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General Forums => The O' Club => Topic started by: Changeup on April 08, 2014, 08:20:33 PM
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I can't believe I did this for you....my daughter found this for a school project. I still think you suck
http://cams.allaboutbirds.org/channel/41/Laysan_Albatross/?utm_source=Cornell+Lab+eNews&utm_campaign=7dd922b88f-Cornell_Lab_eNews_2014_4_08&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_47588b5758-7dd922b88f-277783241
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I can't believe I did this for you....my daughter found this for a school project. I still think you suck
http://cams.allaboutbirds.org/channel/41/Laysan_Albatross/?utm_source=Cornell+Lab+eNews&utm_campaign=7dd922b88f-Cornell_Lab_eNews_2014_4_08&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_47588b5758-7dd922b88f-277783241
Very cool. :aok
You are also correct, relatively speaking compared to Bruv and several others I certainly do. :frown:
However compared to the other 95%, not so much. :D
:salute Changeup :rock
PS: this is good reading: http://www.allaboutbirds.org/Page.aspx?pid=2681#this-old Did you know albatrosses travel up to 1,600 miles to feed their one chick and they choose their mates for life? They also can live as long as humans. One is known to be 63 years old and her and her mate still hatched an egg this year. Her name is Wisdom. Search her on the web.
Did I mention their 7 to 12 foot wingspans? :O
Goony birds are awesome and Midway hosts one of the world's largest colonies of albatrosses! :aok
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An albatross can fly up to 1,000 kilometers per day which is over 620 miles.
The amazing part of that flight is that it can all be done without the albatross even flapping a wing.
This is because the bird uses dynamic soaring which involves repeatedly rising into the wind and then descending downwind. The albatross gains energy from the vertical wind gradient.
The other method that the albatross uses for its long flights is known as slope soaring which involves the use of the rising air on the windward side of large waves.
Reference: www.usc.edu. http://www.ask.com/question/how-long-can-an-albatross-fly
The Laysan Albatross, one of the largest flying birds, has a wingspan greater than six feet (two meters), and, like all albatrosses, flies almost effortlessly. An albatross' heart rate while flying is almost the same as it is at rest.
A bird that sleeps while flying is the Laysan Albatross, which dwells in skies above northern oceans.
https://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20101222002909AAfsF3d
Young albatrosses fly for several years without ever touching land.
We have much to learn about efficient flying from the albatross. :old:
Be impressed, ladies and gentlemen, be impressed indeed. :old:
:airplane:
PS: One Laysan albatross, tracked by biologists at Wake Forest University, flew more than 24,843 miles in flights across the North Pacific to find food for its chick in just 90 days — a flight distance equivalent to circling the globe. :)
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My relative pwnage capabilities / reputation, goony birds, and flight efficiency. :old:
Nuff said. :airplane: :joystick:
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My relative pwnage capabilities / reputation, goony birds, and flight efficiency. :old:
Nuff said. :airplane: :joystick:
No.
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Pew, pew. I shoot down your Albatross like the ancient mariner. :devil
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yGl3sLRiwbQ (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yGl3sLRiwbQ)
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I enjoyed those nuggets of info!
cheers middy! :banana:
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Perhaps you'll find Chris Jordan’s photographs of the Midway Atoll Albatross chicks interesting. Despite being 3000 miles for the nearest human settlement, many Albatros chicks never mature because their parents skim the ocean looking for colourful things which they assume are food. Unfortunately the chicks die of starvation, so much plastic waste do the parents bring back.
(http://i1114.photobucket.com/albums/k526/rwrk2/P3150028.jpg) (http://s1114.photobucket.com/user/rwrk2/media/P3150028.jpg.html)
(http://i1114.photobucket.com/albums/k526/rwrk2/P3150026.jpg) (http://s1114.photobucket.com/user/rwrk2/media/P3150026.jpg.html)
(http://i1114.photobucket.com/albums/k526/rwrk2/P3150024.jpg) (http://s1114.photobucket.com/user/rwrk2/media/P3150024.jpg.html)
Consider your ways mankind, consider them indeed. :old:
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A post about alternative-lifestyle Albatross. Have you guys finally gone off the deep end?!?!?! THIS IS AN OUTRAGE AND A SIGN OF THE END OF THIS GAME!!! :mad: :old: :mad: :old: :mad: :old:
Why I should report you all and....huh?
<frantic backstage waving>
Oh...hold on a sec guys...don't go anywhere...
*whisper whisper* not LESbian, you dummy...LAYsan...omg you are sooo stupid...*whisper whisper*
(http://www.freesmileys.org/smileys/smiley-ashamed004.gif) (http://www.freesmileys.org/smileys/smiley-ashamed002.gif)
Ummmm....ahhh.....oh! heh....uuuuuuuuhhhh...*ahem* (http://www.freesmileys.org/smileys/smiley-ashamed003.gif)
Nevermind.
:bolt:
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Perhaps you'll find Chris Jordan’s photographs of the Midway Atoll Albatross chicks interesting. Despite being 3000 miles for the nearest human settlement, many Albatros chicks never mature because their parents skim the ocean looking for colourful things which they assume are food. Unfortunately the chicks die of starvation, so much plastic waste do the parents bring back.
(http://i1114.photobucket.com/albums/k526/rwrk2/P3150028.jpg) (http://s1114.photobucket.com/user/rwrk2/media/P3150028.jpg.html)
(http://i1114.photobucket.com/albums/k526/rwrk2/P3150026.jpg) (http://s1114.photobucket.com/user/rwrk2/media/P3150026.jpg.html)
(http://i1114.photobucket.com/albums/k526/rwrk2/P3150024.jpg) (http://s1114.photobucket.com/user/rwrk2/media/P3150024.jpg.html)
Consider your ways mankind, consider them indeed. :old:
Well said, nrshida. :rock
Although, all those sad images need some images of beauty to help cleanse the mind:
(http://birds.audubon.org/sites/default/files/imagecache/bird-full/species_images/Laysan_Albatross_a16-10-207_l.jpg)
Average wingspan for the Laysan albatross is near 7 feet, with some albatrosses having wingspans of 12 feet. :O
(http://www.birdsasart-blog.com/baa/wp-content/gallery/midway-2010/laysan-albatross-over-lagoon-w-stormy-sky-_y9c9793-midway-atoll-nwr.jpg)
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I enjoyed those nuggets of info!
cheers middy! :banana:
:cheers: :rock
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Funny Birds https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z_u7VGiMO0U (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z_u7VGiMO0U)
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Well said, nrshida. :rock
Although, all those sad images need an image of beauty to help cleanse the mind:
(http://birds.audubon.org/sites/default/files/imagecache/bird-full/species_images/Laysan_Albatross_a16-10-207_l.jpg)
Average wingspan for the Laysan albatross is near 7 feet, with some albatrosses having wingspans of 12 feet. :O
I'd call that a fairly high aspect ratio wing. That's good for induced drag... and probably helps explaing their considerable endurance... Bet the roll inertia and roll damping drive the roll rate to suckage, though. A 190 it isn't...
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I'd call that a fairly high aspect ratio wing. That's good for induced drag... and probably helps explaing their considerable endurance... Bet the roll inertia and roll damping drive the roll rate to suckage, though. A 190 it isn't...
Retractable wings. :old:
Nuff said. :)
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Retractable wings. :old:
Nuff said. :)
But then its not a spitfire mk8.
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shark bait! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=10u9WgZGSwk
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shark bait! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=10u9WgZGSwk
:rofl I think i'd find the inspiration to fly if i was in the water with one of those things!
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How to enjoy your ability to fly:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1jNBTrHPVN4
Watch them kissing for what appears to be the pure joy of doing so at 3:30.
Did I mention they live a human life span and mate for life after a multi year courtship? :aok
Mankind has much to learn from their example. :old:
Enjoy the beauty of the albatross. :old:
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nobody has posted this? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1PJix23IeF8 I'm so disappointed in all of you :devil
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Funny Birds https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z_u7VGiMO0U (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z_u7VGiMO0U)
nobody has posted this? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1PJix23IeF8 I'm so disappointed in all of you :devil
Actually, it was. :neener:
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Perhaps you'll find Chris Jordan’s photographs of the Midway Atoll Albatross chicks interesting. Despite being 3000 miles for the nearest human settlement, many Albatros chicks never mature because their parents skim the ocean looking for colourful things which they assume are food. Unfortunately the chicks die of starvation, so much plastic waste do the parents bring back.
(http://i1114.photobucket.com/albums/k526/rwrk2/P3150028.jpg) (http://s1114.photobucket.com/user/rwrk2/media/P3150028.jpg.html)
(http://i1114.photobucket.com/albums/k526/rwrk2/P3150026.jpg) (http://s1114.photobucket.com/user/rwrk2/media/P3150026.jpg.html)
(http://i1114.photobucket.com/albums/k526/rwrk2/P3150024.jpg) (http://s1114.photobucket.com/user/rwrk2/media/P3150024.jpg.html)
Consider your ways mankind, consider them indeed. :old:
Poor birds!
As the search for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 has shown the ocean is full of human garbage.
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Retractable wings. :old:
Nuff said. :)
I think you mean: variable geometry.
Now it's enough said ;^)
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I think you mean: variable geometry.
Now it's enough said ;^)
:aok
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You are also correct, relatively speaking compared to Bruv and several others I certainly do. :frown:
However compared to the other 95%, not so much. :D
:bhead :bhead :bhead :bhead :bhead
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:bhead :bhead :bhead :bhead :bhead
Don't worry dude. We don't hold the British responsible for Middy. ;)
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Pew, pew. I shoot down your Albatross like the ancient mariner. :devil
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yGl3sLRiwbQ (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yGl3sLRiwbQ)
Bahahaha :rofl
Although it didn't end well for him
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I'll take any chance I get to sneak a little Iron Maiden into a thread. :cool:
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I can't believe I did this for you....my daughter found this for a school project. I still think you suck
http://cams.allaboutbirds.org/channel/41/Laysan_Albatross/?utm_source=Cornell+Lab+eNews&utm_campaign=7dd922b88f-Cornell_Lab_eNews_2014_4_08&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_47588b5758-7dd922b88f-277783241
Oooh, she's so fluffy! :)
I was watching her and a rooster photo bombed the vid... :rofl
Thought I was losing it there for a second... :headscratch:
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Don't worry dude. We don't hold the British responsible for Middy. ;)
glad to hear that however it was my fault for letting a new player join my plane for a sortie...
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glad to hear that however it was my fault for letting a new player join my plane for a sortie...
Then I was incorrect....the British own the problem. :)
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I won't stop letting new players join my plane for one person's actions! so on that basis he is still your problem being an American citizen. ;)
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I won't stop letting new players join my plane for one person's actions! so on that basis he is still your problem being an American citizen. ;)
Banish him to Elba! :old:
But....that didn't work out so well last time it was tried. :cry
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I won't stop letting new players join my plane for one person's actions! so on that basis he is still your problem being an American citizen. ;)
What a ride that was! Just incredible. An experience that revealed to me the utter joy and beauty of an expert level Aces High engagement. A full sortie of pure and unadulterated pwnage that few will ever witness nor achieve, let alone achieve repeatedly. :cry
The level of skill is almost beyond comprehension. :O
Watching the beauty of the albatross on multi hundred mile flights in a single day, while barely flapping a wing, being another example of the beauty of natural skill which few appreciate or experience.
Bruv119 is a genius in spatial reasoning capabilities. Let it be known. :old:
Thank you again for showing me the light, Bruv. I will remember and appreciate it always and consider myself very lucky for having witnessed it. May others, if not experience it, at least come close to comprehending it. It is difficult, for most, to do the latter as the youtube video about you clearly demonstrates. :confused:
Awesomeness demands appreciation and respect. :salute :rock
There is true skill and beauty in the world and in Aces High. I have been lucky too have witnessed it. May others, one day, do the same.
:aok
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What a ride that was! Just incredible. An experience that revealed to me the utter joy and beauty of an expert level Aces High engagement. A full sortie of pure and unadulterated pwnage that few will ever witness nor achieve, let alone achieve repeatedly. :cry
The level of skill is almost beyond comprehension. :O
Watching the beauty of the albatross on multi hundred mile flights in a single day, while barely flapping a wing, being another example of the beauty of natural skill which few appreciate or experience.
Bruv119 is a genius in spatial reasoning capabilities. Let it be known. :old:
Thank you again for showing me the light, Bruv. I will remember and appreciate it always and consider myself very lucky for having witnessed it. May others, if not experience it, at least come close to comprehending it. It is difficult, for most, to do the latter as the youtube video about you clearly demonstrates. :confused:
Awesomeness demands appreciation and respect. :salute :rock
There is true skill and beauty in the world and in Aces High. I have been lucky too have witnessed it. May others, one day, do the same.
:aok
You still have a little something on your lip.
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You still have a little something on your lip.
The kind thing to do would've been to throw him a towel.
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Or a running chainsaw.
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Banish him to Elba! :old:
But....that didn't work out so well last time it was tried. :cry
Worked out reasonably well after the subject got poisoned :old:
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What a ride that was! Just incredible. An experience that revealed to me the utter joy and beauty of an expert level Aces High engagement. A full sortie of pure and unadulterated pwnage that few will ever witness nor achieve, let alone achieve repeatedly. :cry
The level of skill is almost beyond comprehension. :O
Watching the beauty of the albatross on multi hundred mile flights in a single day, while barely flapping a wing, being another example of the beauty of natural skill which few appreciate or experience.
Bruv119 is a genius in spatial reasoning capabilities. Let it be known. :old:
Thank you again for showing me the light, Bruv. I will remember and appreciate it always and consider myself very lucky for having witnessed it. May others, if not experience it, at least come close to comprehending it. It is difficult, for most, to do the latter as the youtube video about you clearly demonstrates. :confused:
Awesomeness demands appreciation and respect. :salute :rock
There is true skill and beauty in the world and in Aces High. I have been lucky too have witnessed it. May others, one day, do the same.
:aok
Is it possible you just enjoyed being on Bruv's virtual "6" a little too much? :uhoh
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The kind thing to do would've been to throw him a towel.
Wait!! Midway is a guy? :huh
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Wait!! Midway is a guy? :huh
Don't believe anyone asserted that :old:
Possibly a grey area :confused:
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Is it possible you just enjoyed being on Bruv's virtual "6" a little too much? :uhoh
Must you? :huh
Can you not just admire the awesomeness and beauty of top of the class skill and demonstrated result? :headscratch:
Must you drive yourself and others into a mental ditch? :headscratch:
Can you not be nice? :headscratch:
I ask you. :old:
:airplane: :joystick:
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Bruv119 is a genius in spatial reasoning capabilities. Let it be known. :old:
Let's not restrict things unnecessarily. We need to leave off the restriction of "in spatial reasoning capabilities". :aok
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Let's not restrict things unnecessarily. We need to leave off the restriction of "in spatial reasoning capabilities". :aok
Excellent point. The statement was not intended to exclude anything else.
Considering he founded and lead the BEST squad, imho, in Aces High, his talents and potential are obviously diverse.
Thank you for clarifying the record. :salute :rock
PS: :salute to all other FPHs for their awesomeness as well :rock
All are to be respected for their skill. It's not easy to achieve FPH status as most of us know. :joystick:
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Must you? :huh
Can you not just admire the awesomeness and beauty of top of the class skill and demonstrated result? :headscratch:
Must you drive yourself and others into a mental ditch? :headscratch:
Can you not be nice? :headscratch:
I ask you. :old:
:airplane: :joystick:
In game there is little doubt that Bruv has a skill level above the vast majority.
I have been on the recieving end more than once, when after the first turn I have thought "oh bugger"
I, and many others who have admired his game playing ability however, have chosen not to do a public bumsuck, it is nauseating and i doubt that Bruv enjoys it that much :old:
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Bruv is the inspiration for many of Benedict Cumberbatch's film characters.
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Bruv is the inspiration for many of Benedict Cumberbatch's film characters.
Benevolent Cummerbund? Never heard of the bugger :old:
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In game there is little doubt that Bruv has a skill level above the vast majority.
I have been on the recieving end more than once, when after the first turn I have thought "oh bugger"
I, and many others who have admired his game playing ability however, have chosen not to do a public bumsuck, it is nauseating and i doubt that Bruv enjoys it that much :old:
There you go again. :rolleyes:
You start out making a good point and then have throw in your crude disparagement. Can you not just be nice and do away with said ditch worthy verbs? I suppose being nice is more difficult for some. :headscratch:
I simply stated my admiration and public thanks in response to his post. I wanted to share my views with others.
I suppose the same as you wanting to share your thoughts and ditch words, just on the other end of the niceness spectrum from me.
But, that's ok. I forgive you and hope you consider your way. :)
I would most thoroughly enjoy pwning you in my mighty Spitfire to help you with said way consideration, but that will have to wait for another day. :joystick:
In the meantime... well... you know what to do. :aok
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There you go again. :rolleyes:
You start out making a good point and then have throw in your crude disparagement. Can you not just be nice and do away with said ditch worthy verbs? I suppose being nice is more difficult for some. :headscratch:
I simply stated my admiration and public thanks in response to his post. I wanted to share my views with others.
I suppose the same as you wanting to share your thoughts and ditch words, just on the other end of the niceness spectrum from me.
But, that's ok. I forgive you and hope you consider your way. :)
I would most thoroughly enjoy pwning you in my mighty Spitfire to help you with said way consideration, but that will have to wait for another day. :joystick:
In the meantime... well... youu know what to do. :)
Nobody has ever had the slightest issue beating me in anything, but last time I conversed with you and agreed a fight I died to a HO so imagine my reticence about doing it again.
And I wasn't being disparaging, i was merely saying, give it a rest you sad, unfortunate little man, nobody cares how much you admire Bruvs final sphincter.
All the best :aok
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Nobody has ever had the slightest issue beating me in anything, but last time I conversed with you and agreed a fight I died to a HO so imagine my reticence about doing it again.
And I wasn't being disparaging, i was merely saying, give it a rest you sad, unfortunate little man, nobody cares how much you admire Bruvs final sphincter.
All the best :aok
:rolleyes: :bhead :)
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:rolleyes: :bhead :)
Snappy :salute
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Snappy :salute
:salute :rock
:)
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:salute :rock
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I was being ironic :confused:
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I was being ironic :confused:
I was being sincere. :)
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I was being sincere. :)
Oh Dog
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lol oh man.
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I just wanted to be a part of this thread. :)
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Dear Bruv,
I apologize for starting this thread. I apologize for providing a venue that will cause you to forever wear the warning:
"If Bruv ever comes to a sudden stop, Midway's face will go up his rectum"
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midway, I assume you have read Jonathon Livingston Seagull
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Must you? :huh
Can you not just admire the awesomeness and beauty of top of the class skill and demonstrated result? :headscratch:
Must you drive yourself and others into a mental ditch? :headscratch:
Can you not be nice? :headscratch:
I ask you. :old:
:airplane: :joystick:
???
THis is the Aces High Forum.
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midway, I assume you have read Jonathon Livingston Seagull
I have...in high school. It is a beautiful and inspiring story. :)
It is my second favorite book after Ayn Rand's Atlas Shrugged. :)
:)
PS: My favorite poem: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=goc3f77bcXk :)
:)
Yours?
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I have not read Atlas Shrugged, I will look it up
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Atlas Shrugged is one of the greatest books in the world. :aok
Midway, if you like that, one in nonfiction that you might like is Basic Economics, by Sowell. I love that book as well.
It is a great read for everyone, especially including people who think that they know economics because they had a course in college.
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Atlas Shrugged is one of the greatest books in the world. :aok
Midway, if you like that, one in nonfiction that you might like is Basic Economics, by Sowell. I love that book as well.
It is a great read for everyone, especially including people who think that they know economics because they had a course in college.
I will purchase it. :aok
My two favorite economics books:
Human Action - by Ludwig Von Mises
How an economy grows and why it crashes - by Peter and Andrew Schiff
Although arguably Atlas Shrugged can be looked at as an economics book as well, although it is much more than that.
;)
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I have...in high school. It is a beautiful and inspiring story. :)
It is my second favorite book after Ayn Rand's Atlas Shrugged. :)
:)
PS: My favorite poem: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=goc3f77bcXk :)
:)
Yours?
not sure if it's my favourite but a limerick I sent to my misses via text a fair time ago to ease the tedium of higher education
My lover is stuck in a class
sitting bored on her wonderful ass
higher up stomach flat
perfect boobs above that
for these reasons alone she should pass
I've written her many limericks, some cheeky, some deeper, she seems to like them
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not sure if it's my favourite but a limerick I sent to my misses via text a fair time ago to ease the tedium of higher education
My lover is stuck in a class
sitting bored on her wonderful ass
higher up stomach flat
perfect boobs above that
for these reasons alone she should pass
I've written her many limericks, some cheeky, some deeper, she seems to like them
:)
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Atlas Shrugged is one of the greatest books in the world. :aok
Midway, if you like that, one in nonfiction that you might like is Basic Economics, by Sowell. I love that book as well.
It is a great read for everyone, especially including people who think that they know economics because they had a course in college.
Randian Theory is a bit...self serving. Atlas Shrugged is not big on "the good of the many"...its more about the good of self.
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Randian Theory is a bit...self serving. Atlas Shrugged is not big on "the good of the many"...its more about the good of self.
Nothing wrong with that. Collective theory is a bit....dehumanizing and unnatural when taken to the extreme. But I'll stop before the political uproar starts....
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Randian Theory is a bit...self serving. Atlas Shrugged is not big on "the good of the many"...its more about the good of self.
Lack of full comprehension will produce incorrect conclusions. :old:
The many = the sum of each of the individuals.
What is good for the individuals = what is good for the component parts of the many.
Optimize that equation for each of the individuals and you'll find what is best for the many. :)
Now, back to the topic at hand. :old:
(http://scienceblogs.com/zooillogix/wp-content/blogs.dir/253/files/2012/04/i-95c914e2d3757737db0fa76dd2281597-Albatross%20II.jpg)
The Albatross, beauty and skill in flight. :aok
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Cool video Midway. I emailed it to a friend of mine who is down with nature and what have ya. :aok
I just wanted to be a part of this thread. :)
:rofl :rofl Rite on!
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Lack of full comprehension will produce incorrect conclusions. :old:
The many = the sum of each of the individuals.
What is good for the individuals = what is good for the component parts of the many.
Optimize that equation for each of the individuals and you'll find what is best for the many. :)
Now, back to the topic at hand. :old:
(http://scienceblogs.com/zooillogix/wp-content/blogs.dir/253/files/2012/04/i-95c914e2d3757737db0fa76dd2281597-Albatross%20II.jpg)
The Albatross, beauty and skill in flight. :aok
A simpletons view of her theories.
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that is all
The O'club
open forum for off topic and less serious discussions
:huh THIS IS THE REVELANT FORUM
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A simpletons view of her theories.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Occam's_razor :old:
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Occam's_razor :old:
That doesn't help you.
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Again, back to the topic at hand. :)
(http://thebirdguide.com/pelagics/images/laysan_albatross_2_mcvicker.jpg)
:aok
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<---- John Galt.
Now you know.
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Again, back to the topic at hand. :)
(http://thebirdguide.com/pelagics/images/laysan_albatross_2_mcvicker.jpg)
:aok
I just didn't want you to successfully sound more intelligent that you actually are :aok
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Atlas Shrugged is one of the greatest books in the world. :aok
Or Hayek's, The Road to Serfdom, for that matter... Don't get me wrong, I'm aligned with much of the Atlas Shrugged perspective, but I found the book repetitive and annoying. It would've made a good 400 page book, given the story. Problem be, it's mor ethan double that length. THe speech: do we really need 28 pages of harping?
But then, perhaps it was the "where" of reading that book that is my true source of annoyance. Flint School Aboard... some might know, others can look in Wiki. I am also aligned with much of the message of that institiution - and it helped me in life.
Brooke, you and I need to talk at some point. I've got some good "Ayn" stories for you. Thankfully, I don't think her trajectory is emblematic for most of us on an individualistic path. Remember: Blue Nile is ON ME. Right now, I'm in London after a week in Koln. I look forward to my return to the states. Cheers, mate.
One add: see Whitaker Chambers historical article, via the National Review, on AS. In at least his central assertion, I'd say he was spot on. I've got stories...
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not sure if it's my favourite but a limerick I sent to my misses via text a fair time ago to ease the tedium of higher education
My lover is stuck in a class
sitting bored on her wonderful ass
higher up stomach flat
perfect boobs above that
for these reasons alone she should pass
I've written her many limericks, some cheeky, some deeper, she seems to like them
Okay, Mech, this is just for laughs - I don't even know your gf...
Your lover who sits on her ass?
Damn right that she's in class
I'm teaching her how
as her fields I do plow
to kneel down as if she's at mass
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that's one way to get good grades
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here's another couple I am fond of
A ninja may sleep through the day,
For this is the only real way,
To stay up all night,
scaling roofs without light,
Please don't hold it against me I say
There's one thing in this life that's a must,
That is finding someone we can trust,
If we dont take this chance,
Life's a solitary dance,
And our souls would most certainly rust.
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Or Hayek's, The Road to Serfdom, for that matter... Don't get me wrong, I'm aligned with much of the Atlas Shrugged perspective, but I found the book repetitive and annoying. It would've made a good 400 page book, given the story. Problem be, it's mor ethan double that length. THe speech: do we really need 28 pages of harping?
But then, perhaps it was the "where" of reading that book that is my true source of annoyance. Flint School Aboard... some might know, others can look in Wiki. I am also aligned with much of the message of that institiution - and it helped me in life.
Brooke, you and I need to talk at some point. I've got some good "Ayn" stories for you. Thankfully, I don't think her trajectory is emblematic for most of us on an individualistic path. Remember: Blue Nile is ON ME. Right now, I'm in London after a week in Koln. I look forward to my return to the states. Cheers, mate.
One add: see Whitaker Chambers historical article, via the National Review, on AS. In at least his central assertion, I'd say he was spot on. I've got stories...
It could have been written better and there is repetitiveness in it, as well as some other style type issues, but it's the concepts that are important which far outweigh her writing style flaws making it my favorite book. :)
Ayn Rand certainly was not perfect. She smoked, likely causing her lung cancer and resulting heart failure, and had a variety of other issues as well. She was a rough, and often abrasive lady coming from a tough childhood in Russia. But you can't let her flaws or the flaws of a writing style detract from the beauty and strength of her writing rationally supported truth.
If someone writes that 1 + 1 = 2, nothing they have done or said can ever take away from the simple truth and beauty of that statement, even if they repeat it multiple times in different awkward ways. The fact still remains a fact, forever.
I read it in five days, nonstop, could not put it down, and overlooked the style flaws because what she was getting at was so important and true. :aok
Now, more than nuff said on my favorite book. :old:
The topic at hand being the beauty of the Albatross, a living force of nature that travels thousands of miles over open oceans to find food for its one chick. Did I mention both parents equally share in sitting on the egg and finding food for its chick once it hatches? :)
(http://animalsadda.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/Albatross-4.jpg)
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A simpletons view of her theories.
Not really. It is also the heart of why free markets work better in allocating scarce resources than do centrally planned economies.
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Or Hayek's, The Road to Serfdom, for that matter...
Indeed. :aok
Don't get me wrong, I'm aligned with much of the Atlas Shrugged perspective, but I found the book repetitive and annoying. It would've made a good 400 page book, given the story. Problem be, it's mor ethan double that length. THe speech: do we really need 28 pages of harping?
The Fountainhead is much more concise.
Brooke, you and I need to talk at some point. I've got some good "Ayn" stories for you. Thankfully, I don't think her trajectory is emblematic for most of us on an individualistic path. Remember: Blue Nile is ON ME. Right now, I'm in London after a week in Koln. I look forward to my return to the states. Cheers, mate.
One add: see Whitaker Chambers historical article, via the National Review, on AS. In at least his central assertion, I'd say he was spot on. I've got stories...
I would love to. Same here-- if you are ever in the Seattle area, please let me know. :aok
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Not really. It is also the heart of why free markets work better in allocating scarce resources than do centrally planned economies.
Very little of her theory is surrounded by economics. That was the work of her understudy who, later, had a 15 year affair with her. At the end if the affair and before her death, took over the Objectionist movement without her. Her books became his theory and according to their logic, it's inflexible.
Ayn made lots of money by having a ridiculous knack for restating the obvious in the form of a complex axiom. Cutting through her slack is: we exist, we think therefore we are and ultimately it's for our own enjoyment. Creative mind but not an original thinker.
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Birds
There are too many turtles in turtletown
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Very little of her theory is surrounded by economics.
That wasn't my point. My point was that "what is good for individuals is good for the group" is not a simpleton's view either as one theme from Rand's works or as one theme from free-market economics. It has nothing to do with whether or not she used economics to explain her point of view.
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here's another couple I am fond of
A ninja may sleep through the day,
For this is the only real way,
To stay up all night,
scaling roofs without light,
Please don't hold it against me I say
There's one thing in this life that's a must,
That is finding someone we can trust,
If we dont take this chance,
Life's a solitary dance,
And our souls would most certainly rust.
awesome :aok
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Very little of her theory is surrounded by economics. That was the work of her understudy who, later, had a 15 year affair with her. At the end if the affair and before her death, took over the Objectionist movement without her. Her books became his theory and according to their logic, it's inflexible.
Ayn made lots of money by having a ridiculous knack for restating the obvious in the form of a complex axiom. Cutting through her slack is: we exist, we think therefore we are and ultimately it's for our own enjoyment. Creative mind but not an original thinker.
Agreed, changeup, and that affair with Branden has a kind of hilarious/tragic backstory. BTW, I like your Freudian here: Objectionist (it's actually Objectivist, but, as I say, point taken, if subliminally).
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Agreed, changeup, and that affair with Branden has a kind of hilarious/tragic backstory. BTW, I like your Freudian here: Objectionist (it's actually Objectivist, but, as I say, point taken, if subliminally).
Mobile phone autocorrect, lol
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That wasn't my point. My point was that "what is good for individuals is good for the group" is not a simpleton's view either as one theme from Rand's works or as one theme from free-market economics. It has nothing to do with whether or not she used economics to explain her point of view.
And that is her philosophical downfall. A logical fallacy. What one person perceives as good for them may cost the group dearly. There are a million examples non of which you actually need unless you'd like me to give examples of how government hand outs help the one but hurt the many.
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And that is her philosophical downfall. A logical fallacy. What one person perceives as good for them may cost the group dearly. There are a million examples non of which you actually need unless you'd like me to give examples of how government hand outs help the one but hurt the many.
There are several errors and incorrect premises in this statement of yours, but I'm not going to get into a discussion on it. I'll just say you need to spend some time to more fully comprehend the underlying concepts. :)
Now, way more than nuff said about philosophy. :old:
Getting back to the OP....
Click on the link. The baby albatross is just sitting there enjoying the view.... waiting to get bigger and spend several years flying over the open oceans without ever touching foot on land. :aok
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There are several errors and incorrect premises in this statement of yours, but I'm not going to get into a discussion on it. I'll just say you need to spend some time to more fully comprehend the underlying concepts. :)
Now, way more than nuff said about philosophy. :old:
Getting back to the OP....
Click on the link. The baby albatross is just sitting there enjoying the view.... waiting to get bigger and spend several years flying over the open oceans without ever touching foot on land. :aok
Please PM your complete and total understanding of her axioms, precepts and philosophies and we can debate this in private. I await your PM.
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Please PM your complete and total understanding of her axioms, precepts and philosophies and we can debate this in private. I await your PM.
I have zero interest in debating this issue in public or private. There is plenty of material you can read yourself on the web and in books.
Already way way more than nuff said. :old:
This thread of ours is about the beauty and skill of the awesome Albatross. :old:
(http://m.whoi.edu/cms/images/oceanus/albatross2-300_132254.jpg)
Did I mention that they've lived for millions of years on our planet vs a few hundred thousand years for us? Each Albatross living an average lifespan will log millions of miles of flight over huge areas of our planet. :)
"Wandering Albatross can travel 500-600 miles in a single day, fly the equivalent of eighteen round trips to the moon and back in a lifetime, and maintain speeds higher than 127 km/h for more than eight hours, all, achieved through the distinct skill of dynamic soaring." :)
"I now belong to the higher cult of mortals, for I have seen the Albatross." -- Robert Cushman Murphy:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=buuxFP--Ezo :O
"Dynamic soaring offers incalculable lessons for the aeronautical community. Engineers at NASA are already designing a UAV based upon the Wandering Albatross able to stay aloft for months at a time. Dynamic soaring is truly a lesson in the unharnessed power of nature that humanity has yet to realize. Unlimited and omnipresent, the power of nature surrounds us, and humanity must learn to use it just as the Wandering Albatross and many others already have."
http://blogs.bu.edu/bioaerial2012/2012/11/17/flying-without-flapping/
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I have zero understanding and cannot debate you in public or private. I just think I sound smart by being a Rand fanboi. There is plenty of material you can read yourself on the web and in books because that's what I'll have to end up doing if I choose to debate you and I don't have time for that.
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Can you not simply appreciate the skill and beauty before you? :headscratch:
Must you go off on a hijacking tangent where way, way, way more than nuffs already been said. :headscratch:
Must I say it? :headscratch:
Must I? :headscratch:
Really??? :headscratch:
Consider your way. :old:
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Hmm... I didn't know trolls got rusty. :)
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And that is her philosophical downfall. A logical fallacy. What one person perceives as good for them may cost the group dearly. There are a million examples non of which you actually need unless you'd like me to give examples of how government hand outs help the one but hurt the many.
Consider the possibility that traditional forms of handout probably hurt both the one and the many. Where I find her weaker, however, is in the area of traditional market "failures" - consider the example of private use of public goods, for example, using a river as an effluent conveyance. This is probably the oldest example known to man. At the same time, for most things, the market works pretty well.
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And that is her philosophical downfall. A logical fallacy. What one person perceives as good for them may cost the group dearly. There are a million examples non of which you actually need unless you'd like me to give examples of how government hand outs help the one but hurt the many.
What I said is not a logical fallacy. Quite the contrary. Note how I phrased it: "what is good for individuals" not "what is good for one particular individual" or even "what is good for a small subset of individuals." You are substituting a sample of one person (or at most a sample of a small number of people) for averages, which is a logical fallacy.
Give you examples of how government handouts help the one but hurt the many? There are lots of those. Examples include crony capitalism, handouts to insider friends, money for bridges to nowhere, handouts to Solyndra, sweetheart real estate deals for the connected using public money, paying a particular company exorbitant fees for unnecessary work, etc.
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Teenage hairdos. :lol
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2H9PQ6jt9us
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What I said is not a logical fallacy. Quite the contrary. Note how I phrased it: "what is good for individuals" not "what is good for one particular individual" or even "what is good for a small subset of individuals." You are substituting a sample of one person (or at most a sample of a small number of people) for averages, which is a logical fallacy.
Give you examples of how government handouts help the one but hurt the many? There are lots of those. Examples include crony capitalism, handouts to insider friends, money for bridges to nowhere, handouts to Solyndra, sweetheart real estate deals for the connected using public money, paying a particular company exorbitant fees for unnecessary work, etc.
While your examples elicit a wonderful emotional pause, those examples are illegal. Rand proposed nothing illegal. I rest...
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While your examples elicit a wonderful emotional pause, those examples are illegal. Rand proposed nothing illegal. I rest...
Illegal? What are you talking about?
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While your examples elicit a wonderful emotional pause, those examples are illegal. Rand proposed nothing illegal. I rest...
The examples I gave are all current examples, only one of which was prosecuted, the rest weren't, and all are well known. They are disgusting, but apparently enough people think that they aren't (or shouldn't be) illegal, and so nothing has happened.
Regardless, what does any of this have to do with Ayn Rand? I pointed out that the good of individuals leading to the good of the group is not a simpleton's view of either Rand's works or free markets. None of these other things you are bringing up has anything bearing on that.
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While your examples elicit a wonderful emotional pause, those examples are illegal. Rand proposed nothing illegal. I rest...
These...most are illegal and the balance are prosecutable ethics violations. What I find funny about all of the righteous Randian talk is that for any of it to work as planned, people will have to stop doing bad things, lmao! How much realism is in that probability?
"Give you examples of how government handouts help the one but hurt the many? There are lots of those. Examples include crony capitalism, handouts to insider friends, money for bridges to nowhere, handouts to Solyndra, sweetheart real estate deals for the connected using public money, paying a particular company exorbitant fees for unnecessary work, etc."
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These...most are illegal and the balance are prosecutable ethics violations. What I find funny about all of the righteous Randian talk is that for any of it to work as planned, people will have to stop doing bad things, lmao! How much realism is in that probability?
"Give you examples of how government handouts help the one but hurt the many? There are lots of those. Examples include crony capitalism, handouts to insider friends, money for bridges to nowhere, handouts to Solyndra, sweetheart real estate deals for the connected using public money, paying a particular company exorbitant fees for unnecessary work, etc."
No. Solyndra, for example, was a perfectly legal investment. The quid pro quo was sufficiently opaque that there was no illegality. But consider our point of departure here: it was your assertion that these transfers are helpful. Now you're telling us that, as priacticed, they aren't. I say that means they should stop. You seem to be arguing they should continue. The Randian assumption is that these types of transfers will always be corrupt, hence they should end. I think you're making a non-sequitur by arguing in their favor.
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Ayn Rand was the child of a disgraced Russian wealthy family closely tied with the Czar and the feudal system. Her works were ultimately nothing more than a perverted expression of her loss of a trust-fund. If it wasn't for the decline of a nepotistic government & economic system (Feudalism/Monarchy), she wouldn't have written anything, and would be living a lavish life off of the backs of surfs... Nothing capitalistic about her... just another sorry selfish sucker
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See rule #2
:noid
The topic at hand is the grace, skill, and beauty of the Albatross. :old:
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Chatham_Albatross_%28Thalassarche_eremita%29_in_flight.jpg/505px-Chatham_Albatross_%28Thalassarche_eremita%29_in_flight.jpg)
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Ayn Rand was the child of a disgraced Russian wealthy family closely tied with the Czar and the feudal system. Her works were ultimately nothing more than a perverted expression of her loss of a trust-fund. If it wasn't for the decline of a nepotistic government & economic system (Feudalism/Monarchy), she wouldn't have written anything, and would be living a lavish life off of the backs of surfs... Nothing capitalistic about her... just another sorry selfish sucker
My own misgivings about her aside, this account doesn't square with my sources. I believe she was actually a Kerensky supporter and the daughter of a businessman (non-observant Jewish) from Petersburg - Rosenbaum, I believe. His business was confiscated by the Soviets, so yes, she and her family suffered great loss at the hands of the communists. That has a way of affecting your disposition. In this sesne, she reminds me a little of an old Cuban spanish teacher I had. Her father was a Doctor in pre-Castro Cuba. She didn't have much use for Castro after what happened.
So, if you have some source that ties her to the Romanovs, I'd like to see it. We studied her quite a bit at Flint School aboard TeVega. Such would be news to me. BTW, did your serfs, surf? ;^)
My own thinking: she was disaffected of collectivism but came to the US looking for its antithesis and was thus "ready to party" in some pretty unsavory ways. Consider her "rational affair" with Branden or her lifelong smoking habit. She's a classic OCD case who thinks that an economic system has something to say about sprituality. It doesn't. I t merely enables people to choose their own, hence, necessary but not sufficient. Her attempts at philosophy lack academic rigor. She's embarassing as an undergrad, much less as a philosopher. Her chief virtue was an ability to master some things people like me take for granted. Her denunciation of Hayek I find amusing. Hayek was her intellectual superior and a better channel.
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Here's some reasonable "look and feel" on her childhood by way of a review: read and be educated: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/style/longterm/books/chap1/aynrand.htm
She and her family were hardly "closely tied" to the Tsar.
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Her works were ultimately nothing more than a perverted expression of her loss of a trust-fund. If it wasn't for the decline of a nepotistic government & economic system (Feudalism/Monarchy), she wouldn't have written anything, and would be living a lavish life off of the backs of surfs... Nothing capitalistic about her... just another sorry selfish sucker
Having read some of her books, I disagree with all of that.
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No. Solyndra, for example, was a perfectly legal investment. The quid pro quo was sufficiently opaque that there was no illegality. But consider our point of departure here: it was your assertion that these transfers are helpful. Now you're telling us that, as priacticed, they aren't. I say that means they should stop. You seem to be arguing they should continue. The Randian assumption is that these types of transfers will always be corrupt, hence they should end. I think you're making a non-sequitur by arguing in their favor.
Then clearly you've read me wrong. If you care, read it again. I was quoting Brooke
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Her chief virtue was an ability to master some things people like me take for granted. Her denunciation of Hayek I find amusing. Hayek was her intellectual superior and a better channel.
Yes, unlike Ayn Rand, Hayek does have plenty credibility, unfortunately the economic model proposed by ' the first Austrian school of economics' suffers from deflationary spirals. I should note that although Hayek is often associated with that school of thought he also believed in base line social services and in many ways deviated from that model. Furthermore, his associations with late 20th century conservative politicians have caused his work (from a cultural perspective) to be filtered through a 'right' leaning filter, dropping portions of his work & statements when they didn't align with political agendas.
and yes 'Serfs' not 'surfs' and 'Tsar' not 'Czar' ;)
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See rule #2
http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/index.php/topic,361215.0.html
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Albatross..........
..........is a nice plane! :airplane: :airplane: :joystick:
(http://www.fiddlersgreen.net/aircraft/Albatros-DVa/IMAGES/Rhinebeck-Aerodrome-Albatros-DVa.jpg)
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Albatross..........
..........is a nice plane! :airplane: :airplane: :joystick:
(http://www.fiddlersgreen.net/aircraft/Albatros-DVa/IMAGES/Rhinebeck-Aerodrome-Albatros-DVa.jpg)
That's a great photo....my favorite Rise of Flight ride. :aok
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The mom or dad is guarding their baby right now: http://cams.allaboutbirds.org/channel/41/Laysan_Albatross/?utm_source=Cornell+Lab+eNews&utm_campaign=7dd922b88f-Cornell_Lab_eNews_2014_4_08&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_47588b5758-7dd922b88f-277783241 ;)
They are the most beautiful birds and the most graceful, the most skilled, the largest (weighting up to 25 pounds and up to 11 to 12 ft wingspans), and the most adept at flying.
If I had to choose, I would choose to be an Albatross and fly for years without ever touching land or using hardly any more energy than sitting still. :aok
http://www.usc.edu/org/cosee-west/October06Resources/Resources/Fast%20Facts.pdf (http://www.usc.edu/org/cosee-west/October06Resources/Resources/Fast%20Facts.pdf)
Nineteen of the 21 species of albatross are globally threatened with extinction. :frown:
Albatrosses are dying at a rate of around one every five minutes :frown:
The ancestors of albatrosses evolved 50 million years ago, but it has taken only
three decades of longline fishing for many albatross populations to start
disappearing. :frown:
Appreciate, honour, respect, admire, and embrace the beauty and skill of the Albatross. :old:
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Marvelous Facts About the Wandering Albatross
☞ These birds have an average lifespan of 80 to 85 years! Truly, a close friend of human beings.
☞ Once a Wandering Albatross grow into an adult, it leaves its nest and returns to the island only after 7 to 8 years!
☞ An important aspect about their mating, is that this species of albatross mates for life. No infidelity, indeed!
☞ There are roughly 21 species of albatross, out of which 19 face the threat to extinction.
☞ The most fascinating fact about Wandering Albatrosses, is that they have a wing span of nearly 11 feet. This makes them the biggest seabird alive!
☞ Most of the lifetime of these birds is spent in the air. They can fly for thousands of miles without landing. The only time they land is for mating or for food search. They remain afloat in the air flying for hours without any stopping! Well, that is surely mystical!
☞ Their name is derived from the fact that they wander most of the time, without stopping!
☞ A Wandering Albatross is gifted with a salt gland. It is situated above its nasal passage. This gland serves the peculiar function of draining excess salt that comes in the bird's body after drinking salt water!
☞ If a Wandering Albatross survives during its first year, it mostly lives up to 50 years or more. There are very few animal species that have such a tremendous adaptability.
☞ These birds are travel freaks, or call them globe trotters. They are known as the animals who travel the most during their entire lifetime!
☞ Since ancient times, it is a commonly held belief that killing a Wandering Albatross brings bad luck. Some sailors, in the olden days, hunted these birds for using their bones for manufacturing tobacco - pipe stems. In some places, they were hunted for food.
☞ They follow ships for hours continuously, as if they are also traveling to the place where the ship is going. Certainly, silent companions of sailors, in their long and tiring journeys!
What's Killing Them...☹
Uncontrolled practice of long line fishing in areas where they are dominantly found.
Water pollution mainly due to complex chemicals in plastics.
Fishing hooks.
Read more at Buzzle: http://www.buzzle.com/articles/wandering-albatross-facts.html
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Marvelous Facts About the Wandering Albatross
☞ These birds have an average lifespan of 80 to 85 years! Truly, a close friend of human beings.
☞ Once a Wandering Albatross grow into an adult, it leaves its nest and returns to the island only after 7 to 8 years!
☞ An important aspect about their mating, is that this species of albatross mates for life. No infidelity, indeed!
☞ There are roughly 21 species of albatross, out of which 19 face the threat to extinction.
☞ The most fascinating fact about Wandering Albatrosses, is that they have a wing span of nearly 11 feet. This makes them the biggest seabird alive!
☞ Most of the lifetime of these birds is spent in the air. They can fly for thousands of miles without landing. The only time they land is for mating or for food search. They remain afloat in the air flying for hours without any stopping! Well, that is surely mystical!
☞ Their name is derived from the fact that they wander most of the time, without stopping!
☞ A Wandering Albatross is gifted with a salt gland. It is situated above its nasal passage. This gland serves the peculiar function of draining excess salt that comes in the bird's body after drinking salt water!
☞ If a Wandering Albatross survives during its first year, it mostly lives up to 50 years or more. There are very few animal species that have such a tremendous adaptability.
☞ These birds are travel freaks, or call them globe trotters. They are known as the animals who travel the most during their entire lifetime!
☞ Since ancient times, it is a commonly held belief that killing a Wandering Albatross brings bad luck. Some sailors, in the olden days, hunted these birds for using their bones for manufacturing tobacco - pipe stems. In some places, they were hunted for food.
☞ They follow ships for hours continuously, as if they are also traveling to the place where the ship is going. Certainly, silent companions of sailors, in their long and tiring journeys!
What's Killing Them...☹
Uncontrolled practice of long line fishing in areas where they are dominantly found.
Water pollution mainly due to complex chemicals in plastics.
Fishing hooks.
Read more at Buzzle: http://www.buzzle.com/articles/wandering-albatross-facts.html
BIRDS
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Birds indeed. :aok
As near to perfect flying living beings as you can get with a human lifespan as well as human mating and child rearing traits. :)
These are no ordinary birds. :old:
Watch some videos of them, consider what you see, reflect, and you might also join the higher cult of mortals for having seen the Albatross. :)
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BIRDS
(http://dronecenter.bard.edu/files/2013/05/hitcockbirds.jpg)
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Yes, unlike Ayn Rand, Hayek does have plenty credibility, unfortunately the economic model proposed by ' the first Austrian school of economics' suffers from deflationary spirals. I should note that although Hayek is often associated with that school of thought he also believed in base line social services and in many ways deviated from that model.
Perhaps, but, per the monetarists and empirical evidence, inflation and deflation are both easily managed - and that's the monetarists primary contribution. I would never argue that any one school had a monopoly on truth. As for the whole social net issue, part of the reason for Ayn's summary denunciations (and they got more and more abrupt and frequent as she aged) was other's "Failure" to adhere to her idea of ideological purity. Hence, anything as practical as a basic net was anathema to her. As for me, I think we need not argue whether those should or should not be. We're so far past that point, such an argument is detached from all reality. My own view is that the LAffer curve says that optimal revenue is realized at around a 20% taxation rate on GDP. Take this historical average and stick to it by policy (because you're stuck with it, in fact, for reasons I can explain, regardless of what you do with marginal rates) and optimize coverage around that level of revenue.
Anecdote: mt old Flint School headmaster and his wife went to one of Rand's last speeches. They were introduced to her after the speech. It was some big deal held in NY where they brought her in in her own rail car, blah-blah. She was their with some handlers, including, of course, the always sycophantic Peikoff (think KEitel in the bunker, at this stage in her life). Somehow, after the intro, she started asking if the Stoll's (my headmaster and his wife) were the one who "ran that school that claims to be Objectivist". They had never claimed any such thing but that was beside the point to her. She proceeded to rip 'em a new one, right there in front of everyone. You don't know George nad Betty Stoll but, in some ways, it was poetic justics. However, it's typical of the treatment she was dishing near th eend.
All this led me to coin my first theorem of politics. It's a limit theorem. At th elimit, as ideological purity approaches infinity, faction size/number of adherents approach unity. I haven't got much use for it, given that I do corporate process/product development work, but I believe it correct.
A Tsarist, though? No. She denounced Tsarism as equally as communism. She didn't much like the Orthodox church, either. Recall Orwell's portrayal of this: the Raven, always talking toejame about "the big rock candy mountain".
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Actually, the topic at hand is Midway. :old:
Given that, I hereby restrict further discussion in this thread to the named pacific atoll, distance measurement, or the consistent and thorough application of pwnage our beloved character Midway has received.
Thanks in advance. :salute
Birds are stupid, btw.
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Birds are stupid, btw.
You have obviously not watched the videos, the live feed, reflected, nor considered the images and facts in front of you. You do not know, therefore, what you are missing, sadly. :frown:
We're talking about the Albatross, not just any ordinary " birds :rolleyes: ".
Take some time and try to comprehend (show an "ability to learn and understand") the beauty and skill of the Albatross and maybe, just maybe, you too will see the light. :O
NASA has seen the light: http://www.downloaddailymotion.com/video/0-nasa-albatross-dynamic-soaring-open-ocean-persistent-platform-uav-concept.html
Now... please consider the following definition...
stu·pid adjective \ˈstü-pəd, ˈstyü-\ : having or showing a lack of ability to learn and understand things
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stupid
Nuff said. :)
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4zEaYl01Uw (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4zEaYl01Uw)
"This aircraft is based on the Albatross which inhabitats the southern oceans by Antarctica. The typical Albatross weighs about 25 lbs. They have an aspect ratio 16 wing with an 11 foot span. They are estimated to have an L/D of 27. Since there are few static soaring opportunities over the ocean, the Albatross uses a technique called Dynamic Soaring (DS) to maintain flight. Dynamic soaring is a figure eight-like flight maneuver that takes advantage of horizontal wind gradients to maintain flight speed and altitude. The albatross can travel over 1000 km per day without ever flapping their wings through the constant use of such maneuvers, while able to tack any direction with independence of wind direction The Albatross is also able to lock their shoulder joint to rest their muscles and even capable of sleeping while performing the DS flight maneuvers." -- NASAPAV
Now, more than nuff said. :aok
:salute
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They are truly amazing creatures. Though most of the pelagic birds are.
These aerial pirates are masters of air combat. The frigate bird attacks other gulls and forces them to hand over their dinner with precision aerial attacks.
(http://www.ww2research.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/Magnificent-Frigate-Bird.jpg)
(http://www.antiguanice.com/v2/clients/341-headerimage1.jpg)
(http://ibc.lynxeds.com/files/pictures/Lesser_Frigatebird_3033.jpg)
The Sooty Tern has poor water proofing on it's feathers and rarely rests on the water if it can help it. They skim the surface plucking bait fish out mid-flight without getting a drop of water on their wings. They are masters of close proximity flying unrivalled by most other pelagic birds. They are also exceptionally beautiful.
(http://10000birds.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/Sooty-Tern1.jpg)
(http://10000birds.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/Bridled-TernFlight.jpg)
The list goes on and on.
When most people think of seagulls they can only conjure up an image of a fat bird who steals your chips by the beach. Nothing could be further from the truth.
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They are truly amazing creatures. Though most of the pelagic birds are.
These aerial pirates are masters of air combat. The frigate bird attacks other gulls and forces them to hand over their dinner with precision aerial attacks.
(http://www.ww2research.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/Magnificent-Frigate-Bird.jpg)
(http://www.antiguanice.com/v2/clients/341-headerimage1.jpg)
(http://ibc.lynxeds.com/files/pictures/Lesser_Frigatebird_3033.jpg)
The Sooty Tern has poor water proofing on it's feathers and rarely rests on the water if it can help it. They skim the surface plucking bait fish out mid-flight without getting a drop of water on their wings. They are masters of close proximity flying unrivalled by most other pelagic birds. They are also exceptionally beautiful.
(http://10000birds.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/Sooty-Tern1.jpg)
(http://10000birds.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/Bridled-TernFlight.jpg)
The list goes on and on.
When most people think of seagulls they can only conjure up an image of a fat bird who steals your chips by the beach. Nothing could be further from the truth.
Indeed. :aok
:salute batfink :rock
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These are no ordinary birds. :old:
They are beautiful awe inspiring birds. :)
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They are beautiful awe inspiring birds. :)
They truly are. :aok
I'm glad that you too can now see the light of their awesome skill and incredible beauty. :cheers:
Which brings to mind a wish list item for Aces High. :O
:)
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http://cams.allaboutbirds.org/channel/41/Laysan_Albatross/?utm_source=Cornell+Lab+eNews&utm_campaign=7dd922b88f-Cornell_Lab_eNews_2014_4_08&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_47588b5758-7dd922b88f-277783241
The baby Albatross left its nest just now. :)
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http://cams.allaboutbirds.org/channel/41/Laysan_Albatross/?utm_source=Cornell+Lab+eNews&utm_campaign=7dd922b88f-Cornell_Lab_eNews_2014_4_08&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_47588b5758-7dd922b88f-277783241
The baby Albatross left its nest just now. :)
It was probably the one I splattered with a n ace wing shot from my Citori 12 gage...
Seriously, I like the Frigate Bird. MAriners called them good luck. THeir aspect ratio and max l/d give them some serious climb and glide capability.
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The baby Albatross is back in it's nest again, sleeping. Is that cute or what? :)
http://cams.allaboutbirds.org/channel/41/Laysan_Albatross/?utm_source=Cornell+Lab+eNews&utm_campaign=7dd922b88f-Cornell_Lab_eNews_2014_4_08&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_47588b5758-7dd922b88f-277783241 (http://cams.allaboutbirds.org/channel/41/Laysan_Albatross/?utm_source=Cornell+Lab+eNews&utm_campaign=7dd922b88f-Cornell_Lab_eNews_2014_4_08&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_47588b5758-7dd922b88f-277783241)
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terns are a pelagic fisherman's good luck sign
where there's terns, nemo is under balling to avoid being eaten
terns and yellowfin, bluefin, albacore, yellowtail and sometimes dorado work the bait ball, dolphin/porpoise too
that's where I come in :devil