Not even SK likes Starcraft anymore. It's all League of Legends now.
Zach is in the Army Now (formerly who is from Georgia)
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Does that make you a...Seoul Man?
Thank you, @ThatNickGuy. Now that song is stuck in my head.
...and in my head it is being sung by a tone deaf Asian.
Huh.. I really don't think he should be high while he's operating a tank..
At least he's safe...
Dave
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Interesting story there. When he was born it was "Zachary". I met his mom when Zach was about 1 and I adopted him. During the adoption procedure, they did a typo on his name to "Zachery". We didn't catch it so it became his legal name. We could have changed it back, but it would have cost us a bunch of money that we didn't have. So Zachery it stayed.
Unless you were talking about "Nihsen", in which case it's perfectly correct.
I originally tagged that as a hug until I read you weren't wearing pants.
the earth is a spheroid, shortest route is an arc.
Part of that is because they have to avoid North Korea. That explains the stopover in China and not Japan. Part of that is also that everyone is currently scared to death of flying over huge stretches of water at the moment.
Dave
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I know. And I did know this. But seeing it on a map just looks odd.
Sorry it wasnt meant to be so curt. I meant it only as a matter of fact statement. I have seen it blow many minds.
Yeah it always throws me off when my husband has to fly back from some place unpleasant. Last time it was backwards from what I expected, going through Europe and the eastern US rather than continuing on from Asia.
Dave
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Now that he's in the air and I don't have to worry about OPSEC...
http://www.flightradar24.com/KAL36/347d9c1
http://www.flightradar24.com/KAL36/347d9c1
Might I just add that this is one of my favorite sites. I'm an ATC enthusiast, & kinda would've liked to become a controller. But up until recently, controllers were all from the military, no private sector openings. Now they're having to dip into the private sector because all the controllers are hitting retirement, but I'm considered too old now to start.
Also of note - if you're up around 0430 ET, you can watch the flurry of UPS & FedEx planes depart from Louisville & Memphis respectively.
I have an irl buddy that's an atc in Hawaii he's been doing that for like 5 years or soMight I just add that this is one of my favorite sites. I'm an ATC enthusiast, & kinda would've liked to become a controller. But up until recently, controllers were all from the military, no private sector openings. Now they're having to dip into the private sector because all the controllers are hitting retirement, but I'm considered too old now to start.
Also of note - if you're up around 0430 ET, you can watch the flurry of UPS & FedEx planes depart from Louisville & Memphis respectively.
Dave
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Kind of a bump. Tonight at their time (Thursday, which it is there already), Zach gets to go on what's called the "Manchu Mile". This ruck march commemorates a forced march the Army took back in 1900 during the Boxer Rebellion. It's a 25 mile march in full gear with packs and weapon through hilly terrain. He'll get the next several days off to recuperate, but holy shit. I don't think I ever did anything close to that in the Marines.
fade
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Patrthom links a lot of things I would consider common knowledge. I just consider it his officially licensed Halforums personality quirk.You miss the part where I said I already know this?
I will often link to things that people might know but not know it's already known, y'know?
Like the Baader-Meinhof phenomenon, for instance.
I've been burnt many times by the "Everybody knows about that" when really everybody didn't, so I'm doing something about it. It goes with the "Guerrilla Tutor" moniker.
--Patrick
the resemblance is uncanny!