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Washington Post, today: And, throw in zero-G games: [^].
Includes edited transcript of Musk's remarks at 67th International Astronautical Congress in Guadalajara, Mexico:Quote: In an event that that had the feel of a Apple product unveiling, with delirious fans who rushed into the conference hall as soon as the doors opened, he spoke for more than an hour about a new, immensely powerful rocket, powered by a staggering 42 engines and a spacecraft designed to fly 100 passengers, or more, to Mars and even destinations beyond.
Should that be "42 bombs" ?
Reaction that Musk may not have appreciated (?):Quote: Bill Nye, chief executive of the Planetary Society, praised Musk, calling him “Iron Man,” and saying his plan was “very cool.” But he said he worried about the possibility of “breathing and spitting” humans contaminating Mars and interfering with any life that may already be there.
My favorite Musk quote: Quote: In 2002, SpaceX basically consisted of carpet and a mariachi band. That was it. That's all of SpaceX in 2002. As you can see, I'm a dancing machine. And, yeah, I believe in kicking off celebratory events with mariachi bands. I really like mariachi bands.
Olé Prometheus !
«There is a spectrum, from "clearly desirable behaviour," to "possibly dodgy behavior that still makes some sense," to "clearly undesirable behavior." We try to make the latter into warnings or, better, errors. But stuff that is in the middle category you don’t want to restrict unless there is a clear way to work around it.» Eric Lippert, May 14, 2008
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42 engines... 42... coincidence? I think not!
In this present crisis, government is not the solution to our problem; government is the problem. ~ Ronald Reagan
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Especially as he wants to call it "Heart of Gold". Definitely no coincidence.
TTFN - Kent
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Where is he going to find a totally irresponsible two-headed captain?
If you have an important point to make, don't try to be subtle or clever. Use a pile driver. Hit the point once. Then come back and hit it again. Then hit it a third time - a tremendous whack.
--Winston Churchill
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And I love it: Disappering Dino Mug[^]
Add a hot drink, and the flesh melts from their bones... 
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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OriginalGriff wrote: and the flesh melts from their bones
Yum. Appetizing. 
There are only 10 types of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who don't.
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My mother-in-law has a mug that appears black until you fill it with a hot liquid, then, her granddaughter appears on the mug. As you drink the liquid and the mug cools, the black fades back in.
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That sounds slightly morbid...
The United States invariably does the right thing, after having exhausted every other alternative. -Winston Churchill
America is the only country that went from barbarism to decadence without civilization in between. -Oscar Wilde
Wow, even the French showed a little more spine than that before they got their sh*t pushed in.[^] -Colin Mullikin
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Back when stealth technology was still an unconfirmed rumor, we were issued coffee mugs at work with a picture of a bomber on a radar screen. When hot coffee was added, the bomber faded away. Very cool... I think I still have the mug somewhere, but after 10 years or so the effect wore off.
Will Rogers never met me.
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This was originally put into much more commendable use by drawings (and other images) of attractive ladies on the mug, the heat making suitable modifications to increase sales of both mugs and hot beverages.
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Walking back from work this morning when I noticed the dew hanging on the spider webs in the lawn, so I took some pictures with my phone. I thought I would share my favorite, which I just made my new desktop background. If you like it, feel free to use and share it.
/script/Membership/Uploads/8817/20160928_084150.jpg (598 KB)
Within you lies the power for good - Use it!
modified 28-Sep-16 12:38pm.
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3.3Mb?! Run it through TinyJPG[^] and you'll get a 600Kb version with no obvious loss in quality. 
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer
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Thanks, doing so now...
Within you lies the power for good - Use it!
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Just bookmarked it.
Jeremy Falcon
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Why is this not a downloadable thing?
I'm sure they're building up a nice collection of other people's pictures...
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Could be. Automating it would be swell.
Jeremy Falcon
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You have some mighty busy spiders! Hope you don't wake up one day looking like Frodo...
#SupportHeForShe
Government can give you nothing but what it takes from somebody else. A government big enough to give you everything you want is big enough to take everything you've got, including your freedom.-Ezra Taft Benson
You must accept 1 of 2 basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe or we are not alone. Either way, the implications are staggering!-Wernher von Braun
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Nice. My photography is mainly of small and tiny natural things.
Much as I love spring and summer, autumn has the best characteristics for macro-photography, so much of nature giving it's last hurrah before the end; elegant details on seed pods.
That field is quite odd - so covered with webs.
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Very nice! +5
/ravi
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Nice!
OK, the standard question: what camera did you use to take the pic?
And also, very appropriate for the upcoming Halloween day. 
Marc
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I used my phone, a Samsung Galaxy S6.
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PJ Arends wrote: a Samsung Galaxy S6.
Wow! I'm impressed it managed to focus on the webs and not some other object. The times I've tried to take pictures of spider webs, my phone (Galaxy S5) usually focuses on something else.
Marc
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Me too. I took four other shots and this one was the only one that focused on the webs and the dandelions. The others all seemed to focus on the trees in the background.
Within you lies the power for good - Use it!
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This is the kind of stuff I mean (about the fall):
Morning Glory[^]
or, keeping with your dandylion theme,
Dandylion[^]
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