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JohnB

2:21 AM

@Undo or abusing his power to give himself helpful flags ;)

Undo

4:04 AM

@JohnB self.power.abuse('sneakily');

Stack Exchange

5:03 AM

The Thirty Meter Telescope will be renamed The Flesh-Searing Eye on the Volcano.

Hash

5:49 AM

@TildalWave what's the SE.hat post on meta ?

Hash

5:59 AM

@Nick hi ..

@NickT is there a way to unlock all the stages in Wolverine x men origins game ?

TildalWave

10:58 AM

@Hash Just some fun for the festive season, we'll get hats for our avatars. I'm not entirely sure how it's gonna function, because I wasn't yet here last year when they run it, but seems fun enough :)

Live stream for the launch of Eurockot Rockot vehicle on its ESA Swarm mission is now available on ESA Live and SpaceflightNow

Hennes

11:19 AM

I just solved the problem to space travel without breaking lightspeed.

We just compress space, just like the guy asking here want to do with his exchange server

TildalWave

@Hennes Hehe OK sure, there's only hydrogen in hydrogen tanks and only oxygen in oxygen tanks ... so let's just make the tanks smaller and write on them that they're a lot bigger :)

Hennes

No FLuorine in the tanks?

And lets make the engines from Cd

TildalWave

well anything, as long as we can just mark its quantity and not actually use that much

decompression should do the rest :)

Hennes

Mark it as huge, and launch the phone cleaners and politicians!

TildalWave

Ah yes, you see that's not compression, that's sanitisation

a bit like building a mental hospital inside out and then living outside (inside) of it

Since we're quoting Douglas Adams ;)

By my count the clock for the launch should now be at T-25 minutes, no thanks to DLR speakers

So CNES brought scientists, and DLR brought politicians ... go figure. Guess which ones are trying to be funny...

Crappy weather in Plesetsk

Hennes

11:54 AM

8 minutes remaining

TildalWave

T-7 min.

the stream is one of the most tiring ones I've ever seen

Hennes

And aye, fog and -1º Celsius.

Le sigh. Look at clock. Time till launch is shown.
The pause to manually calculate what was shown on the screen.

TildalWave

hehe yes, the event is completely disharmonized ... that's what you get when you mix too many of us Europeans LOL

They don't even know which cam to switch to

T-50 sec.

liftoff at T+11 sec.

lol no countdown even

Hennes

12:11 PM

I think it woudld be easier to replace Bruno with audio speaker

TildalWave

Well since I'm a taxpayer for this too, I feel free to comment it would be much better if we just had the live stream from Plesetsk and some Russian counting down to launch on the launchpad speakers ... this launch "event" is really tiring, rather pointless because they're just repeating same two lines for half an hour, and I wonder why I'm paying them. Just give me the science!

did he just say "magnetotorquers"?

ah, he just said "... I'm not an expert" :D

Can't we just replace all these quasi-scientists / politicians with some infographic?

is that it?

Hash

12:32 PM

@TildalWave does this question fit into the scope of meta.SO space.stackexchange.com/questions/2873/…

Hash

12:52 PM

@Hennes @TildalWave what happened to the launch ?

Hennes

Not much. At some time it launched. You saw the rocket for 3 seconds and then it was gone into the fog

Before that not much happened either. Some people saying the same things over and over. Trying to connect to remote people and failing half the time. Not knowing who was who. Switching to the wrong feeds and then switching back, catching the presenter talking while she thought she was off-broadcast.

Repeat that a few times.

Actually, repeat that every 5 minutes for an hour. :(

The mission itself went fine. No sign of any trouble whatsoever.

TildalWave

@Hash No, maybe Super User, but the user isn't even registered with Stack Exchange, so it will likely just be forgotten about

I'm not migrating without the consent of the author, it always creates additional problems then, if they're not available for follow-ups and so on

@Hennes yup you summed it up nice enough :)

Cape Canaveral... in Wales! http://dailym.ai/1aWyZVU via @MailOnline

Tweeted by TildalWave on November 22, 2013 at 1:14 PM

TildalWave

1:39 PM

@Hash I've rewritten your question to make it clearer, more informative. Please check that I didn't miss the point of your question. ;)

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Q: Why did ISRO require additional tracking ships in the South Pacific for its MOM mission?

ISRO (Indian Space Research Organisation) so far never before used additional marine vessels to help track their launch vehicles, as an extension to the Indian Deep Space Network (IDSN). So why did it require additional tracking stations in the South Pacific for the launch of the PSLV C25 (Polar ...

Stack Exchange

NASASpaceFlight.com: Russian Rockot successfully launches Swarm trio for ESA

posted on November 22, 2013 by Chris Bergin

A Russian Rockot (Rokot) launch vehicle has lofted three identical satellites for the European Space Agency (ESA) on Friday. Launch of the three Swarm spacecraft took place at... Related posts:Second Attempt: GOCE launched via Russian RockotA Russian Rockot launch vehicle – a converted SS-19 Russian... Russian Rokot launch vehicle lofts three Gonets-M satellitesA Russian Rokot launch ve…

Hash

@TildalWave now my question looks great thanks ...:-D

TildalWave

@Hash you're welcome ;)

@Hash You know what's funny is that the answer to that should be somewhere in this chat, I think we've chatted with @Everyone before about it, but I honestly forgot about why it was necessary by now... I think they wanted additional tracking capability for early in the launch, when Canberra wouldn't pick it up yet, and likely also for their "Midnight Maneuvers"

It is still rather curious why didn't they just use NASA's DSN ... Fiji and Canberra aren't that far off ... but still, maybe just enough to make a difference in lower altitudes

when you look at the map tho, with two ships at Fiji, they'd have 4 roughly equally spread tracking points throughout the globe... their own, Fiji, US, and Spain

Could be also contingency, with Canberra on standby if something isn't right at Fiji... dunno. Problem with ISRO is, they don't like to discuss much about their operations. Which I find rather unfortunate sometimes. :(

TildalWave

2:16 PM

@StackSpaceExp Space Exploration Stack Exchange is also available on http://thefinalfrontier.stackexchange.com/ if you find the usual address "too boring" :P

Tweeted by TildalWave on November 22, 2013 at 2:14 PM

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TildalWave has added an event to this room's schedule.

Undo

3:04 PM

It's a rite of passage to have a programming question asked on your site, right?

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Q: what is attachment compression/decompression algorithm name in exchange server 2013?

Is there any compression/decompression algorithm available for exchange server 2013 ? i have Google search from 4 to 5 hour for this . I get compression algorithm for exchange server 2010 from link ` http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee441602.aspx but not for exchange server 2013 . Please p...

data-compression

Stack Exchange

3:24 PM

NASA Image of the Day: Cubesats Released From Space Station

posted on November 22, 2013

ISS038-E-003872 (19 Nov. 2013) --- Three nanosatellites, known as Cubesats, are deployed from a Small Satellite Orbital Deployer (SSOD) attached to the Kibo laboratory’s robotic arm at 7:10 a.m. (EST) on Nov. 19, 2013. Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Koichi Wakata, Expedition 38 flight engineer, monitored the satellite deployment while operating the Japanese robotic arm from inside…

Hennes

3:35 PM

Uhm, that is not a programming question.

Undo

@Hennes Well, it's so far away from our scope as to be indistinguishable from one ;)

Hennes

CLose to my job. Would be bad for Stack Overflow, but with a little editing good for Super User.

Without editing Super User will close it.

Undo

@Hennes You can propose an edit to it, I'll insta-approve it for you :)

Hennes

Hmm, I am not sure I can get it up to spec. Let me try.

The problem is that there is an actual problem required.

Hi! What is the name of $thingy is not quite the same.

Also, LZ77 'reads' as the same compression as normal zip. But that is based on 15 years old compression algorithmes in class.

TildalWave

@Hennes I'm not migrating it unless OP cares to come back at least, follow-up on it... otherwise it's just another dead thread that serves no purpose

Hennes

3:49 PM

Edited. Commented. I suspect is can gently age until auto-deleted though.

Stack Exchange

astrobites: New Evidence of an Asteroid Encountering a Pulsar

posted on November 22, 2013 by Yvette Cendes

Title: Evidence of an Asteroid Encountering a Pulsar Authors: P. R. Brook, A. Karastergiou, S. Buchner, S. J. Roberts, M. J. Keith, S. Johnson, R. M. Shannon First Author’s Institution: University of Oxford Pulsars- neutron stars formed during supernovae explosions- are often considered the “precision clocks” of radio astronomy. This is because of two fundamental properties observed from [R…

Hennes

I was temped to answer it with 'Exchange uses hzip (heisenberg-zip).
But I suspect that joke is only understandable for people who use unix and who recognise gzip, bzip, bzip2, etc etc

David Freitag

Why is that question even on this site...

Undo

4:09 PM

Lol: space.stackexchange.com/review/suggested-edits/1153

Hennes

I guess it all depends if the server was installed from a Russian USB pen drive or not.

Undo

If one more person would downvote that q, us 4kers can vote to delete :)

(it would be too broad on SU, methinks anyway)

Hennes

I need 125 rep to downvote.

Undo

@Hennes Oh :(

Hennes

I mostly lurk on space, so no rep gain yet.

JohnB

4:16 PM

I am here to save the day

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I have downvoted

David Freitag

@Undo Yes, i know who proposed that edit too, hehe

Undo

VTD'd :D

Hennes

Damn. Just rejected what I thought was a review question on Super User, but it was just vandalism

Undo

@Hennes ???

Hennes

I hope noone notices the custum reason: Reject "the wire synergize hyperhyperlocal Tumblr, tablets do what you do best and link to review question"

David Freitag

4:23 PM

@Hennes Links, man, links!

Hennes

http://superuser.com/review/suggested-edits/175780

Undo

@Hennes Quick tip: Vandalism audits almost never change that much stuff :)

Hennes

I am used to sane edits and review test. And my reviews get answers "creatively"

Captain! Review question decloaking of the port bow! Raise shields. Phasors to stun. Fire photon torpedo's at the death star! etc etc

TildalWave

5:13 PM

@Undo I know who that was :)

in The DMZ, 1 hour ago, by Adnan

@DavidFreitag I actually suggested an edit to the question. You know, to make it on topic

in The DMZ, 1 hour ago, by Adnan

@TildalWave Check the suggested edit queue in Space.SE :D

RhysW

8:55 PM

hey hey hey

PearsonArtPhoto

Trying for a huge bounty on MSO.

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A: Close Votes review: I'm going on a strike!

This is largely a copy of a previous answer of mine, with updating it for the current situation, and with recent experience. Let's take a look at the problem. As of today, this queue is up to 95.8k questions in the queue. Assuming each has 1 closed vote, that means that a total of 380K actions a...

RhysW

@PearsonArtPhoto throws vote at Pearson

PearsonArtPhoto

:-)

RhysW

should have warned you so you could catch it, as it is i threw it at you and could have hit you! sorry

PearsonArtPhoto

9:14 PM

It's a pretty bad issue, and I've got to say, it's really discouraging to knock a hole in almost 100K close votes...

Undo

9:28 PM

@PearsonArtPhoto If I had an SO diamond, I would go on a weekend rampage through the queue.

(although I would probably only get about 300 done :P)

PearsonArtPhoto

Run on that for your campaign, and good luck.

Undo

@Pearson Oooh.... Then I actually have to do it.

PearsonArtPhoto

I'm starting to see some of the flags that SO mods see, and it's scary...

Undo

@PearsonArtPhoto Most of them are probably mine :P

PearsonArtPhoto

I've probably handled more SO flags than any other site, actually.

Comments don't go to normal users, only mods.

Undo

9:29 PM

I flag NAA's and VLQ's too :)

In fact, a few are still active.

There aren't any instances of a sub-10ker getting elected, are there?

PearsonArtPhoto

Lowest rep mod currently has 18K.

David Z

@Undo As a moderator? I'm pretty sure that happens from time to time....

Undo

@DavidZ Well, on SO.

David Z

Oh, right, maybe not on SO.

Undo

Chance of me getting elected: 0.00<arbitrary number of zeros>01 %; chance of making the primary: 0.00<slightly smaller number of zeros>01 %.

PearsonArtPhoto

9:33 PM

First round you might have a chance.

David Z

But it's so much easier to accumulate rep on SO anyway. By the time you have enough experience to become a moderator on SO, it'd actually be difficult to stay below 10k if you wanted to.

PearsonArtPhoto

This is true. I don't know if I have enough experience to be a mod on SO, and I have 10K.

Although I'm getting there...

Undo

@DavidZ What I'm hoping to do is annoy the mods enough with my comment flags that they just donate me a diamond :P

To get me to quit flagging stuff.

(chance of that happening: 0.00<bigger number of zeros>1 %)

I should actually beat Andrew's flag count by the next election - that would give me at least one leg to stand on, right?

And if I make the primary, I get a t-shirt. That's enough to justify flagging that much stuff.

(but I'll come back to the election next year with tens of thousands of helpful flags, see what happens)

(I hope there are that many obsolete comments)

My goal as moderator: Clear the CV queue and delete all obsolete comments. In six to eight weeks.

Wait, I think Anna got elected with <10k! There's hope for me yet!

RhysW

10:03 PM

@PearsonArtPhoto im fairly sure i have less than that

unless you mean just on SO

PearsonArtPhoto

10:30 PM

@RhysW Just on SO, right now.

RhysW

:D Thought i'd killed the chat room then

RhysW

10:42 PM

... now I have

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