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Did you know that http://www.slate.com/articles/health_an ... onaut.html]there's a sculpture on the moon? And it's a memorial? Sounds like another spot for the Lunar government(s) to protect.
-- Bob
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Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.

Overall, it looks nifty. But when that airship came into view in the beginning, my only thought was, "Ooooh, that's beautiful!"

So, would this be a "gas midget"?
http://www.theregister.co.uk/Print/2014 ... gas_giant/
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Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."

- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012

Quote:robkelk wrote:

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The reaction a Mad gets the least often... and wants the most.

This is so true.
 

So, you want to know what the first-world Danelaw thinks the Blue Blazers do?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technisches_Hilfswerk

(Other parts of the Really Real World, and most of Fenspace, know that they do all that and so much more...)

EDIT: Speaking of... something to mine for ideas - the tech base is rather different, so it can't be used as-is.
http://e23.sjgames.com/item.html?id=SJG37-6714
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Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."

- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012

robkelk Wrote:So, you want to know what the first-world Danelaw thinks the Blue Blazers do?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technisches_Hilfswerk

(Other parts of the Really Real World, and most of Fenspace, know that they do all that and so much more...)

I think you underestimate the work of the THW...

HRogge Wrote:

robkelk Wrote:So, you want to know what the first-world Danelaw thinks the Blue Blazers do?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technisches_Hilfswerk

(Other parts of the Really Real World, and most of Fenspace, know that they do all that and so much more...)

I think you underestimate the work of the THW...

I believe the THW isn't involved in promoting literacy, which the Blue Blazers definitely are.
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Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."

- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012

Water detected on Ceres

Come to Ceres and see the geysers! (Perihelion only)


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Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."

- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012

Quote:robkelk wrote:

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Water detected on Ceres

Come to Ceres and see the geysers! (Perihelion only)

Feh. It's raining iron on Luhman. I can only begin to imagine the umbrella needed for that place.

Scientific American: Space Spectacles: NASA Evaluates Adjustable Astronaut Eyewear

Well, most of the Stellvians would be interested in this...
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Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."

- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012

With problems like this someone thinks its "unrealistic" that the US is not taking over the Fen within years?

http://medium.com/war-is-boring/5c95d45f86a5

HRogge Wrote:With problems like this someone thinks its "unrealistic" that the US is not taking over the Fen within years?

http://api.medium.com/embed?type=story&p...9514518615

If that's supposed to be an analog of how the Danelaw uses handwavium, then one wonders why Fenspace hasn't taken over the USA.
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Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."

- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012

Quote:robkelk wrote:

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Quote:HRogge wrote:

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With problems like this someone thinks its "unrealistic" that the US is not taking over the Fen within years?
http://medium.com/war-is-boring/5c95d45f86a5

If that's supposed to be an analog of how the Danelaw uses handwavium, then one wonders why Fenspace hasn't taken over the USA.

It doesn't want to. It would be too much like work.
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Sucrose Octanitrate.
Proof positive that with sufficient motivation, you can make anything explode.

And having to satisfy the extremists on all sides. Meh.

--Pondering what a "Screaming Opinions Pseudo-News" show would be like for Militant Moderates....
''We don't just borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to beat
them unconscious and rifle their pockets for new vocabulary.''

-- James Nicoll

Big Space is Big
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--m(^0^)m-- Wot, no sig?

http://phys.org/news/2014-03-thermal-vi ... -span.html
Carbon! The most overachieving element known to man!
To quote someone on the Spacebattles forums

Quote:*sigh* Carbon... Please. Stop. We care about you. You can't
just decide you're going to do everything all the time better than
anyone else; it's not healthy, and it's running you down.

Seriously man, you're trying to muscle in on just about everybody's job, as well as applying for jobs that don't even exist yet. Please. Get some help. I have some numbers of people that could help, if you'd like them. No? Okay, maybe later.

Quote:I swear, carbon's going to turn out to be the secret to FTL travel at this rate.

So Handwavium is what happens when carbon ascends to a high plane of existence?
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Dakota

Dakota Wrote:

Quote:I swear, carbon's going to turn out to be the secret to FTL travel at this rate.

So Handwavium is what happens when carbon ascends to a high plane of existence?

No, no - handwavium wants to be carbon. That's why it's sucking up to the carbon-based lifeforms, giving them what they want.
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Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."

- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012

HRogge Wrote:http://www.slate.com/blogs/bad_astronom ... known.html

If you prefer your articles without editorial content:
http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/new-d ... 21?cmp=rss
http://www.theregister.co.uk/Print/2014 ... ar_system/
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Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."

- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012

Do the catgirls on Jenga prefer Windows?

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/04/02 ... h_cortana/
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Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."

- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012