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[robkelk]

One for 'Lena and the other Watch members: The Luggage
-Rob Kelk
"Actually, my goal is to write neat stories. The money just makes it possible for me to write them faster and then buy neat toys."
Ryk E. Spoor, 7 November 2007
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Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."

- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012

[robkelk]

Just because the technology's public domain doesn't mean the expertise to create it exists elsewhere. Yet. And there's a need, so...
May 15, 2014: The Artemis Project announced today that it is selling NASA's inflatable habitats to anyone on Mars, Luna, or Ceres who wants one, at "reasonable rates". Buyers who live on other planetary bodies will not be turned away, but the vendor cannot guarantee the product's suitability or safety in those locales until after on-site tests have been completed.
-Rob Kelk
"Actually, my goal is to write neat stories. The money just makes it possible for me to write them faster and then buy neat toys."
Ryk E. Spoor, 7 November 2007
--
Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."

- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012

[robkelk]

Earthrise
-Rob Kelk
"Actually, my goal is to write neat stories. The money just makes it possible for me to write them faster and then buy neat toys."
Ryk E. Spoor, 7 November 2007
--
Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."

- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012

[robkelk]

Pulper musical instruments - the Glass Armonica and the musical Tesla Coils.
Actually, that second one wouldn't be out of place on the Sol Bianca, assuming anybody knew how to play it...
-Rob Kelk
"Actually, my goal is to write neat stories. The money just makes it possible for me to write them faster and then buy neat toys."
Ryk E. Spoor, 7 November 2007
--
Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."

- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012

[Epsilon]

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Pulper musical instruments - the Glass Armonica and the musical Tesla Coils.
Actually, that second one wouldn't be out of place on the Sol Bianca, assuming anybody knew how to play it...
-Rob Kelk

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Scooped.

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Ever wondered what the Professor's musical tastes run towards?
Something like this.
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Epsilon

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Epsilon

[robkelk]

Stellarium - a free, open-source planetarium program for Win/MacOS/Linux
-Rob Kelk
"Actually, my goal is to write neat stories. The money just makes it possible for me to write them faster and then buy neat toys."
Ryk E. Spoor, 7 November 2007
--
Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."

- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012

[robkelk]

So, who maintains the Fenspace version of this - the Blazers, the Patrol, Great Justice, or somebody else?

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Edit: One for cattynebulart: Ryoko (complete with knife!)-Rob Kelk
"Actually, my goal is to write neat stories. The money just makes it possible for me to write them faster and then buy neat toys."
Ryk E. Spoor, 7 November 2007
--
Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."

- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012

[CattyNebulart]

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So, who maintains the Fenspace version of this - the Blazers, the Patrol, Great Justice, or somebody else?

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well there is not much weather out in space, so a service like this would not be that nessecary on that front. However tracking dangerzones such as boskone would be helpful and it does seem like Great Justice would do.
E: "Did they... did they just endorse the combination of the JSDF and US Army by showing them as two lesbian lolicons moving in together and holding hands and talking about how 'intimate' they were?"
B: "Have you forgotten so soon? They're phasing out Don't Ask, Don't Tell."

[Norgarth]

well there are the occasional meteor storms or radiation bursts from solar flares or such.__________________
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[robkelk]

When I posted the link to the site, I was thinking more of their pirate-activity logs...
-Rob Kelk
"Actually, my goal is to write neat stories. The money just makes it possible for me to write them faster and then buy neat toys."
Ryk E. Spoor, 7 November 2007
--
Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."

- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012

[CattyNebulart]

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well there are the occasional meteor storms or radiation bursts from solar flares or such.

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Metor storms should be part of the navigational database since they are in orbit just like everything else, and it's doubtfull they could do much to a handwaved hull.
Solar flares however propegate at lightspeeed or very near to it, so you would need several monitoring stations around the sun to give just a few minutes warning.
The heaver particle eruptions go between 0.3 and 0.1c so those you could send a warning for and they could be evaded or at least ameliorated by just turning away from the flare at max speed. Still if handwavium hulls aren't very nearly immune to that kind of bombardment fenspace would be impossible.
E: "Did they... did they just endorse the combination of the JSDF and US Army by showing them as two lesbian lolicons moving in together and holding hands and talking about how 'intimate' they were?"
B: "Have you forgotten so soon? They're phasing out Don't Ask, Don't Tell."

[robkelk]

Kohran's laptop. (Not a Babbage Engine, despite its appearance...)

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The ISS over the Ionian Sea
-Rob Kelk
"Actually, my goal is to write neat stories. The money just makes it possible for me to write them faster and then buy neat toys."
Ryk E. Spoor, 7 November 2007
--
Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."

- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012

[Ebony]

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When I posted the link to the site, I was thinking more of their pirate-activity logs...

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The database probably started as several smaller databases, maintained by the various groups mentioned. At the time of OBJ, several people would probably come to the decision to incorporate all of them. Buckaroo probably has the processing power and memory to keep it up and release regular updates, but they would be limited by Blazer traffic and communications. Perhaps a cross-faction committee maintains the database in something of an open-source fashion. Ebony the Black Dragon
Senior Editor, Living Room Games
http://www.lrgames.com
Ebony the Black Dragon
http://ebony14.livejournal.com

"Good night, and may the Good Lord take a Viking to you."

[M Fnord]

A whole mess of Buran/Ptichka reference photos.---
Mr. Fnord
http://fnord.sandwich.net/
http://www.jihad.net/
Mr. Fnord interdimensional man of mystery

FenWiki - Your One-Stop Shop for Fenspace Information

"I. Drink. Your. NERDRAGE!"

[robkelk]

Lightning on Venus-Rob Kelk
"Actually, my goal is to write neat stories. The money just makes it possible for me to write them faster and then buy neat toys."
Ryk E. Spoor, 7 November 2007
--
Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."

- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012

[Bob Schroeck]

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Lightning on Venus

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Looks like the Venus Terraforming project is going to have to jumpstart a magnetic field. I can't remember, but I think they're already accelerating the planet's rotation, correct?

-- Bob
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I intend to be a freak for the rest of my life, and I shall baffle you with cabbages and rhinoceroses in the kitchen and incessant quotations from Now We Are Six through the mouthpiece of Lord Snooty's giant poisoned electric head. So theeeeeere....

[robkelk]

One wonders what Buckaroo thinks of self-tuning guitars...
-Rob Kelk
"Actually, my goal is to write neat stories. The money just makes it possible for me to write them faster and then buy neat toys."
Ryk E. Spoor, 7 November 2007
--
Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."

- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012

[Bob Schroeck]

Ultra-hi-res photos of Mars, including stereoscopic images here.

-- Bob
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I intend to be a freak for the rest of my life, and I shall baffle you with cabbages and rhinoceroses in the kitchen and incessant quotations from Now We Are Six through the mouthpiece of Lord Snooty's giant poisoned electric head. So theeeeeere....

[robkelk]

Khaotica - an ancient Discordian holiday that Palette just invented.
This illustrates the typical Discordian mindset (and if you'll buy "typical Discordian", I've got a bridge for sale over here), as well as serving as an excuse to have fun...
-Rob Kelk
"Actually, my goal is to write neat stories. The money just makes it possible for me to write them faster and then buy neat toys."
Ryk E. Spoor, 7 November 2007
--
Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."

- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012

[robkelk]

I can see a clueless Gilligan's Island fan offering to buy The Professor one of these. Okay, it isn't made out of coconuts... but it's close enough, right?
-Rob Kelk
"Actually, my goal is to write neat stories. The money just makes it possible for me to write them faster and then buy neat toys."
Ryk E. Spoor, 7 November 2007
--
Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."

- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012

[robkelk]

I wouldn't be surprised if the computer room of the Hades Project looks like this...
-Rob Kelk
"Actually, my goal is to write neat stories. The money just makes it possible for me to write them faster and then buy neat toys."
Ryk E. Spoor, 7 November 2007
--
Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."

- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012

[robkelk]

Who says Warsies and Trekkies can't get along?
In the spirit of The DM of the Rings, there is now Darths and Droids. Follow the "ARCHIVE/TRANSLATIONS" link at the top of the page to find the first few strips in Klingon...
-Rob Kelk
"Actually, my goal is to write neat stories. The money just makes it possible for me to write them faster and then buy neat toys."
Ryk E. Spoor, 7 November 2007
--
Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."

- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012

[M Fnord]

Meanwhile, on Hephaestus Foundry, Wire Geek works on a custom order that, when finished, will change Fenspace forever...
(Seriously, watch that clip and tell me you *don't* see it like that.)---
Mr. Fnord
http://fnord.sandwich.net/
http://www.jihad.net/
Mr. Fnord interdimensional man of mystery

FenWiki - Your One-Stop Shop for Fenspace Information

"I. Drink. Your. NERDRAGE!"

[robkelk]

Is there life on Mars? According to a Chinese website (as reported by The Register), http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/01/22/life_on_mars/]yes.

That third photo's pretty telling, though... Shall we add this to the file of "proof" that the Face on Mars crowd maintains?
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Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."

- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012

[nocarename]

Ever feel the urge to build your own fusion reactor?

It's mostly harmless. Well, when shielded anyway.