“Did nobody stop to think what might happen in an emergency in space?”
https://bayourenaissanceman.blogspot.com/2024/08/did-nobody-stop-to-think-what-might.html
“Following on the absurdities of the Boeing Starliner imbroglio, yet
more news about a potentially dangerous limitation.”
““The Boeing spacesuit is made to work with the Starliner spacecraft,
and the SpaceX spacesuit is made to work with the Dragon spacecraft,”
NASA told Fox News Digital. “Both were designed to fit each unique >spacecraft.””
Oops. I suspect that SpaceX will send up a couple of new space suits on
the next supply spaceship.
<lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote:
The Boeing spacesuit is made to work with the Starliner spacecraft,
and the SpaceX spacesuit is made to work with the Dragon spacecraft,
NASA told Fox News Digital. =93Both were designed to fit each unique >>spacecraft.
Oops. I suspect that SpaceX will send up a couple of new space suits on=20 >>the next supply spaceship.
See, /this/ is why the ISO exists.
On 8/24/2024 2:35 PM, Michael F. Stemper wrote:
...
See, /this/ is why the ISO exists.
ISO ?
The International Standards Organization:
<https://www.iso.org/>
I assume that this means that your firm isn't ISO-9000 certified.
I thought that was what he meant but wanted to make sure of it.
Yup, we are ISO certified for a decade or so now. You know, that should--
be on our website but I cannot find it.
On 26/08/2024 06:08, Paul S Person wrote:
[SNIP]
great fan of metric, but the French are certainly not going to agreeAre you aware just how few countries choose to not use the metric system?
to use anything else in /their/ components, and at least using metric
will make the entire mission doesn't just die on reaching its
destination.
I'll help you, it's three: Liberia, Myanmar, and the USA.
I wouldn't like being lumped in with Myanmar...
Paul S Person <psperson@old.netcom.invalid> wrote:
<lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote:
The Boeing spacesuit is made to work with the Starliner spacecraft,
and the SpaceX spacesuit is made to work with the Dragon spacecraft,
NASA told Fox News Digital. =93Both were designed to fit each unique >>>spacecraft.
Oops. I suspect that SpaceX will send up a couple of new space suits on=20 >>>the next supply spaceship.
For Apollo-Soyuz, the Soviets made up some adaptor boxes that went from the >American space suit connections to the Russian ones (as well as the adaptor >ring to connect the two capsules). I am surprised this is not a solution.
See, /this/ is why the ISO exists.
The ISO isn't really all that useful in the real world, partly because they >promote standards without reference to how systems are used in the real world >and partly because they charge money for the standards meaning small >organizations are strongly discouraged from following new ISO standards that >are not already in common use.
The whole upside-down-wedding cake of networking protocols looked great but >didn't map in practice to what people were really using, and when tcp/ip took >over the world it was like a steamroller over top of the ISO.
On 25 Aug 2024 15:22:34 -0000, kludge@panix.com (Scott Dorsey) wrote:
For Apollo-Soyuz, the Soviets made up some adaptor boxes that went from = >thesolution.
American space suit connections to the Russian ones (as well as the = >adaptor
ring to connect the two capsules). I am surprised this is not a =
Sadly, the Soviets (and their technology) are long gone.
On 8/26/2024 2:49 PM, Lynn McGuire wrote:
On 8/26/2024 11:34 AM, Scott Lurndal wrote:
Paul S Person <psperson@old.netcom.invalid> writes:
On 25 Aug 2024 15:22:34 -0000, kludge@panix.com (Scott Dorsey) wrote:
For Apollo-Soyuz, the Soviets made up some adaptor boxes that wentthe
from =
American space suit connections to the Russian ones (as well as the = >>>> adaptorsolution.
ring to connect the two capsules). I am surprised this is not a =
Sadly, the Soviets (and their technology) are long gone.
I beg to differ - Soviet technology is still here. Ukraine has
destroyed 3336 tanks so far, most of those from the soviet era.
The still use Soviet Soyuz boosters.
One might note that Putin desires the return of the Sovyetky Soyuz.
Don't forget the 14,000 soviet nuclear weapons. Thousands of the
battlefield nuclear weapons are being distributed to the Russian troops
right now. The Ukranian advance is 300 miles inside Russia and they are
not going to burn Moscow this time.
While even one nuke in a Western City would be Very Bad News, its
legitimate to wonder how many Soviet nuclear bombs are operational.
American nukes, and presumably Soviet/Russian ones, have the inital
fission element include a neutron generator as part of the ignition.
This uses some isotopes of relatively short half-lifes, such as tritium, >which gives the bombs a limited shelf life before they need to be >refurbished.
Paul S Person <psperson@old.netcom.invalid> writes:
On 25 Aug 2024 15:22:34 -0000, kludge@panix.com (Scott Dorsey) wrote:
For Apollo-Soyuz, the Soviets made up some adaptor boxes that went from = >>the
American space suit connections to the Russian ones (as well as the = >>adaptor
ring to connect the two capsules). I am surprised this is not a = >>solution.
Sadly, the Soviets (and their technology) are long gone.
I beg to differ - Soviet technology is still here. Ukraine has
destroyed 3336 tanks so far, most of those from the soviet era.
The still use Soviet Soyuz boosters.
One might note that Putin desires the return of the Sovyetky Soyuz.
On 8/26/2024 5:15 PM, Scott Lurndal wrote:
Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> writes:
On 8/26/2024 4:36 PM, Cryptoengineer wrote:
On 8/26/2024 2:49 PM, Lynn McGuire wrote:
On 8/26/2024 11:34 AM, Scott Lurndal wrote:
Paul S Person <psperson@old.netcom.invalid> writes:Don't forget the 14,000 soviet nuclear weapons. Thousands of the
On 25 Aug 2024 15:22:34 -0000, kludge@panix.com (Scott Dorsey) wrote: >>>>>>>
For Apollo-Soyuz, the Soviets made up some adaptor boxes that went >>>>>>>> from =the
American space suit connections to the Russian ones (as well as the = >>>>>>> adaptor
ring to connect the two capsules). I am surprised this is not a = >>>>>>> solution.
Sadly, the Soviets (and their technology) are long gone.
I beg to differ - Soviet technology is still here. Ukraine has
destroyed 3336 tanks so far, most of those from the soviet era.
The still use Soviet Soyuz boosters.
One might note that Putin desires the return of the Sovyetky Soyuz. >>>>>
battlefield nuclear weapons are being distributed to the Russian
troops right now. The Ukranian advance is 300 miles inside Russia and >>>>> they are not going to burn Moscow this time.
While even one nuke in a Western City would be Very Bad News, its
legitimate to wonder how many Soviet nuclear bombs are operational.
American nukes, and presumably Soviet/Russian ones, have the inital
fission element include a neutron generator as part of the ignition.
This uses some isotopes of relatively short half-lifes, such as tritium, >>>> which gives the bombs a limited shelf life before they need to be
refurbished.
pt
I suggest that we do not want to find out as apparently several are
targeted for Berlin and a few other German cities. I am not sure if
London is targeted.
Apparently? Not Sure? or baseless speculation.
“WW3 WATCH: As Traditional Strategic Nuclear Deterrence Wears Off,
Russian Doctrine Threshold Gets Lowered and Navy Trains for Preemptive >Tactical Nuke Attacks”
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2024/08/ww3-watch-as-traditional-strategic-nuclear-deterrence-wears/
“Add to that the fact that Moscow’s ‘red lines’ have been breached one
after another – as I write Ukraine is striking Russian territory with
NATO weapons like there’s no tomorrow – and we can see how the situation
has impossibly escalated.”
“It now has arisen that Russia has trained its navy to target sites deep >inside Europe with nuclear-capable missiles in a potential – by now >virtually certain – conflict with Nato”
“Moscow had rehearsed using tactical nuclear weapons in the early stages
of a conflict with a major world power, […] planning for a series of >overwhelming strikes across western Europe.”
“You read it right – EARLY STAGES: not using strikes as a last measure,
but as an early salvo.”
I do not know what the leaders of NATO are thinking but I hope that they
die in the first salvo of the CANNED SUNSHINE.
On Mon, 26 Aug 2024 16:34:21 GMT, scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal)
wrote:
Paul S Person <psperson@old.netcom.invalid> writes:from =3D
On 25 Aug 2024 15:22:34 -0000, kludge@panix.com (Scott Dorsey) wrote:
For Apollo-Soyuz, the Soviets made up some adaptor boxes that went =
the
American space suit connections to the Russian ones (as well as the =3D >>>adaptor
ring to connect the two capsules). I am surprised this is not a =3D >>>solution.
Sadly, the Soviets (and their technology) are long gone.
I beg to differ - Soviet technology is still here. Ukraine has
destroyed 3336 tanks so far, most of those from the soviet era.
The still use Soviet Soyuz boosters.
One might note that Putin desires the return of the Sovyetky Soyuz.
They may use them (and lose them) but do they understand them well
enough to pair their spacecraft with ours?
On 27/08/2024 17:26, Paul S Person wrote:
On Mon, 26 Aug 2024 17:36:25 -0400, Cryptoengineer
<petertrei@gmail.com> wrote:
On 8/26/2024 2:49 PM, Lynn McGuire wrote:
On 8/26/2024 11:34 AM, Scott Lurndal wrote:
Paul S Person <psperson@old.netcom.invalid> writes:
On 25 Aug 2024 15:22:34 -0000, kludge@panix.com (Scott Dorsey) wrote: >>>>>>
For Apollo-Soyuz, the Soviets made up some adaptor boxes that went >>>>>>> from =the
American space suit connections to the Russian ones (as well as the = >>>>>> adaptor
ring to connect the two capsules). I am surprised this is not a = >>>>>> solution.
Sadly, the Soviets (and their technology) are long gone.
I beg to differ - Soviet technology is still here. Ukraine has
destroyed 3336 tanks so far, most of those from the soviet era.
The still use Soviet Soyuz boosters.
One might note that Putin desires the return of the Sovyetky Soyuz.
Don't forget the 14,000 soviet nuclear weapons. Thousands of the
battlefield nuclear weapons are being distributed to the Russian troops >>>> right now. The Ukranian advance is 300 miles inside Russia and they are >>>> not going to burn Moscow this time.
While even one nuke in a Western City would be Very Bad News, its
legitimate to wonder how many Soviet nuclear bombs are operational.
American nukes, and presumably Soviet/Russian ones, have the inital
fission element include a neutron generator as part of the ignition.
This uses some isotopes of relatively short half-lifes, such as tritium, >>> which gives the bombs a limited shelf life before they need to be
refurbished.
This is true, and I think I should repeat something I have pointed out
before:
just because Putin let his Army and Navy decline doesn't mean he let
his Strategic Missile Forces do the same
And I agree with others that we really don't want to find out.
Submit, then.
On 8/27/2024 12:28 PM, Paul S Person wrote:
On Mon, 26 Aug 2024 18:33:53 -0500, Lynn McGuire
<lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote:
On 8/26/2024 5:15 PM, Scott Lurndal wrote:
Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> writes:
On 8/26/2024 4:36 PM, Cryptoengineer wrote:
On 8/26/2024 2:49 PM, Lynn McGuire wrote:
On 8/26/2024 11:34 AM, Scott Lurndal wrote:
Paul S Person <psperson@old.netcom.invalid> writes:Don't forget the 14,000 soviet nuclear weapons. Thousands of the >>>>>>> battlefield nuclear weapons are being distributed to the Russian >>>>>>> troops right now. The Ukranian advance is 300 miles inside Russia and >>>>>>> they are not going to burn Moscow this time.
On 25 Aug 2024 15:22:34 -0000, kludge@panix.com (Scott Dorsey) wrote: >>>>>>>>>
For Apollo-Soyuz, the Soviets made up some adaptor boxes that went >>>>>>>>>> from =the
American space suit connections to the Russian ones (as well as the =adaptor
ring to connect the two capsules). I am surprised this is not a = >>>>>>>>> solution.
Sadly, the Soviets (and their technology) are long gone.
I beg to differ - Soviet technology is still here. Ukraine has >>>>>>>> destroyed 3336 tanks so far, most of those from the soviet era. >>>>>>>>
The still use Soviet Soyuz boosters.
One might note that Putin desires the return of the Sovyetky Soyuz. >>>>>>>
While even one nuke in a Western City would be Very Bad News, its
legitimate to wonder how many Soviet nuclear bombs are operational. >>>>>>
American nukes, and presumably Soviet/Russian ones, have the inital >>>>>> fission element include a neutron generator as part of the ignition. >>>>>> This uses some isotopes of relatively short half-lifes, such as tritium, >>>>>> which gives the bombs a limited shelf life before they need to be
refurbished.
pt
I suggest that we do not want to find out as apparently several are
targeted for Berlin and a few other German cities. I am not sure if >>>>> London is targeted.
Apparently? Not Sure? or baseless speculation.
“WW3 WATCH: As Traditional Strategic Nuclear Deterrence Wears Off,
Russian Doctrine Threshold Gets Lowered and Navy Trains for Preemptive
Tactical Nuke Attacks”
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2024/08/ww3-watch-as-traditional-strategic-nuclear-deterrence-wears/
“Add to that the fact that Moscow’s ‘red lines’ have been breached one
after another – as I write Ukraine is striking Russian territory with
NATO weapons like there’s no tomorrow – and we can see how the situation >>> has impossibly escalated.”
“It now has arisen that Russia has trained its navy to target sites deep >>> inside Europe with nuclear-capable missiles in a potential – by now
virtually certain – conflict with Nato”
“Moscow had rehearsed using tactical nuclear weapons in the early stages >>> of a conflict with a major world power, […] planning for a series of
overwhelming strikes across western Europe.”
“You read it right – EARLY STAGES: not using strikes as a last measure,
but as an early salvo.”
I do not know what the leaders of NATO are thinking but I hope that they >>> die in the first salvo of the CANNED SUNSHINE.
There's nothing really new here.
This was the Soviet strategy for conquering Europe in the 70s/80s:
first whack the heck of them with nukes and then move right in.
The REFORGER depots (remember them?) were prime targets.
This all reminds me of Hackett's _Third World War_ and Clancy's
_ Red Storm Rising_.
https://warroom.armywarcollege.edu/articles/hackett-third-world-war/
On 8/28/2024 11:54 AM, Paul S Person wrote:
On Wed, 28 Aug 2024 01:44:46 +0100, Robert Carnegie
<rja.carnegie@gmail.com> wrote:
On 27/08/2024 17:26, Paul S Person wrote:
On Mon, 26 Aug 2024 17:36:25 -0400, Cryptoengineer
<petertrei@gmail.com> wrote:
On 8/26/2024 2:49 PM, Lynn McGuire wrote:
On 8/26/2024 11:34 AM, Scott Lurndal wrote:
Paul S Person <psperson@old.netcom.invalid> writes:Don't forget the 14,000 soviet nuclear weapons. Thousands of the
On 25 Aug 2024 15:22:34 -0000, kludge@panix.com (Scott Dorsey) wrote: >>>>>>>>
For Apollo-Soyuz, the Soviets made up some adaptor boxes that went >>>>>>>>> from =the
American space suit connections to the Russian ones (as well as the = >>>>>>>> adaptor
ring to connect the two capsules). I am surprised this is not a = >>>>>>>> solution.
Sadly, the Soviets (and their technology) are long gone.
I beg to differ - Soviet technology is still here. Ukraine has
destroyed 3336 tanks so far, most of those from the soviet era.
The still use Soviet Soyuz boosters.
One might note that Putin desires the return of the Sovyetky Soyuz. >>>>>>
battlefield nuclear weapons are being distributed to the Russian troops >>>>>> right now. The Ukranian advance is 300 miles inside Russia and they are >>>>>> not going to burn Moscow this time.
While even one nuke in a Western City would be Very Bad News, its
legitimate to wonder how many Soviet nuclear bombs are operational.
American nukes, and presumably Soviet/Russian ones, have the inital
fission element include a neutron generator as part of the ignition. >>>>> This uses some isotopes of relatively short half-lifes, such as tritium, >>>>> which gives the bombs a limited shelf life before they need to be
refurbished.
This is true, and I think I should repeat something I have pointed out >>>> before:
just because Putin let his Army and Navy decline doesn't mean he let
his Strategic Missile Forces do the same
And I agree with others that we really don't want to find out.
Submit, then.
I don't think so. Putin's may or may not work, but I suspect ours do,
and Putin knows it. He can't save Holy Mother Russia by provoking us
to retaliate, and he won't rule anything then either.
He's limited by his non-military background and KGB
training/experience. Plus any physical deterioration and/or mental
decline from the last several years.
Today (Wednesday the 28th) I'm seeing numerous credible sources
reporting that Russia is 'adjusting' its nuclear doctrine.
What too, I'm not sure. To what extent this is just more sabre
rattling, I'm not sure either.
On 01/09/2024 20.39, Lynn McGuire wrote:
On 8/30/2024 4:38 PM, D wrote:
On Fri, 30 Aug 2024, Lynn McGuire wrote:
On 8/29/2024 11:01 AM, Jaimie Vandenbergh wrote:
On 28 Aug 2024 at 12:51:29 BST, "Graham" <zotzlists@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>>
On 28/08/2024 06:01, Titus G wrote:
On 27/08/24 22:10, Graham wrote:
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I'll take the bait. Please explain your signature.
Nothing exciting, I'm afraid. 80 characters.
Should be 72, Shirley?
Cheers - Jaime
I have written a quarter of a million (SWAG) lines of Fortran in my lifetime. If I never write another line I will be happy. But I will write more Fortran next Tuesday. Converting it all to C++ cannot come soon enough.
Lynn
Ahh... but isn't it true that C++ is only for nerds? All the cool kids write rust these days!
Converting Fortran or C++ to Rust is non trivial. I have actually considered it. Shoot, converting Fortran to C++ is non trivial.
I would guess that a straight translation of Fortran to C++ could be >automated. However, there doesn't seem to be any point in it unless
you're going to make use of the object-oriented capabilities of C++.
Then, of course, you're looking at a complete refactoring, which would, >indeed, be non-trivial.
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