Princess Maggie and Captain Jack were TOTALLY AWESOME at the Wedding.
Both Looked Great.
Both Behaved VERY Well, and put up with all the hastle, the Heat, The Heat, THE HEAT, and all the apparently controlled chaos as they saw it, and all the strangers saying, "Oh, you look so cute!" and the weird food... Steak? Talapia? WTF, I Want Peanut Butter!! and everyone stayed toilet trained.
Proud Of You Kids !!
and Praise for Mom and Dad too !!
Great Kids, Great Grandkids !
Saturday, July 30, 2011
True Grit thoughts
Saw the new "True Grit" and thought it was really, really, good.
Did like Both Rooster's, and can't decide which was better,
and I'm a certified John Wayne admirer-er, so it guess Snake Pliskin was probably better.
I did miss the part where the Rooster (1) JUMPED over the fence at the end, but I can see where the Coen brothers didn't want to do a John Wayne scene that was just for the old fat fart. And the 25 years later concept was really nice.
Did like Both Rooster's, and can't decide which was better,
and I'm a certified John Wayne admirer-er, so it guess Snake Pliskin was probably better.
I did miss the part where the Rooster (1) JUMPED over the fence at the end, but I can see where the Coen brothers didn't want to do a John Wayne scene that was just for the old fat fart. And the 25 years later concept was really nice.
Richer than the United States of America.
I'm apparently richer than the United States of America.
They are 14 Trillion Dollars in Debt, and
My Master Card Bill is not even close to that !!
..
Well, after the wedding... maybe close... but still, below the 14 Trillion number.
They are 14 Trillion Dollars in Debt, and
My Master Card Bill is not even close to that !!
..
Well, after the wedding... maybe close... but still, below the 14 Trillion number.
Wednesday, July 27, 2011
Thursday, July 14, 2011
Good Bye Space !!!
Realized Today that..
The House Appropriations committee 2012 spending bill denies funding for a pair of National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) satellite programs, one to provide advance warning of solar storms, the other a collaborative project with Taiwan.
The House version of the 2012 Commerce, Justice, Science and related agencies appropriations bill also would trim $50 million from NOAA’s $617.4 million request to develop a new generation of geostationary orbiting weather satellites, according to the report accompanying the bill published July 12. It appears the savings would be applied to help kick-start NOAA’s polar-orbiting weather satellite program, which was delayed by the protracted 2011 budget process.
The 2012 budget request NOAA sent to Congress in February asked for $47.3 million for the Deep Space Climate Observatory (DSCOVR) and $11.3 million for Constellation Observing System for Meteorology Ionosphere and Climate-2 (COSMIC-2). The House bill would not provide funding for either.
Also loosing funding is the James Webb Space Telescope, the followon for the aging Hubble.
This could be considered "strike two" for the deeply troubled James Webb Space Telescope (JWST).
Last week, the House Commerce, Justice, and Science Appropriations Subcommittee made the recommendation that the advanced infrared space telescope -- and Hubble's replacement -- be cancelled. On Wednesday, the full House Science, Space and Technology Committee has approved the subcommittee's plan.
To see the difference between the Hubble and the James Webb Space Telescope, see this webpage
http://www.flickr.com/photos/gsfc/5390932332/sizes/l/in/photostream/
We're scheduled to lose the Hubble in 2014 because it will fail by then.
That will leave the Chandra X-ray Observatory which will reach it's extended life around 2016, and the Spitzer Space Telescope, which ran out of liquid helium in 2009, but still operates two short wavelength modules that don't require coolant. It's expected to continue working as it orbits the Sun, even if it is well beyond it's expected lifetime.
So, after 2016 or so, if we're lucky, we'll be back to terrestrial observations of space, which can only see 'back' about 6 billion fuzzy years, vs the 12 - 13 billion years of the Hubble and it's now cancelled replacement. Fuzzy because they are limited to how long they can image a field by the spinning of the Earth. The Hubble could stay on a site for days at a time. On Earth you can only look at one place, if you're lucky, for 12 hours maximum.
Darn ! Heck !! And other words that cost me $1.00 in the swear jar.
The House Appropriations committee 2012 spending bill denies funding for a pair of National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) satellite programs, one to provide advance warning of solar storms, the other a collaborative project with Taiwan.
The House version of the 2012 Commerce, Justice, Science and related agencies appropriations bill also would trim $50 million from NOAA’s $617.4 million request to develop a new generation of geostationary orbiting weather satellites, according to the report accompanying the bill published July 12. It appears the savings would be applied to help kick-start NOAA’s polar-orbiting weather satellite program, which was delayed by the protracted 2011 budget process.
The 2012 budget request NOAA sent to Congress in February asked for $47.3 million for the Deep Space Climate Observatory (DSCOVR) and $11.3 million for Constellation Observing System for Meteorology Ionosphere and Climate-2 (COSMIC-2). The House bill would not provide funding for either.
Also loosing funding is the James Webb Space Telescope, the followon for the aging Hubble.
This could be considered "strike two" for the deeply troubled James Webb Space Telescope (JWST).
Last week, the House Commerce, Justice, and Science Appropriations Subcommittee made the recommendation that the advanced infrared space telescope -- and Hubble's replacement -- be cancelled. On Wednesday, the full House Science, Space and Technology Committee has approved the subcommittee's plan.
To see the difference between the Hubble and the James Webb Space Telescope, see this webpage
http://www.flickr.com/photos/gsfc/5390932332/sizes/l/in/photostream/
We're scheduled to lose the Hubble in 2014 because it will fail by then.
That will leave the Chandra X-ray Observatory which will reach it's extended life around 2016, and the Spitzer Space Telescope, which ran out of liquid helium in 2009, but still operates two short wavelength modules that don't require coolant. It's expected to continue working as it orbits the Sun, even if it is well beyond it's expected lifetime.
So, after 2016 or so, if we're lucky, we'll be back to terrestrial observations of space, which can only see 'back' about 6 billion fuzzy years, vs the 12 - 13 billion years of the Hubble and it's now cancelled replacement. Fuzzy because they are limited to how long they can image a field by the spinning of the Earth. The Hubble could stay on a site for days at a time. On Earth you can only look at one place, if you're lucky, for 12 hours maximum.
Darn ! Heck !! And other words that cost me $1.00 in the swear jar.
Sunday, July 3, 2011
FUN WITH DOS
From a math site
For all you DOS Freaks...
Try this in the CMD aka Command Window.
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Microsoft Windows [Version 6.1.7601]
Copyright (c) 2009 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
C:\Users\Peterka>if * "The Spanish Inquistion"
"The Spanish Inquistion" was unexpected at this time.
C:\Users\Peterka>
For all you DOS Freaks...
Try this in the CMD aka Command Window.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Microsoft Windows [Version 6.1.7601]
Copyright (c) 2009 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
C:\Users\Peterka>if * "The Spanish Inquistion"
"The Spanish Inquistion" was unexpected at this time.
C:\Users\Peterka>
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