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#201 Re: Meta New Mars » Spammer » 2007-07-23 13:04:52
You sure? I only saw him link in the last post, and it was kind of ontopic but questionable... I hesitated to remove the link myself
Did he post links in the other two posts too?
If not, maybe it was just a case of bad judgement...
OTOH, If he did post spam on the other posts , burn banhammer baby burn :twisted:
#202 Re: Unmanned probes » Mars Exploration Rovers (MER) » 2007-07-08 12:07:54
a records breaking duststorm might mean the end of the rovers soon...
#203 Re: Science, Technology, and Astronomy » Look Out Research! » 2007-07-06 03:07:52
Very sad to see NIAC go...
Indeed, unique.
I think ESA has something similar, IIRC, but not of this scope at all.
#204 Re: Pictures of Mars » JPEG 2000 Viewer? » 2007-07-01 02:13:01
If you're on a Mac, definitely Graphicconvertor
otherwise try XnView for a plethora of other platforms
both might be a bit overkill if all you want to do is slideshows but the programs are worth checking out in themselves, very handy stuff
#206 Re: Not So Free Chat » I'll take malaprops for *5* Bob - Apropos of Nothing continues. . . » 2007-06-29 00:09:10
:cry: I cried victory a tad too early...
Yesterday I received news from my mentor that -much to his chagrin- an external jury considered my thesis too ecyclopedic, so I've got to rework it and present it again in September.
combining a full time job and moving houses in that timeframe with rewriting a thesis, Aaaargh!
Oh well....
#207 Re: Not So Free Chat » I'll take malaprops for *5* Bob - Apropos of Nothing continues. . . » 2007-06-20 08:06:28
Sure does 
#208 Re: Not So Free Chat » I'll take malaprops for *5* Bob - Apropos of Nothing continues. . . » 2007-06-19 10:03:49
Yay, I'm 37 and finally finished my studies!
Yesterday I (successfully) defended my work for a jury and now I'm free!
(Oh, wait one I already have a job... So no holiday)
What an exciting day, I can finally call myself Master restorator/conservator of visual media, they threw a little party at my job at the university library of Ghent and I just had a whole day scanning in a most amazing book, back from the year 1121(!), the first ever illustrated encyclopedia in the world, (Liber Floridus) complete with dragons and a 'world map' that only shows Europe. I got a bit nervous when I heard it was estimated to be worth well over 5 million Euros though...
#209 Re: Meta New Mars » Spammer » 2007-06-18 02:28:31
#210 Re: Meta New Mars » Most users ever online » 2007-06-12 10:42:42
Coincidentally lots of other phpbbs es seem to be having bumper numbers of people online too these days, maybe it's lots of spambots visiting? :?
#211 Re: Meta New Mars » WIKI: We now have a useable wiki... » 2007-05-25 06:41:28
Another note, I realize the "New Mars Wiki" link is not there anymore. I'm working on that.
You're still working on that or has it become impossible to add the link there?
#212 Re: Science, Technology, and Astronomy » Galileo problems? » 2007-05-15 23:47:40
it is true, the project is in big trouble. only one sat launched, and deadlines slipping etc.
for example this BBC writeup:
#213 Re: Not So Free Chat » Hello all » 2007-05-13 09:11:36
Hi Fledi, long time no see
#214 Re: Life on Mars » Can I ask a question about life not on Earth or Mars? » 2007-05-10 05:56:39
Heehee!
(Imagines the exo-biologist getting huuge fits over this.)
Hmmm edibility... How big are the chances they have the same aminoacid structure compared to human life, to begin with?
#215 Re: Life on Mars » Insects milling around? » 2007-05-10 00:45:05
not again...
sigh... the "movement" is simply before and after the placement of the gammaray test device that did its thing.
#216 Re: Meta New Mars » Removal of posts - About the ISA, Rick Dobson, etc » 2007-04-22 02:38:36
oh no!
What 'fun' did I miss?
#217 Re: Not So Free Chat » horror of another school shooting » 2007-04-18 07:21:00
Dear Sir,
I find your ideas intriguing and want to subscribe to your newsletter 
you sure are a piece of work, Tom.
#218 Re: Unmanned probes » Mars Global Surveyor Not Responding » 2007-04-14 05:49:00
one single misadressed comment was responsible for a cascade of bad things happening....
http://www.latimes.com/news/science/la- … -headlines
According to a preliminary report from the Mars Global Surveyor operations review board, the problems with the spacecraft began in June, when a command that oriented the spacecraft's main communications antenna was sent to the wrong address. The mistake caused a problem with the positioning of the solar power panels.
The problems came to a head Nov. 2, when the spacecraft detected the positioning error and tried to go into a safe, or contingency, mode.
That exposed one of the batteries to direct sunlight, causing it to overheat.
Software on the spacecraft interpreted the overheating as an overcharged battery and shut down the charging system. As a result, the batteries drained within 12 hours, resulting in a loss of communications with Earth.
The review panel found that the management team followed procedures in dealing with the problem but that the procedures "were inadequate to catch the errors that occurred."
The review also said the spacecraft's onboard fault protection system failed to respond to the errors. Instead of protecting the spacecraft, the programmed response made it worse.
#219 Re: Meta New Mars » Bloody broken login! » 2007-04-12 01:17:36
Don't feel bad about it. Real Life is a bitch 
#220 Re: Pictures of Mars » MARS AND BEYOND (Part I). » 2007-04-12 01:14:27
No, it is the MER missions, combination of real footage and Dan Maas CGI stuff, with the actual ground control 'soundtrack' etc.
#221 Re: Space Policy » President of India calls for joint - US/Indian habitat on Mars by 2050 » 2007-03-29 11:08:30
We should be able to build an atmosphere without much problem. Then, we could send half our population there," said Physical Research Laboratory council chairman and former Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) chief Prof U R Rao on Monday.
yeah sure.
I want some of the stuff he's smoking 
#222 Re: Not So Free Chat » Mars Frontier Novel - New web location » 2007-03-19 11:21:52
Bahai does feature in it, but a lot of other religions too. It really doesn't bother me, the novel is good enough on other sides (lots of *very* clever hardware ideas, for instance)
I'm secular, and it doesn't bother me at all.
OTOH, before this novel I'd never even heard of Bahai, so I thought it was even intersting to read some stuff about it.
so
Is this novel a method of encouraging the public awareness of the bahai faith?
yes, in fact, I guess. But not overly.
#223 Re: Terraformation » Is Global Warming real? » 2007-03-14 14:49:17
You can find the original paper from where the graps originate (short version) here: http://www.anenglishmanscastle.com/archives/003818.html (it's a .pdf)
#224 Re: Terraformation » Is Global Warming real? » 2007-03-14 14:33:20
interesting.
No need to become confrontational, I was just asking a question. Thanks for the answer.
#225 Re: Terraformation » Is Global Warming real? » 2007-03-14 13:36:33
We have records of Co2 going back to the 1860 or 1850 time period and they show increased and decreases of the Co2 over that time period. Matter of fact, there a period in 1880 where the Co2 was a lot higher than it is right now. Even back in the 1930 or so there were higher level of Co2 than it is right now.,
care to back that up with a reputable source? All graphs I've seen show quite a different picture.
