If you haven't discovered this, have a look, but you'll need a head for heights!
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alan refail
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Cred air o bob deg a glywi, a thi a gei rywfaint bach o wir (hen ddihareb Gymraeg)
Believe one tenth of what you hear, and you will get some little truth (old Welsh proverb)
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Pa Snip
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Wow indeed Alan
Amazing just what can be transmitted from up there and the clarity at the level it can be zoomed into to.
I have been fortunate to see the ISS go directly overhead on two occasions and found it quite thought provoking about the crew being up there and what the human race has achieved since my youth.
Pity that in all that time not all of the human race has learned tolerance and how to get on with one another though
When seen like this it reinforces just what a spectacular place earth is
Amazing just what can be transmitted from up there and the clarity at the level it can be zoomed into to.
I have been fortunate to see the ISS go directly overhead on two occasions and found it quite thought provoking about the crew being up there and what the human race has achieved since my youth.
Pity that in all that time not all of the human race has learned tolerance and how to get on with one another though
When seen like this it reinforces just what a spectacular place earth is
The danger when people start to believe their own publicity is that they often fall off their own ego.
At least travelling under the guise of the Pa Snip Enterprise gives me an excuse for appearing to be on another planet
hay, I can see my house from here 
lol
so how come google earth, who use a low flying plane, cant get as good images as the ISS? ISS is a bit further away than a low fly plane? lol
lolso how come google earth, who use a low flying plane, cant get as good images as the ISS? ISS is a bit further away than a low fly plane? lol
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Pa Snip
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dan3008 wrote:hay, I can see my house from here
so how come google earth, who use a low flying plane, cant get as good images as the ISS? ISS is a bit further away than a low fly plane? lol
Its a very technical reason Dan, far to complex to explain briefly on here in full but in simple terms the reason is ...
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Financial investment, ISS has better camera's and the backing
of a few nations, even goggly can't manage that
The danger when people start to believe their own publicity is that they often fall off their own ego.
At least travelling under the guise of the Pa Snip Enterprise gives me an excuse for appearing to be on another planet
oh I know... Its just funny that the richest company on the planet cant take decent pictures, and ISS can from a lot further away.
Actually, this has just reminded me, I should have a data packet from ISS today or tomorrow ready to download I was one of the lucky winners to get my code on the astro Pi project and it got there a few days ago so should be running now 
Actually, this has just reminded me, I should have a data packet from ISS today or tomorrow ready to download
I was one of the lucky winners to get my code on the astro Pi project and it got there a few days ago so should be running now Once the game is over the king and the pawn go back in the same box. Anonymous
Exploring is like walking, where the walking decides where we're going. Bob the dinosaur from dinopaws
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Dan Numbers - Congratulations!
I don't know what it means but sounds really clever. Obviously a man of many talents!
Westi
I don't know what it means but sounds really clever. Obviously a man of many talents!
Westi
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Westi wrote:I don't know now what it means but sounds really clever. Obviously a man of many talents
Just means I'm a better programer than 50 other under 25's and worse than 7 lol. Or more accurately my friend in Cambridge liked the programme I wrote lol. Plus side, there's now a computer on the space station sending me a weekly update with radiation and temperature readings... Quite random really.
Many talents? Na, just a few random and unrelated ones. Computing, nutrition, psychology and gardening lol
Once the game is over the king and the pawn go back in the same box. Anonymous
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[/quote]dan3008 wrote:Many talents? Na, just a few random and unrelated ones. Computing, nutrition, psychology and gardening lol
Psychology !!!!!!! that's me shutting up !!!!
( two different 'laughing' icons, make what you will of that oops three now )The danger when people start to believe their own publicity is that they often fall off their own ego.
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dan3008 wrote:Westi wrote:....... Quite random really.
Many talents? Na, just a few random and unrelated ones. Computing, nutrition, psychology and gardening lol
So Dan can really convince the computer it has to grow the right vegetables for a nutritious meal.
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Pa Snip wrote:Psychology !!!!!!! that's me shutting up !!!!
Haha, wrong type of psychology, I studied psychology of health. So I looked at attitudes to food and exercise, and all that sort of thing.
peter wrote:So Dan can really convince the computer it has to grow the right vegetables for a nutritious meal.
You joke, a friend of mine made a seed planting robot. And my computer helps plan my garden, and last week suggested rotating my bean bead so it wouldn't shadow my squash early evening during summer. Actually that kind of freaked me out. It shouldn't have done that...
Once the game is over the king and the pawn go back in the same box. Anonymous
Exploring is like walking, where the walking decides where we're going. Bob the dinosaur from dinopaws
Exploring is like walking, where the walking decides where we're going. Bob the dinosaur from dinopaws
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Pa Snip
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dan3008 wrote: And my computer helps plan my garden, and last week suggested rotating my bean bead so it wouldn't shadow my squash early evening during summer. Actually that kind of freaked me out. It shouldn't have done that...
The time to really freak out is when you get home and switch on your computer and it greets you with the following message
" You spent 2 hours 54minutes sowing seeds today, had you of chosen different varieties it would have taken 2hours 20 minutes and your yield would be 50% higher. You must try harder, please don't waste my valuable planning time"
The danger when people start to believe their own publicity is that they often fall off their own ego.
At least travelling under the guise of the Pa Snip Enterprise gives me an excuse for appearing to be on another planet
robo wrote:I've had one of then computers for years , I call it the wife
I have one of them too, but she doesn't know a dandelion from a Carrot... However, she can keep the 19 month old house wrecker under control
Once the game is over the king and the pawn go back in the same box. Anonymous
Exploring is like walking, where the walking decides where we're going. Bob the dinosaur from dinopaws
Exploring is like walking, where the walking decides where we're going. Bob the dinosaur from dinopaws