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Why has elegance found so little following? Elegance has the disadvantage that hard work is needed to achieve it and a good education to appreciate it. - Edsger Wybe Dijkstra

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in-n-out appears to be coming to colorado. 

 

https://www.foodbeast.com/news/in-n-out-colorado/

 

a reason to visit colorado again... well, other than the scenic vistas and excellent outdoor sports.

 

...

 

will probable wait for an in-n-out to open. 

 

HA! Good Fun!

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in-n-out appears to be coming to colorado. 

 

https://www.foodbeast.com/news/in-n-out-colorado/

 

a reason to visit colorado again... well, other than the scenic vistas and excellent outdoor sports.

 

...

 

will probable wait for an in-n-out to open. 

 

HA! Good Fun!

Keep going east In n Out. 800 more miles or so!

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"While it is true you learn with age, the down side is what you often learn is what a damn fool you were before"

Thomas Sowell

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Amazing story. Voyager 1 is 13.1 billion miles from Earth and travelling away at a velocity of 11 miles/second (2.09x10^10 km & 17 km/s). It has not used it's main thruster for an trajectory correction since Nov 8 1980. But, with it's small attitude thrusters starting to fail the JPL activated the main thruster after a 37 year cold soak. And it worked. They do NOT build them like that anymore. https://www.yahoo.com/news/nasa-turns-voyager-dormant-thrusters-233207049.html

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"While it is true you learn with age, the down side is what you often learn is what a damn fool you were before"

Thomas Sowell

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Wow... I thought we had totally lost contact with Voyager 1 a few years ago...

 

This is like someone coming back from the dead.

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It was one of the other deep space probes that we lost contact with I believe. Anyways, not sure if we keep overengineering our probes and rovers and keep getting surprised by it or we are just that good and we are underestimating ourselves. Or possibly a combination of the two.

 

Of course, the probes do have to survive the harsh environment in space, so, they're pretty hardy to start with.

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New electronics are far more sensitive to damage than older solutions, and the more complex your systems the more points of failure there are.

 

I also think that funding as shrunk relative to what it had been, and far more bright people are pursuing other avenues.

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It was Pioneer 10 we last heard from in 2003. It was launched in 1972. Believe it or not both voyagers are actually travelling much faster. Voyager 1 passed it as the farthest object a few years ago. Voyager 2 will surpass it in 2019. If Pioneer does not hit anything along the way is will pass near the star Alderbaran in 2 million years or so. Pioneer 11 we are still hearing from I believe, Voyager 1 & 2 have already passed it. I don't think it has passed through the heliopause yet. If it continues on it's path it will reach Alpha Scuti in 6-7 million years. Voyager 1 will not pass near any known star, maybe ever. Voyager 2 will pass within a light year of Ross 248 in 300k years or so.

 

 

Suddenly i feel like playing Stellaris.

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"While it is true you learn with age, the down side is what you often learn is what a damn fool you were before"

Thomas Sowell

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"Cuius testiculos habeas, habeas cardia et cerebellum."

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Just what do you think you're doing?! You dare to come between me and my prey? Is it a habit of yours to scurry about, getting in the way and causing bother?

 

What are you still bothering me for? I'm a Knight. I'm not interested in your childish games. I need my rest.

 

Begone! Lest I draw my nail...

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Now who is afraid of the fearsome creature of the night?

 

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"Cuius testiculos habeas, habeas cardia et cerebellum."

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