LordFerret

Here's a shot in the arm for this thread. I saw this on the news the other day... quite a feat. Wonder if he plays KSP? "Utah Teen Earns All 141 Badges Offered by the Boy Scouts of America: 'Only a Few Ever Accomplish This,' Say Boy Scouts" - http://www.people.com/article/utah-boy-receives-all-141-merit-badges-boy-scouts

It appears as though there is fracturing of the crater bottom, which is what I make of the 'black' lines. Also, the center of the 'white spot' appears to be a pillar of some sort - or a pit?

Be it from launch or coming back in from space, meeting up with that other ship/station, that last burn for docking - putting me within 1km of the target. Mind you, no MechJeb here. - - - Updated - - - Yea, this too ^

*I removed it, point made.* - - - Updated - - - This I can confirm. lol

Whatever the politics going on in Squad aside, it's a shame there currently is no access to the Wiki, that users can't keep it updated. That is after all the purpose of that Wiki. My 2-cents.

SCANsat can help you find them, but it's up to you to get to them! Not all of them are in locations where you can just plop down a lander either. Good luck!

Having traveled a number of times through WV (Bethany country!), I'd agree. Same with northeastern TN, up in the Smokey mountains... I've family there, and their kids, well, they talk like true hillbilly's. I kid them about it all the time. On education, college education at that. Here's one for you. A teacher (professor) at OCC (Ocean County College, here in NJ) teaching a course in history, touching the subject of Roman Emperor Claudius. Said teacher states that we know a lot about that period because of Claudius' own writings, from his 'autobiography' discovered in ancient scrolls. Claudius had written no such autobiography. The autobiography they took for fact was from a book by Robert Graves (author of I, Claudius), in which he made up (pure fiction, albeit historical fiction) that such scrolls were discovered, and that they contained his own autobiography. This teacher actually taught this as literal fact. I find this mind boggling. As for your comments about 'Math A and Math B' type classes, this does exist - at least it does in NJ... and not just for math.

It would be interesting to hear I'm sure, but I think it wouldn't be as alien as one might think. If you read old documents, letters and such, you'll find the language use not far from what it is today... although I would point out the verbiage was far more expanded especially among the educated literate; A perfect example would be our own (USA) Constitution. Nobody writes like Gibbon anymore. Try reading some Walter Scott, "Old Mortality" ... a favorite line of mine - "... the silent celerity with which he caused the victuals to disappear before him.". Huh? lol The first two pages of that book are what writing should be. Talk about command of one's language.

Old people?!? lol I was talking to a GameStop employee not too long ago; Mentioning KSP (and Day Of Defeat), he was shocked I played video games at all. He wanted to know more about KSP (my opinions), and I wanted to know more about GTA5 (his opinions). I was told "You're awesome man!" (because I played video games) lol I'm 59.

That's just the media hyping everything - ignore it. We've had forest fires here in NJ every year for as long as I've been alive and then some. There were forest fires before man was here (Indians included). It's normal, natural. It's actually beneficial, especially to Pine forests... here in NJ or anywhere. Same with floods, hurricanes, snow storms, etc... it's called "weather".

What do you make of "teh"?

According to the etymology of the word, used as such, it's improper. Originating in the UK ('maths') not in the US... their proper usage was "math's", the plural of the US convention of shortening 'mathematics' to 'math', but current day has decided to drop the apostrophe. Ergo, it is incorrect... and it irks the hell out of me. To each his own.

How about the author of that article go back to school for some English and spelling? It's "math" or "mathematics" ... 'maths' is some bastardized word illiterates use.

It's been so long since I've been there, I couldn't tell you about lodging ... but I'm sure a few web searches could help with that - plus you know your own budget. As for things to do?... plenty! You could spend an entire day at the Kennedy Space Center and still not see everything (I'll suggest two days). There's plenty to see/do in the Orlando area, such as Sea World and its sister site Discovery Cove (swim with the dolphins). Daytona is also nearby, the beach, raceway, and Embry Riddle ... if you're bored you could tour the campus, or check out the sports calendar and go watch a game.

I see drones such as Lily as a novelty, a fad, which in time will fall by the wayside... but not before being used for the ultimate selfies. Same with the 'Hey look at me and what I'm doing!' GoPro. In the real world however, there are uses for drones ... yea, as you would guess, military ... but also many other applications where risk elimination is a priority, of which I'm sure any of you could name a few instances.

The random screw laying there at the bottom of the picture... it's so Kerbal. Perfect.

Correct, New Jersey. I like the smell of a campfire too, but this was a bit overwhelming and there was no escaping it (except to stay indoors and keep the central air on). As of early this morning, they claim it's only 50% contained. Depending on my schedule today, I might take a ride out and take a look. http://6abc.com/news/forest-fire-burning-through-hundreds-of-acres-in-nj-pine-barrens/973033/

...there's fire. We've got a forest fire about 10 miles from my house, 100 acres worth burning at last report, and of course the wind is blowing the smoke right in our direction. The air here is pretty thick with wood smoke, burns the eyes, and it's a bit harsh on the throat too. Unfortunately the fire is ravaging one of my favorite places to ride (mountain bike), a state forest. http://www.nj.com/burlington/index.ssf/2015/09/forest_fire_spreads_to_more_than_100_acres_in_nj_p.html

LOL! I was thinking the same thing watching the guy throw it off the bridge. Imagine if the battery was low. Neither would I allow grandma, or mom, to throw it ... smashed to pieces for sure. I Googled it right after I got the email about it. What I saw listed was $4000.00 US. Yikes. In looking further (Google Shop), I saw other which carried an even higher price tag - including one for $17,000.00 US. At that price, the damn thing better come with all-aspect heat-seeking missiles.

I have news for you; There was software which did this back in the late 1970's. It didn't talk, it typed/printed on the terminal. It would ask you questions, and then based on your answers, interact with you much like a psychiatrist would. I don't recall the name of the software project. Then there was BARD; BARD was a poetry writing program. You would give it 'ideas' (topic words, etc), and it would write poetry themed around your input.

The Lily Camera... seen this yet?

History shows that we do not.

I find your analogy disconcerting.

I have a SCANsat probes orbiting every planet in the system (except Jool) and most of the moons, and I find the performance hit minimal. I've seen the 'hiccup' mentioned by DMagic, but that's it. Upon starting the game, jumping to a ship (any ship) I'll notice from time to time the SCANsat database rebuilding, or rather 'updating'... that can take a few moments, but it doesn't really lag the game, just the display of a map until it's done. Other than that, what is slowing my game down is debris... lots of it. Have you looked into that, linuxgurugamer?

Agreed. Ask it to divide 22 by 7 ... or ... 'How much wood would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood?'