Time killers..., What do we do until things start happening..? |
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Time killers..., What do we do until things start happening..? |
 May 25 2008, 10:15 AM
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 The Poet Dude  Group: Moderator Posts: 5551 Joined: 15-March 04 From: Kendal, Cumbria, UK Member No.: 60  |
Okay. So we have half a day to go. All our bookmarks are saved, our peanuts are ready to open, but the clock is ticking slower and slower... what do we do until things start happening? How are we going to kill these last remaining hours..?
I know Doug will be watching the Grand Prix, and Rui will be mourning Portugal's failure to win Eurovision last night (good effort Rui, but the Latvian pirates were better!  ) but what about the rest of us?Well, if you've any ideas for vid clips your fellow UMSFers might like to watch, articles they might like to read, sites they might like to visit, go ahead and share them here. I'll start. Go watch this YouTube video. It's a work of genius, but probably only if you're a Star Wars fan. Hey, it's a start...!  -------------------- |
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May 25 2008, 10:24 AM
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The Poet Dude Group: Moderator Posts: 5551 Joined: 15-March 04 From: Kendal, Cumbria, UK Member No.: 60 |
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May 25 2008, 10:38 AM
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 Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 3648 Joined: 1-October 05 From: Croatia Member No.: 523 |
There's also the excellent documentary, The Pathfinders (split into 4 parts on Youtube) if you're into reminiscing mood.
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May 25 2008, 10:38 AM
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I'll be playing OpenArena, but anyway, time is ticking painfully slow.
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May 25 2008, 10:58 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1870 Joined: 20-February 05 Member No.: 174 |
.....finish off another roll of Tums.....
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May 25 2008, 11:43 AM
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 Member Group: Members Posts: 646 Joined: 23-December 05 From: Forest of Dean Member No.: 617 |
Watching the clock! Speaking of which --
> Phoenix is: 11 hours, 56:37 from EDL interface (spacecraft event time) Less than 12h to go before EDL interface, s/c time.... Less thrillingly... we had, and passed, our ISO audit at work at last. Great! Now I can make a start on the backlog of work that built up over the last month whilst I was reviewing five million biz-babble-jargon-speak documents. Or... hmmm, perhaps I could just add one more little feature to the script... -------------------- --
Viva software libre! |
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May 25 2008, 11:59 AM
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 Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2918 Joined: 14-February 06 From: Very close to the Pyrénées Mountains (France) Member No.: 682 |
Well, as I said before, I've switched my sleeping time so I'm going to bed rigth now and will be up in another 8 hours.
Keep the show runing guys... -------------------- |
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May 25 2008, 04:01 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 530 Joined: 21-March 06 From: Canada Member No.: 721 |
I was hoping to spend the day brewing a commemorative Phoenix Pilsner. The yeast would be pitched at the official Mars landing time (giving me time to setup in front of the TV and computer with my peanuts to await the signal's arrival), and it would ferment and lager through the primary mission period, to be enjoyed upon the successful completion of that mission phase. Alas, I had too many other things to get done yesterday and ran out of time to prepare for brew day.
I wonder if that means anything beyond the fact that I am a poor planner.  Brian |
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May 25 2008, 04:09 PM
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May 25 2008, 04:24 PM
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The Poet Dude Group: Moderator Posts: 5551 Joined: 15-March 04 From: Kendal, Cumbria, UK Member No.: 60 |
Quick reminder for any UK UMSFers: while you're waiting for Phoenix to land, remember to step outside at 00.15 and look to the west to catch the International Space Station rising... at its brightest, around 00.20, it will be over 45 deg high and around mag -2.2, VERY bright.
(non-UK members, go to this website to get your own ISS visibility predictions...) -------------------- |
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May 25 2008, 05:09 PM
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 Member Group: Members Posts: 370 Joined: 12-September 05 From: France Member No.: 495 |
For me, -2.4 at 22:34, alt 80°... but the weather is cloudy.
Not a good time killer. 
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May 25 2008, 05:14 PM
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 Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 3419 Joined: 9-February 04 From: Minneapolis, MN, USA Member No.: 15 |
I'll be killing time waiting for this evening by, among other things, participating in a great American Memorial Day tradition and watching the Indianapolis 500 motorcar race.
Which just started. -the other Doug -------------------- “The trouble ain't that there is too many fools, but that the lightning ain't distributed right.” -Mark Twain
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May 25 2008, 05:16 PM
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 Member Group: Members Posts: 813 Joined: 8-February 04 From: Arabia Terra Member No.: 12 |
QUOTE (The Singing Badger @ May 25 2008, 05:09 PM)  Not me. Too played out. I recommend Achewood though. Reading through the archives should eat up some time. |
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May 25 2008, 05:21 PM
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Forum Contributor Group: Members Posts: 1372 Joined: 8-February 04 From: North East Florida, USA. Member No.: 11 |
I am housecleaning, lol.
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May 25 2008, 05:21 PM
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 Senior Member Group: Moderator Posts: 3431 Joined: 11-August 04 From: USA Member No.: 98 |
It's true, not everyone loves LOLcats. I do, though.
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