With autotune and all the other processing they do to pop music, we essentially have that now.

A "stable" aircraft is not necessarily a good thing like it sounds. Stability is the enemy of high maneuverability; you want some instability that the computer can compensate for in order to do quick maneuvers with little effort that an extremely stable aircraft wouldn't be able to do.

Same for Missouri, and I suspect several other states. I think it only lasted about 3-4 years though.

Damn, I wish I had some mod points!

DNRTFA, but did they test the rider/pilot/dude for doping? Would that invalidate the record in the view of the sanctioning body?

Today is also Grandparent's day, which makes today doubly special for me. Started on punched cards. Get off my lawn.

Oh my God yes. I worked for a consulting firm that specialized in PowerBuilder front ends with Sybase as the backend in the early '90s and saw the whole thing go down.

MS: Hey Sybase, let's form a partnership!

Sybase: You want little old us to partner with the most powerful software company in the world? Hell yes!

MS: Just let us make our own version of your database for ahem, fun, you know, and we'll call it MS SQL Server. Just to get it spread wide, and get it known, you understand.

Sybase: Uh, well, I guess, Okay.

...time passes, MS knows all the secrets to the Sybase database...

MS: Hey, nice knowing you, we got all your stuff now, bye, and don't let the door hit you in the ass on the way out!

That, and the fact that they are headquartered in Lexington, KY.

You are technically correct, which as we all know is the best kind of correct.

Wow, where do I begin. First of all, you mean "calibrated," not calculated. Also, stethoscopes are not used to check blood pressure, sphygmomanometers are.

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But you are at least deserving of an explanation. I got my rant out upthread, but I was shadowbanned for no reason and was given no explanation while I was a paying customer. Never again. Sincerely, former Farker show me.

I have been a member of Fark (and most of the time a paying member of Total Fark) for almost 12 years now, and apparently I was "shadowbanned" recently. I have been banned for a day or two once before, for good reason. This time, I have no idea why this happened. Last week I tried repeatedly to post comments and they quit showing up. No reason given. I sent feedback, and never got a response. I agree with and can verify personally most of the negative comments on here about the site. Fortunately, my TF subscription ran out a couple of days ago, and I'm never going back. You, Mr. Curtis, are a fucking piece of shit asshole. Sincerely, show me, former TFer.

Any word on when the Guiness bar towels are due to be delivered?

Came for the Hudson reference, leaving satisfied.