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It's OK, the XP based control software will be so clogged with ransomware it'll never get out of port in the first place.

The planes were not due till the ship has finished sea trials.

Also there will be enough planes for the 2 ships.

Something I've been wondering (for about 60 seconds, I've not been pondering it for weeks or anything like that). Do you think we could operate the aircraft carrier? So, let's imagine by 'we' I mean everyone who's posted in here in the last two weeks.

So, if we just took those people and put them in the aircraft carrier... let's say it's already in the middle ocean but not 'turned on' (key is in the ignition, but not engaged). Without any other personnel on board could we, between us, work out how to luve in the aircraft carrier and figure out how it 'works'.

Do you reckon they have manuals on board?

Battleship taught me that there'll be a team of retired Navy folk on hand to sort stuff out

Without any other personnel on board! You're fired from the off. Can't even read the simple brief.

Crap. We're doomed.

Have we got the internet?

I assume there's internet, if we can figure out the connection and get it working (power is off from the beginning). Not sure if we'd need passwords and the like, though?

I read that actually They just turned up in the film, as I remember because for some reason they never went home after the exhibition thingy (been a while since I watched it). So maybe they just sail the oceans looking for folk in trouble.

One problem that springs to mind is the turning circle. I struggled with a hire boat on the Norfolk Broads once because the controls were a steering wheel at the front of the craft so I didn't get the hang of the delay in the response (not to mention turning the wheel left moved the thing left!). It's so much easier standing at the back of a narrowboat with your hand on the tiller, watching and feeling the boat respond.

Starting, stopping, and avoiding shallow water might be tricky too.

Ok, you're re-hired, that was a little harsh. You'll have to find a way to get back on board, though, as I think we chucked you over the edge.

I don't think we can let the retired chaos on board. Firstly, then it's not just us, and secondly, they are almost certainly pirates.

Battleship to the rescue again!

Apparently you just drop the anchor and it'll be like a handbrake turn

(To think I saw that film at the cinema)

Yeah I think we would not even get the engines started, which would probably be for the best. So it depends on the mission. We could have fun until all the food ran out I reckon.

Are we allowed to construct sails thus negating the need for an engine?

That's what I was wondering. If we could even get it going, get the power on, etc, before even thinking of moving it. I wasn't really thinking of a missing, rather just could we get it from, say, Bermuda back to the UK. Or just potter around in it. They must have some kind of entertainment on board.

I wonder what they do for things such as cheese? I wonder if they just never have cheese? That would be a sad boat.

By the end of the day, this will be an idea pitched to Channel 5.

'Forget Minecraft.. here's Aircraft (Carrier). We place 12 strangers on an abandoned aircraft carrier in the middle of the ocean and see what they die of first'

I have every faith in us.

I bet they have shit loads of Matey bubblebath on that bastard.

Maybe this is the captain?

She's capsizing!

She's self righting!

*returns to the poop deck*

Sails can be fashioned from prototype wedding dresses

I have a Royal Yachting Association Level 2 Dinghy Sailing Certificate, so I'm pretty sure I could manage an aircraft carrier. You all have to call me "Skipper" though.

She does not have internet......

Because of the way you walk?

This page on Royal Navy food slang contains the splendid sounding "Cheesy-hammy-eggy", so I think we're OK on the cheese front.

Because of his reputation for chucking women into skips.

Plenty of Gary Glitters too.

I reckon we could drive the big-ass boat. Assuming that we had access to the passwords and such, we could work it out enough to drive it along.

I think MaliA has written them all down in a book in his desk drawer *rifles through papers*.

We've all got 4G now.

Chef!! (Who'd be the chef?)

See to this, please:

Charge your phone!

Giphy "cheesy-hammy-eggy":
https://media3.giphy.com/media/RBGgIpaA0cvTi/giphy-loop.mp4

EDIT: Clearly Giphy's a fan

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No, there will be no manuals on board. No one issues manuals these days, so we'll just have to ask the Royal Navy Forum how to start it up ("put your foot on the brake peddle while turning the ignition key, obv, you eejit") and get a load of 'Gurus' giving contradictory advice, the first of which will be to create a read-only 'perfc' file with no suffix in c:\windows, and while the ship itself will be protected from all ransomware, it would still be a carrier ...........

Sounds good to me, and yes, I reckon we could do a passable job of getting it moving under it's own power and not sinking.
There are very detailed operating procedures for military equipment, designed to be followed by their least skilled recruits.

We've got to get either the gas turbines or diesel generators running, and then push buttons on the bridge. How hard can it be?

What we need is a Star trek wrapper for the controls, 4 or 5 technohats and adequate beers.

Sorted

I was in the bath!

Though I'm not now and it's down to 5%.

That won't reach to land. They have sat comms but encrypted.

The manuals are digital.

I designed some systems on her on a previous job.

I've just ordered a 3rd SNES mini as my brother wanted one. Turns out, he's ordered one at the same time. Pah.

I think I've got another friend who wants one. If not, I'm going to cancel it. (unless anyone here wants it?) I can't see this being as short supply as the NES mini.

How much are they? I am considering a retropie

£69.99. There's no doubt that the Retropie will do a lot more but it does involve more hassle with setting it up though.

I've looked into one myself but never really followed it through. I should really. It sounds exactly like the kind of thing I'd like to do.

Etsy has them, i think

They do indeed. I've just had a quick look and I don't really know what I'm looking for, but they look a little expensive.

Davpaz could make them for us and bring them to MeatUp that I need to pay Chuckles or Giggles for.

Snes mini's seem to be going out of stock as soon as they come in stock anywhere so up to you but i dont think you would have a problem selling it on.

I have a Pi and yes they are wonderful devices but can be quite off putting to set things up on if you want to do 'everything' with it - which is often the problem - you may get on better by focusing on one system and just getting that working the way you want (device handling on them now is very good and most USB devices just connect and work with nothing else - bluetooth is a bit more fiddly)

A Pi plus case / PSU / memory card should be around £45 - £50 on Amazon as a bundle ?

I'll probably get one eventually but I've got my eyes on a new PC first.

Also... Grim... mentioned a new Adblock to use in Chrome the other day. Anyone remember what it was called?

I could. Cash up front though. I've heard about you lot.

In all seriousness...

Starter Kit
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Raspberry-Pi-O ... berry+pi+3

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Gamers-Gear-Cl ... controller

£48.79 for the Pi Kit
£10.95 for the controllers

And some brain work (or sending the card to someone else to set it up)