Voyager is the name for two different probes sent to study Jupiter & Saturn, then continue onward on an interstellar path. Despite the time since Voyager 1 was launched, it is still less than a light-day away from the sun. https://voyager.jpl.nasa.gov/
Voyager is also the name of a Chrysler minivan that adorned many American household driveways
Voyager is also the name of the fourth Star Trek spin-off TV series. The Voyager was captained by Katheryn Janeway. Voyager also had a half-Klingon chief engineer B’Elanna Torres, who was played by Roxann Dawson (UC Berkeley, ‘80).
Welp, Providence Rhode Islanders - your chance to see some Soviet engineering has hit a patch of bad luck. It was a sub that was the movie set about a sub that killed its sailors due to shitty engineering. Before that, it was a vodka bar. After the movie, it sank, was raised to sell for scrap, and now has caught fire and sunk again.
@mattblaze: Today in Zoom teaching: my chair broke mid sentence and I instantly disappeared from the frame while attempting to explain how TCP deals with lost packets. I think some of the students thought this was some kind of confusing visual aid.
Rank 'em: "Sons of California", "Big C", "Fight for California", "Hail to California", "Palms of Victory"
http://calband.berkeley.edu/media/cal-songs/
This 4 & 3 house in Boston is for sale for $900k. The second-story living room has a balcony and a special feature.
https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/302-South-St-2-Boston-MA-02130/67396361_zpid/
Welp, Providence Rhode Islanders - your chance to see some Soviet engineering has hit a patch of bad luck. It was a sub that was the movie set about a sub that killed its sailors due to shitty engineering. Before that, it was a vodka bar. After the movie, it sank, was raised to sell for scrap, and now has caught fire and sunk again.
https://www.mynews13.com/fl/orlando/ap-top-news/2021/03/09/remains-of-cold-war-era-russian-sub-seen-in-film-catch-fire
Someone is a pretty good drone pilot
https://youtu.be/VgS54fqKxf0
I don't know what TCP means, but https://twitter.com/mattblaze/status/1369442016493469699?s=20
@mattblaze: Today in Zoom teaching: my chair broke mid sentence and I instantly disappeared from the frame while attempting to explain how TCP deals with lost packets. I think some of the students thought this was some kind of confusing visual aid.
Boom goes the dynamite!!!! Bears take down the furd by 19 points!
Is the Catholic church fish fry something I should be taking part in? If so, are there good ones in the Berkeley/Oakland area?
Pi Day party: I'm happy to set up a Zoom, but I just saw that Imax is planning a Pi Day party on Fbook...to which she invited 496 people!!!
What do you guys want to do?
What, and I cannot stress this even more than the last time, the FUCK?
https://twitter.com/MeghanKDKA/status/1369716489369104392
"What do you think about this assignment parents say was given at South Fayette High School?
It asks students to determine whether they would do a “tight pack” or a “loose pack” on slave ships. "
Click through. Take a look at the assignment. Holy moly.
I thought this was mildly interesting - people have been complaining for ages that iPhones were getting too big, so Apple built a small one, and people aren't buying it: https://www.theverge.com/2021/3/10/22322843/iphone-12-mini-apple-low-production-numbers-decrease
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