Credo
"Sign on, young man, and sail with me. The stature of our homeland is no more than the measure of ourselves. Our job is to keep her free. Our will is to keep the torch of freedom burning for all. To this solemn purpose we call on the young, the brave, the strong, and the free. Heed my call, Come to the sea. Come Sail with me." -- John Paul Jones
"Pardon him, Theodotus; he is a barbarian, and thinks that the customs of his tribe and island are the laws of nature" --George Bernard Shaw, "Caesar and Cleopatra"
"And those who were seen dancing were thought to be insane by those who could not hear the music."--Friedrich Nietzsche
"A kind Providence has placed in our breasts a hatred of the unjust and cruel, in order that we may preserve ourselves from cruelty and injustice. They who bear cruelty, are accomplices in it. The pretended gentleness which excludes that charitable rancour, produces an indifference which is half an approbation. They never will love where they ought to love, who do not hate where they ought to hate."--Edmund Burke
"Μολὼν λαβέ" -- Leonidas
"Blogito Ergo Sum" -- Neptunus Lex
How come Microsoft ads in the US are so bad? This is awesome even if it isn’t real.
http://adweek.blogs.com/adfreak/2009/08/microsoft-takes-off-with-giantwaterslide-ad.html
The Norsk Hydro ad was just freakin’ cool at that AdFreak site. Thanks for that link, JR.
As far as math goes, Newton is important, but for those guys digital video editing is even more important.
So, as an exercise, anybody want to calculate his take-off velocity? Then, assuming a 15′ diameter pool, how many G’s on splashdown?
Yeah. Thought so.
– Max
Mmmmm. . . ! A Lexalanche!
Feels good.
Thanks.
-Joan
Max:
Yeah flying through the air with the greatest of ease and landing in a pool, what maybe 5′ deep and jumping out like somebody flushed the toilet while you are in the shower kinda makes me wonder what sorta bionic man we’re talking ’bout here.
I think I liked it better when the camera didn’t lie and such…
5′ deep? Looked more like 2′ deep.
Kind of reminds me of the circus act where they shoot a guy out of a cannon and into…? I don’t remember the last, but it was probably something like a large dog bowl.
Navy needs that guy’s phone number. He’s the man to make EMALS work.
Another take on the importance of math:
http://xkcd.com/135/