Musings of a minor megalomaniac
I didn’t know much about the man until time came to launch his namesake extraterrestrial optics. Glad his political background turned out OK, but regardless, I suspect he may someday become known as the father of new civilizations.
How astronomy uses the electromagnetic spectrum.
Starship’s maiden full-stack experienced a “rapid unscheduled disassembly” following what looked to me like somebody forgot to flip the seperate-enable switch. All those dark engines didn’t look real encouraging either. Probably knew it wasn’t going to make insertion long before watching the spin dance to abort.
Wanna bet they were on some timeline pressure in a years-long lead-time NASA contract?
LATE UPDATE: They didn’t even have the launch pad ready.
The cartoon’s title is just Qualifications. When Randall’s results become people thinking they know what the computer tells them, I’ll start referring to the outcomes as another A-i-i event. We used to call it subversion back in the day, when the targets were enemies of the state. Today’s electronically-acquired targets can be just about anybody when Big Tech, Pharma, or something with an online and/or broadcast presence and enough coding resources wants your money.
Artificially Induced Intelligence.
I kept this page on an open Firefox tab through launch and deployment. It’s still a great place to start exploring NASA’s online Webb content.
First Stunning Image of Cassiopeia A
Been a big fan ever since I was old enough to read. Now it’s time for a new generation to take the mantle.
Undershot this one a bit. In retrospect, I now remember how long the lead times on this stuff are. They were probably already buying parts for GEO-6 when I made that last prognostication. So good – we have a full GEO constellation to work with, going forward.
“The Space Based Infrared System Geosynchronous Earth Orbit – Satellite-6 (SBIRS GEO-6) was formally transferred from Space Systems Command (SSC) to Space Operations Command (SpOC), March 24, 2023.”
You never know who’s lookin’ on…
It’s just a bunch of wire and fiber optics and microwaves connecting everybody and everything. Most of it is laying on the bottom of the ocean.
“Washington’s decision to nix any Hong Kong terminus for the four planned subsea cable deals upended the plans of Google, Meta and Amazon. These tech titans have been among the biggest investors in new cables over the last decade as they seek to link up a network of data centers in the United States and Asia that underpin their fast-growing Cloud computing businesses, according to TeleGeography.”
It’s been awhile since hearing it bandied about, and I suspect the rate is finally beginning to slow, but back at the dawn of the digital age, Gordon Moore saw and understood a profound truth that energized the high tech industry for fifty years.
In 1968, Moore and Robert Noyce, one of the eight engineers who left Shockley, again struck out on their own. With $500,000 of their own money and the backing of venture capitalist Arthur Rock, they founded Intel, a name based on joining the words “integrated” and “electronics.”
“James Webb recently found six examples of galaxies that are too big too early. This discovery can significantly change our understanding of the early Universe. In this interview, I’m talking with Dr Joel Leja, who is a part of the team behind the research.”
Looks like the imagery galleries are getting properly organized and posted online. The European Space Agency has their own Webb site with a plethora of interesting tidbits.
Newly Detected Auroras on Jupiter’s Moons Put on Stunning Show.
U.S. Air Force successfully tested AI-enabled jet fighter.
I don’t remember ever liking artificial anything. Software bugs get fixed after a big-enough stakeholder complains about it. Aircraft software generates orders of magnitude more complaints in little to no time at all.
The Problem with AI is it’s stupid in ways we cannot predict. -John Oliver
… is not generally speaking, a healthy thing to do. But that goes for pretty much any combusted material you might inhale – even from mundane environmental sources. I imagine from a strictly particulate standpoint, many commuters get way more dirt in their lungs just sitting in traffic or tooling up and down the thoroughfares than us lucky people inside or out in the country. You could probably choke yourself with just about anything if you go crazy enough with it.*
Smoking anything is really old school in this era of modern electronics. Above low 400°F temps is where carbon monoxide and other toxic combustion byproducts begin to appear. I didn’t listen to the Forbes audio piece linked by Cannabis Culture – media click mongers. It was nice how in the text they pointed out glaring shortcomings in an earlier study which tried to assert just the opposite.
Here’s the deal – compared to smoking, vaping is safe and effective.* It also appears to be the only way for me to ingest an effective dose without invoking hyperemesis by eating the stuff. Just now off another 3-day vape break, and as before, detect no change in pulmonary function, feel or effect. In fact, I suspect something in the Kief I’ve been using actually improves it, by stimulating mucous membrane activity and opening the small sacs deep down in there.
It’s certainly not for everybody, especially the rare cases in people lacking the liver enzymes to metabolize it. But if you can tolerate it, it’s the best remedy for any number of chronic conditions including arthritis and nerve root damage. My VA prescription history stands as proof. Link withheld to preserve bandwidth.
New Mexico is still on fire – since last June. I guess the hoopla petered out in the first couple months after the affected populations were burned out. Similar to Alaska’s regional combustion experiment, Climate Change continues feeding on itself. The Forest Service might’ve even done them a favor, getting it started when they did. Who knows what would have happened if it got started later somewhere else?
Just a re-post
Webb telescope peers into the frozen heart of a space cloud.
Late Update: NIRISS offline.
No, the Big Bang theory is not broken.
LATE UPDATE: NASA’s powerful $10 billion space telescope is firing on all cylinders again.
My guess would be a lack of telemetry for whatever reason, explains the deer-in-headlights response from UK officials.
“Unfortunately, after this point, the information from Virgin Orbit’s webcast and its Twitter feed became confusing.”
Twitter™ fallout. Governing by Twitter now lists alongside launching by Twitter.
