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Post by gridley on Mar 11, 2021 13:35:14 GMT
Begs the question, quality is key and that would change the leader board around a bit. Yeah, as a first exercise, multiply the number of hulls by the percentage of the time they spend at sea under their own power (being towed back to port doesn't count). Suddenly Iran drops down into S. American Prestige Navy territory. Average displacement would be another good first pass. A lot of those are small coastal submarines; useful for their mission, but they can't compare to a USN SSN, just for example. For that matter, when looking at navies in general, look who sails over to other countries to have wargames with them, rigs the games against themselves, and still comes out ahead more often than not. On the flip side, look whose ships need to be towed home after wargames that have been planned months in advance. |
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Post by nautonnier on Mar 11, 2021 14:05:05 GMT
From a discussion in The Register about data center fires and trying to exit the data center before the halon flood system fires...... "Making the escape doors inoperable seems like a fundamentally bad idea.  A previous employer had what was effectively an anti-thievery system on the fire door which prevented it being opened by not-particularly-obvious means; cue fire alarm and large crowd of people at the bottom of the stairs unable to get it open. I managed to do so (definitely a case of "stand aside, determined idiot on the scene" and lacerated my hand in the process) and complained to the building manager about it not being fit for purpose. She insisted she could see no problem with what I described. Sigh." |
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Post by walnut on Mar 11, 2021 14:09:29 GMT
An expressway interchange in Dallas Texas. It's actually more awesome from underneath.  |
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Post by missouriboy on Mar 11, 2021 14:15:45 GMT
Begs the question, quality is key and that would change the leader board around a bit. Yeah, as a first exercise, multiply the number of hulls by the percentage of the time they spend at sea under their own power (being towed back to port doesn't count). Suddenly Iran drops down into S. American Prestige Navy territory. Average displacement would be another good first pass. A lot of those are small coastal submarines; useful for their mission, but they can't compare to a USN SSN, just for example. For that matter, when looking at navies in general, look who sails over to other countries to have wargames with them, rigs the games against themselves, and still comes out ahead more often than not. On the flip side, look whose ships need to be towed home after wargames that have been planned months in advance. Cue old WWII Italian navy joke ... How does the Italian admiral review the fleet? Through a glass-bottomed boat. |
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Post by nautonnier on Mar 11, 2021 14:57:38 GMT
A 'slightly' modified version of the Oprah M&H interview.....
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Post by nautonnier on Mar 11, 2021 16:18:46 GMT
"Dioxygen difluoride is a compound of fluorine and oxygen with the molecular formula O2F2
It can exist as an orange-colored solid which melts into a red liquid at −163 °C (110 K). It is an extremely strong oxidant and decomposes into oxygen and fluorine even at −160 °C (113 K) at a rate of 4% per day: its lifetime at room temperature is thus extremely short.[1]
Dioxygen difluoride reacts vigorously with nearly every chemical it encounters – even ordinary ice – leading to its onomatopoeic nickname "FOOF" (a play on its chemical structure and its explosive tendencies). "Also see the rather amusing 'Things I wont work with' - blogs.sciencemag.org/pipeline/archives/category/things-i-wont-work-with
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Post by missouriboy on Mar 11, 2021 17:32:44 GMT
A 'slightly' modified version of the Oprah M&H interview..... Hard to feel overly sympathetic for "Royals" of any type. Particularly hard to feel ANY sympathy for wannabe royals who feel left out. We all know who I'm talking about.  Harry chose poorly. |
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Post by walnut on Mar 11, 2021 18:19:54 GMT
He chose poorly and looks like a weak man. That couple will be separated within 5 years. He basically invited a Kardashian into the royal family. It's a fun train wreck to watch, and it's a net gain for the world. It's no more shocking than the antics of some previous royal generations.  |
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Post by nautonnier on Mar 11, 2021 21:46:21 GMT
A 'slightly' modified version of the Oprah M&H interview..... Hard to feel overly sympathetic for "Royals" of any type. Particularly hard to feel ANY sympathy for wannabe royals who feel left out. We all know who I'm talking about. Harry chose poorly. This is a good reason for the Royals marrying other Royals - there is no 'training requirement'. Prince Phillip affectionately known in London as Phil the Greek as he was born into the Greek royal family, is actually a 3rd cousin of the queen. If Meg thinks she has had it hard - Charles has had it every bit as hard from the UK press especially when he had his affair with Camilla (who was one of his early girlfriends) until the Queen sent him off to do a stint in HM Forces. Camilla didn't wait and horror married a junior officer in the Army. Charles then had to do a stint in the Royal Air Force training as a pilot, then in the Navy and was given 'command' of a minesweeper in the Clyde. Once he had those 'ticks in boxes' he was allowed back to be 'playboy prince' again. Then he was 'required' to find an acceptable woman to 'breed with' to create the succession (that MM does not understand). Diana was ideal coming from the landed gentry. Two boys, that will do nicely Your Highness. He then started meeting Camilla again and unfortunately, didn't realize that his phone calls to her were being listened into by the 'gutter press' - one of which had an editor Piers Morgan (you may recognize the name) that had no problem printing transcripts of what Charles was saying tampongateAnyway Diana's two sons put Anne, Andrew and Edward 2 places further away from 'the crown'. Of course now William has also created his own succession with his 3 children (rules have changed - females can also book a place in the succession now) So it is now Queen -> Charles -> William -> George -> Charlotte -> Louis -> Harry. Note Princess Anne and Prince Andrew (and their progeny) no longer figure due to the fecundity of the 'royal line' that bypassed them. It is possible (Probable) that the succession could be passed direct to William. That would miff Charles more than somewhat but please the country who never really had a soft spot for him and who have taken to William and 'Kate'. (Kate is far more saleable than Camilla). So there in summary you have what MM should/could have been told by Harry to MM inside the first 30 minutes of meeting: 'Do not think that by being a 'Royal Wife' you will be a queen - the succession has already passed me (Harry) and there is absolutely NO way that our children could become King/Queen short of some rather nasty blood letting revolution. We will be made Duke and Duchess to make it plain that we are not in the succession and the likely title Duke/Duchess of Sussex is NOT an important Dukedom in the UK. ( There is a pecking order of dukedoms as well would you believe and Andrew as Duke of York has the top slot - yes yes I know). It would also be difficult for MM to take but as she is some way below Kate in the pecking order - what Kate says goes. And if Kate wanted to she could demand that MM curtsey to her on arrival and departure. The Queen has wound back a lot on those formalities but can reassert them at will. Even having Phillip bow as he enters her presence and walk backward away for several steps when leaving her presence. Same for all the children/grandchildren (probably not for the dogs and horses  ). It is what I had to do when the Queen met me ;-) |
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Post by sigurdur on Mar 12, 2021 0:17:31 GMT
An expressway interchange in Dallas Texas. It's actually more awesome from underneath. That is some fine engineering! |
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Post by missouriboy on Mar 12, 2021 0:33:28 GMT
It will make a fine bobsled run next winter.
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Post by Ratty on Mar 12, 2021 5:35:20 GMT
An expressway interchange in Dallas Texas. It's actually more awesome from underneath. That is some fine engineering! Actually, the design is the most impressive part. Does it work as intended is the question.  |
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Post by missouriboy on Mar 12, 2021 7:26:08 GMT
Hard to feel overly sympathetic for "Royals" of any type. Particularly hard to feel ANY sympathy for wannabe royals who feel left out. We all know who I'm talking about. Harry chose poorly. This is a good reason for the Royals marrying other Royals - there is no 'training requirement'. Prince Phillip affectionately known in London as Phil the Greek as he was born into the Greek royal family, is actually a 3rd cousin of the queen. If Meg thinks she has had it hard - Charles has had it every bit as hard from the UK press especially when he had his affair with Camilla (who was one of his early girlfriends) until the Queen sent him off to do a stint in HM Forces. Camilla didn't wait and horror married a junior officer in the Army. Charles then had to do a stint in the Royal Air Force training as a pilot, then in the Navy and was given 'command' of a minesweeper in the Clyde. Once he had those 'ticks in boxes' he was allowed back to be 'playboy prince' again. Then he was 'required' to find an acceptable woman to 'breed with' to create the succession (that MM does not understand). Diana was ideal coming from the landed gentry. Two boys, that will do nicely Your Highness. He then started meeting Camilla again and unfortunately, didn't realize that his phone calls to her were being listened into by the 'gutter press' - one of which had an editor Piers Morgan (you may recognize the name) that had no problem printing transcripts of what Charles was saying tampongateAnyway Diana's two sons put Anne, Andrew and Edward 2 places further away from 'the crown'. Of course now William has also created his own succession with his 3 children (rules have changed - females can also book a place in the succession now) So it is now Queen -> Charles -> William -> George -> Charlotte -> Louis -> Harry. Note Princess Anne and Prince Andrew (and their progeny) no longer figure due to the fecundity of the 'royal line' that bypassed them. It is possible (Probable) that the succession could be passed direct to William. That would miff Charles more than somewhat but please the country who never really had a soft spot for him and who have taken to William and 'Kate'. (Kate is far more saleable than Camilla). So there in summary you have what MM should/could have been told by Harry to MM inside the first 30 minutes of meeting: 'Do not think that by being a 'Royal Wife' you will be a queen - the succession has already passed me (Harry) and there is absolutely NO way that our children could become King/Queen short of some rather nasty blood letting revolution. We will be made Duke and Duchess to make it plain that we are not in the succession and the likely title Duke/Duchess of Sussex is NOT an important Dukedom in the UK. ( There is a pecking order of dukedoms as well would you believe and Andrew as Duke of York has the top slot - yes yes I know). It would also be difficult for MM to take but as she is some way below Kate in the pecking order - what Kate says goes. And if Kate wanted to she could demand that MM curtsey to her on arrival and departure. The Queen has wound back a lot on those formalities but can reassert them at will. Even having Phillip bow as he enters her presence and walk backward away for several steps when leaving her presence. Same for all the children/grandchildren (probably not for the dogs and horses ). It is what I had to do when the Queen met me ;-) By all accounts, the Queen has borne herself nobly (in the generous sense of the word) throughout her reign. Better than any number of her predecesors perhaps. Of course the absolute power vanished long ago, so perhaps it's easier to play the respected backup umpire (who rarely if ever uses the role) and living symbol of the nation. A living statue of liberty? Who, being of stone, could not reproduce burdens for the public treasury. I think the British will mostly miss her when she's gone. And William is coming along nicely. But the number of "titles" sucking at the public tit seems excessive ... not unlike our deep state? The term "titles" appears a misnomer as "tit les" does not apply. The honest term might be "titmore" which seems to be the case.  But I guess it must be shared with the non-titled that have clawed their way into a feeding position. We have dispatched the noble, but have drastically expanded the other. |
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Post by nonentropic on Mar 12, 2021 17:18:34 GMT
I always had a rather dismissive attitude to royalty until it pointed out that the alternative group would be football stars emblazoned with tattoos and whatnot.
Charles is very light, more the village idiot with loads of training but prone to fads and misreading the script.
MM is a spoilt brat. Very much a Hollywood product with the ruling class chip on the shoulder leftist feeling of entitlement.
Pulls the race every time starting to look a little of a "wolf Cryer".
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Post by duwayne on Mar 12, 2021 21:28:45 GMT
An expressway interchange in Dallas Texas. It's actually more awesome from underneath. That is some fine engineering! From experience, I'll bet the civil engineers who designed and constructed this masterpiece still, in the back of their minds, worry about a speeding, heavily overloaded truck going way too fast that goes out of control and hits the exact point which causes maximum damage. |
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A previous employer had what was effectively an anti-thievery system on the fire door which prevented it being opened by not-particularly-obvious means; cue fire alarm and large crowd of people at the bottom of the stairs unable to get it open. I managed to do so (definitely a case of "stand aside, determined idiot on the scene" and lacerated my hand in the process) and complained to the building manager about it not being fit for purpose. She insisted she could see no problem with what I described. Sigh."
Harry chose poorly.
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But I guess it must be shared with the non-titled that have clawed their way into a feeding position. We have dispatched the noble, but have drastically expanded the other.