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Rice · Post by **Rice** » Sun, 15. Oct 17, 18:27

time to held a Doggy bathing challenge in your neighbourhood with Cheese , Cake and Dogs

burger1 · Post by **burger1** » Mon, 16. Oct 17, 19:54

If you get really lost google has added 3 planets and nine moons to Google Maps.

https://www.cnet.com/news/google-maps-p ... turn-nasa/

Morkonan · Post by **Morkonan** » Tue, 17. Oct 17, 01:14

ALERT ALERT ALERT ALERT ALERT

GIANT ROBOT DUEL: U.S. VS JAPAN - Tomorrow!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_cont ... Dc-9HLky-k

Tracker001 · Post by **Tracker001** » Tue, 17. Oct 17, 20:27

Victimhood
~ 30min

Tracker001 · Post by **Tracker001** » Thu, 19. Oct 17, 11:48

The journalist who led the Panama Papers investigation into corruption in Malta was killed on Monday in a car bomb near her home.

https://lovinmalta.com/

Daphne Caruana Galizia, a blogger whose investigations focused on corruption, was described as a ‘one-woman WikiLeaks’
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/ ... journalist

Morkonan · Post by **Morkonan** » Thu, 19. Oct 17, 14:01

Just a quick blurb on a topic of general interest,usually: Bannerlord Devblog: How history influences game construction

Tracker001 wrote:The journalist who led the Panama Papers investigation into corruption in Malta was killed on Monday in a car bomb near her home.

"And, that's the end of that..." said the corrupt official, probably. :/

How often are we faced with corruption, right in front of us, and we look away?

This is what happens when we look away.

Morkonan · Post by **Morkonan** » Thu, 19. Oct 17, 16:21

Is this the Shadowrun movie I've been waiting for?

O_M_G!

"Bright" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_cont ... qzK1kbx0NA

Will Smith. Orcs. Elves. Magic. Cop Action Movie?

$%$@@^$@^ AWESOME!

My imagination just got that thing that happens when that you_know_what kind of thing that happens to guys when you_know_what happens...

greypanther · Post by **greypanther** » Thu, 19. Oct 17, 18:48

Interesting and it could be good Mork, now I might have to subscribe to Netflix. How much is that again?

felter · Post by **felter** » Fri, 20. Oct 17, 05:04

So I don't normally listen to political speeches, but I've just listened to the George W. Bush Speech. I got to say WOW, while he never mentions anyone in particular, have a listen and see if you can work out just who he is taking a dig at.

Morkonan · Post by **Morkonan** » Fri, 20. Oct 17, 08:43

greypanther wrote:Interesting and it could be good Mork, now I might have to subscribe to Netflix. How much is that again?

No idea - I don't have a subscription. But, Imma watch it, anyway, since I have a friend who does.

THIS JUST IN! CALLING ALL STAR CONTROL VETS!

http://store.steampowered.com/app/27126 ... l_Origins/

Yes, that's right - "Star Control Origins." Let's pray they don't screw it up... Star Control II is still a wonderful game, today. You can get it free, here, completely legally. It's the laserdisk version, so it has integrated voice dialogue and animations.

http://sc2.sourceforge.net/

IT'S STILL GOOD! And, yes, you can still play "arcade" mode!

@felter - Yeah, I watched that speech. It was pretty impressive. Obama did one as well, so I wouldn't be surprised if there wasn't some consensus going on between those two and, perhaps, other leaders.

OmegaKnight · Post by **OmegaKnight** » Thu, 26. Oct 17, 04:18

First Interstellar Comet, designation: C/2017 U1, PanSTARRS

greypanther · Post by **greypanther** » Thu, 26. Oct 17, 14:48

Thank you for that Omega Knight, I like that sort of article, but missed it. I think I will have to subscribe to a few magazines again, to get back into the loop, so to speak.

Morkonan · Post by **Morkonan** » Thu, 26. Oct 17, 17:35

OmegaKnight wrote:First Interstellar Comet, designation: C/2017 U1, PanSTARRS

I read the announcement for that, posted by one of the astronomers, on... imgur (reddit-kinda) a couple of days ago.

It's amazing that informal social media sites can get "news" out quicker than official ones.

This is definitely in the realm of "pretty darn cool stuff."

burger1 · Post by **burger1** » Thu, 26. Oct 17, 22:42

Robot granted citizenship in Saudi Arabia.

https://www.thenational.ae/business/tec ... p-1.670475

Post by **Nanook** » Thu, 26. Oct 17, 23:11

Wonder if 'she' has to wear a burqa.

Morkonan · Post by **Morkonan** » Fri, 27. Oct 17, 00:00

burger1 wrote:Robot granted citizenship in Saudi Arabia....

Probably wasn't the robot's first choice...

Well, at least it will have healthcare.

(A really dumb publicity stunt, but I guess SA has made more of a statement regarding the worth of being an SA citizen rather than the actual value of this robot's... rights.)

Tracker001 · Post by **Tracker001** » Fri, 27. Oct 17, 09:25

Air cooling your system . In this case I'd recommend you put your system a mile away . In a sound proof box.

pjknibbs · Post by **pjknibbs** » Fri, 27. Oct 17, 12:44

Surprising the end result wasn't more than about the 10 degree difference they measured, really!

Morkonan · Post by **Morkonan** » Fri, 27. Oct 17, 18:28

I was going to post some confined space cooling fans driven by air pressure. There's also a type that uses a physical phenomenon I can't quite remember the name of. (Not "venturi", the other one...) That sort of funnel-like instrument ends up sort of separating hot air from cooler air using a turbine effect, something like the venturi effect, but specifically to "blow cold air." Of course, you have to have an exhaust for both types. Heat has to move somewhere and not directing it out of the area is... stoopid.

So, when I went to find a quick link, the first thing I ran across was this site that has, right on the front page, the same high-volume fans used in the video, it seems. If so, that explains the noise a bit - They're pneumatic explosion-proof (intrinsically safe) non-sparking fans. I didn't double check the vid again, but it looks like they used those unless they found an electric version. (Could be, since mfrs use the same cases for both, most likely.)

Industrialfansdirect

If you don't mind paying for the power, you can cool the crap out of computer. You won't be powering the system through a USB 3.0 port, though. Maybe a USB 9.5 port.... in a few decades.

Morkonan · Post by **Morkonan** » Fri, 27. Oct 17, 18:52

And, now for something completely different...

"The Kennedy Papers" have been... partially released. (Some bits have been redacted at the last minute due to requests of national security agencies... )

Some synopses: https://imgur.com/gallery/9btAY

The rabbit-hole that tinfoilers leap down on a daily basis, but at least it's moderated, so it's got that going for it. Lots of discussions there on this latest fuel for the Conspiracy Fire. (Jet fuel can't burn hot enough to melt The Kennedy Papers...)

https://www.reddit.com/r/conspiracy/

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