Out of the Blue [Sep 01, 2002, 09:34 am ET] – Share – Viewing Comments
The holiday weekend rolls along... Labor Day is often considered the unofficial
end of summer, and keeping with that the temperature drop around here has been
downright precipitous, going from air conditioner to space heater weather in the
span of a couple of days. Of course this is all still subject to immediate
change... I'm not breaking out the long johns just yet. Anyway, we will brave the
fall-like conditions for a bit of cook-out action today (today I am remembering
to not offend barbeque purists by referring to the simple grilling of burgers
and such as part of their art) as my folks are dropping by on the way back from
visiting their new grand-daughter. Special of the day: Jalapeno cheese dogs
— I'll let you know how they turn out.
R.I.P.: Robert Borkenstein (thanks Mike Martinez). Inventor of the breathalyser.
| Play Time: | Pull My Finger (Flash required). SlayerAODsk. |
| Story of the Day: | Rescued 'dog adrift' moves in with new owner.
Thanks Mike Martinez. The great food debate. Thanks Mike again Martinez. |
| Wild Science: | The Drone Armies Are Coming. Thanks Chris Odgaard. Stock in SkyNet up 10 points on the announcement. |
| Weird Science: | Stretching Before Exercise Doesn't Do Squat. Thanks LoonyBomber. |
| Image of the Day: | APOD 2002 August 31 - The Voyagers' Message in a Bottle. Thanks brother19. |
| Follow-up: | Watchdogs rap RIAA's file-trade assault. Thanks Mike Martinez. |
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ECTS award winners annouced
http://www.ects.com/pressmore.html?type=1&articleID=91
ECTS home
http://www.ects.com/
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Legendary jazz vibraphonist Lionel Hampton dies at 94
http://www.npr.org/ramfiles/wesat/20020831.wesat.09.ram
(NPR Audio)
'Vibes' master Lionel Hampton dead
'When I was a kid, I always wanted to put on a show'
http://www.cnn.com/2002/SHOWBIZ/Music/08/31/obit.hampton.ap/index.html
(CNN)
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Today's Solar Flare
Posted by CmdrTaco on Sunday September 01, @01:26PM
from the different-than-mind-flare dept.
"An anonymous reader writes "X1-class solar flare today (13:30 Universal
Time). Still the SOHO spacecraft offers some of the all-time greatest
snapshots anywhere on the web. The flare's residual activity would be shown
white and at around 9 o'clock position here. There are 3 major categories,
each 10 times stronger than the next: X-class flares are big; they are major
events that can trigger planet-wide radio blackouts and long-lasting
radiation storms. M-class flares are medium-sized; they generally cause
brief radio blackouts that affect Earth's polar regions. C-class flares are
small with few noticeable consequences here on Earth. If it were headed
towards Earth, arrival is usually 48-72 hrs later (this is not coming this
way). Future Mars astronauts should take a lead umbrella because one
radiation day on Mars is like living at 70,000 feet on Earth." Nature is
pretty."
Image
http://umbra.nascom.nasa.gov/eit/images/Sun_and_earth.jpg
"The flare's residual activity would be shown white and at around 9 o'clock
position here."
http://solar.spacew.com/sunnow/
"radiation day"
http://www.astrobio.net/news/article144.html
(Slashdot)
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The Hubble Deep Field
http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap020901.html
"Galaxies like colorful pieces of candy fill the Hubble Deep Field - one of
humanity's most distant optical views of the Universe."
(APOD)
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ECTS award winners annouced
http://www.ects.com/pressmore.html?type=1&articleID=91
ECTS home
http://www.ects.com/
- - - - - - - - - -
Legendary jazz vibraphonist Lionel Hampton dies at 94
http://www.npr.org/ramfiles/wesat/20020831.wesat.09.ram
(NPR Audio)
'Vibes' master Lionel Hampton dead
'When I was a kid, I always wanted to put on a show'
http://www.cnn.com/2002/SHOWBIZ/Music/08/31/obit.hampton.ap/index.html
(CNN)
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Today's Solar Flare
Posted by CmdrTaco on Sunday September 01, @01:26PM
from the different-than-mind-flare dept.
"An anonymous reader writes "X1-class solar flare today (13:30 Universal
Time). Still the SOHO spacecraft offers some of the all-time greatest
snapshots anywhere on the web. The flare's residual activity would be shown
white and at around 9 o'clock position here. There are 3 major categories,
each 10 times stronger than the next: X-class flares are big; they are major
events that can trigger planet-wide radio blackouts and long-lasting
radiation storms. M-class flares are medium-sized; they generally cause
brief radio blackouts that affect Earth's polar regions. C-class flares are
small with few noticeable consequences here on Earth. If it were headed
towards Earth, arrival is usually 48-72 hrs later (this is not coming this
way). Future Mars astronauts should take a lead umbrella because one
radiation day on Mars is like living at 70,000 feet on Earth." Nature is
pretty."
Image
http://umbra.nascom.nasa.gov/eit/images/Sun_and_earth.jpg
"The flare's residual activity would be shown white and at around 9 o'clock
position here."
http://solar.spacew.com/sunnow/
"radiation day"
http://www.astrobio.net/news/article144.html
(Slashdot)
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The Hubble Deep Field
http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap020901.html
"Galaxies like colorful pieces of candy fill the Hubble Deep Field - one of
humanity's most distant optical views of the Universe."
(APOD)
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