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rbp

00:45

@DanHulme (and anyone else): facebook.com/pages/International-Biplane-Association/…

2 hours later…

Bret Copeland

02:53

Oh good, there's another MH370 conspiracy theory out there: dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2883651/…

Maybe we'll get another wave of questions to close.

@rbp you live in Manhattan? I live in the Financial District.

(which is also where the Stack Exchange office is)

5 hours later…

Dan Hulme

08:02

@BretCopeland it's only the Daily Mail; no one takes that seriously

@rbp wow, if you click through to their website: "Had a major crash of everything! The IBA website is being rebuilt under this new address. Should be back up and running by Feb. 2013"

5 hours later…

rbp

13:07

@BretCopeland yes, I live tribeca. i'm actually an investor in stack exchange (bob pasker) gigaom.com/2011/03/09/…

1 hour later…

Farhan

14:19

@rbp Cool. I hope your investment isn't completely spent on t-shirts, snacks and a ping-pong table.

1 hour later…

Bret Copeland

15:30

@DanHulme it's not just the daily mail reporting it, but I'm not saying it should be taken seriously. Just that there's a new conspiracy theory.

@rbp neat.

voretaq7

16:09

@Farhan They buy stickers too!

3 hours later…

rbp

19:24

Stack exchange seems to be growing and growing, so I think I'm OK :)

rbp

19:37

@voretaq7 emacs not vi!

voretaq7

[mgraziano@monitor ~]$ whereis emacs
emacs:

(We don't discriminate based on religion, we just don't happen to have any emacs cultists. I'd build their church if we hired someone who asked!)

falstro

20:05

emacs is a great operating system, only thing it lacks is a decent editor

voretaq7

@falstro gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_mono/viper.html

falstro

Farhan

20:34

What can emacs or vi do which Notepad++ or TextPad cannot?

falstro

@Farhan I don't think it's about what they can do, it's how they do it

but one thing they can do is run on other platforms ;)

Farhan

@falstro You use Linux?

falstro

@Farhan Among others but mostly yes

Farhan

It appears that the cool nerds use Linux/Unix/Ubuntu/FreeBSD etc while the nerdy nerds only use Windows 7.

falstro

@Farhan I'm pretty sure the nerdy nerds do too

for the record that juxtaposition (Linux/Unix/Ubuntu/FreeBSD) makes absolutely no sense :)

Farhan

20:43

@falstro That wasn't showing relation, but choice of OS being used.

falstro

@Farhan That was my point. Linux is a kernel, Unix is a family of OSes, Ubuntu is a distro based on the GNU OS and the Linux kernel, and FreeBSD is its own OS based on BSD. So they're all in different categories and not really comparable ;) But that's just the nerd perfectionist in me talking, ignore me. :)

but I doubt you'll find a real geeky nerd running windows 7 (unless its against his will, like being forced to at work or something) :)

Farhan

@falstro I'm sure the last part of your statement fits the general public.

voretaq7

21:05

@falstro Games.

Gotta have games.

fooot

@voretaq7 That doesn't count as "running" Windows, just "putting up with it" temporarily. Like at work.

voretaq7

@fooot I just stopped gaming :P

falstro

@voretaq7 PS3. BSD. ;)

fooot

@voretaq7 Yeah, I don't do much because it requires reboot to Windows... and then Windows is angry because it hasn't run for however long... ain't nobody got time for that. Good thing X-Plane runs on Linux.

falstro

@fooot Yes. And with the latest updates, it actually runs really smooth for me

voretaq7

21:12

@falstro Rule 27: Never Update!

falstro

@voretaq7 generally I'd agree; but every exception has a rule :)

voretaq7

(Rule 26 is "Always run the latest software")

fooot

@voretaq7 Well, just don't be the first to update.

voretaq7

21:24

First Last and Never!

Farhan

For X-Plane, you just use keyboard have a yoke and rudder pedals?

fooot

@Farhan I always have used a joystick, but just got a yoke and rudder pedals. :)

Farhan

@fooot Which ones you got?

fooot

@Farhan Saitek

rbp

I have been using emacs for 35 years, and I ain't about to switch now!

voretaq7

21:39

@rbp You fly a plane with the tail on backwards, you use emacs....

what do you have for breakfast every morning? Newborn babies? :)

rbp

@voretaq7 weird, i know

falstro

@Farhan I use a gamepad. I would like to get a yoke, throttle quadrant and pedals. Can't help but feel they're all over priced though, so I haven't gotten around to it yet.

rbp

i hijacked a discussion on XC gliding on rec.aviation.soaring, in case anyone else is intrested: groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/rec.aviation.soaring/…

Farhan

@falstro I agree on that, but then anything aviation-related is overpriced.

falstro

@Farhan Oh yeah, for sure.

Farhan

21:47

@falstro Which gamepad is that?

falstro

@Farhan Then there's this:

@Farhan an old logitech dual action

Farhan

@falstro What's that?

falstro

@Farhan wiki.flightgear.org/Howto:Build_a_yoke_in_5_minutes

actually pretty brilliant if you ask me :)

fooot

@falstro That's exactly what I was thinking.

Farhan

Indeed.

You can even stick Cessna's emblem there

falstro

22:18

avherald.com/h?article=47f31f30&opt=0

The first (only so far) comment makes an interesting point. Could what happened to the Concorde happen to other aircraft? Or are the wings (and therefore the fuel tanks) generally too far forward for that?

fooot

Even if the tires are further aft, I think stuff could get thrown forward. Stuff is reinforced there but I don't know if they consider metal fragments.

falstro

22:42

Can someone explain why there are two ILS 12 IAPs (X and Y) at EAT? The minimums are vastly different

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