Is there really any other reason?

Naggy’s son, Harry, is praying his dad was someone else.

Astronomer #1: You think we should call it a planet?

I suspect they're very much underestimating the bias that an opt-in, passive data collection method offers. Then again, they have an Excel spreadsheet, so it must be legit. Toss a VB front end on that thing and it's bulletproof.

Don’t forget Bill. The kids love Bill.

Wait. What?

Been to the beach in every state on the Atlantic except Delaware (do they even have beaches?) and can't imagine The Great White North offering anything that compares to the right parts of Florida.

Been to the beach in every state on the Atlantic except Delaware (do they even have beaches?) and can't imagine The…

I, too, clicked to hear the story behind the invention of bacon.

Those Canadian beaches are nice.

Those Canadian beaches are nice.

Fiber weed is where it's at.

Depending on the target, the pilot will have between 1 and maybe 10 bursts available. I don't believe firing through the door would end well for the gun, aircraft, or pilot.

It’s vintage, man. I think I got that in 2004 or so when we were just getting the facilities set up at Edwards and Pax River.

A couple of reasons:

Sure thing. Back in WWII a pilot could be fed a target via data link or self select a target that may have a relative speed of 1500 mph and just let the weapons system calculate a firing solution and even control the aircraft to meet it without exceeding airframe load limits or throwing away energy, firing a very…

There’s a bit more to fire control software than commanding the door to open. The gun is integrated into the sensor package and flight management system to the point that you select the target and it fires a short but accurate burst when the target will be hit. It’s not just a matter of pulling the trigger. You tell…

Now there are two noids I have to avoid. Thanks creepy Japanese robot designer guy.

Looking at the current state of our healthcare system, no.

Top rack up in front of the officers mess for me - my ceiling was the flight deck right before they got in the air. Good thing I was only there for a few weeks, as it would have driven me insane after too much longer. Do miss the Tahitian Treat, though.

The glass is very thick. You can carry a conversation pretty easily from either control room on an LHD while the Harriers are coming and going.

The time when I was performing a simple heads/camshaft swap on a Ford 302 and ended up having to use a slide hammer to get the old cam out because the previous owner had run it without oil and spun all of the camshaft bearings. Camshaft swap quickly turned into finding a junkyard motor pretty quickly, as I was in a…