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Post by Slam_Bradley on Jul 23, 2017 10:10:35 GMT -5
I'm a defense attorney. Comics...probably not. My influences were Atticus Finch and Clarence Darrow.
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Post by Icctrombone on Jul 23, 2017 10:13:30 GMT -5
I deliver mail for the Postal system , but one Halloween I dressed up like the Flash and delivered my route. I was a lot more daring when I was younger.
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Post by Confessor on Jul 23, 2017 10:27:21 GMT -5
I deliver mail for the Postal system , but one Halloween I dressed up like the Flash and delivered my route. I was a lot more daring when I was younger. I wouldn't have answered the door.   |
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Post by Slam_Bradley on Jul 23, 2017 10:30:10 GMT -5
I deliver mail for the Postal system , but one Halloween I dressed up like the Flash and delivered my route. I was a lot more daring when I was younger. You shouldn't be flashing people at work. |
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Post by Prince Hal on Jul 23, 2017 12:47:14 GMT -5
It didn't, I'm a musician. However, I did write and release a single called "World's Finest" with my old band, back in the late '90s, which featured the word "excelsior" in its chorus. Not that the song was about comics or superheroes at all, but the title was definitely meant as a nod to superhero comics for those who might get the reference. You can watch the extremely low-budget video we shot for "World's Finest" below, if you're interested. I'm the singer BTW. The single managed to struggle to number 10 in the UK Indie charts, before plummeting into obscurity and disappearing without a trace!  LOVE this! Nuff said! |
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Post by Prince Hal on Jul 23, 2017 12:48:28 GMT -5
I deliver mail for the Postal system , but one Halloween I dressed up like the Flash and delivered my route. I was a lot more daring when I was younger. Two questions: Were you able to complete your route any faster? How did you get your Flash costume back into your ring? |
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Post by MWGallaher on Jul 24, 2017 9:51:57 GMT -5
I think the comics I read primed me to eventually work at NASA, which was as close as I thought I was likely to get to the kinds of futuristic equipment my favorite superheroes got to play with.
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Post by MDG on Jul 24, 2017 9:53:40 GMT -5
I'm an instructional designer and on some computer-based projects, I'll think about Alex Toth (or Ernie Bushmiller) in terms of designing things to lead learners in a logical way. I used to keep Wally Wood's 22 Panels tacked up to remind myself that there's always a way to leverage visuals.
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Post by Icctrombone on Jul 24, 2017 12:26:04 GMT -5
I think the comics I read primed me to eventually work at NASA, which was as close as I thought I was likely to get to the kinds of futuristic equipment my favorite superheroes got to play with. Dude, you're like the Reed Richards of CCF. |
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Post by Roquefort Raider on Jul 24, 2017 13:15:11 GMT -5
At some point during my academic formation I was tempted to give up and settle for something that would still be interesting but require less effort. Then I read an issue of Star Brand in which the hero's best friend tells him he's a loser for thinking that way, and I took it as a sign.
No joke, I probably owe my career to that comic-book.
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Post by Confessor on Jul 24, 2017 17:58:51 GMT -5
I think the comics I read primed me to eventually work at NASA, which was as close as I thought I was likely to get to the kinds of futuristic equipment my favorite superheroes got to play with. I had no idea. Do you still work at NASA and can you tell us what you do there? |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 24, 2017 18:02:56 GMT -5
I think the comics I read primed me to eventually work at NASA, which was as close as I thought I was likely to get to the kinds of futuristic equipment my favorite superheroes got to play with. I had no idea. Do you still work at NASA and can you tell us what you do there? he could, but he's one of the men in black and he would have to wipe your memory if he did so... -M |
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Post by Confessor on Jul 24, 2017 18:06:03 GMT -5
I had no idea. Do you still work at NASA and can you tell us what you do there? he could, but he's one of the men in black and he would have to wipe your memory if he did so... -M Sorry...urrggh...what was I saying? Where am I? |
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Post by MWGallaher on Jul 24, 2017 19:56:36 GMT -5
I think the comics I read primed me to eventually work at NASA, which was as close as I thought I was likely to get to the kinds of futuristic equipment my favorite superheroes got to play with. I had no idea. Do you still work at NASA and can you tell us what you do there? Thanks for asking! I do indeed still work at the Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, where I work in simulation software. We are responsible for the computer programs that "trick" all of the actual Space Launch System hardware into thinking it's really flying a mission, so that it can all be thoroughly tested. We have labs with much of the relevant hardware--sensors, flight computers, valves, actuators, electronics, hydraulics, etc.--all mounted on a huge 20' tall ring, with the same lengths of cable that will connect connect them when they are mounted on the actual vehicle, with everything hooked together, and our software driving everything, based on a complex simulation of the mission (velocity, position, vehicle flexing, weight, forces on the vehicle, winds, gravity, rotations, and on and on). The program is designed so that individual hardware components can be taken in or out of the simulation, so we have to have simulated computer models of all the hardware, as well. Here's a link to a short brochure that covers some of what our group does. I work in the team that creates the ARTEMIS software, mentioned on page 3. |
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Post by Confessor on Jul 24, 2017 20:05:26 GMT -5
I had no idea. Do you still work at NASA and can you tell us what you do there? Thanks for asking! I do indeed still work at the Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, where I work in simulation software. We are responsible for the computer programs that "trick" all of the actual Space Launch System hardware into thinking it's really flying a mission, so that it can all be thoroughly tested. We have labs with much of the relevant hardware--sensors, flight computers, valves, actuators, electronics, hydraulics, etc.--all mounted on a huge 20' tall ring, with the same lengths of cable that will connect connect them when they are mounted on the actual vehicle, with everything hooked together, and our software driving everything, based on a complex simulation of the mission (velocity, position, vehicle flexing, weight, forces on the vehicle, winds, gravity, rotations, and on and on). The program is designed so that individual hardware components can be taken in or out of the simulation, so we have to have simulated computer models of all the hardware, as well. Here's a link to a short brochure that covers some of what our group does. I work in the team that creates the ARTEMIS software, mentioned on page 3. Fascinating. Thanks for sharing that with us. You have a very cool job.  |
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