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Should a self aware machine be considered for census purposes?Last edited by joecct; 09-12-2019, 01:16 PM.CCT '77 & '78
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Re: Space exploration: Where do we go from here?
Originally posted by joecct View PostOr it is just obeying its programming. Hunt. Kill. Destroy.Cornell University
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Originally posted by joecct View PostShould a self aware machine be considered for census purposes?Cornell University
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Nothing regarding out galaxy's balloon center?
A pair of towering, hourglass-like balloons have been discovered at the heart of our home galaxy, the Milky Way, according to a new study. They are some of the largest features ever observed at the galactic center and researchers were able to detect them because they're emitting radio waves.
A new study describing the balloons published Wednesday in the journal Nature.
To understand the scale of these giant bubbles, they extend for hundreds of light-years above and below the center of the Milky Way. But how did they get there?
Researchers believe that an energetic burst occurred near the supermassive black hole at the center of the galaxy millions of years ago, resulting in these structures. The twin balloons likely formed after an explosion or eruption blew through the interstellar medium in opposite directions. The interstellar medium is the space between star systems in a galaxy."The party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command." George Orwell, 1984
"One does not simply walk into Mordor. Its Black Gates are guarded by more than just Orcs. There is evil there that does not sleep, and the Great Eye is ever watchful. It is a barren wasteland, riddled with fire and ash and dust, the very air you breathe is a poisonous fume." Boromir
"Good news! We have a delivery." Professor Farnsworth
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Originally posted by SanTropezMay your paint thinner run dry and the fleas of a thousand camels infest your dead deer.Originally posted by bigblue_dlI don't even know how to classify magic vagina smoke babies..Originally posted by KeplerWhen the giraffes start building radio telescopes they can join too.
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Live feed of the first all-female space walk.
https://youtu.be/WTHJnd0voLsA bad cause requires many words.
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Don't, mookie. Just this once. For me.Cornell University
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C'mon, what did you expect?
Women on Historic Spacewalk Pause to Politely Correct Man’s Error
The man who made the error was Trump, of courseAstronauts Christina Koch and Jessica Meir were floating outside the International Space Station on a mission to replace a battery, a several-hour-long ordeal. “Space station, this is President Donald Drumpf, do you hear me?” Drumpf started the call, with Vice President Mike Pence and first daughter Ivanka Drumpf on either side, cameras in front of them. “We’re thrilled to be speaking live with two brave American astronauts,” he continued in his remarks, appearing to read from some notes. “This is the first time for a woman outside of the space station.”
That is very incorrect: The first woman went outside of a space station in 1984. Women have been spacewalking for a while since. What is unique about Friday is that this is the first time everyone outside of the space station is a woman.
Koch and Meir were polite about the error. After some further remarks from Drumpf (“you’re right now on television all over the world, so don’t get nervous”), one of the astronauts responded: “We don’t want to take too much credit because there have been many other female spacewalkers before us. This is just the first time there have been two women outside at the same time, and it’s really interesting for us, we’ve talked a lot about it up here, for us, this is really just us doing our jobs.”
It’s a frustrating bit of audio to listen to. No matter what their political views, astronauts, as government employees, clearly must be polite to their (ultimate) boss. And it makes practical sense why they would be gracious about even something as large as botching the entire reason why everyone was gathered in front of national TV cameras. (Again, there were even notes in front of him!) But it grates to hear two women who are making history have to pause to gently—always gently—explain their history-making.
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Originally posted by ticapnews View PostI think my favorite part is honestly that he thinks being on television is the part that would make them nervous, as opposed to, oh I don't know, being in space?
I get a little nervous on takeoff in a plane. Stepping into an environment actively trying to kill you more than Australia has to be overwhelming.Code:As of 9/21/10: As of 9/13/10: College Hockey 6 College Football 0 BTHC 4 WCHA FC: 1
Originally posted by SanTropezMay your paint thinner run dry and the fleas of a thousand camels infest your dead deer.Originally posted by bigblue_dlI don't even know how to classify magic vagina smoke babies..Originally posted by KeplerWhen the giraffes start building radio telescopes they can join too.
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Another small step.
Europe will launch a space telescope on Tuesday to study far-off worlds.
Called Cheops, it's a different kind of mission to previous efforts in that it won't be trying to find new planets.
Rather, it's going to follow up the discoveries of others, to see if it can't reveal new insights - such as whether these distant objects are likely to be rocky or gas-rich.
The telescope will ride to orbit on a Russian Soyuz rocket from French Guiana.
Lift-off is scheduled for 05:54 local time (08:54 GMT).Cornell University
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Earth-size Goldilocks 100 ly away.
Problem: tidally-locked. But let's send some Starshot probes just in case. $100M is 0.01% of the US defense budget for one year.Cornell University
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SpaceX will be doing the abort-test for crew dragon no earlier than the 18th of this month, it was, as of yesterday, slated for the 11th, but pushed back for some reason.
If it is a successful mission, astronauts could be heading back to the ISS aboard American spacecraft from American soil 3-4 months afterwards.
Sidenote: was at KSC yesterday (Monday) to do the visitor center and also be on the grounds for the Falcon 9 Starlink launch. Cannot recommend being there for a launch enough. It was an absolutely perfect night, but very neat to witness that close in person.
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