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So just yesterday I was reviewing the equations for control and stabilization of a satellite.  Man, you should see how it all looks in terms of quaternions instead of euler angles! Of course, it makes it a bit tricky when designing a dead-beat controller.  Then again, you want a dead-beat response, because most distrubances you’ll [...]]]> How High the Moon

So just yesterday I was reviewing the equations for control and stabilization of a satellite.  Man, you should see how it all looks in terms of quaternions instead of euler angles! Of course, it makes it a bit tricky when designing a dead-beat controller.  Then again, you want a dead-beat response, because most distrubances you’ll see are similar to step-responses and … wait, hold on.  I just realized there’s nothing funny about this technical annotation.  Sorry!  For a minute there, I thought this was irregular webcomic!  They’ve got the corner on the annotation market.

Anyhow, the internet let me down as I was writing this comic!  Can you believe nobody’s built an app to convert kilometers to cheeseburgers before?  Yes, you say?  Well, I was surprised nobody had.  I had to do the conversion by hand!  Do you know how long it takes to measure out a kilometer with a single cheeseburger?  It’s hungry work!  I went through several dollar-menu items before I finished.  But now I know, and knowing is half the battle.  Now if you’ll excuse me, I’ve got to go walk the 327 Big Macs to my next meeting.

Later.

-Dave

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