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Post by MartinT on Aug 28, 2024 18:30:08 GMT
Oh, if you're talking about Musk, he comes across as an unbalanced loon.
Got to give it to him for SpaceX, though. He has achieved what NASA couldn't on its own, and which Boeing consumately failed at: accurate, reusable and reliable space transportation at large scale. Their development of rapid trial-and-error is inspired and has got them to a level previously thought unimaginable in such a short time frame.
Shame, then, that he's such a dickhead.
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Post by Slinger on Aug 28, 2024 20:27:31 GMT
Oh, if you're talking about Musk, he comes across as an unbalanced loon. Got to give it to him for SpaceX, though. He has achieved what NASA couldn't on its own, and which Boeing consumately failed at: accurate, reusable and reliable space transportation at large scale. Their development of rapid trial-and-error is inspired and has got them to a level previously thought unimaginable in such a short time frame. Shame, then, that he's such a dickhead. It seems the latest issue of Private Eye has come to much the same conclusion.
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Post by MartinT on Sept 5, 2024 7:31:05 GMT
I'm at Protyre this morning, getting some new tyres after ordering them online yesterday and their site crashing. Another company that's just suffered a cyber attack.
Luckily I had proof of payment on my Amex app and they managed to extract a fragment of my order to continue with. They are fighting a broken system with a big queue of customers outside. And it's raining!
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Post by MikeMusic on Sept 5, 2024 9:00:37 GMT
Are cyber attacks becoming more common ?
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Post by Slinger on Sept 16, 2024 15:37:36 GMT
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Post by MartinT on Sept 16, 2024 16:31:51 GMT
I'll be at Abbey Motorsport tomorrow, having had my entire exhaust manifold and overpipe removed last time for sending away to repair a crack in the pipe. Additionally, it needed a replacement O2 sensor. None of it sounds much, and the crack repair was done under warranty, but it has been a bit of a pain driving the BRZ in 'check engine' mode and therefore having to be gentle with it.
As Abbey said, I am pushing some of these motorsport parts beyond their expected mileage because such cars are usually caned on the racetrack so little gets to age to any extent. The fact I use my modified car as a high mileage daily is quite unusual. That made me smile a bit - pushing the envelope in an unusual direction.
Hopefully, all will be happy again with the car tomorrow.
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Post by MikeMusic on Sept 16, 2024 17:43:01 GMT
Supposed to be shot by now or wrapped around a part of a race track
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