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- Cobalt Greywalker - 06-06-2009
I'm not sure http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8084726.stm truly counts, but if it does Noah got more than he bargained for with the April Fool's Day purchase. *_I_* didn't know NASA had a computer crimes division...
- robkelk - 06-06-2009
Quote:*_I_* didn't know NASA had a computer crimes division...I'll bet you didn't know NASA has Counterintelligence, Intelligence Analysis, and "Special Projects" sections, either... http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/ospp/organization.htm](List of NASA Security and Program Protection departments)
But that doesn't matter for Fenspace. Noah only bought NASA's space divisions; the aeronautics divisions are still fully 'dane.
Not to say that Artemis doesn't have a computer crimes section; it's just subsumed into StellviaCorp's overall security apparatus. Ask R. Kagome Mishima and R. Takami Sakuragi for details here (and be prepared for disappointment when they refuse to answer...)
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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
- Black Aeronaut - 06-06-2009
I bet Oliver (preferred handle: Bologna_Loaf) even swings by their servers now and then with choice bits of intel in return for digital tummy-rubs and doggie
treats. It's a win-win and he knows it - somebody unsavory gets busted and he gets goodies.
Oliver, the Bologna Loaf Express - helping save Fenspace from Cyber Crime and Black-Hats for biscuits and tummy rubs.
Courtesy of Wedge over at the EPU Forums - Bob Schroeck - 06-09-2009
Probably not something immediately useful to the fen, but fun nonetheless. Haynes Manual for the Apollo 11 Lunar Module.
-- Bob
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Then the horns kicked in...
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- M Fnord - 06-09-2009
Not immediately available but perhaps more useful for fen: Haynes Manual for the USS Enterprise. (expected 2010)
Mr. Fnord interdimensional man of mystery
FenWiki - Your One-Stop Shop for Fenspace Information
"I. Drink. Your. NERDRAGE!"
- Black Aeronaut - 06-10-2009
You just had to one-up him, didn't ya?
One for the Asteroid Racers - robkelk - 06-15-2009
http://www.redbullairrace.com/]Red Bull Air Race (Yes, I spent the weekend at http://www.redbullairrace.com/cs/Satell ... 8611393596]the 2009 Windsor race. Start with the http://www.redbullairrace.com/cs/Satell ... 8611393596]rules video, then go on to http://www.redbullairrace.com/cs/Satell ... 8611393596]some http://www.redbullairrace.com/cs/Satell ... 8611393596]of http://www.redbullairrace.com/cs/Satell ... 8611393596]the http://www.redbullairrace.com/cs/Satell ... teria=Date]others...)
Applying this to Fenspace... Well, I'm sure handwavium can create some obstacles that act like the Air Race pylons - apparently solid until they're touched, then fall apart without harming the craft that hit them. And stunt-flying is always more exciting to watch than just flying level...
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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
- Black Aeronaut - 06-15-2009
Yeah, we had this in San Diego a while ago. It's pretty epic stuff.
- Norgarth - 06-15-2009
heh. I live in Windsor, Robkelk. What did ya think of the city? (granted, it probably would have looked better if not for the ongoing strike by several
municiple worker groups, including the Parks and Recreation personnel) 8P
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- ECSNorway - 06-15-2009
Quote: robkelk wrote:That's what holograms are for.
Red Bull Air Race (Yes, I spent the weekend at
the 2009 Windsor race. Start with the rules
video, then go on to
some of
the
others...)
Applying this to Fenspace... Well, I'm sure handwavium can create some obstacles that act like the Air Race pylons - apparently solid until they're
touched, then fall apart without harming the craft that hit them. And stunt-flying is always more exciting to watch than just flying level...
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Sucrose Octanitrate.
Proof positive that with sufficient motivation, you can make anything explode.
- robkelk - 06-15-2009
Quote:heh. I live in Windsor, Robkelk.Too bad I didn't know; we could have had dinner together yesterday... Ah, well.
Quote:What did ya think of the city? (granted, it probably would have looked better if not for the ongoing strike by several municiple worker groups, including the Parks and Recreation personnel) 8PEven given the strike, it's a beautiful city. (Excepting the areas around the auto plants and distilleries, of course, but even the Hiram Walker complex has a few architectural charms.)
I'm thinking that there's probably an area like Dieppe Park somewhere in Kandor City. (Too bad I couldn't get any photos of just the park; the Air race took over the entire area and blocked many of the best shots. At least the Windsor Police Auxilarry hashttp://www.police.windsor.on.ca/Auxilia ... 0Park.html]a page about the park...)
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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
- M Fnord - 06-29-2009
Commerical for Stan's Kwalitee Danegoods. (Warning: hypnotic like leekspin.)
Mr. Fnord interdimensional man of mystery
FenWiki - Your One-Stop Shop for Fenspace Information
"I. Drink. Your. NERDRAGE!"
Diamond Dust - robkelk - 07-04-2009
No, not the carbon left over when jewelry is made. This "diamond dust" is a type of fine cirrus cloud that's drops snow onto the arctic... and http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2009/07/ ... louds.html]these clouds have been spotted in the atmosphere of Mars.
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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
Flying Saucers! - Shinkaze - 07-12-2009
Take a look at what I found while I was looking for info on these.
- Bob Schroeck - 07-12-2009
I remember the Futura houses well -- a local bank used one as a branch a couple miles from where I grew up, and my father took my sister and me to watch the
Sikorsky skycrane deliver it. Mm. That would have to have been somewhere between 1968 and 1972, by my best guess. After a few years I guess it turned out not
to be a profitable branch, so they closed it and it sat around decaying for ten or fifteen years after that. I can't remember when they tore it down, but
it's been gone for a long time now.
-- Bob
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Then the horns kicked in...
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- Shinkaze - 07-12-2009
Given that the page says the house was on the market in 2007 (and another page I found said it was sold again in '08), what do think the odds are it
would have been bought and waved?
- Bob Schroeck - 07-13-2009
100%?
-- Bob
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Then the horns kicked in...
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- Black Aeronaut - 07-13-2009
That is awesome. Space RVs, anyone?
Your home away from home... IN SPACE!
- Bob Schroeck - 07-13-2009
We really, really need at least one of http://www.toxel.com/tech/2009/07/09/do ... ubmarines/]these waved. No question.
-- Bob
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- LynnInDenver - 07-13-2009
I remember seeing those dolphins on Wreckreation Nation this year.
*makes a note to talk to Myk about acquiring a few to use as fast personal shuttles around Jupiter.*
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"You know how parents tell you everything's going to fine, but you know they're lying to make you feel better? Everything's going to be fine." - The Doctor
- robkelk - 07-13-2009
Quote:We really, really need at least one of http://www.toxel.com/tech/2009/07/09/do ... ubmarines/]these waved. No question.So, you're saying Fenspace needs yet another trope?
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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
- Black Aeronaut - 07-13-2009
Quote: robkelk wrote:But of course! Fenspace must have tropes upon tropes of tropey goodness! After all, the Rule of Cool applies.
Quote: We really, really need at least one of theseSo, you're saying Fenspace needs yet another trope?
waved. No question.
- Bob Schroeck - 07-13-2009
Quote:So, you're saying Fenspace needs yet another trope?Sure. What is Fenspace but "Attack of the 50-Foot Tropes", after all?
-- Bob
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Then the horns kicked in...
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- Ebony - 07-13-2009
Quote: Bob Schroeck wrote:
We really, really need at least one of these waved. No question.
Something like that was mentioned in the first chapters of Sundiver by David Brin. Hard Sci Fi Fen would definitely be looking at it. Which beggars
the question, would Hard Sci Fi Fen make things with 'wavium?
Ebony the Black Dragon
http://ebony14.livejournal.com
"Good night, and may the Good Lord take a Viking to you."
- Bob Schroeck - 07-14-2009
If they wanted to get into space, they would. Besides, it works in the real world, it must be hard science.
-- Bob
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Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.