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International Talk-like-a-Pirate Day
We, me maties, Argh, otta due something for the Occasion! What with the current increase in "blow me downs" in the Carribean, we need to do our part to stem global warming! Avast there, me hearties! Who's with me!
"They're more like guidelines, you see." And so, on the 26th of September, once my moderation ban is over, I say we give the TMB the Black Spot! We spam mod him into oblivion, and take over the ship of SoylentNews! Argh! My parrot agrees with me. Who else wants to live as free persons on the high seas of the internets, instead of slaves to a crazed captain hunting for the DN? It is all there in Melville's novel, and the chapter on the "Whiteness of the Whale". Pirates, privateers, cannot afford to be racist.
New Horizons Could Get More Mission Extensions
Wakened from its latest hibernation, New Horizons may visit additional Kuiper Belt Objects
Fuel saved during the MU69 encounter could be used to send New Horizons to a third KBO, a move that would require yet another mission extension. In 2016, NASA approved an extended mission for the MU69 flyby through the year 2021.
On Sept. 6, Stern told members of NASA’s Outer Planets Assessment Group that mission scientists are already searching for an additional KBO target.
“We have a fighting chance of having a second [Kuiper Belt Object] flyby,” Stern said.
Approval of another mission extension will also provide more opportunities for New Horizons to continue its distant observations of KBOs, dwarf planets, and centaurs. Stern said that he intends to request a second extension once the MU69 flyby is completed and the data collected from it returned to Earth.
Even that might not be the mission’s end. Stern foresees additional extensions beyond the one that would take it to a second KBO.
“There’s fuel and power on board the spacecraft to operate it for another 20 years,” Stern said. “That’s not going to be a concern even for a third or fourth extended mission.”
The probe will be put into another hibernation period on Dec. 22, 2017, during which it will remain until June 4, 2018, when it will be woken up in preparation for the MU69 encounter, which will officially begin in August 2018.
Size comparison to Comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko (exact size and appearance of 2014 MU69 are still unknown, but it is suspected to be a binary object or contact binary, like Comet 67P)
Chainsaw Nun
Ted Cruz 9/11 Porn Tweet (Updated)
9/11: Never Forget
Previously:
- Harvey could be Ted Cruz’s time to shine. So far he hasn’t
- Is Ted Cruz human? An investigation
- Ted Cruz is now likeable, The New York Times wants you to believe
And then...
- Republican senator Ted Cruz caught liking pornographic video on social media
- For One Hot Second, Ted Cruz’s Official Twitter Account Liked a Porn Video
- Ted Cruz Likes Adult Movie On Twitter With Woman Who ‘Vaguely Resembles’ His Wife, Heidi
- Ted Cruz "Likes" Porn Video On Twitter
- Ted Cruz Just ‘Liked’ A Hardcore Porn Video On Twitter
- Why is US Senator Ted Cruz trending for porn?
Update: Somebody fell on their sword:
Ted Cruz trivia:
Japan's Single Mothers + The First White President
Nurses Suspended for Gawking at Dead Man's Junk
Don't like to do two in a day but eh:
5 Denver Health nurses suspended after opening body bag to view genitals
Denver nurses ogled dead patient's genitals
Denver Health nurses suspended after opening body bag to see man's genitals
These are just some nurses that eventually got caught.
Would you, RN/Dr. Soyluser, grope a stiff?
The Poop Window Story
Woman trapped in window trying to retrieve poo after Tinder date
Woman On Tinder Date Gets Stuck In Window Trying To Retrieve Her Own Poop
Something something something what even is this timeline
Another HD-article
Looking for this article about high dynamic range:
Netflix confirms HDR compatibility with Samsung Galaxy Note 8 and LG V30
Found this article with some nice historical and technical details:
Believe the Hype: HDR Is the Real Deal
HDR seems like a bigger deal than 4K for games with moody atmospherics or stealth mechanisms, as well as certain films. I doubt it will die and recede into the background like 3D did.
Should I stay, or should I go?
No doubt this is the question on everyone's mind these days! Or, I am a conceited bastard who thinks everything is about me, and the bans applied to me are really about me, and not about the random imposition of power!
Whence aristarchus? Interesting, my recent experience with mod bombing had my karma reduced to almost single digit. Now I am not privy to the inter databases as someone like The Mighty Buzzard is, for some reason, but I could tell that perhaps several of the spam mods (-10, you know!) were not called for, were in error, and should have been rescinded immediately. This was not the case, and after a campaign of posting "no comment" to current articles, either my spam mods were rescinded or my fellow soylentils responded to my mayday call, and restored my karma. But since my spam mods were not immediately rescinded, I felt it was apropos to spam mod the most visible face of the right-wing bias, and although I have no evidence to suggest such, the spam modder of me, The Mighty Buzzard.
Those of use who are mere Soylentils get some idea of how things go down. If I rip Runaway1965 a new one over some stupid thing he has posted, I can expect to get several down mods, in that or other threads. Same thing if I have to, once again! correct the obviously rebutted khallow. Now, I am not suggesting, and I do not know, that these fine Soylentils which whom I have obvious disagreements, are down modding me just because I disagree with them. But the pattern persists.
So, after we have entered upon the "Spam mod aristarchus four times", and "aristarchus spam mods The Mighty Buzzard once" situation, things have been, well, "fluid". My karma has gone back up to the max. But curiously, it does not stay there. I seem to dip in to the low 40's, and then back up to 50, depending on where the sun is shining on the earth. Well, that is as may be. But if a majority of Soylentils are so opposed to my posts, I can only assume that my time here is wasted. Except, of course, my education of khallow and insulting of Runaway, and dismissing of jmorris, and . . . spam modding of The Marginally Brossander! Well, I was workig on a real journal on Ethics for Soylentils. It may not see the light of day, if the current tyranny of the spam mod admins continues.
Aristarchus, out. Love you all, authentic Soylentils!!!
Work is going well
I'm working on a USB video driver. The way it works is quite complex so I ported from Linux rather than writing from scratch:
#define spin_lock_t IOSimpleLock *
Some things didn't have such simple ports, so I guarded them with #ifdefs. Then my coworker removed all the Linux-specific code as well as the ifdefs. Sucks to be him when it's maintenance time.
I get a big check when it goes to beta. I'm going to donate a good chunk of money to homeless shelters, soup kitchens and rescue missions.
And I'm going to buy a car.
The car won't help much with getting to work - because of the all-day rush our here in Portland, I'll stick to the light rail. But it might be worthwhile to drive instead of taking two busses to get from home to the North Portland light rail station. I expect that will cut my commute from two hours to ninety minutes.
More important to me in the short term is that I can go places where the busses don't go. Like the beach, the desert and the mountains.
I like to camp in the desert.
Say that ---^ in Reno and you get a 10-day involuntary hold for being a danger to yourself. That's because "camping in the desert" is a local euphemism for "committing suicide".
"But I'm not from Reno! I really _do_ like to camp in the desert." My pleas fell on deaf ears.
A good chunk of Eastern Washington, Eastern Oregon and Northeast California is a desert.
I get another big check when we ship. There will be quite a lot of work between beta and shipping; I have to support multiple dongles, as well as harmony with the competitor's dongle, as well as some other featureful things.
I'm going to get my stuff out of storage in Canada. I don't know yet how much that will cost but I'm guessing three grand.
I'll get my piano back. I mean like a real piano, with wires and wood.
It was way out of tune when I recorded this. I later had it tuned, but I wanted to record its memory in case tuning it broke some of the strings. While they could be replaced, the new wires would spoil the distinctive voice of the piano that I had lived with since I was a toddler.
In my experience, if you enjoy my recordings, you're not right in the head. One of my two biggest fans has Borderline Personality Disorder - I met her by playing a piano in a nuthouse - and Schizotypal Personality Disorder.
I also have a Fatar controller in storage. It doesn't make sound, I have to use a MIDI Sound Module for that. But it has a hammer-action mechanism that makes it feel like a real concert grand.
I also - presently - have an M-Audio ProKeys 88sx Lightweight Stage Piano. I bought it for playing open mics.
The Hell am I going to do with three pianos? My apartment is tiny! But I cannot bear to part with any of them.
Lately I've been writing down my favorite artists when they're played on Radio Paradise. Then ever couple of weeks I go to a real good record store and buy a half-dozen CDs. I've got over a hundred artists in my list, I'm going to be enjoying lots of new music, with the approval of the MAFIAA.
Ah! The privileged life: a couple weeks ago I bought parmesan cheese for my spaghetti.
