I contacted the Hermanus Magnetic Observatory a few minutes ago. Here's what I got from them:
Please be advised: the data is for South Africa, which is closer to the equator. Places closer to the poles will experience slightly stronger conditions.
Two CME's are heading this way. Precise time of impact not yet known. They should hit 12-13 September (South African Standard Time). Conditions should clear by Saturday afternoon SAST.
CME1:
Glancing blow. No need to worry about it, unless you have a satellite in space.
CME2:
Direct hit on earth.
GPS satellites are expected to be affected.
Communications equipment will probably be affected.
Transmission lines are not expected to be affected.
Electronics are not expected to be affected.
I was looking for this comment. TA and DK practically defined my later childhood. So many good memories...
TA's new successor is Planetary Annihilation (AKA TA V2).
DK's new successor is War For The Overworld (AKA DK 3).
Having inattentive ADHD can be very painful. You can really honestly want to just do it. But as soon as you start, you find yourself either getting overcome with immobilizing dullness, or you simply can't help but to jump to some other "temporary" distraction like surfing the www, to get yourself perked up. Only to discover later that the whole day is shot and you've accomplished nothing.
That's more or less how I feel, except that it actually 'hurts' (the best way I can describe it) to concentrate on 'boring' tasks.
I think what you're looking for is something like a crystalens. It's a lens they use for cataract surgery. they embed four "feet" into the eye muscles so when the eye muscles contract, the lens warps. This allows some refocusing.
Satellite images available to the US Govt and certain companies since the early 2000's have such a high resolution that one is able to see a tennis ball lying on a lawn. The next generation of satellites has a high enough resolution to use facial detection algorithms on the images.
I know you were making a joke, but before 1986 surgery (including major surgery) on infants was routinely performed without anaesthesia (they used a paralytic to keep the infant still), as it was thought that anaesthetic were harmful to infants and infants did not have a fully developed nervous system necessary to feel pain. For the same reasons infants and children were denied pain medication.
Turns out that not only do infants feel pain like adults, but they still felt the pain from surgery as adults. The pain and trauma never went away so most of these adults suffer from a form of PTSD.
Several studies in South Africa found that one can provide year round vegetables for a family of four on a plot the size of a door. Of course, in South Africa, one has a year-long growing season.
NFSU2 / GTASA. Both are beloved games that I discovered at just the right time. I still love taking a 'drive' through both from time to time. Getting them to work on widescreen was a pain, though.
We also produce one of the best attackhelicopters in the world. Unfortunately nobody wants to buy any due to concerns about the availability of spare parts arising from our uncertain political future.
I've been using this app called Sleep As Android for the past few days.
The idea is that you place your phone on your mattress next to you and it uses the accelerometer to measure how much you move in bed. It then determines if you're dreaming and can play something to knock you into a state of lucid dreaming.
There's a free trial available.
Although impenetrable to Government spying I doubt it would be impenetrable to Google, who would not think twice of harvesting all data sent though this encryption method.
That's not over-engineering so much as a lack of decent functionality in the JDK. Having things just work right out the box is one of the things I miss the most after I switched to java.
Or just get a pyrenean, I watched mine effortlessly munch her way through the bones from a beef hindquarter that we'd cooked on a spit. Didn't take her very long, either.
Wait! No! Stop!
Whatever you do DO NOT read The Way Of Kings.
The ending will leave you angry and spluttering because the next book isn't out yet and you want more immediately. It's THAT good.
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I contacted the Hermanus Magnetic Observatory a few minutes ago. Here's what I got from them:
Please be advised: the data is for South Africa, which is closer to the equator. Places closer to the poles will experience slightly stronger conditions.
Two CME's are heading this way. Precise time of impact not yet known. They should hit 12-13 September (South African Standard Time). Conditions should clear by Saturday afternoon SAST.
CME1:
Glancing blow. No need to worry about it, unless you have a satellite in space.
CME2:
Direct hit on earth.
GPS satellites are expected to be affected.
Communications equipment will probably be affected.
Transmission lines are not expected to be affected.
Electronics are not expected to be affected.
Molluscs and arthropods use copper to transport oxygen. They use Hemocyanin instead of Hemoglobin.
I was looking for this comment. TA and DK practically defined my later childhood. So many good memories...
TA's new successor is Planetary Annihilation (AKA TA V2).
DK's new successor is War For The Overworld (AKA DK 3).
Mad monoply is fun to play while drunk :D
Having inattentive ADHD can be very painful. You can really honestly want to just do it. But as soon as you start, you find yourself either getting overcome with immobilizing dullness, or you simply can't help but to jump to some other "temporary" distraction like surfing the www, to get yourself perked up. Only to discover later that the whole day is shot and you've accomplished nothing.
That's more or less how I feel, except that it actually 'hurts' (the best way I can describe it) to concentrate on 'boring' tasks.
I think what you're looking for is something like a crystalens. It's a lens they use for cataract surgery. they embed four "feet" into the eye muscles so when the eye muscles contract, the lens warps. This allows some refocusing.
Satellite images available to the US Govt and certain companies since the early 2000's have such a high resolution that one is able to see a tennis ball lying on a lawn. The next generation of satellites has a high enough resolution to use facial detection algorithms on the images.
I know you were making a joke, but before 1986 surgery (including major surgery) on infants was routinely performed without anaesthesia (they used a paralytic to keep the infant still), as it was thought that anaesthetic were harmful to infants and infants did not have a fully developed nervous system necessary to feel pain. For the same reasons infants and children were denied pain medication.
Turns out that not only do infants feel pain like adults, but they still felt the pain from surgery as adults. The pain and trauma never went away so most of these adults suffer from a form of PTSD.
More likely to fail due to South Africa's rampant government corruption and tenderprenuers.
That's because an un[der]educated person is easier to control; easier to brainwash into voting ANC. Cry our beloved country...
Several studies in South Africa found that one can provide year round vegetables for a family of four on a plot the size of a door. Of course, in South Africa, one has a year-long growing season.
NFSU2 / GTASA. Both are beloved games that I discovered at just the right time. I still love taking a 'drive' through both from time to time. Getting them to work on widescreen was a pain, though.
TFA says the protein to make the artificial blood is extracted from Sea Worms. I certainly hope vampires acquire a taste for seafood...
We also produce one of the best attack helicopters in the world. Unfortunately nobody wants to buy any due to concerns about the availability of spare parts arising from our uncertain political future.
You're mistaking us for Swaziland
I've been using this app called Sleep As Android for the past few days.
The idea is that you place your phone on your mattress next to you and it uses the accelerometer to measure how much you move in bed. It then determines if you're dreaming and can play something to knock you into a state of lucid dreaming.
There's a free trial available.
Although impenetrable to Government spying I doubt it would be impenetrable to Google, who would not think twice of harvesting all data sent though this encryption method.
Quickly! we must train you to seize the Java Source so that you may defeat The Dark One.
Read this a few months/years ago. Thank you for sharing a piece of your soul with us.
That's not over-engineering so much as a lack of decent functionality in the JDK. Having things just work right out the box is one of the things I miss the most after I switched to java.
Or just get a pyrenean, I watched mine effortlessly munch her way through the bones from a beef hindquarter that we'd cooked on a spit. Didn't take her very long, either.
Took me 3 days to read. Was stuck in bed and freshly missing 4 wisdom teeth at the time, but still...
Wait! No! Stop!
Whatever you do DO NOT read The Way Of Kings.
The ending will leave you angry and spluttering because the next book isn't out yet and you want more immediately. It's THAT good.
Who said "what?" to his mute brother.
Just the NSA.