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Today, 06:02 PM

DonM435 replied to a thread Some Non-trivial Things That Annoy Me. in Off-Topic Babbling

If nothing at all happened, the papers would have to headline "AMAZING NEWS-FREE DAY BAFFLES EXPERTS -- Read Lots About it Here."

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Today, 04:44 PM

PetersCreek replied to a thread Really trivial stuff that bugs you in Off-Topic Babbling

Maybe this? Private Sub Screen-Wake ' Exit screensaver when user detected 'On Error Resume Next With ActiveSeat If .Kiester.Detect = TRUE...

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Today, 04:23 PM

DonM435 replied to a thread Really trivial stuff that bugs you in Off-Topic Babbling

Possible derivation of the backronym.

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Today, 04:18 PM

Jim replied to a thread Really trivial stuff that bugs you in Off-Topic Babbling

This is why the Graphical User Interface is correctly pronounced "gooey."

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Today, 04:12 PM

Jim replied to a thread The COVID-19 Discussion Thread (OTB) in Off-Topic Babbling

My wife had her first shot last Friday, I get my second today, and I was just able to schedule our daughter the kindergarten teacher's first for this...

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Today, 03:54 PM

Trebuchet replied to a thread What are you watching? in Small Media at Large

Is closed captioning available?

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Today, 03:52 PM

Trebuchet replied to a thread SpaceX in Space Exploration

Oh, they got half of one! The expensive half, at that.

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Today, 03:50 PM

Trebuchet replied to a thread Really trivial stuff that bugs you in Off-Topic Babbling

How does the screensaver detect that I've just sat down and put my hand on the mouse so it can kick in right then and hold me up for a few seconds?

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Today, 03:48 PM

Trebuchet replied to a thread Your current weather? in Off-Topic Babbling

Good thing you specified artwork. I'd have thought that was what the local wildlife did to you!

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Today, 03:35 PM

Gillianren replied to a thread Really trivial stuff that amuses you... in Off-Topic Babbling

Even if that's the case, there's a professional way to handle things, and it sounds as though the professor did not do that.

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Today, 03:34 PM

Swift replied to a thread Fish Fight in Fun-n-Games

:lol:

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Today, 03:33 PM

Gillianren replied to a thread Trivial (or not so trivial) stuff that makes you happy. in Off-Topic Babbling

Yesterday, Simon spent several hours with the kid around the block. There are vague noises of a sleepover. As I told his mom yesterday, all I have...

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Today, 03:24 PM

KaiYeves replied to a thread Some Non-trivial Things That Annoy Me. in Off-Topic Babbling

To be fair, with the lockdown, relatively less IS happening than at the same time last year.

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Today, 03:16 PM

schlaugh replied to a thread The Joe Biden Admin Space Exploration Policy in Space Exploration

FWIW Nelson, age 78, was a payload specialist on STS-61-C in 1986, so he has that going for him, plus several decades of experience in manipulating...

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Today, 03:05 PM

schlaugh replied to a thread SpaceX / Inspiration4 mission - all civilian in Space Exploration

Modern aircraft certainly still require basic piloting skills but modern aircraft (with modern avionics) are almost as much about systems management...

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Today, 02:45 PM

Van Rijn replied to a thread Moon rotation: forget empiricism, use geometry. in Against the Mainstream

Your post 16 links to this NASA page which has a short comment on the Moon’s rotation: https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/4709 Which says: An...

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Today, 02:00 PM

Swift replied to a thread The COVID-19 Discussion Thread (OTB) in Off-Topic Babbling

I think a lot of the huge uptick was from bad human behavior during the Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays (traveling and getting together in...

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Today, 01:52 PM

Swift replied to a thread Some Non-trivial Things That Annoy Me. in Off-Topic Babbling

Yes, the morning news is overloaded with it.

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Today, 12:54 PM

selvaarchi replied to a thread Everything about Mars except colonisation and where there specific threads already co in Space Exploration

"Mars Fleet: Orbiters, Rovers at the Red Planet" https://www.leonarddavid.com/mars-fleet-orbiters-rovers-at-the-red-planet/

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Today, 12:06 PM

schlaugh replied to a thread Some Non-trivial Things That Annoy Me. in Off-Topic Babbling

The news organizations finally had something other than COVID or politics to talk about. And Tiger of course is the most well-known sports figure in...

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Today, 11:31 AM

selvaarchi replied to a thread China's Tianwen-1 mission in Space Exploration

"Tianwen 1 probe enters preset parking orbit" http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202102/24/WS6035a607a31024ad0baaa9f0.html

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Today, 11:26 AM

selvaarchi replied to a thread Number of launches in 2021 in Space Exploration

The 8th launch in February as well as the 15th launch this year is by China. http://www.ecns.cn/hd/2021-02-24/detail-ihahvyux8633760.shtml ...

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Today, 10:20 AM

Nicolas replied to a thread SpaceX / Inspiration4 mission - all civilian in Space Exploration

And knowledge of the airflight principle "no problem is so bad that you cannot make it worse" also translates well to spaceflight.

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Today, 08:23 AM

tusenfem replied to a thread Moon rotation: forget empiricism, use geometry. in Against the Mainstream

Okay, that is enough, you cannot ask another CQ-pian to show figures etc. and not do so yourself. First you will define HERE on CQ what exactly...

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Today, 05:55 AM

Van Rijn replied to a thread Mars 2020 Rover - "Perseverance" in Space Exploration

If Scott Manley is right, there was more than one microphone and the one that was supposed to capture sound on descent failed. (That’s from his...

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Today, 04:26 AM

Jens replied to a thread SpaceX / Inspiration4 mission - all civilian in Space Exploration

I'm unsure too, but I think one of the skills that might be important is quickly going through checklists to debug problems, so knowing where to look...

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Today, 04:09 AM

The Backroad Astronomer replied to a thread Really trivial stuff that bugs you in Off-Topic Babbling

Because of an issue with the keyboard mot of last week I did some research into an upgraded system for doing videos and such and found out about a...

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Today, 04:05 AM

Van Rijn replied to a thread SpaceX / Inspiration4 mission - all civilian in Space Exploration

Actually, I’m curious how much aircraft pilot experience carries over and if it really is that important? Most of the flight would be handled by...

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Today, 03:48 AM

Van Rijn replied to a thread SpaceX / Inspiration4 mission - all civilian in Space Exploration

It is just so great seeing commercial orbital flights about to begin. I wonder who will start offering real space flight lotteries? I never put...

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