This is the P-39 Airacobra. Beautiful airplane, isn't it. I plan on building one of these within the next year to add to my 1/48 scale WW2 collection. 
Monday, March 27, 2006
Thursday, March 23, 2006
Bush lied
If you believe Bush lied about WMD's in Iraq, then you must also believe:
Bill Clinton lied.
Hillary Clinton lied.
Al Gore lied.
John Kerry lied.
John Edwards lied.
Ted Kennedy lied (he was probably drunk, anyway).
Nancy Pelosi lied.
Madeline Albright lied.
Tom Daschle lied.
Joe Biden lied.
...and a bunch of others.
After all, they all had access to the same information.
Bill Clinton lied.
Hillary Clinton lied.
Al Gore lied.
John Kerry lied.
John Edwards lied.
Ted Kennedy lied (he was probably drunk, anyway).
Nancy Pelosi lied.
Madeline Albright lied.
Tom Daschle lied.
Joe Biden lied.
...and a bunch of others.
After all, they all had access to the same information.
Monday, March 20, 2006
Our lovely educational system
It was a fairly slow day, so I thought I'd have some fun with the cute blonde teenager behind the counter at a local fast food eatery. I placed my order, and in that order I requested a small drink. The girl responded with, "We don't have small. We just have medium, large, and super." Let the fun begin...
Me: "No small?"
Her: "No. Just medium, large, and super."
Me: "Well, isn't a medium drink really just a small drink, then?"
Her: "No, sir. A medium is a medium-sized drink."
Me: "If you have a medium, then by its very definition, medium means middle, meaning that there is a small and a large."
Her: "We don't have small..."
Me: "Not what I said. But, don't you agree that if you have just two sizes, then the larger size would be 'large,' and the smaller size would be 'small?'"
Her: "Yes." (Fortunately, nobody else was in line during this time).
Me: "So, if you have a large and a small, and something is sized between those two, then that size would be 'medium?'"
Her: "Umm, yeah...?"
Me: "So if you have a 'small, medium, and large,' and you remove the small, then the medium would then be the smaller size, so the medium would now be the small. Correct?"
Her: "Yes, but we don't have small-sized drinks."
Me: "Yes, you do. Your medium is a small. Your super should be the large."
Her: "But all we have is medium, large, and super."
Me: "What's the smallest sized drink you have?"
Her: "Medium."
Me: "Doesn't that make it the 'small?'"
Her: "Huh?"
We could have done this all day. Interestingly, as I was walking out, chuckling, I saw and thought about introducing the kid-size. After all, wouldn't the kid size be small?
Me: "No small?"
Her: "No. Just medium, large, and super."
Me: "Well, isn't a medium drink really just a small drink, then?"
Her: "No, sir. A medium is a medium-sized drink."
Me: "If you have a medium, then by its very definition, medium means middle, meaning that there is a small and a large."
Her: "We don't have small..."
Me: "Not what I said. But, don't you agree that if you have just two sizes, then the larger size would be 'large,' and the smaller size would be 'small?'"
Her: "Yes." (Fortunately, nobody else was in line during this time).
Me: "So, if you have a large and a small, and something is sized between those two, then that size would be 'medium?'"
Her: "Umm, yeah...?"
Me: "So if you have a 'small, medium, and large,' and you remove the small, then the medium would then be the smaller size, so the medium would now be the small. Correct?"
Her: "Yes, but we don't have small-sized drinks."
Me: "Yes, you do. Your medium is a small. Your super should be the large."
Her: "But all we have is medium, large, and super."
Me: "What's the smallest sized drink you have?"
Her: "Medium."
Me: "Doesn't that make it the 'small?'"
Her: "Huh?"
We could have done this all day. Interestingly, as I was walking out, chuckling, I saw and thought about introducing the kid-size. After all, wouldn't the kid size be small?
Sunday, March 05, 2006
Friday, March 03, 2006
Engineering manners
Read the following article:
New paint blocks out cell phone signals
ROCHESTER, N.Y., March 1 (UPI) -- A Rochester, N.Y., company has developed paint that can switch between blocking cell phone signals and allowing them through.
"You could use this in a concert hall, allowing cell phones to work before the concert and during breaks, but shutting them down during the performance," said Michael Riedlinger, president of NaturalNano.
Using nanotechnology, particles of copper are inserted into nanotubes, which are ultra-tiny tubes that occur naturally in halloysite clay mined in Utah. Combined with a radio-filtering device that collects phone signals from outside a shielded space, certain transmissions can proceed while others are blocked, the Chicago Tribune reported.
However, the wireless phone industry is up in arms over the development.
"We oppose any kind of blocking technology," said Joe Farren, spokesman for The Wireless Association, the leading cell phone trade group. "What about the young parents whose baby-sitter is trying to call them, or the brain surgeon who needs notification of emergency surgery? These calls need to get through."
Hey, Joe Farren! What do the young parents and brain surgeon do? They do what everybody used to do before people became rude: You let people know where you will be at. The young parents should tell the babysitter where they are going, and the babysitter can call the establishment and asked that the parents be paged. The surgeon, who I guess is on call, should do likewise. If people would show a little respect and use vibrating pagers, then this would be a moot issue: Unfortunately, the wireless industry doesn't teach manners, so other people are having to develop measures to teach it to people. If I had a choice, I would install a cell phone jammer in my vehicle. Things are not much different from 15 years ago. What in the hell is so important that people have to carry on a phone conversation in their car while driving?
New paint blocks out cell phone signals
ROCHESTER, N.Y., March 1 (UPI) -- A Rochester, N.Y., company has developed paint that can switch between blocking cell phone signals and allowing them through.
"You could use this in a concert hall, allowing cell phones to work before the concert and during breaks, but shutting them down during the performance," said Michael Riedlinger, president of NaturalNano.
Using nanotechnology, particles of copper are inserted into nanotubes, which are ultra-tiny tubes that occur naturally in halloysite clay mined in Utah. Combined with a radio-filtering device that collects phone signals from outside a shielded space, certain transmissions can proceed while others are blocked, the Chicago Tribune reported.
However, the wireless phone industry is up in arms over the development.
"We oppose any kind of blocking technology," said Joe Farren, spokesman for The Wireless Association, the leading cell phone trade group. "What about the young parents whose baby-sitter is trying to call them, or the brain surgeon who needs notification of emergency surgery? These calls need to get through."
Hey, Joe Farren! What do the young parents and brain surgeon do? They do what everybody used to do before people became rude: You let people know where you will be at. The young parents should tell the babysitter where they are going, and the babysitter can call the establishment and asked that the parents be paged. The surgeon, who I guess is on call, should do likewise. If people would show a little respect and use vibrating pagers, then this would be a moot issue: Unfortunately, the wireless industry doesn't teach manners, so other people are having to develop measures to teach it to people. If I had a choice, I would install a cell phone jammer in my vehicle. Things are not much different from 15 years ago. What in the hell is so important that people have to carry on a phone conversation in their car while driving?
Weeeee! I love this weather
Yesterday, I had the windows open in my house except for my bedroom, which had a small window unit air conditioner on because of the 80 degree weather, and I needed the room cold to get my sleep before night shift. Last night at midnight, I had my air conditioner on in my car as late as midnight. At 0400, I had to turn on my heater in the car. Today, the windows in the house were closed, and I was wearing a long sleeve shirt with a jacket. Tonight, it is getting below freezing.
My sinuses are about ready to explode.
My sinuses are about ready to explode.
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