Out of the Blue

[Aug 04, 2011, 12:17 pm ET] - Share - Viewing Comments

QuakeCon kicks off in Texas today, much to my disappointment. This is because right around the time I decided to make the effort to go down to attend, a conflict popped up that's not only preventing me attending QuakeCon, but is also going to keep me offline for parts of today and tomorrow. Apologies for the disruption, and hopefully I'll be able to catch up well enough along the way.

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Play:	Mechanical Puzzles. Search and Destroy - The Hotspot.
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Stories:	Swedish man caught trying to split atoms at home. Thanks Neutronbeam. Baby declared dead starts crying before burial.
Science:	Stephen Mabbutt hears own eyeballs. Thanks Neatorama. Second Moon Orbited Earth Before Collision With its Bigger Sister.
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Re: Nucle-idiot

Aug 4, 2011, 22:39

jimnms

kanniballl wrote on Aug 4, 2011, 15:51:
OK, I'll admit the end-result was the guy was probably messing with some low radiation stuff and the chances for anything catastrophic were probably low.

But unless he lived out in the sticks and was far-far away from anyone, how could he NOT think that maybe it wasn't allowed.

Considering it sounds like he doesn't know what he's doing the chance for contamination was probably pretty high. Which means the neighbors could've been exposed (directly, via the water table, etc).

Back in 1994 a 17 year old kid attempted to build a reactor in a shed in his back yard, which resulted in the NRC dismantling the shed and digging up the back yard to be shipped off for storage.

http://www.dangerouslaboratories.org/radscout.html




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Re: Second Moon theory

Aug 4, 2011, 19:05

Sepharo

Fion wrote on Aug 4, 2011, 14:04:
So which is it, a second moon collided with our current one to create our spiracle moon as this new theory suggests or another proto-planet hit our own early in our solar system's life to create our moon? I do believe the second is the more accepted theory but which has the best evidence?

From the way I understand it, it's both.

Something smashed into Earth creating a moon and another smaller moon (or possibly just debris) that then at some point "splatted" onto the back of the larger one creating our Moon today.

edit: I didn't actually read this particular article yet, but I now see it agrees with my assesment:

Jutzi told the UK Guardian that the impact produced a disc of debris around the Earth and from this disc we got the moon, but there is no reason why only one moon would be formed.




[I'm not trolling I'm just] tossing stuff like that in there only to get your panties all bunched up. -TrollinThundr

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Re: Steam

Aug 4, 2011, 18:29

PHJF

My credentials expired on my PC when I logged into Steam from PS3 (for Portal 2).




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Re: Steam

Aug 4, 2011, 18:12

Creston

Thanks MajorD, I appreciate it. Creston

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Re: Steam

Aug 4, 2011, 17:52

MajorD

Creston wrote on Aug 4, 2011, 16:07:
Has anyone had their Steam client just arbitrarily log them out saying "Your account credentials have expired?"

I tried logging back in, it just hung, so I rebooted and I'm back in fine (plus I can still get into the Steam Community fine, so I don't think my account got hijacked), it just seems weird that it would just decide to expire my credentials?

Anyone have any idea?

Creston

@ Creston - I experienced the same thing a couple/few months ago, which of course was very concerning. I did the same thing by rebooting my system, logged back into Steam, and then all was normal again, thank God. I checked my status and it showed that I was still 'In Good Standing' and everything was normal and in-check. Whew.......

I believe it happened to me following a Steam update. Just a bizarre glitch I guess.

Good luck, and I hope your account and credentials are all in-check as well.




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Re: Steam

Aug 4, 2011, 17:42

Creston

No, on my work box I don't save the pw... It's weird. I've been trying to find stuff on the steam forums about it, and most people seem to think it's related to Steam going down. Everything still seems fine, so I guess it was just a glitch. Creston

Re: Steam

Aug 4, 2011, 16:29

nin

I've not seen that at all. Do you have your password saved to auto login? And if so, did it prompt you to manually reenter it when it restarted?




RollinThundr Apr 17, 2013, 12:25: Eh really tossing stuff like that in there only to get your panties all bunched up. If you really want to call that trolling sure. Mr. Tact Apr 17, 2013, 12:33: Pretty sure that's the definition of trolling...

Steam

Aug 4, 2011, 16:07

Creston

Has anyone had their Steam client just arbitrarily log them out saying "Your account credentials have expired?" I tried logging back in, it just hung, so I rebooted and I'm back in fine (plus I can still get into the Steam Community fine, so I don't think my account got hijacked), it just seems weird that it would just decide to expire my credentials? Anyone have any idea? Creston

Nucle-idiot

Aug 4, 2011, 15:51

kanniballl

OK, I'll admit the end-result was the guy was probably messing with some low radiation stuff and the chances for anything catastrophic were probably low.

But unless he lived out in the sticks and was far-far away from anyone, how could he NOT think that maybe it wasn't allowed.

Considering it sounds like he doesn't know what he's doing the chance for contamination was probably pretty high. Which means the neighbors could've been exposed (directly, via the water table, etc).




"Space. It seems to go on and on forever. But then you get to the end and a gorilla starts throwing barrels at you." -Fry, Futurama

Second Moon theory

Aug 4, 2011, 14:04

Fion

So which is it, a second moon collided with our current one to create our spiracle moon as this new theory suggests or another proto-planet hit our own early in our solar system's life to create our moon? I do believe the second is the more accepted theory but which has the best evidence?

Re: Out of the Blue

Aug 4, 2011, 13:39

nin

Wow! Steam finally got quake 4!!!!!!!




RollinThundr Apr 17, 2013, 12:25: Eh really tossing stuff like that in there only to get your panties all bunched up. If you really want to call that trolling sure. Mr. Tact Apr 17, 2013, 12:33: Pretty sure that's the definition of trolling...

Re: Out of the Blue

Aug 4, 2011, 13:36

nin

but is also going to keep me offline for parts of today and tomorrow.

Hope everything's ok!




RollinThundr Apr 17, 2013, 12:25: Eh really tossing stuff like that in there only to get your panties all bunched up. If you really want to call that trolling sure. Mr. Tact Apr 17, 2013, 12:33: Pretty sure that's the definition of trolling...

Re: Out of the Blue

Aug 4, 2011, 12:57

Cutter

More importantly Gencon starts today. Really looking forward to news about Neverwinter.




"Are you crazy? Is that your problem?" - Jack Burton

Re: Out of the Blue

Aug 4, 2011, 12:23

Creston

Sorry for reposting, but it's so incredible it just defies all description. A government has been hit with SANITY? I am stunned. Creston

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