trackage rights on a class 1 to get into their yard, and I think also on the commuter line (which bought the main line from the freight company) to connect to other railroads. The short line was storing a passenger engine for its parent company. When the time came for the passenger engine to be moved downtown to be used on a passenger train, they called the commuter agency for a pilot. Commuter agency said "you guys are qualified." Short line guys were a bit surprised, since they'd never run there before, but they said okay. And they did it. And it is now established that they are qualified to make that move anytime they need to.
I haven't heard back yet whether I will be running in one-mile circles this Saturday.
Winning!
David
Miserable old git
Patiently waiting for the asteroid with my name on it.