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The last time that happened, I got a new window closer to the equator!
Maracaibo Apartment[^]
CQ de W5ALT
Walt Fair, Jr., P. E.
Comport Computing
Specializing in Technical Engineering Software
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They're checking out Mercury - that must mean the Mercurians have a more interesting civilization than we do.
Or their brains taste better.
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Looking for Freddy. 
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According to the techs for the telescope thingy that took the images the 'Alien Spaceship' is an artefact left on the sensor from the previous day. Hmmmm!
Anyway I hope they are right because whatever it is is about the same width as Mercury. Imagine the power it must take to cloak something that size.
Henry Minute
Do not read medical books! You could die of a misprint. - Mark Twain
Girl: (staring) "Why do you need an icy cucumber?"
“I want to report a fraud. The government is lying to us all.”
I wouldn't let CG touch my Abacus!
When you're wrestling a gorilla, you don't stop when you're tired, you stop when the gorilla is.
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Henry Minute wrote: the images the 'Alien Spaceship' is an artefact left on the sensor from the previous day
An artifact from two different sensors (the updated article shows two videos)?
Somebody in an online forum wrote: INTJs never really joke. They make a point. The joke is just a gift wrapper.
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It's not an artifact on the sensor. It's an artifact of the image-averaging process. They take multiple images over a period of time, then overlay them to "subtract" all the static, non-moving stuff (like stars). They do this so they can focus on the parts of the image they are interested in (solar flares). However, planets, being that they move - albeit slowly in the time scales represented here - don't get subtracted properly.
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Nice
side-note: I clicked on the link and read the article right as a song started on my MP3 player, "Come in Peace" by Doubting Thomas, it's a song about aliens... 
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Paul Watt wrote: side-note: I clicked on the link and read the article right as a song started on my MP3 player, "Come in Peace" by Doubting Thomas, it's a song about aliens...
OK. That is rather freaky.
But, several things like that (Reading something, related music occurs; etc) have happened at Purdue lately. Too many to list.
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I read this republished in the context of the Euro crisis - if not this time the day will come when we will be equally dismissive of our first contact.
When Inca lookouts were queried about what would turn out to be the spanish ships, they declared them no more than odd cloud formations on the horizon...
Ger
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You made it to the 400K club!
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I honestly don't understand why reputation points messages are voted down. I think such messages are supportive of the site and Chris' efforts towards making our participation as rewarding as possible (short of cash payments, that is).
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010 ----- You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010 ----- "Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997
modified 7-Dec-11 12:32pm.
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Well deserved.
I wasn't, now I am, then I won't be anymore.
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He deserves an honorary membership to best ever .Net guys club.
"The worst code you'll come across is code you wrote last year.", wizardzz[ ^]
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A very exclusive club.
(And I said that with my 32,000th message!)
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I will never again mention that I was the poster of the One Millionth Lounge Post, nor that it was complete drivel. Dalek Dave
CCC Link[ ^]
Trolls[ ^]
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Accountants and numbers.
"The worst code you'll come across is code you wrote last year.", wizardzz[ ^]
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d@nish wrote: Accountants and fudged numbers.
FTFY
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John Simmons / outlaw programmer wrote: You made it to the 400K NO-LIFE club! FTFY
Poor Chris on the way.
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Check his profile. He has gained over 320K on articles alone (and mostly votes/article competitions). If anything, he has more of a life than most of the folks here because he's not haunting the forums or q/a.
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010 ----- You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010 ----- "Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997
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I was thinking of a creative way to tell him that (I still am).
"The worst code you'll come across is code you wrote last year.", wizardzz[ ^]
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Agree, an exception in the club.
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I'm surprised he hasn't made it before now...congrats Sacha!
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John Simmons / outlaw programmer wrote: You made it to the 400K club!
I wonder if he really cares.
Just along for the ride.
"the meat from that butcher is just the dogs danglies, absolutely amazing cuts of beef." - DaveAuld (2011) "No, that is just the earthly manifestation of the Great God Retardon." - Nagy Vilmos (2011)
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We care so that he doesn't have to. IMHO, this is a magnanimous act on our part, and sainthood is in our future as a result (or at the very least, a small but prestigious statue in a place of honor).
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010 ----- You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010 ----- "Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997
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Just along for the ride.
"the meat from that butcher is just the dogs danglies, absolutely amazing cuts of beef." - DaveAuld (2011) "No, that is just the earthly manifestation of the Great God Retardon." - Nagy Vilmos (2011)
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He's not a real CPian, only 10k debater points. #pah#
Panic, Chaos, Destruction. My work here is done.
Drink. Get drunk. Fall over - P O'H
OK, I will win to day or my name isn't Ethel Crudacre! - DD Ethel Crudacre
I cannot live by bread alone. Bacon and ketchup are needed as well. - Trollslayer
Have a bit more patience with newbies. Of course some of them act dumb - they're often *students*, for heaven's sake - Terry Pratchett
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