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| From | "Carlos E. R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | alt.comp.os.windows-10, alt.comp.os.windows-11, alt.folklore.computers |
| Subject | Re: (old_version.exe... computer chassis, glass, home safety |
| Date | 2026-06-22 10:44 +0200 |
| Message-ID | <n9sb02Fotp4U1@mid.individual.net> (permalink) |
| References | (19 earlier) <1116bg4$588o$1@dont-email.me> <1116drl$6coj$2@toylet.eternal-september.org> <11185h3$k6oe$3@dont-email.me> <1118hql$oknk$1@toylet.eternal-september.org> <1119s29$14v7e$1@dont-email.me> |
Cross-posted to 3 groups.
On 2026-06-22 01:28, Paul wrote:
> On Sun, 6/21/2026 7:27 AM, Mr. Man-wai Chang wrote:
>> On 6/21/2026 3:57 PM, Nuno Silva wrote:
>>>
>>> Now that's to home safety like "What could possibly go wrong?" is to
>>> engineering.
>>
>>
>> Engineering is a job. Keep it in the workplace!!
>>
>> A home should NOT be a laboratory nor a factory.
>>
>>
>
> You've led a much-too-sheltered life, if you haven't
> been constantly making things.
>
> I once built a kite, that was 12 feet high and 9 feet wide.
> The tail on the kite was 50 feet long.
>
> It took a 30MPH breeze, to get that airborne. The first
> day, I couldn't get enough breeze to do it. But the
> next day, I didn't have to run with it. I figured this is
> great, I'll have no problem getting this up in the sky.
> After a harness adjustment, away we went.
>
> Well, what do you notice when a thing is that big ?
> It's dragging you along the ground. You can't hold it back.
> You're running out of field... You have to dump the kite.
> And just at that moment, the kite decides to become unstable
> and it's heading for the ground at warp velocity.
> I had to give a "giant pull" on the string at the
> last moment (I knew I was in trouble on the trajectory).
> The kite cleared a power line (11kV) by only about six inches :-)
I have the vague recollection of seeing somewhere large kites flown by
teams of people.
>
> It was never my intention to be over the adjacent street
> with the stupid thing. It started out just fine
> over the field I was in.
>
> One of the spars broke on impact. The other spar is still
> in the basement back home, as a piece of scrap lumber.
>
> That's how we learn things. By building stuff.
>
> I can confidently tell you, not to do that :-)
> Scaling a kite is OK, just not that much.
>
> It was just my luck, a windy-enough day happens by,
> for the launch. This was spring kite-weather. If the wind
> had not been that high, I would have concluded it would
> never get off the ground. Well, it got off the ground :-)
>
> Paul
--
Cheers,
Carlos E.R.
ES🇪🇸, EU🇪🇺;
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