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[kenmbz]

We had a printer that had a rotating type band, like a band saw, but with three rows of characters. That machine would lift a full box of paper if you tried (we did).
It had a sound deadening wood and insulation cover, and it needed it.
The SGI machines had a flight simulator and we used to chase each other from different terminals using commercial planes.
The LISP machine was the one I dreaded coding on the most, try counting parentheses and making them correct or your data came out weird.

 

[Grumpycat]

The SGI machines had a flight simulator and we used to chase each other from different terminals using commercial planes.

The first SGI machines I used had Motorola CPUs, and came with the source code to the flight simulator for users to learn how to code SGI's 3D engine (name escapes me but is in most computers these days). So somebody tweaked the Cessna 150 performance to something quite excessive.

Later, MIPS CPU SGI machines did not include the source code to the flight simulator. But I suspect it was available. Just wasn't important enough for me to go find it.

 

[California]

I'm impressed!

https://imgur.com/mpAIK4l

 

[BigBlue1]

I'm impressed!

https://imgur.com/mpAIK4l

Wonder how they get all that out of the container?

 

[Dftodd]

I'm impressed!

https://imgur.com/mpAIK4l

How do they unload it???

 

[two_bit_score]

What are those 3 legged ladders used for?

Corners for one thing and they are very stable on some rough, unlevel ground.

 

[two_bit_score]

Grew up on a fruit farm using that type ladder in the orchards.
Learned not to use them on a cement surface the hard way.
Why would I go get a 4 legged ladder to change some light bulbs in the barn?
These were right there.
That middle leg swings out as far as you need to set up around trees. It digs into the grass/soil and is very stable.
Not so on cement, as I painfully discovered.
The middle leg has nothing but friction to stop it sliding out to 180 degrees.
Concrete doesn't have much friction.
I was on top of an 10 foot ladder, fully stretched out to reach the bulb, when i was face first on the cement.
The middle leg slid out so fast I didn't even have Willie Coyotes moment of, "OH CRAP"
Surrounded by broken glass and in some serious pain I slowly got up. I was sore for weeks.
I use the right ladder now.

My tripod ladder is an orange fiberglass Werner ladder that has the normal ladder bracing so the third leg will not slip out from under you. It's my go to ladder for 90% of what I do. Very sturdy. I ran across it on sale for $90 and bought it immediately.

 

[goeduck]

Interesting. No limit on mine. it's not unusual to lift the front leg high and put it through a crotch in a dense apple tree then plant it on the far side, to get in close and harvest the center of the tree.

I had to go out into the barn and snap a picture, mine are Ladder King. Up by the hinge there is a strap cable that limits the "intended" spread if the 3rd leg. I don't know if it would hold up on a hard surface. I only use them on dirt, so it doesn't matter to me.

 

[WinterDeere]

How do they unload it???

Seriously, I'm surprised they didn't lay straps or a tarp down first, to be used to draw the load out.

 

[BravoXray]

Wonder how they get all that out of the container?

Probably going overseas, so it's not their problem. I would guess on the other end they'll cut the bands and unload it all by hand.