stuff in life that still amazes
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I know the physical requirements of how and why things float but nevertheless when I see a huge ocean going liner or cargo ship full to the brim with those maersk containers it still amazes me.
Also, how I can speak to someone on the other side of the world with a little electronic smartphone with virtually no delay - it still amazes me.
Anyone else got anything to add?
Also, how I can speak to someone on the other side of the world with a little electronic smartphone with virtually no delay - it still amazes me.
Anyone else got anything to add?
The smallest thing for me, next time you get a chance turn a stone over on the ground, doesn't matter whether it's in your garden, the park or even the flower bed at work, there's a whole world of wildlife going on that day to day none of us ever notice, we're so busy rushing around that we never realise about the smallest struggle for life that happens everywhere, sometimes taking a quick time out to appreciate it can really put your day in to perspective.
I'm constantly astonished by the ingenuity of mankind. See a circuit board from the fifties and then a chip from today.
That and the fact that the crews of the Apollo missions threw themselves into space using a computer less powerful than the one in a modern credit card. Amazing, brave men.
Trying to get your head around just how much computation is now possible. Just wow!
That and the fact that the crews of the Apollo missions threw themselves into space using a computer less powerful than the one in a modern credit card. Amazing, brave men.
Trying to get your head around just how much computation is now possible. Just wow!
hondafanatic said:
The capacity of micro SD cards. Especially when out next to a floppy disk.
I was going to say this. I've just bought a branded 64Gb card for less than £20. Its staggering that I could fit around 100 films of watchable quality onto something that's smaller than my fingernail!As I'm heading to towards 50 there are certain things that make me feel I'm living in the future, i.e. thinks I could hardly conceive of as a child, are now completely normal.
We live on the flight path out of Manchester airport and even though it's fairly common, I always look up at the Virgin Atlantic 747 going overhead. The A380 has recently started going over and it's so big it just looks suspended in the air, I always stop what I'm doing and stare in amazement.
see a video recently on moronbook of a chinese bridge laying machine. Its pure thunderbirds, the scale of the thing is amazing.
when you go to scotland and see oil rigs being built at the side of the sea, the sheer size of them.
As the last poster said, previous engineering, the bridges, tunnels, canals and so on built by our forefathers that are still good today !
when you go to scotland and see oil rigs being built at the side of the sea, the sheer size of them.
As the last poster said, previous engineering, the bridges, tunnels, canals and so on built by our forefathers that are still good today !
1. The scale of previous construction eg the Great Pyramid, York Minster etc. No scaffolding as such or CAD design, laser levels, concrete mixers comfy chairs etc and by workers walking to work in rags and going home to candles and food cooked on a fire. Same goes for most large scale construction up to the late 1800's. Incredible.
2. D Day organisation. Period.
2. D Day organisation. Period.
98elise said:
hondafanatic said:
The capacity of micro SD cards. Especially when out next to a floppy disk.
I was going to say this. I've just bought a branded 64Gb card for less than £20. Its staggering that I could fit around 100 films of watchable quality onto something that's smaller than my fingernail!This is a good thread!
For me (whilst trying to avoid repeating any of the above subjects) it's becoming involved in a sport and, through hard work, determination, and smarter training, becoming reasonably good at it then comparing my stats or times against professional sports people.
... and realising that they are operating in a different universe to the one I am!
Runners, cyclists, swimmers, footballers, racing drivers. Whatever you pick. All aliens. Make me and my efforts look like Moose by comparison.
For me (whilst trying to avoid repeating any of the above subjects) it's becoming involved in a sport and, through hard work, determination, and smarter training, becoming reasonably good at it then comparing my stats or times against professional sports people.
... and realising that they are operating in a different universe to the one I am!
Runners, cyclists, swimmers, footballers, racing drivers. Whatever you pick. All aliens. Make me and my efforts look like Moose by comparison.
I still love watching my 3D printer print stuff - how it moves its head around fascinates me.
On a side-note (talking about floppies), I went into my old local WHSmith last weekend - and they were still selling floppies.
And I bought some, since I've got an old synthesizer that could do with its firmware updating, and it can only be done via floppy, and for some reason I don't have any HD floppies around (I've got plenty of SD floppies though)...
On a side-note (talking about floppies), I went into my old local WHSmith last weekend - and they were still selling floppies.
And I bought some, since I've got an old synthesizer that could do with its firmware updating, and it can only be done via floppy, and for some reason I don't have any HD floppies around (I've got plenty of SD floppies though)...
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