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Metroline London DE1318 (LK12 AWU) seen here at Heathrow Central Bus Station finishing a U3 from Uxbridge. Alexander Dennis E20D / Enviro 200. Taken 15/02/2023.
James Cameron warned us about the “Rise of the Machines” with his epic "Terminator" series. More recently Stephen Hawking alarmed us by claiming that human society is only a few generations away from being overtaken by decision-making robots. My own llford Sportsman camera is now proof of this.
It seems that it will take pictures only when it is ready, as opposed to when I am ready. It opens its diaphragm blades sometimes, but not always, in a pattern I just cannot work out. The machine has taken control of picture taking. Frustrated with this, I decided that if it is going to act like a decision-making robot, it might as well look like one. So I gave it a “Terminator” makeover.
I stripped away its black leatherette, distressed the metal bodywork to give it a battle hardened look (note : back to brass in places), removed its setting dials to reveal its inner workings and, to finish off, gave it a “Terminator T-101 android" red eye.
Believe it or not the camera in this state is still functioning, apart from the shutter leaves. The optics are clear and the winding mechanism and focusing ring are in perfect working order.
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Ratlam based WDM-3A 16152 was recorded arriving at Ludhiana Junction in April 2018 with the Passenger service 54572, the 11:00 from Firozpur Cantt Junction.
This Alco locomotive has since been withdrawn and was listed in the Indian Railways' scrap auction in February 2021.
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Like the Terminator, I'll be back...
Had to catch a train from Macquarie Uni train station today. I've been planning a shoot here for months but never gotten around to it. Unfortunately I did not have a tripod or pano head with me so I shot this hand held. Probably the worst stitch I've ever seen so I've cropped it back to a single frame essentially but it will suffice as the point of this trip was actually to catch a train, not get a keeper.
Hand held pano of the first level of escalator at Macquarie Uni train station.
A standard bearer on the left, a heavy weaponry expert on the right, and a cool yet "nothing special" guy with bolter in the middle. Andeach of them has only 28 bullets (bolts, whatever) left. My another take on spacemarine thematics, smaller and bulkier. I saw several nice pics of legomarines-terminators by some other flickr member, but now I fail to find them. Still feels like I should give some credits to that person, so please tell me, if you know him
Since the beginning of January, route 11 has been terminating at Chester bus interchange instead of the Railway Station. To illustrate this, ARRIVA Buses Wales Gemini 2DL 4487 - CX61 CDV waits for time to return to Holywell and Rhyl.
I chose this shot of the Raptor for this rant because it does not glorify the technological marvel that it is. It shows the culmination of the 20 year+ path it took to get to this picture. Here it shows a Raptor taxing out for a sortie over the Nellis ranges amongst its operational stablemates. The F-22 has come a LONG way to deliver the goods and now, once its capability is just being understood Secretary Gates and the Obama Administration TERMINATED THE PROJECT in favor of the F-35. Here is my response to a fraternity brother who wrote me in response to today's cuts. He stated he is happy that the money is going more towards the troops on the ground and not these flying overpriced techno-dream machines. To his credit he served heroically 18 months in iraq during the worst of the Shiite uprising. Please take the time to read it and tell me your thoughts on today's events.
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You are right right, our ground troops need a much higher focus going forward. But Gates has not given them that at the expense of the F-22. No he actually cut our battalions from a goal of 48 to 45 and shelved the badly needed Future Combat System that would give the ground guys "netcentric" 21st century technology. OH but he did increase Pentagon bureaucracy by a HUGE margin.
Why is the F-22 needed.
1.) Although 183 airframes seems like a lot, it is NOT. If we were to go to war tomorrow it would only leave a SUSTAINED force of about 30-40 jets that would be combat ready at any given time. The rest believe it or not are stuck in training, upgrades, depot, systems testing or tactics development. Each raptor carries 8 missiles, 6 of which (beyond visual range AIM-120Cs) would be used if everything goes RIGHT. If it does not the other 2 (AIM-9M) plus the 480rds of 20mm are for self defense. In other words after 6 shots the raptor runs. Further they usually volley 2 AIM-120Cs per target. That leaves a real world potential kill probability of 3 airframes per sortie against a serious threat. Raptors fight in divisions of 4 at a time so that is 12 enemy aircraft destroyed before they have to re-arm. This is NOT ENEOUGH CAPABILITY AGAINST THREATS SUCH AS CHINA OR EVEN LOWER TIER FOES WITH CRUISE MISSILES. Enemies will now know that all they have to do is saturate the Raptor to break through to our high value assets (AWACS, JSTARS, TANKERS, NETWORK RELAY AIRCRAFT, CARRIERS, GARRISONS ETC.) it simply is not enough capability for first day of war scenarios.
2.) The Raptor can do things the F-35 cannot. The F-35 can only carry 4 AIM-120s with no close in heaters like the AIM-9X (Infra Red homing and highly maneuverable). That means the F-35 can only kill 2 targets at beyond visual range with high probability of kill. Further only the USAF version of the F-35 will carry and internal gun for self defense close in.
3.) The Raptor can supercruise (obtain sustained supersonic speed without gas guzzling afterburner) the F-35 cannot. The F-35 is a heavy single engine aircraft that is not even as maneuverable as an F-16 in certain areas of the flight envelope. It has no thrust vectoring for super maneuverability and is not as stealthy nor stealthy in all aspects like the F-22. Simply it is not even close to a replacement for air superiority. They are apples and oranges.
4.) The F-15 is old, if we retain 173 "GOLDEN EAGLES" with the new Electronically Scanned Array Radars (APG-63V3) along with other upgrades it will only be ON PAR with the Suckhoi Su-27 derivatives that are being exported by Russia RIGHT NOW. The upgraded F-15s will rely on the F-22 using its supercomputer listening and targeting technology to forward targets to it to shoot beyond visual range. If you don’t have enough F-22s to maintain battlefield persistence then these upgraded Eagles will have a greater possibility of be destroyed.
5.) THE BIG ONE: WHY DO WE NEED THE F-35 IF WE HAVE ENOUGH RAPTORS????????
WE DONT. It is a handout to industry. If we had enough F-22s we could kick down the door of the enemy in the first hours of war, destroying all their aircraft in the air and on the ground as well as the enemy's air defense networks (yes the F-22 is a FANTASTIC bomber too when paired against modern integrated air defense systems). Instead of buying the F-35 we could buy new block F-16s and F/A-18E/Fs at HALF the cost of an F-35. Once air superiority is obtained, you don’t need stealth, you need reliable proven platforms to SUPPORT THE WARFIGHTER ON THE GROUND.
6.) The F-22 is a "known" weapon system. In other words it is PROVEN to be highly effective, flying today, in production and beating all the goals set out in its genesis. The F-35 has only flown 200 hours in a pre-production prototype configuration, yet the DoD and Lockheed have ALREADY put it into full production!!!! Its insane and unprecedented. The F-22 took 8 years of FLIGHT testing in this stage to be validated and reach initial operational capability. DoD has bypassed TESTING because we need it now and partner export countries need it yesterday. In reality the aircraft will be YEARS over schedule and we are throwing HUGE money away building an invalidated aircraft yet alone a vetted integrated weapons system. Remember the grounding of the F-15s last year leaving the US with its pants down do to cracks in the forward "longeron" structural booms? Well these types of flaws can now be tested for over years of evaluation. This is especially scary for the F-35 because they literally lightened up its structure dramatically so it could meet the weight qualification needed for the vertical takeoff version intended for the marines. The F-15 was originally OVER built in true McDonald Douglas fashion and after 30 years it experienced airframe ending cracks. The F-35 is under built from the get-go and UNTESTED and will need to last 30 years!!!! Good luck.
7.) The F-35 is a one size fits all airframe. The F-22 is a thoroughbred built to KILL ANYTHING. The F-35 is a compromise in every since of the word. I mean do you really think the Marines are going to keep such a fragile aircraft flying in dusty desert environment while keeping up the radar absorbent materials? Have you ever seen a deployed USMC AV-8B harrier? They DO NOT win the housekeeping seal of approval! NO WAY. PIPEDREAM. Its an overcomplicated solution for marines especially that will result in low availability rates and high costs.
8.) The F-35 is made to be exported to tens of allied nations like the F-16 was. We will order over 2500, the partner nations another 1000 or more. We don’t need this weapon system, but our industry does. So DoD, instead of buying enough raptors to gain full air supremacy while SAVING money buy purchasing rugged and cost effective F-16s, AV-8Bs, F/A-18E/Fs decides to purchase a high risk, over complicated one size fits all airframe in order to make Lockheed a little bit more wealthy and ensuring our weapons exports for the next couple of decades. In effect saying, SCREW THE WAR FIGHTER WHILE SLEEPING WITH THE BIGGEST OF ALL DEFENSE CONTRACTORS. Its stupid, expensive and a bad choice for America.
9.) As far as costs go, you site a flyaway cost of over 150million, you are right. But what you don’t mention is that the first HUNDREDS of F-35s will cost the US almost as much money for much less capability! Yes that’s right the F-35 will cost well over 125million for first decade of lots! Only after hundreds and hundreds have been built will cost come down to almost twice that of a well equipped F-16!!!!! This is NOT a cost effective piece of machinery. No, very much the opposite! It is a poster child for the DoD’s “capability creep” that is PARALYZING good weapon systems by making them too expensive to field in appropriate numbers.
10.) Does it really make sense to have a stealth techno marvel giving air support to grunts months after the aerial opposition has been dismantled? NO! Why pay the huge premium of an all stealth force when the Raptor, B-2, UCAVs, and cruise missiles can do the job more cost effectively? We need to go back to the classic Hi-lo mix of airframes. The high end to kick down the door, the low end to make sure the forward air controllers always have something with weapons ready to deliver above troops in contact’s heads.
In essence this is not an argument about redistributing funds from the air to the ground but what to BUY for the air! The answer is F-22s AND reliable, tried and trusted platforms that are cheap to build and operate. Instead, we have a one size fits all force for very NOT ONE SIZE FITS ALL threat profiles which we face around the world. Its dangerous, near sighted, distracting, expensive, biased toward corporate America and not the war fighter and its just plane WRONG.
Remember you don’t need an F-22 until you really need an F-22!
My thoughts.
Ty
***NOTE: READ THROUH THIS BLOG, AN AMZING SERIES OF EVENTS THAT HAVE PRETTY MUCH COME TO PASS EXACTLY AS STATED.
Another one mainly for the railway enthusiasts. This is the closed railway yard at Springsure. The silos give away the main use of the branch and this station in its later years. Like many closed lines, they were euphemistically "mothballed", an easy way to close and walk away from a line under the pretence that they could be reopened quick enough because all the infrastructure was left. Given the tracks have been decimated, the buildings removed and the whole former railway yard now a grain/trucking depot, I don't see it reopening any time soon. The diamond crossing in the previous photo is on the extreme right of the shot.
Here's a quick history of the railway from Emerald (Nogoa) to Springsure.
Nogoa – Springsure, 65 kilometres (40 mi). This line opened in 1887 to provide access to a fertile valley. Although built to pioneer standards such as 10 tonne axle load, it has remained in service, with the first 43 km to Wurba Junction being upgraded in conjunction with the opening of a coal loading balloon loop serving the Minerva mine in 2006. The section beyond Wurba Junction was closed on 26 June 2013.
For much of its later existence, the line served the silos and grain transport but rationalisation of grain transport saw this and many other lines close or be truncated. A large new GrainCorp terminal is nearing completion on the outskirts of Emerald.
As of Sunday 23rd April 2017, a range of service changes are coming into affect across the Lothian Buses network.
One change is service 42 will no longer serve the terminus of Davidson Mains and is to terminate at Craigleith Retail Park. Lothian 163 seen at TESCO Davidson Mains having a break before heading back to King's Road, Portobello. 22nd April 2017.
old pic, new processing skills.
From Eratosthenes at the bottom along the Apennine mountains with Archimedes half way up. Some nice rilles close to Archimedes.
Celestron Nexstar 8SE (equivalent to 2000 mm focal length and f/10).
Red 2c filter
Point Grey Research Grasshopper 3 CCD camera
Ioptron ZEQ25GT polar aligned equatorial mount.
Best 7% stack of 1500 frames in AutoStakkert!2
FireCapture 2.4 settings
Gain: 234
Exposure: 27.34 ms
Gamma: 1536
Comparison to the Bolter and Chainsword Terminator Painter model. The added perspective in the render makes the head look too big, but it is comparable if viewed differently.
Inspired by Jerac.
Set moved to BRICKSHELF
My little Flower Crab Spider is a killing machine, and she even has red eyes!! She catches at least one fly a day, and her colouration has become increasingly yellow with time spent on this flower.
Misumena vatia.
Collage of focus-stacked handheld images taken with the Laowa 100mm macro lens, with and without extension tubes.
MÁV Ganz-MAVAG locomotive 432 300 arrives at Monor in September 2018 with the Table 100a 08:38 S50 2752 all stations service from Budapest-Nyugati.
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Strobist info ; speed light 90° left red gel and a speed light 90°right blue gel.
background spill from blue gel.
linked up with youngnu 603 triggers.
SNCB/NMBS Class 21 2121 arrives at Schaarbeek station (Gare de Schaerbeek) with P 7907, the 07:11 from Oudenaarde. Class 27, 2706 was at the rear of this morning commuter service that would terminate here.
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"When it comes down to it, it's just a simple numbers game. Us against the machines. If we destroy one of them, a brand new replacement will take it's place, straight off of Skynet's production line. If one of my guys goes down, how many YEARS will it take to replace that human fighter? Ten, thirteen years? We won't win this way. We have to be smarter than the machines. Or we die."
The diaries of John Connor
This has always been one of my favourite London Underground photos. The 1973 tube stock, used on the Piccadilly Line, looked so much better before it was overhauled and painted into the LU corporate livery from 1996 onwards.
Double-ended three car unit 880 brings up the rear of a six-car train entering the turnback siding at Rayners Lane.
August 1990
Pentax K1000/ Pentacon 135mm lens
Kodachrome 64