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Zero Gravitas posted:PS: I cant believe Xachariah thinks we only went to the moon once jesus christ Xachariah also thinks that's all NASA does. I'd do a 6000 word essay on all the great things NASA did and why it furthers our understanding of our universe, our earth and ourselves 10 fold. But it's late so have just small number of things: NASA has done some amazing things with regard to science education. NASA's goals:
Examples of some current NASA missions:
Not to forget Voyager 1 & Voyager 2 which still get a tear when hearing pale blue dot. They also do tons on geoscience. There's too many things they've done to further our understanding of the universe and our plant I don't know where to start. So have some cool space photos.    Space debris I Space debris I" visualizes the collection of space junk in orbit around earth. Najjar: “Based on a data archive each spherule in the picture represents a real existing object orbiting in space. The visualization has been realized in collaboration with the Institute of Aerospace Systems at the Braunschweig University of Technology, the world leading institute for space debris tracking. The Rose Galaxies   This image of a pair of interacting galaxies called Arp 273 was released to celebrate the 21st anniversary of the launch of the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope. The distorted shape of the larger of the two galaxies shows signs of tidal interactions with the smaller of the two. It is thought that the smaller galaxy has actually passed through the larger one. The Crab Nebula  See that white square? well here it is zoomed in:  The Eagle Nebula   Zoomed in, Those are as big as our entire solar system. A Star in Midexplosion  The Westbrook Nebula is a star in the protoplanetary nebula phase, and it's actually a pretty rare phenomenon to catch on camera, because in the grand scheme of things, they don't last that long. A Star on the Verge of Supernova  This is the Homunculus Nebula, it's spewing out poo poo tons of gas. Will be the cloest one to earth to ever happen when its finished. The Red Rectangle  This is the Red Rectangle Nebula, and not "Kind of a Purplish, Freaky X-Files Logo Looking Thing," because early telescopes were looking at it through our atmosphere, which distorted the image into this:  An Invisible Galaxy Destroyer  It's a victim of ram pressure stripping -- a force associated with rapid motion that can suck all of the gas out of a galaxy. This particular one, named NGC 4522 (obviously), is one of the most clear examples of the phenomenon. It's a part of a group of galaxies called the Virgo Cluster that contains between 1,300 and 2,000 galaxies. As it zips through space at over 6 million miles per hour like a loving crazy-rear end, it slams into slower-moving molecular gas, which rips out its own. Mayall's Object  Notice the shock wave that blows out of its center, followed by the loose stars being sucked away. The Cartwheel Galaxy  That looks like two galaxies right at the exact point of impact, doesn't it? But actually that entire structure on the right is a single entity called the Cartwheel Galaxy. About 200 million years ago (from our perspective) another galaxy collided head-on with it, sending out that blue shock wave of stars and dust. Since then, the ball-busting gravity at the center has steadily been trying to put things back together again. Big Red Bubble  This is SNR B0509-67.5. This is the remnants of a supernova. What's crazy is that this one is 23 light-years across and expanding at 11 million miles per hour. Also looks like a red bubble. Hubble Ultra Deep Field        The star-forming region NGC 3603 - seen here in the latest Hubble Space Telescope image - contains one of the most impressive massive young star clusters in the Milky Way. Bathed in gas and dust the cluster formed in a huge rush of star formation thought to have occurred around a million years ago. The hot blue stars at the core are responsible for carving out a huge cavity in the gas seen to the right of the star cluster in NGC 3603's centre.  This Hubble Space Telescope view shows one of the most dynamic and intricately detailed star-forming regions in space, located 210,000 light-years away in the Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC), a satellite galaxy of our Milky Way. At the centre of the region is a brilliant star cluster called NGC 346. A dramatic structure of arched, ragged filaments with a distinct ridge surrounds the cluster. A torrent of radiation from the hot stars in the cluster NGC 346, at the centre of this Hubble image, eats into denser areas around it, creating a fantasy sculpture of dust and gas. The dark, intricately beaded edge of the ridge, seen in silhouette, is particularly dramatic. It contains several small dust globules that point back towards the central cluster, like windsocks caught in a gale. Fluo fucked around with this message at 21:47 on Jul 31, 2014 |
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Pissflaps posted:It's not August op. It isn't!
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Mister Adequate posted:Fluo thank you for the neat space post it was cool No Problem! 
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nopantsjack posted:Tax quids for Brits not Martians! Life might have started on earth from space rocks billions of years ago! 
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Greggs sausage rolls are like pink vomit slime in a sock.
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thehustler posted:Fun fact: the police cars with the yellow dots on them are the ones with the guns in. This is an urban myth and not true, unless I should inform the police station across the road from me that this guy on the internet says they're doing it wrong.
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Hijo Del Helmsley posted:Apparently the yellow dot is only an indicator in London. Got to love the MET. 
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thehustler posted:According to a random post on a forum: quote:The Metropolitan Police Service (abbreviated to MPS and widely known informally as "the Met") is the territorial police force responsible for law enforcement in Greater London, excluding the "square mile" of the City of London which is the responsibility of the City of London Police. The Met also has significant national responsibilities such as co-ordinating and leading on counter-terrorism matters and protection of the British Royal Family and senior figures of Her Majesty's Government thehustler posted:Fun fact: the police cars with the yellow dots on them are the ones with the guns in. Fluo posted:This is an urban myth and not true, unless I should inform the police station across the road from me that this guy on the internet says they're doing it wrong. Hijo Del Helmsley posted:Apparently the yellow dot is only an indicator in London. Fluo posted:Got to love the MET. Fluo fucked around with this message at 23:32 on Aug 13, 2014 |
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Cerv posted:people who capitalise "MET" - what do you think this is an acronym for? MET Matrix obviously!! goddamnedtwisto posted:The Met only allow ARUs to have Tasers, multiple other forces allow ordinary plod to carry them. When the Home Office basically offered them for free to forces the Met's response was pretty much "Nah we don't trust our guys not to gently caress around with them" (obviously it was along the lines of "we think that it's best only firearms units carry them" but the implication was pretty clear). Americans found this video insane "why didn't they shoot him".  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cX5CPx4RKWw Fluo fucked around with this message at 16:48 on Aug 14, 2014 |
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Guavanaut posted:Maybe there was a deal made with whatever people got the contract from the nice folks at Porton Down to manufacture it? It doesn't even need to to be foreign chilli pepper growers, Devon/Dorset grows some of the worlds strongest chillis!  (I guess because it's quality over quantity type thing).
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incapacitating agent (and banned war gas), not like those foreign chili peppers taking away jobs from are hard working chemical weapons.
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Renaissance Robot posted:Him and everyone else who ever grew a chilli. I honestly can't think of a better use for the bloody things myself, mine are only about as hot as Cayenne (~1/20th as hot as Naga  My Trinidad Scorpion Butch T pepper. I use them in my chili with chipotle and hickory smoke. They're great! Jedit posted:They literally are a chemical weapon. The active ingredient that puts heat in food is capsaicin, which is used in pepper spray. You use to be able to buy pure capsaicin crystals (they're crystals in pure form), 16million on the SHU scale. It was great because with protective gloves you just wipe around a clean wok with it and it will give a very decent heat. But because if you hate the drat thing it'd kill you and it was very easy to be a moron and drop it in someones tea as a prank it was banned in the EU. Use to be able to buy from from chilli shops and amazon etc.  If you think that's crazy, Resin spurge, a cactus like plant in Morocco produces Resiniferatoxin. Which is 16 Billion on the SHU. 
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Bozza posted:Where do you get your chipotles from Fluo? loving love me some chipotle. http://www.hotsauceemporium.co.uk/  I visit the shop sometimes after working at the brewery near by. What I do is buy the whole chipotles ( http://www.hotsauceemporium.co.uk/shop/chilli-rubs-seasonings/169/psycho-peppers-dried-chipotle-chillies/ ) and grind them in my coffee grinder (which I made my spice grinder, I have a better coffee grinder now). You can get smoked naga jolokia too. I highly recommend the site the guy knows his stuff, even has a recipe book to make your own chilli sauces etc. Heat ranging from level 1 to 11+, a lot of stuff you wouldn't find in shops. Imports the best chilli sauces from US etc too, also you can make authentic buffalo wings! When I stock up I normally get Chipotle puree, 2 bags of whole chioptles (already linked), and a bottle of hickory smoke liquid (soak your meat in a 2-3 table spoons over night or when you're at work, amazing stuff). Takes me a while to finish a hot sauce as I tend to only use it 2 times a week on Z Nothing Beyond at the moment. Bozza check out the fiery snacks and nibbles, also Fatalii Puree if you're ever looking for something more citrus, its really fruity/citrus and heat around the same as habanero.
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Ddraig posted:I'm pretty sure capsaicin has very minimal detrimental effects to your body, it just feels like it does. Birds can eat them no problem because they don't perceive it as a huge problem. Depends on the amount of capsaicin, and it can kill (pure form it can give chemical burns if touched too). You just slowly build a tolerance but there is still a point where it can seriously injure or kill you. That's why alot of chilli extracts stop around 10million and has disclaimers like: PLEASE NOTE: By adding this product into your basket you are confirming that you have read my HOT SAUCE DISCLAIMER and agree to the contents therein without question. So they don't get sued by idiots snorting some of the hottest sauces who end up in hospital: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dG_ahU2-rm8 Fluo fucked around with this message at 15:25 on Aug 15, 2014 |
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mfcrocker posted:Am I being a daftie? Which brewery is near St Nicks Market? Wiper & True was but they moved out more North Bristol and right next to where Ashley Down brewery moved to, Moor Brewery recently moved in but thats more past castle park east way but the one I'm at is New Bristol Brewery, it's 5/10minute walk from St Nicks Market but I pass it every time I finish. New Bristol Brewery is behind Cabot Circus but planning on moving to Hotwells / North Street area for more space. No you're not being a daftie, I meant walk by rather than the brewery near by. 
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Ddraig posted:One thing that grinds my balls is that it's almost impossible to find whole Jalapeno peppers anywhere in Cardiff. I'd like to buy them in bulk and make poppers with them or chili or whatever. Check out or look out for South Devon Chilli Farm, they grow a lot of them and they are the freshest you'll get in the UK. I don't know about Cardiff but in Bristol they sell them in some specialist stores like Source sometimes. http://www.southdevonchillifarm.co.uk/shop/bag-of-5-fresh-green-jalapeno.html (Normally available Mid July to the end of November) or you can try growing your own! http://www.southdevonchillifarm.co.uk/shop/jalapeno-chilli-seeds.html Also if Bozz is into the bigger less intense flavour chiptole they sell them too http://www.southdevonchillifarm.co.uk/shop/chipotle-chillies-meco.html (compare to the smaller more rich flavour ones http://www.southdevonchillifarm.co.uk/shop/chipotle-chillies-morita.html ) I highly recommend fresh Pimientos de Padron http://www.southdevonchillifarm.co.uk/shop/1kg-pardon-peppers.html With them you pour some oil (some people say olive oil some say sunflower, sunflower gets hotter, olive oil is less greasy I find) into a flying pan on medium heat, when oil hot put the whole Pimientos in and fry for 2-3 minutes turn half way to make sure both sides cooked, drain on some kitchen roll and sprinkle with some salt and eat warm its great, sweetcorn / pea kind of taste with medium heat. Fluo fucked around with this message at 18:10 on Aug 15, 2014 |
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glitchkrieg posted:I've had really variable results from them. Not trying to bad mouth them, just a warning as I've had nagas from there that I can eat raw and others that I can't even look at without breaking into a sweat. The thing with South Devon is because of English weather it really depends on the year/time of year the chillis that grow were harvested because British weather isn't always the best.  If you want heat without going into extracts theres  this from one of the world's best hot sauce makers. I can't even handle it.  Bacon buttie my go to is always Historic Lynchburg Tennessee Whiskey BBQ Hot & Spicy [pain level 7]. But I'll check out theribman sometime soon on your recommendation.
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Ddraig posted:Encona is the pro choice for good hot sauces. Can pretty much get it anywhere and it is delicious. They're not really that hot and tend to have that "mass produced sugaryness" about them. 
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TinTower posted:Gary McKinnon. Comparing apples and oranges.
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Pissflaps posted:I buy Asda whoops! stuff all the time its thrilling getting some reduced priced hummus. Didn't you get a big tub of hummus from the whoops fridge for dirt cheap and it was still in date and good nick?
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Lady Gaza posted:I see, I just didn't understand when you said you had no education but were a nurse. He's the 11th Duke of Marlborough.
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Fairly passive posted:The son of a family friend became a heroin addict. For a while he lived in a squat in Aberdeen with his girlfriend. Now he's dead. I remember when his passions included skateboarding down a hill in Swanage caravan park and Garfield cartoons. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dwNVwiHAUUM
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