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by tubeswell » Tue Sep 20, 2011 2:32 am
Okay then! a-posting I shall go!
A bus station is where a bus stops. A train station is where a train stops. On my desk, I have a work station.
If you are seeing an apparent paradox, that means you are missing something.
If you are seeing an apparent paradox, that means you are missing something.
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by tubeswell » Thu Sep 22, 2011 6:00 am
And here we are (3 days behind schedule, but better late than never)
(Edit - interesting! This is my 1k milestone post and I decided to delete it for an experiment to see how it would affect my status, and sure enough I temporarily went back to being a paid debunker. )
(Edit - interesting! This is my 1k milestone post and I decided to delete it for an experiment to see how it would affect my status, and sure enough I temporarily went back to being a paid debunker. )
A bus station is where a bus stops. A train station is where a train stops. On my desk, I have a work station.
If you are seeing an apparent paradox, that means you are missing something.
If you are seeing an apparent paradox, that means you are missing something.
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by tubeswell » Fri Sep 23, 2011 6:47 pm
You work at a US national park MM?
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by MM_Dandy » Sun Sep 25, 2011 4:47 am
Nope, I work at a button factory - I put buttons on a computer app all day long. ;)
And technically, the Minuteman Site isn't a park, either. 8)
For 3+ decades, South Dakota was home to several fields of ICBM silos (with real missiles). Due to treaties like SALT, when the Minuteman II were phased out, the South Dakota silos were decommissioned rather than upgraded to house the Minuteman IIIs. The particular silos I referenced were made into a museum site. The rest were imploded/demolished.
So, if NZ has 1 or fewer missile silos, we've got you beat. But we totally concede the sheep count to you.
And technically, the Minuteman Site isn't a park, either. 8)
For 3+ decades, South Dakota was home to several fields of ICBM silos (with real missiles). Due to treaties like SALT, when the Minuteman II were phased out, the South Dakota silos were decommissioned rather than upgraded to house the Minuteman IIIs. The particular silos I referenced were made into a museum site. The rest were imploded/demolished.
So, if NZ has 1 or fewer missile silos, we've got you beat. But we totally concede the sheep count to you.
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by tubeswell » Sun Sep 25, 2011 10:02 am
Nup, NZ doesn't have any missile silos (so you win that contest). I wonder if those old missiles had tubes in their guidance systems?
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If you are seeing an apparent paradox, that means you are missing something.
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by KLA2 » Wed Sep 28, 2011 2:23 am
tubeswell wrote:Nup, NZ doesn't have any missile silos (so you win that contest). I wonder if those old missiles had tubes in their guidance systems?
Doubt it, tubes. Transistors have been around at least since the early '50's, and the Pentagon had a substantial budget. More importantly, I doubt vacuume tubes could withstand the stress /heat of an ICBM launch.
For that, you need Major "King" Kong
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wcW_Ygs6hm0
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by Enzo » Wed Sep 28, 2011 9:23 am
Silly boy, vacuum tubes survived WW2 bomber flights, as parts of radios, radars, intercoms. Pretty rugged actually. ICBM launches involve vibration/shaking, and G-forces, but not so much impact, well when they hit, there is impact, but by then the tube circuit won;t matter.
There were vacuum tubes in some submarine torpedo circuits, as well as some bombs and early guided missiles.
Transistor invented in 1947, but really took over in the 1960s.
But you are right, the existing missile systems are not likely too heavily tubed up.
On the other hand, the FAA still has some vacuum tube systems in the air traffic control and radar stuff.
There were vacuum tubes in some submarine torpedo circuits, as well as some bombs and early guided missiles.
Transistor invented in 1947, but really took over in the 1960s.
But you are right, the existing missile systems are not likely too heavily tubed up.
On the other hand, the FAA still has some vacuum tube systems in the air traffic control and radar stuff.
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Re: Checking in
by tubeswell » Fri Jan 25, 2013 6:30 pm
My 2,001st post. (Thought it would be appropriate here.)
A bus station is where a bus stops. A train station is where a train stops. On my desk, I have a work station.
If you are seeing an apparent paradox, that means you are missing something.
If you are seeing an apparent paradox, that means you are missing something.
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Re: Checking in
by Arneb » Fri Jan 25, 2013 7:01 pm
Glad to have you with us, master amp builder!
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Re: Checking in
by tubeswell » Sat Jan 26, 2013 5:18 am
Yes how can one guy so earnestly waste time posting ad-infinitum ad-nauseum?
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Re: Checking in
by Enzo » Sat Jan 26, 2013 9:18 am
Um... er... I gotta go hide my post count at MEF...
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Re: Checking in
by tubeswell » Tue Mar 19, 2013 8:30 am
2 and a bit years on and its my 2,500th post!
A bus station is where a bus stops. A train station is where a train stops. On my desk, I have a work station.
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Re: Checking in
by Arneb » Tue Mar 19, 2013 4:18 pm
6 Llamas...one more and we will open the rest of the dorum to you. My, when I was admitted to the super secret domain at 5000, I couldn't believe my eyes...
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Re: Checking in
by Lance » Tue Mar 19, 2013 10:05 pm
You TOLD him???
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Re: Checking in
by Мастер » Wed Mar 20, 2013 12:58 am
Heh heh, Arneb doesn't know about the next level . . .
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Re: Checking in
by Enzo » Wed Mar 20, 2013 1:45 am
Now, now, he does his level best. Shed no tiers for him.
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Re: Checking in
by tubeswell » Tue Sep 01, 2015 3:23 am
Yikes! 5 or so years later and I'm in the top 10 posters!
A bus station is where a bus stops. A train station is where a train stops. On my desk, I have a work station.
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