[conspire] 747s

[Tony Godshall]

> Actually, seriously, Nye apparently was a mechanical engineer at Boeing
> in 1980s/90s, and among other things was primiary inventer of the
> hydraulic resonance suppressor 'Quinke' tube on the 747 horizontal
> stabilizer drive system.  I assume he was pretty good at what he did,
> and am as happy about entrusting my life to him as to most other people,
> at least.

Oh, that's pretty cool.

> I gather he's in the news because he dared to suggest that CNN's 'New
> Day' program screwed up putting crank climate-change deniers on an Earth
> Day discussion panel, and, in reply, Caribou Barbie appeared at the
> premiere of a 'Pay no attention to the back-to-back hurricanes; climate
> change is a hoax' 'documentary' movie, and claimed dopily to be exactly
> as much of a scientist as Nye is.  (Oh, shut up, Palin, and go stand on
> the beach in Tampa.)

Heh.  I wasn't aware of any of that.  I saw him at the Castro Theater
yesterday afternoon.  Entry came with a copy of his new book and a
bow tie.  They ran out of bow ties.  He liked my T-shirt (a transistor,
explained).

Tony