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I read this today in another forum and thought I'd share...
Our teacher asked what my favorite animal was, and I said, "Fried chicken." She said I wasn't funny, but she couldn't have been right, because everyone else laughed.
My parents told me to always tell the truth. I did. Fried chicken is my favorite animal. I told my dad what happened, and he said my teacher was probably a member of PETA. He said they love animals very much.I do, too. Especially chicken, pork and beef. Anyway, my teacher sent me to the principal's office. I told him what happened, and he laughed, too. Then he told me not to do it again.
The next day in class my teacher asked me what my favorite live animal was. I told her it was chicken. She asked me why, so I told her it was because you could make them into fried chicken. She sent me back to the principal's office. He laughed, and told me not to do it again. I don't understand. My parents taught me to be honest, but my teacher doesn't like it when I am.
Today, my teacher asked me to tell her what famous person I admired most. I told her, "Colonel Sanders."
Guess where the HELL I am now . . .
So what's your favorite animal? 
Will Rogers never met me.
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A wonderful, magical animal[^]! 
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer
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Tough to choose.. I'd say ants - very efficient, selfless and motivated creatures. If only developers were the same! 
How do you know so much about swallows? Well, you have to know these things when you're a king, you know.
modified 31-Aug-21 21:01pm.
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The lovable wonderful Dog.
And fried shrimp (all you can eat).
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Brent Jenkins wrote: If only developers were the same!
You must be a manager...
Will Rogers never met me.
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Nope, I'm a developer too.. The first step in fixing a problem is realising what the problem is 
How do you know so much about swallows? Well, you have to know these things when you're a king, you know.
modified 31-Aug-21 21:01pm.
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You should stop developing.
I'm retired. There's a nap for that...
- Harvey
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So ants are becoming more like developers then? 
How do you know so much about swallows? Well, you have to know these things when you're a king, you know.
modified 31-Aug-21 21:01pm.
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You say that like it was a good thing[^]!
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Seriously, I've seen software projects exactly the same as that.
How do you know so much about swallows? Well, you have to know these things when you're a king, you know.
modified 31-Aug-21 21:01pm.
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I'll believe it when I see the hardware actually leave low Earth orbit and go past the Moon in 4 hours, using no other propulsion system.
(I'm making it easy for you; you don't have to take off from Earth or land on the Moon.)
If you have an important point to make, don't try to be subtle or clever. Use a pile driver. Hit the point once. Then come back and hit it again. Then hit it a third time - a tremendous whack.
--Winston Churchill
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Exactly!
On a side note, I would rather see it. And yesterday please!
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Me too. If it works (a big if, at present), it would be the biggest advance in space exploration since the Chinese invented rockets.
If you have an important point to make, don't try to be subtle or clever. Use a pile driver. Hit the point once. Then come back and hit it again. Then hit it a third time - a tremendous whack.
--Winston Churchill
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To quote the article "It produces thrust by using solar power to generate multiple microwaves that move back and forth in an enclosed chamber." - the sad part is that having read that I am still not surprised that some people believe it will produce thrust.
Sigh 
“That which can be asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence.”
― Christopher Hitchens
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GuyThiebaut wrote: the sad part is that having read that I am still not surprised that some people believe it will produce thrust.
There is some serious research going on with this; may come to nothing but the geeks who work in this area seem impressed enough to do that research and see if the idea has any merit. When they come back and cry foul, then I'll dismiss it - until then... why not? They admit they're not sure why it works.
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The one thing that all these machines, that defy the current laws physics, appear to have in common is that:
1 - the machines no longer exist.
2 - the inventor has died or refuses to release the secret.
3 - the government has bought the patent and destroyed all evidence.
When I see the science proving this then I will be convinced(independent blind tests at the very least with thorough statistical analysis) - until then I am deeply sceptical.
“That which can be asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence.”
― Christopher Hitchens
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Thanks.
Looks interesting, I eagerly await peer reviewed papers in scientific journals showing this to be functional.
“That which can be asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence.”
― Christopher Hitchens
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Agreed.
In this case, I remember a few years ago, someone mentioned that they were able to reproduce the effect.
I believe this is the essence of the German comments. A second set of scientists have found "thrust".
I don't think this violates physics per se. He takes energy in the form of solar, and converts it to kinetic energy. Reminds me of Tesla being ridiculed that spinning a magnet would only produce opposing forces that would cancel each other out. The genius was preventing the cancellation, or capturing 4 phases.
In this case, I can envision (hallucination on my end, because I have no idea how it works), that he found a way to KICK 2 legs back and forth, like a swimmer, producing some kind of eddy current in the ether, again, like a simmer.
The good news is that he is sharing, and people appear to be getting similar results.
My disappointment is that the size/force so far is MINUSCULE (based on the old reading).
Combine with recent microwave power transmissions from earth, and you could PUSH it into space using grid electricity, and not have to have a power module! Once in space, it has less to overcome.
exciting stuff!
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Minor correction:
GuyThiebaut wrote: that defy the current laws physics as far as we understand them
How do you know so much about swallows? Well, you have to know these things when you're a king, you know.
modified 31-Aug-21 21:01pm.
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+5 
Jeremy Falcon
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That is how the scientific method works.
The reason the scientific method is so brilliant is that it constantly outdoes itself with better and more refined theories(theory means something very different in science than its common usage - Google it if you are unfamiliar with the scientific definition of the word 'theory').
It's why from the discovery of penicillin a whole range of other antibiotics were developed some of which have saved my life.
It's how you are able to use a computer and post on the internet.
Science makes no claims to absolute irrefutable truths outside of what it observes.
So when it is said "as far as we understand them" this should be applauded because it shows that science is constantly in a state of new discovery.
“That which can be asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence.”
― Christopher Hitchens
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