On Wed, 17 Mar 2004 01:06:47 GMT, otnmbrd wrote:

Recently, he was pontificating about RDF and promised all a further
installment regarding the "how to" of said subject. Alas, he got so many
negative/laughing responses to his initial RDF "thesis", that even he of
little mental comprehension, decided it was best not to continue, and in
an effort to divert, he created an argument regarding early computers.
Having "plonked" the dummy, I can't tell if his daily posting quotient
is still up there, but from the number of laughing/negative responses,
where the Jaxass's name comes into play, I must assume he may be back
under medical care and has resumed taking his "meds".

Here's some oldie but goodie gems from Jax that I dug up, all said
seriously:

By definition, the Earth's surface is planar.
An ICBM has no navigation system.
There's no outside reference when using DR to navigate.
It costs $15,000/year to make 10gals of water/day with a shipboard
watermaker.
The human head can take about a 7 G blow before death becomes certain.
A rhumb line is a straight line on any chart, Mercator chart (sic) or
otherwise.
A rhumb is distance between two points one compass point apart.
Alternators are (for all practical purposes) capable of only producing
one voltage, no matter the rpm.
If you can see outside reference points, then you KNOW where you are...
There is no such thing as a north seeking gyro.

Steve