Scout Da WoofFeb 25
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Some terrifically titled papers from a discovered collection of NASA research documents found in a skip

(with thanks to @JuliaRez for the original pic)

Feb 3 at 11:09amWeb
Show threadNanoraptorFeb 3
Some more for amusement.
Show threadPieter LexisFeb 3
@NanoRaptor are there pdfs or other readable forms of these documents?
Show thread 🇨🇦 CowMan 🇪🇺 🇺🇦 🇲🇽Feb 4
@NanoRaptor @lieter there are, of the originals. For example, the one on systems failures (nasa-tn-6193) is actually about vanes, and can be found here:
https://ntrs.nasa.gov/citations/19710013639
Dynamic and static wind tunnel tests of a flow direction vane - NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS)

Low-inertia flow-direction vane static and dynamic wind tunnel tests at subsonic and supersonic speeds for in-flight measurement of bust velocities

Show threadGabriel PettierFeb 4
@cowman @NanoRaptor @lieter if i understand correctly, some real documents have the same ID, as would be predictable for simple numbering schemes, but the document presented are fictional, sadly https://ntrs.nasa.gov/citations/19660024693 is not about the cognitive load of acronyms (but author attribution is correct, suggesting only the name was changed). And https://ntrs.nasa.gov/citations/19710010669 is not about systems never intended to work.
Electrical resistivity and conductivity of tungsten-fiber-reinforced copper composites - NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS)

Electric resistivity and conductivity of tungsten- fiber-reinforced copper composites made by liquid phase infiltration techniques

Show threadMalcolm HerbertFeb 3
@NanoRaptor totally believable title on that David Mitchell work ... regardless of which David Mitchell penned it ...
Show threadTockFeb 3

@NanoRaptor @mherbert Brilliant.

Also one to offer up for free:

Forensic Analysis of Dilemma Avoidance by a Hasty but Thorough Intentional Nomenclature versus Nomenclative Intent Through Haste

By Hennimore

Show threadKevin P. FlemingFeb 3
@NanoRaptor OMG the David Mitchell one is so on point.
Show threadKarstenFeb 3
@NanoRaptor love the first one 🥰
Show threadÞór SigurðssonFeb 3

@NanoRaptor "By Dana Scully, M.D."

Think Mulder had a hand in there?

Show threadThe Polish DispatchFeb 3

@thor @NanoRaptor
by Ron Swanson
Parks and Recreation Department
Pawnee, Indiana 47909
August 1963

The date look sus. 🤔

Show threadÞór SigurðssonFeb 3
@ThePolishDispatch @NanoRaptor 1963? Although I wasn't born yet back then, I'm pretty sure someone was - and NASA is founded in 1958, so not completely off the chart...
Show threadThe Polish DispatchFeb 3
@thor @NanoRaptor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ron_Swanson
Ron Swanson - Wikipedia

Show threadÞór SigurðssonFeb 3
@ThePolishDispatch @NanoRaptor yeah ok, I didn't get that referece :) The wikipedia page doesn't offer him a birth year - and le'chat confirms that he "had his birth date redacted from government records" so...ok, yes he's probably not THAT old... unless he had a facelift to eff with government officials and he's actually born in '43...
Show threadDavid SFeb 4
@thor @NanoRaptor It sounds like that Marvin chap might be need some help with his mental health
Show threadÞór SigurðssonFeb 4
@Pionir @NanoRaptor nah, he's in for a blast at the restaurant at the end of the universe, ain't he? :)
Show threadJon RoachFeb 3
@NanoRaptor "Marvin P. Android" 👏
Show threadrasteriFeb 3
@NanoRaptor "Required LM modifications if the moon does turn out to be made of cheese"
Show threadmtc_ukFeb 3
@NanoRaptor
ON THE ABSENCE OF A SCIENTIFIC BASIS FOR THE PHENOMENON REFERRED TO AS "THE WHAMMY"
Scully for the win, always. (Great episode.)
Show threadTom MagnanimousFeb 3
@NanoRaptor that last one sounds like a nineteenth century comic novel
Show threadGraham Sutherland / PolynomialFeb 3
@NanoRaptor the name choices here are *chef's kiss*. I had to go back and re-read the David Mitchell one so I could hear it in his voice.
Show threadPaul D. OuderkirkFeb 3
@NanoRaptor is that Styrene in "NASA TECHNICAL NOTE"?
Show threadTed MielczarekFeb 3
@NanoRaptor who gave Marvin, P. Android IRB approval to write this distressingly accurate summary of my life???
Show threadbakachuFeb 3
@NanoRaptor i love the Marvin one
Show threadKawaiiPunkFeb 6
@NanoRaptor tag urself
Show threadFleur Chrysaliz Mar 12
@NanoRaptor I am sure as hell using some of these as chapter titles if I can
Show thread💡 a problematic moth on fediFeb 3
@NanoRaptor @JuliaRez never sure if stuff you post is based in fact or pure fiction
Show threaditgrrl Feb 3
@16af93 @NanoRaptor @JuliaRez
Show threadisolFeb 3

@16af93 @NanoRaptor @JuliaRez

I would have been sure they were factual, if they had been attached to clipboards.

Show threadSarah WFeb 3
@isol @16af93 @NanoRaptor @JuliaRez
That would only have provided a mere perception of authority.
Show threadJulia RezFeb 3

@16af93

@NanoRaptor

I totally skipdove the original set, because Hackers.

Show threadgwsMar 12
@JuliaRez they're TRASHINGGGGG!
Show threadViraptorFeb 3
@NanoRaptor
Quality ✨
I was only convinced it's not real after reading 4 titles. 🙇‍♂️
@JuliaRez
Show threadJeremy NickurakFeb 4
@viraptor @NanoRaptor @JuliaRez Good on you -- it took me until "exposed to repeated meetings" to be convinced.
Show threadDigital Mark λ ☕️ 🕹 👽Feb 3
@NanoRaptor @JuliaRez
MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF SUBSTANCES EXPOSED TO REPEATED MEETINGS
Show threadpatproFeb 3
@NanoRaptor @JuliaRez pretty sure most of them have been copied and enriched by Aperture Science Enrichment Center.
Show threadSchwaig BubFeb 3
@patpro @NanoRaptor @JuliaRez my first thought, too! 😅
Show threadpatproFeb 5

And here we are! I’ve reinstalled Portal on my gaming rig and I hold @NanoRaptor responsible for it! :D

@JuliaRez @schwaigbub

Show threadMei Lin     Feb 3
@NanoRaptor @JuliaRez
Expanding out your work from IT, eh?
Show threadAmy KirkFeb 3
@NanoRaptor @JuliaRez Don't see any titled "The durability of rubber O Rings in maintaining their shape whilst exposed to cold temperatures" dated before January 28, 1986. If you know, you know.
Show threadWolf480plFeb 3
@CottonCandyandRazorblades
@NanoRaptor @JuliaRez
or "Bayesian modelling of safety margins in face of newly discovered failure modes"
Show threadKat SFeb 3
@CottonCandyandRazorblades @NanoRaptor @JuliaRez Surely you must be joking!
Show thread^[[200~MichaelFeb 3

@NanoRaptor @JuliaRez on the repeated survival of systems never intended to work 😭

Thanks for sharing!

Show threadFritz AdalisFeb 3
@NanoRaptor @JuliaRez
My body is defined as UNEXPECTED WOBBLE IN A RIGIDLY NON-WOBBLING SYSTEM.
Show threadDec [{()}]Feb 3
@JuliaRez @NanoRaptor
Tag yourself, I'm "ANOMALOUS RESULTS WHICH PERSIST DESPITE STRONG MANAGEMENT DISAPPROVAL".
Show threadTama Samus 🏳️‍⚧️✨💖Mar 11
@dec23k @JuliaRez @NanoRaptor I came here to do literally this, and also same
Show threadÞór SigurðssonFeb 3
@NanoRaptor Thanks 😂I needed the laugh 🤣
Show threadSalearlymanFeb 3
@NanoRaptor @JuliaRez Hmmm TN-D-7894 is actually titled "Effect of adsorbed chlorine and oxygen on shear strength of iron and copper junctions" according to the NASA Technical Reports Server. I think some shenanigans may be afoot here.
Show threadJack C.Feb 3

@duk3luk3 @NanoRaptor @JuliaRez I also came to this unfortunate conclusion, still a good joke and I'd like to post some of these around my cubicle

I did also learn about the NTRS in the process, so that's neat

Show threadLP🔸Light up the nightFeb 3
@NanoRaptor the cognitive load one feels so much like one that would clearly conclude "we should stop doing this, it measurably leaves us with less brainpower to make good decisions", and everyone would go "yeah", and then go right back to doing it
Show threadOliver JensenFeb 3
@LionsPhil @NanoRaptor possibly due to AN ENTIRELY AVOIDABLE MISUNDERSTANDING OF WHAT WAS AGREED AND THE DEEPLY UNSATISFACTORY OUTCOME
Show threadSue ArcherFeb 3

@NanoRaptor @JuliaRez

Those are fantastic!

Show threadGinevraCatFeb 3
@NanoRaptor @pluralistic @JuliaRez love, Love, LOVE these 🤣
Show thread⛰🌲Randy Walters🌲⛰ has moved!Feb 3
@NanoRaptor @JuliaRez I just felt it worth noting that an acronym for “Cognitive Load Implications Of Acronyms Rerferring To Other Acronyms” is CLIO ARTOA.
Show threadRob LugtonFeb 7
@randywalters @NanoRaptor @JuliaRez or ‘CA’ for short
Show threadOtto WFeb 3
@NanoRaptor Gotta wonder if these notes were intended as passive aggressive stabs at the establishment. I will however vouch for the clipboard paper, and add safety vests, or lab coats for the win.
Show threadBruce Heerssen Feb 4

@ottominati @NanoRaptor

You can steal just about anything from the side of the road if you show up with a white pickup truck and a safety vest. Ever wanted a solar powered road sign? It can be yours.

Show threadOtto WFeb 5
@bruce @NanoRaptor
😎
Show threadJasonFeb 3

@NanoRaptor @JuliaRez

Love these, next time I don’t install something correctly, I’ll just be helping out a NASA study.