Random Thoughts 7

[collinsmark]

Bleugh.

So much for astrophotography for a while.

In the mean time, the camera is off the old scope, and I'm taking the opportunity to build up a new DARK library for a new scope/rig/setup, with the new gain and binning settings I plan to use. (I plan on binning 2×2 instead of 3×3, along with a correspondingly lower gain setting to improve resolution and dynamic range. At least as a start.) I might post updates on the new setup in the Astronomy/Astrophysics sub-forum, in the coming weeks, perhaps.

Come to think of it, the new equipment was probably packaged with the obligatory clouds. That tracks.

 

[fresh_42]

Great final! Does anybody else watch it?
@Ibix, @pinball1970 perhaps?

 

[WWGD]

Great final! Does anybody else watch it?
@Ibix, @pinball1970 perhaps?

I'm surprised there's no team named " Tigers". It seems to pop up everywhere else.

 

[Ibix]

Great final! Does anybody else watch it?
@Ibix, @pinball1970 perhaps?

If I ask "final of what", does that answer your question?

 

[fresh_42]

If I ask "final of what", does that answer your question?

Yes. Does "Trump has just won a few seconds ago" answer your question?

It was worth watching. I hope Trump won't keep this form until spring. I'm still a Ronnie fan.

 

[WWGD]

Yes. Does "Trump has just won a few seconds ago" answer your question?

It was worth watching. I hope Trump won't keep this form until spring. I'm still a Ronnie fan.

Why am I accessing an old/weird format of PF, rather than the present one

 

[Ibix]

Greg said there were some problems with the PHP update at the weekend - going to guess he tried updating it again and there are still problems...

 

[Ibix]

Greg said there were some problems with the PHP update at the weekend - going to guess he tried updating it again and there are still issues.

 

[BillTre]

This is why there are so few old growth forests left.
When I moved to Oregon in the 1980's trucks with logs like this were still seen on the highways.
Not now.

 

[WWGD]

Not sure if it's a true story, but I heard about this guy with last name Lakoff, who opened up a communication company with his name, didn't last too long: " Lakoff Communication ".

 

[dlgoff]

I've been offline for a while due to a failed MODEM. I bought a new one and it just now let me open the internet.

 

[dlgoff]

Spring has sprung here in my little town in Kansas. Birds of every type that are normally here in the summer are here now.

 

[phinds]

Spring has sprung here in my little town in Kansas. Birds of every type that are normally here in the summer are here now.

How much earlier is this than your normal spring onset?

 

[dlgoff]

How much earlier is this than your normal spring onset?

one to two months.

 

[WWGD]

O

Or maybe now he has the power to change it himself?

 

[WWGD]

Is there a need/interest with PF users to be able to ask just-beyond reference questions requiring only two-three word answers? e.g., are algae protista ? Or, is every nxn matrix satisfying $A^n =I; I$ the identity conjugate to a diagonal matrix with n-th roots of unity in the diagonal, or, is the value of $G$ in $F= \frac {Gm_1m_2}{r^2}$ different in different planets/settings, etc? These would go slightly beyond pure reference questions , but wouldn't be full questions either?

 

[fresh_42]

It is really inconvenient to search for Taylor series these days.

 

[WWGD]

" Windows has run into a problem " blue screen has become :
" Your PC has run into a problem". Hmm

I guess marketing over engineering.

 

[WWGD]

It is really inconvenient to search for Taylor series these days.

Is this related to my post? Don't get it. Are the answers to my questions too obvious ?

 

[collinsmark]

Is this related to my post? Don't get it. Are the answers to my questions too obvious ?

I'm guessing it's unrelated. My interpretation is that it's tough these days to do Internet (e.g., google) searches on Taylor series (i.e., Taylor Series Expansion) due to the increasingly popular superstardom of Taylor Swift.

 

[WWGD]

I'm guessing it's unrelated. My interpretation is that it's tough these days to do Internet (e.g., google) searches on Taylor series (i.e., Taylor Series Expansion) due to the increasingly popular superstardom of Taylor Swift.

Ah, thanks for tailoring your comment to mine ;) , makes sense.

 

[WWGD]

Saw a cop walking into a Dunkin Donuts. Had to hold myself back from shouting " Stereotype, Stereotype!"

 

[dlgoff]

Super Bowl LVIII. How about those KC Chiefs?

 

[WWGD]

Kind of depressing thought came to me when hearing the trope " One door closes but one door opens". Yes, door with the car closes, door with the goat opens.

 

[fresh_42]

Super Bowl LVIII. How about those KC Chiefs?

... Mahomes and the last quarter ...

 

[Borg]

This was my favorite Super Bowl commercial.

 

[Astronuc]

Don't build homes on sandstone cliffs! Duh!
Sandstone cliffs will eventually collapse, especially if it gets too wet, or subject to significant seismic activity.

Cliffside collapse in California: Mansions teeter on edge as more bad weather forecasted​

https://www.msn.com/en-us/weather/t...ge-as-more-bad-weather-forecasted/ar-BB1iei3z

 

[WWGD]

Ai voice translator into Spanish: Eton = Eat On, "Continua comiendo". A profesor with last name " Escaleras ", translated into " Stair master". We have at least 10 good years until AI takes over.

 

[dlgoff]

Don't build homes on sandstone cliffs! Duh!
Sandstone cliffs will eventually collapse, especially if it gets too wet, or subject to significant seismic activity.

Cliffside collapse in California: Mansions teeter on edge as more bad weather forecasted​

https://www.msn.com/en-us/weather/t...ge-as-more-bad-weather-forecasted/ar-BB1iei3z

The link just takes me to a blank MSN page

 

[fresh_42]

The link just takes me to a blank MSN page

 

[dlgoff]

View attachment 340338

Thanks for the photo. But I wonder why the link doesn't open for me?

 

[WWGD]

Thanks for the photo. But I wonder why the link doesn't open for me?

Not sure, it opened up for me. Any error message?

 

[dlgoff]

Not sure, it opened up for me. Any error message?

Well. I'm using Chrome and it pops up "taking to long to load." But it does that on about every link. Maybe because I'm still using windows 7.
edit: the message is page unresponsive.

 

[Astronuc]

The link just takes me to a blank MSN page

Is the link/url parsed?
When I used the link, it takes me to the article

Cliffside collapse in California: Mansions teeter on edge as more bad weather forecasted​

Windows7?!

 

[dlgoff]

Is the link/url parsed?
When I used the link, it takes me to the article

Cliffside collapse in California: Mansions teeter on edge as more bad weather forecasted​

Windows7?!

I finally got the article using this link when doing a Google search:
https://www.foxnews.com/us/cliffsid...sions-teeter-edge-more-bad-weather-forecasted

I know, I know. Windows 7 is about the only thing that will run on this old machine.