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RhysW
RhysW
11:04
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Q: Does colonizing another planet mean you will never see another rainbow?

James JenkinsAlternate title; Can leprechauns only hide their gold on earth? We know from Flying on dense atmosphere planets & moons that many bodies in our solar system have sufficient atmosphere for at least the concept of flying to be considered. What about the beauty of a rainbow, the sun reflecting t...

solar-system atmosphere optical
why, just why
TildalWave
TildalWave
11:49
@RhysW Dreaming... an essential part of space exploration. :) I've dropped a "short" answer there, looking into a few possibilities. Feel free to correct me, or add your own take. I currently don't have too much time doing more research, so I just tried to prove it's possible with the most obvious example I could think of LOL
@RhysW Or maybe "space exploration user experience"? :))
 
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TildalWave
TildalWave
13:06
We need moar good questions!! C'mon peeps, homework: Think of at least one question you're really interested in and know enough about the subject to form a good and specific enough question!
 
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Undo
Undo
14:55
@TildalWave Give me an example.
TildalWave
TildalWave
@Undo hmm... dunno now, I'm busy at the CTF we're competing in ... give me a few minutes, maybe I can think of something
Undo
Undo
@TildalWave You think of something, and I'll ask it :)
TildalWave
TildalWave
@Undo LOL you got it,... thinking of something is the hard part actually, writing about it is the trivial part when you can include as much information you'd like in the question and let the answers do the rest :)
Undo
Undo
@TildalWave And Googling the questions is the easiest part of all :P
TildalWave
TildalWave
@Undo Well it's a tool, so why not use it :P But I don't like googling only answers to be honest, I'd expect from some (not anyone here, mind you) to at least include their take on the matter, maybe explain how reliable data they're quoting is,... stuff like that
and you can include among "googling" also "wolfram alpha-ing" :)
Undo
Undo
15:02
@TildalWave I love WolframAlpha - it's the best thing since... Google.
TildalWave
TildalWave
sorry, I lost this chat tab somewhere among 50 others LOL
Undo
Undo
user image
@TildalWave Might have to click on that to see it. I don't have very many tabs today :P
TildalWave
TildalWave
@Undo I have CTF tabs open also, there's dozens of those on top of all the SE ones... running low on memory already LOL
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A: Radiation shielding magnetic or mass, which is more efficient?

Thomas PorninIn space (within the Solar system), you will get mostly two types of "radiation" that have health consequences: Photons of various energy, from long wave radio to gamma rays. High-energy charged particles, mostly electrons and protons ejected from the Sun upper atmosphere (this is known as the ...

This answer deserves a lot more upvotes IMO
Undo
Undo
@TildalWave Yes it does. One dispensed.
I don't know how I missed that one.
TildalWave
TildalWave
@Undo Cheers! Also need help with another one of his, just answered one of my questions, and there's 2 answers from before that also have 1 upvote, but the difference in quality is apparent
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A: Any possible setbacks in deorbiting larger space junk and let it burn up upon reentry into atmosphere?

Thomas PorninReentry can be hazardous, for several reasons: The debris might not burn up completely. Whether a given object will be consumed in the upper atmosphere depends a lot on its materials, shape, velocity, reentry trajectory, and even direction (to take an extreme example, a Gemini spacecraft had a ...

Undo
Undo
15:14
@TildalWave Another one given.
I might have to start watching him for good answers.
TildalWave
TildalWave
I upvoted, but that means it's lost with 2 others having 1 upvote each... and I'm not downvoting the other two, they are of some use and didn't really completely shoot in the dark
@Undo Cheers again!
Undo
Undo
@TildalWave :)
TildalWave
TildalWave
@Undo Well... The Bear is really knowledgeable, and our top user on IT Security
Undo
Undo
@TildalWave That explains it.
@TildalWave I can't hardly wrap my mind around how to securely store two string pairs in a server. Let alone get 91k rep on Sec.SE!
ManishEarth
ManishEarth
@Undo It's more than that
He's the top rep and 4th from top
Undo
Undo
15:18
@ManishEarth 91.7, then.
ManishEarth
ManishEarth
It's a legit sock, no cross voting
Undo
Undo
@ManishEarth WHAT!!! He did it twice!
???
ManishEarth
ManishEarth
122k
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ssl encryption cryptography authentication passwords web-application hash
^ him
Undo
Undo
@ManishEarth Wow!
ManishEarth
ManishEarth
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A: The Memes of IT Security

Rory AlsopMeme: Bears Originator: @ThomasPornin, @ScottPack, @AviD Cultural Height: July 2011 Background: Our highest rep user, cryptographer Thomas Pornin created a couple of distinct accounts with bear avatars. Being a rather prominent and respected member of the community, this has earned him som...

Undo
Undo
15:20
@ManishEarth I've seen that.
But it never sank in that he did it twice.
@ManishEarth What's it like modding a beta site? Less stressful than SO, right?
ManishEarth
ManishEarth
Way less
Undo
Undo
@ManishEarth Think I could do it?
TildalWave
TildalWave
16:09
@Undo LOL even I have more than that difference in rep on sec.se
and I'm barely on 1st page with 6k something
@ManishEarth That LGBT photo ... not sure I wanna comment, but let's just say I have an attitude towards it LOL
And who in heaven's name would be downvoting memes? Quite a lot of them there have at least one downvote :O
Well, I say "quite a lot" when in fact there's two of them... but one is posted by me (not invented by me tho), so it feels worse
Undo
Undo
16:25
Manish and I had a good chat about my adequacy to mod here. He showed me some spots I'm lacking in, and in the end suggested I still go for the diamond here.
Anyone who wants to read the chat should be able to go here. I'm completely open about where I lack, and what I'm doing to improve :)
JohnB
JohnB
@TildalWave scared of bears?
TildalWave
TildalWave
17:34
@JohnB well those are cuddly in all the wrong ways, at least as far as I'm concerned :))
@Undo We don't have many questions on mapping our galaxy for example, of how the coordinate system works in space, e.t.c... Maybe start with a canonical question, then build from there, if more questions appear?
Or maybe if we have ability to determine coordinates based on the position of the stars, and how far away from Earth have we mapped the Universe that would allow us to do so... and how does time and movement of celestial bodies affect that ability to determine coordinates... I think this could make for at least a few interesting enough questions
talk of the devil:
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Q: How can spacecraft navigate without contact from Earth?

coleopteristMy understanding is that probes within the Solar system primarily rely on Earth-based tracking networks and ephemeris data to navigate. Once they get really close to their destinations, they can optionally also use visual tracking to position themselves. But how would spacecraft, e.g., those on e...

navigation
beaten to it by one trillionth of AU
JohnB
JohnB
18:04
@TildalWave they're harmless :)
TildalWave
TildalWave
@JohnB not if you're too good looking :P
JohnB
JohnB
*slathers honey on TidalWave*
TildalWave
TildalWave
18:24
scrapes honey in pots, sells at the local market and buys beer... might be less attractive, but has also suitably lower expectations with each beer downed
damn, that doesn't sound right... I might still end up with a bear, if I'm not careful :))
Undo
Undo
19:17
@TildalWave Just go get into a house. Load shotgun.
Wait - how did we get this off-topic?
ManishEarth
ManishEarth
@Undo A DMZ and TL regular invaded
JohnB
JohnB
you started it!
TildalWave
TildalWave
19:51
You realize our chat room's acronym is TPB, aye?
JohnB
JohnB
@TildalWave I did not. Nice.
Such an honor to share an acronym with tetraphenyl butadiene!
RhysW
RhysW
i think im too immature to be here, my first instinct was much more crude than tetraphenyl butadiene
JohnB
JohnB
mine was The Pirate Bay, but tetraphenyl butadiene was my best attempt at a joke
TildalWave
TildalWave
20:16
@RhysW now I'm curious what that was
RhysW
RhysW
@TildalWave not something i can repeat :P
JohnB
JohnB
as room owner you can say it then nuke it!
or we can play hangman
RhysW
RhysW
@JohnB haha, room owners cant do the nuking i dont think :P
TildalWave
TildalWave
@RhysW Tender Plump Breasts?
RhysW
RhysW
@TildalWave this game could be entertaining
JohnB
JohnB
20:18
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TildalWave
TildalWave
because that can be about culinary pleasures :)
@JohnB ROFL
RhysW
RhysW
@TildalWave by entertaining i meant entertaining guests with food, like chicken breasts
JohnB
JohnB
of course
RhysW
RhysW
the t is The
TildalWave
TildalWave
@RhysW well obviously, we're no perverts here, we just happen to use similar terminology, but for utterly different reasons
RhysW
RhysW
20:20
@TildalWave yes, completely this, :P
TildalWave
TildalWave
How easily we could be misunderstood... the world is full of prejudice :(
 
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Undo
Undo
21:52
@RhysW How did you get to be room owner?
RhysW
RhysW
22:21
@Undo i was the most active user in the chat room when the script was run to determine a room owner
 
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Undo
Undo
23:41
@RhysW Ahh. That explains it.

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