++ ATOT official NEF thread part IV ++

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sdifox

No Lifer
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oooh, sigma has the 150-600 lens on sale. and it's 7 year warranty in Canada as opposed to 4 in USA.
 

bigboxes

Lifer
Apr 6, 2002
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3 day weekend nef.

Day 1: Slept in. Spot cleaned caqpet where boy cat peed in multiple spots. Wash dishes by hand. Made run to store. Picked up some wings for take out. Cleaned tub, toilets (inside/out) and emptied trash.

Anyone doing anything exciting? I wish I was on the road. Just don't feel motivated. Need to just rest now and then.
 

Red Squirrel

No Lifer
May 24, 2003
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www.anyf.ca
Sirens nef.

Hear a lot of those these days, lot of them are drug ODs.

This one sounded like a fire truck though. Probably someone that ODed with the stove still on.
 

shortylickens

No Lifer
Jul 15, 2003
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The HP 2115



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Red Squirrel

No Lifer
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Covfefe nef.

Kinda late, but my coffee this morning was so good, I don't know what it was about it, but sometimes you just get one that shines over the other. I was sad when it was done, so making another pot.
 

Red Squirrel

No Lifer
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Math has always been my weakness. Which kinda sucks since all the things I am interested in getting more into like electronics kinda require it to some extent. You can get away without it especially with digital stuff but kinda hard when it comes to more analog stuff.

I always thought getting into amateur aerospace would be cool too, but you definitely need math for that if you want to even consider attempting at putting something in orbit. Or at least figuring out the trajectory of a launch and landing so you don't land on someone's house.

I don't imagine putting something in orbit is feasible for amateur, but I don't even know enough math to confirm that for myself. I would just keep adding more boosters to see what happens. lol.
 

sdifox

No Lifer
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Math has always been my weakness. Which kinda sucks since all the things I am interested in getting more into like electronics kinda require it to some extent. You can get away without it especially with digital stuff but kinda hard when it comes to more analog stuff.

I always thought getting into amateur aerospace would be cool too, but you definitely need math for that if you want to even consider attempting at putting something in orbit. Or at least figuring out the trajectory of a launch and landing so you don't land on someone's house.

I don't imagine putting something in orbit is feasible for amateur, but I don't even know enough math to confirm that for myself. I would just keep adding more boosters to see what happens. lol.


Lol you are not putting anything into orbit by yourself. Maybe write jt in your will that you want some of your ashes blasted into space.
 

Red Squirrel

No Lifer
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Lol you are not putting anything into orbit by yourself. Maybe write jt in your will that you want some of your ashes blasted into space.

Getting something in a random orbit is not THAT hard, it's getting it to stay there that's harder, if it does a couple orbits before it starts to re-enter, you technically achieved orbit. :p Though with an amateur grade budget the best you can probably do is get near orbital height. There is a minimum size of rocket you would need to make orbit. But my point being, even if I wanted to attempt or see what it takes I would not even know where to start calculating all this. There's tons of math involved.