Bit of a heat wave DownUnda. Day three of 40+ and so I getz several cheapo pedestal type fans to circulate the air from the cool end of the hoose ( where there is split system A/C ) to the warm end ( where there isn't ). So I construct said devices from the given boxes. This involves such skills & aspects as :
- cardinality perception ( count how many things you have )
- ordinality/cardinality contrast ( let's start at the number 1 this time shall we ? )
- pattern matching ( does part A2 match the photo on the box ? )
- advanced pattern matching ( does part A2 match the photo on the box after you have put your spectacles on ? )
- superior advanced pattern matching ( does part A2 match the photo on the box after you have put your spectacles on and then rotated the box 180 degrees ? )
- sequence dependencies ( read the fine instruction manual )
- language skills ( translate the fine instructional manual from a language other than English )
- specialist sequence dependencies ( read the fine instruction manual after translation from a language other than English )
- executive decisions ( stuff it, I'll just work it out myself )
- alternate executive decisions ( I'll try that once again, shall I ? )
- ad hoc approaches ( whack it to make it fit properly )
- righty tighty, lefty loosey ( except the windy knob thingey on the bladey-wotz-it which is lefty tighty, righty loosey )
- process review ( turn it on and see if the whizzy thing goes around )
- reality check ( does my wife approve ? )
So we are cooling down at last. The property now sounds like a Douglas Dakota in a steep dive but it is liveable. :-))
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
Translation for the US folk--a DC-3 or C-47, or any of the less numerous derivatives or less used designations (Skytrain, R4D, C-53, C-117...), but particularly military variants used in RAF service.
Now my Israeli colleagues from the old days called any of them Dakotas (IAF flew them long after the USAF wished them farewell), but here in the land of the free and the brave I think that name is little known (though the official USAF nickname of Skytrain is rather less known).
Ah, the sound of a proper radial piston engine! Makes the fanjets of today seem mean-spirited whooshy things by comparison.
- specialist sequence dependencies ( read the fine instruction manual after translation from a language other than English )
- executive decisions ( stuff it, I'll just work it out myself )
Most people's method: if all else fails, read the directions. My father's method: always read the directions before you do what you damn please.
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- righty tighty, lefty loosey ( except the windy knob thingey on the bladey-wotz-it which is lefty tighty, righty loosey )
- process review ( turn it on and see if the whizzy thing goes around )
The property now sounds like a Douglas Dakota in a steep dive but it is liveable. :-))
Cheers, Mike.
My new toy has four rotors. Two have black caps and go on the shafts with black dots painted on the end. The other two have silver caps and go on the shafts without the black dots. One set is righty-tighty, the other is lefty-tighty.
They didn't bother to put a microphone on the camera because all you would hear is the buzzing whine from the blades. My first big sigh of relief came when I heard it coming back toward me (accompanied by surprise at the direction I heard it coming from). I had been thinking that I would also have a regular video camera on a tripod and use its audio, mixing the video in editing. However, I think the rotor whine would be louder even to the other camera than the sound I really wanted.
David
Miserable old git
Patiently waiting for the asteroid with my name on it.
They didn't bother to put a microphone on the camera because all you would hear is the buzzing whine from the blades. My first big sigh of relief came when I heard it coming back toward me (accompanied by surprise at the direction I heard it coming from). I had been thinking that I would also have a regular video camera on a tripod and use its audio, mixing the video in editing. However, I think the rotor whine would be louder even to the other camera than the sound I really wanted.
Translation for the US folk--a DC-3 or C-47, or any of the less numerous derivatives or less used designations (Skytrain, R4D, C-53, C-117...), but particularly military variants used in RAF service.
Well there you go ! I'd thought the Dakota moniker was the preferred US designation ... :-)
Yes what a lovely 'thrumming' sound it is that a group of harmonised radials make. :-)
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
- specialist sequence dependencies ( read the fine instruction manual after translation from a language other than English )
- executive decisions ( stuff it, I'll just work it out myself )
Most people's method: if all else fails, read the directions. My father's method: always read the directions before you do what you damn please.
I forgot to add, my own method: download the directions and read them thoroughly well ahead of actually acquiring the thing, forget half of them by the time I do.
David
Miserable old git
Patiently waiting for the asteroid with my name on it.
Google has done a seriously
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Google has done a seriously clever doodle thingy for the birthday of Ludvig van B !!! :-)
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
Yes they have, impressed!
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Yes they have, impressed!
Waiting for Godot & salvation :-)
Why do doctors have to practice?
You'd think they'd have got it right by now
That was even interesting for
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That was even interesting for a slob like me with only passing knowledge of classical music. Guess I learned something from my parents after all.
David
Miserable old git
Patiently waiting for the asteroid with my name on it.
Bit of a heat wave DownUnda.
)
Bit of a heat wave DownUnda. Day three of 40+ and so I getz several cheapo pedestal type fans to circulate the air from the cool end of the hoose ( where there is split system A/C ) to the warm end ( where there isn't ). So I construct said devices from the given boxes. This involves such skills & aspects as :
- cardinality perception ( count how many things you have )
- ordinality/cardinality contrast ( let's start at the number 1 this time shall we ? )
- pattern matching ( does part A2 match the photo on the box ? )
- advanced pattern matching ( does part A2 match the photo on the box after you have put your spectacles on ? )
- superior advanced pattern matching ( does part A2 match the photo on the box after you have put your spectacles on and then rotated the box 180 degrees ? )
- sequence dependencies ( read the fine instruction manual )
- language skills ( translate the fine instructional manual from a language other than English )
- specialist sequence dependencies ( read the fine instruction manual after translation from a language other than English )
- executive decisions ( stuff it, I'll just work it out myself )
- alternate executive decisions ( I'll try that once again, shall I ? )
- ad hoc approaches ( whack it to make it fit properly )
- righty tighty, lefty loosey ( except the windy knob thingey on the bladey-wotz-it which is lefty tighty, righty loosey )
- process review ( turn it on and see if the whizzy thing goes around )
- reality check ( does my wife approve ? )
So we are cooling down at last. The property now sounds like a Douglas Dakota in a steep dive but it is liveable. :-))
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: Douglas
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Translation for the US folk--a DC-3 or C-47, or any of the less numerous derivatives or less used designations (Skytrain, R4D, C-53, C-117...), but particularly military variants used in RAF service.
Now my Israeli colleagues from the old days called any of them Dakotas (IAF flew them long after the USAF wished them farewell), but here in the land of the free and the brave I think that name is little known (though the official USAF nickname of Skytrain is rather less known).
Ah, the sound of a proper radial piston engine! Makes the fanjets of today seem mean-spirited whooshy things by comparison.
RE: - specialist sequence
)
Most people's method: if all else fails, read the directions. My father's method: always read the directions before you do what you damn please.
My new toy has four rotors. Two have black caps and go on the shafts with black dots painted on the end. The other two have silver caps and go on the shafts without the black dots. One set is righty-tighty, the other is lefty-tighty.
They didn't bother to put a microphone on the camera because all you would hear is the buzzing whine from the blades. My first big sigh of relief came when I heard it coming back toward me (accompanied by surprise at the direction I heard it coming from). I had been thinking that I would also have a regular video camera on a tripod and use its audio, mixing the video in editing. However, I think the rotor whine would be louder even to the other camera than the sound I really wanted.
David
Miserable old git
Patiently waiting for the asteroid with my name on it.
RE: They didn't bother to
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There is more than one way to get that sound you want.
http://en-us.sennheiser.com/mkh-microphones-s
RE: - reality check ( does
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That should have been stage 1. If 'er indoors doesn't give it the thumbs up, there is no point in doing all the rest of it.
Waiting for Godot & salvation :-)
Why do doctors have to practice?
You'd think they'd have got it right by now
RE: RE: Douglas
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Well there you go ! I'd thought the Dakota moniker was the preferred US designation ... :-)
Yes what a lovely 'thrumming' sound it is that a group of harmonised radials make. :-)
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: RE: - specialist
)
I forgot to add, my own method: download the directions and read them thoroughly well ahead of actually acquiring the thing, forget half of them by the time I do.
David
Miserable old git
Patiently waiting for the asteroid with my name on it.