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Then there is, Do you want to be happy or right? You cannot be both at the same time.
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Lady Fraktor wrote: Tue Jan 04, 2022 5:18 am Then there is, Do you want to be happy or right? You cannot be both at the same time.
One might be happy being as right as one can be, but most reward systems penalize this heavily.
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Lady Fraktor wrote: Tue Jan 04, 2022 5:18 am Then there is, Do you want to be happy or right? You cannot be both at the same time.
In traffic that becomes: "Do you want to be right or alive?"
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turboscrew wrote: Tue Jan 04, 2022 4:10 pm
Lady Fraktor wrote: Tue Jan 04, 2022 5:18 am Then there is, Do you want to be happy or right? You cannot be both at the same time.
In traffic that becomes: "Do you want to be right or alive?"
On a second thought, that might go with some couples too... :wink:
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I signed up for Starlink and I am still waiting for my hardware. But I must admit that stories like this temper my enthusiasm:
https://nypost.com/2022/01/03/why-cats- ... atellites/
p.s. I haven't done the math, but my intuitive analysis is that yes, "cat-loading" would seriously degrade the performance of the antenna.
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AntennaGuy wrote: Tue Jan 04, 2022 4:26 pm I signed up for Starlink and I am still waiting for my hardware. But I must admit that stories like this temper my enthusiasm:
https://nypost.com/2022/01/03/why-cats- ... atellites/
p.s. I haven't done the math, but my intuitive analysis is that yes, "cat-loading" would seriously degrade the performance of the antenna.
Add a few more cats, then you'd have a pillar
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PapaFox wrote: Thu Jan 06, 2022 8:00 pm
AntennaGuy wrote: Tue Jan 04, 2022 4:26 pm I signed up for Starlink and I am still waiting for my hardware. But I must admit that stories like this temper my enthusiasm:
https://nypost.com/2022/01/03/why-cats- ... atellites/
p.s. I haven't done the math, but my intuitive analysis is that yes, "cat-loading" would seriously degrade the performance of the antenna.
Add a few more cats, then you'd have a pillar
A cats-o'-piller? :duck: :animals-dogrun:
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notFritzArgelander wrote: Thu Jan 06, 2022 8:34 pm
PapaFox wrote: Thu Jan 06, 2022 8:00 pm
AntennaGuy wrote: Tue Jan 04, 2022 4:26 pm I signed up for Starlink and I am still waiting for my hardware. But I must admit that stories like this temper my enthusiasm:
https://nypost.com/2022/01/03/why-cats- ... atellites/
p.s. I haven't done the math, but my intuitive analysis is that yes, "cat-loading" would seriously degrade the performance of the antenna.
Add a few more cats, then you'd have a pillar
A cats-o'-piller? :duck: :animals-dogrun:
You got it, my obscure sense of humor.
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Chich wrote: Fri Jan 07, 2022 5:53 am Image
That reminded me of this one, an oldie but a goodie:
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