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From: Phat Bytestard on 4 Aug 2006 11:06 On Fri, 04 Aug 2006 07:46:56 +0100, Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)REMOVETHIS.hotmail.com> Gave us: > It was all a big >conspiracy. You're an idiot.
From: John Larkin on 4 Aug 2006 11:08 On Fri, 04 Aug 2006 03:54:45 GMT, Phat Bytestard <phatbytestard(a)getinmahharddrive.org> wrote: >On Thu, 03 Aug 2006 13:48:55 -0700, John Larkin ><jjlarkin(a)highNOTlandTHIStechnologyPART.com> Gave us: > >>Usenet is an abberation, as it removes the moderating influence of >>personal contact, body language, intonation, and civility in general. >>And it selectively attracts jerks. > > I fart in your general directions... :-] Luckily, it removes foul odors as well. John
From: Phat Bytestard on 4 Aug 2006 11:16 On Fri, 4 Aug 2006 14:30:06 +0200, "Bill Sloman" <bill.sloman(a)ieee.org> Gave us: > but with any luck we will see him >in the dock eventually, along with the rest of his ghastly crew. You're an idiot.
From: Dirk Bruere at NeoPax on 4 Aug 2006 11:18 Fred Bloggs wrote: > > > Dirk Bruere at NeoPax wrote: >> Fred Bloggs wrote: >> >>> >>> >>> Dirk Bruere at NeoPax wrote: >>> >>>> Fred Bloggs wrote: >>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Dirk Bruere at NeoPax wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Fred Bloggs wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Fred Bloggs wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> bill.sloman(a)ieee.org wrote: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Your confidence is misplaced. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> My field-hockey team's fitness training includes an exercise >>>>>>>>> called >>>>>>>>> "hakkebillen" - literally "kick buttocks" - which involves running >>>>>>>>> slowly while bring up your heels behind you as high as you can >>>>>>>>> go. My >>>>>>>>> knees aren't flexible enough to let me kick my own bottom this >>>>>>>>> way, but >>>>>>>>> I can try, and fail, repeatedly without falling over. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> You should take up Hindu squats- if you have knee problems then >>>>>>>> do them with your feet kept flat. Work up to 500 reps: >>>>>>>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hindu_squat >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> I just realized that article was written by a wimp. You can add >>>>>>> resistance to the Hindu squats with this accessory-any of those >>>>>>> Power Jumpers: >>>>>>> http://www.amazon.com/gp/search//002-4776722-5136856?&node=3375301&keywords=power%20jumper >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>> If you want to totally destroy your knees. >>>>>> Ditto 'chicken walking'. >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> That's bull- I do thousands of them, traditionally on toes, and the >>>>> knees never felt better. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> And some people smoke 50 a day all their lives and don't get cancer. >>>> You don't know what your situation will be until its too late. >>>> >>>> Dirk >>> >>> >>> If your knee ligaments are weak then the Hindu squats will initially >>> cause some residual discomfort- but they will eventually strengthen. >>> Most idiopathic chronic joint pain is caused by disuse. So either you >>> injured your knees in martial arts combat, or you are a wimp. >> >> >> My knees are fine, but ask any sports physiologist about Hindu squats >> and they will look at you aghast. There are quite a few old exercises >> that have been abandoned because of their potential for causing major >> chronic injury. Any repetitive power exercise where the knee is bent >> through more than 90 degrees should be abandoned. >> >> Dirk > > That may be good advice for the average people who don't know what > they're doing. When you do the fast bottom brake in the Hindu squat, it > should be by means of rapid contraction of the gluteals and quadriceps, > the legs should not go untensed so that your bodyweight momentum jerks > on the knee ligaments. A large number of repetitions fatigues these > muscles which entices the performer to get sloppy and that is how they > injure themselves, since almost all of the injuries are reported as > resulting from high rep rates. A sensible person simply stops when their > fatigue prevents proper execution. So your sports physiologist advice is > ultimately correct, but not for the reasons you think. It's because it causes damage to the knee joint itself, esp the cartilage. Dirk
From: John Larkin on 4 Aug 2006 11:29
On Fri, 4 Aug 2006 05:58:09 +0200, "Bill Sloman" <bill.sloman(a)ieee.org> wrote: > >"Eeyore" <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)REMOVETHIS.hotmail.com> schreef in >bericht news:44D222B8.DD68A7C9(a)REMOVETHIS.hotmail.com... >> >> >> Ken Smith wrote: >> >>> The US only sells the previous generation of hardware not the latest. >>> The >>> US airforce spends the money for development of the new fighters not the >>> other countries they get sold to. >> >> Well..... Britain's getting some JSFs too. > >And they are paying for, and carrying out, part of the development, along >with the Dutch and few other countries > >http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F-35_Lightning_II > >What did you think the "Joint" in the Joint Strike Fighter meant? Weed? It refers to the US Air Force, Army, Navy, and Marine Corps, all of whom will use the plane. The umbrella military command is the Joint Chiefs. It certainly doesn't refer to any international concepts. We have a number of "Joint" munitions projects, which means they are funded by multiple US services. John |