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Comment on k5000 by Ted

Ted — Sun, 03 Feb 2013 18:21:06 +0000

Thanks for this page….It was very helpful figuring out how to get patches into the K5000W that I just picked up from the pawn shop….I don’t have a computer with a floppy drive anymore so this helped figure out a cumbersome but useful way to get libraries in and out of the K…..Your info and links made it happen so thank again…..Ted

Comment on bleeding hearts and artists by Evan B.

Evan B. — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 21:53:50 +0000

Weird, I’ve always just associated the term with the commonly-known “emo” people, as they say. The ones with much more emotion and expression. Not necessarily hyper-rational people, or those easy to explain away anything, but that’s a splendid elaboration too.

Comment on dodging a bullet by richard

richard — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 21:48:15 +0000

It’s been 30 years since the diagnosis was made. I’m still doing very well, neurologist says I’m a lucky man, and I would have to agree! Life is still holding together, Health is everything.

Comment on orbiting chocolate teapots by Kensington

Kensington — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 04:30:06 +0000

I too have presented evidence at trials and consider myself a polymath. Furthermore friends of mine have helped develop the Law School Admissions test and others the Multistate Bar exam. I have quite a few friends who are lawyers.

Of course I am not a lawyer (or why would I be bothering to post this). I have, however, served as an expert witness.

Strong claims require strong proof.

Comment on vapor trails review by Jeff H

Jeff H — Thu, 28 May 2009 18:48:06 +0000

To really set things right, they’d have to go back into the studio and retrack ruined takes. That would be a very cost-ineffective undertaking and I wouldn’t hold my breath. It makes me mad, too, as this album really grew on me over time to the point where it *would have been* one of my favorites. “Ceiling Unlimited” gets me into a state every time I hear it, and there’s stuff going on in “Peaceable Kingdom” that is simply too mangled to hear.

Comment on conveyor belt plane by brian t

brian t — Thu, 21 May 2009 21:20:51 +0000

“A plane with no movement relative to the air will not get lift upwards.”

So? The whole point of this piece was to explain why the plane WILL move forward: because a practical conveyor belt CANNOT hold the plane stationary. It moves, therefore it takes off. The plane’s engine is running, remember, why are you talking about the conveyor belt generating wind?

If you ignore these practical considerations, this question becomes just a variation on “an irresistible force meeting an immovable object” i.e. a problem that has no resolution, because it describes an impossible situation.

Comment on conveyor belt plane by Torstein

Torstein — Thu, 21 May 2009 20:38:51 +0000

And we were never to see the plane stationary to a camera on the side. the plane move forward! Accelerated!

Comment on conveyor belt plane by Torstein

Torstein — Thu, 21 May 2009 20:34:08 +0000

Please!

A plane with no movement relative to the air will not get lift upwards. The entire y-moment is because the wing’s shape that divides the air stream, generating turbulence under the wing, and then because of pressure difference (Bernoulli equation) an upwards force works under the wing.

Forget the wheels, unless the movement of belt or the rotor makes enough wind to pass the wings the plane will not go up!

Comment on ordered rendering by Fernando

Fernando — Wed, 06 May 2009 02:44:00 +0000

Mishima is such a great writer. Good luck with Japanese

Comment on ghost rider review by ghost rider on the page « stereoroid.com

ghost rider on the page « stereoroid.com — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 18:55:44 +0000

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blogging the miles « stereoroid.com — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 17:57:41 +0000

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Comment on b3ta bodges by sharkopter « stereoroid.com

sharkopter « stereoroid.com — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 17:32:08 +0000

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