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Comment: Re:Advertising (Score 1) 118

by CaptDeuce (#33515580) Attached to: University Offers Class In Zombie Studies

It's just an English literature/writing class with a narrow focus on zombie fiction. It's not THAT big a deal...

Not a big deal? We're talking freakin' zombies! Some brain dead soul modded the post interesting? ZOMBIES are interesting! Well, actually, not talking to one though. They're not good listeners and there's only one subject they want to talk about.

Comment: Re:Little bigger than Apollo? (Score 2, Informative) 66

by CaptDeuce (#32713160) Attached to: Boeing Releases Details On New Crew Capsule

Apollo was barely big enough for 3. Something only a "little" bigger is supposed to hold 7?

As others have pointed out, there was room in the Apollo space craft in the lower bay (i.e, under the seats) that could "snugly" fit two additional astronauts. The amount of supplies would offer little space savings since the majority of consumables (water and oxygen) were provided by the Service Module. Food did not take up much space since it was all dehydrated. The water was generated as a byproduct of the fuel cells.

One of the largest cubic space savings inside the spacecraft would come from all the avionics. Check out the Command Module interior. Note the size of Command Module Computer (lower right of the Left Side of spacecraft diagram). Examine the Data Storage Equipment (upper right of the Right Side diagram). The control panel was huge. As noted in the wikipedia entry "In total, the command module panels included 24 instruments, 566 switches, 40 event indicators, and 71 lights." Now it could be replaced by four flat screen displays, much smaller and less power hungry instruments, and a lot fewer switches (10-15% maybe?) My guess that equipment specific to Apollo missions would be a wash compared to future missions. Though I do wonder how much space can be recovered by ditching the film and their cameras.

Now consider that the Boeing spacecraft will be a little larger. I haven't gone over the figures but I would expect that seven economy class airline seats will fit comfortably inside. In any case I expect it would be much more comfortable without that pesky gravity that forces you to keep shifting you body weight to keep your ass from getting numb.

Comment: Coming up on the Monkey Television Network (Score 1) 103

by CaptDeuce (#32603868) Attached to: Study Shows Monkeys Like Watching TV
  • Demolition derby
  • Pong
  • Men's tennis
  • Women's tennis (monkey focus groups indicate that male monkeys maintain a narrower focus)
  • Mythbusters
  • Baywatch (increased focus of male monkeys also noted)

In followup studies, human males show almost identical focus intensities. Unexpectedly, focus was most highly concentrated for episodes of Mythbusters -- even when Kari Byron was on hiatus.

Comment: eBook instead of web content? (Score 1) 210

by CaptDeuce (#32579300) Attached to: The Safari Reader Arms Race
TFA says:

what many of these folks did not realize was that they were not looking for web content, what they really wanted to experience was an ebook.

Looking for an eBook "experience"? Hell, I just want to be able to read the damn content! Dammit, Jim, I'm getting old! My eyesight is giving out! Do web designers use small and medium tags any more? Nooooo! I got my standard font size cranked up to 16! My web browser canna take anymore! She's gonna explode!

Damn stupid twit.

Now leave me alone so I can go chase those damn kids off my lawn. Hmph.

Tell me what I'm for, damn stupid bastard. Ow! There goes my damn hip again. Damn doctors ain't worth a damn.

An' everything is an "experience" now, and everything is a "technology," a damn "innovative technology experience." I'll give you an experience all right.

HEY! YOU! GODDAMN KIDS, GET OFF MY LAWN!

Damn Slashdot "comments" ain't nothin' but noise nowadays. Damn kids. Don't know why I bother reading it anymore. Oof! Damn chair ain't good for shit.

Hey, I like that IKCD guy. Damn guy doesn't draw 'em quick enough for me. Damn comic... drawer guy.

Have a taco. -- P.S. Beagle

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