''But Sabre's worth doing, as it may be a game changer if it works. And even if it does not, the tech and knowledge developed may well be useful elsewhere. ''
The heat exchanger technology alone must be applicable somewhere, if it works.
Worth pointing out that that is the mean of their probability distribution, not their estimate of the most likely single outcome (which is 341, with the second most likely at 347, reading off the histogram).
Quite so.
Notable that all of the models with form have the race in the same ball park - The Trumpster in the dumpster.
''SpaceX is doing quite amazing things - although I still reserve judgement until they've a few successful reflights under their belt. ''
If Bond gets the Sabre engine right, SpaceX could have spent a great deal of money for nothing.
Do you know what's so revolutionary about the SpaceX engine?
Surely there's nothing revolutionary about the Merlin? It's all been done before. They decided to go for a smaller, simpler engine that could be produced relatively cheaply using modern manufacturing techniques. It also allowed them to get a very high thrust-to-weight.
The next engine, Raptor, *will* be revolutionary, with only two other similar engines ever having been run, and then only on test stands.
The Wall Street Journal, no less, says in today's editorial (paywall) that Trump should either change his behaviour "or turn the nomination over to Mike Pence". They say the Republican leadership should give him until Labour Day, 5 September.
Good news for those of us who bought Mike Pence at 1000!
''SpaceX is doing quite amazing things - although I still reserve judgement until they've a few successful reflights under their belt. ''
If Bond gets the Sabre engine right, SpaceX could have spent a great deal of money for nothing.
Do you know what's so revolutionary about the SpaceX engine?
Surely there's nothing revolutionary about the Merlin? It's all been done before. They decided to go for a smaller, simpler engine that could be produced relatively cheaply using modern manufacturing techniques. It also allowed them to get a very high thrust-to-weight.
The next engine, Raptor, *will* be revolutionary, with only two other similar engines ever having been run, and then only on test stands.
(I'm not a rocket scientist).
Is it the use of 3D printed parts? Other than that, I'm with JJ, it seems to be a relatively simple beast.
''But Sabre's worth doing, as it may be a game changer if it works. And even if it does not, the tech and knowledge developed may well be useful elsewhere. ''
The heat exchanger technology alone must be applicable somewhere, if it works.
Yep.
Some things about modern life still seem unbelievable to me: for instance, the fact that turbine blades in a jet engine operate at temperatures far above the melting point of their materials, yet careful design means they do not melt. Not only that, but they operate reliably in that regime for many hours with no maintenance.
It's one of the reasons I don't like flying. Jet engines are ungodly magic.
''But Sabre's worth doing, as it may be a game changer if it works. And even if it does not, the tech and knowledge developed may well be useful elsewhere. ''
The heat exchanger technology alone must be applicable somewhere, if it works.
Yep.
Some things about modern life still seem unbelievable to me: for instance, the fact that turbine blades in a jet engine operate at temperatures far above the melting point of their materials, yet careful design means they do not melt. Not only that, but they operate reliably in that regime for many hours with no maintenance.
It's one of the reasons I don't like flying. Jet engines are ungodly magic.
My first encounter with magic was the tunnel diode.
Wow, another world record in the stadium, Poland's Anita Wlodarczyk throwing the hammer over 82 metres!
British lass in fourth, behind a drugs cheat. That's got to rankle....
The swimming coach was grumbling about the same thing this morning.
The answer is screamingly obvious - anyone with a drugs ban can compete. Their times will be recorded. But they are not eligible for the medals. You have two lists - the complete field, and the clean medals list. It would stop drugs cheats overnight if they could never get on a podium for the rest of their lives.
If an athlete from a country is found to be using nefarious performance enhancing products the nation is banned from the next cycle of Olympic / World championships and the transgressor is banned for 2 cycles.
Wow, another world record in the stadium, Poland's Anita Wlodarczyk throwing the hammer over 82 metres!
British lass in fourth, behind a drugs cheat. That's got to rankle....
The swimming coach was grumbling about the same thing this morning.
The answer is screamingly obvious - anyone with a drugs ban can compete. Their times will be recorded. But they are not eligible for the medals. You have two lists - the complete field, and the clean medals list. It would stop drugs cheats overnight if they could never get on a podium for the rest of their lives.
If an athlete from a country is found to be using nefarious performance enhancing products the nation is banned from the next cycle of Olympic / World championships and the transgressor is banned for 2 cycles.
Now that is peer group pressure.....
That's going too far I feel (and more than a little unfair on very large countries), most athletes train separate to national organisations but, as with Russia, if there is shown to be national level cheating then, of course, all athletes should be banned.
Wow, another world record in the stadium, Poland's Anita Wlodarczyk throwing the hammer over 82 metres!
British lass in fourth, behind a drugs cheat. That's got to rankle....
The swimming coach was grumbling about the same thing this morning.
The answer is screamingly obvious - anyone with a drugs ban can compete. Their times will be recorded. But they are not eligible for the medals. You have two lists - the complete field, and the clean medals list. It would stop drugs cheats overnight if they could never get on a podium for the rest of their lives.
If an athlete from a country is found to be using nefarious performance enhancing products the nation is banned from the next cycle of Olympic / World championships and the transgressor is banned for 2 cycles.
Now that is peer group pressure.....
That's going too far I feel (and more than a little unfair on very large countries), most athletes train separate to national organisations but, as with Russia, if there is shown to be national level cheating then, of course, all athletes should be banned.
It would stop the practice pretty quickly after the first country was banned.
Anyway, the country should test their athletes to be sure they are clean, so the country is responsible for the athletes it picks.
Heard an amusing dressage story (yes, it is possible) the other day.
Norwegian lady visits Carl Hester's barn, comes back to Norway having bought a horse from him. She is over the moon, and tells her coach she can't believe that she has bought a Grand Prix horse from the Hester barn
Her coach is a little wary. "But, you do realize that you can't expect to be able to ride this horse to the same level as a professional."
"I know, but it was the groom riding it!"
Of course, the groom was none other than Charlotte Dujardin.
Heard an amusing dressage story (yes, it is possible) the other day.
Norwegian lady visits Carl Hester's barn, comes back to Norway having bought a horse from him. She is over the moon, and tells her coach she can't believe that she has bought a Grand Prix horse from the Hester barn
Her coach is a little wary. "But, you do realize that you can't expect to be able to ride this horse to the same level as a professional."
"I know, but it was the groom riding it!"
Of course, the groom was none other than Charlotte Dujardin.
Ha! I didn't know until just now that she hasn't been beaten since London 2012.
Heard an amusing dressage story (yes, it is possible) the other day.
Norwegian lady visits Carl Hester's barn, comes back to Norway having bought a horse from him. She is over the moon, and tells her coach she can't believe that she has bought a Grand Prix horse from the Hester barn
Her coach is a little wary. "But, you do realize that you can't expect to be able to ride this horse to the same level as a professional."
"I know, but it was the groom riding it!"
Of course, the groom was none other than Charlotte Dujardin.
They should end the species discrimination and have musical canine freestyle as an Olympic sport. We'd be a shoe-in for Gold with all of our Crufts champions.
It certainly is a rather interesting "sport". So say that again I have to get down on all fours & let the other guy mount me from behind regardless of if I want him to do so or not...isn't there some law against that kind of behaviour?
They should end the species discrimination and have musical canine freestyle as an Olympic sport. We'd be a shoe-in for Gold with all of our Crufts BGT champions.
Neither's cricket, but the rest of us put up with it
It's as much a sport as hurling hammers around the place. And it has music.
We really ought to combine it with other sports: synchronized underwater horse dressage where the riders have to vault over the "horse" with a pole before getting on the horse. That sort of thing......
If we could teach horses to ride bikes we'd win every gold going for ever.....
They should end the species discrimination and have musical canine freestyle as an Olympic sport. We'd be a shoe-in for Gold with all of our Crufts champions.
And then the USA and Russia would bring their elite military dolphins...
Neither's cricket, but the rest of us put up with it
It's as much a sport as hurling hammers around the place. And it has music.
We really ought to combine it with other sports: synchronized underwater horse dressage where the riders have to vault over the "horse" with a pole before getting on the horse. That sort of thing......
If we could teach horses to ride bikes we'd win every gold going for ever.....
Oh I dont mind the dressage in the least, but cricket should be banned.
Neither's cricket, but the rest of us put up with it
It's as much a sport as hurling hammers around the place. And it has music.
We really ought to combine it with other sports: synchronized underwater horse dressage where the riders have to vault over the "horse" with a pole before getting on the horse. That sort of thing......
If we could teach horses to ride bikes we'd win every gold going for ever.....
Mrs J wants the Turkish version in the Olympics: Turkish Olive Oil wrestling.
Yes, their national sport involves grown men lathering themselves in oil and wrestling each other whilst semi-naked.
I am reliably informed you can pay a lot of money to watch such things in certain London establishments.
Until recently matches could go on for two days, and it has the oldest sanctioned continuously-running sporting competition in the world, starting in 1362.
FPT Cyclefree ....."All good stuff. It does not deal with the problems caused by having people who think that sharia law should trump English law, for instance"
The very fact this is is even a topic of conversation shows how dramatically this country has been changed by a certain section of society. That section of course refuses to integrate as can be seen from the need or requirement for their own legal system at odds with the host.
Mrs J wants the Turkish version in the Olympics: Turkish Olive Oil wrestling.
Yes, their national sport involves grown men lathering themselves in oil and wrestling each other whilst semi-naked.
I am reliably informed you can pay a lot of money to watch such things in certain London establishments.
Until recently matches could go on for two days, and it has the oldest sanctioned continuously-running sporting competition in the world, starting in 1362.
I thought I didn't really get difference in pommel horse, then I saw Whitlock routine that was clearly more complex than the others, but horsey disco it really does all look the same to me.
Neither's cricket, but the rest of us put up with it
It's as much a sport as hurling hammers around the place. And it has music.
We really ought to combine it with other sports: synchronized underwater horse dressage where the riders have to vault over the "horse" with a pole before getting on the horse. That sort of thing......
If we could teach horses to ride bikes we'd win every gold going for ever.....
Oh I dont mind the dressage in the least, but cricket should be banned.
Horse dancing is impressive. And it is a real sport - Xenophon, William Cavendish and Bolsover Castle say so.
Spaghetti Western theme music, or Harrison Birtwhistle, should be mandatory.
And lets bring in those Belgian 6 day cycle races.
So I see that Trump has started to bang the Supreme Court nomination drum hardened. That will definitely help him when he finally names his preferred choice.
I thought I didn't really get difference in pommel horse, then I saw Whitlock routine that was clearly more complex than the others, but horsey disco it really does all look the same to me.
I find the freestyle harder to judge, the set technical events are a bit easier. How they can score to three decimal places is beyond me!
FPT Cyclefree ....."All good stuff. It does not deal with the problems caused by having people who think that sharia law should trump English law, for instance"
The very fact this is is even a topic of conversation shows how dramatically this country has been changed by a certain section of society. That section of course refuses to integrate as can be seen from the need or requirement for their own legal system at odds with the host.
Suppose you and I came together to formulate Mospping Law.
Its sole statute was that if I borrowed a pack of cards from you and didn't return it within 20 days I would owe you £5.
We both agreed to be bound by Mospping Law. How is this a bad thing or subverting the UK's social fabric?
Neither's cricket, but the rest of us put up with it
It's as much a sport as hurling hammers around the place. And it has music.
We really ought to combine it with other sports: synchronized underwater horse dressage where the riders have to vault over the "horse" with a pole before getting on the horse. That sort of thing......
If we could teach horses to ride bikes we'd win every gold going for ever.....
Oh I dont mind the dressage in the least, but cricket should be banned.
Horse dancing is impressive. And it is a real sport - Xenophon, William Cavendish and Bolsover Castle say so.
Spaghetti Western theme music, or Harrison Birtwhistle, should be mandatory.
And lets bring in those Belgian 6 day cycle races.
Dressage is a pitiful pathetic spectacle and certainly no sport.
Neither's cricket, but the rest of us put up with it
It's as much a sport as hurling hammers around the place. And it has music.
We really ought to combine it with other sports: synchronized underwater horse dressage where the riders have to vault over the "horse" with a pole before getting on the horse. That sort of thing......
If we could teach horses to ride bikes we'd win every gold going for ever.....
Oh I dont mind the dressage in the least, but cricket should be banned.
Horse dancing is impressive. And it is a real sport - Xenophon, William Cavendish and Bolsover Castle say so.
Spaghetti Western theme music, or Harrison Birtwhistle, should be mandatory.
And lets bring in those Belgian 6 day cycle races.
Dressage is a pitiful pathetic spectacle and certainly no sport.
I think the hate crime thing has descended into Keystone Kops nonsense a la sexual harrassment.
Just caught up with the story of the chap who was arrested for hate crime for teaching his gf's dog to do a Hitler Salute and putting it on Youtube.
Still doesn't top the case of the chap put on probation for 3 years and the Sex Offenders' Register for self-abuse with a bicycle ("sexual breach of the peace") when hotel cleaners unlocked the door and walked in on him, though.
Lord help us if somebody writes another Producers and the Met get off the leash, or if they put it on in Nottingham.
Neither's cricket, but the rest of us put up with it
It's as much a sport as hurling hammers around the place. And it has music.
We really ought to combine it with other sports: synchronized underwater horse dressage where the riders have to vault over the "horse" with a pole before getting on the horse. That sort of thing......
If we could teach horses to ride bikes we'd win every gold going for ever.....
Oh I dont mind the dressage in the least, but cricket should be banned.
Horse dancing is impressive. And it is a real sport - Xenophon, William Cavendish and Bolsover Castle say so.
Spaghetti Western theme music, or Harrison Birtwhistle, should be mandatory.
And lets bring in those Belgian 6 day cycle races.
Dressage is a pitiful pathetic spectacle and certainly no sport.
Just looking at the targets set by each sport for Team GB atheletes, rowing, despite being the #1 country, despite those golds etc, the blazers set a target of 6-8 medals!
Those who don't like particular sports are not obliged to watch them. I haven't yet watched a minute of the Olympics. I don't begrudge those who enjoy them their pleasure.
He gets most thing right, 'cepting his choice of political party to stand for, but in the scheme of things he gets a pass on that also.
Since the core of his beliefs is liberalism, his choice of party is both appropriate and inevitable. That liberalism is having such a hard time right now is another matter entirely.
Neither's cricket, but the rest of us put up with it
It's as much a sport as hurling hammers around the place. And it has music.
We really ought to combine it with other sports: synchronized underwater horse dressage where the riders have to vault over the "horse" with a pole before getting on the horse. That sort of thing......
If we could teach horses to ride bikes we'd win every gold going for ever.....
Oh I dont mind the dressage in the least, but cricket should be banned.
Horse dancing is impressive. And it is a real sport - Xenophon, William Cavendish and Bolsover Castle say so.
Spaghetti Western theme music, or Harrison Birtwhistle, should be mandatory.
And lets bring in those Belgian 6 day cycle races.
Dressage is a pitiful pathetic spectacle and certainly no sport.
No that's not right. It is a sport, but is very boring, overall spectacle aside, because the nuances of what makes a good vs bad vs very good performance are lost on 99.9% of the viewers so it is difficult to feel involved and to make your own judgement on progress or comparative performances.
Just looking at the targets set by each sport for Team GB atheletes, rowing, despite being the #1 country, despite those golds etc, the blazers set a target of 6-8 medals!
That's with a surprise silver in the women's eights as well, we didn't do well in the sculls which hurt our total.
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The heat exchanger technology alone must be applicable somewhere, if it works.
Notable that all of the models with form have the race in the same ball park - The Trumpster in the dumpster.
The next engine, Raptor, *will* be revolutionary, with only two other similar engines ever having been run, and then only on test stands.
(I'm not a rocket scientist).
Good news for those of us who bought Mike Pence at 1000!
Some things about modern life still seem unbelievable to me: for instance, the fact that turbine blades in a jet engine operate at temperatures far above the melting point of their materials, yet careful design means they do not melt. Not only that, but they operate reliably in that regime for many hours with no maintenance.
It's one of the reasons I don't like flying. Jet engines are ungodly magic.
Now that is peer group pressure.....
93.928 for DuJadin - two riders to go
Commentators were rating 93.928% on the excitement scale, so probably close to world record....
If only we could ditch London we'd be ahead of the USA
cant see it going down well with the judges
I seem to remember he said wed have to hand all the 2012 ones back. :-)
Cool Spanish rider soundtrack - Santana
Anyway, the country should test their athletes to be sure they are clean, so the country is responsible for the athletes it picks.
very interesting prog. Model inputs include whether just had or about to hold an Olympic games, etc.
Model predicted 62 IIRC, Team GB predicted 48.
Norwegian lady visits Carl Hester's barn, comes back to Norway having bought a horse from him. She is over the moon, and tells her coach she can't believe that she has bought a Grand Prix horse from the Hester barn
Her coach is a little wary. "But, you do realize that you can't expect to be able to ride this horse to the same level as a professional."
"I know, but it was the groom riding it!"
Of course, the groom was none other than Charlotte Dujardin.
Rio Olympics 2016: Can Team GB finish above China in the medal table?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/olympics/37085511
Think it's called an extended trot.
Gold medals are mostly made of silver.
There's a metaphor in there somewhere.
Power Bottoming (aka greco-roman wrestling)
To put this in perspective, the previous world record was Edward Gal on Totilas @ 92.3% but, AFAIK, no-one else has exceeded 87.93%
Sticking a tape of the 1812 Overture on while they do it doesn't make it any better.
This is just stating the obvious.
It's as much a sport as hurling hammers around the place. And it has music.
We really ought to combine it with other sports: synchronized underwater horse dressage where the riders have to vault over the "horse" with a pole before getting on the horse. That sort of thing......
If we could teach horses to ride bikes we'd win every gold going for ever.....
Yes, their national sport involves grown men lathering themselves in oil and wrestling each other whilst semi-naked.
I am reliably informed you can pay a lot of money to watch such things in certain London establishments.
Until recently matches could go on for two days, and it has the oldest sanctioned continuously-running sporting competition in the world, starting in 1362.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oil_wrestling
Cyclefree ....."All good stuff. It does not deal with the problems caused by having people who think that sharia law should trump English law, for instance"
The very fact this is is even a topic of conversation shows how dramatically this country has been changed by a certain section of society. That section of course refuses to integrate as can be seen from the need or requirement for their own legal system at odds with the host.
Olympic Grabcocque?
Spaghetti Western theme music, or Harrison Birtwhistle, should be mandatory.
And lets bring in those Belgian 6 day cycle races.
And there's another gold
https://twitter.com/swingaleg/status/764704820255129600
Its sole statute was that if I borrowed a pack of cards from you and didn't return it within 20 days I would owe you £5.
We both agreed to be bound by Mospping Law. How is this a bad thing or subverting the UK's social fabric?
Just caught up with the story of the chap who was arrested for hate crime for teaching his gf's dog to do a Hitler Salute and putting it on Youtube.
Still doesn't top the case of the chap put on probation for 3 years and the Sex Offenders' Register for self-abuse with a bicycle ("sexual breach of the peace") when hotel cleaners unlocked the door and walked in on him, though.
Lord help us if somebody writes another Producers and the Met get off the leash, or if they put it on in Nottingham.