From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1Qa6J8-0003WU-0h for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Fri, 24 Jun 2011 13:20:26 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id F28E81C04F; Fri, 24 Jun 2011 13:16:51 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-yx0-f181.google.com (mail-yx0-f181.google.com [209.85.213.181]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AA2121C04F for ; Fri, 24 Jun 2011 13:16:51 +0000 (UTC) Received: by yxd30 with SMTP id 30so1731856yxd.40 for ; Fri, 24 Jun 2011 06:16:50 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:date:from:to:subject:message-id:in-reply-to :references:organization:x-mailer:mime-version:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=liWU19Ig3Zszuh79wYrg2QSHjKuV4WP+CAFw4T9mzAE=; b=vzOLNLDup5bJ0G10u5N1AtVpsN3UDI1qniAFvs9GM2QmQyaOx3LmUqelYgjOmXoszY /fLVuWUo4HBO5SvTJEWUaDwoc1NXeXxOXkEILctCjDm+3I4XV7b+KdIQnPHmmtRE9OT6 jabvpOHlRTtAa6elc1+J/QvDZL1YDBcoam/qc= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=date:from:to:subject:message-id:in-reply-to:references:organization :x-mailer:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=SPTBJ61SwmuVRS62vmgdv3EQuYFUuQ3cNIks7P5piA2+AkQPh3OyDFnMabdjme/0zx Xozg+RP0amYXCpqAIbK6CclPOFzF3791KM7TSaFA9lRWK0I5SeQ97MuXFCjVnAMp9Hhx BEgd6fEcrcuBTX8Xnqa4cld/8M8y+/Yd3iStg= Received: by 10.150.251.9 with SMTP id y9mr289633ybh.371.1308921410821; Fri, 24 Jun 2011 06:16:50 -0700 (PDT) Received: from gaurahari.merseine.nu (c-24-99-240-138.hsd1.ga.comcast.net [24.99.240.138]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id p16sm754462ybe.29.2011.06.24.06.16.50 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Fri, 24 Jun 2011 06:16:50 -0700 (PDT) Date: Fri, 24 Jun 2011 09:16:48 -0400 From: Indi To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Do we have to build gcc with fortran now? Message-ID: <20110624091648.646df46d@gaurahari.merseine.nu> In-Reply-To: <59525153.2GLuKItzCr@nazgul> References: <4E0167C4.9080100@gmail.com> <22211650.qPTJjj3YJj@nazgul> <201106232247.54551.peter@humphrey.ukfsn.org> <59525153.2GLuKItzCr@nazgul> Organization: Hell In A Handbasket X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.7.9 (GTK+ 2.24.5; i686-pc-linux-gnu) Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: X-Archives-Hash: b8d23b96f2569d4667f3efd77d27a1a4 On Thu, 23 Jun 2011 15:41:04 -0700 (PDT) Alan McKinnon wrote: > On Thursday 23 June 2011 22:47:54 Peter Humphrey did opine thusly: > > On Thursday 23 June 2011 20:54:03 Alan McKinnon wrote: > > > I was seriously considering importing a single seater heli kit, > > > they are classed as ultralights and do not need a pilot's > > > license. But there's an obscure clause in the rules that states > > > ultralights cannot be flown within 50m of a dwelling. > > > > > > So now I have to be content with only going to work on the > > > V-twin bike > > > > No, all you need is a pad 50m tall. :) > > Brilliant! I hadn't thought of that! Must be getting old :-) > > Or I could just two birds one stone: > > http://www.hover-bike.com/ > I saw that before and got really excited until it dawned on me there's no way that thing can be controlled the way it's built. :) No doubt why the only videos he seems to have of it "hovering" it's tethered. Otherwise it'd surely kill somebody. He also claims it will achieve altitudes up to 10k feet, which obviously would require generating a "cushion of air" 10k feet tall. Because being a hovercraft it's got fans, not rotors. Or have I missed something? -- caveat utilitor