new vocabulary today...

[jay]

mofwic ("muffwick")... mother-F^&*$% who's in charge -- military acronym for the local boss or CO or other authority figure

figmo ... f&*#-you, I've got my orders -- expression referring to being in a state where the future is determined and hence present performance can go hang. Related to "senioritis" in graduating classes...

Otherwise, today's conference was OK, and this evening Gregg Maryniak gave a good evening banquet talk on the X-prize and commercial space, including lots of onboard video from the SpaceShipOne flights.

Comments

[dangerpudding.livejournal.com]

any chance you can get ahold of that video?

[brian1789.livejournal.com]

I'll ask, but doubtful... he showed a four-camera view of the entire second flight, 17 minutes from release to landing. Probably 50 MB or more...

[dangerpudding.livejournal.com]

that's what CD's mean :)

[rosefox]

Huh, so that's where figmo got her username. Learn something new every day!

[brian1789.livejournal.com]

Often used to describe a process of abandoning one's prior responsibilities prior to a departure, as in "Bloggs has gone figmo, don't expect anything useful from him."

[brian1789.livejournal.com]

And... go to bed, Rose! (grin) (It's... 2:30am here, after all)