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Trig Discipline
Jun 3, 2008

Please leave the room if you think this might offend you.
Grimey Drawer

Roosevelt posted:

i got a cat

hell yes buddy


QR Code Geass posted:

this is the talking about elon musk (but not politics) thread, so not really


i liked your xmas song though :tipshat:

tyvm

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fart simpson
Jul 2, 2005

Bugsy posted:

From some surface level googling its 9 months minimum if you get the absolute perfect launch window with how earth and mars orbits interact, but I have zero clue on when that would be.

it was yesterday

bssoil
Mar 21, 2004

so the nazi rocket is on its way? cool

Powerful Two-Hander
Mar 10, 2004

Mods please change my name to "Tooter Skeleton" TIA.



bssoil posted:

so the nazi rocket is on its way? cool

nazi musks gently caress off [to mars]

Powerful Two-Hander
Mar 10, 2004

Mods please change my name to "Tooter Skeleton" TIA.



alternatively: get this rear end in a top hat to mars

theflyingexecutive
Apr 22, 2007

just imagine owning a loving rocketship company and never taking a ride. having the option to go to space whenever you want and deciding to post instead

Platystemon
Feb 13, 2012

DEER CRACKERS

theflyingexecutive posted:

just imagine owning a loving rocketship company and never taking a ride. having the option to go to space whenever you want and deciding to post instead

o.k. but your rockets are made by a ketamine addict who says “safety third” and epoxies busted engines together

Powerful Two-Hander
Mar 10, 2004

Mods please change my name to "Tooter Skeleton" TIA.



theflyingexecutive posted:

just imagine owning a loving rocketship company and never taking a ride. having the option to go to space whenever you want and deciding to post instead

never forget that Lord British went into space powered solely off cash from some "get paid even if it goes wrong" clause in a contract with EA

fart simpson
Jul 2, 2005

Powerful Two-Hander
Mar 10, 2004

Mods please change my name to "Tooter Skeleton" TIA.



lmfao :discourse:

theflyingexecutive
Apr 22, 2007

Platystemon posted:

o.k. but your rockets are made by a ketamine addict who says “safety third” and epoxies busted engines together

spacex rockets are really good though?

The_Franz
Aug 8, 2003



:frogdunce:

Powerful Two-Hander
Mar 10, 2004

Mods please change my name to "Tooter Skeleton" TIA.



theflyingexecutive posted:

spacex rockets are really good though?

general consensus is that the ones that work are the ones he was not involved with beyond "make a rocket" and the one he is involved with (starship) is the one that's bad

Powerful Two-Hander
Mar 10, 2004

Mods please change my name to "Tooter Skeleton" TIA.




how does it keep getting worse even after I turn my monitor on

Carthag Tuek
Oct 15, 2005

altid pamo når du går
veje du burd' kende
overleved' barneår
lig' til livets ende

Powerful Two-Hander posted:

how does it keep getting worse even after I turn my monitor on

tbh its impressive

"this is what i call cringe 2.0"

Powerful Two-Hander
Mar 10, 2004

Mods please change my name to "Tooter Skeleton" TIA.



Carthag Tuek posted:

tbh its impressive

"this is what i call cringe 2.0"

I want to see if I can get my account banned for replying with "welcome to 2014 you racist prick" but that would involve logging into twitter.

theflyingexecutive
Apr 22, 2007

Powerful Two-Hander posted:

general consensus is that the ones that work are the ones he was not involved with beyond "make a rocket" and the one he is involved with (starship) is the one that's bad

starship isn't even bad now; they don't care about the optics of explosions like nasa or boeing so they launch outdated designs for the field data. absolutely nobody here thought the chopsticks would work, that poo poo was wild

Eeyo
Aug 29, 2004

it’s extremely bad

Carthag Tuek
Oct 15, 2005

altid pamo når du går
veje du burd' kende
overleved' barneår
lig' til livets ende

Powerful Two-Hander posted:

I want to see if I can get my account banned for replying with "welcome to 2014 you racist prick" but that would involve logging into twitter.

not sure if mine still works but for a while id just drunkenly go there to tweet "elon musk is a pedophile" once in a while

Eeyo
Aug 29, 2004

“let’s launch 100 rockets to refuel a single rocket to go to mars one time”

this is why there aren’t advanced civilizations out there. any life with advanced intelligence realizes it’s dumb as gently caress and just stays on their home world

some kinda jackal
Feb 25, 2003

 
 
If we could harness the power of cringe we could get to mars on Musk alone.

raminasi
Jan 25, 2005

a last drink with no ice

bssoil posted:

so the nazi rocket is on its way? cool

in a sense, all rockets are nazi rockets

Archduke Frantz Fanon
Sep 7, 2004

Powerful Two-Hander posted:

general consensus is that the ones that work are the ones he was not involved with beyond "make a rocket" and the one he is involved with (starship) is the one that's bad

they are cheaper, but somewhat more mission lossy

Munkeymon
Aug 14, 2003

Motherfucker's got an
armor-piercing crowbar! Rigoddamndicu𝜆ous.




probably a crypto pump and dump https://www.coingecko.com/en/coins/kekius-maximus

Moose Milkie
Sep 6, 2007

:cthulhu::respek::ghost:
COME ON GET INVOLVED
THERE'S A MOOSETERY TO SOLVE
HANG AROUND WITH MOOSE MILKIE




ROVER HERE!!!!!

Roosevelt posted:

if i were a billionaire i would be so depraved. none of this "work" poo poo

live life like a toned down john mcafee

all the debauchery, less of the killing your neighbor over dog issues

Midjack
Dec 24, 2007



Eeyo posted:

“let’s launch 100 rockets to refuel a single rocket to go to mars one time”

the uk did a similar stunt to bomb the falkland islands in the 80s: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Black_Buck

Agile Vector
May 21, 2007

scrum bored



Internet Old One posted:

Also he’s constantly shitposting, has time for ketamine, but sure he doesn’t have time to hang out naked with a recent phd talking about Tony stark poo poo on his private jet in between very important international business meetings.

It’s literally what actual Tony stark would do but…and lots of rich guys find the time but… yeah ok

tony stark actually got in his flying products like other billionaires too lol

Agile Vector
May 21, 2007

scrum bored



imagine all the effort to be good at diablo and it's not 20 years ago

Jose Valasquez
Apr 8, 2005

Agile Vector posted:

tony stark actually got in his flying products like other billionaires too lol

stockton rush is the real life tony stark and more billionaires should follow his example

Internet Old One
Dec 6, 2021

Coke Adds Life

Jose Valasquez posted:

stockton rush is the real life tony stark and more billionaires should follow his example

He was so brave and people will talk about him forever. It is a shame someone so brave, intelligent, rich, and good looking had to die young.

Chris Knight
Jun 5, 2002

No wheels, man.

Fun Shoe

theflyingexecutive posted:

starship isn't even bad now; they don't care about the optics of explosions like nasa or boeing so they launch outdated designs for the field data. absolutely nobody here thought the chopsticks would work, that poo poo was wild
k.

Cat Face Joe
Feb 20, 2005

goth vegan crossfit mom who vapes





quote:

"My Cybertruck is dead. Tesla cannot open it, the app cannot see it, it’s like someone unplugged it and left it without power even though it’s fully charged. They do not know what happened, but it died on December 25th, and it’s been at Tesla since yesterday morning without any success or news."

https://www.torquenews.com/17612/my-cybertruck-dead-tesla-cannot-open-it-they-dont-know-what-happened-it-feels-without-power/

Luigi Thirty
Apr 30, 2006

Emergency confection port.

speaking of explosions a cybertruck just randomly blew up at 2am last night in atlanta, at the dealership lot

https://www.atlantanewsfirst.com/2024/12/31/cybertruck-catches-fire-dekalb-county-tesla-dealership/

some kinda jackal
Feb 25, 2003

 
 
You won't care

Chris Knight
Jun 5, 2002

No wheels, man.

Fun Shoe

your right! :xd:

Jestery
Aug 2, 2016


Not a Dickman, just a shape

I heard an OTA. Update has bricked a notable fraction of remaining cybertrucks. Withe the added bonus that the charging cable is disengaged electronically. Meaning if you were charging while updating your car is now locked to your house via a live wire

Cat Face Joe
Feb 20, 2005

goth vegan crossfit mom who vapes





Luigi Thirty posted:

speaking of explosions a cybertruck just randomly blew up at 2am last night in atlanta, at the dealership lot

https://www.atlantanewsfirst.com/2024/12/31/cybertruck-catches-fire-dekalb-county-tesla-dealership/

ill never get tired of this

raminasi
Jan 25, 2005

a last drink with no ice

quote:

The Tesla Cybertruck is a technological marvel

i guess we marvel at how lovely it continues to be

Beeftweeter
Jun 28, 2005

Devuan Fan

Midjack posted:

the uk did a similar stunt to bomb the falkland islands in the 80s: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Black_Buck

quote:

The Vulcan was designed for medium-range missions in Europe and lacked the range to fly to the Falklands without refuelling several times. The RAF's tanker planes were mostly converted Handley Page Victor bombers with similar range, so they too had to be refuelled in the air. A total of eleven tankers were required for two Vulcans (one primary and one reserve), a daunting logistical effort as all aircraft had to use the same runway.

The raids did minimal damage to the runway and damage to radars was quickly repaired. A single crater was produced on the runway, rendering it impossible for the airfield to be used by fast jets. Argentinian ground crew repaired the runway within twenty-four hours, to a level of quality suitable for C-130 Hercules transports. The British were aware that the runway remained in use.

lmao :thumbsup:

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Beeftweeter
Jun 28, 2005

Devuan Fan

theflyingexecutive posted:

absolutely nobody here thought the chopsticks would work, that poo poo was wild

the chopsticks almost didn't work, it was apparently just luck that they did. we only know about that because some high-up spacex engineer was briefing him on this as elon was livestreaming playing some game with the engineer on speakerphone

of course elon seemed to not be paying attention and was just saying things like "wow." "huh" and "interesting", despite it possibly being a very expensive and very embarrassing failure the next time if they didn't remedy whatever went wrong (if that's even possible). i don't remember the details and wouldn't know enough about it anyway to say whether it worked despite failures or worked despite almost causing them, but either way there's apparently a good reason why they haven't tried to do it again

Beeftweeter fucked around with this message at 21:51 on Dec 31, 2024

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