Fascinating stuff

Posted on March 25, 2014 by KG

‘Gears of war: When mechanical analog computers ruled the waves
In some ways, the Navy’s latest computers fall short of the power of 1930s tech.’
Via this week’s Woodpile Report

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23 Responses to Fascinating stuff

  1. KG says:
    March 25, 2014 at 07:31

    O/T:
    News.com headline:’THERE ARE NO SURVIVORS: MH370 crashed into ocean”
    Proof, please….

    • Wombat says:
      March 25, 2014 at 10:22

      The satelites said so.

      It’s not like we have UBERlong range radar to pick these things up y’know!

      We’ve all got to pretend that nobody knows where it is…

    • Oswald Bastable says:
      March 25, 2014 at 16:37

      Still waiting to hear WHY. (other than this pronouncement doesn’t scare the horses)

      • mawm says:
        March 25, 2014 at 18:39

        There is a whisper about demands for the release of a Malaysian political prisoner……….http://falfn.com/CrusaderRabbit/wp-content/plugins/wp-monalisa/icons/wpml_unsure.gif

  2. Redbaiter says:
    March 25, 2014 at 11:07

    Good story in Examiner. With Helen Klark third highest at UN charges in article easily believable.

    http://www.examiner.com/article/un-whistle-blower-warns-about-economic-destruction-program

    • The Gantt Guy says:
      March 25, 2014 at 11:15

      O/T, but could Clark possibly have chosen a better successor to continue her campaign of destruction than John Key? I’m wondering if she didn’t hand-pick that bastard to succeed her.

    • mawm says:
      March 25, 2014 at 18:35

      They want to make Africa the bread basket of the world! :shock: After 5+ decades of trying to get Africans to help themselves have they learned nothing about African productivity and corruption? :roll:

      • KG says:
        March 25, 2014 at 19:07

        Well, China’s busy making Africa a Chinese colony, and I doubt they’ll give a damn about whether or not Africans want to work and take responsibility for themselves…

  3. Redbaiter says:
    March 25, 2014 at 12:22

    Yeah Gantt, Klark gave NZ 9 years of socialist degeneration and Key another 6 years (so far). Making sure the country was well and truly fucked.

  5. Darin says:
    March 25, 2014 at 15:40

    I’ve been lucky enough to vist the USS Alabama a couple times over the years.Not an Iowa class,but close enough.Seeing it in person and then realising that she was built in just two years is awe inspiring and of course the highlight of the trip are the 16″ gun turrets.
    http://youtu.be/f6_YaPbrWMA

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Dakota-class_battleship_(1939)

  7. Darin says:
    March 26, 2014 at 14:53

    When my dad was in the Navy and stationed at Norfolk there was a radio announcer that started every morning the same way-
    “For you civilians out there it is 8:00
    “For those of you in the Army and Air Force it is 08:00
    “For those of you in the Navy it is 8 bells”
    “and for you Marines out there,the big hand is on the 12 and the little hand is on the 8” :mrgreen: