cubinator Posted November 24, 2019 Share Posted November 24, 2019 1 hour ago, έķ νίĻĻάίή said: Found out the first forum game was from January 1st 1970. What? Computers believe the beginning of time was midnight on January 1st, 1970. That was arbitrarily decided on because a lot of people started working on more complicated computers after 1970, and they needed standards. Now, current computers sometimes forget when old things were made, and when that happens they just append the date '0' to whatever it is. Then we see the date 'January 1st, 1970' even though it was actually made much later. I actually see December 31st, 1969 because I'm in a timezone that's behind GMT, which the Unix date is based on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted November 24, 2019 Share Posted November 24, 2019 15 minutes ago, cubinator said: Computers believe the beginning of time was midnight on January 1st, 1970. You say it like it wasn't? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerbiloid Posted November 25, 2019 Share Posted November 25, 2019 (edited) Just wait for 2039... 20 hours ago, cubinator said: January 1st, 1970. That was arbitrarily decided on (Recalls the astronomers' "Julian Day"... No, not the date of the Ivlivs Caesar calender, but the JD named after Scaliger's dad.) Edited November 25, 2019 by kerbiloid Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Selective Genius Posted November 27, 2019 Share Posted November 27, 2019 Produce from my kitchen garden, with banana for scale: These eggplants (or brinjals) are awfully small, will probably taste okay though. But my neighbor harvests eggplants three times the size of the largest one in the pic above. How does he do that?? hmmm..... (They look like kerbal heads though.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cubinator Posted November 27, 2019 Share Posted November 27, 2019 School's cancelled tomorrow because of tonight's snowstorm! Also the dress rehearsal of my club's rocket test went well tonight, and we're on schedule to attempt firings in a couple weeks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qzgy Posted November 27, 2019 Share Posted November 27, 2019 2 hours ago, cubinator said: Also the dress rehearsal of my club's rocket test went well tonight, and we're on schedule to attempt firings in a couple weeks! Ooooh this sounds cool. Just static test firing or more like test flights? Also interested to hear how they go. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cubinator Posted November 27, 2019 Share Posted November 27, 2019 (edited) 14 hours ago, qzgy said: Ooooh this sounds cool. Just static test firing or more like test flights? Also interested to hear how they go. We're not ready for flights yet, they are static firings on our test stand. Our engine burns kerosene and GOX and is very tiny! (Estimated 100 N) Once the firings are done we'll cannibalize the test stand for our next, bigger test stand. Edited November 27, 2019 by cubinator Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CatastrophicFailure Posted November 27, 2019 Share Posted November 27, 2019 26 minutes ago, cubinator said: We're not ready for flights yet, they are static firings on our test stand. Our engine burns kerosene and GOX and is very tiny! Once the firings are done we'll cannibalize the test stand for our next, bigger test stand. You should totally make a test stand out of an old water bucket. Then hop it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cubinator Posted November 27, 2019 Share Posted November 27, 2019 2 hours ago, CatastrophicFailure said: You should totally make a test stand out of an old water bucket. Then hop it. There's a water ballast tub... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chel Posted November 27, 2019 Share Posted November 27, 2019 ITS OVER! ITS FINALLY OVER! LAST DAY OF YEAR 10 2019 LETS GO! 8 WEEKS HOLIDAYS IN 6 HOURS AND 46 MINUTES! LETS GOOOOOOOOOOO! GETTING A GAMING LAPTOP OVER THE HOLIDAYS, STEAM WINTER SALE, NEW INTERNET CONNECTION AND NEW PHONE! :DDDDDDD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CatastrophicFailure Posted November 27, 2019 Share Posted November 27, 2019 24 minutes ago, The_Cat_In_Space said: ITS OVER! ITS FINALLY OVER! LAST DAY OF YEAR 10 2019 LETS GO! 8 WEEKS HOLIDAYS IN 6 HOURS AND 46 MINUTES! LETS GOOOOOOOOOOO! GETTING A GAMING LAPTOP OVER THE HOLIDAYS, STEAM WINTER SALE, NEW INTERNET CONNECTION AND NEW PHONE! :DDDDDDD Dang, dude, you get one L of a long winter break... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chel Posted November 27, 2019 Share Posted November 27, 2019 1 hour ago, CatastrophicFailure said: Dang, dude, you get one L of a long winter break... Summer, actually Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commodore_32 Posted November 28, 2019 Share Posted November 28, 2019 Today in school a friend was drinking water, then some guys were annoying him with a pen, then, my friend couldnt resist. He spited out all the water he was drinking then the water fell on another guy and his backpack. In the moment it was so funny. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Selective Genius Posted November 29, 2019 Share Posted November 29, 2019 So my project leader had her PhD presentation today, and I was invited as a cheerleader.My only job was to look interested and bob my head up and down as if she was Elon Musk reincarnated talking about exploring the outer solar system. It was all going fine until the presentation ended and the external evaluator (who joined us via Skype) asked ME (outta nowhere!) about my project leader's presentation (" You looked very interested in this topic, have you done some research work in molecular dynamics as well?) I managed to stutter my way out. I cheerled a bit too hard it seems. (Is 'cheerled' even a proper word?) I got extra snacks and juice after the presentation, so it was time and energy well spent Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerbiloid Posted November 29, 2019 Share Posted November 29, 2019 NDA + pokerface. "Certainly! I did my part of job,, you can ask my leader about that, but I can't comment more for the legal reasons, we are in process of registration." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Selective Genius Posted November 29, 2019 Share Posted November 29, 2019 I work at a research laboratory and they offer PhD courses, even though seats are VERY less. There were only about 12 people attending this PhD presentation for 3 candidates, and 2 external evaluators, one of whom joined us via skype. Thus, I was spotted being a goofy idiot. And since my organization is government funded there are no NDAs. But I wharfed down enough snacks to compensate for my missing lunch and bagged 8 BigS cookies, eventually. So it was worth the embarrassment Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Phil Posted November 30, 2019 Share Posted November 30, 2019 Not today but recently. An episode of NCIS featured a nine year old gamer whose help they needed to solve the case. A literal nine year old, at least in universe. That’s too perfect. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XB-70A Posted November 30, 2019 Share Posted November 30, 2019 Finally had some time to drive a bit around Port Canaveral in a while. Got a nice surprise on the North-Western docks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CatastrophicFailure Posted December 8, 2019 Share Posted December 8, 2019 Well, the last 10 days have certainly sucked. Last Friday we lost one of our guinea pigs, tried taking her to a new vet who discovered the trouble she'd been having the last year were probably due to a heart condition and a mass in her stomach, but after fighting so long she never made it out of anesthesia. Then just today, a coyote grabbed one of our ducks and tried to run off. She's still alive, for the moment, but it's not looking good. Took her to a local vet who happened to still be open, but no one nearby really treats birds, so all they could do is try to stitch up the superficial stuff and give us some antibiotics, but bite wounds are nasty and deep. Probably need to plant two trees tomorrow now. And I'm just sitting here with a bowl of pudding in one hand and my 10/22 in the other, watching the cameras half hoping the little excrement comes back again. #venting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RealKerbal3x Posted December 9, 2019 Share Posted December 9, 2019 I’m sitting here and I can see Venus out of the window I just have to remind myself that it’s not Minmus... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cubinator Posted December 9, 2019 Share Posted December 9, 2019 Yesterday my team successfully fired our liquid rocket! I wasn't able to be there for the firing attempts, but I helped set up beforehand and followed along online. We got 25 N of thrust before the load cell failed, causing an automatic abort a few seconds after ignition. Now it is time to move on to a bigger system! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Selective Genius Posted December 10, 2019 Share Posted December 10, 2019 10 hours ago, cubinator said: Yesterday my team successfully fired our liquid rocket! I wasn't able to be there for the firing attempts, but I helped set up beforehand and followed along online. We got 25 N of thrust before the load cell failed, causing an automatic abort a few seconds after ignition. Now it is time to move on to a bigger system! Congrats! Which fuel mixture are you using by the way? How big do you intend to go? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cubinator Posted December 10, 2019 Share Posted December 10, 2019 1 hour ago, Selective Genius said: Congrats! Which fuel mixture are you using by the way? How big do you intend to go? Kerosene + gaseous oxygen Eventual goal is space, of course, but that is far in the future. Our next engine is designed for 1000 N thrust. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shpaget Posted December 10, 2019 Share Posted December 10, 2019 Earlier you mentioned 100 N design. Was the load cell underrated or just faulty? Also, can we have some pics, please? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YNM Posted December 10, 2019 Share Posted December 10, 2019 Not anything happening in my life, nor is it anything I just find out today or yesterday - it's been quite a while - but I just want to share this to the forum, I think it's really cool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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