50+ years of working a variety of professions. SADF (SAAF) Veteran. Mainly music, science, aviation, nautical, automotive, and humour served here.
The arse-end of Africa
Joined January 2019
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A quick but good read for those who don't quite understand how GPS works.
(Headquartered in Colorado USA, Trimble Inc is one of the world's foremost developers, manufacturers and suppliers of precision GNSS systems for surveying and mapping)
geospatial.trimble.com/blog/…
Hey @GeorgeGarncrne who TF are you?
“East Asian” account fake, reply-spamming people with compliments and trying to get into DMs for “collabs”. Ultimate red flag posts: "I need new music”.
It’s got “scamming musos” written all over it!
"We ain't drunk! It's the only way we can see past that big nose when taxiing."
Cool sequence of a bunch of ex-SAAF "Spammies" (North American T-6 Harvards) doing the obligatory "Spammy Zig-Zag".
Footage courtesy of HeliMedia at a Rand air show some years ago.
Meanwhile, at a Confession...
"Forgive me Father, for I have sinned. I cheated on my partner."
Priest: "I understand. For penance, go around the church as many times as you cheated."
Penitent:"Uh, On foot?"
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Hypothetical “Flat Earth” lawsuit.
[a thread...]
Plaintiff sues gov and NASA: “They’ve been lying. Earth is flat. Globe is a hoax. NASA faked everything. Look at the horizon, my photos/videos, the Bible, the cover-up.”
Defense destroys it fast.
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Expert gap.
Fringe YouTube physics vs. entire fields of geodesy, orbital mechanics, and aviation engineering.
Court excludes the unqualified witnesses.
What’s left: “I saw a flat horizon and felt lied to.” Not evidence.
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Hypothetical "chemtrail" lawsuit. 🤫
[a thread...]
Plaintiff sues gov and airlines: “They’re spraying toxins from planes. Look at the trails, my samples, my symptoms.”
Defense destroys it fast!
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Expert gap.
Fringe websites vs. entire fields of atmospheric science and aviation engineering. Court excludes the unqualified witnesses.
What’s left: “I saw trails and felt bad.” Not evidence.
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The aluminum-spraying chemtrail claim dies under basic arithmetic. Even if we grant every single premise of the theory, the aluminum quantities required are logistically impossible.
The same math kills barium and strontium versions too!
Let’s do the math.
[a thread...]
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Other fatal problems:
• Material released at 30,000+ ft disperses over vast areas due to winds
• Air, soil, water, and ice-core monitoring shows no anomalous global aluminum spikes
• Specialised spray systems would be obvious in maintenance, exhaust sampling, and ops