OT: OT Thread Part 7: Where the Only Off Off Topic is Politics (Well Not Literally!)

[Fixed to Ruin]

I lost it at the ipad part.

 

[5 Mins 4 Ftg]

 

[bellagiobob]

 

[bellagiobob]

Very cool.

 

[yukoner88]

User name checks out

 

[Stoneman89]

User name checks out

Shit, if I said something (even as innocuous) like that, I'd get my hand slapped (again). I'm like those tough guys that are marked for the penalty box whenever they breath on someone.

 

[oilers'72]

Very cool.

Looks neat but this has a lot better database. Use the links to get to Edmonton and see all the stations listed.

RadioStationWorld - Radio Broadcast Directory and Listing of Radio Stations on the Web

 

[5 Mins 4 Ftg]

Daytona 500 just had one hell of a finish in a massive crash.

 

[MoontoScott]

Speaking of the earth, WTI broke thru 60 bucks tonight and the natural gas spot price is at an all time high.

 

[oilers'72]

Another UK TV ad.

Churchill "Slide" by Engine

 

[yukoner88]

The ad sponsor really REALLY wants me to read up on Pat Sajak's net worth bringing his family to tears. Has anyone bitten the bullet and clicked on the article?

Edit: don't click on it. It's probably a trap. I never click on those things and I don't ask people to do anything i wouldn't do.

 

[bellagiobob]

The ad sponsor really REALLY wants me to read up on Pat Sajak's net worth bringing his family to tears. Has anyone bitten the bullet and clicked on the article?

Edit: don't click on it. It's probably a trap. I never click on those things and I don't ask people to do anything i wouldn't do.

I use an adblocker, so not even sure what you're talking about, but I'll take your word for it.

 

[bellagiobob]

Crazy bugger.

 

[bellagiobob]

 

[bellagiobob]

Wow, way to go guys. So impressive.

 

[bellagiobob]

 

[joestevens29]

Wow, way to go guys. So impressive.

And now the long road to recovery.

 

[King K Rool]

Very cool.

This is awesome thank you.

I started bingeing 30 Rock. I like Tina Fey and I need something funny. Some things aged badly like the Bill Cosby references, but still some legit funny material

 

[Ritchie Valens]

So they can figure out how to get an unmanned spacecraft all the way over to Mars without it crashing into anything or going off course, land it on the surface where they wanted to put it without wrecking any shit at a speed of mach-chicken but can't get it to take color photos? What are we, in the stone age?

The view from Mars: Here's the 1st photo from NASA's Perseverance rover! | Space

 

[Stoneman89]

So they can figure out how to get an unmanned spacecraft all the way over to Mars without it crashing into anything or going off course, land it on the surface without wrecking any shit at a speed of mach-chicken but can't get it to take color photos? What are we, in the stone age?

The view from Mars: Here's the 1st photo from NASA's Perseverance rover! | Space

Cool. Now where the hell are the sea creatures we've been promised?

 

[Ritchie Valens]

Cool. Now where the hell are the sea creatures we've been promised?

I'm totally expecting a Spaceman Spiff scenario to play out.

 

[oilers'72]

So they can figure out how to get an unmanned spacecraft all the way over to Mars without it crashing into anything or going off course, land it on the surface where they wanted to put it without wrecking any shit at a speed of mach-chicken but can't get it to take color photos? What are we, in the stone age?

The view from Mars: Here's the 1st photo from NASA's Perseverance rover! | Space

Actually, the amount of data in a B&W photo is far less than a colour one. NASA takes the image and colourizes it.

Edit: NASA did crash a probe into Mars because of a US/metric conversion problem.

How NASA Lost a Spacecraft From a Metric Math Mistake | SimScale

 

[Ritchie Valens]

Actually, the amount of data in a B&W photo is far less than a colour one. NASA takes the image and colourizes it.

Edit: NASA did crash a probe into Mars because of a US/metric conversion problem.

How NASA Lost a Spacecraft From a Metric Math Mistake | SimScale

That was a costly, embarrassing mistake by Zutroy.

That's good info about the data and makes sense...I read earlier something about radio waves or signals taking 11 minutes to reach Earth so I could imagine how long a color photo would take as it would be more data to send. A day or two? Three? Maybe Amazon Prime could get it back faster. For the scientists waiting to get started on analyzing photos, that would be a lot of standing around.

 

[Senor Catface]

Cool. Now where the hell are the sea creatures we've been promised?

You know, the idea of going to Europa to discover if there's water/life underneath the ice is what I consider the most exciting potential mission.

(In before the 2001 references)

 

[joestevens29]

41 years since Bon Scott passed away. Really makes you wonder what ACDC would've been with him and not Brian Johnson. Really be curious what my favourite Thunderstruck would've sounded like with a different singer.

Also makes me realize how old I'm getting as I was born a few years after he passed.