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  micronesia   United States. May 20 2008 10:34. Posts 19522Profile Blog # 
In the past half hour I have contributed to the military defense of our great nation (which kinda sucks but that's another matter). How, you ask? It just so happens my dad works for a company that builds/designs systems for certain navy airplanes. He works on their radar and related systems. He's about to go on a business trip to Florida to work on some of the planes as opposed to simulations in the labs here. He told me he suddenly realized he could use a tool to aid him in his work on the airplane.

I'm not privy to the details (which are somewhat classified I believe) but he's going to be analyzing pictures on a computer monitor within the airplane. He needs to be able to take brief, approximate measurements of distances in different directions on a map display, with the largest radius focusing to the North West (I think that's the direction a runway faces). He needed a tool that would be more convenient than screwing around with a ruler.

That tool, is a transparency with concentric circles spaced at intervals of one centimeter. Since transparencies are easiest to come across in 8.5x11 inches, we agreed that we should aim to use that. So anyway, he asked me if there was a way for me to do that, and at the last minute I wasn't sure if I was going to be able to do it.

But the security of our nation comes before homework, starcraft, anime, and console games (except for final fantasy 7). Inside of 20 minutes I had put together the world's most useful military device. It would singlehandedly change the way my dad's business trip went in a day or two. Behold:
+ Show Spoiler +

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For those of you who continue to take everything I say at face value, note that this is a POS by the standards of anyone good with Photoshop or who has enough time to look up how to do this right and plan accordingly. However, it is actually perfectly fine for meeting the criteria my dad had set for the item.

Luckily, my dad brought home some transparencies perfectly suited for my color laser printer which I probably spent too damn much money on in October. I have not given this masterpiece a name, but it will probably include the letters Z, Q, 4, and possibly the batman symbol.

*****
Haste. Exalted. Flying. Deathtouch. Lifelink. Protection from Red.
But the Hamiltonian wasn't Hermitian!
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  Jibba   United States. May 20 2008 10:37. Posts 20706Profile Blog # 
That's a sweet dart board.
Now I'm distant, dark in this anthrobeat
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 MidnightGladius   China. May 20 2008 10:40. Posts 856
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Too many colors, and the circles start to spin when I read the numbers and then check the circles :D
Trust in Bayes.
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  micronesia   United States. May 20 2008 10:42. Posts 19522Profile Blog # 

On May 20 2008 10:40 MidnightGladius wrote:
Too many colors, and the circles start to spin when I read the numbers and then check the circles :D

Yeah, one of the shortcomings if this was to be of the highest quality. I was literally just clicking random places in the color spectrum as I made the rings, and when I offered to change colors around before printing he actually said he didn't care so I just went with it XD
Haste. Exalted. Flying. Deathtouch. Lifelink. Protection from Red.
But the Hamiltonian wasn't Hermitian!
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 unsoundlogic   United States. May 20 2008 11:00. Posts 381
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it needs a center point!!! O: And a copyright symbol
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  micronesia   United States. May 20 2008 11:02. Posts 19522Profile Blog # 

On May 20 2008 11:00 unsoundlogic wrote:
it needs a center point!!! O: And a copyright symbol

I asked him if he wanted a center point and he said don't bother lol... easy enough to add though. Haha @ copyright symbol... I mean if someone goes to copy it I don't care because I can make a much nicer one given the time.
Haste. Exalted. Flying. Deathtouch. Lifelink. Protection from Red.
But the Hamiltonian wasn't Hermitian!
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 AcrossFiveJulys   United States. May 20 2008 11:05. Posts 3597
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haha I hope this is a joke...
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  MoNKeYSpanKeR   United States. May 20 2008 11:28. Posts 2869Profile Blog # 
lol nice micro, did you just quite the wheel of fortune episode of family guy?
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 B1nary   Canada. May 20 2008 11:33. Posts 1054
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what?
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  micronesia   United States. May 20 2008 12:05. Posts 19522Profile Blog # 

On May 20 2008 11:05 AcrossFiveJulys wrote:
haha I hope this is a joke...

You mean the part where I'm being silly or the part where I'm identifying what actually happened today? I can combine both into the same post I'm pretty sure...


On May 20 2008 11:28 MoNKeYSpanKeR wrote:
lol nice micro, did you just quite the wheel of fortune episode of family guy?

Basically.


On May 20 2008 11:33 B1nary wrote:
what?

Very worthwhile post. Not only do I understand your confusion, but I also now have a solution to global warming.
Haste. Exalted. Flying. Deathtouch. Lifelink. Protection from Red.
But the Hamiltonian wasn't Hermitian!
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 ulszz   Jamaica. May 20 2008 12:06. Posts 1787
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all your blogs are confusing me..
everliving, everfaithful, eversure
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  micronesia   United States. May 20 2008 12:07. Posts 19522Profile Blog # 

On May 20 2008 12:06 ulszz wrote:
all your blogs are confusing me..

Yes, you aren't the only one. I think about 50% of readers get where I'm coming from with my blogs, but that's just speculation.
Haste. Exalted. Flying. Deathtouch. Lifelink. Protection from Red.
But the Hamiltonian wasn't Hermitian!
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 ulszz   Jamaica. May 20 2008 12:25. Posts 1787
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On May 20 2008 12:07 micronesia wrote:

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On May 20 2008 12:06 ulszz wrote:
all your blogs are confusing me..


Yes, you aren't the only one. I think about 50% of readers get where I'm coming from with my blogs, but that's just speculation.


i got your other one once you explained it.
everliving, everfaithful, eversure
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  travis   United States. May 20 2008 13:19. Posts 20438Profile Blog # 
i wasn't confused by anything here

though it was certainly strange
http://images.4chan.org/b/src/1339390772371.jpg
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  thedeadhaji   May 20 2008 18:58. Posts 23290Profile Blog # 
my eyes hurt!
Blog: http://blog.hkmurakami.com/
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 Hittegods   Stockholm. May 20 2008 21:15. Posts 4615
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On May 20 2008 18:58 thedeadhaji wrote:
my eyes hurt!

Commie! Those are some sweet circles though.
This neo violence, pure self defiance
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