Get off my LAWN! "Grumpy Old Farts"

[Haroldo]

Are we missing a couple of Oxford commas, here?

We can debate the need for a couple of commas in this sentence, but they would not be of the Oxford variety.

 

[spiritbass]

My world consisted of Roscolux, Macbeth Color Checkers, and grayscales.

I'm familiar with grayscales, but not with Roscolux. I guess the color checkers would be 'color chips' for comparison?

 

[beans-on-toast]

Kind of, like one of these?

I actually saw one of those rollup keyboards in a music store. It didn’t sound as good as the one on Star Trek but it was fun to play with.

 

[Jeff Scott]

We can debate the need for a couple of commas in this sentence, but they would not be of the Oxford variety.

This is true!

I'm familiar with grayscales, but not with the other items...

It was called Macbeth before X-Rite bought the company.

Rosco - Roscolux
Roscolux® | Rosco

 

[LBS-bass]

Scientific papers with formulae in them required changing Selectric balls to get the math symbols. Laser printers were game changers.

Yep. When I worked for Singer-Link, the flight simulator (and nuclear reactor simulator, though no one really talked about that) company, we used Selectrics in the Engineering Support department and indeed had to switch to a math ball now and then when formulae were required.

 

[LBS-bass]

Yep. When I worked for Singer-Link, the flight simulator (and nuclear reactor simulator, though no one really talked about that) company, we used Selectrics in the Engineering Support department and indeed had to switch to a math ball now and then when formulae were required.

BTW, fully 95% of the work we did while I was there involved simulations of nuclear reactor disasters and nuclear reactor trainings. I never saw a flight simulation proposal over the two years I worked there.

 

[LBS-bass]

Take That, AP Style! Court of Law Rules The Oxford Comma Necessary

 

[GonePlaid]

BTW, fully 95% of the work we did while I was there involved simulations of nuclear reactor disasters and nuclear reactor trainings. I never saw a flight simulation proposal over the two years I worked there.

In the early sixties, my dad and a partner converted Link Trainers-with all their attendant wiring-to more sophisticated machines(which I didn't understand). I was the only kid in high school with a flight simulator in his garage.

 

[GonePlaid]

Take That, AP Style! Court of Law Rules The Oxford Comma Necessary

Hmm. I guess I'll go back to using them.

 

[beans-on-toast]

Friday On My Mind

 

[beans-on-toast]

Take That, AP Style! Court of Law Rules The Oxford Comma Necessary

Thanks for the link.

The ruling makes perfect sense to me, especially where you don’t want ambiguity such as in a legal document.

 

[beans-on-toast]

In the early sixties, my dad and a partner converted Link Trainers-with all their attendant wiring-to more sophisticated machines(which I didn't understand). I was the only kid in high school with a flight simulator in his garage.

Yep. When I worked for Singer-Link, the flight simulator (and nuclear reactor simulator, though no one really talked about that) company...

Times have changed. With technology and deep pockets, people have real flight simulators at home today.

Not just a computer but a real aircraft cockpit. Flat screens replicate the same type of glass panels seen in modern aircraft. There’s a dedicated community of working groups around the world developing the software that drive and tie it all together. Even when flying, remote internet based controllers simulate ATC communication and concurrent simulations that others are running are seen in real time.

It’s incredibly advanced. Before you know it, someone will build one that rivals one from CAE (CAE Inc. - Wikipedia.).







BTW, simulators now extent well beyond the traditional aviation and shipping to emerging markets such as health care training. CAE

 

[GwenOnBass]

This is true!
It was called Macbeth before X-Rite bought the company.

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Rosco - Roscolux
Roscolux® | Rosco

Woah I had one of those but pretty certain it was from Agfa. GOF mode full on Agfapan 25 was the finest B&W film ever produced.

Yep. When I worked for Singer-Link, the flight simulator (and nuclear reactor simulator, though no one really talked about that) company, we used Selectrics Iin the Engineering Support department and indeed had to switch to a math ball now and then when formulae were required.

IBM Selectric, that's some mad scientist stuff right there. And we used it as if it was the most ordinary thing in the world. It's a weird world.

In the early sixties, my dad and a partner converted Link Trainers-with all their attendant wiring-to more sophisticated machines(which I didn't understand). I was the only kid in high school with a flight simulator in his garage.

You must have been the envy of the neighborhood!

Times have changed. With technology and deep pockets, people have real flight simulators at home today.

Not just a computer but a real aircraft cockpit. Flat screens replicate the same type of glass panels seen in modern aircraft. There’s a dedicated community of working groups around the world developing the software that drive and tie it all together. Even when flying, remote internet based controllers simulate ATC communication and concurrent simulations that others are running are seen in real time.

It’s incredibly advanced. Before you know it, someone will build one that rivals one from CAE (CAE Inc. - Wikipedia.).







BTW, simulators now extent well beyond the traditional aviation and shipping to emerging markets such as health care training. CAE

Gonna skip that ride, myself. So, let's see. Loads of disposable income. Want to fly planes but not enough disposable income to own and use a plane. Actual commercial pilot job market is very limited and doesn't function like any other market. Seniority, seniority, seniority. Right. Home flight simulator it is.

I'd rather fly without the toys, myself, but de gustibus non est disputandum.

 

[GwenOnBass]

Take That, AP Style! Court of Law Rules The Oxford Comma Necessary

 

[Haroldo]

Roscolux

A-number one Tommy gun beloved of printers everywhere.

 

[Haroldo]

de gustibus non est disputandum

My old boss was fond of saying, "There's no accounting for taste, but change it anyway".

 

[Haroldo]

Times have changed. With technology and deep pockets, people have real flight simulators at home today.

Not just a computer but a real aircraft cockpit. Flat screens replicate the same type of glass panels seen in modern aircraft. There’s a dedicated community of working groups around the world developing the software that drive and tie it all together. Even when flying, remote internet based controllers simulate ATC communication and concurrent simulations that others are running are seen in real time.

It’s incredibly advanced. Before you know it, someone will build one that rivals one from CAE (CAE Inc. - Wikipedia.).







BTW, simulators now extent well beyond the traditional aviation and shipping to emerging markets such as health care training. CAE

Bottom dude - no uniform and grumpy looking. Not flying with him.

(Note to self - remember to use the 'multi-quote' technique for responding.)

 

[GwenOnBass]

Bottom dude - no uniform and grumpy looking. Not flying with him.

(Note to self - remember to use the 'multi-quote' technique for responding.)

Oh yeah, bullethead.

It's my observation the greatest advantage a commercial pilot can hold is a high capacity for boredom. This is exactly what one wants in a pilot. Boring, boring, bored beyond boredom. Excitement is dead last on the list of options on a commercial flight. This guy, by the looks of him, just no. Glad for him he is able to find outlet in an expensive toy.

 

[LBS-bass]

Bottom dude - no uniform and grumpy looking. Not flying with him.

(Note to self - remember to use the 'multi-quote' technique for responding.)

I thought the same thing, so I decided to take the flight with him. He was pretty low key. Pushed a lot of buttons. The whole simulation on video was sort of interesting.

 

[GwenOnBass]

And here all along I'm thinking bullethead isn't a bottom, he's a top.