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It makes me philosophical about the process that brought us to this amazing achievement!
By chance, today I was doing some rewrite work and came across this reference from a century ago, which testifies to the importance and influence of Jupiter in millenniums gone by. I wonder at those ancient observers' thoughts, if they could see the beauty we've since uncovered? Would they be awed the same way we are by these pictures? Or would their awe twist to terror and incomprehension?
"The hypothesis that in later times at all events the King of the Wood [the central investigatory theme in James Frazer's work] played the part of the oak god Jupiter, is confirmed by an examination of his divine partner Diana. For two distinct lines of argument converge to shew that if Diana was a queen of the woods in general, she was at Nemi a goddess of the oak in particular. ... On the whole, then we conclude that at Nemi the King of the Wood personated the oak-god Jupiter and mated with the oak-goddess Diana in the sacred grove. An echo of their mystic union has come down to us in the legend of the loves of Numa and Egeria, who according to some had their trysting-place in these holy woods.
"To this theory it may naturally be objected that the divine consort of Jupiter was not Diana but Juno, and that if Diana had a mate at all he might be expected to bear the name not of Jupiter, but of Dianus or Janus, the latter of these forms being merely a corruption of the former. All this is true, but the objection may be parried by observing that the two pairs of deities, Jupiter and Juno on the one side, and Dianus and Diana, or Janus and Jana, on the other side are merely duplicates of each other, their names and their functions being in substance and origin identical. With regard to their names, all four of them come from the same Aryan root, DI, meaning "bright," which occurs in the names of the corresponding Greek deities, Zeus and his old female consort Dione. In regard to their functions, Juno and Diana were both goddesses of fecundity and childbirth, and both were sooner or later identified with the moon. As to the true nature and functions of Janus the ancients themselves were puzzled; and where they hesitate, it is not for us to confidently to decide. But the view mentioned by Varro that Janus was the god of the sky is supported not only by the etymological identity of his name with that of the sky-god Jupiter, but also by the relation in which he appears to have stood to Jupiter's two mates, Juno and Juturna. For the epithet Junonian bestowed on Janus points to a marriage union between the two deities; and according to others was beloved by Jupiter. Moreover, Janus, like Jove, was regularly invoked, and commonly spoken of, under the title of Father. Indeed he was identified with Jupiter not merely by the logic of a Chrisitan doctor, but by the piety of a pagan worshipper who dedicated an offering to Jupiter Dianus. A trace of his relation to the oak may be found in the oak-woods of the Janiculum, the hill on the right bank of the Tiber, where Janus is said to have reigned as a king in the remotest ages of Italian history.
"Thus, if I am right, the same ancient pair of deities was variously known among the Greek and Italian peoples as Zeus and Dione, Jupiter and Juno, or Dianus (Janus) and Diana (Jana), the names of the divinities being identical in substance, though varying in form with the dialect of the particular tribe which worshipped them...
- James Frazer, The Golden Bough, Vol 2, pp. 380-82, 1911.
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DRHuff wrote: Makes me happy to share a planet with the people
Ya, you sure lucked out crash landing on this planet. 
Everyone is born right handed. Only the strongest overcome it.
Fight for left-handed rights and hand equality.
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Not so certain...have you met the folks who live there? They are an...ummm...odd bunch 
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Eric Lynch wrote: They are an...ummm...odd bunch
I thought they were an Odd Couple - or a Brady Bunch.
Socialism is the Axe Body Spray of political ideologies: It never does what it claims to do, but people too young to know better keep buying it anyway. (Glenn Reynolds)
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Does a Brady Bunch even qualify as a "bunch"? I thought it was only Marcia, Marcia, Marcia
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 It makes me happy we still do outer space stuff, rather than make movies & TV series about it.
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Agreed. The picture itself is awesome, but all the imagination, engineering, and hard work that make it possible are simply awe inspiring. NASA does truly amazing work with their unmanned space program.
I wish NASA could do the same with their manned space program. From 1969-1972, we went someplace...the moon.
For the past 50 years (almost), the program seemed lost. They kept, literally, going in circles...first around the Earth (ISS) and soon, it seems, around the Moon (Lunar Gateway).
It would be nice if they would pick a destination and simply focus on getting there
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Legendary country and western star Roy Clark[^] has passed.
Loved Hee Haw, he hosted it for it's entirety...24 years.
I may not be that good looking, or athletic, or funny, or talented, or smart
I forgot where I was going with this but I do know I love bacon!
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Mike Hankey wrote: Loved Hee Haw...
He was in Winnie the Pooh wasn't he?
Michael Martin
Australia
"I controlled my laughter and simple said "No,I am very busy,so I can't write any code for you". The moment they heard this all the smiling face turned into a sad looking face and one of them farted. So I had to leave the place as soon as possible."
- Mr.Prakash One Fine Saturday. 24/04/2004
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Don't know, googled but didn't find anything!
I may not be that good looking, or athletic, or funny, or talented, or smart
I forgot where I was going with this but I do know I love bacon!
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Mike Hankey wrote: Don't know, googled but didn't find anything!
I was just being a facetious prick Mike. Don't who you were talking about and Hee Haw sounded enough like Eeyore[^] for me to make a Dad joke.
Michael Martin
Australia
"I controlled my laughter and simple said "No,I am very busy,so I can't write any code for you". The moment they heard this all the smiling face turned into a sad looking face and one of them farted. So I had to leave the place as soon as possible."
- Mr.Prakash One Fine Saturday. 24/04/2004
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Spent a week in the woods doing trail maintenance, I was so tired you could have told me the moon was gone and I would have believed you.
I may not be that good looking, or athletic, or funny, or talented, or smart
I forgot where I was going with this but I do know I love bacon!
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A fine guitarist, sad.
"the debugger doesn't tell me anything because this code compiles just fine" - random QA comment
"Facebook is where you tell lies to your friends. Twitter is where you tell the truth to strangers." - chriselst
"I don't drink any more... then again, I don't drink any less." - Mike Mullikins uncle
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Banjo, fiddle, mandolin, probably piano too.
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Indeed. I had always thought he was a hack, until I heard him play a classical guitar piece during an interview. It was beautiful.
Software Zen: delete this;
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I have recently been enjoying Gloom Despair and Agony On Me videos on YouTube and sorry to hear about our loss.
<sig notetoself="think of a better signature">
<first>Jim</first> <last>Meadors</last>
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Always liked that portion of the show.
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Is being given for free in Humble (via Steam redeem)...
Just in case someone could be interested.
M.D.V. 
If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about?
Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you
Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
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Good one, still 2 days and 20 hours left, hurry, hurry 
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I already own it but if anyone likes 4X games this is a solid one. Fun and challenging.
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Some of are trying to detox... 
Charlie Gilley
<italic>Stuck in a dysfunctional matrix from which I must escape...
"Where liberty dwells, there is my country." B. Franklin, 1783
“They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” BF, 1759
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My Microscope post[^] made it into the CP Insider!
It's an awesome honor - the pinnacle of something - a surprise, for sure, as I thought it to be rather mundane . . .
. . . or perhaps things are duller around here than I realized?
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No honor in shameless plugs.
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