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Jets are boring and, looking around in the room, I have eight helicopters here. 
Two tiny trainers, three 450 size ready to fly, one 450 slowly turning into a scale Vietnam Huey and another scratch built 450 which will become a model of the Seaking 66 that pulled the Apollo 11 Astronauts out of the water. Last, the 550 is sitting on the microwave.
Occasionally I take an hour in a Huey simulator and, if I ever had a chance to really make use of it, it would not be beyond me to get myself a helicopter license. 
The language is JavaScript. that of Mordor, which I will not utter here
This is Javascript. If you put big wheels and a racing stripe on a golf cart, it's still a f***ing golf cart.
"I don't know, extraterrestrial?"
"You mean like from space?"
"No, from Canada."
If software development were a circus, we would all be the clowns.
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I'm sitting in an hotel room, and I'm as jealous as Hell. 
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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Already on the next job?
The language is JavaScript. that of Mordor, which I will not utter here
This is Javascript. If you put big wheels and a racing stripe on a golf cart, it's still a f***ing golf cart.
"I don't know, extraterrestrial?"
"You mean like from space?"
"No, from Canada."
If software development were a circus, we would all be the clowns.
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A year when I have less than ten jobs is logged as "quiet".
My advice is to never become expert in anything -- but if you do, make sure people don't find out about it.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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CDP1802 wrote: it would not be beyond me to get myself a helicopter license.
'Tis an expensive hobby, that. My instructor described it as "turning money into noise" 
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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That fits, but you also get a lot of wind and vibrations for your money.
The language is JavaScript. that of Mordor, which I will not utter here
This is Javascript. If you put big wheels and a racing stripe on a golf cart, it's still a f***ing golf cart.
"I don't know, extraterrestrial?"
"You mean like from space?"
"No, from Canada."
If software development were a circus, we would all be the clowns.
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I work sometimes on firefighting airbases. Some of the fixed-wing pilots refer to the helis as "50,000 components flying in close formation". I've had some fascinating times being shown over them, particularly the huge Aircrane and the ex-military hueys. And yes, being next to one taking off is an earth-shaking experience.
Cheers,
Peter
Software rusts. Simon Stephenson, ca 1994. So does this signature. me, 2012
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Peter_in_2780 wrote: Some of the fixed-wing pilots refer to the helis as "50,000 components flying in close formation".
Newton would have cried if he had ever seen one and heard what each part is for.
Peter_in_2780 wrote: Aircrane
There were not many of them ever built and I never got to see one. But speaking of the engine sound: How do you like this old girl?[^] It's also a Sikorsky, one of the last that still flies in all Europe. The military paint job was for a movie and it appears at air shows. The home airport is nearby and perhaps I will get around to book a flight with it some time.
Peter_in_2780 wrote: ex-military hueys
The simulator I 'fly' in was for military Hueys and has been sold because the last Hueys are slowly disappearing. They are almost 50 years old now and the last ones still active are for SAR and also civil emergencies. Early last year there was a train accident and they called in every helicopter they could get to transport the passengers into the hospitals. Among them were also some of the old Hueys. They are old and cost too much to operate, but the pilots still like to fly them.
The language is JavaScript. that of Mordor, which I will not utter here
This is Javascript. If you put big wheels and a racing stripe on a golf cart, it's still a f***ing golf cart.
"I don't know, extraterrestrial?"
"You mean like from space?"
"No, from Canada."
If software development were a circus, we would all be the clowns.
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Our firefighting fleet includes a lot of Huey derivatives, Bell 204, 212, 214, even a few 412s. The ex-Mil ones are "restricted", in that they are not allowed to carry passengers, just a pilot and a bucketload of water. Apparently the reason is the lack of service documentation on the ex-Mils.
Cheers,
Peter
Software rusts. Simon Stephenson, ca 1994. So does this signature. me, 2012
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CDP1802 wrote: The military paint job was for a movie
Which movie was it that had Sikorskys being flown by the Germans in WW1?
I only ask so I'll know not to watch it.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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Igor Sikorsky had built his first helicopter prototypes, bombers and invented the passenger airplane with a pressurized cabin by WW1, but the movie was about a storm and flood in 1962.
The language is JavaScript. that of Mordor, which I will not utter here
This is Javascript. If you put big wheels and a racing stripe on a golf cart, it's still a f***ing golf cart.
"I don't know, extraterrestrial?"
"You mean like from space?"
"No, from Canada."
If software development were a circus, we would all be the clowns.
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Just wondering... have they become obsolete? I know LCDs and LEDs don't need them like CRTs used to. Does anyone here still use one? I remember when they were all the rage and there were some nice ones like the tropical fish aquarium and of course the falling code Matrix style ones.
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I think at one point people finally realized that putting a computer in sleep mode makes a lot more sense, if the goal is to "save" anything, than running CPU/GPU-taxing software that ultimately produces nothing of value.
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I don't think they're needed anymore at all, but boy, I really miss my old Johnny Castaway screensaver
Anything that is unrelated to elephants is irrelephant
Anonymous
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The problem with quotes on the internet is that you can never tell if they're genuine
Winston Churchill, 1944
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I'd just like a chance to prove that money can't make me happy.
Me, all the time
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Even CRTs did not really need them. Only once did I ever see a monitor with a bad case of burn in. It was a monochrome green monitor in the window of a bank that showed the stock courses 24 hours a day. You could still read the courses, even when the monitor was turned off. The names never changed and were easilyreadable, the places where the values were displayed were hazy dark blotches.
The language is JavaScript. that of Mordor, which I will not utter here
This is Javascript. If you put big wheels and a racing stripe on a golf cart, it's still a f***ing golf cart.
"I don't know, extraterrestrial?"
"You mean like from space?"
"No, from Canada."
If software development were a circus, we would all be the clowns.
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I have a better example the school I was at ran a residential and in the place where they placed-dumped us was a table top Pac Man game from the early days, when that thing got turned off the maze could still be seen on it for about a half hour!
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The "newer" CRT's did not have the problem where the image would be burnt in to the screen forever. I would daresay that they won't become obsolete simply because it is a bad idea to logout the current user if he/she has been idle for some time.
Bastard Programmer from Hell 
If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
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The screen saver is also needed in modern displays, because of energy consumptions and overuse of some pixels.
My Mac has some screen saver, but as on my PC the OS turns the machine into some sleeping mode. I like energy saving. 
Press F1 for help or google it.
Greetings from Germany
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My Dad and I were talking about this on my Christmas visit. Does anyone remember 'After Dark'? My wife doesn't get the 'bad dog!' reference. 
"Go forth into the source" - Neal Morse
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Flying toasters! Control the "doneness" of the toast!
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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A buddy of mine had After Dark's Star Trek screen saver...I've probably wasted way too much time just watching it.
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It annoys me, actually. I mean, I know that only CRTs needed "saving", but I enjoyed many of the SCRs that I've used, but when you're always working on laptops, "how much power have I got left" is the issue, rather than screen burn.
Strangely, the one I miss the most is ajscreensaver, which was just a clock (in whatever format I felt like seeing).
Simple things please simple minds, I suppose.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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More simpler solution is Lock the screen (CTRL +ALT+ DELETE and Lock) and switch off the monitor.
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Just to set the record straight. All monitors can suffer "screen burn" given enough time. I have seen examples on both types of monitors with my own eyes. It is usually log in or data base entry screens.
Were they "old"? Yes. If you use the same monitor for many years it could happen.
I wouldn't overly worry about it. it is up to you.
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