Random Useless Knowledge

[Slo_Ride]

The next time you prolapse your anus pour some sugar on it. It'll shrink it so that it fits back in your ass. Cue Def Leppard

 

[ThxOne]

Light has no mass. So if you are trying to save weight in an install, try some fiber optic cable.
Light also does not carry electricity. So no worries about electric shock.

 

[Rodek]

No F-15 has even been shot down by an opposing force.

 

[ThxOne]

No F-15 has even been shot down by an opposing force.

That's impressive.

 

[Buck]

One time a F-15 landed with only 1 wing.

 

[Buck]

You wanna talk about a well designed aircraft? OG

 

[Rodek]

On 13 October 1985, AN F15 fired a 2700 lb 18 foot missile and shot down an obsolete satellite that was 2000 miles away in space!

 

[Buck]

On 13 October 1985, AN F15 fired a 2700 lb 18 foot missile and shot down an obsolete satellite that was 2000 miles away in space!

Do people ever think of ICBM's as extremely high altitude anti-air weapons? Like you could take out tons of satellites or space craft by using nuclear ICBM's as basically flak rounds.

 

[Slo_Ride]

Chanel West Coast makes $142,050 per episode of Ridiculousness.

 

[figgie]

the software to remove Nuclear armaments from the B-1b bomber (and other aircraft) fit on a single 3.5" magnetic floppy disc.

<== I was part of the crew to convert the B-1b software from Nuke to conventional after the ratification of the Start treaty under President Bill Clinton.

More info, the code for Nuclear armament for the B-1b bombers (and all other Nuke planes of the USAF) was backed up...

 

[rmsanger_2]

the software to remove Nuclear armaments from the B-1b bomber (and other aircraft) fit on a single 3.5" magnetic floppy disc.

<== I was part of the crew to convert the B-1b software from Nuke to conventional after the ratification of the Start treaty under President Bill Clinton.

More info, the code for Nuclear armament for the B-1b bombers (and all other Nuke planes of the USAF) was backed up...

Probably for the better same thing with the old school boomer subs. Low tech and offline means that the Chinese can’t hack it. Once you got hightech all that ish is at risk.

 

[Slo_Ride]

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news...osaur-embryo-found-fossilized-egg/8988395002/

 

[Slo_Ride]

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2021/12/21/giant-millipede-fossil-big-as-car/8984712002/

 

[Slo_Ride]

Learned something new today. This is a cool article I just came across.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2021/12/19/robert-todd-lincoln/

 

[ThxOne]

The term used in the Back to the Future movies "1.21 Gigawatts" was written and pronounced incorrectly. Written in the script as Jigowatt and pronounced in the movie as "Jig-O-watts" the writers admitted they were unfamiliar with the term "Gigawatt" or 1 Million watts like Gigabyte = 1 million bytes. They heard someone who pronounced it incorrectly as Jigowatts and thought that was how it was supposed to sound. So it was written into the script... incorrectly. Now you know.

1.21 Gigawatts = 1,623 Horsepower or 1421 ft.lbs of torque at 6000rpm.