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Today, 12:26 PM

swampyankee replied to a thread What's the highest altitude you've reached by car? in Off-Topic Babbling

I live on the Atlantic Coast of the US, and my wife likes oceans.

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Today, 11:03 AM

slang replied to a thread How fast would we look at a supernova? in Space/Astronomy Questions and Answers

How quickly can you setup your telescope? The SuperNova Early Warning System is aimed to provide a warning potentially hours before visible light is...

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Today, 10:07 AM

tusenfem replied to a thread There is no "Hubble's Law", and there is also no "Lemaitre's Law". in Against the Mainstream

Indeed, that is why the units of the Hubble constant are so "strange": (km / sec) / Mpc, and there is a reason why this is not just reduced to 1/sec

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Today, 09:15 AM

chornedsnorkack replied to a thread Visibility of a hot Uranus in twilight in Space/Astronomy Questions and Answers

The problem here is that phase curve. What should be the albedo and phase curve of a hot Uranus at about 0,32 AU? And another is the relative...

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Today, 08:50 AM

CJSF replied to a thread Really trivial stuff that bugs you in Off-Topic Babbling

How does one have a Neutral Evil heroine? Wouldn't that be the essence of an antagonist/villain? CJSF

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Today, 04:12 AM

DonM435 replied to a thread Trivial (or not so trivial) stuff that makes you happy. in Off-Topic Babbling

Good cat. Smart, too.

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Today, 02:55 AM

Jens replied to a thread Black holes and XRays in Space/Astronomy Questions and Answers

They are not escaping from the black hole but rather are released by matter falling into the black hole before it reaches the event horizon. ...

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Today, 02:12 AM

Solfe replied to a thread Really trivial stuff that bugs you in Off-Topic Babbling

I do like the heroine. Neutral Evil as sin, but she really works it well.

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Today, 02:05 AM

schlaugh replied to a thread Really trivial stuff that bugs you in Off-Topic Babbling

I had a hard time getting to like the protagonist. Or at least develop an affinity. And yeah, Weir has gone for an “R” rating right out of the box. ...

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Today, 01:46 AM

Solfe replied to a thread Really trivial stuff that bugs you in Off-Topic Babbling

I'm reading Artemis. There is virtual nothing family friendly enough to discuss here. I do like it, but it is conversation poison here. :)

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Today, 01:44 AM

Solfe replied to a thread Odds of being hit by a meteorite? in Space/Astronomy Questions and Answers

A base ball glove is only 8.5-11 inches. I need to buy a second baseball glove to increase my surface area. :)

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Today, 01:27 AM

Jens replied to a thread Read that again? in Off-Topic Babbling

I’m guessing it was the former. Clever. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

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Today, 01:19 AM

WaxRubiks replied to a thread Suprematism( in Off-Topic Babbling

I quite like conceptual art, but I like the grounding effect of Stuckism as well. It's all too easy for some people to come up with clever conceptual...

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Today, 12:51 AM

WaxRubiks replied to a thread Suprematism( in Off-Topic Babbling

I'm with the Stuckists to a large extent. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stuckism

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Today, 12:45 AM

Trebuchet replied to a thread Trivial (or not so trivial) stuff that makes you happy. in Off-Topic Babbling

In the non-trivial thread, I mentioned one of our kitties was not well. She's doing much better, not hiding so much, less unsteady on her feet, and...

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Today, 12:41 AM

Trebuchet replied to a thread Pumpkin pitch time again! in Off-Topic Babbling

Bump! Week from today. Totally not ready, but will be there anyhow! Come on out!

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Today, 12:40 AM

Trebuchet replied to a thread Really trivial stuff that bugs you in Off-Topic Babbling

1. I have probably never been less prepared for a pumpkin hurling event since 2004, when we started building about two weeks before. 1.A. That...

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Today, 12:39 AM

Noclevername replied to a thread Dune's(movie) heart bleed scene... in Small Media at Large

Sand. And according to the novels, the sand contains a type of photosynthetic microscopic life called "sand plankton".

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Today, 12:21 AM

schlaugh replied to a thread Read that again? in Off-Topic Babbling

I think someone yielded to temptation. Or was completely clueless.

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Today, 12:18 AM

WaxRubiks replied to a thread Suprematism( in Off-Topic Babbling

it''s what happens when you try to confine art, to domesticate art... you don't tell art what it is...it tells you what you are.. :)

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Today, 12:05 AM

WaxRubiks replied to a thread Dune's(movie) heart bleed scene... in Small Media at Large

I'm sure it's not without its redeeming features...I was impressed with the giant desert worms...heck knows what they ate to get that big though! ...

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Yesterday, 11:46 PM

Cougar replied to a thread Dune's(movie) heart bleed scene... in Small Media at Large

Hey, I liked the movie! He will know your ways.

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Yesterday, 11:37 PM

Cougar replied to a thread There is no "Hubble's Law", and there is also no "Lemaitre's Law". in Against the Mainstream

Well, your first sentence is either misleading, or just wrong, in a couple respects. AFAIK, the redshifts were interpreted as "recession...

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Yesterday, 11:34 PM

SeanF replied to a thread Read that again? in Off-Topic Babbling

Those big rigs get going pretty fast up in Canada, I guess. Tractor trailer breaks sound barrier in three-truck collision near Brockville ...

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Yesterday, 10:16 PM

Noclevername replied to a thread ATM group alternatives in Space/Astronomy Questions and Answers

Present it with all supporting math, to the mainstream. If it's provable, prove it.

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Yesterday, 10:15 PM

Strange replied to a thread ATM group alternatives in Space/Astronomy Questions and Answers

Then why not ask the mods if you can post it here. (But if the "postulates" are the same as the ones you posted in a thread here, then it is doomed....

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Yesterday, 10:02 PM

pzkpfw replied to a thread Suprematism( in Off-Topic Babbling

What great art it is, that leads to 136 + posts of discussion about art.

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Yesterday, 09:58 PM

Strange replied to a thread ATM group alternatives in Space/Astronomy Questions and Answers

I thought this was new work? Is this the same as your "Finite Theory" posted in 2011?

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