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Spinner strobing as a "Bird Strike Countermeasure"
Yes - I have a name writes:
Translation: I don't understand it, so it can't happen. I've studied it, and I understand why it cannot happen. |
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Spinner strobing as a "Bird Strike Countermeasure"
Paul Tomblin writes:
... I'd never heard of it until I read the wikipedia article ... What does that tell you about the Wikipedia article. ... but it turns out that Maxwell and others are correct and you're wrong. I guess I should have known. Consult multiple sources, and be especially wary of Wikipedia. |
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Spinner strobing as a "Bird Strike Countermeasure"
"Mxsmanic" wrote in message ... STFU, you are clearly just trying to troll now. |
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Spinner strobing as a "Bird Strike Countermeasure"
Paul Tomblin writes:
... but it turns out that Maxwell and others are correct and you're wrong. I guess I should have known. Consult multiple sources, and be especially wary of Wikipedia. You too have been MXed. |
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Spinner strobing as a "Bird Strike Countermeasure"
In a previous article, Mxsmanic said:
Paul Tomblin writes: ... I'd never heard of it until I read the wikipedia article ... What does that tell you about the Wikipedia article. It tells me that the people who wrote the Wikipedia article are smarter than you or me. ... but it turns out that Maxwell and others are correct and you're wrong. I guess I should have known. Consult multiple sources, and be especially wary of Wikipedia. Wikipedia quotes multiple scientific papers. So far all you've quoted is yourself. -- Paul Tomblin http://blog.xcski.com/ "By the time they had diminished from 50 to 8, the other dwarves began to suspect 'Hungry' ..." -- Gary Larson, "The Far Side" |
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Spinner strobing as a "Bird Strike Countermeasure"
Jim Logajan wrote:
The following thread on the Van's Air Force web site was of general enough interest that I thought it worthwhile to bring it to the attention of other pilots: http://www.vansairforce.com/communit...ad.php?t=24147 Would be quite useful if it really worked. Of course there would still be strikes with inattentive and near-sighted birds. ;-) Entertaining thread this turned into. Anyway, here's a nice illusion. http://img408.imageshack.us/img408/8067/imagegm1.gif Concentrate on the + in the middle. An illusory green dot soon appears. Moments later, pink dots seem to disappear. |
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Spinner strobing as a "Bird Strike Countermeasure"
Mxsmanic wrote:
Gig 601XL Builder writes: Wrong, exactly backwards wrong. Rutger was correct. The frame is a painted raster. The image is the complete set of visual data for simultaneous assimilation. Shut the **** up, MX. |
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Spinner strobing as a "Bird Strike Countermeasure"
Mxsmanic wrote:
writes: You do know this stuff is archived ... That's the best part. Shut the **** up, MX. |
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Spinner strobing as a "Bird Strike Countermeasure"
Mxsmanic wrote:
Yes - I have a name writes: I'm sure I've seen wheels on cars that appear to be moving backwards. Are my eyes defective? No, but your memory is imperfect. You've never seen that in real life, only on TV and in films, or under stroboscopic lighting. Shut the **** up, MX. |
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Spinner strobing as a "Bird Strike Countermeasure"
Beryl wrote:
Jim Logajan wrote: The following thread on the Van's Air Force web site was of general enough interest that I thought it worthwhile to bring it to the attention of other pilots: http://www.vansairforce.com/communit...ad.php?t=24147 Would be quite useful if it really worked. Of course there would still be strikes with inattentive and near-sighted birds. ;-) Entertaining thread this turned into. Anyway, here's a nice illusion. http://img408.imageshack.us/img408/8067/imagegm1.gif Concentrate on the + in the middle. An illusory green dot soon appears. Moments later, pink dots seem to disappear. Hey, I was about to post that. |
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