this merging thing kinda messes posts up. I wonder if there was any other way to implement it. /offtiopicNereid wrote:Threads on same APOD merged; the other thread was started by kiffy, and was entitled "I'm Embarassed 11/22/06".
Ugly Piece of Earth Raping Hardware (APOD 22 Nov 2006)
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BMA, there are many more examples, Miranda is just one. Start examining craters, some have tiered rims and sides comparable to open pit mining.BMAONE23 wrote:FieryIce,
Interesting how this outer moon does appear strip mined, Interesting correlation
Interesting mining pictures:
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Mining Technology Projects, bottom of page
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I would use notepad for everything that takes more than 3 minutes to type.Galactic Groove wrote:i can't believe it, i just wrote about 2 hours of stuff about this, my session disconnected, and now everything i wrote is lost........ wonderful (i've left out swear words out of respect but it was hard) Admin, this seriously needs to be fixed, it's not the first time
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GG, yeah, I never trust the browser alone for a long post! I generally copy/paste it anyway for spell checking and proof reading, though.ckam wrote:I would use notepad for everything that takes more than 3 minutes to type.Galactic Groove wrote:i can't believe it, i just wrote about 2 hours of stuff about this, my session disconnected, and now everything i wrote is lost........ wonderful (i've left out swear words out of respect but it was hard) Admin, this seriously needs to be fixed, it's not the first time
Get a battery back up system. That will give you some time to save your data.ckam wrote:being paranoid: what if the power goes off?Martin wrote:Or you can simply copy it before you try posting it -just in case your post time expires.
I hope it doesn't come to that...Martin wrote:Then maybe you should use a pen (scratch that) PENCIL and paper for the rough draft, eh?
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I posted that query on November 23rd and I still don't know, so I would be grateful if anybody could inform me why the SwapMeetDave website was credited in the APOD of November 22nd. That website is described as an 'On-Line Carnival & Flea Market'. I have had a look through some of the site and have not found anything to obviously link it to the APOD. Sorry for asking again but I am intrigued why SwapMeetDave is credited. Thanks for any help.DavidLeeds wrote:The credit for the APOD in question has a link to the SwapMeetDave website, but when I went into that site I was unsure what it has to do with the APOD. Did the Dave Ahl who runs the SwapMeetDave website take the image
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DavidLeeds,
Here is your "swap meet dave" link
http://www.swapmeetdave.com/Humor/Workshop/Trencher.htm
Here is your "swap meet dave" link
http://www.swapmeetdave.com/Humor/Workshop/Trencher.htm
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Thanks BMAONE23.BMAONE23 wrote:DavidLeeds,
Here is your "swap meet dave" link
http://www.swapmeetdave.com/Humor/Workshop/Trencher.htm
As the APOD image is in the SwapMeetDave website without any source being credited I assume that Dave Ahl must have taken the image. I always find it interesting to know a bit more about the APOD images.
Long Lost posts
I've lost a couple of posts too. Now I open a second browser on to the site to make sure I'm still logged in before clicking 'submit', if it has been over 15 minutes in writing the post. Or you can post it unfinished, and then click 'edit' and for 1/2 hour do edits or add to it without it saying I edited it. Once it's posted, you can keep editing and not lose the post.
**But still make sure you are logged in before submitting.**
Giant machinery is a trip just for what it is. The accomplishment of its creation is the exhilaration. How the designers got all the stresses and balance and forces correctly accounted for is the success. Now what it does, is entirely another matter.
Road & Track's comparison of the QEII and the Concorde was intriguing !
and their report on the Space Center's moving launch pad with the Saturn 5 on it ! 8 - 16 cylinder diesel engines ? @ 1.2 mph; i forget exactly.
It's the technology, Einstein ! LOL
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Giant machinery is a trip just for what it is. The accomplishment of its creation is the exhilaration. How the designers got all the stresses and balance and forces correctly accounted for is the success. Now what it does, is entirely another matter.
Road & Track's comparison of the QEII and the Concorde was intriguing !
and their report on the Space Center's moving launch pad with the Saturn 5 on it ! 8 - 16 cylinder diesel engines ? @ 1.2 mph; i forget exactly.
It's the technology, Einstein ! LOL