JamesSavik

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You know, you are much smarter than you look. Gee. Thanks. Being a big guy from the south, I get that one a lot. I suppose my knuckles should drag the ground and I should speak in words with one syllable. What are your favorite or most exasperating inadvertent insult?

Radiohead Releasing 12" For Record Store Day March 28, 2011 12:36 p.m. by Andrew Martin Source Link: Prefix I know, right? MoreRadiohead news? Well, hey, it's not our fault that the dudes put out their own freakin' newspaper and are dropping their latest album, The King of Limbs, in stores tomorrow. Apparently, they want to make 2011 "the year of Radiohead" as they're also releasing a 12" single on Record Store Day next month. It will feature two new tracks, "Supercollider" and "The Butcher," and, apparently, the former has been played here and there at recent Radiohead shows. You can watch a live version of it below. Record Store Day, which will destroy wallets everywhere, is April 16.

Ok. Legal requirements are met. I THINK that Sex Offenders are supposed to tell renters their status (you might want to check on this). They are prohibited from living certain distances from schools and churches. If he's in violation of one of these prohibited zones, you can evict him immediately and he is probably in trouble with his parole officer. If not, let him be. If he's a good tenant and pays the bills, let it be a matter of conduct. As long as he causes no trouble, just be alert. If he does screw up, the cops will take him away and you'll have a vacancy. When he does leave, I suggest background checks on prospective tenants. They are cheap and can be done on the web using services that specialize in such screenings. BTW- There is a 2002 study by the FBI that shows that sex offenders are no more likely to re-offend than any other category of criminal. Not all sex offenders or offenses are the same. It's a good idea to deal with the situation rationally than to get caught up in the sex offender hysteria.

The scientists doing the work were with the Japan Space Agency and NASA/Goddard Research Center. CERN wasn't iinvolved but I'm sure a few of their guys are looking at it.

X-Ray Emissions from Perseus Cluster Solve a Dark Matter Mystery Source Link:Daily Galaxy Galaxy clusters are millions of light-years across, and most of their normal matter comes in the form of hot X-ray-emitting gas that fills the space between the galaxies. The Japanese X-Ray space satellite Suzaku explored faint X-ray emission of hot gas across two swaths of the Perseus Galaxy Cluster and made a discovery that solved a vexing mystery. "Understanding the content of normal, bayronic matter in galaxy clusters is a key element for using these objects to study the evolution of the universe," explained Adam Mantz, a co-author of the paper at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center. The most well known baryons are the protons and neutrons which make up most of the mass of the visible matter in the universe, whereas electrons (the other major component of atoms) are leptons. Clusters provide independent checks on cosmological values established by other means, such as galaxy surveys, exploding stars and the cosmic microwave background, which is the remnant glow of the Big Bang. The cluster data and the other values didn't agree. NASA's Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe (WMAP) explored the cosmic microwave background and established that baryons make up only about 4.6 percent of the universe. Yet previous studies showed that galaxy clusters seemed to hold even fewer baryons than the amount shown in the WMAP data. New images from the Suzaku of faint gas at the fringes of the nearby Perseus Galaxy Cluster have allowed astronomers to resolve this discrepancy for the first time. The cluster, located about 250 million light-years away and named for the constellation in which it resides, is the brightest extended X-ray source beyond our own galaxy, and also the brightest and closest cluster in which Suzaku has attempted to map outlying gas. "Before Suzaku, our knowledge of the properties of this gas was limited to the innermost parts of clusters, where the X-ray emission is brightest, but this left a huge volume essentially unexplored," said Aurora Simionescu, the study's lead researcher at the Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology (KIPAC) at Stanford University. In late 2009, Suzaku's X-ray telescopes repeatedly observed the cluster by progressively imaging areas farther east and northwest of the center. Each set of images probed sky regions two degrees across - equivalent to four times the apparent width of the full moon or about 9 million light-years at the cluster's distance. Staring at the cluster for about three days, the satellite mapped X-rays with energies hundreds of times greater than that of visible light. From the data, researchers measured the density and temperature of the faint X-ray gas, which let them infer many other important quantities. One is the so-called virial radius, which essentially marks the edge of the cluster. Based on this measurement, the cluster is 11.6 million light-years across and contains more than 660 trillion times the mass of the sun. That's nearly a thousand times the mass of our Milky Way galaxy. The researchers also determined the ratio of the cluster's gas mass to its total mass, including dark matter, the mysterious substance that makes up about 23 percent of the universe, according to WMAP. By virtue of their enormous size, galaxy clusters should contain a representative sample of cosmic matter, with normal-to-dark-matter ratios similar to WMAP's. Yet the outer parts of the Perseus cluster seemed to contain too many baryons, the opposite of earlier studies, but still in conflict with WMAP. To solve the problem, researchers had to understand the distribution of hot gas in the cluster, the researchers say. In the central regions, the gas is repeatedly whipped up and smoothed out by passing galaxies. But computer simulations show that fresh infalling gas at the cluster edge tends to form irregular clumps. Not accounting for the clumping overestimates the density of the gas, which is what led to the apparent disagreement with the fraction of normal matter found in the cosmic microwave background. "The distribution of these clumps and the fact that they are not immediately destroyed as they enter the cluster are important clues in understanding the physical processes that take place in these previously unexplored regions," said Steve Allen at KIPAC, the principal investigator of the Suzaku observations. Goddard supplied Suzaku's X-ray telescopes and data-processing software, and it continues to operate a facility that supports U.S. astronomers who use the spacecraft. The Hubble Space Telescope image at the top of the page shows NGC 1275, the galaxy located in the center of the Perseus Galaxy Cluster. The red threadlike filaments are composed of cool gas suspended by a magnetic field. Credit: NASA/ESA/Hubble Heritage, ESA/Hubble Collaboration. Image below record X-rays with energies between 700 and 7,000 electron volts in a combined exposure of three days, are shown in two false-color strips. Bluer colors indicate less intense X-ray emission. The dashed circle is 11.6 million light-years across and marks the so-called virial radius, where cold gas is now entering the cluster. Red circles indicate X-ray sources not associated with the cluster. Inset: An image of the cluster's bright central region taken by NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory is shown to scale. Credits: NASA/ISAS/DSS/A. Simionescu et al.; inset: NASA/CXC/A. Fabian et al. ______________________________________ Notes: There are several very spooky facts here: 1) the size of this field is massive- big enough to park galaxies in with space left over. 2) X-rays are very high energy EM. Only Gamma rays are more energetic. 3) Hydrogen and Helium don't emit X-rays: not enough quantum levels. Carbon is the next most common element in the ISM and when it is emitting X-rays, it has been energized to a stunning 277 MeV (mega-electron volts). Those energies exceed particle energies from a supernova. Only elements that have been fully ionized can emit x-rays. 4) Whatever is powering this galaxy-cluster sized cloud is so powerful and so energetic that we don't even have a theoretical model for what it could be. It is existing at an energy level that we can only describe as "God-like".

~1984 connecting to a local bbs at a blazing 1200 baud and playing trade wars

I want to hug you so bad after reading that.

BUMP!

Elizabeth Taylor's sense of humor showed up even in her funeral. Her funeral started 15 minutes late because Taylor always said she would to be late for her own funeral.

Judgemental much folks? The last thing that I think I can bear is a bunch of holier than thou faggots. When I was 17, if I didn't sleep with a different guy every day, my friends worried about me. Two or three wasn't uncommon. Call me a slut and I will f**k you up. Sure it was the seventies. That was before death-clap. I had to learn, we ALL had to learn some hard lessons. I had to change my ways and it was HARD. THIS IS US TALKING. WE DON'T NEED THE JUDGEMENTALISM. YOU DON'T WIN ANY HEARTS AND MINDS NAMECALLING. We get enough of that from people that hate us simply for who we are. CJAY- along time ago, I was young and beautiful too. I knew how to charm the pants off of most everybody that I met but I found that by doing that I made things harder for myself. Sure- it's lots of fun BUT... it makes life mnore difficult for you, it's not fair to others and given the climate, it is actually dangerous. I'm not judging you, that's my experience- hear earned and hard learned. You are a very cute and nice kid. Please take care of yourself so you can grow up. Life is a long race. You don't have to win it all now.

I saw where Westburo is going to picket the funeral because she was an AIDS activist. LA ought to be very hospitable to that bunch... with bricks.

On the Long Island Expressway. There are lanes going east, lanes going west, and lanes going straight to hell...

Sounds like a shitty thing to do to someone you love.

In my new job I am something of a jack of all trades. I take care of PC and network administration, databases and servers. That's all good. The Web site is new for me. I'm looking at getting some books: The Ultimate HTML Reference The Ultimate CSS Reference Of course, I've already got Web Design in a Nutshell (the Ferret book) Any suggestions on good books to help me get up to speed??

I had a clue when I was having sex with my then boyfriend.

Best I've EVER found. Great mileage and durability. Controls friction, keeps down heat and wear on parts. Cost a little more but its worth it.

If they got hold of a real submarine, they could unload it offshore and never even have to bother entering territorial waters. The Navy or the Coasties couldn't go after it for fear of attacking a Chinese or Russian boat operating in international waters. One sub with a full load of coke could easily pay for itself.

I am happiest with gay characters and settings where gay isn't an issue and the character is just another one of the guys. I'm no so sure that homosexuality needs or even could be promoted. Either you have a taste for the wild thang or you don't. I like the idea of a setting where gay isn't an issue and characters can go about their life without having to worry about homophobic neighbors, bosses or cops. In fact, I would like to live there.

Since I quit drinking, I can't imagine any case that would end with me doing Karaoke

Task Force Hammerhead 1st Carrier Division Fleet Carrier Saratoga Two Weeks out of Epsilon Indi The stress of two weeks navigating the great fleet through the galactic halo was taking its toll on Danny. They had managed to make great time. They had made a little over forty-five thousand light years in a series of long jumps and had managed to do it without losing a single ship. Even Admiral Bassett was impressed and had sent his compliments to the whole navigation staff. Behind them the great glow of the Magellanic Clouds were receding in the distance. Ahead was the forbidding black void of intergalactic space with the vast spread of the Milky Ways spiral arms beneath. Few human eyes had ever seen the galaxy from this vantage point. Thankfully Admiral Bassett had ordered the fleet to stand down for replenishment. Even now the big war ships of the fleet were filling their fuel bunkers from the tankers attached to the fleet. There was no rest for the wicked. It was just the break that Admiral Tanaka was looking for so his pilots and deck crews on the carriers could run exercises. Now that the big task force had nothing but clear space ahead of it, the jumps would only get longer and the calculations more complex. Even with the great staff, banks of state of the art computers and all the coffee that he could drink, it was a heavy burden to bear. Hundreds of ships, thousands of men and billions of Alliance citizens lives were riding on the success or failure of the fleet. It had to get through. It had to win. Though it had not been stated Danny surmised that this fleet were lost, it would take years to replace it and decades to replace the personnel. With the stand down order in place, Danny ordered a trio of junior officers to stand watch and keep an eye on things. He took a couple of glances around the big, spacious flag bridge of the carrier and went off duty. As he wandered off to the officers mess, Tom appeared at his elbow. Danny said, "Being the CAGs deputy, I figured you were about to get busy." Tom said, "Even a CAG has got to eat." The pair made their way through the cafeteria line and ended up quietly having a meal. As Danny looked around the room he could tell that everyone was exhausted. Tom asked, "You as beat as you look?" Danny simply nodded. "These jump evolutions are murder. All we have time to do is get a fix on our new position, and then plot the next jump. We're making great time but most of us are dead on our feet." Tom said, "Same here. We've had our pilots in simulators constantly. The engineers and deck crews have been going balls to the wall. Everybody is dragging ass." Danny said, "I just need some time in my rack." Tom said, "Me too. Hey, you asked me once about the enemy." "Yeah." "Do you still want to know?" "Of course." Tom said, "Finish up. I've finally got something that I can show you." When they finished eating, Danny followed Tom to his office in the Air Ops suite. Saratoga's Air Wing were nicknamed the Diamondbacks after a fast and mean snake from old Earth. On the main bulkhead was a stylized rattlesnake wrapped around a royal flush in diamonds. Tom and Danny passed dozens of pilots and deck crewmen in their rainbow-colored vests that announced their department. Red for ordnance, White for safety, Blue for avionics, Gold for propulsion and so on. When the arrived, Tom closed the door and took a data crystal out of locked drawer in his desk. He put it in a reader and switched on a holographic display over his desktop. Tom narrated the images that were appearing: "Five years ago when the enemy first appeared there were only a few models. They did not use missiles or fighters at all and had relatively short-ranged fusion based weapons. These are the eight models that appeared over Pacifica." Eight strange-looking boxy shaped ships appeared in the display. They were all rendered to scale with the smallest just larger than a fighter up to big ugly titan sized monster that was a couple of kilometers long. They all had code names for flying creatures: Yellow Jacket, Wasp, Hornet, up to largest a Pterodactyl. Tom clicked the control and two new beasts appeared. "After a few months of getting clobbered by our missiles and fighters, these bastards appeared." The two new types were labeled Drone-A and Archer. "The Drone-A was the enemies first answer to our fighters. There have been more since and every generation gets more capable. Our pilots can generally take them out at ratios up to four to one. They can fly and fight but they can't handle a good pilot with instincts." "The Archer is a little slice of hell. It's a frigate sized ship that's completely sold out as a missile platform. It has jump capability and can carry twelve anti-ship missiles so a swarm of these things can be deadly. What the enemy likes to do with Archers is set ambushes. They'll park in a strategic position like on the outskirts of a system and just wait until you are inside their engagement envelope." Tom went on to show the enemy had fielded at least thirty-two new models over the course of the war. Those that performed well appeared in increasing numbers. The ones that did not were destroyed and not replaced. When Tom finished the presentation, he asked, "From what you have seen, what does that tell you about our enemy." Danny said, "He's smart. He's adapting his available technology to the battlefield. I hesitate to say that he's evolving but from what I just saw that's exactly what it looks like." Tom said, "It's funny you should use that particular word. It's the same word the scientests and line officers have been using about the enemy. He is evolving and getting more dangerous with every new generation of weapon system that he fields. That's why we're here. From what we've seen of this enemy, the clock is ticking. Either we handle him now or in a few years, we won't be able to handle him at all."

LOL- that sounds like some of my redneck friends that say I'm not really queer except at deer camp. All they are doing is rationalizing away the social baggage that comes with the labels of gay or bi. Sexuality is a continium. It's not really black and white. It's best illustrated by the chart created by the sex researcher Kinsey: People that are completely homo or hetero sexual are rare. Most people seem to fit somewhere in between. Here's a few links that discuss it in more detail: http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b54/jamessavik/kinsey_scale2_001.jpg[/img]"]Kinsey Institute Kinsey Scale at Wikipedia Hope this helps and totally understand how hard it is to use smartphones and type. Especially with auto-incorrect.

As a gay man in the bible belt, this is no big surprise to me. Many men seeking men don't identify as gay for a number of reasons. The most common is they are not attracted to men that are effeminate- which is their definition of "gay". Of course I can't tell you how many good ole boys are only gay when they are drunk.