LordFerret

My cousin's son is there (campus in Florida)... you need stellar grades to get in there. It's an excellent school.

Linux - http://www.lgdb.org/games

I'll guess brown sugar (with molasses) counts as one of them; Usually when measuring a cup of it, it's intended it's packed into the cup.

If you'll check out the JPL/NASA HORIZONS site, you'll find you can pull up the ephemeris data for Rosetta. The HORIZONS System Direct link to the HORIZONS ephemerides generation page ... just select "Rosetta" from the spacecraft list, modify the rest of the parameters as you wish..... and make sure you make note of - NOTE: To generate an ephemeris of Rosetta with respect to comet 67P, set the coordinate center to "@1000012". Such relative data is available only over 2014-Jan-1 to 2015-Apr-04, currently based on CORB_DV_093_02_00157. Due to the spacecraft's close proximity to the comet and the comet's irregular shape, some quantities such as sub-solar/center latitude and longitude may not be meaningful.

lol ... Yea that ^ The picture of the Pyrex measuring cup should have spelled it out. I guess they don't have those in Europe (or wherever)?

A little under 4 hours from now (EST) Cassini will fly by Saturn's moon Dione, to come within 321 miles (516km) of its surface. http://www.nasa.gov/jpl/cassini/saturn-spacecraft-to-buzz-icy-moon-dione-june-16

She's not smiling because of that glass-ceiling thing.

Nobody? lol My grandmother used to, even wrote her recipes down using such references - pinch, handful, drip, dab, and slab. Awesome shortbread recipe!

What ever happened to "a handful of this" and "a pinch of that"?

We don't follow NFL here. NCAA college football is another story however!

That sounds like Deep Thought lol.

From the description given of the 'micro satellites' given on the OneWeb site, they'll have on-board propulsion systems - although it's not mentioned of what manner. The also mention how the micro satellites will de-orbit at the end of its 'intended service life', but no mention is made of the longevity of which. The only cost savings I can envision here, is that the satellites will be mass produced - as in robotic assembly line*. So much for that endeavor being a job creator. :/ * "How Micro Satellites Are Made Mass production and satellites have never been used in the same sentence. Each satellite used to be handcrafted by hundreds of engineers. Until now. OneWeb has changed things. Today, satellites can be made in the same way high quality medical and avionics equipment are."

Cite for me once where I mentioned 'free energy'.

Having had previous involvement in satellite communications (Ham and otherwise), I understand quite well, thank you. These sats are said to use LEO. Even at say a 160km minimum orbit plus all the relaying involved in-between... I wouldn't want to have to use it for a gaming connection.

Those same 1+ billion people you're taking about don't even have as much as a slit-trench to crap in... and they should worry about internet access??? Try food, water, and sanitation. Geostationary or not, you've still got the distance to travel ... radio wave propagation still dictates that time is involved to cover the distance. That time up and back for those satellites at that altitude is 1/4 second.

I never suggested that there was. Still, as far as science in plant physiology, there will always be more - you're always at the beginning of the study.... for example: When will we be able to produce photosynthesis in the laboratory (without the plant)? Infallible, no. The current accepted definition, yes.

Being its gravity is so low, couldn't the craft just come really close to the surface and retro and stop its motion and let the comet's gravity pull it in to a landing?

Even in LEO, you're still looking at a 1/4 second delay round trip, and that's just for the signal to go from the ground transmitter to the satellite and then back down to a ground receiver. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satellite_Internet_access#Challenges_.26_limitations I faced a similar problem (tasked for the software solution) back in the late 1980's with a ship-board inventory system which relied on a satellite phone modem connection for communications back to headquarters (Maersk). The delay was about 300ms up and another 300ms down, 600ms+ overall considering all the rest of the switching and shuffling around (processing/response from home office) required.

Last I checked, Hitachi SSDs are holding the performance and MTBF ratings over the others ... also HGST drives.

Satellite internet access will be slow ... (approx) 300ms up and another 300ms down ... not exactly good for gaming.

Yes, I read the links I posted, which is why I posted them. And for the record, the 'device' I described had nothing to do with 'free energy' - that was your incorrect interpretation of it. FYI - The very same said device, a much smaller version, is currently being used by the US Navy to power its High-Energy Laser. Yes! I do believe that was it. I couldn't remember, it was a long time ago when I'd run across the article, like maybe late 60's or early 70's. The funny thing about Science, is that it never ends - even when you think you've got all the answers. That's a pretty bold statement. Based on it then, the same could be said of the majority of science text books out there - all sciences, or any topic for that matter. Do you understand what goes into the making of a dictionary, one such as the Oxford English?... the research and verifications and 'authorities' involved? Have you ever published anything? Regarding the OP, for the record: I never said anything about believing in such - only that I'd once read an article about.

I seem to remember an article from long ago about philodendron plants being wired up with bioelectric sensors which would show a reaction when a human stood next to the plant and imagined setting it on fire. The same study also noted reactions occurring when an open flame was brought next to the plant (mechanically with no human nearby). Google isn't helping me find anything on that article in particular, however, I did find these... http://www.sciencemag.org/content/189/4201/478.short http://www.amsciepub.com/doi/abs/10.2466/pr0.2002.91.1.173?journalCode=pr0

Before there were Kebals and snacks, before there was an ISS, back during the days of Gemini and Apollo there were Space Food Sticks! I had them as a kid, along with Freeze Dried Ice Cream and Tang... stuff was right up there along with Shake-A-Pudding. lol

That's good news and great to hear. Take your time, take it slow, things will get better with each passing day. Prayers to you. Side note: The next time you see or talk to your doctor, ask if it's ok (or when will it be ok) for you to start taking probiotics. I would think after you're off the antibiotics. Antibiotics kill the bugs, but they also tend to kill the good bugs (in your gut) as well; Probiotics will help replenish the good bacteria (flora) and help with recovery and in general help keep you healthy. Look into it.

"More than 300 data packets have been analysed by the teams at the Lander Control Center at the German Aerospace Center (DLR)" "There are still more than 8000 data packets in Philae’s mass memory which will give the DLR team information on what happened to the lander in the past few days on Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko." http://blogs.esa.int/rosetta/2015/06/14/rosettas-lander-philae-wakes-up-from-hibernation/ Looks like they'll have a lot of catching-up to do.