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Unmanned Spaceflight.com > Outer Solar System > Saturn > Cassini Huygens > Cassini general discussion and science resultsNational Geographic - December 2006, Cover vote |
 Oct 23 2006, 05:48 PM
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National Geographic will have a story on the Cassini mission in its December 2006 issue and the editors of NG are hosting a poll on what story should be the cover story. Right now it is between the Cassini story, a story on the loss of Thracian gold, and a story on woodpeckers. The Cassini cover showcases the backlit Saturn mosaic taken last month. Right now the Cassini cover is losing to the Thracian cover 3,626 to 848 (the woodpecker cover is in a distant third).
here's the link: http://seabed.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/m...p;cover_index=2 -------------------- &@^^!% Jim! I'm a geologist, not a physicist!
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Oct 24 2006, 12:30 AM
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awwww poor woodpecker.
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Oct 24 2006, 12:33 AM
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Wow, all of this in just one day. Current votes:
7025:3903:334 And it seems to be going up by about 20 a minute or even more. Wow, good work! |
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Oct 24 2006, 12:58 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 548 Joined: 19-March 05 From: Princeton, NJ, USA Member No.: 212 |
In just 4 hours, Saturn has zoomed!
 more than doubling its vote  its like a gravity assisted slingshot to infinity and BEYOND  ken |
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Oct 24 2006, 04:29 AM
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This is not an actual vote, FYI. They do this each month and compare it to the editors' pick. Once a year or so they publish in the magazine a little blurb on why one was chosen, even if readers did not agree. Hopefully the editor did pick the same one ;-)
As an example see the October choice: http://seabed.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/m...sue_id=20060901 -------------------- |
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Oct 24 2006, 04:39 AM
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woo hoo 8000 for saturn
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Oct 24 2006, 10:45 AM
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 Lord Of The Uranian Rings Group: Members Posts: 798 Joined: 18-July 05 From: Plymouth, UK Member No.: 437 |
Don't you just love RECORDER.EXE...
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Oct 24 2006, 11:22 AM
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Saturn 8300 - Thracian Gold 4154
May we already call that a knock-out? 
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Oct 24 2006, 11:48 AM
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I bet the woodpecker gets the cover in the end. lol
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Oct 24 2006, 12:44 PM
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 The Poet Dude Group: Moderator Posts: 5551 Joined: 15-March 04 From: Kendal, Cumbria, UK Member No.: 60 |
Uh oh, now we've done it. Just you watch, there'll be a concerted campaign now by woodpeckers to get their own back on the space program... Next shuttle that gets to the launch pad? That ET's going to be buried beneath woodpeckers hacking away at the foam...
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Oct 25 2006, 12:39 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1887 Joined: 20-November 04 From: Iowa Member No.: 110 |
I think we made the bulgarians mad, thracian gold is gaining: Saturn 15377 Gold 13691
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Oct 25 2006, 01:51 AM
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Senior Member Group: Moderator Posts: 3242 Joined: 11-February 04 From: Tucson, AZ Member No.: 23 |
AHHHHH!!! Thrace gold has overtaken Saturn - 16,010 to 15,716
-------------------- &@^^!% Jim! I'm a geologist, not a physicist!
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Oct 25 2006, 04:31 AM
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 Merciless Robot Group: Admin Posts: 8791 Joined: 8-December 05 From: Los Angeles Member No.: 602 |
Can't get the link to open...
...somebody must be bombarding the site with votes!(Okay, so I hope it's Saturn fans...but I know nothing, noooothingggg...... )
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Oct 25 2006, 07:46 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1887 Joined: 20-November 04 From: Iowa Member No.: 110 |
Page down now. There was a battle for dominace, it seems the server lost.
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Oct 26 2006, 08:13 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1279 Joined: 25-November 04 Member No.: 114 |
How do you vote?
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Oct 26 2006, 08:57 PM
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Senior Member Group: Moderator Posts: 3242 Joined: 11-February 04 From: Tucson, AZ Member No.: 23 |
QUOTE (Decepticon @ Oct 26 2006, 01:13 PM)  How do you vote? LOL, I don't think you can anymore  I think they took it down because the voting was causing an unnecessary strain on their servers.
-------------------- &@^^!% Jim! I'm a geologist, not a physicist!
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