Christopher Posted January 14, 2019 Report Share Posted January 14, 2019 43 minutes ago, Starlord said: i'm personally so overwhelmed by the sheer volume of jokes that article writes by itself that I can't come up with just one. I am sure we will hear from you on that mater eventually Starlord 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pattern Ghost Posted January 14, 2019 Report Share Posted January 14, 2019 3 hours ago, Cancer said: I can already imagine the flow of snark from multiple directions: those that say said condition is called (for example) "bliss", "peace", etc., and those that say "Waddaya mean, 'rare'?" My wife has a very specific form of this condition. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pariah Posted January 15, 2019 Report Share Posted January 15, 2019 Wait, did you just say "Steam-powered spaceship"? tkdguy, Starlord and Christopher 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted January 15, 2019 Report Share Posted January 15, 2019 I hope the Wulfenbach fleet will have solved the slaver wasp problem when they return from the Taurus dark cloud complex. Pariah and Michael Hopcroft 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christopher Posted January 15, 2019 Report Share Posted January 15, 2019 11 hours ago, Pariah said: Wait, did you just say "Steam-powered spaceship"? So now we got half the parts for a von-Neuman machine. pinecone 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted January 16, 2019 Report Share Posted January 16, 2019 Giant Ice Disk in US river https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-46891412 pinecone 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted January 16, 2019 Report Share Posted January 16, 2019 The World Health Organization has identified anti-vaccination sentiments as one of the top ten health threats in the world. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sociotard Posted January 16, 2019 Report Share Posted January 16, 2019 The surprisingly large neutron capture cross-section of 88Zr - with nuclear security implications Cancer and pinecone 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Posted January 17, 2019 Report Share Posted January 17, 2019 On 1/14/2019 at 7:56 PM, Pariah said: Wait, did you just say "Steam-powered spaceship"? Maybe they were role-playing s Steampunk campaign while the group was a Star Wars marathon? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkdguy Posted January 17, 2019 Author Report Share Posted January 17, 2019 4 hours ago, Badger said: Maybe they were role-playing s Steampunk campaign while the group was a Star Wars marathon? Or Star Trek? Ternaugh 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Posted January 17, 2019 Report Share Posted January 17, 2019 13 hours ago, tkdguy said: Or Star Trek? Heh, that too, I just mentioned the first one that popped in my head. Scottie was like 23rd century McGuyver, so he could make it work. tkdguy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted January 18, 2019 Report Share Posted January 18, 2019 I hear it's quite warm in Australia at the moment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Posted January 18, 2019 Report Share Posted January 18, 2019 I think it is their summer, so it should be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christopher Posted January 19, 2019 Report Share Posted January 19, 2019 I only heard about this in passing, but Europe had a "almost Blackout" back on 10th January. 50 Hertzs is the target Frequency. As production and consumption varries, this value changes up or down. 48 Hertz is the border at witch we get a Blackout and have to invest physical work to get stuff back running. Possibly even replace power supplies. We hit 49,8 for a moment. Still sounds like a lot, but at this value there is often only seconds to compensate. Decrease past that is "exponentially" (actuall exponentially, not SciFi show exponentially). Luckily the security measures worked and we did not have a blackout in the middle of winter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Posted January 19, 2019 Report Share Posted January 19, 2019 Didn't realize Europe had a multi-country power grid. Though that does make sense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cygnia Posted January 19, 2019 Report Share Posted January 19, 2019 Pipeline Explosion Kills at Least 66 in Mexico Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christopher Posted January 20, 2019 Report Share Posted January 20, 2019 6 hours ago, Badger said: Didn't realize Europe had a multi-country power grid. Though that does make sense. Electrical buying and selling is very common. German Coal Plants are actually mostly selling the power to France and Belgium. Nuclear Powerplants have the huge downside of a very slow reaction time. Changing the output can take hours to days. Renewable energy is by nature unpredictable. Gas and Coal plants are resonsible for quick reaction adaption . For cases like this. tkdguy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted January 20, 2019 Report Share Posted January 20, 2019 Huh. Here I thought that all Europe was 50Hz 240VAC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starlord Posted January 20, 2019 Report Share Posted January 20, 2019 Yeah, 220, 221...whatever it takes. BoloOfEarth 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted January 20, 2019 Report Share Posted January 20, 2019 240v here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wcw43921 Posted January 20, 2019 Report Share Posted January 20, 2019 Weird Al Yankovic Gets A Star On The Walk Of Fame An old story, but worthy of attention. Cygnia and Hermit 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkdguy Posted January 21, 2019 Author Report Share Posted January 21, 2019 11 hours ago, wcw43921 said: Weird Al Yankovic Gets A Star On The Walk Of Fame An old story, but worthy of attention. One of my former employers knows him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Hopcroft Posted January 21, 2019 Report Share Posted January 21, 2019 19 minutes ago, tkdguy said: One of my former employers knows him. Now that's what I call a Lame Claim to Fame... ? Lord Liaden 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkdguy Posted January 21, 2019 Author Report Share Posted January 21, 2019 14 minutes ago, Michael Hopcroft said: Now that's what I call a Lame Claim to Fame... ? For her, or for me? In my case, I was never a fan, although I found a few of his videos hilarious. For her, Weird Al is a friend of the family. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pariah Posted January 21, 2019 Report Share Posted January 21, 2019 The lunar eclipse was visible in Salt Lake City, and it was spectacular. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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