Don't know where it should go? Stick it here! Part VII

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W-K 666 Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 18 May 99 Posts: 19716 Credit: 40,757,560 RAC: 67	Message 1981155 - Posted: 19 Feb 2019, 20:26:32 UTC Virgin flight arrives 48 minutes early. Flight reaches 801 mph as a furious jet stream packs record-breaking speeds That's ground speed not air speed so it didn't break the sound barrier. ID: 1981155 ·

moomin Send message Joined: 21 Oct 17 Posts: 6204 Credit: 38,420 RAC: 0	Message 1981157 - Posted: 19 Feb 2019, 20:37:20 UTC - in response to Message 1981129. Last modified: 19 Feb 2019, 20:37:51 UTC Still have my BBC B. Ah the age of the home computer:) During the early 1980s, the BBC started what became known as the BBC Computer Literacy Project. And so did Sweden with the project ABC 80, also known as Advanced BASIC Computer 80, in 1978. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ABC_80 Both quite expensive though so I bought a Sinclair ZX81 instead:) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Jr7Q1yJOUM ID: 1981157 ·

Carlos Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 9 Jun 99 Posts: 31455 Credit: 57,275,487 RAC: 157	Message 1981239 - Posted: 20 Feb 2019, 5:59:21 UTC - in response to Message 1981155. Virgin flight arrives 48 minutes early. Flight reaches 801 mph as a furious jet stream packs record-breaking speeds That's ground speed not air speed so it didn't break the sound barrier. I once saw a plane flying backwards. It's max air speed was less than the wind speed. He was coming in to land..... tail first. Never heard how that worked out. ID: 1981239 ·

tullio Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 9 Apr 04 Posts: 8797 Credit: 2,930,782 RAC: 1	Message 1981257 - Posted: 20 Feb 2019, 10:22:59 UTC I wrote LOGO poems on a TI99/4A. Never used its BASIC.My son had a ROM cartridge which simulated a Moon landing with limited fuel supply like Apollo 11. Tullio ID: 1981257 ·

Carlos Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 9 Jun 99 Posts: 31455 Credit: 57,275,487 RAC: 157	Message 1981275 - Posted: 20 Feb 2019, 13:22:57 UTC - in response to Message 1981258. Last modified: 20 Feb 2019, 13:23:10 UTC My son had a ROM cartridge which simulated a Moon landing with limited fuel supply like Apollo 11. Tullio I remember that game! You had to land this module at a minimum speed and within so many seconds to win. I was into text adventures like Colossal Cave and the Level 9 games. And of course Elite, the original. I still have that cartridge and TI Invaders. ID: 1981275 ·

tullio Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 9 Apr 04 Posts: 8797 Credit: 2,930,782 RAC: 1	Message 1981280 - Posted: 20 Feb 2019, 13:43:11 UTC Last modified: 20 Feb 2019, 13:44:14 UTC I played Adventure on a UNIX computer while translating "The soul of a new machine"by Tracy Kidder which spoke also of it. But Mondadori published it with a wrong title. The Data General new computer was not a PC but a minicomputer, a species now extinct. Tullio ID: 1981280 ·

W-K 666 Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 18 May 99 Posts: 19716 Credit: 40,757,560 RAC: 67	Message 1981459 - Posted: 21 Feb 2019, 10:52:03 UTC Don't see a basketball thread, so putting it here. Zion Williamson injured as Nike shoe falls apart after 33 seconds ID: 1981459 ·

Admiral Gloval Send message Joined: 31 Mar 13 Posts: 22040 Credit: 5,308,449 RAC: 0	Message 1981465 - Posted: 21 Feb 2019, 11:57:11 UTC Back in my youth. I had a TS ZX81, TS 1000 and a TS 2068. The Timex Sinclair 2068 had a pair of 5 1/4â€ floppy disk drives. ID: 1981465 ·

JaundicedEye Send message Joined: 14 Mar 12 Posts: 5375 Credit: 30,870,693 RAC: 1	Message 1981501 - Posted: 21 Feb 2019, 15:10:50 UTC Last modified: 21 Feb 2019, 15:16:37 UTC NIKE......"Just Blew It"........ edit.....I wasted many hours 35 years ago playing 'Loderunner' on a Commodore 64. Great little computer, it had a primitive office program called 'Magic Desk' that was very useful until MS Office hoovered everything up. The best game I found on the system was F15 Strike Eagle, which I also played on my early PCs. "Sour Grapes make a bitter Whine." <(0)> ID: 1981501 ·

Gary Charpentier Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 25 Dec 00 Posts: 31357 Credit: 53,134,872 RAC: 32	Message 1981507 - Posted: 21 Feb 2019, 16:11:52 UTC WARNING PARENTS: Take the Nike shoes away from your children immediately. Don't let this happen to them. ID: 1981507 ·

Grant (SSSF) Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 19 Aug 99 Posts: 13959 Credit: 208,696,464 RAC: 304	Message 1981757 - Posted: 22 Feb 2019, 22:56:10 UTC Truckie's drone photography hobby- the Eyre highway from the air. Australia's longest section of straight road, the 90 mile straight (144km). Grant Darwin NT ID: 1981757 ·

Carlos Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 9 Jun 99 Posts: 31455 Credit: 57,275,487 RAC: 157	Message 1981784 - Posted: 23 Feb 2019, 5:46:04 UTC Not the longest, that goes to North Dakota D-46 W Located in the state of North Dakota, the ND-46 W is 120 miles (193km) stretch of straightness near Fargo. This asphalted road links Oxbow (in Cass County) and Streeter (Stutsman County). Itâ€™s a straight road with a few kinks breaking up slightly the straight parts for 1 h 56 min. ID: 1981784 ·

Grant (SSSF) Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 19 Aug 99 Posts: 13959 Credit: 208,696,464 RAC: 304	Message 1981787 - Posted: 23 Feb 2019, 6:21:47 UTC - in response to Message 1981784. with a few kinks breaking up slightly the straight parts By definition, a straight stretch of road is straight- no deviations. So when it comes to a straight stretch of road it's not longer than the 90 mile straight- there are no kinks in it. Just 90 miles of straight road. Grant Darwin NT ID: 1981787 ·

JaundicedEye Send message Joined: 14 Mar 12 Posts: 5375 Credit: 30,870,693 RAC: 1	Message 1982173 - Posted: 25 Feb 2019, 17:23:28 UTC "Sour Grapes make a bitter Whine." <(0)> ID: 1982173 ·

Gary Charpentier Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 25 Dec 00 Posts: 31357 Credit: 53,134,872 RAC: 32	Message 1982211 - Posted: 25 Feb 2019, 22:25:35 UTC - in response to Message 1982173. :) ID: 1982211 ·

moomin Send message Joined: 21 Oct 17 Posts: 6204 Credit: 38,420 RAC: 0	Message 1982217 - Posted: 25 Feb 2019, 22:47:58 UTC Last modified: 25 Feb 2019, 22:48:33 UTC Speaking of movie actors. Douglas that played the parrot Rosalinda in the 1970 Pippi Longstocking movie "Pippi in the South Seas" has died at the age of 51. https://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-news-from-elsewhere-47358702 ID: 1982217 ·

Gary Charpentier Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 25 Dec 00 Posts: 31357 Credit: 53,134,872 RAC: 32	Message 1982236 - Posted: 26 Feb 2019, 0:46:30 UTC - in response to Message 1982230. Yes... These hoaxes are causing real damage to hate crime victims credibility. Like fake rape crime reports. Never be zero but very close. ID: 1982236 ·

W-K 666 Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 18 May 99 Posts: 19716 Credit: 40,757,560 RAC: 67	Message 1982283 - Posted: 26 Feb 2019, 12:26:24 UTC Hockey players "Lets nap" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A3-L3YwU-iQ He's a 4 year old ID: 1982283 ·

Byron Leigh Hatch @ team Carl Sagan Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 5 Jul 99 Posts: 4548 Credit: 35,667,570 RAC: 4	Message 1984203 - Posted: 8 Mar 2019, 22:07:59 UTC Friday, March 8 International Women's Day 2019 https://www.internationalwomensday.com/ International Women's Day 5 Things You Should Know On International Women's Day https://www.internationalwomensday.com/ ID: 1984203 ·

W-K 666 Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 18 May 99 Posts: 19716 Credit: 40,757,560 RAC: 67	Message 1985074 - Posted: 14 Mar 2019, 12:38:45 UTC Court: Flipping the bird to cop is free speech Even if it probably isn't a wise idea. ID: 1985074 ·

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