What Cap’n said plus...

Fuck Volunteering!

It’s a sham way to pretend like you are contributing.

Unless you plan to culture jam the volunteers, then it’s OK.

The truth about the big BORG lie.

Trilo, our fearless board overlord.

Last post was August and the BBS says he hasn’t logged in since early September.

He OK?

Holy s’mores... you got this in audiobook format for the morning commute

Far out!

I wonder if the Isaac Asimov Foundation approves.

Pun Deliberate!

Thank You! I’m here till Thursday. Try the veal.

Respec!

Now Federal and local authorities may ask for more staff, comms, surveillance and whatnot, but I doubt it will be physical barriers and the likes. Token I really hope you're right. I didn't care for that fence around the temple. Fingers crossed. The fence was a knee-jerk situational thing. Needed a...

I'll just point out that, while insurance companies and their prerogatives are important, they aren't the only sheriff in town (pun intended). I doubt the federal overlords care much that only one nut-case has been immolated so far... We don’t have to guess. Lots of folks have died on or around the...

Token, liability is an expensive toy to play with. Lets say an employee at your business gets in a physical altercation with anyone. (Fellow employee or patron.) Should you decide to keep him/her on the payroll, you better pray that they never do it again. The second incident is all your fault. Thi...

Let say I’m an insurance company insuring the BORG. Over the last 20 years somewhere ~ 900K people attended the burn (strictly from published numbers) Of the 900K viewings of the man burn, over a span of 20 years, one nut-case immolated. And even that incident will probably not result in a clam. Thi...

Poutine?

Looks fancy for Poutine.

Too bad they didn’t sonic boom the place. If you have never been privy to crack-of-dawn sonic boom-boom, it is truly epic. No words can describe. I’ve been through several. Mostly on China Lake in the Mohave but also two Space Shuttle double whammy’s. You are literally on the edge of shitting your d...

HI! Last week I had a get together with my family. My carpet and all my other accessories have become dirty. Does anyone know what should I do to clean my carpet? I have used shampoo but it was not effective. Thanks Put rug in a shed for now. Go to Burning Man next year and bring the dirty rug. Use...

Yep, solar winds strip the Martian atmosphere. Btw, the Martian atmosphere would be considered a Medium Vacuum on the surface of Earth. A medium vacuum would be typical for charging an AC system, making CRTs and tubes etc. Maybe Musk can build a giant super-conducting ring between mars and the sun a...

Lemur PERHAPS!... I'm about as hard as my eyes are wide when I look up at those stars.. And if your jollies don't get off when you think of space and God and all the limitless opportunities that are being presented... well, you're just tacky Sorry ‘bout that. I was trying to be snarky-clever with s...

"The concept starts small. Microorganisms that munch on Mars's natural resources could not only transform the red planet's soil, but could pump out gasses to bolster the Mars's embarrassingly thin atmosphere to boot. This is not simply theoretical. Such a process has already been proven alread...

Musk ... that sounds familiar.., Is this the guy that is trying to make a mass-produced electric car with 200+ mike range for the masses ... ... and GM beat him to it? The Tesla bubble will implode at some point, and rather soon if signs are correct. If Musk is able to pivot more resources into his ...

Ok, sealed Pb Acid, probably AGM.

AGM have a different charge curve than flooded lead acid like in a car.

Yeah, what folks said on voltage but if AGM, 11.6V is the magic number for discharge.

For charging, AGM takes a higher bulk 14.6-14.8V but the float is lower at 13.6V

What kind of batteries? pB Ni or Li ?

Spec on nominal voltage expected?

Kalifornia and it on fire right now.

North of SF over the Golden Gate Bridge.

Avacadi wrote:Maybe that's the point....
There are no laws on Mars.

Not entirely true. There are several treaties in place and the ISS Agreement that set precedent.

End of the day, maritime laws would be the final fallback even though they are not officially extended to celestial bodies.

Captain Goddammit wrote:What's even the point of being on another planet anyway? Why not just be floating in space, Mars lacks a livable environment anyway.

Things like this Mars shit are signs that you have too much money, and have lost touch with reality.

Cap’n wins the Internet!

If people ever successfully establish a viable self-sustainable base on another planet or similar ...

... this blue one we got will truly go to shit.

Which may not be a bad thing. We need to open the windows and air the place out anyway.

gaminwench wrote:Um, you're hardly 'normal'.

Why thank You! I try not to color inside the lines.

Well now you’re just pissing all over your own legs there kemosabe .

You are sounding like some self-centered pompous ass that thinks he is Dog’s gift to the world.

Fucking can’t stomach narcissists and egofucks no mo’.

I thought I could tailor my life to skirt "normal" people and limit my experiences to those fully awake but the burn has reminded me that those people are everywhere and I just have to accept it. Slow down Tiger. Us normal people who aren’t super-deep thinkers might get a bit miffed, and ...

I don’t at all expect to have some sort of moment of enlightenment like Richard Harris dangling from his skin in “A Man Called Horse.” But I suspect the experience will be at least somewhat transformative. And there you go, getting suspended via deep tissue hooks throug your pectorals is exactly th...

Welcome!

Looks like you found out that busting your ass in an Esplanade theme camp of 250 people may not be your thing.

Theme camps on Esplanade is where the party at. You won’t find 42 there.

Maybe invest in building a network for 2018 and find a spot that might suit you better.

The Census team and brass really need to split up the event relevant part from the various science projects.

It’s kind of lame to bundle them together.

Get an old billboard vinyl, make the playing mat human size. People are the stones so bring some cool body paint to mark them. Integrate Jell-O shots and elements of strip-twister and make it messy. Have some cool tunes and a PA. Maybe a couple lifeguard chairs for the “players” to call the action. ...