depends on the weather. If you have clear skies, you should be able to see some meteors. Quote from article:
According to McBeath, the Geminids are predicted to reach peak activity on Monday at 22:20 GMT, which is 5:20 p.m. EST. Locations from Europe and North Africa east to central Russian and Chinese longitudes are in the best position to catch the very crest of the shower, when the rates conceivably could exceed 120 per hour, or two every minute.
According to McBeath, the Geminids are predicted to reach peak activity on Monday at 22:20 GMT, which is 5:20 p.m. EST. Locations from Europe and North Africa east to central Russian and Chinese longitudes are in the best position to catch the very crest of the shower, when the rates conceivably could exceed 120 per hour, or two every minute.
So tell me Billy...you ever been in a Turkish prison camp?
Election Results Predicted by Candidate Mask Sales
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"It's as unscientific as it gets, but the theory, according to some people in the costume business, is that the winner in every election since 1980 has been the candidate whose masks were most popular on Halloween."
See:
http://money.cnn.com/2004/09/21/news/funny/prez_ ma sks
"Canton, MA September 17, 2004 - Kryptonite today announced it will provide free product upgrades for certain locks purchased since September 2002, in response to consumer concerns about tubular cylinder lock technology. Consumers can visit the company's Website (www.kryptonitelock.com) on Wednesday afternoon, September 22, 2004, to learn how they can participate in the security upgrade program."
Dupa doua zile de asteptari si nesigurante, micuta "Demonstrator 2" - modelul la scara redusa al rachetei "Orizont" - cu care Asociatia Romana pentru Cosmonautica si Aeronautica (ARCA) va participa la concursul X Prize Cup a fost lansata cu succes din greseala. In poligonul de la Capul Midia, furtunul de presurizare al motorului le-a jucat studentilor de la ARCA o festa norocoasa: s-a desprins cu de la sine putere cu doua minute inaintea lansarii, atingind in cadere contactele care au declansat-o. Cu doua minute inaintea lansarii, Dumitru Popescu, presedintele ARCA, s-a apropiat de racheta ca sa scoata furtunul de presurizare. Putin deasupra capului sau, racheta a inceput sa se invaluie in aburi si si-a vazut de drum, fara sa-i mai pese de planurile nimanui. "Demonstrator 2", usor aplecata de vintul puternic, s-a pierdut intre nori pina la 1.200 de metri, cu o viteza de 13 m/s si s-a infipt in mare foarte aproape de tarm. Desi nu au atins doi kilometri, cit isi propusesera, acum studentii de la ARCA sint aproape siguri ca au cistigat atentia si increderea sponsorilor si vor obtine cei 200.000 de dolari necesari construirii rachetei "Orizont". Ca sa atraga atentia juriului X Prize, romanii de la ARCA au dezgropat o tehnologie folosita la torpilele din al doilea razboi mondial sau la cele de pe submarinul rusesc Kursk, propulsate prin descompunerea apei oxigenate, pe care au imbunatatit-o cu un catalizator misterios. Acestea ii vor ajuta, cred ei, sa bata cu racheta in poarta cosmosului. Nu-i nici platina, nici argintul care dadeau apei oxigenate puterea sa trimita torpila interbelica in curtea dusmanului. "Sint niste tablete", smulgem de la presedintele ARCA, Dumitru Popescu. Dupa ce au batut toba cu descoperirea formulei minune care o sa-i propulseze pe romani printre stele, membrii ARCA n-au reusit din prima s-o ridice pe micuta Demonstrator 2 nici cu un cap de om deasupra rampei de lansare. Patru ore de suspans au precedat numaratoarea inversa, care a inceput, miercuri, cu 20 de minute inaintea orei 18.00, cind le expira timpul acordat de armata pentru folosirea poligonului si spatiului aerian de la Capul Midia. Membri ARCA, Simona Popescu si Florin Benchea dadeau vina pe briza blinda ca le zadarniceste planurile. Cind doar 30 de secunde mai desparteau racheta de cer, lansarea a fost aminata pentru a doua zi din cauza unor defectiuni tehnice.
Formula 1 a rachetelor Pentru X Prize, concursul international la care au participat si membri ARCA, alaturi de alte 23 de echipe din 6 tari, nu trebuie neaparat sa-ti ridici racheta de la pamint. E suficient sa ai niste planuri care arata ca o poti face. X Prize a fost conceput sa le dea cercetatorilor independenti sansa sa sparga monopolul agentiilor guvernamentale pe zborul in spatiu. In X Prize Cup insa, faza superioara a concursului international aerospatial, "un fel de Formula 1 a rachetelor", cum ii spune Dumitru Popescu, trebuie sa ajungi cu racheta in doua rinduri la 100 de km de Pamint si sa ai trei pasageri la bord sau macar unul si greutatea a inca doi. Echipa romaneasca e una dintre cele 12 selectate sa gaseasca metode sa scurteze viata monopolului agentiilor guvernamentale. "Echipa americana Mojave, a atins deja 100 de kilometri. Ei vor cistiga probabil si concursul, al carui premie este de 10 milioane de dolari", spune Dumitru Popescu, care stie cit de greu ii va fi rachetei "Orizont" sa bata pina acolo. "Mojave au avut o multime de bani. Fata de ei noi am construit "Demonstrator 2" cu banii de buzunar, 30.000 de dolari. Ca sa-i prindem din urma, avem nevoie de 200.000 de dolari pentru Orizont". Daca racheta Orizont isi va face bine treaba, va fi prima productie romaneasca comercializata la scara globala: "Am primit deja oferte si miniatura ei va fi vinduta in toate magazinele de jucarii din America", ne anunta Dumitru Popescu.
"Now, as a cheap gadget this would all be perfectly acceptable. But when put within the context of its price it borders on crazy. I am all for convergence technologies, but when you consider the Mobile NoteTaker is priced at just under £150 I cannot see many takers. This is more expensive than some colour PDAs we have had in the labs and 50 per cent more than the very useable palmOne Zire 31 which can be found for less than £100. "
I figure that if a person cannot use a PDA they are not going to be able to really use this. If you are one of those people, carry a pack of yellow-stickies.
From the article, they worried about more on building/windows getting damaged, not injury.
Could they take some time and figure out how to control an explosion to help get rid of the danger?
I was about -8.5 and -8. I had moderate (about -2.5) astigmatism in both eyes as well.
Pretty heavy glasses anyway!
With PRK they take your eye and literally scrape (or use a laser) the top layer of eye off. This is why it was painful for me. While that layer is healing, my eyes hurt!!!! With Lasic, they just cut a flap in this layer then do the cornea reshape.
I had to get PRK due to my cornea and the thickness of my cornea. PRK just takes longer to heal.
I had it done 1 month ago. I could not get lasic, I had to have PRK performed. The biggest difference I am told is the pain that I went through.
So far, so good. This has been the first time without needing glasses in 29 years.
I seem to be healing quite well but am a bit far sighted now. Good trade!
One of the hobbies that I have is astronomy. So far my night vision is as good or better than it was (corrected).
No complaints so far.
I have heard the horror stories as well. I researched and made the decision to do it anyway.
If we can confirm that there is/was water on Mars, what does this say about the rest of the Universe? Is water all that common?
If we then associate water with the chance of life, out of the billions of stars, we just ain't alone.
Insert Overlord comments below.
Naw!:)
Lecithin's wife just got home after a few days away.
For some reason I figured that I had a first post and this was the best I could think of at the time.
I do enjoy slashdot and I appreciate the work that people do to make this site possible.
-daniel
If Mercury's orbit was not inclined with respect to the orbit of the Earth, Mercury would transit across the Sun every 116 days (the period of time between two identical configurations Sun-Mecuri as seen from the Earth; i.e. synodic period). But the inclination of Mercury's orbit (7 degress) causes that most times Mercury's path crosses "above" or "below" the solar disc, without a transit taking place. Therefore, on average, there are only 13 transits per century, separated by intervals ranging from 3.5 to 13 years. Currently, transits of Mercury can only occur during the months of May and November.
Stolen From
http://www.am.ub.es/~emasana/mercuri2003/faq_eng.h tml
Simultaneous Transit with the Space Station
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Venus Transit Finished
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· Score: 5, Interesting
If you were lucky, you may have been able to see the ISS transit the sun at the same time. Details on Thomas Fly's site:
http://iss-transit.sourceforge.net/IssVenusTransit.html
Slashdot Mirror
depends on the weather. If you have clear skies, you should be able to see some meteors. Quote from article:
According to McBeath, the Geminids are predicted to reach peak activity on Monday at 22:20 GMT, which is 5:20 p.m. EST. Locations from Europe and North Africa east to central Russian and Chinese longitudes are in the best position to catch the very crest of the shower, when the rates conceivably could exceed 120 per hour, or two every minute.
Quote from article:
According to McBeath, the Geminids are predicted to reach peak activity on Monday at 22:20 GMT, which is 5:20 p.m. EST. Locations from Europe and North Africa east to central Russian and Chinese longitudes are in the best position to catch the very crest of the shower, when the rates conceivably could exceed 120 per hour, or two every minute.
Have you ever seen a grown man naked?
So tell me Billy...you ever been in a Turkish prison camp?
"It's as unscientific as it gets, but the theory, according to some people in the costume business, is that the winner in every election since 1980 has been the candidate whose masks were most popular on Halloween."
_ ma sks
See:
http://money.cnn.com/2004/09/21/news/funny/prez
Seems to me that a person could make a buck advertising and selling security services with this niche alone.
Who would a person call if they had some problems like this?
From their home page:
"Canton, MA September 17, 2004 - Kryptonite today announced it will provide free product upgrades for certain locks purchased since September 2002, in response to consumer concerns about tubular cylinder lock technology. Consumers can visit the company's Website (www.kryptonitelock.com) on Wednesday afternoon, September 22, 2004, to learn how they can participate in the security upgrade program."
For those who don't want to go there:
Dupa doua zile de asteptari si nesigurante, micuta "Demonstrator 2" - modelul la scara redusa al rachetei "Orizont" - cu care Asociatia Romana pentru Cosmonautica si Aeronautica (ARCA) va participa la concursul X Prize Cup a fost lansata cu succes din greseala. In poligonul de la Capul Midia, furtunul de presurizare al motorului le-a jucat studentilor de la ARCA o festa norocoasa: s-a desprins cu de la sine putere cu doua minute inaintea lansarii, atingind in cadere contactele care au declansat-o.
Cu doua minute inaintea lansarii, Dumitru Popescu, presedintele ARCA, s-a apropiat de racheta ca sa scoata furtunul de presurizare. Putin deasupra capului sau, racheta a inceput sa se invaluie in aburi si si-a vazut de drum, fara sa-i mai pese de planurile nimanui.
"Demonstrator 2", usor aplecata de vintul puternic, s-a pierdut intre nori pina la 1.200 de metri, cu o viteza de 13 m/s si s-a infipt in mare foarte aproape de tarm. Desi nu au atins doi kilometri, cit isi propusesera, acum studentii de la ARCA sint aproape siguri ca au cistigat atentia si increderea sponsorilor si vor obtine cei 200.000 de dolari necesari construirii rachetei "Orizont".
Ca sa atraga atentia juriului X Prize, romanii de la ARCA au dezgropat o tehnologie folosita la torpilele din al doilea razboi mondial sau la cele de pe submarinul rusesc Kursk, propulsate prin descompunerea apei oxigenate, pe care au imbunatatit-o cu un catalizator misterios. Acestea ii vor ajuta, cred ei, sa bata cu racheta in poarta cosmosului. Nu-i nici platina, nici argintul care dadeau apei oxigenate puterea sa trimita torpila interbelica in curtea dusmanului. "Sint niste tablete", smulgem de la presedintele ARCA, Dumitru Popescu. Dupa ce au batut toba cu descoperirea formulei minune care o sa-i propulseze pe romani printre stele, membrii ARCA n-au reusit din prima s-o ridice pe micuta Demonstrator 2 nici cu un cap de om deasupra rampei de lansare. Patru ore de suspans au precedat numaratoarea inversa, care a inceput, miercuri, cu 20 de minute inaintea orei 18.00, cind le expira timpul acordat de armata pentru folosirea poligonului si spatiului aerian de la Capul Midia. Membri ARCA, Simona Popescu si Florin Benchea dadeau vina pe briza blinda ca le zadarniceste planurile. Cind doar 30 de secunde mai desparteau racheta de cer, lansarea a fost aminata pentru a doua zi din cauza unor defectiuni tehnice.
Formula 1 a rachetelor
Pentru X Prize, concursul international la care au participat si membri ARCA, alaturi de alte 23 de echipe din 6 tari, nu trebuie neaparat sa-ti ridici racheta de la pamint. E suficient sa ai niste planuri care arata ca o poti face. X Prize a fost conceput sa le dea cercetatorilor independenti sansa sa sparga monopolul agentiilor guvernamentale pe zborul in spatiu. In X Prize Cup insa, faza superioara a concursului international aerospatial, "un fel de Formula 1 a rachetelor", cum ii spune Dumitru Popescu, trebuie sa ajungi cu racheta in doua rinduri la 100 de km de Pamint si sa ai trei pasageri la bord sau macar unul si greutatea a inca doi. Echipa romaneasca e una dintre cele 12 selectate sa gaseasca metode sa scurteze viata monopolului agentiilor guvernamentale. "Echipa americana Mojave, a atins deja 100 de kilometri. Ei vor cistiga probabil si concursul, al carui premie este de 10 milioane de dolari", spune Dumitru Popescu, care stie cit de greu ii va fi rachetei "Orizont" sa bata pina acolo. "Mojave au avut o multime de bani. Fata de ei noi am construit "Demonstrator 2" cu banii de buzunar, 30.000 de dolari. Ca sa-i prindem din urma, avem nevoie de 200.000 de dolari pentru Orizont". Daca racheta Orizont isi va face bine treaba, va fi prima productie romaneasca comercializata la scara globala: "Am primit deja oferte si miniatura ei va fi vinduta in toate magazinele de jucarii din America", ne anunta Dumitru Popescu.
This sums it up for me:
"Now, as a cheap gadget this would all be perfectly acceptable. But when put within the context of its price it borders on crazy. I am all for convergence technologies, but when you consider the Mobile NoteTaker is priced at just under £150 I cannot see many takers. This is more expensive than some colour PDAs we have had in the labs and 50 per cent more than the very useable palmOne Zire 31 which can be found for less than £100. "
I figure that if a person cannot use a PDA they are not going to be able to really use this. If you are one of those people, carry a pack of yellow-stickies.
What is the difference? They(ebay) list adult items, why could you not pay for them via Pay Pal?
Thats what I get for eating and typing at the same time. It is actually "The 100 Most Frequently Challenged Books of 1990-2000".
The title actual is "The 100 Most Frequently Challenged Books of 1990-20001".
10000 ft = 3.048 kilometre.
From the article, they worried about more on building/windows getting damaged, not injury. Could they take some time and figure out how to control an explosion to help get rid of the danger?
After all this time that something is going to happen? Would some of the explosives now be inert?
Lets see, do I want urine or swam flavor today?
I was about -8.5 and -8. I had moderate (about -2.5) astigmatism in both eyes as well. Pretty heavy glasses anyway! With PRK they take your eye and literally scrape (or use a laser) the top layer of eye off. This is why it was painful for me. While that layer is healing, my eyes hurt!!!! With Lasic, they just cut a flap in this layer then do the cornea reshape. I had to get PRK due to my cornea and the thickness of my cornea. PRK just takes longer to heal.
I had it done 1 month ago. I could not get lasic, I had to have PRK performed. The biggest difference I am told is the pain that I went through. So far, so good. This has been the first time without needing glasses in 29 years. I seem to be healing quite well but am a bit far sighted now. Good trade! One of the hobbies that I have is astronomy. So far my night vision is as good or better than it was (corrected). No complaints so far. I have heard the horror stories as well. I researched and made the decision to do it anyway.
Just Put a Condom on it.
If we can confirm that there is/was water on Mars, what does this say about the rest of the Universe? Is water all that common? If we then associate water with the chance of life, out of the billions of stars, we just ain't alone. Insert Overlord comments below.
Iridiums do much more than produce flares. (Though I really enjoy them!) Wanna call somebody in Antarctica? How about Iraq? Can be done as the service is still working fine. Here is a breakdown of the iridiums. Most are functional, but there have been failures. Spares and failures: 24836 Iridium 914 tum Failed; was called Iridium 14 24842 Iridium 911 tum Failed; was called Iridium 11 24871 Iridium 920 tum Failed; was called Iridium 20 24873 Iridium 921 tum Failed; was called Iridium 21 25043 Iridium 38 tum Failed in August 2003 25078 Iridium 44 tum Failed 25105 Iridium 24 tum Failed 25262 Iridium 51 ? Spare 25319 Iridium 69 tum Failed 25320 Iridium 71 tum Failed 25344 Iridium 73 tum Failed 25471 Iridium 77 ? Spare 25527 Iridium 2 tum Failed 25528 Iridium 86 ? Spare 25577 Iridium 20 was called Iridium 11 25578 Iridium 11 ? Spare was called Iridium 20 25777 Iridium 14 ? Spare was called Iridium 14A 25778 Iridium 21 ? Spare was called Iridium 21A 27372 Iridium 90 ? Spare 27373 Iridium 91 ? Spare 27374 Iridium 94 ? Spare 27375 Iridium 95 ? Spare 27376 Iridium 96 ? Spare 27450 Iridium 97 ? Spare 27451 Iridium 98 ? Spare Orbiting Iridium satellites with updated TLEs: Iridium 8 1 24792U 97020A 04198.79180207 .00000027 00000-0 25234-5 0 4353
2 24792 86.3967 130.5744 0002631 78.0295 282.1214 14.34217394376905
Iridium 7
1 24793U 97020B 04198.36684714 .00000020 00000-0 23719-6 0 4269
2 24793 86.3972 130.8120 0002611 77.3729 282.7745 14.34217565376843
Iridium 6
1 24794U 97020C 04198.36050433 -.00000198 00000-0 -77831-4 0 2173
2 24794 86.3968 130.8259 0002650 79.3220 280.8275 14.34216629376840
Iridium 5
1 24795U 97020D 04198.77277440 -.00000047 00000-0 -23727-4 0 5102
2 24795 86.3974 130.7460 0002617 79.2425 280.9089 14.34217204376989
Iridium 4
1 24796U 97020E 04198.30976494 .00000020 00000-0 34195-7 0 4525
2 24796 86.3968 130.7297 0002539 77.1516 282.9956 14.34217516376859
Iridium 914tum
1 24836U 97030A 04198.89424150 .00000130 00000-0 37104-4 0 8382
2 24836 86.3976 159.1190 0003959 76.0485 284.1139 14.37107193371001
Iridium 12
1 24837U 97030B 04199.41680344 .00000163 00000-0 51017-4 0 4450
2 24837 86.3972 161.8180 0002693 84.9342 275.2170 14.34219229370748
Iridium 10
1 24839U 97030D 04198.98550316 .00000138 00000-0 42334-4 0 4238
2 24839 86.3968 162.0025 0002684 87.0052 273.1444 14.34219153370699
Iridium 13
1 24840U 97030E 04199.42314215 -.00000030 00000-0 -17610-4 0 4159
2 24840 86.3974 161.8554 0002609 84.0098 276.1419 14.34217594370744
Iridium 16
1 24841U 97030F 04198.38929968 .00000007 00000-0 -47259-5 0 4416
2 24841 86.3979 162.4004 0002664 88.9916 271.1586 14.34217535370598
Iridium 911tum
1 24842U 97030G 04197.95836461 +.00000179 +00000-0 +47891-4 0 09116
2 24842 086.4488 165.3571 0012519 250.3177 109.6673 14.42728292372118
Iridium 15
1 24869U 97034A 04198.43712094 .00000192 00000-0 61579-4 0 4397
2 24869 86.3968 193.7990 0002603 89.3146 270.8352 14.34218595367578
Iridium 17
1 24870U 97034B 04198.50054743 -.00000039 00000-0 -21127-4 0 4349
2 24870 86.3968 193.7946 0002597 87.8107 272.3378 14.34217094367582
Iridium 920tum
1 24871U 97034C 04197.94324967 +.00000123 +00000-0 +34183-4 0 08549
2 24871 086.3985 191.3161 0013521 007.7601 352.3812 14.37696239367963
Iridium 18
1 24872U 97034D 04199.02698209 -.00000161 00000-0 -64427-4 0 4335
2 24872 86.3967 193.6271 0002625 88.6946 271.4538 14.34216908367654
Iridium 921tum
1 24873U 97034E 04198.78570460 .00000910 00000-0 80454-4 0 789
2 24873 86.3866 101.9105 0008991 156.3223 203.8420 14.94995155
Naw! :)
Lecithin's wife just got home after a few days away.
For some reason I figured that I had a first post and this was the best I could think of at the time.
I do enjoy slashdot and I appreciate the work that people do to make this site possible.
-daniel
Thanks for the advanced notice!!!!!
If Mercury's orbit was not inclined with respect to the orbit of the Earth, Mercury would transit across the Sun every 116 days (the period of time between two identical configurations Sun-Mecuri as seen from the Earth; i.e. synodic period). But the inclination of Mercury's orbit (7 degress) causes that most times Mercury's path crosses "above" or "below" the solar disc, without a transit taking place. Therefore, on average, there are only 13 transits per century, separated by intervals ranging from 3.5 to 13 years. Currently, transits of Mercury can only occur during the months of May and November. Stolen From http://www.am.ub.es/~emasana/mercuri2003/faq_eng.h tml
If you were lucky, you may have been able to see the ISS transit the sun at the same time. Details on Thomas Fly's site: http://iss-transit.sourceforge.net/IssVenusTransit .html