gdp's Comments

Atomic Toasters : Commercial Advertising: Not-So-Personal Computer

Wed, 18 Apr 2012 02:04:16 +0000

My grandpa was a UNIVAC tech after he got out of the Merchant Marines. He had TONS of vacuum tubes in his garage. And one that was as big as a 2-liter Coke bottle.

Atomic Toasters : Beechcraft Starship: Composite Complexity

Thu, 12 Apr 2012 04:30:05 +0000

Actually seen two of these in the flesh... at museums. One at the Museum of Flight in Seattle and another at Evergreen in Oregon. Truly beautiful planes.

Atomic Toasters : XP-67 Moonbat

Wed, 8 Feb 2012 07:36:53 +0000

Love love love these posts. How about a post on pusher-prop planes from WWII? Like the Kyushu J7W, which was just a prototype, but was unbelievably awesome: <img src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8e/J7w.png" width="500">

Atomic Toasters : Did You Feel That?

Thu, 29 Dec 2011 20:10:07 +0000

I didn't notice a thing... but today I can levitate, move objects with my mind, and shoot fire out of my nostrils. And oh yeah, I'm blue.

Atomic Toasters : User Input: Mr. Fusion

Thu, 24 Nov 2011 02:17:03 +0000

Oh, got it! I need to read up more on Th reactors.

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Atomic Toasters : User Input: Mr. Fusion

Mon, 21 Nov 2011 20:03:00 +0000

Thorium is def. the way to go. Too bad the reaction can breed U-233. That scares a lot of people. Doesn't scare me. Not as much as wars over oil and oil sales funding extremist groups worldwide. /rant Anyway. The Ford Nucleon, featuring EXTREME forward control. For when normal forward control just isn't forward enough.

Atomic Toasters : Startup: Necessary Condescension - Spy Plane Edition

Thu, 17 Nov 2011 22:43:36 +0000

I grew up near Travis AFB in California. Late at night I'd get woken up by a kind of WOMP......... WOMP.........WOMP..........WOMP........WOMP Wonder if it was an SR-71 that had stopped to refuel.

Atomic Toasters : Making OXCART

Thu, 17 Nov 2011 22:35:10 +0000

Wow, after all that time, money, and effort, the planes only flew for three years? I thought they were using SR-71s all through the Cold War.

Atomic Toasters : First Person View flying, the ultimate RC plane.

Thu, 10 Nov 2011 00:57:12 +0000

You can pick up a Parrot AR.Drone for about 300 bucks. http://www.amazon.com/Parrot-AR-Drone-Quadricopte... It has a camera that streams video to iOS or Android devices.

Atomic Toasters : There's No Replacement for Steam

Wed, 26 Oct 2011 21:11:32 +0000

It looks like it's way cooler than that . . . the steam drives the propellers directly! http://www.naval-technology.com/projects/nimitz/ I love Nimitz-class carriers.

Atomic Toasters : User Input: Encore Performance

Tue, 18 Oct 2011 19:55:34 +0000

OMG, Escape Velocity. I spent so much time playing that game. Fell into an Escape Velocity hole and didn't come out for, like, six months.

Atomic Toasters : The Enigma Machine

Tue, 4 Oct 2011 21:53:04 +0000

Read Cryptonomicon.

Atomic Toasters : User Input: So Horribly Wrong

Tue, 27 Sep 2011 21:46:38 +0000

<img src="http://a.onionstatic.com/images/articles/article/2183/false.jpg"> Cheeseburger in a can! <img src="http://a.onionstatic.com/images/articles/article/2183/upclose-crop.jpg"> And I thought they smelled bad . . . on the outside . . .

Atomic Toasters : User Input: So Horribly Wrong

Tue, 27 Sep 2011 20:46:28 +0000

<img src="http://in-this-economy.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/easy-cheese.jpg"> What do I win?

Atomic Toasters : User Input: Improving on the Original

Mon, 26 Sep 2011 16:37:04 +0000

George Lucas has ruined Star Wars. He and it are dead to me. However! The disks supposedly contain some AWESOME never-seen-before footage from the original trilogy. And yes, 1080p is incredible. But it's all moot to me. I don't own a bluray player and I'm not buying one anytime soon.

Atomic Toasters : Startup: Health And Safety Alert

Fri, 23 Sep 2011 22:45:00 +0000

I love how TIG welding gives you an IR "sunburn."

Atomic Toasters : Swash Bucklers

Wed, 21 Sep 2011 23:52:00 +0000

Excellent, thanks! Btw, what is Magic Dust?

Atomic Toasters : Swash Bucklers

Wed, 21 Sep 2011 22:19:04 +0000

Oh snap! Modern axial engine! Duke Axial Engine! I am the geeking out! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-bny77SEefQ http://thekneeslider.com/archives/2011/09/08/duke...

Atomic Toasters : Swash Bucklers

Wed, 21 Sep 2011 22:13:08 +0000

I automatically think of axial engines. Dyna-Cam comes to mind. That's how I know I'm on the right site. <img src="http://www.douglas-self.com/MUSEUM/POWER/unusualICeng/axial-ICeng/dynacam%201a.jpg">

Atomic Toasters : User Input: Vintage Beauty

Wed, 21 Sep 2011 00:06:35 +0000

I'm very late, but . . . BEHOLD! The J7W Shinden! <img src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e4/A_prototype_of_J7W_Shinden.jpg" width="600"> <img src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8e/J7w.png" width="600">