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Everyone

Oct 11, 2013 19:00

Universal question: Why would anybody want to be mod? What's in it?

TildalWave

Oct 11, 2013 17:49

@Undo hehe yes, go ahead ... let them feel the pressure early on, adjust to what is expected of them LOL

David Freitag

Oct 11, 2013 17:46

@Undo pah, vanity

called2voyage

Oct 11, 2013 17:37

You get a rabbit with a waffle on its head.

called2voyage

Oct 11, 2013 17:21

pro tem mod is a lot less stringent than a job interview

PearsonArtPhoto

Oct 11, 2013 14:05

area51.stackexchange.com/proposals/43029/… , if anyone's interested.

Stack Exchange

Oct 11, 2013 13:44

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Q: We need to step it up with the questions!

All right, currently our biggest "Needs Work" area (in my opinion) is our questions per day. Our visits per day is also in the "Needs Work" but we are still a fairly young beta and we have been doing some promotion. Our questions per day is pretty bad though. Currently we have about 861 users, an...

Stack Exchange

Oct 11, 2013 04:04

If the celestial sphere were mapped to the Earth's surface, astronomy would get a LOT easier; you'd just need a magnifying glass.

Chris

Oct 10, 2013 19:19

I also wonder if it's a little bit due to the Fence shutdown..

TildalWave

Oct 10, 2013 15:06

Ran into Juno team member. Spacecraft is still safed but sounds like everything is ok and they got most of their earth data. Phew #dps13

Tweeted by PlanetDr on October 10, 2013 at 2:39 PM

PearsonArtPhoto

Oct 9, 2013 21:45

I also passed Stack Overflow here, making this my second highest reputation site!

Undo

Oct 9, 2013 17:34

I don't need a proxy most of the time, it's just these government networks give me the heeby-jeebies.

ManishEarth

Oct 9, 2013 17:33

@Undo I do that too. I have two tunnels (one perpetually open, one that I can open in a few seconds), plus a shortcut to Tor.

Everyone

Oct 8, 2013 19:12

Understood. It seemed to fit though ... as Earth's gravity is giving Juno a 'kick in the pants'.
Apropos the comment - I concur (+: "My preference would be to keep the two separate" Last para in me answer

Everyone

Oct 8, 2013 18:51

Hm. Is Juno slowing down headed into the Grav ass?

Rory Alsop

Oct 8, 2013 10:52

How is galaxy formed? They need to do way instain Big Bang - who kill thier galaxeis. because theese galaxy cannot fright back. :-) — Rory Alsop 2 mins ago

David Freitag

Oct 8, 2013 02:19

@Undo woohoo

TildalWave

Oct 7, 2013 02:50

oh stop it, you're making me blush ;)

TildalWave

Oct 7, 2013 02:46

Sadomasochism

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UV-D

Oct 7, 2013 02:45

nah, you don't sound a day over 80

Undo

Oct 6, 2013 02:20

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Q: iPhone 5 suddenly wants activated; can't connect to activation server

My iPhone 5 suddenly wants activated - when unlocked, it shows me my wallpaper. After sliding to unlock, it asks for my passcode. When I enter it, it takes me straight to the 'Activate iPhone' page - like it wants to be set up. The text on the page: This iPhone is currently linked to an Appl...

iphone icloud apple-id iphone-5 ios-7

called2voyage

Oct 4, 2013 13:35

@called2voyage Damn, forgot completely about the QM considerations. Edited, thanks :) — Manishearth 3 mins ago

TildalWave

Oct 4, 2013 10:58

@RoryAlsop meh I'm just misunderstood

TildalWave

Oct 4, 2013 09:28

Happy World Space Week to all!

TildalWave

Oct 3, 2013 19:31

I also can't advice strongly enough to immediately delete such links used not to forward new victims to such sites with seemingly our blessing to go there.

called2voyage

Oct 3, 2013 18:14

@Everyone Ok, then we need to edit it to say 'astronauts'. On English-language sites we use 'cosmonauts' to refer exclusively to Russian astronauts.

ManishEarth

Oct 2, 2013 06:41

NASA is on a siesta, please come back when the government does

Chris

Oct 1, 2013 18:57

So... pieces of insulation are now the most likely culprits?

PearsonArtPhoto

Oct 1, 2013 17:25

I could well imagine that some things might change, but talking to spacecraft is a 24/7 ops, you can't really take a break from it.

PearsonArtPhoto

Oct 1, 2013 13:32

We need to convince some NASA people to come here, as it looks like they have the day off.

TildalWave

Sep 30, 2013 15:21

Space Exploration SE Weekly Newsletter. Subscribe now!

TildalWave

Sep 27, 2013 14:56

BTW, this week's topic is planetary-science (► TOTW meta thread):

Stack Exchange

Sep 27, 2013 04:05

Functional programming combines the flexibility and power of abstract mathematics with the intuitive clarity of abstract mathematics.

Stack Exchange

Sep 25, 2013 04:00

I'm the Philosopher until someone hands me a burrito.

Undo

Sep 23, 2013 02:54

@Tildal Think we should make moon a synonym pointing to the-moon? I used it by instinct.

Undo

Sep 19, 2013 22:58

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A: Community Promotion Ads - 2013

TildalWave

Sep 19, 2013 08:18

translucent ... with glitter

Undo

Sep 18, 2013 14:48

Not if you specify which one, etc. Then Manish will come along and answer with a bunch of Latex.

PearsonArtPhoto

Sep 17, 2013 16:05

@TildalWave Added meta.electronics.stackexchange.com/a/3096/2533

TildalWave

Sep 16, 2013 23:46

meta.skeptics.stackexchange.com/a/2517/11634 and meta.physics.stackexchange.com/a/4965/21740 and meta.scifi.stackexchange.com/a/3126/12950 for now.

Donald.McLean

Sep 11, 2013 13:40

I actually have two small samples of the silvery thermal blanket material that flew on the Hubble. During two of the servicing missions, they replaced some of the blankets. The blankets that were replaced, they cut up into small pieces and handed them out to folks who worked on the project.

TildalWave

Sep 9, 2013 02:22

I mean... why in heaven's name are you going somewhere without a proper internet connection?

TildalWave

Sep 6, 2013 00:13

But it does read almost like spam for the moment... I know, it's just awkward wording and we probably all do it - well, not mods obviously, we're infallible :P

TildalWave

Sep 5, 2013 16:08

@PearsonArtPhoto Which got me thinking we should go through those XKCDs and maybe find inspiration for new questions ;) I mean, there's only a few thousands of them, should be a breeze :))

RhysW

Sep 5, 2013 13:41

@PearsonArtPhoto I recall this one, something about everyone in China jumping at once I think?

David Freitag

Sep 4, 2013 19:29

Yeah, it's kinda funny how measuring practicality in its self is actually quite a bit impractical.

JohnB

Aug 29, 2013 19:53

here is a direct link that people won't have to click around to find it videocorner.tv/videocorner2/live_flv/…

David Freitag

Aug 28, 2013 18:06

4475 pounds per second.... 2.5 tons of propellant burned per second... insane.

Crazy Buddy

Aug 28, 2013 17:56

Go, Go, Go, Go, Go, Go, Go...

TildalWave

Aug 27, 2013 17:15

87.5% accept rate! :)

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