UmbralRaptor changed the topic of #kspacademia to: https://gist.github.com/pdn4kd/164b9b85435d87afbec0c3a7e69d3e6d | Dogs are cats. Spiders are cat interferometers. | Космизм сегодня! | Document well, for tomorrow you may get mauled by a ネコバス. | <UmbralRaptor> … one of the other grad students just compared me to nomal O_o | <ferram4> I shall beat my problems to death with an engineer.
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<xShadowx>
why is it called a "cockpit"?
<xShadowx>
seems like a story should exist behind that
<Iskierka>
Sense 1 dates from the early 20th century and derives from an early 18th-century nautical term denoting an area in the aft lower deck of a man-of-war where the wounded were taken, later coming to mean ‘the ‘pit’ or well from which a yacht is steered’; hence the place housing the controls of other vehicles.
<Iskierka>
"The word cockpit was originally a sailing term for the coxswain's station in a Royal Navy ship, and later the location of the ship's rudder controls."
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<egg|anbo|egg>
hattivat: for europe to asia I've found cathay pacific ok too, heard good things about singapore airlines
<egg|anbo|egg>
hattivat: beware the impossible connections that Аэрофлот tries to sell you :-p
<hattivat>
egg|anbo|egg: I heard horror stories from a friend who bought an Аэрофлот flight from Warsaw to Bangkok in desparation, that's enough of a review for me :P
<hattivat>
I can certainly say good things about Singapore airport, probably the best I've ever been at, never tried the airlines though
<egg|anbo|egg>
hattivat: well the choice of transfer airport is often the same as the choice of airline when going to asia
<hattivat>
true, and that is how Arab airlines win
<egg|anbo|egg>
Cathay through HK was nice too
<hattivat>
sounds nice indeed, very long haul, easier to sleep
<egg|anbo|egg>
hattivat: SVO is a bit of a strange place, but the real issue was that Аэрофлот didn't try to make sure you made the connection; in HK I had a tight connection, and there were people bringing you from one gate to the other
<hattivat>
I meant win mostly in the 'low prices' sense, since having the hub smack in the middle of a typical route is more efficient
<hattivat>
egg|anbo|egg: I'd expect exactly that from Аэрофлот
<hattivat>
although the horror story was mostly about a massive delay, a seemingly ancient plane, and the abysmal food quality on board
<egg|anbo|egg>
hattivat: I ended up making the connection at SVO, and my parents didn't, so they went through ICN on the next day :-p
<hattivat>
did they at least get free lodging in Moscow?
<egg|anbo|egg>
yeah, in the capsule hotel in SVO >_>
<hattivat>
I mean, I think the regulations make that obligatory
<hattivat>
....oh
<hattivat>
well, at least they are consistent in matching my expectations xD
<hattivat>
a propos SVO, have you read Yerofyeyev's "Moscow-Pyetushki"?
<hattivat>
SVO make a small, but funny, cameo there
<hattivat>
s/make/makes/
<Qboid>
hattivat meant to say: SVO makes a small, but funny, cameo there
<egg|anbo|egg>
hattivat: btw, that Аэрофлот flight was in business
<egg|anbo|egg>
hattivat: so, business, but capsule hotel :-p
<hattivat>
that's just sad
<egg|anbo|egg>
hattivat: and then there was the luggage, which came even later (on the following SVO-SGN, rather than via ICN)
<hattivat>
egg|anbo|egg: that's the sort of air travel that I only know from movies and/or stories, thankfully never had it happen to myself
<egg|anbo|egg>
hattivat: the good news is that led me to buy a couple of nice shirts in saigon since my luggage wasn't there :_p
<hattivat>
I have a few nice shirts from Indonesia too, but I rarely wear them because people here (including my gf <_<) make fun of them saying they look like carpets
<hattivat>
the pattern I mean, batik obviously
<hattivat>
egg|anbo|egg: I assume your saigon shirts are more in the 'great value Western-style formal' style they sell in Bangkok?
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<egg|afk|egg>
afk going to cdg
<hattivat>
well. enjoy your flight then
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<bofh>
egg|airport|egg: my condolences
<bofh>
> Cathay through HK was nice too
<bofh>
Cathay & HKG *are* both amazing.
<egg|airport|egg>
Bofh: condolences for what?
<bofh>
egg|airport|egg: having to interact in any capacity with CDG
<egg|airport|egg>
Eh it's not that bad tbh
<egg|airport|egg>
This time they are rebuilding some things near the gates so it's a bit of a mess near the gates
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<egg|airport|egg>
Usually it's nice enough
<bofh>
IMHO it's always a mess near the gates.
<bofh>
which terminal are you going thru?
<egg|airport|egg>
T1
<bofh>
...you consider that "nice enough" and not "a goddamn travesty"? :P
<egg|airport|egg>
Yeah, usually there are decent seats and mains plugs
<egg|airport|egg>
Outlets rather
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<egg|airport|egg>
Seats, finally
<egg|airport|egg>
Bofh: what happened to that long march 5?
<bofh>
long march 5?
<egg|airport|egg>
Rakete
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<Iskierka>
... how do I have a ping of 101 and round trip time of 117
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* egg
back in zurich
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