there are gorgons on the moon? (didn't check the vid --sound out-of-order this 'puter)
Wherever they are, I'd reckon they would otherwise ruin any cheese, wherever found. don't trust gorgons either!
Posted on 11/25/2012 10:55:49 AM PST by Errant
satellite?
Sounds like you've got your own command center running there in the boonies! :)
Watching the video made me wonder--is the first quarter moon brighter than the third quarter moon? It looks like a larger share of sunlit portion of the moon is dark gray maria at third quarter than at first.
I do hate gorgonzola cheese! Would rather eat the drippings from a sewer line.
It’s called Internet on the Go, it’s from Walmart. The machine is a wireless hotspot, has a cell-style battery (making it portable) and a wall charger (making it 24-7). Minutes can be had online, or from Walmart, and the initial purchase gets ya another $25 bonus or 3GB (so, I spent $10, got 4GB for 30 days).
Unlimited time (IOW, time that doesn’t expire until its used) is twice the money, or rather, the same money gets one half the GB’s, but for casual use (cottage?) it works, and the purchase stays good if one uses it at least once a year.
It’s looking cheaper than the wired options where I live now, and WAY cheaper than the other wireless options. Speed’s okay. Pages fall out once in a while, but they were definitely doing that on the dialup. After I got it working a couple hours ago, I started d/ling browser updates and such, burning off a lot of bandwidth I’m sure, to the tune of, 243MB (and counting), that’s a lot of d/ling.
Had to switch to Mac OS X and to different hardware, and I would have switched years ago, but I really, really hate this interface and the in-your-face Windulls-like Easter-egg functions — IOW, the effin’ OS is constantly popping up with things as if it can read minds. It can’t.
This is a CPU I didn’t pay for, and the keyboard, well, it just sucks. Got to switch that out. Hmm, I’ll try that goofy big yellow one I got at Bed Bath & Beyond not long ago...
Okay, it works, but it’s a little cockeyed. I like the big text.
there are gorgons on the moon? (didn't check the vid --sound out-of-order this 'puter)
Wherever they are, I'd reckon they would otherwise ruin any cheese, wherever found. don't trust gorgons either!
Oh yeah, I’m practically running the planet from here. ;’)
I’m examining some prospects like getting a Mac mini, probably the base model, to replace this PPC behemoth, which btw makes almost no sound at all. Kinda creepy. :’) The Mac mini with OS X Server is more money, and is tempting because I’d like to run my own cloud from here, but I have other ways of doing that anyway.
Consolidation of all these machines and capabilities is going to take time now that I’ve got broadband settled. Tonight I’d like to get the rest of the electronics settled in — they have built-in wireless, and I can’t figure out how to make them hook up. Probably needed to get my initial setup taken care of, get the hotspot registered (once i got a steady signal, it wouldn’t let me do anything else, and I got stymied a couple of times, leading to lots of blue air and pledges to take everything new back for refund and become a monk).
Oh, forgot — /thread hijack
Back on topic, the Moon’s apogee-perigee is about a 5% variance, iow, it’s about 13,000 miles different.
HAN: I think I can get him before he gets there... he’s almost in range.
The small moon begins to take on the appearance of a monstrous spherical battle station.
BEN: That’s no moon! It’s a space station.
HAN: It’s too big to be a space station.
LUKE: I have a very bad feeling about this.
HAN: Yeah, I think your right. Full reverse! Chewie, lock in the auxiliary power.
I thought this would be easy to track down, the search engine was somewhat niggardly. LiM has linked a cool GIF movie someone made of the Moon going through its full gyration. Couldn’t find it.
Thanks Lonesome in Massachussets for any help you can give.
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Hey bud...
I have reviewed the North East quakes over the past months and now with yesterdays at the mouth of the St.Lawrence I think it’s safe to say something bigger than a 6 is going to occur up there with the next few months...
Amazing stuff really. There is buckling going on at various depths. The large quakes that did occur both on land and off shore have not had any aftershocks either.
Something to keep an eye on for sure....!
Placeholder for later look-up... nothing to see here...
Was tinkering with a Net10 android. No luck turning it into hotspot yet. They've got a great pay as you go plan at $45 a month for unlimited everything over 3G. Most coverage too.
Thanks! It will probably affect the Madrid as well. It’s just a matter of time, IMO. Those CO2 spikes found occurring around ice ages in Antarctic ice core samples are there for a reason…
but the look into the history of New England quakes has been fascinating. Not much but anecdotal evidence up there but they have had periods of extreme quaking. One theory is there was a huge quake at one time and what is now realized are still aftershocks from that large quake but I think that would be a stretch.
Who knows but I do know after reviewing the video from that maine quake that it was not a normal shake but a sharp jolt....then nothing. Just odd really.
Oh well happy thanksgiving since I have not posted since then to you!
Back at you! Hope you're over Sandy?
I finished cleaning up the last of the debris from Isaac only a few weeks ago. It took the cable company forever to raise their lines back into place so I could remove the tree that brought them down.
Magnitude 5.0
Depth 10.2 km (6.3 miles)
Region NORTHERN ALGERIA
Yep...saw that interesting quake for sure.
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