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I got the zoom in & out part, but how does one get to see the wind patterns in another part of the world??BMAONE23 wrote:Visualization of Polar Vortex From the National Journal includes an interactive version (IE9 or better)
Cool gif, but it's four million bytes.
http://www.theatlanticcities.com/arts-and-lifestyle/2014/01/mexicos-olympic-ski-team-one-guy-mariachi-suit/8258/ wrote:[img3="To reinforce the "elegance," Hohenlohe's Kappa-designed suit will incorporateMexico's Olympic 'Ski Team' Is One Guy in a Mariachi Suit
a number of gentlemanly touches, such as a crimson tie, ruffles and a cummerbund. None of them real, of course – they're all just colors on Spandex."]https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Be_vt6GCAAAdEb6.jpg[/img3]
John Metcalfe, The Atlantic Cities
<<When Mexico wants to challenge the world's top athletes in alpine skiing, it turns to one man. His name is Hubertus von Hohenlohe, he's 55 years old, and he dresses in a flamboyant, skin-hugging suit seemingly borrowed from a vihuela-strumming mariachi. Von Hohenlohe is a force of nature: Germanic prince, a pop singer called Andy Himalaya and Royal Disaster, professional athlete, photographer, lover (presumably), mariachi-suit wearer (most definitely).
The man is such a singular presence in Mexico that the country's Sochi profile page is all von Hohenlohe, and nothing else. "Alpine skier Hubertus Von Hohenlohe competed at four consecutive Olympic Winter Games between 1984 and 1994," the page informs. "After a 16-year break, he returned to the Games in Vancouver in 2010. He will be making his sixth appearance in Sochi, drawing him level with Liechtenstein's Marco Buchel for most appearances by an alpine skier at the Olympic Winter Games."
NBC recently scored an interview with von Hohenlohe and, as could be expected, it's fantastic. The quinquagenarian "knows he doesn't have a snowball’s chance in hell" of winning a medal, says reporter Joe Battaglia, but that's okay, because the "title he is most interested in claiming is best-dressed at the Games." Here's some more:
Hohenlohe’s penchant for flamboyant uniform designs is well-known. In Vancouver, he wore a "Mexicano desperado" racesuit, complete with bullet straps and pistoleros in the design, and another suit environmentally-themed race suit encouraging people to recycle....
Hohenlohe will leave for the Games from Mexico, where he went to pick up the national flag for the Opening Ceremony. While there, he said he planned to have actual mariachis write song lyrics on his race helmet.>>
geckzilla wrote:
Coincidentally, RJN was on it last night talking about time travel.
This honey thing has been posted before and I think the chain bead trick has before as well, but reading this article about a few physics students banging their heads over the chain bead problem I started wondering if the properties were at all related to one another. The length of rod between the balls could be analogous to the width of the liquid and the weight of the balls to the viscosity. Hmm, maybe... not a shred of math being done by me to back up or, more likely, debunk my idea. Oops.Ron-Astro Pharmacist wrote:Sci Am aslo had an article this month - The Liquid Rope TrickClick to play embedded YouTube video.
One guy set out in the Minecraft world to create a truly useless machine.A useless machine is a device that performs a mostly useless task, such as switching itself off, and performs no other practical function.
Have you got something to read over a mediocre cup of tea?Nitpicker wrote:Somebody is bound to hack it and open the door.
In the meantime, here's a more detailed article to read over a nice cup of tea:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_the_far_future
Your posts?Beyond wrote:Have you got something to read over a mediocre cup of tea?
ha-ha, my posts would fall under a 'bad' cup of tea category.Nitpicker wrote:Your posts?Beyond wrote:Have you got something to read over a mediocre cup of tea?
Never played Minecraft, so I'll take your word for it re the "hack".geckzilla wrote:Well, considering you can place a simple button or pressure plate next to the door to cheat, it wouldn't be much of a hack.
The future seems so chaotic when it's read quickly one line after another. Can't put my finger on it but the daily leapseconds claim bothers me.
I think the Wikipedia wording is excellent as is.geckzilla wrote:Oh, that's what it means. If I could think of a better way to word it, I'd edit the article.
geckzilla wrote:
Yeah, it is. But it managed to confuse me.
I think there is a dangling participle in there.
I guess. Not obvious how this is any improvement over your average 14" telescope that many amateurs use for imaging. A lot more expensive, I'll bet!stephen63 wrote:A nice toy!
