Daily Tech News 29 August 2022

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The scariest words in the English language are We'll just take a quick snapshot of the database and then bring it back up with replication enabled.
Ten years after Fukushima killed nobody despite being hit by an earthquake and a tidal wave the enemies of humanity have decided that freezing in the dark is not such a great option if it's going to apply to them. (MSN)

They weren't supposed to freeze in the dark. That's for those awful poors.
Natural gas in Europe is 10 times more expensive than it was a year ago, and the continent is now competing with Japan and other global buyers for supplies of liquified natural gas, driving up prices even more.
Despite being proven catastrophically wrong on every front, some of the self-anointed elites retain a stranglehold on their idiocy:
"There's no connection between building nuclear power plants and dealing with the price spike caused by the loss of Russian gas," since they take at least a decade to construct, said Tom Burke, the chairman of E3G, a London-based climate think tank. "Our policies have led us to utter disaster, so I see no reason to change now."

Tech News

AMD's Ryzen 7000 launch event is today. (WCCFTech)

Well, tomorrow for me. Today in the US. I don't know if I'll bother to watch it live.
One last leak for old time's sake: The Ryzen 7950X could peak at 5.85GHz. (Tom's Hardware)

That's 20% faster than the 5950X, plus a 10% performance boost from improvements to the CPU design. If accurate this should be quite a capable chip.
A new remote execution vulnerability has been found - for the GameBoy Colour. (TheXcellerator)

You do need the Mobile Adaptor GB - which wasn't sold outside of Japan - to be vulnerable, so you're probably safe from having your pokemons stolen while you sleep.
Why are D-sharp and E-flat considered two different notes? (Ethan Hein)

Because they are two different notes - or were, before pianos ruined everything.

Disclaimer: I'm from tech support. I'm here to help.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at 04:24 AM

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1 I run Linux Distro and I don't own a TV!!!!
Just had to say that

Posted by: LenNeal at August 29, 2022 04:26 AM (43xH1)

2 Good evening Pixy

https://tinyurl.com/bdhxynf5
20 Tweets from Bad Blue

Posted by: Skip at August 29, 2022 04:29 AM (k8B25)

3 >>>"Our policies have led us to utter disaster, so I see no reason to change now."

/snark

Posted by: m at August 29, 2022 04:36 AM (1vmZ4)

4 Thanks, Pixy!

We're saved!

Raykon is happily drunk, back on the ONT. Hasn't started calling us "girls" or professing love for Jesus yet, though.

Posted by: JQ at August 29, 2022 04:39 AM (dpnJh)

5 Sarah just itching for a 'first"

Posted by: Skip at August 29, 2022 04:40 AM (k8B25)

6 Out early only to get home early
Hope it works

Posted by: Skip at August 29, 2022 04:40 AM (k8B25)

7 Happy Monday, all!

Posted by: m at August 29, 2022 04:41 AM (1vmZ4)

8 Why are D-sharp and E-flat considered two different notes? (Ethan Hein). Because they are two different notes - or were, before pianos ruined everything.

Tempered tuning ruined nothing. It allowed Beethoven to write his 32 piano sonatas and sound incredible over the ages. And if you're still not convinced by this empirical evidence I will point you towards Bach who wrote the Well-Tempered Clavier pieces to prove the advantages of tempered tuning. Those are just two examples of what came out of this system. And I'm not about to argue with either of them. That this system rendered D sharp and E flat to resonate at the same frequencies is an actual important consequence. It allows us to have a music theory that allows us to shift tonal centers and have a comprehensible way of notating things.

Posted by: Lost In Space at August 29, 2022 04:42 AM (dq6ev)

9
Nukes are okay, but hydro should be everywhere there's a stream. Gravity is free and plentiful. Small lakes provide recreation for the proles to enjoy.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at August 29, 2022 04:45 AM (jE276)

10 LIS, I read Pixy as saying:

before pianos "ruined" "everything"

with a large dash of snark.

Posted by: m at August 29, 2022 04:46 AM (1vmZ4)

11 Oh let's see, Tech. I have a tower running Windows XP, and a Dell laptop also, XP. XP runs a stunning amount of legacy Very Important Systems. For day to day I run a disposable Chromebook. I do books, so I run Linux, GIMP was a horrible learning curve but it's actually awesome. LibreOffice, I've now printed 4 books using it in conjunction with Lulu.
My XPs and Linux, don't go online.
Phones? Tracfone. Huge numbers of their users are criminals. You are tracked, but So What. You can get a real smartphone for about $100/year.
I've not owned a TV in almost 20 years. But Gallium do recommend, it's a very lightweight thing.

Posted by: LenNeal at August 29, 2022 04:47 AM (43xH1)

12 I also have what I call the Chinese Spy Phone, it's a CAt 52 I bought at a store in Serbia for E70, and it's a total Spy Phone. I use it with various SIMs. It totally spies on me all the time.
That's about it.

Posted by: LenNeal at August 29, 2022 04:49 AM (43xH1)

13
Gimp is okay, but it lacks one Photoshop feature - plastic wrap. I've never seen a workaround.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at August 29, 2022 04:51 AM (jE276)

14 The guy at the music blog points out that "Hacker News is having a lively discussion of this post." And that link is:

https://tinyurl.com/72vh56ca

Posted by: m at August 29, 2022 04:51 AM (1vmZ4)

15 13
Gimp is okay, but it lacks one Photoshop feature - plastic wrap. I've never seen a workaround.

Huh. I work with multiple images, I do Comics, so I'm less concerned about individual image quality and more about average narrative.
http://lenneal.com/
All this is old material, so I'm less than concerned about having that One Perfect Image.

Posted by: LenNeal at August 29, 2022 04:56 AM (43xH1)

16 Morning, Pixy!

I keep seeing videos advising people not to shut down their computers. Just leave them on "sleep mode." Could you give me an opinion on this?

Posted by: Sam Adams at August 29, 2022 04:56 AM (VDbGO)

17 I do still have Photoshop 7, and my favorite program of all time was Aldus Pagemaker.

Posted by: LenNeal at August 29, 2022 04:57 AM (43xH1)

18 We have cable internet/wifi. Nice and fast. Used to also have tv-channel lineup but once we got a roku-tv (for wireless convenience in a far room) we cancelled the catv channels. EFF the alphabet networks! And the "sports surcharge"! Grrrr....

Other teevees got a roku stick. Even with a couple of channel subscriptions, it's way cheaper than before. And fewer commercials. Winning!

Posted by: JQ at August 29, 2022 04:58 AM (dpnJh)

19 #9 Divide by Zero,

Why is the state of Commiefornia tearing down their hydroelectric dams? Water and gravity, with zero emissions.

All of these people shrieking, "Nature didn't intend that!" should be forced to walk to the shores of Lake Michigan in winter, strip off all of their clothes, and walk into the woods. THAT is what "nature intended" for you.

Posted by: Sam Adams at August 29, 2022 05:00 AM (VDbGO)

20 Good Lord, past my bedtime. Gotta run. Have fun, kids. Good seeing you, even briefly.

Posted by: Sam Adams at August 29, 2022 05:01 AM (VDbGO)

21
When America was great, I made a couple hundred thousand dollars a year with Pagemaker. I can't imagine one feature that program lacked.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at August 29, 2022 05:02 AM (jE276)

22 Divide By Zero, I'll check that out.
I like GIMP but my approach is hundreds of images at a time targeted to a final pdf and ebooks, so we may have different goals.
I really don't 'do' single image Art, I deal with multiple image Art.

Posted by: LenNeal at August 29, 2022 05:02 AM (43xH1)

23 "Our policies have led us to utter disaster, so I see no reason to change now."
-

What?

Posted by: Biden's Dog at August 29, 2022 05:05 AM (odVni)

24 Divide By Zero, I LOVED Pagemaker and I still have it on an isolated system. They were working on export to pdf when Adobe fucked it, Oh... Such a beautiful thing, the way you could move back and forth in the drawing board.
I did an entire book on it and won a Xeric Award.
I didn't ask for much and still have all the copies.
Turns out a White Guy writing a book about Black People wasn't salable! HAHA
Lenard Neal and Joel White are the same person, like Mark Twain and Samuel Clemens...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joel_White_(cartoonist)

Posted by: LenNeal at August 29, 2022 05:10 AM (43xH1)

25 Notice how the nuclear argument is exactly the same as oil exploration (the lag time between searching, building and the oil actually coming on line?)

Posted by: Aetius451AD at August 29, 2022 05:11 AM (dNqv+)

26 Artemis: Nasa ready to launch new era of Moon exploration

The rocket is timed to go up from the Kennedy Space Centre at 08:33 local time (12:33 GMT; 13:33 BST) on Monday.

https://tinyurl.com/25b88zuy

Posted by: m at August 29, 2022 05:12 AM (1vmZ4)

27 NASA coverage

https://www.nasa.gov/content/
live-coverage-of-nasas-
artemis-i-mission-to-the-moon

https://tinyurl.com/4swdvep6

Posted by: m at August 29, 2022 05:15 AM (1vmZ4)

28 Nukes are okay, but hydro should be everywhere there's a stream. Gravity is free and plentiful. Small lakes provide recreation for the proles to enjoy.
Posted by: Divide by Zero at August 29, 2022 04:45 AM (jE276)

That's why it's 'All of the above.' Plentiful energy is a key to a prosperous society- which is why they hate it and had to come up with some reason why it had to be destroyed.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at August 29, 2022 05:16 AM (dNqv+)

29
Fueling looks to be about complete for the core stage, after some glitches. Lightning risk delayed start of tanking, then a possible LH2 leak delayed it a bit more.

But the LH2 tank is full, and the LOX tank is 99%. Then they'll start filling up the upper stage, which won't take much.

Now, LOX is 100%, both are in topping mode (just maintaining level against blow off).

Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion (Mzdiz) at August 29, 2022 05:17 AM (Mzdiz)

30 About 2 hours and 45 minutes until launch.

Posted by: m at August 29, 2022 05:18 AM (1vmZ4)

31 10 LIS, I read Pixy as saying:

before pianos "ruined" "everything"

with a large dash of snark.

I never snark. Also, my quotes are always 100% accurate. Sometimes slightly more.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at August 29, 2022 05:18 AM (BLOW1)

32
g'mornin', 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at August 29, 2022 05:20 AM (ENBF0)

33
Artemis here, the SLS, is more powerful than the mighty Saturn V. It's shorter, in this Block I configuration, but will be about as tall in the final Block Ib and Block II configurations.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion (Mzdiz) at August 29, 2022 05:20 AM (Mzdiz)

34 I never snark. Also, my quotes are always 100% accurate. Sometimes slightly more.
Posted by: Pixy Misa at August 29, 2022 05:18 AM (BLOW1)

We rate this as: four Pinocchios.

Posted by: Fact Checkers, aka progressive douchebags at August 29, 2022 05:21 AM (dNqv+)

35 Only four?!

Posted by: Pixy Misa at August 29, 2022 05:23 AM (BLOW1)

36 Artemis here, the SLS, is more powerful than the mighty Saturn V. It's shorter, in this Block I configuration, but will be about as tall in the final Block Ib and Block II configurations.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion (Mzdiz) at August 29, 2022 05:20 AM (Mzdiz)

I'll admit, for some reason it does not quite have that sense of wonder. Maybe I am just older and cynical, and maybe because the bureaucrats have jumped straight to trips to Pittsburg.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at August 29, 2022 05:24 AM (dNqv+)

37 A psalm when you're feeling overwhelmed and fearful. ( I'm not at the moment actually, but I think that psalms are good to read). :

https://tinyurl.com/357fjj69

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 29, 2022 05:26 AM (ubYQx)

38 35 Only four?!
Posted by: Pixy Misa at August 29, 2022 05:23 AM (BLOW1)

*snipped joke about Ministry of Truth/commie bullshit*

I find it harder and harder to joke about this shit as they just keep putting their shoulder to the wheel of creating their dystopia.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at August 29, 2022 05:27 AM (dNqv+)

39 This flight is a big moment not just for Nasa, but for the European Space Agency.
It has provided the service module for Orion. This is the rear section that pushes the capsule through space. It's an in-kind contribution that Europe hopes will lead to its nationals being included in future journeys to the surface of the Moon.

https://tinyurl.com/25b88zuy

Posted by: m at August 29, 2022 05:27 AM (1vmZ4)

40 37 A psalm when you're feeling overwhelmed and fearful. ( I'm not at the moment actually, but I think that psalms are good to read). :

https://tinyurl.com/357fjj69
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 29, 2022 05:26 AM (ubYQx)

All day long they twist my words;
all their schemes are for my ruin.
...
7 Because of their wickedness do not let them escape;
in your anger, God, bring the nations down.

Wisdom is always timely and useful, Fen.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at August 29, 2022 05:30 AM (dNqv+)

41 now with quotation marks, 'cuz those are not my words:

"This flight is a big moment not just for Nasa, but for the European Space Agency.
"It has provided the service module for Orion. This is the rear section that pushes the capsule through space. It's an in-kind contribution that Europe hopes will lead to its nationals being included in future journeys to the surface of the Moon."

https://tinyurl.com/25b88zuy

Posted by: m at August 29, 2022 05:30 AM (1vmZ4)

42 since they take at least a decade to construct

*

Drink!

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Norway only has EVs because the government has guns at August 29, 2022 05:34 AM (pQmZr)

43 since they take at least a decade to construct

Or two 5 Year Plans

Posted by: Bruce at August 29, 2022 05:34 AM (vd8XM)

44
They've started the upper stage LH2 fill now, and soon will start LOX fill.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion (Mzdiz) at August 29, 2022 05:35 AM (Mzdiz)

45 I love the psalms. They have every kind of emotion in them, based in either praise or crying out to God or both.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 29, 2022 05:35 AM (ubYQx)

46 Dawn greetings

Posted by: DB at August 29, 2022 05:36 AM (geLO8)

47
The Saturn V was majestic. It rose off the pad regally. This thing, with the strap-on solid boosters, will jump off.

Yep, there's just not the magic here. Of course, I was just a little kid back then. There's a lot of people today who have no living memory of the Saturn V and Apollo. That may explain much of it.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion (Mzdiz) at August 29, 2022 05:36 AM (Mzdiz)

48 45 I love the psalms. They have every kind of emotion in them, based in either praise or crying out to God or both.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 29, 2022 05:35 AM (ubYQx)

David was a passionate man.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at August 29, 2022 05:39 AM (dNqv+)

49
On my street, back when America was great, we had doctors, and nurses, and two guys who ran Pagemaker for a living. We now have more doctors, more nurses, and zero guys who run Pagemaker for a living.

Progress.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at August 29, 2022 05:42 AM (jE276)

50 Oh and wiki says 'modern scholars' reject David writing any of the psalms and they were all written in the 5th the 9th century.

What would we do without 'modern scholars' to tell us that everything we believe in and trust is shit and we should only believe and trust in them- like good little slaves?

Posted by: Aetius451AD at August 29, 2022 05:42 AM (dNqv+)

51 "David was a passionate man."

Don't I know it?

Posted by: Bathsheba at August 29, 2022 05:43 AM (C1rbv)

52 Morning, 'rons and 'ettes.

Posted by: olddog in mo, No Cheetos allowed on the 'toon at August 29, 2022 05:49 AM (4+EmL)

53 "Our policies have led us to utter disaster, so I see no reason to change now."

WTF?

Posted by: olddog in mo, No Cheetos allowed on the 'toon at August 29, 2022 05:52 AM (4+EmL)

54 Note that I do not discount arguments for people over the many years making changes to scripture and the words of God as handed down by the prophets and Christ. People are shit in their need to meddle and their sheer hubris. This is one of the reasons I have always had certain doubts about a Sola Scriptura basis. On the other hand, tradition is ALSO influenced by people over the many years. It is hard to know Truth.

The Bible sets your feet upon the path- it is not the destination. Walking it it is up to you.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at August 29, 2022 05:53 AM (dNqv+)

55 >>>"Our policies have led us to utter disaster, so I see no reason to change now."

/snark
Posted by: m at August 29, 2022

***
The poster slogan for lefties everywhere

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at August 29, 2022 05:53 AM (c6xtn)

56 53 "Our policies have led us to utter disaster, so I see no reason to change now."

WTF?
Posted by: olddog in mo, No Cheetos allowed on the 'toon at August 29, 2022 05:52 AM (4+EmL)
-

See comment 23. So it's try what they say. You can't teach an olddog new tricks!

Posted by: Biden's Dog at August 29, 2022 05:53 AM (odVni)

57 See comment 23. So it's try what they say. You can't teach an olddog new tricks!
Posted by: Biden's Dog at August 29, 2022 05:53 AM (odVni)
-

And now I've read comment 3 and realize that I was projecting.

Posted by: Biden's Dog at August 29, 2022 05:55 AM (odVni)

58 "Our policies have led us to utter disaster, so I see no reason to change now."

More taxes will solve everything...
And the band played on.

...The Temptations...

Posted by: Bruce at August 29, 2022 05:55 AM (vd8XM)

59 I have a friend who just died this year. He was in his 70s and became a pastor as a second career-making less money in the process. He was a very smart man and had been a plant biologist . I gather he was a really fine pastor. One issue was that having been a scientist he liked to investigate things and so read a lot . It is was, IMO, not helpful to his faith that he read Biblical scholars who were either not bellievers in God or had real issues with
Traditional Christian theology and so had an axe to grind.After he retired he ended up believing David never existed and that there was no bodily resurrection. Even at his funeral the person giving the sermon said "It would have better for David-the pastor-just to embrace the mystery of some things". I hope God has answered some of his questions. Interestingly enough, his wife was a very faithful RC and never agonized over things the way he did.

I chose not to read Biblical scholars who are atheist or have an axe to grind .

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 29, 2022 06:00 AM (L/TQJ)

60 And now I've read comment 3 and realize that I was projecting.
Posted by: Biden's Dog at August 29, 2022 05:55
----------------
So, Pixy is tricksy.

Posted by: olddog in mo, No Cheetos allowed on the 'toon at August 29, 2022 06:00 AM (4+EmL)

61 "since they take a decade to build"

Wasn't that Clintons excuse for not drilling in ANWR?

Posted by: Fool Otto at August 29, 2022 06:03 AM (DB16e)

62 olddog in mo, No Cheetos allowed on the 'toon

Also, Reeses Peanut Butter Cups.

Posted by: Bruce at August 29, 2022 06:04 AM (vd8XM)

63 I chose not to read Biblical scholars who are atheist or have an axe to grind .
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 29, 2022 06:00 AM (L/TQJ)

I am running late, so I will have to be quick: Doubt is a strange thing. The introduction of doubt can actually strengthen your faith or you can allow it to destroy you completely. I think no matter what we are talking about, thinking and deciding for yourself is important. When someone tells you anything, or your read something, or you are examining beliefs, think about it. What rings true to you? Truth is like a pure note in music. A lie or deception is like an out of place note.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at August 29, 2022 06:06 AM (dNqv+)

64
Uh-oh, got a bleed problem on engine #3 on the core stage. Not getting the LH2 bleed (chill down of the engine piping) flow they need. They are troubleshooting, now.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion (Mzdiz) at August 29, 2022 06:07 AM (Mzdiz)

65 Hiya

Posted by: JT at August 29, 2022 06:10 AM (T4tVD)

66 Isn't Washington State on the way toward removing dams in the state so the fish (salmon) can get upstream. I guess the don't need the hydro power they produce and the electric car mandate will be just fine. Most don't know that the electric car mandate starts in just a few years and ramps up to 100 percent by 2035. But, but sales have to exceed over 50 percent in just a few years. California with a large amount of excess electrical power (/sarc) should be just fine. And don't forget that includes all electrical powered machines not just cars. What could go wrong.

Posted by: Colin at August 29, 2022 06:10 AM (XecMo)

67 Thanks Skip !

Posted by: JT at August 29, 2022 06:10 AM (T4tVD)

68 Artemis was the Greek goddess of hunting, wild nature, and chastity. Daughter of Zeus and sister of Apollo, Artemis was a patron of girls and young women and a protectress during childbirth.

Posted by: DB at August 29, 2022 06:12 AM (geLO8)

69
#tenyears is the globalists' #twoweeks

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars at August 29, 2022 06:12 AM (pNxlR)

70 "A crack in the inner tank flange," I think they said.

Posted by: m at August 29, 2022 06:13 AM (euHgA)

71 And don't forget that includes all electrical powered machines not just cars. What could go wrong.
Posted by: Colin

We'll just put more of those electric wall holes in all public places.

It's gonna cost though.

...Nitwits...

Posted by: Bruce at August 29, 2022 06:13 AM (vd8XM)

72 >"A crack in the inner tank flange," I think they said.

Posted by: m

I've seen this movie before!

Posted by: DB at August 29, 2022 06:14 AM (geLO8)

73 Artemis was the Greek goddess of hunting, wild nature, and chastity. Daughter of Zeus and sister of Apollo, Artemis was a patron of girls and young women and a protectress during childbirth.
Posted by: DB

Wow! Talk about multi-tasking.

Posted by: Bruce at August 29, 2022 06:15 AM (vd8XM)

74 I'd just put some duct tape on it.

Posted by: m at August 29, 2022 06:15 AM (euHgA)

75 I'd just put some duct tape on it.
Posted by: m

Moon Duct Tape

Posted by: Bruce at August 29, 2022 06:16 AM (vd8XM)

76
Yep, they've got a crack. This thing may have to be scrapped. We'll see. Woke engineering.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion (Mzdiz) at August 29, 2022 06:16 AM (Mzdiz)

77 68 Daughter of Zeus and sister of Apollo
Posted by: DB at August 29, 2022 06:12 AM (geLO

Twin sister of Apollo!

Posted by: m at August 29, 2022 06:16 AM (euHgA)

78 Is it wrong that I want this thing to fail? Not with loss of life, but with severe property damage and big explosion. It's probably wrong. I denounce myself. A little.

Posted by: DB at August 29, 2022 06:17 AM (geLO8)

79 >> A crack in the inner tank flange

*intertank* flange. That's the thing between the LOX and LH2 tanks.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion (Mzdiz) at August 29, 2022 06:18 AM (Mzdiz)

80 79 >> A crack in the inner tank flange

*intertank* flange. That's the thing between the LOX and LH2 tanks.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion (Mzdiz) at August 29, 2022 06:18 AM (Mzdiz)

Thanks!

Posted by: m at August 29, 2022 06:19 AM (euHgA)

81 Good morning everyone.

Posted by: Tonypete at August 29, 2022 06:19 AM (LsEU/)

82 >Yep, they've got a crack. This thing may have to be scrapped. We'll see. Woke engineering.

Posted by: publius

Fuck it. Light the fuse. It should work.

Posted by: NASA at August 29, 2022 06:19 AM (geLO8)

83 More humid than humid here, and in a open building

Posted by: Skip's phone at August 29, 2022 06:19 AM (T/7lr)

84 Fuck it. Light the fuse. It should work.
Posted by: NASA

Just keep her under 70.

...Shade Tree Mechanic...

Posted by: Bruce at August 29, 2022 06:20 AM (vd8XM)

85 The scariest words in the English language are...

This new ERP system will streamline processes, harmonize tasks and create scales of efficiency and its 100 percent cloud and web based.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at August 29, 2022 06:20 AM (X42kT)

86 FORTUNE FAVORS THE BOLD
LIGHT THIS CANDLE

Posted by: NASA at August 29, 2022 06:21 AM (geLO8)

87 Just feeling cynical this am
carry on

Posted by: DB at August 29, 2022 06:22 AM (geLO8)

88 Its been hot here in the 90's some days, but the local weatherman says it not unusual.. Records way back in the early to mid 20th century show it was much hotter. I didn't know SUV's were such a hot item back in the 1930's. But the experts know best, I guess.

Posted by: Colin at August 29, 2022 06:23 AM (XecMo)

89 Elon Musk
@elonmusk
Godspeed Artemis!

Posted by: m at August 29, 2022 06:24 AM (euHgA)

90 I read Linux Distro as "Linus Dino," an unholy mash-up of Peanuts and The Flintstones. I was filled with loathing and righteous anger. Then I put on my glasses.

Good morning.

Posted by: NaughtyPine at August 29, 2022 06:24 AM (/+bwe)

91 I didn't know SUV's were such a hot item back in the 1930's. But the experts know best, I guess.
Posted by: Colin

Back then it was cow farts.
Now, it's cow farts AND SUV's

Posted by: Bruce at August 29, 2022 06:24 AM (vd8XM)

92 Yep, there's just not the magic here. Of course, I was just a little kid back then. There's a lot of people today who have no living memory of the Saturn V and Apollo. That may explain much of it.
Posted by: publius

Remember how they'd pause instruction at school and either pipe a radio broadcast of the launches over the PA system or have an assembly in the gym to watch a telecast?

Yep - used to be a BFD.

Posted by: Tonypete at August 29, 2022 06:25 AM (LsEU/)

93 All my TVs run on linux (they’re Roku-based)

Posted by: quantum mechanic at August 29, 2022 06:26 AM (g1EEm)

94 Just about every morning I take a guess at the barometer and humidity and then check it. I was right on target this morning. The Knees know.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at August 29, 2022 06:26 AM (lz5hY)

95 If you don't have a monkey on your test flight, does it even count?

Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at August 29, 2022 06:26 AM (BOmIL)

96 GACK the music at the NASA website.

Posted by: m at August 29, 2022 06:27 AM (euHgA)

97 I saw GACK open for....

Posted by: Bruce at August 29, 2022 06:28 AM (vd8XM)

98 Can you believe it, the deserts of the southwest are dry.
It makes no since. Lets build that pipeline between the midwest to the Colorado river now! Biden can come up with the trillions needed just like he does for other expensive projects. Who the hell needs congress?

Posted by: Colin at August 29, 2022 06:29 AM (XecMo)

99 Biden can come up with the trillions needed just like he does for other expensive projects. Who the hell needs congress?
Posted by: Colin

Here Joe, just sign this piece of paper.

NO JOE, not eat the paper, SIGN the paper.
Here's your puddin'

Posted by: Bruce at August 29, 2022 06:31 AM (vd8XM)

100 Good morning!

Let's smile & be happy & strike fear in the hearts of killjoy leftists everywhere.

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at August 29, 2022 06:31 AM (u82oZ)

101 Posted by: Aetius451AD at August 29, 2022 06:06 AM (dNqv+)

Well stated and I agree with you. It's not that I have never had doubt but I read very fine scholars who deal with doubts and questions, not basically saying in an intellectual elitists fashion "How can you believe any of this stuff Lee Strobel who was an atheist and a lawyer examines evidence and through God's Grace came to believe. I don't want, for instance to read Sam Harris anymore who is what I call a "professional atheist" and leftism is his religion and now doesn't care how many bodies of children Hunter Biden had buried.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 29, 2022 06:31 AM (tv2RB)

102

The thermal stresses involved here are something else. Liquid hydrogen, with a vapor pressure of 1 atm, is at just around 20K, or -423F. LOX temperature at 1 atm is around 90K or -297F.

So, you've got big ass tanks (total volume here of about 3/4 of a million gallons) sitting at room temperature that have to hold shit that cold. You don't just start pouring it in. You've got to chill it down, slowly before you start pouring it in.

Note there's about a 125F difference between the LOX and LH2 tanks. The whole thing is ridiculously cold compared to ambient temperature, yet with internal temp differences of 125F.

This crack is the result of that thermal stress.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion (Mzdiz) at August 29, 2022 06:32 AM (Mzdiz)

103 Maybe NASA needs to convert to all electric rockets.

Posted by: Bruce at August 29, 2022 06:33 AM (vd8XM)

104 Morning, Tech Peeps

Posted by: fluffy at August 29, 2022 06:34 AM (UnQlg)

105 They don’t despise prosperity. They despise freedom. Freedom is a threat to governments and autocrats everywhere.

Posted by: quantum mechanic at August 29, 2022 06:34 AM (g1EEm)

106 I am happy. I am going to take a day off and spend it with FenSpouse.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 29, 2022 06:34 AM (tv2RB)

107 I am happy. I am going to take a day off and spend it with FenSpouse.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke

Have a great day Fen

Posted by: Bruce at August 29, 2022 06:35 AM (vd8XM)

108 I was just thinking about watching Saturn V launches, with the closeups from the remote cameras on the launch pad. Those must have been some cameras to withstand the heat and shock of that monster taking off.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at August 29, 2022 06:35 AM (lz5hY)

109 Freedom is a threat to governments and autocrats everywhere.
Posted by: quantum mechanic

We're not against freedom.
As long as you ask permission first.

Posted by: Bruce at August 29, 2022 06:36 AM (vd8XM)

110 Our principle in school was very good a piping big events over the school PA system. Even the baseball world series in the cafeteria and a few other rooms. Probably even played the Pledge of Allegiance, how terrible that must have been. I remember they had a student do the pledge over the speakers at 9am. Different student every morning. Even played a little music at the beginning of the school day. The school is closed now and mostly used for the free breakfasts provided, and children with special needs.

Posted by: Colin at August 29, 2022 06:36 AM (XecMo)

111 since they take at least a decade to construct, said Tom Burke, the chairman of E3G, a London-based climate think tank.

It takes 16 to 18 years to feed and educate these dumb little fuckers call chillrens! Why school we start building a new school now?

Posted by: rhennigantx at August 29, 2022 06:37 AM (BRHaw)

112 FenelonSpokr.

HAGD, you two turtledoves.

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at August 29, 2022 06:37 AM (u82oZ)

113 97 I saw GACK open for....
Posted by: Bruce at August 29, 2022 06:28 AM (vd8XM)

... in Cape Canaveral?

Posted by: m at August 29, 2022 06:38 AM (euHgA)

114 105 They don’t despise prosperity. They despise freedom. Freedom is a threat to governments and autocrats everywhere.
Posted by: quantum mechanic at August 29, 2022 06:34 AM (g1EEm)

Now add the prosperity of a small business owner along with the freedom it brings, and TA FUCKING DA, 87k new IRS Gestapo Agents.

Posted by: rhennigantx at August 29, 2022 06:40 AM (BRHaw)

115 Interesting little upset in the supply chain yesterday not getting a lot of attention. BP Whiting's refinery had a fire yesterday and shut down - its the largest refinery in the Midwest and accounts for roughly 25% of the gasoline in the area. The feds have declared an emergency (this one is real) allowing for alternate fuel supply transportation. Joe aint going to have a good Monday.

Posted by: Indignacio Vindacatorem at August 29, 2022 06:40 AM (AaLDK)

116 Lol thanks Salty. We are mostly talking about our empty nest without the boy but we will have a find English comedy, "Kind hearts and coronets" with Alec Guinness playing about 7 parts. I recommend it to anyone who needs a laugh.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 29, 2022 06:41 AM (tv2RB)

117 "Liquid oxygen venting."
Really ticked off.

Posted by: m at August 29, 2022 06:41 AM (euHgA)

118 Takes a decade to build...guess what isn't going to be reduced in a decade? Energy needs

Posted by: A dude in MI at August 29, 2022 06:42 AM (/6GbT)

119 "Liquid oxygen venting."
Really ticked off.
Posted by: m

It's gone Level 8 Karen

Posted by: Bruce at August 29, 2022 06:42 AM (vd8XM)

120
Artemis was a patron of girls and young women and a protectress during childbirth.
Posted by: DB

In her modern instantiation, Artemis (Diana, to the Romans) added "mentor to pancaking pedestrian bridge designers" to her portfolio.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars at August 29, 2022 06:42 AM (pNxlR)

121 >"Liquid oxygen venting."
Really ticked off.

Posted by: m

sounds like the boat has sprung a leak

Posted by: DB at August 29, 2022 06:42 AM (geLO8)

122 Have a great day everyone.

Be that swan gliding serenely though choppy water.

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at August 29, 2022 06:42 AM (u82oZ)

123 110 One of the sad things about schools being shut down is a lot were built for the long haul. Old elementary, middle, and high schools are in most cases an architectural salvage company's dream come true. When they do replace them, it's glass and cinderblock, and the cracks in the walls begin first semester.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at August 29, 2022 06:42 AM (lz5hY)

124 115 Interesting little upset in the supply chain yesterday not getting a lot of attention. BP Whiting's refinery had a fire yesterday and shut down - its the largest refinery in the Midwest and accounts for roughly 25% of the gasoline in the area. The feds have declared an emergency (this one is real) allowing for alternate fuel supply transportation. Joe aint going to have a good Monday.
Posted by: Indignacio Vindacatorem at August 29, 2022 06:40 AM (AaLDK)

How many summer blends to we have? 30 or so. It makes ZERO sense. Same as ethanol which in over 90 degrees causes much evaporation pollution.

Posted by: rhennigantx at August 29, 2022 06:43 AM (BRHaw)

125 121 >"Liquid oxygen venting."
Really ticked off.

Posted by: m

sounds like the boat has sprung a leak
Posted by: DB at August 29, 2022 06:42 AM (geLO

It's supposed to be venting. I just tried to make a little joke, there.

Posted by: m at August 29, 2022 06:44 AM (euHgA)

126 119 "Liquid oxygen venting."
Really ticked off.
Posted by: m

It's gone Level 8 Karen
Posted by: Bruce at August 29, 2022 06:42 AM (vd8XM)

Bruce made the better joke!

Posted by: m at August 29, 2022 06:45 AM (euHgA)

127 A Christian devotional on a sparrow's and a humans worth: with a reflection on the Book of Matthew.

https://tinyurl.com/2p843n7k

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 29, 2022 06:45 AM (tv2RB)

128 OK. I don't know rocket stuff.

Posted by: DB at August 29, 2022 06:45 AM (geLO8)

129 OH OK- 'venting'.

I was just thinking that movie, 'Houston, we are venting something out into space.'

Posted by: DB at August 29, 2022 06:46 AM (geLO8)

130
Maybe NASA needs to convert to all electric rockets.
Posted by: Bruce

Why, the unreeling extension cord technology alone would jumpstart a 22nd Century economy TODAY!

And once we plug that extension cord into the Sun, the sky's the limit!

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars at August 29, 2022 06:48 AM (pNxlR)

131 from NASA:

A 3D-printed replica of the Greek goddess Artemis will fly for later display in the Acropolis Museum in Greece. The Israel Space Agency is contributing a pebble from the shore of the Dead Sea, the lowest dry land surface area on Earth, to symbolize humanity’s continuing drive for exploration. The German Space Agency will fly digitized versions of student visions of lunar exploration as part of a nationwide educational activity.

Posted by: m at August 29, 2022 06:48 AM (euHgA)

132 Just feeling cynical this am
carry on
Posted by: DB

On should just get up and walk like the rest of us.

The lazy bum !

Posted by: JT at August 29, 2022 06:50 AM (T4tVD)

133 70 "A crack in the inner tank flange," I think they said.

I'll sell that to Saint Peter.

Posted by: LenNeal at August 29, 2022 06:50 AM (U11/V)

134 Breakfast time!

Have a good one all. We got lotsa much needed rain yesterday so I am happy.

About the rain anyway

Posted by: Bruce at August 29, 2022 06:50 AM (vd8XM)

135 Old elementary, middle, and high schools are in most cases an architectural salvage company's dream come true.
Posted by: bill in arkansas

My old grade school had marble, yes - marble all over the place - bathrooms, staircases, drinking fountains, etc. Big sheets of it on the walls, marble urinals and beautiful floors.

The replacement school looks like a glorified chicken coop.

Posted by: Tonypete at August 29, 2022 06:50 AM (LsEU/)

136 Me at the start of 2022 - Haha stupid Crypto Bros yelling "ride or die" as thier investment tanks to nothing.

Me (probably) at the end of 2022 - "Ride or Die IRA and 401k!!!!!!!!!!"

Posted by: Rbastid at August 29, 2022 06:51 AM (Nbn6b)

137 130 "OK guys, tomorrow's launch day. Everybody get some money out of petty cash and buy every D cell battery you can find. Get the good ones, with the rabbit beating the drum in the commercial. Damn, I miss Radio Shack."

Mission Control Battery Honcho

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at August 29, 2022 06:52 AM (lz5hY)

138 I'd like a venting latte, please.

Posted by: m at August 29, 2022 06:53 AM (euHgA)

139 Boy, a lot of Biblical references here. Highly unlike what I usually talk about in Biblical Lands, which usually involve a cappuccino and me saying, "So I shoot this fucking fool in the face."

Posted by: LenNeal at August 29, 2022 06:53 AM (U11/V)

140 Good morning morons

Local TV news reports two shot dead in Oakland last night and the shooter ran over and killed a bicyclist while fleeing.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 29, 2022 06:55 AM (EZebt)

141 I do books, so I run Linux, GIMP was a horrible learning curve but

Posted by: LenNeal at August 29, 2022 04:47 AM (43xH1)

GIMP the photoshop clone? I found it easy to adapt to, but it's just a bit wonky. You'll have to click stuff twice, there's lots of lag (or things you add like filters just don't work until you add them a dozen times) and it's just missing a lot, but until I can find a clean torrent of PS for my Mac, it's a pretty damn good alternative for free.

Posted by: Rbastid at August 29, 2022 06:55 AM (Nbn6b)

142
Our gDaughter begins kindergarten today.

Our six and one half years of having one or both gKids spend one weekday each week with us now ends. This is a melancholy moment.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars at August 29, 2022 06:55 AM (pNxlR)

143 It takes 16 to 18 years to feed and educate these dumb little fuckers call chillrens! Why school we start building a new school now?
Posted by: rhennigantx at August 29, 2022 06:37 AM

Ooo, good point! *scribbles notes*

Posted by: NaughtyPine at August 29, 2022 06:55 AM (/+bwe)

144 The scariest words in the English language are We'll just take a quick snapshot of the database and then bring it back up with replication enabled.

--------------------------------

I always thought they were Don't worry. We have a backup

Posted by: No One of Consequence at August 29, 2022 06:56 AM (RFKzk)

145 Good morning all. Another Monday...

Posted by: Rosasharn at August 29, 2022 06:56 AM (yEBFM)

146
the shooter ran over and killed a bicyclist while fleeing.

Covid death - get your booster shot today.

Posted by: CDC at August 29, 2022 06:57 AM (jE276)

147 Work beckons
Bombs away, NASA

Posted by: DB at August 29, 2022 06:57 AM (geLO8)

148
Re venting. You've got LOX and LH2 at roughly -300F and -420F. You've got let it boil off, and keep replenshing it. Think of boiling water. The heat source is ambient air.

Now, if you don't vent, well, the pressure starts to rise. Critical pressure of LOX is 730 psi, for hydrogen, about 200 psi.

If you let the temperature get too high, the tanks will explode. So, a fully fueled cryo propellant load has to vent and boil off.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion (Mzdiz) at August 29, 2022 06:57 AM (Mzdiz)

149 137 130 "OK guys, tomorrow's launch day. Everybody get some money out of petty cash and buy every D cell battery you can find. Get the good ones, with the rabbit beating the drum in the commercial. Damn, I miss Radio Shack."

Mission Control Battery Honcho
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at August 29, 2022 06:52 AM (lz5hY)

-----------------------------

"Raid your wives' underwear drawers if you have to"

Posted by: No One of Consequence at August 29, 2022 06:57 AM (RFKzk)

150 Lizzo at VMA:
“Your vote means everything to me, it means everything to making a change in this country … When you’re voting for your favorite artist, vote to change some of these laws that are oppressing us.”

Taxes? Property rights? Government Schools?
Like those?

Posted by: rhennigantx at August 29, 2022 06:59 AM (BRHaw)

151
The replacement school looks like a glorified chicken coop.
Posted by: Tonypete

Sprinkle in a little diversity during the design process and we'll make it look like a pancake!

-- Broward County's mostest diverstest all-gurl engineering design firm, "Reinforced Concrete Hotcakes To Go (TM)!"

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars at August 29, 2022 06:59 AM (pNxlR)

152 Local TV news reports a fatal stabbing at the Mission St BART station at 2 pm yesterday. BART had put up fencing to put an end to the open air drugs and stolen good fencing in the station plaza, but the denizens tore it down.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 29, 2022 07:01 AM (EZebt)

153 The White House
The Inflation Reduction Act will lower costs for families, tackle the climate crisis, reduce the deficit, and ensure the wealthy and corporations pay their fair share.

Every single Republican in Congress voted against it.

Every Dem VOTED FOR IT Remember that on 11/8!

Posted by: rhennigantx at August 29, 2022 07:01 AM (BRHaw)

154
"Raid your wives' underwear drawers if you have to"
Posted by: No One of Consequence

"Why is the launch vehicle pulsing?"

-- Mission Control thirty seconds into the launch

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars at August 29, 2022 07:01 AM (pNxlR)

155
"Raid your wives' underwear drawers if you have to"

Posted by: No One of Consequence at August 29, 2022 06:57 AM

Maybe that's what the Feds were really looking for during the Panty Wrayed - something embarrassing to leak to the New York Times.

An unnamed source revealed the existence of a treasure trove of adult toys and nuclear codes in Melania's panty drawer.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at August 29, 2022 07:02 AM (jE276)

156 135 Old elementary, middle, and high schools are in most cases an architectural salvage company's dream come true.
Posted by: bill in arkansas

My old grade school had marble, yes - marble all over the place - bathrooms, staircases, drinking fountains, etc. Big sheets of it on the walls, marble urinals and beautiful floors.

The replacement school looks like a glorified chicken coop.
Posted by: Tonypete at August 29, 2022 06:50 AM (LsEU/)

-------------------------

My high school had marble floors, and a stone exterior. We used to call it Castle Grayskull. They build an addition on at one point, but didn't try to match the stone work. They just used brick. Looked terrible. The addition was later torn down, and a new one put up that matched the style. As school architecture goes, it was an amazing building.

Posted by: No One of Consequence at August 29, 2022 07:02 AM (RFKzk)

157 135 Tonypete, another waste is when they decide a Post Office is inefficient or sumpin'. Instead of a little renovation, they close it and some are real beauties, brass, marble, and some of those depression era murals. At least they are wising up a little, with some schools and POs being sold off for private development without demolition.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at August 29, 2022 07:02 AM (lz5hY)

158
tackle the climate crisis

Wait, climate crisis is now a football team?

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars at August 29, 2022 07:03 AM (pNxlR)

159

Posted by: rhennigantx at August 29, 2022 06:59 AM (BRHaw)

Like her 700lb ass be o-pressing on the seams of her outfit until it burst?

Posted by: Rbastid at August 29, 2022 07:04 AM (Nbn6b)

160 Well, I was on a Turkish Airlines flight, and that's what you want: Bro, West Europe bleats, "We won't allow etc." and then shuts down their flights for weeks! TK kills them all, all of their family, hoses off the bigger pieces, and those planes are in the air within hours.
I missed a major attack by hours, I didn't know about it at all.
It was a slight delay.

Posted by: LenNeal at August 29, 2022 07:05 AM (U11/V)

161 Lindsey Graham saying if Donald Trump is prosecuted for mishandling of classified information "there will be riots in the streets".

Way to stir the pot numbnuts.

Posted by: JROD at August 29, 2022 07:05 AM (0jZnq)

162 155
"Raid your wives' underwear drawers if you have to"

Posted by: No One of Consequence at August 29, 2022 06:57 AM

Maybe that's what the Feds were really looking for during the Panty Wrayed - something embarrassing to leak to the New York Times.

An unnamed source revealed the existence of a treasure trove of adult toys and nuclear codes in Melania's panty drawer.
Posted by: Divide by Zero at August 29, 2022 07:02 AM (jE276)

-----------------------------

"The codes were hidden in the pulse patterns!!"

Posted by: No One of Consequence at August 29, 2022 07:05 AM (RFKzk)

163 Our six and one half years of having one or both gKids spend one weekday each week with us now ends. This is a melancholy moment.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars

I hear you. My little guy that I had since infancy until he was two has moved on to a full time day care home. I can see them all play out through the back window. Some days, I just stand at the window watching him play -

Posted by: Tonypete at August 29, 2022 07:06 AM (LsEU/)

164 I went through a crisis of doubt.

I prayed for faith.

Prayer works.

Posted by: Bathsheba at August 29, 2022 07:06 AM (C1rbv)

165 Off Solomon's Mom sock.

Posted by: Chatterbox Mouse at August 29, 2022 07:07 AM (C1rbv)

166
Well, the crack is not the biggest problem, it's the bleed problem on engine #3. Ain't got that working.

They've got to get the engine plumbing cooled down enough before they can get full cryo flow and light it off. If they don't get this fixed, the launch is scrapped.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion (Mzdiz) at August 29, 2022 07:07 AM (Mzdiz)

167 I see the problem. The smoke is coming out the side. It's supposed to come out the bottom.

Posted by: quantum mechanic at August 29, 2022 07:07 AM (g1EEm)

168
Way to stir the pot numbnuts.

Posted by: JROD at August 29, 2022 07:05 AM (0jZnq)

That's what these old Republicans want. They want to put out the illusion that conservatives are going to be violent, so it scares Dems to go out and vote. They are all doing as much as possible to make sure Dems win in Nov (see them pulling ad buys for Masters in AZ, since they'd much rather Kelly win)

Posted by: Rbastid at August 29, 2022 07:08 AM (Nbn6b)

169
I wonder what would happen if I were standing on the launch pad, next to that venting LH2 and LOX and lit up a cigarette.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion (Mzdiz) at August 29, 2022 07:08 AM (Mzdiz)

170
"The codes were hidden in the pulse patterns!!"

Posted by: No One of Consequence at August 29, 2022 07:05 AM

Melania was one orgasm away from starting WW111!

Posted by: Divide by Zero at August 29, 2022 07:08 AM (jE276)

171 "there will be riots in the streets".

It's not a bug. It's a feature.

They are wanting this to get ugly.

"Get ugly early!"

Posted by: Chatterbox Mouse at August 29, 2022 07:08 AM (C1rbv)

172 "The world is desperately in need of natural gas. America is literally floating on natural gas, and currently suffering from economic contraction and instability. What do you do?"

"....uhhhhmmm... dress up like a freak, ban petroleum, and chop all the kids' peckers off!"

"No. Wow, just... no. You fail."

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 29, 2022 07:09 AM (6FeV1)

173 What the hell would conservatives do to riot? Trash a Golden Corral or Waffle House? Crash Disqus?

Posted by: JROD at August 29, 2022 07:09 AM (0jZnq)

174
Being the electrical nut I am, I remember reading up with fascination on the electric power systems at the launch pad. The conduit and electrical boxes were pressurized with N2. You wanted to keep any O2 and H2 vapor out of the system, where you had contactors and breakers and switches that might spark.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion (Mzdiz) at August 29, 2022 07:09 AM (Mzdiz)

175 Our six and one half years of having one or both gKids spend one weekday each week with us now ends. This is a melancholy moment.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars at August 29, 2022 06:55 AM (pNxlR)
===

You are very lucky.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 29, 2022 07:10 AM (EZebt)

176 173 Conservatives pick up their trash after rioting.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at August 29, 2022 07:10 AM (lz5hY)

177 Fox news is showing the rocket, with a 'Possible delay'.

Lower right corner of the screen shows another bus load of illegal immigrants arriving in NYC.
On time.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at August 29, 2022 07:10 AM (1n+EO)

178 GIMP the photoshop clone? I found it easy to adapt to, but it's just a bit wonky. You'll have to click stuff twice, there's lots of lag (or things you add like filters just don't work until you add them a dozen times) and it's just missing a lot, but until I can find a clean torrent of PS for my Mac, it's a pretty damn good alternative for free.

I wouldn't call it The Photoshop Clone, it's a weird thing of its own. As I said, I don't do high-end images, I deal with tons of images. So GIMP works for me. It's of course, not for everyone.

Posted by: LenNeal at August 29, 2022 07:10 AM (U11/V)

179 Lindsay Graham is reprising the role of Aunt Pittypat in the Charlotte Opera's version of , "The Wind, It Done Gone".

Posted by: Indignacio Vindacatorem at August 29, 2022 07:12 AM (AaLDK)

180
If they don't get this fixed, the launch is scrapped.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion (Mzdiz)

But not the Mooslim outreach!

'Cause launching things takes the backseat behind the Mooslim outreach!

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars at August 29, 2022 07:12 AM (pNxlR)

181 This guide introduces Villanova faculty and staff to best practices for being gender-inclusive in our work spaces, laboratories, and classrooms — especially for those who identify within transgender, nonbinary, gender nonconforming, and/or gender-questioning communities.

I guess catholic does not mean what it used to mean!

Posted by: rhennigantx at August 29, 2022 07:12 AM (BRHaw)

182 Charleston, damn autocorrect

Posted by: Indignacio Vindacatorem at August 29, 2022 07:13 AM (AaLDK)

183 145 Good morning all. Another Monday...
Posted by: Rosasharn at August 29, 2022 06:56 AM (yEBFM)

Glad you're here. I was concerned when I read this on the ONT:

"woman ended up in handcuffs after trying to impress a ... deputy with pirouettes during a field sobriety test following a car crash"

Posted by: m at August 29, 2022 07:14 AM (euHgA)

184 Did Bathsheba have a sister named Showersheba ?

Posted by: JT at August 29, 2022 07:14 AM (T4tVD)

185 Again, I do not deal with single images, I deal with hundreds of images set in sequence, if that is possible to explain. So the Photoshop values and potentials are, to me, mostly useless. It's hard to explain. I don't work with single images. I'm not too concerned about the 'image uh... perfection'... of any given image.

Posted by: LenNeal at August 29, 2022 07:14 AM (U11/V)

186 Villanova claims to be the only Augustinian Catholic university in the country. I wonder if they know what that means - the Augustinian part. Clear they don't get the Catholic part.

Posted by: Indignacio Vindacatorem at August 29, 2022 07:15 AM (AaLDK)

187 I guess catholic does not mean what it used to mean!
Posted by: rhennigantx

The Jesuits have joined the chat.

Posted by: Tonypete at August 29, 2022 07:15 AM (LsEU/)

188 The conduit and electrical boxes were pressurized with N2. You wanted to keep any O2 and H2 vapor out of the system, where you had contactors and breakers and switches that might spark.
Posted by: publius

Gas plumbing pressure tests for electrical conduit.

Posted by: quantum mechanic at August 29, 2022 07:15 AM (g1EEm)

189 @176 bill in arkansas-I'd like to loot a Boot Barn with Justin Work Boots. The day they announce they're going to prosecute Trump I'll call and find out which Boot Barn has my size boots and "riot" and "loot" there.

Posted by: JROD at August 29, 2022 07:15 AM (0jZnq)

190
Lower right corner of the screen shows another bus load of illegal immigrants arriving in NYC.
On time.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice

Gotta hand it to Abbott Tours!

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars at August 29, 2022 07:15 AM (pNxlR)

191
My son wanted to go to Villanova but one look at the price tag and I said fuggetitaboutit. That's one university where I could see someone wracking up a couple hundred thousand in student loans.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at August 29, 2022 07:15 AM (jE276)

192
The "hydrogen team" is having a bit of a problem. I wonder if the head of the hydrogen team is a tranny, or some danger-haired gender studies freak.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion (Mzdiz) at August 29, 2022 07:18 AM (Mzdiz)

193 Augustinian?

Don't go to one for an exorcism.

Posted by: Chatterbox Mouse at August 29, 2022 07:18 AM (C1rbv)

194 Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines said her office would conduct a “classification review of relevant materials.”

The FBI conducted a fishing expedition raid and now, they’re going to have a Biden appointee, a protege of former CIA head John Brennan, walk her way through the Trump documents that may include privileged information.

A True Deep Stater is going to look to see what Thought Crimes PDT has committed!

Posted by: rhennigantx at August 29, 2022 07:18 AM (BRHaw)

195 So I shoot this fucking fool in the face."
Posted by: LenNeal at August 29, 2022 06:53 AM (U11/V)

That's basically the entire first third of Chronicles....

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 29, 2022 07:18 AM (6FeV1)

196 181 This guide introduces Villanova faculty and staff to best practices for being gender-inclusive in our work spaces, laboratories, and classrooms — especially for those who identify within transgender, nonbinary, gender nonconforming, and/or gender-questioning communities.

I guess catholic does not mean what it used to mean!

Any cosmology that aims for Integration into a higher power and believes it confers immortality, like the Jesuits, the Sufis, the Kabbalah 'Jewish' sect, is what you need to watch for.

Posted by: LenNeal at August 29, 2022 07:19 AM (U11/V)

197 GIMP has some amazing scripting tools if you're doing a lot of the same thing to a lot of different files.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 29, 2022 07:20 AM (6FeV1)

198 ".....another bus load of illegal immigrants arriving in NYC."

It's kinda funny. They left one shit hole just to wind up in another.

Posted by: Case at August 29, 2022 07:20 AM (tmQgQ)

199 Live coverage of NASA's Artemis | Mission to the Moon

https://tinyurl.com/4swdvep6

Posted by: m at August 29, 2022 07:21 AM (euHgA)

200 200

Posted by: m at August 29, 2022 07:21 AM (euHgA)

201 "To the moon, Alice! To the moon!"

Posted by: m at August 29, 2022 07:22 AM (euHgA)

202 , is what you need to watch for.
Posted by: LenNeal at August 29, 2022 07:19 AM (U11/V)

There is a mountain of difference between "do what i tell you and you're saved" and "you're already saved, now start acting like it".

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 29, 2022 07:22 AM (6FeV1)

203
The woke remake of a mash up of "Black Swan" and "Fifty Shades of Grey" will be entitled "Pirouettes with Handcuffs".

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars at August 29, 2022 07:22 AM (pNxlR)

204 pause

Posted by: quantum mechanic at August 29, 2022 07:23 AM (g1EEm)

205 Pirouettes with Handcuffs".
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars at August 29, 2022 07:22 AM (pNxlR)

The Smutcracker Suite?

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 29, 2022 07:23 AM (6FeV1)

206 Liawatha:

40 percent of the folks who have student loans do not have a college diploma, four-year diploma. These are people who are truck drivers and who are nail technicians and nurses’ aides.

Hey Liz, that mean 60% (about 50% more) have good paying job because of their degrees!

But then again, someone that steals $450k from a professor of color at a job at Harvard would not know fairness if it be her in the ass!

Posted by: rhennigantx at August 29, 2022 07:24 AM (BRHaw)

207 My engineering contacts In Houston say it looks like a scrub of Artemis launch today. Valve problem in one of the 4 liquid fueled engines

Posted by: Gref at August 29, 2022 07:24 AM (ecfdA)

208 NASA says T minus 40 and stops the clock and all is on hold.

Posted by: m at August 29, 2022 07:24 AM (euHgA)

209 197 GIMP has some amazing scripting tools if you're doing a lot of the same thing to a lot of different files.

I did make use of that while putting together a lot of files, and it's a thing. I find GIMP good for multiple files, but honestly I just gave up on Adobe Photoshop when they. Fucked. Me.
I did so love Aldus Pagemaker.
I kind of started using Libre Office, placing text and images together in multi-page files, saving and exporting them, and then believe it or don't, using a pdf compiler to make whole books.

Posted by: LenNeal at August 29, 2022 07:24 AM (U11/V)

210 What the hell would conservatives do to riot? Trash a Golden Corral or Waffle House? Crash Disqus?
Posted by: JROD at August 29, 2022 07:09 AM (0jZnq)

Cancel their Atlantic subscription

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 29, 2022 07:25 AM (6FeV1)

211 Someone walked off with NASA's only 10mm wrench. Launch delayed until Home Depot opens.

Posted by: quantum mechanic at August 29, 2022 07:26 AM (g1EEm)

212
The "hydrogen team" is stumped, sounds like. They cain't get #3 engine bleeding right.

They need to some guy out there to the pad and bang on a pipe somewhere. Don't smoke, pal.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion (Mzdiz) at August 29, 2022 07:29 AM (Mzdiz)

213 Someone walked off with NASA's only 10mm wrench. Launch delayed until Home Depot opens.
Posted by: quantum mechanic at August 29, 2022 07:26 AM (g1EEm)

Worse yet, there's no one on the overtime list at the Intergalactic Brotherhood of Intertank Flange Tighteners.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 29, 2022 07:29 AM (6FeV1)

214 211 Stuff like that happens. When they sailed the Nautilus under the North Pole, they had to pull into Washington, with some kind of serious leak in the reactor. The crew was ordered to don civvies, received cash from the boat's imprest fund, and bought every bottle of Bars Leak they could get their hands on.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at August 29, 2022 07:30 AM (lz5hY)

215 Artemis I
Launching Commentary Will Begin after Tanking Commentary

Posted by: m at August 29, 2022 07:30 AM (euHgA)

216 I've been on the MLP during pressurization, just before N2 purge. There's only one way out through a manual airlock. You have to push the flapper valves open with you hand.

It's very much like being on a ship on the inside with decks, bulkheads and hatches.

Posted by: pawn at August 29, 2022 07:30 AM (wsHtO)

217 For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but the one who humbles himself will be exalted.

Think about movie stars and politicians when your read this!!

Posted by: rhennigantx at August 29, 2022 07:31 AM (BRHaw)

218 Launching --> Launch

Posted by: m at August 29, 2022 07:31 AM (euHgA)

219 Boker Tov Patriots

Posted by: Nevergiveup at August 29, 2022 07:31 AM (hWqqp)

220 Apparently the most important thing about this launch is it will lead to possibly including the first woman and first person of color on a trip to the. Moon. For that reason, I don't care if it ever gets off the ground in one piece.

Posted by: fd at August 29, 2022 07:31 AM (sn5EN)

221 Two words

J
J

Posted by: rhennigantx at August 29, 2022 07:32 AM (BRHaw)

222 Boker Tov Patriots

Posted by: Nevergiveup at August 29, 2022 07:31 AM (hWqqp)

It won't be good until I've had coffee!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at August 29, 2022 07:32 AM (XIJ/X)

223 For that reason, I don't care if it ever gets off the ground in one piece.
Posted by: fd at August 29, 2022 07:31 AM (sn5EN)

Now that would be a moon landing i would believe was fake.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 29, 2022 07:33 AM (6FeV1)

224 Unless I get Mathilda May, I'm not in.
No Space for me.

Posted by: LenNeal at August 29, 2022 07:33 AM (U11/V)

225
Worse yet, there's no one on the overtime list at the Intergalactic Brotherhood of Intertank Flange Tighteners.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 29, 2022 07:29 AM

Ever been inside of a union hall? Talk about extravagant. I had to attend a funeral reception at one once. A big screen tv of about 100 feet wide by about three stories tall. The kind you might see at a sports stadium. 100 foot long bar. Free booze so the day wasn't a complete waste.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at August 29, 2022 07:34 AM (jE276)

226
Worse yet, there's no one on the overtime list at the Intergalactic Brotherhood of Intertank Flange Tighteners.
Posted by: Warai-otoko

Hey! We're a highly trained and highly capable cog in this enterprise, pal!

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars at August 29, 2022 07:34 AM (pNxlR)

227
Apparently the most important thing about this launch is it will lead to possibly including the first woman and first person of color on a trip to the. Moon.

To make sammiches and clean the restrooms ... amirite?

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars at August 29, 2022 07:38 AM (pNxlR)

228
No crack in the actual structural components. It's just something with the insulating foam. It sucks in air, and being so cold, it cools air below critical temperature or some shit, and makes it look like a leak of the LOX or something.

So, no crack. But this bleed problem on Engine #3 looks to be a show stopper.

Get Slim Pickens on the pad, and bang on the bleed valve, and ride that thing to orbit, hollerin' "Yahoo!"

Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion (Mzdiz) at August 29, 2022 07:38 AM (Mzdiz)

229 It won't be good until I've had coffee!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at August 29, 2022 07:32 AM (XIJ/X)

My day to drive back to DC this afternoon. Coffee will be my lunch.

Posted by: Nevergiveup at August 29, 2022 07:40 AM (hWqqp)

230 "94 Just about every morning I take a guess at the barometer and humidity and then check it. I was right on target this morning. The Knees know."

Oh, shit. True. It's always the knees first.

Posted by: LenNeal at August 29, 2022 07:41 AM (U11/V)

231 JJ is up

Posted by: Cicero Skip at August 29, 2022 07:43 AM (FIrEF)

232 173 What the hell would conservatives do to riot? Trash a Golden Corral or Waffle House? Crash Disqus?

I'm a criminal. Ask my local police. I'm not hard to find.
Riots are for dumb fucks. I don't do groups.

Posted by: LenNeal at August 29, 2022 07:45 AM (U11/V)

233 Don't assume we all spend our time blabbering about our zero turn mowers and our stock options.
Some of us are actually motivated by moral principle and will fight and kill over it.

Posted by: LenNeal at August 29, 2022 07:57 AM (U11/V)

234

Do we get fish with the new Chips...yummmy.

Posted by: safristi at August 29, 2022 08:05 AM (qktfm)

235 The Artemis mission has been scrubbed for today.

Posted by: m at August 29, 2022 08:36 AM (QPyqx)

236 NASA launch director

https://www.nasa.gov/centers/kennedy/
about/biographies/blackwell-thompson.html

https://tinyurl.com/2p9fs4nr

Posted by: m at August 29, 2022 08:45 AM (QPyqx)

237 The SLS is a sick absurd joke.

https://tinyurl.com/mrxchycn

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