8/25: Image backlog clearing

Undertoad · 08-25-2001, 10:09 AM

Assateague in late July.

The Boeing X-32B Joint Strike Fighter, a prototype fighting for a government contract against Lockheed Martin, makes a vertical landing. As much as I'm against war, the technologies of war are always pretty cool. The $200B price tag shuts down any coolness factor pretty quickly, though.

A few months back some guy announced that he had developed "Quake for cats"; that just meant he had come up with software that showed things in a way that interests cats. This week on "The Daily Show" they featured competing cat videos, to much hilarity, and this reminded me of the image I had in the queue for quite some time.

A bunch of marks are "de-coined" by a special "de-coining" machine in preparation for the EU currency.

An orphan baby wombat.

A rare albino camel is born.

Hubris Boy · 08-25-2001, 01:04 PM

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A rare albino camel is born.

An ALBINO camel?!?

Good heavens... do the Perl Monks know about this yet? Isn't this one of the signs of the Aperlcolypse foretold in the writings of St. Larry Wall?

Do you happen to remember where you found find the camel photo, UT?

Undertoad · 08-25-2001, 01:18 PM

It was on Yahoo News, but long ago enough that they no longer have an active photo or story about it...

jaguar · 08-26-2001, 05:31 AM

You cna lead a horse to water......
hawhawhaw
Yes i am having a bad day. And it started with Debian
look at the claws on that wombat!

smed · 08-26-2001, 10:06 AM

<i>Yes i am having a bad day. And it started with Debian</i>

Well....there's your problem right there !
Can't 'apt-get' yerself started in the morning?
Tired of 'less-than-rock-solid' performance?

there is a better way...

<shameless_plug> ya gotta have slack </shameless_plug>

Slight · 08-27-2001, 12:54 AM

I think the X-32B Joint Strike Fighter looks fat. I know nothing about it but I like the looks of the F-22 much better. Mabye the X-32B doesn't show up well on radar, who knows, but it looks like it has no payload. I probably don't like it though because I don't like VTOL aircraft.

The crunched up money seems wrong. I hope they recycle it.

And last the mother of the albino camel reminds me of a drugged out hippie.

jaguar · 08-27-2001, 01:50 AM

Don't get me wrong - debian is great
once you get though the fscking installer
Oh yea then try getting X to work wihtout apt becuase the version bundeled is too old foryour card
then try lilo going apeshit coz you forgot to reconfigure it after moving a partition...
So i gave up, whimped out and used mendrake - its good for desktop - honest sir!

jet_silver · 08-27-2001, 09:57 AM

It's a field day in the Pentagon, what with the F-22 and the Boeing JSF candidate. The F-22 is coming to us via Lockheed Martin (an ex-employer of mine) for the Special Save the Free World Price of $200M per copy.

There is a hilarious critique (in French) of the F-22 at de defensa.

08-25-2001, 10:09 AM	#1
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	8/25: Image backlog clearing Assateague in late July. The Boeing X-32B Joint Strike Fighter, a prototype fighting for a government contract against Lockheed Martin, makes a vertical landing. As much as I'm against war, the technologies of war are always pretty cool. The $200B price tag shuts down any coolness factor pretty quickly, though. A few months back some guy announced that he had developed "Quake for cats"; that just meant he had come up with software that showed things in a way that interests cats. This week on "The Daily Show" they featured competing cat videos, to much hilarity, and this reminded me of the image I had in the queue for quite some time. A bunch of marks are "de-coined" by a special "de-coining" machine in preparation for the EU currency. An orphan baby wombat. A rare albino camel is born.

08-26-2001, 05:31 AM	#4
jaguar whig Join Date: Apr 2001 Posts: 5,075	You cna lead a horse to water...... hawhawhaw Yes i am having a bad day. And it started with Debian look at the claws on that wombat! __________________ Good friends, good books and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life. - Twain

08-26-2001, 10:06 AM	#5
smed Sir Smed to you. Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Trenton, NJ Posts: 28	no longer feel your pain.... <i>Yes i am having a bad day. And it started with Debian</i> Well....there's your problem right there ! Can't 'apt-get' yerself started in the morning? Tired of 'less-than-rock-solid' performance? there is a better way... <shameless_plug> ya gotta have slack </shameless_plug> __________________ ---->> smed

08-27-2001, 01:50 AM	#7
jaguar whig Join Date: Apr 2001 Posts: 5,075	Don't get me wrong - debian is great once you get though the fscking installer Oh yea then try getting X to work wihtout apt becuase the version bundeled is too old foryour card then try lilo going apeshit coz you forgot to reconfigure it after moving a partition... So i gave up, whimped out and used mendrake - its good for desktop - honest sir! __________________ Good friends, good books and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life. - Twain

08-27-2001, 09:57 AM	#8
jet_silver wazmo medio Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: San Narciso, CA Posts: 53	Those wacky guys in the Pentagon It's a field day in the Pentagon, what with the F-22 and the Boeing JSF candidate. The F-22 is coming to us via Lockheed Martin (an ex-employer of mine) for the Special Save the Free World Price of $200M per copy. There is a hilarious critique (in French) of the F-22 at de defensa. __________________ "De lood van die Goevernement sal nou op julle smelt." -Thomas Pynchon

08-25-2001, 01:18 PM	#3
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	It was on Yahoo News, but long ago enough that they no longer have an active photo or story about it...

08-27-2001, 12:54 AM	#6
Slight Semi-Evil Genius Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Boulder CO Posts: 195	I think the X-32B Joint Strike Fighter looks fat. I know nothing about it but I like the looks of the F-22 much better. Mabye the X-32B doesn't show up well on radar, who knows, but it looks like it has no payload. I probably don't like it though because I don't like VTOL aircraft. The crunched up money seems wrong. I hope they recycle it. And last the mother of the albino camel reminds me of a drugged out hippie.

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