#editorial | Logs for 2018-01-08
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[13:43:56] <upstart> ^ 03Buggy Win7 Meltdown patch KB 4056894 throwing blue screens | Computerworld ( https://www.computerworld.com )
[13:43:54] <Bytram> whereto? http://rss.computerworld.com
[13:43:50] <Bytram> takyon: touche'
[02:55:40] <takyon> attack on the clones
[02:31:05] <Bytram> time for some sleep... catch ya all later!
[02:18:27] <exec> └─ 13The Banana As We Know It Is Dying...Again
[02:18:24] <upstart> ^ 03The Banana As We Know It Is Dying...Again
[02:18:23] <Bytram> http://blogs.discovermagazine.com
[02:18:22] <Bytram> ugh.
[01:59:32] <Bytram> don't really want to find out... more of a rhetocrical questions.
[01:59:14] <Bytram> yeah, that's the one.
[01:59:01] <takyon> I don't know
[01:58:52] <takyon> oh, you mean your meatbag body
[01:58:39] <takyon> rocket launches are insured
[01:58:25] <Bytram> I wonder, if for life insurance purposes, were the rocket to blow up on the launch pad, would that be considered an "act of god" or would I actually still be covered?
[01:55:32] <takyon> plus it's less likely to lurch over and kill you
[01:53:35] <Bytram> yanno, even if I were unable to attend the actual inaugural launch of the FH, just being there for the static test of all 27 engines at once would be quite the thing!
[01:52:47] <Bytram> wasn't exactly clear to me either, but that'w what I've come to believe, as well
[01:50:10] <takyon> my understanding is that the car will not land on Mars, or orbit Mars, but will take a trajectory that will bring it close to Mars, but then it will be heliocentric orbit forever
[01:47:39] <exec> └─ 13John Young, a pioneer who flew four different spacecraft, has died | Ars Technica
[01:47:38] <upstart> ^ 03John Young, a pioneer who flew four different spacecraft, has died | Ars Technica ( https://arstechnica.com )
[01:47:37] <Bytram> ahhh, not sure if this is the correct link to get you there, but this is the comment: http://arstechnica.com
[01:46:17] <takyon> better get that worked out real soon
[01:43:49] <Bytram> in the comments to the article on Ars technica, someone suggested that if were to be creamated, they should send some of his ashes up with the Tesla Roadster, so he could be on the inaugural flight of yet another platform
[01:43:08] <takyon> that young astronaut
[01:42:58] <Bytram> saw that astronaut young passed away...
[01:42:51] <takyon> BFR expendable = 250 tons.... so about 3.9x the payload of Falcon Heavy
[01:42:27] <takyon> I meant to say BFR reusable
[01:42:18] <takyon> actually 2.35x the payload... 150 metric tons (BFR expendable) / 63.8 (Falcon Heavy, partially expendable)
[01:41:51] <Bytram> friction must be insane!
[01:41:27] * Bytram is still amazed that they can *gimble* the rockets that have such incredible amounts of thrust... how do they DO that?
[01:41:08] <takyon> It's amazing to think that the rocket with twice the payload capacity of Falcon Heavy to LEO will be cheaper than Falcon 9 if the design works as intended
[01:40:58] <Bytram> nod nod
[01:40:41] <exec> └─ 13SoylentNews Comments | Here’s the Spaceflight Stuff We’re Most Anticipating in 2018
[01:40:40] <upstart> ^ 03SoylentNews Comments | Here’s the Spaceflight Stuff We’re Most Anticipating in 2018 ( https://soylentnews.org )
[01:40:39] <takyon> even though it's a bit of a nothingburger rocket because Falcon 9 Block 5 will launch much more often and both Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy will be replaced by BFR: https://soylentnews.org
[01:39:58] <Bytram> I'd seriously consider taking time off to go see it, but would likely encounter launch posteponements and have to return w/o seeing it
[01:38:09] <Bytram> same here!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
[01:37:58] <takyon> can't wait for Falcon Heavy this month
[01:37:41] <takyon> we're good
[01:36:56] * MrPlow smakes Bytram upside the head with the homerow
[01:36:56] <Bytram> #smake Bytram
[01:36:31] <Bytram> all yours
[01:36:26] <takyon> i'll handle this
[01:36:07] * exec points at Bytram
[01:36:06] <Bytram> ~blame
[01:36:05] <takyon> oops
[01:36:01] <takyon> lol
[01:35:58] <Bytram> ugh.
[01:35:55] <takyon> look at the bottom
[01:35:49] <Bytram> All I saw was a changed title?
[01:35:34] <takyon> I will combine my update text with yours because its silly to have it in two places
[01:34:35] * Bytram clicks update
[01:34:22] <Bytram> and moved my part into extended copy
[01:34:16] <Bytram> <p>[Update: Launch, payload release, and booster return/landing were successful. If you missed the launch, SpaceX usually posts a recorded copy a few hours after launch at the same YouTube location as the live stream.]</p>
[01:34:15] <Bytram> prefaced story with:
[01:30:48] <Bytram> k
[01:30:45] <takyon> yes
[01:30:35] <Bytram> and saved?
[01:30:27] <takyon> I just edited it
[01:30:21] <takyon> ok
[01:30:19] <takyon> bytram
[01:28:53] <Bytram> takyon: Was about to update the SpaceX story but see you are already on it, so I backed out
[00:10:15] <Bytram> and... now everything seems to work just fine. ?!? Oh, well. I'm just glad it worked!
[00:03:40] <Bytram> FWIW, Virtual size was just over 2GB
[00:03:07] * Bytram tries to close and restart PM.
[00:02:53] <Bytram> It's been running for 7d11h... I've seen hiccups coming back from hibernation before, but it usually clears up after a minute or two... but not htis time.
[00:01:06] <Bytram> If your computer or network is protected by a firewall or proxy, make sure that Pale Moon is permitted to access the Web.
[00:01:06] <Bytram> If you are unable to load any pages, check your computer's network connection.
[00:01:06] <Bytram> Check the address for typing errors such as ww.example.com instead of www.example.com
[00:01:06] <Bytram> Pale Moon can't find the server at soylentnews.org.
[00:01:06] <Bytram> Server not found
[00:01:04] <Bytram> hrrrm... Pale Moon now refuses to connect to *anything* remote. I can bring up a site just fine using Lynx. Things are fine here on IRC. I can ping okay. But, try *any* site in Pale Moon v27.6.2 32-bit (on windows 7 Pro SP1) and I get: