Red Ring Tupperware Party, Uninterrupted (No Harms ducked in making this thread) #19

gjl711 wrote in post #12475911
Sort of good news but sad at the same time. Like like NASA has chosen the new deep space container. I'm sure it has lots of upgrades, but one would think we have come a little farther in 40 years. They pretty much took the Apollo capsule and painted it black.
http://www.cnn.com …cecraft/index.h​tml?hpt=T2

Killing a couple of minutes before a meeting begins...

I think it's more economics than anything else. The STS was much too complex and costly. Robotics have improved multiple orders of magnitude in the last 40 years. There's no need for a vehicle that can carry both large cargo and humans at the same time.

FlyingPhotog wrote in post #12474828
I'm not so particular about it but some guys will actually try to figure the RPM Vs Blades Vs Distance Vs Time in order to get exactly the right shutter speed that will achieve a full arc. It's particularly vexing with two-bladed helicopters which have much lower RPM involved.

Yeah - 300 rpm or so could be a bit tough. Given that the alternative is a continuous sonic boom though . . .

Timphoto wrote in post #12476360
I think it's more economics than anything else. The STS was much too complex and costly. Robotics have improved multiple orders of magnitude in the last 40 years. There's no need for a vehicle that can carry both large cargo and humans at the same time.

I agree, but a while ago NASA had a very small shuttle-like orbiter. It was not designed to carry cargo, other than human, but it could land like the shuttle. I guess i just though that we would have learned from the previous programs and moved forward. This seems like a step back. But if it gets us off this rock and moving outward, I guess it's all good.

Something along the lines of this.
http://www.space.com …-plane-secret-launch.html

Mooooo Tuppers!

GAH! I list my primary number as my cell phone number... It's listed as the emergency number... Wouldn't you know the day the PRINCIPAL decides she needs to call about my youngest son... she calls MY FREAKING WORK NUMBER!!!!!!!!!!!! I wasn't in the office this morning... So now here I am 4 hours later returning her call... I had the TIME this morning to SHOW UP and tie his butt in a knot if necessary... BUT NOOOOOooooooOOOOOOoo!!​!!!!!!!!!!!!! She calls the OFFICE.... GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR......​...

Now I'm waiting for her to call me back... This time on my CELL phone!!!!! Grrrrrr!!!!

^ Either I am getting deja vu, or I am sure this was in another thread

Time to call up your work

Hey all,

Wow, I don't know if any of you watch CNBC, the long-time financial news network that has pretty much paved the way for the whole field of financial news networks, but one of the rock-solid anchors for the network, Mark Haines, died unexpectedly last night at 65. He was one of the daily "faces" that you became very familiar with if, like me, finance was part of your day-to-day life, so it was a shock to me today and he is getting tribute from all over the place, including a moment of silence on the New York Stock Exchange where he was daily hosting the program.

Morning tuppers! That's sad news Tony

Belmondo wrote in post #12474126
Most of the railroad cops I've met have been real jerks (language moderated for forum consumption). They think they're real cops and then some.

The Carizzo Gorge Railway Police, who have jurisdiction over the railroad the museum runs on, are pretty good people and have been good friends to the museum. They even went so far as to design and wear a badge commemorating the 50th anniversary of the museum this year.

Woolburr wrote in post #12474660
Lightroom update v3.4.1.....fixes bug introduced with v3.4, adds support for new cameras.

Thanks, Dan. Update my desktop and netbook...

Belmondo wrote in post #12475283
My experience is that Photoshop doesn't install patches. It completely re-installs the entire program. I could be wrong.

I think it's Lightroom that re-installs the entire program. If I look in my program files, I have multiple folders for LR (currently LR 3.3 and 3.4) but only one for Photoshop. I've found I can delete the older version folders for Lightroom with no consequence.

that is sad, Tony, and I do follow the financial stuff. Which reminds me, I have to do my subscription to the FT

Moooorning Gang...

Thanks for the Nik feedback from those who offered...

ShaneHunter wrote in post #12476956
Morning tuppers! That's sad news Tony

Harm wrote in post #12477022
that is sad, Tony, and I do follow the financial stuff. Which reminds me, I have to do my subscription to the FT

It is sad for those who got to "know" him -- he was really an enjoyable guy.

Not quite as broad-based as how it was when Tim Russert from Meet The Press died but still...

tonylong wrote in post #12476935
Hey all,

Wow, I don't know if any of you watch CNBC, the long-time financial news network that has pretty much paved the way for the whole field of financial news networks, but one of the rock-solid anchors for the network, Mark Haines, died unexpectedly last night at 65. He was one of the daily "faces" that you became very familiar with if, like me, finance was part of your day-to-day life, so it was a shock to me today and he is getting tribute from all over the place, including a moment of silence on the New York Stock Exchange where he was daily hosting the program.

Hi Tony.

I read about it this morning and was just as in shock.

JWright wrote in post #12477018
The Carizzo Gorge Railway Police, who have jurisdiction over the railroad the museum runs on, are pretty good people and have been good friends to the museum. They even went so far as to design and wear a badge commemorating the 50th anniversary of the museum this year.

Thanks, Dan. Update my desktop and netbook...

I think it's Lightroom that re-installs the entire program. If I look in my program files, I have multiple folders for LR (currently LR 3.3 and 3.4) but only one for Photoshop. I've found I can delete the older version folders for Lightroom with no consequence.

You're right. I was actually talking about LIghtroom.

I'm old. So shoot me.