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  • Posted by $ jlc 10 years ago
    Babylon 5, Voice of the Resistance in Rumors, Bargains and Lies (Susan Ivanova):

    "First, one brief announcement.
    I just wanted to mention, for those who have asked that absolutely nothing whatsoever happened today in Sector 83 by 9 by 12.
    I repeat, nothing happened.
    Please remain calm."

    Jan
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    • Posted by CTYankee 10 years ago
      Best damn Scifi series on television!

      "I am a Ranger. We walk in the dark places no others will enter. We stand on the bridge, and no one may pass. We live for the One, we die for the One."
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      • Posted by $ jlc 10 years ago
        I agree. And it did not even make it into the list of 10 best TV SF shows! It should have been #1 (and TNG #2). Time to re-watch.

        Jan
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        • Posted by johnpe1 10 years ago
          TNG? -- j
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          • Posted by $ jlc 10 years ago
            The Next Generation (Star Trek with Cpt Picard).

            Jan
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            • Posted by johnpe1 10 years ago
              sorry -- my imagination didn't figure it out. . I have seen
              almost all of the episodes in that series!!! -- j
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              • Posted by $ jlc 10 years ago
                Sorry back at me. I try not to use cant phrases or acronyms, because they often stop me dead in my tracks when I am reading someone else's writing. I do make exceptions for B5 (Babylon 5) and TNG, as you saw.

                Looking at clips from B5 yesterday makes me want to go back and revisit that series.

                Jan
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                • Posted by johnpe1 10 years ago
                  I never enjoyed B5, but should, someday. . many, many fun things,
                  and only so much time to do them!!! -- j
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                  • Posted by $ jlc 10 years ago
                    It has an overall plot arc, which puts it a bit ahead of TNG (at least for the first 4 seasons - 5th season of B5 is forgettable).

                    Jan
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                    • Posted by johnpe1 10 years ago
                      will try to work it in sometime ... just now, we're investigating
                      all of the capabilities of the worksharp belt machine plus
                      the turntable machine too. . very interesting. . just wish that
                      I could get the turntable to rotate backwards!!! -- j
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                      • Posted by $ jlc 10 years ago
                        That sounds like a fun investigation. I bet all of your knives are now Really Sharp!

                        Jan
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                        • Posted by johnpe1 10 years ago
                          we're working on that ... some in the collection will never
                          see any sharpening. . but the Buck 119 is now ready
                          for shaving, for example (there is even a leather strop
                          on the turntable rig). -- j
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                          • Posted by $ jlc 10 years ago
                            I have one dagger, a memento from a friend who died (whilst I was giving him CPR) that is razor sharp. I deliberately keep most of my swords dull (one is sharpish). The other knives I use are clasp knives and camp knives...and my favorite kitchen knife, that I carefully sharpen with a stone and steel.

                            I have a scythe that I have just peen-sharpened. I really need to hit it with the stone again sometime soon.

                            Jan
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                            • Posted by johnpe1 10 years ago
                              I just looked for info on peen-sharpening, and found only this:::

                              http://scytheconnection.com/peening-w...

                              ingenious! . I could imagine using an old powered hammer
                              for edge peening. . and even this text editor red-underlines
                              the word peening. . sheesh. . underlined sheesh, also.
                              dumb editor. . anyway, what technique did you use for
                              peen-sharpening??? -- j

                              p.s. sorry about your friend. . we have only memories
                              for so many.
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                              • Posted by $ jlc 10 years ago
                                True. He had a heart attack at work. Chris and I did CPR and tried to save him, but...

                                I use a ball peen hammer to work the edge on an anvil. When you use a scythe, you sharpen it all the time (keep a stone in your pocket). Eventually you have abraded away the work-hardened edge - that is when you need to take the blade off and pick up the ball peen hammer.

                                Jan
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                                • Posted by johnpe1 10 years ago
                                  you must be a good shot with a hammer, Jan! . that technique
                                  is tough and tedious.

                                  I have studied CPR several times, but never had to do it
                                  in a real situation. . must have been, and still be, rough
                                  for you and Chris to remember....... -- j
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  • Posted by $ MikeMarotta 10 years ago
    "Reports that say that something hasn't happened are always interesting to me, because as we know, there are known knowns; there are things we know we know. We also know there are known unknowns; that is to say we know there are some things we do not know. But there are also unknown unknowns – the ones we don't know we don't know. And if one looks throughout the history of our country and other free countries, it is the latter category that tend to be the difficult ones." -- Donald Rumsfeld.
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    • Posted by CircuitGuy 10 years ago
      I remember it at the time. I think he was trying to say you cannot prove a negative.

      In general, I strongly agree what he's saying. It's good to know stuff. It's okay not to know stuff. It's really dangerous when you think you know something and are wrong or there's something out there you don't even know you should be asking about.

      I disagreed with the invasion and occupation and Iraq, but I always felt like Rumsfeld and I had similar thought processes.
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  • Posted by Owlsrayne 10 years ago
    Now, if we could hack those 50 No. Korean submarines missiles with those parameters they would end up hammering No. Korea. I think given that, would be an acceptable error!
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  • Posted by johnpe1 10 years ago
    hey, that's a perfect lay explanation of a sort of arithmetic averaging
    which can be used in control circuits, say, to put an exoskeletal leg
    in the spot where the human leg is. . it just sounds awful
    because we're not taking notes and making diagrams!!! -- j
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  • Posted by teri-amborn 10 years ago
    ...yeah...
    Now I understand why it is written in the OT: "Damascus is laid waste..."

    In the Middle East who or what can tell where anything is??? (especially these days?)
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