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Dead_Parrot

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Thu Nov-24-11 09:52 PM
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S'up dawgs

What have I missed?

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Chipper Chat

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Thu Nov-24-11 10:06 PM
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1. Sarah Palin is still asking God if she should run for President.

Next July we collide with Mars.
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Newt Gingrich ate too much turkey today.
(correction: he IS the turkey.)

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Dead_Parrot

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Thu Nov-24-11 10:13 PM
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2. so, same ol', same ol'?

But I refuse to believe that Gingrich is a turkey. Not unless he tastes good with gravy, and who's prepared to take *that* risk?

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Kennah

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Thu Nov-24-11 10:25 PM
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3. First the earth cooled. And then the dinosaurs came.

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Dead_Parrot

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Thu Nov-24-11 10:28 PM
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4. But they got too big and fat...

...so they all died and they turned into oil. And then the Arabs came...

:D

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joshcryer

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Thu Nov-24-11 11:17 PM
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5. We're fucked.

Of course, no one could've expected us to do squaddly about climate change. Came to that realization when Jacobson's unrealistic numbers were being touted.

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Dead_Parrot

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Fri Nov-25-11 12:22 AM
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6. Reading skills, josh....

...when I say "What have I missed", I expect you to exclude the f--king obvious. :)

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Nihil

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Fri Nov-25-11 04:09 AM
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7. Yeah but we know what you're like ...

... when it comes to missing the f--king obvious :P

Welcome back! :toast:

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Dead_Parrot

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Fri Nov-25-11 05:20 AM
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9. Oi! are you casting nasturtiums in my dissection?

I was aiming for "Hey, we found some more black rhinos" or something

Oh well.
:beer:
:toast:

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XemaSab

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Fri Nov-25-11 04:58 AM
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8. Let's see:

Hatrack and kristopher eloped to Tobago, Phantom Power's back in rehab, and GliderGuider was revealed to be Hugo Chavez's sock. :popcorn:

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Dead_Parrot

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Fri Nov-25-11 05:31 AM
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10. Sock? Weird, he always struck me as more of a jockstrap.

I hear Tobago is lovely at this time of year.

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GliderGuider

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Sat Nov-26-11 10:55 AM
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19. It's worse than that! I've just been demoted...

I'm filling in as Vlad Putin's peter-heater. It's a disgusting job, but they say I'm helping to prevent WWIII, so I don't feel too bad about it.

Actually, here's a serious update: this is my first post on the intertubes after having my right elbow completely rebuilt. Had a narsty fall on a patch of ice Wed. morning that left me with about 10 fractures in all the various bones in there. Since I was right-handed I won't be my usual jock-strappish self for a few weeks.

I used to say, "I'd give my right arm to be ambidextrous," and the Universe finally said, "Really? Well OK then, here you go..."

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XemaSab

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Sat Nov-26-11 08:58 PM
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20. Bummer

Hope everything knits and you're back in action soon.

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Nihil

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Mon Nov-28-11 05:01 AM
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22. That must put a crimp in your sex-life ...

:P

(Sorry to hear about your fall - get well soon!)

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Dead_Parrot

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Mon Nov-28-11 10:00 PM
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23. Ouchie

Hope you lift beer with the left arm, we seem to need it...
:)

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hatrack

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Sun Nov-27-11 10:26 AM
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21. Hey! HEY!!!!!!!!!!!!! KNOCK IT OFF!!!!

:hi:

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bananas

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Fri Nov-25-11 08:32 AM
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11. The First International Assessment of Space Solar Power

Edited on Fri Nov-25-11 08:56 AM by bananas

"Economically viable Solar Power Satellites appear achievable during the next 1-3 decades."
Watch the press conference if you can.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=228x85751

edit to add:
discussion in E/E which started before the report was released:
National Space Society To Announce "Ground-Breaking" Wireless Space Solar Power Findings
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=115x316840

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Dead_Parrot

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Fri Nov-25-11 09:01 AM
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12. Thanks...

...I saw that elsewhere, and cost to LTO is the problem ("dammit, if it weren't for reality we'd be sorted") but you've got the idea. :)

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bananas

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Fri Nov-25-11 09:25 AM
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13. Two other space news items

Edited on Fri Nov-25-11 09:38 AM by bananas

Two other space news items:

1) We have an astronaut running for Congress in CA district 10
He seems like a really good guy
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Hern%C3%A1ndez_%28astronaut%29
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x5018432
edit to add: his twitter feed is pretty active: http://twitter.com/Astro_Jose

2) Elon Musk announed his plans for fully-reusable rockets
The project is called "grasshopper",
each stage returns to the launch pad using retro-rockets.

Here's the animation:
http://www.spacex.com/multimedia/videos.php?id=0&cat=recent

In this talk, he says the animation isn't accurate,
partly to confuse Chinese spies:
Elon Musk Outlines Grand Plans In Speech (Video)
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=228x84043

FAA Assessment Clears Way for SpaceX Grasshopper Tests
http://www.parabolicarc.com/2011/11/18/faa-assessment-clears-way-for-spacex-grasshopper-tests/

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Dead_Parrot

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Fri Nov-25-11 09:46 AM
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14. Good news about Hernandez

Edited on Fri Nov-25-11 10:03 AM by Dead_Parrot

I like the idea of people who can do shit in the halls of power.

Not sure about grasshopper - Looks funky, but I see a lot of embedded energy in there - I'd go for the skylon approach, to be honest. SSTO, FTW.

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jpak

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Fri Nov-25-11 10:05 AM
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15. We attacked Mars with a nuclear powered robot

Edited on Fri Nov-25-11 10:05 AM by jpak

:D

:hi:

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Dead_Parrot

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Fri Nov-25-11 10:22 AM
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16. Should've used a solar powered one

:evilgrin:

:hi:

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jpak

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Fri Nov-25-11 10:26 AM
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17. We sent two the last time

This time - it's personal

:evilgrin:

:hi:

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NickB79

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Fri Nov-25-11 11:29 AM
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18. It was inevitable after we bombed the moon. nt

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