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From the link: the prominent condensation on the upper left is likely not a separate galaxy at all, but a tidal tail of stars flung out by the galaxies' gravitational interactions.
A phrase like this still boggles my mind. 
Nice pic.
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I'd give anything to be out there. Anything. 
"If you think it's expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur." Red Adair.
Those who seek perfection will only find imperfection
nils illegitimus carborundum
me, me, me
me, in pictures
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As long as I might get back home sometime, I agree.
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Not that bothered about coming back.
"If you think it's expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur." Red Adair.
Those who seek perfection will only find imperfection
nils illegitimus carborundum
me, me, me
me, in pictures
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As long as I could still visit CP, I would go.
Getting information off the Internet is like taking a drink from a fire hydrant.
- Mitchell Kapor
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Awesome as always! 
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Unless Mike Rowe narrates it and says it's true I just don't believe it.
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In the needling, persistent, won't go away sort of remembering...
Just got my new Dell premium widescreen monitor and now I noticed in the bottom right corner of my Eclipse development environment an icon and text to "Sign in to Google..."
You can reduce it to an icon, but unlike my ex wife, I cannot make it go away.
They're as pushy with this stuff now as is Adobe is on every update. I don't need a Sign into Google button at all, let alone in my development environment.
Rant over, I feel (slightly) better.
"Things don't happen for a reason; things just happen, and then we reason them." - Joe Chizmas
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Don't use Eclipse ... last time I used it it wasn't a great IDE anyway. I recommend IntelliJ IDEA for a top drawer Java IDE.
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In what way(s) is IntelliJ better than Eclipse?
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Well I don't mean to start a holy war but in my experience:
- it's faster to get off the disk and hogs less memory
- it's easier to integrate it with build scripts
- it's easier to run and debug test cases
- its static analysis ('code inspections') are better
- my coworkers tell me its refactoring features are better (I don't really use those)
It has good source control integration as well but I imagine Eclipse has that too.
And in the case of being annoyed by prompts to sign in to the machine, it doesn't do that either!
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Alright, I might give it a try
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InteliJ has a similar feel to Visual Studio while Eclipse works completely differently. For someone who does a lot of .net and only a little Java that's a big theoretical advantage.
Unfortunately Eclipse is the only approved java IDE on some hardened systems I have to use (and "I don't like it" isn't sufficient grounds to justify the work to approve an alternative); and when I started doing Android programming the pain of trying to use the android stuff in anything but eclipse was worse than having to use Eclipse itself. (The latter might not be true any more; but when Google launched Android Studio based on InteliJ a year or so ago it was still an alpha quality product.) As a result I'm currently using Eclipse for all the java I do because I don't do enough of it to justify keeping how both tools work in my head. 
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, waging all things in the balance of reason?
Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful?
--Zachris Topelius
Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies.
-- Sarah Hoyt
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I tried IntelliJ about a year or so ago and it was /okay/ but I went back to Netbeans which bugs me but at least it bugs me in a way I know.
speramus in juniperus
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I'm seeing the same thing when I visit MSDN. I find a link, click, and then get redirected through a Windows Live signin page, then wait...wait...and then I'm at the page I was after.
Weird and creepy.
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My favorite part of Windows 8.1? How it insists on you creating a "Microsoft Account" for every Windows Update  .
Software Zen: delete this;
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The other day my ex-wife posted on FB that she found somebody she like what should I do?
I guess "Leave the poor guy alone" wasn't an appropriate answer? Who woulda knowd?
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Dear Dave,
You have indeed been a good boy this year and as a reward I was going to bring you this car but after test driving it I've decided to keep this one and instead you'll be receiving this one[^] for Christmas.
Best wishes,
Santa
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Dear Santa.
Thank-you very much for the offer, but please, take your little red noddy car and shove it up your @r$e.
I hope you choke on your mince pies and rudolph pee's in your milk.
Disgruntled,
Dave
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Dear disgruntled Dave,
Sorry you don't like your car but I've got my own problems; Mrs. Santa ran off with the UPS guy and wants a divorce and is asking for the toy shop in the settlement, the elves are threatening to strike, the reindeer are getting old and I don't know it they will make it another year, the polar cap is melting and the place is turning into a big ball of slush, I threw a hip out so as a result I don't give a sh*t.
Regards,
Santa
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Dear single Santa,
Sorry to hear about your issues with your ex-wife and the delivery man.
Maybe you shouldn't stick the car anywhere, but just hold onto it, you'll need it to get around once your deer peg it. I'll give you a 100 for the reindeer carcass, I have a buyer that will use them in next summer seasons burgers (don't think anyone will notice).
I managed to track down the attorney for your ex-wife and made an offer on the toy shop. Fair price as well, I'll sell it back to you at cost (+expenses+management fee of 25%).
You might be able to move somewhere colder to get away from the slush.
Anyway, all the best big man.
Ho Ho Ho,
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DaveAuld wrote: Ho Ho Ho,
Green Giant!
FTFY. 
"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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Dear Dave,
I got antoher gig[^] lined up, but thanks for the offer.
Regards,
Santa
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Gee that reminds me of a particular Kevin Bloody Wilson song. Still not sure I'm better-off for knowing it. But it sure is a laugh!
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