June 6, 20241 yr comment_2951047 POSSIBLY IT WOULD BE SIMPLER IF I ASKED FOR A LIST OF THE HARMLESS CREATURES OF THE AFORESAID CONTINENT? They waited. IT WOULD APPEAR THAT— ‘No, wait, master. Here it comes.’ Albert pointed to something white zigzagging lazily through the air. Finally Death reached up and caught the single sheet of paper. He read it carefully and then turned it over briefly just in case anything was written on the other side. ‘May I?’ said Albert. Death handed him the paper. ‘“Some of the sheep,”’ Albert read aloud. -- Terry Pratchett - The Last Continent
June 7, 20241 yr comment_2951078 <groan> According to one of the El Paso stations, we saw a new record high in town today. 107. Other sites use different stations, at different locations...the one I like the most said 105. Vagaries of the local areas...and the official site is out at the Las Cruces Airport, which is in the middle of nowhere, and atop a mesa. It's too early in the season for this...........
June 8, 20241 yr comment_2951228 Virtually all the climatologists say, we'd better get used to this. It's going to become the norm.
June 8, 20241 yr comment_2951229 4 minutes ago, Lord Liaden said: Virtually all the climatologists say, we'd better get used to this. It's going to become the norm. Not at all - it's going to get worse. Quickly.
June 9, 20241 yr comment_2951243 2 hours ago, Simon said: Not at all - it's going to get worse. Quickly. Well, there's worse as in "bigger," and there's worse as in "more often." Heat like this was not unknown for the most part, but it was very rare. We can anticipate the extremes happening progressively more often.
June 11, 20241 yr comment_2951425 Statins pioneer Akira Endo dies aged 90 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/crggxl5dl87o
June 11, 20241 yr comment_2951434 On 6/8/2024 at 6:45 PM, Lord Liaden said: Well, there's worse as in "bigger," and there's worse as in "more often." Heat like this was not unknown for the most part, but it was very rare. We can anticipate the extremes happening progressively more often. We're getting both. The more frequent heat is giving rise to storms that are also more frequent, AND bigger. And setting monthly average temperature records for 12 consecutive months? I'd bet that's never happened, barring the very, very start of recording the info and getting these averages. Historically, another site I like says the last 12 months are 2.2 degrees higher than the average...since 2007, when their station commenced operating. The local forecast is the next 6 days, the high will be 104+...with Thursday, 109. That's from weather.com. The 2 week forecast has 9 straight triple-digit days...then a comfortable 98, then 4 more triple-digit days. Already.
June 12, 20241 yr comment_2951537 Jerry West, whose silhouette became the logo of the NBA, has passed away, age 86.
June 12, 20241 yr comment_2951554 Reported birth of rare white buffalo calf in Yellowstone park fulfills Lakota prophecy https://www.yahoo.com/news/reported-birth-rare-white-buffalo-184557014.html?
June 13, 20241 yr comment_2951584 Francoise Hardy a French singer, actress and muse has died aged 80 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/crgg8elp0lxo A former British PM's ring found in a field sells for £9,500 around $10,000 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cevvz8j0wq1o Dr Michael Moseley dies in Greece https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c1dd7ekyrpyo How Michael Moseley helped transform people's health https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c9776r3nqv1o Edited June 13, 20241 yr by death tribble
June 14, 20241 yr comment_2951726 The King's Birthday honours are announced https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c511l0j4l2po I am delighted that Mark Cavendish has been given a knighthood.
June 15, 20241 yr comment_2951732 Passing out gifts on one's birthday, rather than receiving them.... How very hobbit-like.........
June 17, 20241 yr comment_2951909 NASA can fix a probe four times as far away as Pluto, but I still can't get cell reception in my basement.
June 17, 20241 yr comment_2951913 2 minutes ago, Pariah said: NASA can fix a probe four times as far away as Pluto, but I still can't get cell reception in my basement. Reorient the receiving antenna.
June 17, 20241 yr comment_2951916 30 minutes ago, Pariah said: NASA can fix a probe four times as far away as Pluto, but I still can't get cell reception in my basement. Calibrate the tachyon particle array, then remodulate the phase inducers. Edited June 17, 20241 yr by Starlord
June 18, 20241 yr comment_2951960 10 hours ago, Pariah said: NASA can fix a probe four times as far away as Pluto, but I still can't get cell reception in my basement. Though to be fair, if your cell phone provider took 7 months to fix a problem, you'd probably complain a bit. You might also complain if they said, "Okay, we can fix it, but first you have to move 15 billion miles away..."
June 18, 20241 yr comment_2951996 You might also complain if you had Voyager's bandwidth limitations (160 bps currently).
June 18, 20241 yr comment_2952008 On 6/17/2024 at 5:17 PM, Pariah said: NASA can fix a probe four times as far away as Pluto, but I still can't get cell reception in my basement. What you need to do is Reverse the Polarity of the Neutron Flow
June 18, 20241 yr comment_2952039 5 hours ago, death tribble said: What you need to do is Reverse the Polarity of the Neutron Flow In this economy?
June 18, 20241 yr comment_2952043 The real issue is that your cell phone is nowhere near as superheroic as Voyager.
June 19, 20241 yr comment_2952090 Edward pulls one over on his brothers and his sister. He celebrates his silver wedding anniversary https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cleevx66p02o
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