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You could try a Muvi[^] - but then to lay it flat your would probably need to add a mirror, at a 45 degree angle to the lens, underneath it.
“That which can be asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence.”
― Christopher Hitchens
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Interesting, and you have brought up another point: Not only the lens must be in the right positon. When it is installed, I will also need to access the controls to start or stop the recording or get at the memory chip.
The language is JavaScript. that of Mordor, which I will not utter here
I hold an A-7 computer expert classification, Commodore. I'm well acquainted with Dr. Daystrom's theories and discoveries. The basic design of all our ship's computers are JavaScript.
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On the Muvi there is a start and stop record button - so it would probably not be too difficult(he says never having done it himself) to either rig up a servo to the button or connect into the circuit that the button completes.
“That which can be asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence.”
― Christopher Hitchens
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Rosetta's Target Comet [^]
Interesting.
"If you think it's expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur." Red Adair.
Those who seek perfection will only find imperfection
nils illegitimus carborundum
me, me, me
me, in pictures
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from the link: the nucleus is about 4 kilometers in diameter
and we're gonna intercept it, damn that's cool!
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Am I the only person more curious if the other fainter dots flickering between frames are noise that wasn't processed out or asteroids crossing the field of view than about the actual target?
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, waging all things in the balance of reason?
Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful?
--Zachris Topelius
Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies.
-- Sarah Hoyt
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An Irish Sunday School Teacher was testing children in her Dublin Sunday school class to see if they understood the concept of getting to heaven.
She asked them, "If I sold my house and my car, had a big garage sale and gave all my money to the church, would that get me into heaven?"
"NO!" the children answered.
"If I cleaned the church every day, mowed the garden, and kept everything tidy, would that get me into heaven?"
Again, the answer was "NO!"
"If I gave sweets to all the children, and loved my husband, would that get me into heaven?"
Again, they all answered "NO!"
The teacher was just bursting with pride for them. She continued, "Then how can I get into heaven?"
A little boy shouted, "YOU'VE GOTTA BE DEAD!"
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So the previous post about Dem Bones reminds me, a lot of classics appear to be getting "simplified"
For example, Clementine used to be
... Thou art lost and gone forever,
Dreadful sorrow Clementine
,
but now it is
... You are lost and gone forever
Dreadful sorry Clementine
Loch Lomond has gone from
Oh, ye'll take the high road and I'll take the low road
And I'll be in Scotland afore ye
to
You'll take the high road and I'll take the low road
And I'll be in Scotland before you
What's up with all the stupidizing? Something to do with the modern education system?
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S u n s h i n e wrote: What's up with all the stupidizing?
:cough: :cough:
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Stupidificationment?
You'll never get very far if all you do is follow instructions.
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What's wrong with a little verbing occasionally?
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viaducting wrote: Verbing weirds enweirdenizes language.
FTFY!
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I stand corrected
This[^] is the correct term. Sounds like a regular day in the Lounge.
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Times change. Adapt or....get really, really frustrated that things change.
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She's thirteen, she's beautiful she's mine
becomes
I hear the train a comin' it's rollin 'round the bend
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A lot of it has to do with the loss of a letter from the Old English / Scottish alphabet: Thorn[^] - it looked like a 'Y' but was pronounced "th".
Scotish also lost the letter Zog (or Zogh) - which is why "Menzies" pronounced "Mingis" - languages evolve over time, and songs and so forth evolve with them, frequently becoming better or worse in the evolution.
For example, King Charles II described the newly built St Pauls Cathedral as "awful, pompous, and artificial" - the modern version would be "awe inspiring, full of pomp, and artfully designed".
There is however very little chance of a Bieber song evolving into something I'd want to listen to during this millennium.
Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952)
Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)
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OriginalGriff wrote: There is however very little chance of a Bieber song evolving into something I'd want to listen to during this millennium.
Though, ironically a high chance of someone describing him as "awful, pompous and artificial"
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Tending to one in fact, given that you just did! 
Myself, I'd use fruitier words.
Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952)
Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)
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OriginalGriff wrote: I'd use fruitier words.
That would be entirely appropriate, given the context. 
Will Rogers never met me.
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OriginalGriff wrote: A lot of it has to do with the loss of a letter...
OriginalGriff wrote: Scotish also lost the letter...
It's no wonder we forked your language a few centuries ago. You don't see us losing letters! 
Government is not reason; it is not eloquent; it is force. Like fire, it is a dangerous servant and a fearful master. ~ George Washington
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Mike Mullikin wrote: You don't see us losing letters!
Hah! Your southern states have already lost "g": "huntin'", "fishin'", "shootin'"...
And you have lost the letter "Zed" completely, replacing it with "Zee". Come now, you know the band should really be "Zed Zed Top" 
Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952)
Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)
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I like to correct the grammar; e.g. "This is the sound that doves make when they cry."
You'll never get very far if all you do is follow instructions.
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Last night I went with my family out to dinner. We went to a very popular Lebanese Restaurant in town; great food but no sign of the ladies in loafers.
We were almost finished when this guy comes over and starts talking to us. "Who the elephant are you?" was my first thought as he chatted away and "Hos do you know us?".
After several minutes it clicked. It was my brother. I swear on Bob's legacy, it took me about five minutes to realise I was talking to my own brother and to be brutally honest it was not until he mentioned his younger daughter's name that I actually clicked.
Now to put this in context, I last saw him just after Christmas so it is only 4 months or so. He has been very unwell, Brain Cancer [shocked us all, we never knew he even had a brain], and has undergone surgery, chemo and radio. He is totally bald, worse than my egg-shell blond, but what threw me was the fact his face is puffed up out of all recognition.
After he left to regoin his party, dear Mrs Wife asked who it was.
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Well, at least you could feign shock that she didn't recognise him... 
Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952)
Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)
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