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The further and continuing adventures of the girl who sat in the back of your homeroom, reading and daydreaming.
About Me
- Roberta X
- Indianapolis, Indiana, United States
- I'm *mindlessly* fascinating. My internal monologue is like a frog in a blender, swimming like mad to keep ahead of the blades.
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HERMES "ROCKET"5 years ago
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Sci-Fi Hot Take...3 hours ago
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Ethnic food, Westphalian style1 day ago
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Cults and Music5 years ago
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Ego vadum perussi vestri prandium
Ego vadum perussi vestri prandium
"I saw to what extent the people among whom I lived could be trusted as good neighbors and friends; that their friendship was for summer weather only; that they did not greatly propose to do right; that they were a distinct race from me by their prejudices and superstitions."
Henry David Thoreau
Henry David Thoreau
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- A Phased Plasma Cannon In The 40 (Mega)Watt Range?
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"...Savagely cynical Roberta...."
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--Sepulveda's Revenge
"Your lack of compassion and humanity is stunning."
--Some Canadian dude
"I think my brain just core dumped. What were we just talking about?"
--A travelling Texan
"Die quietly you ignorant hoosier."
--A Sad-Sack Moonbat
"Memetic whiplash has rarely been so much fun."
--A Really Kewl Guy
"I liked the variety of content you have shred with the readers..."
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7 comments:
OK, I'll bite - what is it really? It looks like something in a 1911 magazine well....
Merle
I dunno about the plasma cannon, but it sure looks like something the military has that you want to make damned sure is turned off and LOTO'd before you stick your head in front of
It's a stabilized video camera and mount, carried on a helicopter. The lens has been removed -- that red lever is the lens lock and it's holding a cover over the camera pickup.
The tiny motor that controls the lens iris failed and we were checking it. Locked up solid and a replacement is only $750! The $1K-an-hour tech says we can replace it ourselves. I hope we are successful -- the price of this thing pushes ten-to-the-sixth dollars.
Looks sort of like the MX-20 camera we use on the aerostats we had in Iraq and still have in the 'Stan. I used to fix them in Iraq.
General Dynamics make 'em? If so, it should look very similar -- your hardware is probably more rugged.
The MX-20 is made by wescam, a division of L3. http://www.wescam.com/index.php/products-services/airborne-surveillance-and-reconnaissance/mx-20/ if you want to take a look
Ah, so that's why Litton (latter L3) bought Troll Technologies...!
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