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  1. Madelaine McMasters
    I'm much the same way, though I do sometimes feign excitement, particularly where none is warranted.
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    How about post-mortem videography? Here's Dad, a couple months after his death in 2008. Some of his ashes are in the rocket... Max recorded altitude was 8300 feet, after which the parachute ejection charge poofed him into the sky. That altitude hardly compares to what he achieved flying Corsairs during WWII. I made it right two years ago when I lofted both Mom and Dad in a weather balloon on Halloween. I've no way of knowing at what altitude the balloon burst but, according to the instructions that came with it, it should have been between 100 and 130 thousand feet. That's nowhere near the Karman line (330K) that's considered the edge of space, but there's only so much you can do on a budget of $200. ETA: Mom’s sitting under the umbrella.
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    It is possible for an impulsive assault to be triggered or exacerbated by premeditated animosity towards whatever difference is presented. Are you suggesting that the analysis of impulsive crime must ignore contributing factors?
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    Even people who fade away and return are not necessarily being deceitful. Though SL is not an "escape" for me, I know it is for some who have difficult real lives. I can't begin to understand such difficulties, so I'm slow to judge those who vanish and return. I simply hope they are well and that anyone they left behind heals and moves on, as I do. It's pretty rare for me to encounter someone who purposely tries to hurt others. Giving the benefit of the doubt seems prudent to me.
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    I've had quite a few friends go missing over my 14 years here (and many more over my much longer life online), some via death, most for unknown reasons, some anticipated, some quite surprising. I know I'll survive the grieving process, so it's just a matter of waiting it out as I continue to plug along. Some of those disappearances have been deceptions, but that doesn't negate what I got while they were with me. I remain eternally grateful for that, and wish them well. I can recreate anything I thought they took.
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    The degradation mechanisms for vacuum tubes are different than for solid state devices. While there are components in power supplies that are stressed by power cycling, that stress will be compensated for by a good designer. The rest of the system is generally insensitive to power cycling, and ages entirely due to on-time and operating (or even storage) temperature. If you aren’t using it, shut it down.
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    Pikers, the lot of you! Fourteen years and <10K.
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    Whether Katt or Kali, you're kool.
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    There are also shadows of things that only look good when illuminated from one angle...
  12. Madelaine McMasters
    Like this? I love Julian Beever's sidewalk art... https://www.julianbeever.net/
  13. Madelaine McMasters
    Yep, that's you, almost eleven years ago...
  14. Madelaine McMasters
    I missed a comma on that tattoo. I was supposed to be Nothing, Last's Forever.
  15. Madelaine McMasters
    You're okay in my book, Pheeby! Do it, I have no regerts...
  16. Madelaine McMasters
    I'm the little devil who sprinkled her parents ashes on the beach so she could squish them between her toes*. *I was underfoot when little, now it's their turn.
  17. Madelaine McMasters
    Well then, you guys need to get going... https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/strange-but-true-males-can-lactate/
  18. Madelaine McMasters
    No need to worry, Paul. I just double-checked, and you are NOT on the official "Men-Who-Are-Really-Going-to-Get-It-When-We-Take-Over" list. What? He's on mine. So are you. I don't discriminate based on gender.
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    Oh yeah, I learned Morse to get my Ham license and could recognize differences in other people's keying. When I was little, my grandmother still had a party line phone in her farm house. She could recognize her various neighbors by the cadence and intensity of their rings, which were powered by cranking the magneto. I didn't know who was calling her, but the differences in rings was obvious. People think "I recognize that ring" is a silly joke. Nope, it was once a skill everybody had.
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    Well, that's utterly terrifying. ...perks... https://axbom.com/keystroke-dynamics/
  21. Madelaine McMasters
    I can't explain it, other than to observe that creation in SL is almost entirely intellectual and fairly solitary. In RL, building a skyscraper requires brawn, a lot of old-time expertise in various subjects (architecture, engineering, carpentry, masonry, steelwork, electrical, plumbing) and cooperation amongst large numbers of people. None of that is required to build a skyscraper in SL. The solitary nature of SL creation also means that old-boy and old-girl networks have little sway here. Curiously, I think it's easier to sew a poodle skirt in RL than to design and rig one in SL.
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    Would it be okay for me to ignore the "peeve" topic of this thread to remind myself how much I enjoyed trying to grope you 10 years ago?
  23. Madelaine McMasters
    Agreed. Within weeks of arriving in SL, I was struck by the proportion of objects I interrogated (via "Edit") that were created by females. It was easily the majority. That was (and still is) in stark (and refreshing) contrast to my RL experience in the medical electronics industry, where nearly all of the engineers/designers were male. It took much longer than those initial weeks for me to encounter the "most SL women are men" meme here. Even if I allow for the plausibility of that claim arising from sexuality, it seems unsatisfactory as an explanation for the grand showing of females as creators here. It's not just engineering that's male dominated... https://www.businessoffashion.com/articles/fashion-week/less-female-fashion-designers-more-male-designers/ This makes Oberwolf's claim that 80% of SL's top earners are women even more interesting.
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    If it's true that nobody knows if you're a man or a woman unless you say so, Oberwolf could make no claim about gender representation amongst SL's top earners, other than to say that 80% of them say they're female.. I suspect LL gets some grip on demographics via PIOF. This would be the best evidence I've seen that the preponderance of female creators in SL is real.
  25. Madelaine McMasters
    Whatever that definition is, Abbi Normal can make it for you... https://www.etsy.com/listing/286537005/custom-make-a-monster-pet-peeve-the
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