I think making your score an issue unto itself is a bit of a deviation from the purpose of the voting system (which if I remember correctly is meant to be an indicator of the quality of the answer itself, rather than the other reasons mentioned.

@uhoh Nope! Fake internet pointsa re the new bitcoin!

@geoffc are there known cases of people speculating on users' reputation scores? I know there are on-line markets where you can "bet" or speculate on all kinds of things, but I don't know of any for "SE reputation futures"!

And if there is a SE-rep to bitcoin converter, please let me know! Maybe I should re-think my bounty strategies!

Now has a +400 bounty.

Legacy anti-gaming algorithms force up each bounty on a question.

@uhoh You gotta learn when I am joking around man. :)

@ReactingToAngularVues Ahh - drones will not be able to hover effectively above atmosphere (and by effectively, I really mean efficiently). Drones are relatively inefficient anyway, compared to satellites, when it comes to maintaining altitude, and at such high altitudes, they become less efficient

@geoffc OK, I'm glad to hear it :-)

Kim has learned, that the answer is 'most of the time;.

@kimholder Was just looking over the moderator chat. It's amazing how much more active it was when you were a mod.

@PearsonArtPhoto heheheheh - people could take that the wrong way.

@geoffc i'm not sure, but i have a feeling there is a curve to learning when @uhoh is joking around too.

People can take anything the wrong way...

yeah. the moderator chat had a special feel. all secret and everything. it was a good place to talk sometimes.

@kimholder Cultural differences suck! One world culture, mine of course. :) Converesly, fun to screw up in multiple cultures.

Roadster soon to be launched, video of it in action!

I'm sure you heard, but another delay in static fire.

Apparently a hold down clamp was balky! (Teslerati article, will post, openi n a tab to oread still). I assumed it would be GSE. Go figure.

Well, they could have just launched it...

And yes, I know the hold clamps are used even for a nominal launch, albeit briefly.

Hehe

Seriously though, if they do the static fire soon, I wonder what could hold them from launching, assuming they don't find any issues.

I'm meaning launching in a week or so.

teslarati.com/…

Money Quote:

According to Orlando’s News 13, the attempt was scrubbed only after one of eight hold-down clamps showed signs of bugs.

Overhead shot of Heavy on LC39A.

That's a nice photo!

A few degress off vertical would have been better.

True.

That's actually pretty good for a satellite image.

It seems like a, what, sub-meter pixel resolution.

Would be hard to see a person I suppose, but...

What I would have been impressed is if they could have taken the picture when firing.

But that's a really tall order...

Timing it would seem implacible.

Even for a 1 second launch window, that would be tricky.

Having a satellite overhead is rare...