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From: TJ on 9 Oct 2009 10:42 spike1(a)freenet.co.uk wrote: > And verily, didst TJ <TJ(a)noneofyour.business> hastily babble thusly: >> The same thing has happened on another group I frequent, with an even >> bigger buffoon than Sidney. For years, this guy posted right and left on >> a single rant, every time anything came up that he could even remotely >> connect to his "cause." People engaged him every time, and the more they >> engaged, the more he came back, with the same one-note rant. Finally, >> they all gave up, realizing that he discredited himself with every post. >> The guy hasn't been heard from in that group in six months. > > Wasn't the master of all ********, ***** was it? > Oh dear, I just mentioned *********... AND his name... > If he is still active... Nope, though I HAVE run into that clown on yet another group. He too lost interest and left when people stopped feeding him. TJ -- All that is gold does not glitter, Not all those who wander are lost; The old that is strong does not wither, Deep roots are not reached by the frost. From the ashes a fire shall be woken, A light from the shadows shall spring; Renewed shall be blade that was broken, The crownless again shall be king. J.R.R.Tolkien
From: Moe Trin on 9 Oct 2009 15:50 On Fri, 9 Oct 2009, in the Usenet newsgroup comp.os.linux.misc, in article <95i3q6-l9c.ln1(a)librarian.sky.com>, spike1(a)freenet.co.uk wrote: >Wasn't the master of all surge protection, w_tom was it? >Oh dear, I just mentioned surge protectors... AND his name... That means you will be struck by a lightning bolt (unless of course you are properly earthed with a short heavy bonding lead to a good earth ground). You do realize this is the reason Air France lost that A330-200 (AF447) back in June - it flew into an area of intense thunderstorms over the South Atlantic, AND IT WASN'T PROPERLY GROUNDED! >If he is still active... Someone still reads what he posts? Old guy
From: Aragorn on 9 Oct 2009 16:52 On Friday 09 October 2009 16:42 in comp.os.linux.misc, somebody identifying as TJ wrote... > spike1(a)freenet.co.uk wrote: > >> And verily, didst TJ <TJ(a)noneofyour.business> hastily babble thusly: >> >>> The same thing has happened on another group I frequent, with an >>> even bigger buffoon than Sidney. For years, this guy posted right >>> and left on a single rant, every time anything came up that he could >>> even remotely connect to his "cause." People engaged him every time, >>> and the more they engaged, the more he came back, with the same >>> one-note rant. Finally, they all gave up, realizing that he >>> discredited himself with every post. The guy hasn't been heard from >>> in that group in six months. >> >> Wasn't the master of all ********, ***** was it? >> Oh dear, I just mentioned *********... AND his name... >> If he is still active... > > Nope, though I HAVE run into that clown on yet another group. He too > lost interest and left when people stopped feeding him. Yep, been there, done that, have the T-shirt. ;-) -- *Aragorn* (registered GNU/Linux user #223157)
From: John Hasler on 9 Oct 2009 17:50 spike1 weites: > Planes get struck all the time, the bolts usually do no damage because it > just travels around the skin. Bit more of a problem, though, now that they are making them out of plastic (not that the problem is not being addressed). > How do you earth a plane? By way of another lightning bolt. -- John Hasler jhasler(a)newsguy.com Dancing Horse Hill Elmwood, WI USA
From: Moe Trin on 9 Oct 2009 23:02
On Fri, 9 Oct 2009, in the Usenet newsgroup comp.os.linux.misc, in article <lkk4q6-l25.ln1(a)librarian.sky.com>, spike1(a)freenet.co.uk wrote: >Moe Trin <ibuprofin(a)painkiller.example.tld> hastily babble thusly: >> You do realize this is the reason Air France lost that A330-200 >> (AF447) back in June - it flew into an area of intense >> thunderstorms over the South Atlantic, AND IT WASN'T PROPERLY >> GROUNDED! >Planes get struck all the time, the bolts usually do no damage >because it just travels around the skin. http://oea.larc.nasa.gov/PAIS/Concept2Reality/lightning.html NASA 816 was a F-106B delta wing interceptor trainer from the late 1950s. Langley Aeronautical Research Center flew this one into thunderstorms as part of the NASA Storm Hazards Program from 1978 to 1986. The aircraft was struck with considerable regularity. The program came from a National Transportation Safety Board study related to several hull losses - examples being a Pan American 707 struck over Elkton Maryland in 1963, and an Iranian Air Force 747 struck near Madrid in 1976. You're right about strikes NORMALLY being an exciting non-factor. NASA published a number of photos of 816, one of them from the back seat with the streamers all over the plane. Quite impressive. >How do you earth a plane? On the ground, the tires are somewhat conductive. In the air, you may notice "static discharger" (1/4 inch rods extending aft from the wingtips, and tail surfaces - with stranded wire protruding from the ends). I'll admit I like Aragorn's response, but John's is more accurate. Old guy |