The Pod Bay

David Freitag

00:00

@RhysW Well duh, how could he possibly afford all of these cars, and be a huge rockstar?

Rory Alsop

@DavidFreitag I'm not fat...<sniffs>

RhysW

@DavidFreitag he said he will buy me a house too, nice guy

@RoryAlsop after those 15 cheeses though

Rory Alsop

@RhysW erm.... I said you could use my water slide

oh dear

that didn't come out right at all

:-)

RhysW

...not helping!

David Freitag

@RoryAlsop You claim you're not fat just after having admitted to having a cheese bar.

RhysW

00:01

if you want that kind of attention then the house is a must

Rory Alsop

cheese doesn't make you fat

no food makes you fat

David Freitag

Say that to McDonalds.

Rory Alsop

sitting on yer behind doing nothing ... but typing ... oh, hang on

yah, maybe a little larger than I need to be

David Freitag

I'll get my chainsaw

Rory Alsop

but hey, rockstars are allowed to overindulge, right?

@DavidFreitag you juggle too?

David Freitag

00:02

Allowed? It's a requirement.

RhysW

@RoryAlsop they usually dont indulge in cheese though

David Freitag

@RoryAlsop Yes, i juggle wolverine's though.

TildalWave

New week started on SE

David Freitag

@RhysW What rockstar doesn't like the cheddar?

TildalWave

just making idle conversation :P

Rory Alsop

00:03

@DavidFreitag Wolverine's what?

RhysW

@TildalWave idle cheese-chat?

guess what cheese is made backwards

David Freitag

@RoryAlsop Oh pesky 's...

Rory Alsop

@RhysW Awww - the liddle baby cheeses all gone

TildalWave

@RhysW I'm not sure I follow

Rory Alsop

might need to fetch the Manchego!

@TildalWave it's a pun, or play on words

David Freitag

00:04

A play on nerds?

Rory Alsop

...Dutch

RhysW

@TildalWave EDAM!

TildalWave

@RoryAlsop I figured that, but on which words?

Rory Alsop

@TildalWave the one in his sentence

TildalWave

@RhysW Oh damn!

RhysW

00:05

@TildalWave giggles like a school kid and rolls on the floor

David Freitag

pretends to know what's going on

Rory Alsop

room topic changed to The Pod Bay: General discussion for space.stackexchange.com [cheese] [space-exploration] [unobtuse-alcoholic-ducks]

David Freitag

:]

Rory Alsop

at some point tomorrow, I'm expecting a slapped wrist

David Freitag

Why?

TildalWave

00:06

I don't see any change :O

ah ok forced refresh solved it

Q: Is there any cheese in Milky Way?

Rory Alsop

@TildalWave no, it's 24% cocoa solids, milk, sugar...

David Freitag

Nice.

TildalWave

you're saying our galaxy is "I can't believe it's not butter"?

Rory Alsop

TildalWave

Oh cocoa solids

David Freitag

00:09

in The Observatory, Oct 30 at 0:10, by David Freitag

TildalWave

I can't even read anything properly any more

Rory Alsop

very nice!

David Freitag

> Breathtaking view of the Milky Way from the surface of Mars

Rory Alsop

David Freitag

TildalWave

00:12

@DavidFreitag how did this one snick in?

David Freitag

I snickered, the jokes were too much.

Rory Alsop

It's incorrect anyway. It should be:

somebody rebranded - grrr

@DavidFreitag so is Maine the most northerly US state? Or is Nova Scotia part US/part Canada?

David Freitag

@RoryAlsop Alaska

Rory Alsop

@DavidFreitag no - I want you to tell me:-)

TildalWave

Rory Alsop

00:14

@DavidFreitag Jamaica?

David Freitag

@RoryAlsop Mexico?

Well maine certainly isn't the most northern state

Washington, North Dakota, and Montana are all further north. Not to mention Alaska which is way further north.

Rory Alsop

@DavidFreitag ahhh - blimming daft projection.

TildalWave

the more tricky question is which one is the Southmost state

David Freitag

Well, i should say, those states extend further north, but the whole of Alaska is pretty much further north than any other state

@TildalWave Texas or Florida

TildalWave

nope

David Freitag

00:18

Continental...

Otherwise it would be Hawaii.

TildalWave

still nope

David Freitag

What are you counting puerto rico as a state?

TildalWave

nope

Rory Alsop

@TildalWave part of the Antarctic

TildalWave

@RoryAlsop nope

Rory Alsop

00:20

@TildalWave more south than that???

TildalWave

@RoryAlsop yes

David Freitag

You're using some sort of pun on words, or some other perspective on earth that isn true north-to-south... Or it's a satellite.

Rory Alsop

@TildalWave but it goes to 90 degrees south

there is a dome and a pole there and everything

it's shiny

TildalWave

@RoryAlsop not with such congress

Rory Alsop

has an american flag and

David Freitag

00:21

But you guys forget, that isn't a state.

TildalWave

which isn't?

David Freitag

Anything other than the 50 states

Rory Alsop

@DavidFreitag true. It is a territory

David Freitag

It may be a territory, but you said state.

TildalWave

the antarctic territory?

it isn't

@DavidFreitag they're all going South

David Freitag

00:22

there are only 50 states. I can think of a few of them without looking at a map, and there isn't one in antarctica.

TildalWave

I said that is isn't a state ... it was a play on words, thought I owe you all one

Rory Alsop

@TildalWave nope - can't figure it out. In re-reading it looks like you have said it is a state, then have said it isn't a state.

TildalWave

@RoryAlsop you see you're reading it wrong, because you assumed I'll be consistent or at least know what the hell I'm talking about

David Freitag

9 mins ago, by TildalWave

the more tricky question is which one is the Southmost state

TildalWave

what about it wasn't tricky? :P

David Freitag

00:27

I don't see an isn't in there.

Rory Alsop

@TildalWave well. I don't recognise Southmost as a word, but figured non-native English speakers may not know it should be southernmost... is that part of the trick?

TildalWave

@RoryAlsop neah southernmost = southmost (just two spelling variants)

David Freitag

@TildalWave Explain! Explain!

TildalWave

What's a US state that is more south than Texas?

David Freitag

Florida

Key west is a few miles south of the furthest point south in texas

Rory Alsop

00:30

@TildalWave I agree with @DavidF, and I have the map here in front of me

TildalWave

It is? Ok then... What's a US state that is more south than Florida?

David Freitag

Hawaii

TildalWave

damn... continental state?

David Freitag

I think Florida is the southernmost continental state.

TildalWave

Well it will be even more south in 2014 :P

David Freitag

00:33

@TildalWave Tectonic plates?

Rory Alsop

@TildalWave nuclear warfare?

TildalWave

also, but mainly because of the congress

Rory Alsop

Moving poles?

@TildalWave what does that mean?

David Freitag

@TildalWave Congress?

Rory Alsop

congress to me means one of two things:

US politics or something even more obscene

TildalWave

00:34

United States Congress

The United States Congress is the bicameral legislature of the federal government of the United States consisting of two houses: the House of Representatives and the Senate. Congress meets in the Capitol in Washington, D.C. Both representatives and senators are chosen through direct election. Members are affiliated to the Republican Party or to the Democratic Party, and only rarely to a third-party or as independents. Congress has 535 voting members: 435 Representatives and 100 Senators. The members of the House of Representatives serve two-year terms representing the people of a dis...

David Freitag

Are we trying to build a giant inflatable animal off the shore of Florida again? At least this time hopefully we don't try to fill it with natural gas...

Rory Alsop

@DavidFreitag I just chortled and spit out some cider.

David Freitag

@RoryAlsop More obscene than US Politics? Unheard of.

TildalWave

@DavidFreitag that would be too much of a letdown

David Freitag

@RoryAlsop Seriously though, the state of Connecticut was actually voting to have a giant inflatable balloon filled with natural gas just off the coast

Rory Alsop

00:36

@DavidFreitag wat? Really? I assumed you were just making up nonsense for fun

TildalWave

@DavidFreitag huh?

what for?

David Freitag

You can't make something like that up.

Rory Alsop

@DavidFreitag option 5: thefreedictionary.com/congress

David Freitag

@RoryAlsop That is most certainly not more obscene than US Politics.

Rory Alsop

@DavidFreitag okay. More fun then

but then so is poking your eyes out with a stick

David Freitag

00:38

@RoryAlsop If done correctly, yes ;]

Rory Alsop

Oh - the US don't actually claim a territory: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Territorial_claims_in_Antarctica

TildalWave

@RoryAlsop doesn't the treaty make any of those territorial claims pretty pointless?

Rory Alsop

@TildalWave nah - it's all spear waving anyway

>The Antarctic Treaty states that contracting to the treaty:
is not a renunciation of any previous territorial claim.
does not affect the basis of claims made as a result of activities of the signatory nation within Antarctica.
does not affect the rights of a State under customary international law to recognise (or refuse to recognise) any other territorial claim.
What the treaty does affect are new claims:
No activities occurring after 1961 can be the basis of a territorial claim.
No new claim can be made.

TildalWave

and mangos

David Freitag

Wow, australia wants a lot of antarctica...

Rory Alsop

00:41

basically says - it's our ball, you can't have any of it cos we were here first

@DavidFreitag it's quite close. And a huge country

David Freitag

@RoryAlsop Yeah, but why....

Oh i know

Rory Alsop

@DavidFreitag to get some ice?

David Freitag

They are going to take a huge chunk of ice to try to cool the hellish summers!

TildalWave

@RoryAlsop but it prohibits any exploitation of the territory doesn't it?

David Freitag

Which will invariably destabilize the global climate and cause an ice age.

Way to be Australia. Way to be.

Rory Alsop

00:42

Australia 7,692,024 km², population 22.68 million (2012) - USA 9,826,675 km², population 313.9 million (2012)

wow

@TildalWave well, they said that about the green belt programme in the UK. It was to protect land and trees and wildlife, but it's slowly getting sold off for profit

David Freitag

@RoryAlsop Yeah, now pull up some stats on china or india and get back to me.

Rory Alsop

@DavidFreitag hahahaha - yeah. Visited India for the first time a couple of months back. Sooooooooo many people!

I found it quite stressful

David Freitag

Yep

Hmm.. that's a good question. Would a diamond burn up in the earth's atmosphere upon reentry?

Rory Alsop

@DavidFreitag depends how hard you fling it

David Freitag

gtes a slingshot

Rory Alsop

00:48

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TildalWave

@DavidFreitag it might, diamonds actually melt into something similar to tar given enough pressure and temperature

Rory Alsop

@TildalWave but would there be high pressure?

TildalWave

@RoryAlsop hmm signup required

@RoryAlsop with what? atmospheric reentry?

Rory Alsop

@TildalWave really? Hangon, that can't be right. It's youtube. Oh - it's because it is a bit graphic - you need to state you are over 18

David Freitag

@RoryAlsop OH. MY. GOD.

TildalWave

00:50

@DavidFreitag what is it?

Rory Alsop

@DavidFreitag He is great. Builds stacks of slingshot type weapons for a new zombie movie

And you'll need to watch this follow up:

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David Freitag

@RoryAlsop I'm... not... sure i want to...

Rory Alsop

@DavidFreitag yeah you do

it explains it all

David Freitag

But. But. But. It seemed so real. So much like something some idiot on the internet would do.

Rory Alsop

@DavidFreitag he also shoots machetes with a slingshot

@DavidFreitag :-)

he's a brilliant nutter

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Undo

00:55

Okay, people: New TOTW! Go forth and ask about developing space programs!

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David Freitag

@RoryAlsop See, i thought you meant "He shoots at machetes with a slingshot. Boy was i wrong.

Rory Alsop

> What is it good for? Nothing except attracting people's attention on YouTube

RhysW

@Undo shake it to dry and leave it in a dark room until the space program is clear?

Undo

Oh, that video. Crazy, huh?!

RhysW

that might be a bit before your time actually

Undo

00:56

Uh... yes.

David Freitag

@RoryAlsop I don't know, that would make a pretty good weapon during a zombie apocalypse...

Undo

@DavidFreitag Except you are shooting weapons that could be used against you... just sayin'...

David Freitag

@Undo Yeah, like a zombie is just going to pull the machete i just shot into is frontal lobe and try to hack me to pieces with it..

TildalWave

@Undo ah cheers for that!

Undo

I'm not sure we get too many good questions from it, but we'll see.

Rory Alsop

00:59

@RhysW I liked it, even though it has been a while since I developed my own film

TildalWave

@RhysW so how old are you again?

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