Posts by BobSee

WIN a 6TB Western Digital Black hard drive with El Reg

Virtual Bears?

Umm, that's not virtual bear shit I just stepped in.

Ten years on: Ronnie Barker, Pismonouncers Unanimous founder, remembered

Rindercella

On this side of the Pond, those who remember Ronnie Barker will likely do so for his Rindercella sketch, which I first heard (re)broadcast on the radio, perhaps on Firesign Theater, in the early '70's.

I vividly remember rolling on the floor with tears in my eyes, arms around my mid-section, trying to stifle convulsive laughter, so as not to miss a wingle sord.

Dr. Dobb's Journal sails into the sunset - yet again

Running Light Without Overbyte

That Dr. Dobb's tag line was a big part of what nudged me toward 35 years of embedded real-time programming and systems design. Baked into the core of Dr. Dobb's ethos was the notion of doing as much as possible with as little as possible.

Thanks, Dr. Dobb's!

LOHAN to suck mighty thruster as it goes off, in a shed

Forget testing on the ground.

I just re-read my prior post. Fuggeddaboudit.

Send the motor aloft on a minimal balloon that can exceed the desired ignition altitude. Trigger the motor igniter when the balloon pops. Wait for the spent motor and shredded balloon to descend (no parachute needed). Inspect the motor casing and nozzle to see if even and complete burning occurred.

I doubt you really need much more test information than that.